The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 8 July 1925

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  • 19 699 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. >lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS >. 23 PENANG: JULY 8, 1925 NO. 27
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    • 295 699 CONTENTS |b LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) 3 bS Cfunoil Matters 701 0 r Scout Troopeu 7|R X RK Mr. Voules’s Swansong 705 Harmeton’s Circus 718 S ElO The Colony in 1924 709 Cashier Di «appears 721 rm Matters Musical 713 Somme Week 721 W Kn Education in 1924 719 A Singapore
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    • 191 700 lp i B TH I 8 STRAITS ECHO I r MAIL EDITION. f p£? 3ft s Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the y\ daily issues, as well as all important news from
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  • 1332 701 Meeting simultaneously in Singapore J Kuala Lumpur on Monday, the Native and the Federal Councils w jth a number of questions of local lteres t and importance. First of all, Z hare to remark that the Straits imminent owes the Hon. Mr. C. Meritt a debt of gratitude
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  • 60 701 Mr. M. C. Lott. Manager of Messrs. AVhiteaway, Laidlaw- Co.’s Taiping branch and formerly an assistant in the same firm in Penang, met with a bad accident while riding his motor-bicycle from Prai to Taiping His injuries are said to be serious and his condition
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  • 205 701 J.P., of 40, Kerbati Road, Singapore. died on Sunday at 3 15 a m, nt his residence in his 63rd year after an illness of slightly over a month Ihe death certificate granted by Dr. Albert Lim shows that the deceased was primarily suffering Irom phthisis
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  • 1595 702 The Government Way Cables received through the Eastern Extension Telegraph Company are always beautifully plainly and neatly written and, though they have often been transmitted many thousands of miles, errors and mutilations are rare. Telegrams received through the Government P. <fc T. Department are often an almost illegible
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  • 69 702 Mr. Lee Pang Seng Acquhtb» (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, July 1 In the District Court this morning, Mr. Franklyn Robinson acquitted Mr. 1* Pang Seng on the charge of cheating lD respect of a dishonoured cheque $35,000, stating that he was not satis with the evidence.
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  • 24 702 (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, The Wales Maru is ashore m tw Straits since Sunday. Tugs despatched from Batavia to er
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  • 22 702 -:0: 77he Mr. G. R- Hedges, of by Railways, is due out from the P? A O. Macedonia-
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  • 751 703 sequel to an accident M C. W. A. Senne t, in the Bd’ re > p.naDg yesterday afternoon pl« C r ';D eo'iLed of the case in |H he n bin Aboo is charged with kieh Ic nt driving of Car P. 1047. Deg 0 Dr. Dim Guan
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  • 69 703 Along with the inc-ease in the price of rice, other commodities such as canned goods, vegetables which a»e imported from China, have also appreciably advanced in prices, says the Singapore morning paper In certain instances prices have been increased by fifty per cent. The limits to which the
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  • 59 703 It is stated that yesterday afternoon twa> kow No. 895, while, being towed by the s.s. Klang, capsized opposite the Victoria jetty and sank. There were about 30 parcels of sundries in the twakow, which were lost. No lives wo r e lost. The Master of the Klang, however,
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  • 23 703 of the 2/ 20th Burma Rifles, returned from Rangoon on Sunday and went up to Taiping the same day.
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  • 61 703 before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court, thia morning, with being in fraudulent possession of one tin of kerosine oil valued at $3.50, and a keg of red paint valued at $6, in a sampan on June 25. Accused had a previous conviction
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  • 124 703 of 13, Nfc«sim Road was charged in the Secund Police Court at Singapore, on Monday morning, with driving oar No. 5389 in a rash and negligent manner, causing greivous bodilv hurt to a Eurasian school boy, named Pereira, on Saturday. It is alleged that while turning out
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  • 131 703 —Twelve captures have been reported to the customs authorities by the preventive fleet on the West Coast, since the 11th inst. These include, one each by the Mi u and Pikat, three each by the Kdai ani Simbsng and two each
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  • 1911 703 ANNUAL MEETING Sir George Maxwell Honoured At the annual general meeting of the Planters' Association ot Malaya held at Kuala Lumpur to-day the following motion was on the agenda, in the name of the Committee: “That Honorary Membership of the Planters’ Association of Malaya be conferred
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  • 245 704 Municipality v. D. A. F. C. On the Esplanade yesterday, in th presence of the usual interested crowi, the Municipality played the Darul Aihsan Football Club in a game of Association Football and after a hard fight won by one goal to nil. Tn the first half there
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  • 36 704 _o 1 Nothing further is known regur, lD r theft of $70,000 in currency note», patched by the Ho Hong Bank Overseas Chinese Bank, rom dispatched to Batu Pahat from pore on June 23.
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  • 44 704 Our Singapore correspon graphs that the Kelantan J failure Company is being summoned or to lay a balance sheet def»»!» ing on November 30. a list in forwarding to the Re? 15 members and a summary o sheet. The hearing was
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  • 17 705 BIRTH Tune 4 at Coppieham, \Vms’valentine, the wife of to/ Arthurj Malayan Civil Ser daughter-
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  • 1364 705 MR VOULES’S SWANSONG f K m a very large batch of Council r that reaches us from the Colonial lariat in Singapore we select for «neat to-day Mr. A. B. Voules’s report as Kcsident-Couneillor on the Settlement of Penang for 1924. It not unsatisfactory reading. Both revenue and expenditure showed
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  • 61 705 late of the Au lit Department. Kuala Lumpur, who is now qualifying as a barrister in Ixxndon, will shortly go to Switzerland where he intends to spend his holidays. Mr. Sucha Singh is an old boy of the MethoiLt Boys’ School of Kuala Lumpur, and is tie
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  • 1642 706 A Suggestion The Ross Institute and Hospital for Tropical Diseases is continuing its good work, but is short of £50,000 which will enable the Institute to be firmly established. Many large donations have been in London by firms whose he id •ffioes are there and their work out
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  • 63 706 CHINESE CONTRACTOR SIABB’Desperadoes in a (From Our Own Sing»por*, jD kt gf-ven At 8 o’clock last night motor car d ove up to the contractor’s house near the f-i and seven Teochews got ou > contractor and stole $6BO. The syce, hearing a noH3 i was suspicious, drove
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  • 1139 707 RATING CHARGE FAILS \'n Evidence to Substantiate ?°7 he District Court yesterday Free Press) Mr. Lee ,Udne \he well-known Chinese PM against whom charges of usines» preferred, was called up a:;Dc r i charge of cheating in respect g cheque for S3S,(XX) it was said, he
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  • 294 707 Charge Against a Chetty Before Mr. C. A. Sennett in the Police Court yesterday, Chengalvarayan Chetty of 141, Penang Street was charged with theft of 17 dozen packets of mat dies from a shop at 150, Penang Street on June 3. Abdul Hamid, complainant, said that about 5
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  • 190 707 took place quietly at St. Andrew s Cathedral, Singapore, on June 2b, the Rev. G. T. Shetliffe officiating, of Captain W. Fisher Clarke of the Glenfalloch, to Miss Carrie Millicent Speight, second daughter of the late Mr. .J. Speight of Rathgar, Bpsom, Auckland. New Zealand. The bride, who
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  • 982 708 MR. EVERITT’S PROTEST A Fuller Account We take from the Straits T imes of Tuesday, the following report of Mr. C. E. Everitt’s speech in the Legislative Council on Monday: Mr. Everitt said that he voiced the opinion of all his fellow-practitioners at the Bar when
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  • 131 708 before Mr. Pratt, the hearing was continued of the case in which four Chinese are charged with robbery. They are alleged to have broken into a Chinese shop in the coolie lines in Pattani Road on the night of May 20—27. The first accused was
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  • 477 708 Mr. and Mrs. a E r Timur Estate, Johore MacU leave within the next few T i?* 8 Sir Malcolm Watson ha. k. 1 resident of the Selangor < in the place vacated bv th?' 4 C1 of J*r. H. Parnell Hod» O n\ to Kuala Lipis.
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  • 1283 709 h Marriott, as Acting Colonial Ur rv Li"ns the Annual Report on the vear ***** W lich WaS ■“'iCfore the LegisluMve Council Mt ’ts in Singapore on Monday. “pht' be expected from its au- t r a cold and businesslike XJnt." marshalling the facts Iv <l*
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  • 27 709 who will act as Colonial Chaplain, Penang, dur ing the absence of the Rev. Keppel Garnier, arrived from Australia today via Singapore.
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  • 46 709 Dr Fen. of Port Swettenham, having •■one on long leave the Assistant Surgeon of the Kl,mg Hospital. Mr. Ver daraja. has been transferred there, while Assistant Surgeon, Mr. B. S Bhathal. from Kuala Lumpur has come in his stead to Klang.
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  • 166 709 who died on Sunday, at 3.15 am., at his residence, 40, Kerbau Road, was 63 years of age. Hu was a prominent man of business among the Chinese and a very active member of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce, in Singapore. Besides being a great
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  • 1633 710 Road Hogs Ab we remarked in our h ading' article of yesterday, the Penang Police are carrying out the regulation of traffic within town limits extraordinarily well, considering how new all the native constables are to the work and the utter ignoranoe that nine-tenths of the looal population
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  • 8 710 is seriously at Bangkok
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  • 97 710 w as solemnised A pretty weucimg St. Andrew s Cathedral Sing T w;Il de:. Tuesday afternoon, Archdeac officiating, the contracting p a Mr. 11. 0. Jensen, only son 0 Mrs. IL Jensen, of Copen Miss Winifred Edith Mat daughter of the late Mr. 1- y .f th-
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  • 589 711 tH rEE CHINESE SEN T ENCED lient in the case in which four r harged with robbery from <"7 I'atani'Koad, Penang, on !I .r delivered by Capt. E. in the District Court, this He said the evidence against accused given by Teh Karn -vas that he was one of
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  • 303 711 At the Supreme Court, at Singapore on ednesday, before the acting Chief Justice (Air. Justice Sproule). Syed Abdulraham bin Shaikh Alkaff v. Gulam Alurtuza Ghatala, of 70 and 70a. The Arcade, was a claim for posscssiim of 15, Stanford Road, and $250 damages for breach of covenant
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  • 156 711 Tamils Charged With Assault Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court yesterday two Tamil youths were charged with assaulting the coffee shop-keeper of 165, Western Road. The coffee-shop keeper said that accused went to his shop at about 8 p.m. on June 26. Complainant asked
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  • 643 711 NEWSPAPER CLOSED 1 NFLAMMATORY ARTICLES ihe Chino Siamese Daily as has been closed down al the order oi the Siamese authorities as a result oi paragraphs of inflammatory and Bolshevik tendency appearing in a recent issue oi that paper. We understand however (says the Bangkok Times
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  • 250 712 Practice Game A practice game for the Malaya Cup Football matches which will begin shortly took place on the Esplanade yesterday between two picked teams of Colours and Whites. The sides were as follows: Whites Pawanteh ;C. P. Liston and Khay Seng; Paik San, J. W. Winter
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  • 26 712 gave a dinner party on Monday evening to the m 'mbers of th r Federal Council. Covers wtrt laid for thirty-one
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  • 160 712 writes thus to the Malax Mail about Mr Kyle’s play in the championship foursomes at Westward H<>! “E. P. Kyle, a member of the famous St. Andrew’s family, and now in business in the Federated Malay States, formed a long-driving partner for Allan Graham in the last
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  • 433 712 PRESENTATION TO MALAY GURU At the Governor’s Office, Penang, this morning, before, a large crowd of Malays, Mr. Mohamed bin Abdul Mu talib of 61 Kajang Road, Penang, who has been a school teacher in the Government service for over 40 years was honoured by being presented
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  • 73 712 of the 0 Chinese Medical Students Union held in the lecture had of the King Edward 11 College of Medicine at Singapore on June 24, the following office-bearers were elected for the ensuing year:—Pre'ident, I >r. Tan Bin Chiang; vicepresident, Miss H. Tan; hon. secretary,
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  • 408 712 Mr. and Mrs? A. t s living at Sunningddle, Berk, famous golf course. D 4f > 2nd Lieutenant E posted to Command xh™ ol C Company, M.S.Vfc Chief Inspector Farnnt.» shortly due back from be Btati M Lumpur as O.C.P.D. D Mr. A A. Barnes and Mr <• v
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  • 906 713 11 Singapore is not to have A w municipal offices containing d feature a concert hall com’■'C rgan. Mr. Edwin BrownI* i..,'ur dramatic lame—pressed ,f Xe with some urgency, but the ‘X prevailed, at was urged that ’’j.ane found favour only with a ”licalenthusiasts,” the great mabein» entirely
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  • 58 713 tele- graphs that Louis D’Cotta, ex-Proprietor of a Hower shop adjoining the Van Wijk Hotel, was examined in bankruptcy. Bankrupt lost S6(XX) in a Bidoh land deal and a similar amount in the Good Hope Hotel, the same on decorations for the Prince of Wales’s visit, and
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  • 80 713 in his judgment in the case in which Ebrarnsah was charged with giving false evidence in a summons case, said that the defence was rather wise to have pleaded guilty. He had seen Capt. Pratt, who said
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  • 487 713 Mr. T. J. Cummins has been elected Chairman of the Planters' Association of Malaya and Mr. C. B. Graburn, the Vice Chairman. Dr. Andrew Picken, writing from Glasgow, in mail week mentions great industrial depression on the Clyde and almost a heat wave in the South of
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  • 1494 714 Ministers as Journalists The Government has bowed to the storm aroused by the journalistic activities of •ertain of its members, and has pledged Ministers to refrain from writing for the press so long as they hold office. The decision, as the Times remarks, is a wise one. It
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  • 20 714 L. Adviser, F.M.S., is sailing on fc lough to-day by the P. 0. Malwa.
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  • 48 714 of. the Malayan (X Service, who has been appointed lonia 1 Secretary, Jamaica, and Jb J elf, were in Penang to-day. They leaving for Home by the P. A 0. M and will spend the summer in Eng’-*~ prior to going out to Jamaica.
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  • 147 714 took place on Saturn XIICJ vvv** J evening at the Wesley Church, Hjll, Kuala Lumpur, of Mr Chock Lim, teacher in the Boys’ School, and youngest son Air. and Mrs. Chin Choon to Cheah Siew Tiew, elder daug Air. and Airs. Cheah Boon P bride was attended by
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  • 687 715 DRAFT PROGRAMME passed FEW AMENDMENTS i meeting 1 of members of the A eene T r ar f Clab was held yesterday FeOiD<? n for the purpose of passing tbe for the cnmin£? rneo in £b dr*n P ro^ r p ee j Resident Councillor, Tfce .?°?7nd the
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  • 571 715 EXTRAORDINARY STORY And Six Months’ Rigorous Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court, yesterday afternoon, Leow Kee Wah was charged by the Chief D ftective Inspector Costello with attempted extortion of $5O from a Chinese woman living in 334. Beach Street. The evidence of the woman
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  • 72 715 Amount previously acknowledged $1,843.88 Mr. T. M. I. R. F. .12 Chin Foo Seng 10.00 Lye Kuan Sam 30.00 Heah Joo Seang 25.00 Tan Lo Heong 120 00 Madam Chung Siew fin 100-00 Mr. F. F. Ch. Darege 5.00 Choo Jin Eok 10.00 $2144.00 Donations will
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  • 259 715 Kedah Police v. Penang Police On the Esplanade yesterday, in the presence of an interested gathering, a team of the Kedah Police met a team of the Penang Police, skippered by Mr. Harvey, the visitors being captained by Inspector Macmillan. The visitors had come with the great reputation
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  • 28 715 “Battling” Kry Wins (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 4 “Battling” Key knocked out Santos in the tenth and last round in the lightcontest at Happy Valley.
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  • 119 715 The following are among those stay- ing at the E. O. Hotel: —Mrs. C. L. G. Smith, Mr. <t Mrs. G. van Voinpel, Miss C. L. Smith, Miss Adele Blood, Miss L. Perry, Miss A. Square, Mr. J. Ijowe, Mrs. R. (J. Rowland, Mr. A Mrs. L. V. J. Laville,
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  • 1075 716 ADMINISTRATION OF INFORMATION AGENCY. The following items are taken from the reports of Mr. AX L. Con lay (Deputy Agent) and Mr. R. B. Osborne (Publicity Agent) on the administration of the Malay States Information Agency for the year 1924: Enquiries for information made in person or by
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  • 982 716 Discussion has been postponed by the l' e ,’le r j the Prai Docks question, until u sons on whom censure I*'have an opportunity of bein'?*!. D cannot (says the help thinking that the uno&hj* hers of the 1- ederal Council ha substantia grievance and that i
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  • 66 717 By the P. O. Steamer Malwa which iikl c« xuaiwa which '7 Jn Saturday two pupils of the St. xl* Ds fdution, Singapore, Mr. >,J za. the well-known athlet* and o{ J) r. E. 0. B. de Souza, jr ,L kce leek Jin, left for Edin pr °J eeu te
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  • 65 717 41, s ivd O Him hurt mail ‘■'■••'R’nl H 1 ,l st,| dents who wen* l '"-l- ".v and i nn >-nt; v lllin <‘t ion held in London ’‘M of \f ,lH>n r K passes are the r Kh<« J khoo Teck Ke, son ol ''««Il d'ff’
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  • 564 717 FURTHER CAPTURES ON THE WEST COAST Kuala Lumpur. July 3 Amongst the latest captures of rub her smugglers by the preventive He» t arc the following:—On June 26, the launch Lalat captured two praus con tainiug I I piculs of rubber. Seven Ma lays, who were alxjard. were
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  • 279 717 Penang Branch Entertains Kedah During the week end the Penang ex-Service men and women entertained the ex-Service men and women of Kedah and a most enjoyable time was spent. About 30 members came across. On Saturday, to the strains of the E. <i O. Orchestra, a most delightful
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  • 16 717 Locomotive Superintendent, E.M.S.R., Kuala Lum pur, has gone Home on furlough.
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  • 29 717 formerly manag ing partner of Dupire Bros. Rubber Department, is expected in Singapore by the Pembrokshire on a brief business trip from the L’nited States.
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  • 30 717 of the American Methodist Mission, who has been teach Jng in the Methodist Girls' School, Singapore, sailed for the l’nited States by the President Adams last week.
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  • 40 717 Songkhla, younger brother of His Majesty the King ol Siam, is expected in Penang Ho-mor row and will be met by the Siamese Consul at Prai. Tlie Prince is sailing lor Europe by the President Adams.
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  • 50 717 who has as- Burned duties as Superintendent of the local l ire Brigade, vice Mr A. W B. Hamilton has come from the Glasgow Fire Brigade, where had been for two years. The fire calls at the Glasgow Station average between 36 and 4U a week
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  • 49 717 manager of the Taiping Branch of Messrs. Whiteaway, Laidlaw Co., is, wc learn, on making enquiries this morning, still in an unconscious state, for the sixth day since the accident. On Saturday mornins’ Mr Lott ebl** to r®tiin a little im'k for the firet time.
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  • 801 718 VISIT OF THE YAM TUAN London, June 11 lI.H. the Yam Tuan of Negri Sembilan paid his state visit to the Malaya Pavilion accompanied by his suite (Tengku Abdul Rahman, Tengku Lahsamana, T engku Aman ami Tengku Aehap) on Tuesday, June 9, Mr. H. B. Ellerton was
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  • 444 718 In the interesting report of Dr. Winsbedt on educational matters in the Colon), which this year assumes a more readable form under various headings, the statistics being relegated to appendices, some account is given of the Boy Scouts movement, says the Free Press. In Singapore there are
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  • 274 718 An Excellent Show Harmston s circus opened to a wn lull house on Saturday. Boxes aidp' levies alike were packed and man) Lto stand. The items presented wertj to a high level and the chief merit ai® the programme was its extreme var. ranging from an assembly of
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  • 28 718 Mr J. H Barber’ «W ripe old age of 8" years is r a well known figure in k n circles many years ago.
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  • 23 718 added to th The following names are Commission of the 1 eac 1 and to the Commission tnr H Thretfall
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  • 31 718 ninted to Mr. n Fairhum ,s e Str*" Inspector-General of Settlements, and Mr singil( en Superintendent o intt l to Mr k. N. o( pw* is Asbt.' SupinnPenang.
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  • 1244 719 |lr u the revenue of lire Education “rtuieut in tire Colony was a little AP n a million dollars, considerably “b.m the lotal for the re vi l u l this we max mention, included raF Jul' contribution of $94,551 for US from the Rubber Restriction U
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  • 21 719 left Singapore on Friday for Malacca, where his Lordship is conducting the Assizes this week.
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  • 37 719 has accepted the resigna- tion by Honorary Cadet Second Lieutenant Chooi Phooi Choong of his Com mission in the Penang Free School Cadet Corps, with effect from .June 17, 1925.
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  • 46 719 will be here on ednesday to relieve the Rev. Father A. Devals, Vicar of the Church of the Assumption, who will be leaving for India on Friday, on two months’ holiday, with the Rev. Father Ij. M. Duvelle, the former Vicar.
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  • 42 719 is announced between Mr. William Bruce Connor, of the Eastern Extension Telegraph Co., Singapore, son of Dr. James Connor and Mrs. Connor, of Madras. India, to Miss Helen Gertrude Holmberg, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Holmberg, of Singapore.
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  • 55 719 —Standard I. Messrs. A. Hyde, A. K. McKenna, E. 11. Wilson and C. E. Gates; Police regulations. —E. ’longue. D. R. Cowie and Raja Ram; W. Martin. F. G. King and R. H. Yorke. Standard II: Miss B. lowers, E. B.
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  • 66 719 have been made by the Secretary of State for the ('(denies during the month ended May 10:—Mr. .J. W. Field, MB., Cb. B.. Medical Officer, Straits Settlements. Miss F. D llaward. Miss J. D. Scott, and Miss E. Lampard. Nursing Sisters, Malay States, Mr. C. S. Wilson,
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  • 81 719 in Sin gapore made a presentation to the retiring Inspector-General, Mr. G. C. Denham, (who sailed lor home by the \lalwa on Sattirtlav prior to taking up a new appointment in Java) a f< w days before his departure. At a pleasant lit tic ceremony in
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  • 1649 720 The Local Bench Mr. G A. Hereford is a sound lawyer and an experienced Magistrate. His appointment to be District Judge in Penang will strengthen the local magisterial Bench and, it is to be hoped, help to produce a “slump” in crime, wnioh has been rather “booming” here
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  • 161 720 $9,000 Gone The disappearance of collector and cashier is the a This is about the thir Dt hs. ft occurred during the past McA list»r firm victimised is Messr Co., Ltd. The gentleman in questio, Huat, said to be a ftod Ca»b< 8 just as the Nestlĕand Angk
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  • 109 721 4 Dance at Kuala Lumpur ,f rorn Our Own Correspondent). Koala Lnmpur, July 6 The “Somme Week” Carnival and dance Jinieed by the Koala Lumpur Branah of .7 Ex-Service Men’s Assooiation at the Mall was a great suocess. It was tended by 350 ptople, including the K Seoretary
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  • 41 721 (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, July 6 The «raniry into the Goh Hood Kiat ifdr will be h f a r d on Wednesday. The hospital a few days baok but hu «’W bso readmitted, suffering from few.
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  • 61 721 will leave Singapore MlO a.in. on Monday, July 13, cmbarking in the Sea Belle. He will be accompanied by Miss Hose and Miss Fraser. His Excellency the General Officer Commanding Malaya will join the party it Mun on July 14. His Excellency
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  • 74 721 who, up to time of his death in 1919, took J a et n interest in horticulture in district, to hear that old residents 3 huala Langat are subscribing toCU P n memory. It is into present this
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  • 105 721 7 T American community e Independence Day with at Sea View Hotel fte 4 arranged by Jf, Association of r ,o^n Ingle, president Ver a largC 1 I le eVent WaS a Verv A Ul and enjoyable one. lib- hJ'iik sl the dinner I’niUlKt 61 th(
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  • 428 721 SINGAPORE YOUTH DISINCLINED TO READ 1 he following is taken from the annual report of Raffles Museum and Library foi the year 1924, by Mr. C. Boden Kloss, director: Ihe number of subscribers to the Junior Library at the beginning of the year was 304 of whom 225
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  • 113 721 Counsel’s Important Announcement The final stages in the Chinese will case were reached on Friday, before the Chief Justice (Sir Lionel Wood ward), at the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court, when Mr. David Freeman, on behalf of the Government, opened his address. Mr. Freeman began by say ing
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  • 20 721 published in Amrit- sar, is forbidden to be brought into the Colony under the St ditious Publication*Ordinance.
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  • 459 721 RARE BLOSSOM OF EXTRAORDINARY CHARM I hc (hinese have, many superstitions and among them is the extraordinary power they attribute to the Kheng Hwa Hower, which is an extremely rare bios som of extraordinary charm and beauti ful fragrance. The first point about this Hower is the
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  • 131 721 was given by the teachers and boys of the St. Xavier s Institution at th« school hall last night in honour of the Patrona! Feast of the Rev Bro. Director- The item 'Old Mother Hubbard,’ performed by Messrs. C A. Reutens, W A Williams, F. A. and C.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 532 722 P. C. C. V. P. R. Former’s Easy Victory On the Esplanade yesterday, the Penang Recreation Club and the Penang Cricket Club played off their return fixture under the Penang < ■■cket League. The P.t'.C. won easik, In nearly 100 runs. Batting first, the P.C.C. started none
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    • 1025 722 THE ARTHUR CUP Penang Defeats Kedah There were an enormous crowd and unprecedented scenes on the Dato Kramat ground yesterday when the annual match between the Penang Alohamedan Football Association and the Kedah Football Association for the /Arthur (’up was played. From four o'clock on spectators wended their
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  • 11 722 ia Me ci f n Sgd'Fms. wa. made.bsoW
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  • 911 723 THIS HIGHLY DESIRABLE SITE. ~n on„ the questions not answered L n at the recent meeting of ruderal Council was one by the D \i I H Robson, who asked: the Federated Malay States meant land in Penang? It so, what the cost and what is the present nlueof this
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  • 55 723 the British Legation at Bangkok obtained papers of extradition on a Chinese who is accused oi having embezzled a sum of $18,461.85 while in the employ of the Dunlop Rubber Company at Singapore. Ngo Sieng Soong, the accused, was arrested by the police last month in a
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  • 54 723 in which a Malay woman stabbed a Malay in the (•host at Geylang, Singapore, recently, the man flying subsequently, the Coroner, Mr. F G. Bourne, has returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. It transpired that the woman stabbed the man with a knife with which
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  • 110 723 which start on Tuesday, July 14, is expected to occupy about a fortnight, said the Hon. Mr. W. H. Thorne, actting DPI*.. before Mr. Justice Whitley to-day. in applying for special jurors in two further cases, viz, defalcation charge in connection with
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  • 495 723 Mr. Lindsay Years has been appointed Secretary to 11. H the Sultan of Perak Mr. M. A. Allen, Warden ol Mines. Kuala Lumpur, and Mrs. Allen have r< turned from Europe. Mr J. D. M. Smith, of the Malayan Civil Service, is due out from Home leave
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  • 926 724 Morocco In to-day’s Post Offiae List there is a table of rates of postage on parcels for Morocco (Spanish Zone) via London. This certainly reveals official optimism, for Riff “infiltrations” are not entirely finished with. However, a cable from Paris asserts that a complete FrancoSpanish agreement has been
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  • 325 724 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Dear Sir, Having noticed in your issue of the 19th June, a paragraph dealing with the presence of arsenic in obat njamoeJc (mosquito sticks), I obtained two samples of this preparation and tested them for arsenic. I found this poison
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  • 48 724 Government and Labour [From Our Own v'errMposdrat] Singapore, July 7 the hearin K° f acaseinwhut six Malabaris were charged with attend ting to leave the Colony without p». it was stated that tbe Government to keep all available labour in Singapo* for the navaPbase work.
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  • 29 724 Captain Fined (From Our Own Correspondent}. Singapore, Jdy7 The Captain of the Van Overstrain fined $lOOO in conection with tbe of $16,000 worth of chandu.
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  • 141 724 Three Persons Succuii Poisoning at 124 a Hutton Lacecaaied the death of three persons, a mother sad daughter, about 52 and 23 yean oU, respectively, and a son, a 16 year old boy. It is said that a number of Cbineee, »11 iced water sellers and their familei,
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  • 59 724 His Hignucss me K.C V 0., K.C.M.G., was At on Saturday, the. 4th IDS J a R large number of friends and and minor Chiefs of the Statc^ ionv oi easion of the ear-piercing C( his daughter and the ceremony of his eldest son.
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  • 74 724 In connection with the M J be y Horticultural Show whic in Kuala Lumpur on July <l! T’ hX'ihe double js-gj at a single fare tor in* frd phis $2, $1 un‘l2p ccn l 8 ’!L feetotiK classes respectively, ov station Show, will be issued from (except a
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  • 824 725 ANOTHER CHETTY SUIT hvuLVKD Circumstances In the Penang this r Mr Justice Whitley began f Taring of another Chetty action. t'Lua.stances of which appear to be X involved. The parties *R M N Nagappa Pillay, a welltaw moneylender, the plaintiff and v J M M Muthiya Pillay, the
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  • 205 725 The annual general meeting of the Penang Santhamil Valipa Sungum was held on July 5, 1925, under the Chairmanship of Mr. A. Singaram Pillay and the following office-bearers and committee members were elected for the ensuing jear: —President, Mr. A. Veerapah Pillaj, Extra Asst. Controller of
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  • 817 725 OFFICIAL DETAILS AS TO WORK AND VALUE 1 lie annual report on the prisons ot the Colony for the year 1924 was laid on the table at the Legislative Council meeting on Alonday. Dealing with the Singapore criminal prison, Col. J. 11. Tyte, Inspector of Prisons, says
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  • 213 726 Counterfeit Coins Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court yesterday a Chinese, Lee Hok Kim, was charged by Chief Detective Inspector J. Costello with counterfeiting the Kings coin and being in possession of implements for counterfeitin' it appears that on receiving information from detective No.
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  • 664 726 A VISIT TO MALACCA The -lability of the price of rubber for tie pH two months has resulted in an intensified demand for other lines such as b tel mH copra, hides, etc., with th.' consequence that prices for these commodii ies have also appreciably ad \anced, says
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  • 196 726 (To the Editor of the Times of As a lover of horses and racing m sport, 1 ask the indulgence of*a I#* space in your paper to protest C ash Sweeps now so popular a ture at all Race Meetings, bigandsmi in this country. Betting on
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  • 86 726 Club Eliminations Club eliminating matches were p J y esterday both on the C.RL and courts. as a result J Earn will represent the Singles, and he and CheahJA at also be the Chinese rep atives for the Settlement Elimi round to be played on the 9th
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  • 16 726 Mr. G. H. Kedah, has been admitted •ral I lospital. Penang
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  • 14 726 Under Mr George licmmani, turj. Straits Settlements, lx married at Home.
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  • 19 726 a shorter Kinta miners comp a' th#-’ Chinese labour. They cool’, s are being attract her estates.
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  • 997 727 ANTHONY CO.'S SHARE LIST -r****" Stiver-. i,pr j 111,11 cts. ct 210 215 €*X wTC Ltd a Aio KStyTfh.Ud a 4 'TOO Iggtaff-' S WRiZw». A 0.95 o.6'} 95 I 2.05 KBSffiSSK 7//' 8.00 MfflfeJTuk sre- I n-25 uss!*& ltd i IS Eta* ■EH&MH*! 750 7.75 EmZIU 25.00 30.00 MPt.TC.mI
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  • 20 727 belonging to a Chinese in Port Dickson, has been bought by Mr. Klioo Keng Hooi.
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  • 45 727 held at the Kuala Lumpur police court, a proposal was put forward by Mr. Watson to recommend to the Government the employment of prisoners for outdoor work. A committee has been formed to go into the matter.
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  • 58 727 have issued invitations for the marriage of their only daughter, Violet May, to Mr. Henry Foley, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Foley, which will take place on Saturday, July 18, at 8 a.m. at the Church of the Assumption. There will be
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  • 732 727 LEAN AND CD ’s WEEKLY REPORT I’huisday evening lin has again b< h h steady and featureless market and closes at £255 5three months. J 2 6 up on !);s v ..1 -Mail advices from Loudon stale ih .t in the best informed quarter- the disturbances in China,
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