The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 29 July 1925

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. |lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS |L 23 PENANG JULY 29, 1925 NO. 30
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    • 274 1 contends |l LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) g g| A Very Ancient and Fish-Like The State of Johore 800 X rffl Smell 786 Singapore Traffic Tragedy 801 9 The Rubber Position 790 The Kelantan Scandal 801 g Morocco 794 Neir Cattle Disease in Siam 803 A Bus Strike 798 The Rubber Position
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    • 203 2 gaA* WyMwwr <V® F 8 nX TMB x STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, FI A yfe and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts
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  • 1643 786 S T. jbe long arm of coincidence, stretching -(osg six°thousand miles of space, deJte d on our desk this morning, side kride with the Kelantan Administration gepon for 19’24, a cable from London Sordine vet another episode in the inclinable litigation between the KelanGovernment
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    • 26 786 two published daily MAIL EDITION fining the news of the week prior to departure of -Mails for Europe t(|E CRITERION press, limited 59, Beach Street, Penang
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  • 1077 787 Rubber Restriction Statistics We have received from the Controller of Rubber statistics relating to rubber restriotion in British Malaya.” These returns are issued periodically, and they show quantities exported from British Malaya, and the restriction area, imports of foreign rubber, dealers* and other stocks, eto. The first named
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  • 111 787 Rates to Come Down There is at present sitting a Special Committee which is going into the question of Railway Rates. This Committee hopes to make its recommendations within tbe next two months, when it is confidently believed that the rates then recommended will bring Railway transport
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  • 536 787 CLERK P LSlf 'C«lO> Before Mr. Juatica WhiH o Assizes yesterday 4t U» concluded the case i n Kuan, clerk 0 tbe P^ an Mines, was charged on Ti, falsification of accounts The evidence for'th? continued until nearly 5 p m Ca Oa jurors consenting to have the
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  • 799 788 JTE.MPTED murder at sea trial OF THREE fishermen L e Penang Assizes to day, before Mr. A Whitley and a common jury, the commenced of three Chinese men EngChooi Sen?, Ng Ah Buan Jong, who are charged with Border of Ng Kue Khooo, b.t»een Penang and Pangkor, on
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  • 358 788 Service Being Resumed The appearance of about half a dozen buses plying from Geylang to Taujong Pagar, about a d< zen of them running from Paya Lebah to Bras Basah Road, more than a dozen of them parked at Victoria Street ready for hire, and a like
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  • 1728 788 -T.O.M EVIDENCE AT CORONER’S INQUEST Shark or Crocodile? The appalling details of the sad fate which befell Miss Doris Bowyer Smyth while she was bathing at the Swimming Club on Tuesday evening last, were graphically described by witnesses who gave evidence before Mr. F. G. Bourne, the
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  • 417 789 Mr D'Arcy Weatherby u Home b ,h »-s 14> Inche Abdul Karim bin \i k Taha has been appointed to ac tu' 4 hour Master, Johore Bahru Mr. D J. Fleming, of the Smelting Co., Ipoh, has been transfer to the Company's Agency in K affipi! The Hon. Mr.
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  • 1744 790 number f q uestions reUtiug strietion have been asked in r r nf Commons lately and until they had practically all been anMajor Ormsby-Gore, the Par-Under-Secretary of State for Nobody out here can Hn in the least of the manner in i Vaior Ormsby-Gore has dealt with
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  • 1165 791 The Unconscious Humourist Reuter's aable from Berlin yesterday desaribing the popular rejoicings at the withdrawal of the French and Belgian troops from thb Ruhr, stated that the crowds sang patriotia songs, especially Deutschland Ueber Allies.” Dangerous Fish We assume that at any resorts where sea-bathing is not regarded
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  • 238 791 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, Will you kindly give me space in your columns in order to set at ease the minds of those who have contributed or intend to contribute to the PanJ IJ.ubte qu«ter 8 that d S”'*; Penang may not
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  • 259 791 The Uncouponed Stocks (To the Editor of the Straits Echo] Sir, The information conveyed to you bvtbi Controller nf Rubber. S. S. and F. M. S. regarding the exports of nnaonpow. rubber held by dealers as declared k Government, as published in your pfi* of yesterday’s date, is
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  • 1145 792 |llE «P AT a T T E Ie T A ED MURDER accused acquitted e Mr- J aBtioß Whltlfi y at the penanz, yesterday afternoon, the three fishermen, Eng Chooi V,Ah Bam and Ng Ah Jong, are with the attempted murder of Ng at sea, between Penang and
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  • 591 792 J J M.M k. L. SUPREME COURT HEARING D. P. P.’s Appeal Dismissed The hearing took place yesterday, at the Kuala Lumpur Supreme Court, before Sir Lionel Woodward, Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, Mr. Justice Watson and Mr. Justice Deane, of the appeal by the Deputy Public Prosecutor against
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  • 161 793 M.M. Notorious Smuggler Caught at Last On July 20, Mr. C Baines, Acting Superintendent of Customs, Port Dickson, effected the arrest near Port Dickson of Mat La wan, a notorious smuggler and a leading light in a local Secret Society. Mat Lawan was caught red-handed in
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  • 296 793 C. W. Frerichs, a young Eurasian, who only recently completed a sentence served on him by a Singapore Police Magistrate, was once more before the Courts there on Tuesday when he was alleged to have presented a forged cheque in payment for some drinks he had taken
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  • 518 793 SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT ROADS AND RAILS A correspondent of the Straits Times who has studied the possible approaches to Cameron’s Highlands expresses a doubt whether it is wise to proceed with road-making without considering at the same time the practical certainty that as the Highlands develop, a railhead
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 327 793 Free Press. Singapore Comm est Ine handicaps for the Penang Race meeting win noted with interest but as f a see provide material for Can mild blasphemy which cropped up under Mr. The weights in fact follow vervVT*' running at the recent Singapore and a great deal on
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    • 163 793 Results of tennis tournament ties played yesterday: Single Handicap Class B”: l5-2 J. Ford beat l5 N. Lampard 2-6,75 65. )t Doubles Handicap Class A --D W. H. Threlfall F. R. Sayers beat 5 J. R. Bennett G. A. Potts 63> 6 4. p. Ladies Doubles Handicap,
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  • 1094 794 B.T flu- i.ast few months the camthe French and the Span- Morocco which the Riffs are fantot he leadership of Abdel <w" n fron a mere tribal 7^*/’"into a pretty considerable cor'j war necessitating on the part of X employment of at least d.tW trwp*, the appointment of a
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  • 470 794 Mr. Harley Clarke has nou been able to resume practice alter his recent ill ness.S.T. Mr. Roper has succeeded Mr. F. L. Shaw a- headmaster, Malacca Govern ui< nt English School. Mr. B. Brockwell, of the Max well Road School, Kuala Lumpur, will probably lx* going on leave next
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  • 1754 795 The Chief Secretary It is extraordinary that the Malay Mail should have allowed the erroneous statements regarding the status of the Chief Secretary contained in the letter we reproduce on page 5 to-day to pass uncontradicted. The Table of Precedence of Officers in the Service of the Federated
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  • 1131 796 riMBERLEY STREET MOTOR KLMB COLLISION CHANGE OF RASH DRIVING Mr. Justice Whitley at the j Q the Supreme Court, Penang, !Sday afternoon, the oase in which Kap is charged with causing by rash act and also with without a license was commenced. y nT R. Thornton deputised for
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  • 1184 796 (To the Editor of the Malay Mail) Sir, 1 have read with the greatest interest the rumour as to what is to happen to the appointment of Chief Secretary on the retirement of the present holder of the office, and also your remarks on the same. But
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  • 353 797 Dense volumes of black smoke were noticed lis.ng into lhe sky in the direction ol i’ulau Bukom. yesterday morning at about 9 o clock, says Thursday’s Free Press. Information was soon to hand that one of lhe tanks containing kerosene at the A.P.C. oil installations at
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  • 629 797 campaign again,, INTlMioato ß j 1 I hiring tin- ec |.~.L H. exchange, (jf I o c out au ext COs 4 mtimidatorsaudidi '““‘hig; 'A™ off JC A large number of h coiled to the harbour car t v AtrK morning in order th-u th shipped on the
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  • 17 798 BIRTH <t Tanibun Road, Ipoh, on tost., to Mr. and Mrs. J. 8. a daughter.
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  • 1063 798 has had a bus strike which S’ the unusually long time—for a «trike—of six days. For this period >rerted Ford which has done so to complicate traffic problems was to .be seen, and the owners of prit cars rejoiced accordingly. The rrle it seems, was by way
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  • 485 798 Mr. Lim Koon Teck has passed his Intermediate examination for the LL.B, degree.S.T. hettiappa Chettiar, the Ipoh Chettiar sportsman, left by the mail train yesterday for Penang to attend the races here. We are glad to be able to report a further slight improvement this morning in the condition
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  • 1297 799 ANNUAL MEETING DINNER AND DANCE THIS YEAR The annual general meeting of members of the Penang St. Andrew’s Society was held yesterday evening at the Penang Criaket Club. Mr. J.P. Souter occupied the chair and there was a fair attendance of members. The minutes of the
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  • 477 799 Amount previously aoknoJuT R'XD A Hu Yew” 3 Ml[ o«l« j gta Mr. Wee 800 Kee Liam 5« boon Theam Co. SJX Kim Seng Kongsi Dr. Lim Ch wee Leong 20-OG Mr. Lim Seng Hooi ,w 25fj Mr. Lim Joo Chong '25,0’ Mr. Ng Seng Sooi
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  • 543 800 ANNUAL meeting DIVIDEND OF 25 PER CENT. L sttwnth anno»! enneral raeetine of Ti Zldera of the Kedah Robber t* sb r Ltd. wae held afc H R,m to da y Ka'z Bro'hera’ offiw. Dr. IffNfcboh» (‘Jhairman) presided and L present were the H in. Mr. aj
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  • 1296 800 GENERAL ADVISER’S ANNUAL REPORT From the annual report on the State of Johore for the year 1924 prepared by the Hon. Mr. Hayes Marriott, C.M.G., who was General Adviser, it appears that the revenue of the State amounted to $10,947,959.68 as against $11,094,954. 79 in 1923.
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  • 325 801 S.F.P. Young Malay Crushed by Tram-Car The traffic at the Bali Lane corner of North Bridge Road Singapore was suspended awhile last Thursday afternoon as the result of a fatal accident which befell a young Malay boy who was knocked down and run over by a tramcar.
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  • 1086 801 WELSHERS IN WHITEHALL Litigation of the type that the Government of Kelantan and the Buff Development Co. have been involved in for longer than most of the public care to remember is often (says the Malay Mail) fought on quibbles and sometimes decided on them. This particular
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  • 1577 802 the past lortu.gut it has been "abundantly clear that public opin British Malaga, so iai as it is through the local press, is strongly d t( an proposals cither for the of the Chief Secretaryship of F M S or for reducing the power and
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  • 1346 803 Cars and Tyres in Malaya The growing importance of the motor tyre trade has been very marked of late. With a mere general nee of care throughout the world, it bae expanded to a remarkable extent, and continue* to increaee. It ba* been pointed out that Great Britain
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  • 437 803 The Pattani correspondent o f tk Siam Observer writes under date In order to prevent the extension d any epizootic disease of animals (J Siam to neighbouring States, the Sia ese Government has decided to redw« the number of ports from which cattle in Southern
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  • 1768 804 eS triction- aND after asE PREPARED i mo re pressure 18 being brought Mor** 0 the Home Government to '**h“or modify the polieyofreetriclion '’teeiporte from Mal.yaand Ceylon. Jndv with diplomatic repreAmerica oomes a manifesto n9 v a powerful combination of Jars and aonsumers in England it is
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  • 3061 805 SATURDAY’S RESULTS A Poor Day For Favourites Fine weather, after a shower in the morning, favoured the opening day of the Penang Turf Club’s Autumn Meeting on Saturday and there was a very heir attendance of sportsmen from all parts of the country and of the general
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  • 443 807 PERAK V. PENANG Local Team Outclassed in spite of the counter-attraction at the Racecourse a crowd of at least 5,000 gathered round the Esplanade ground on Saturday afternoon to witness the association lootbail match between Perak and renung in the Malaya Cup Competition. Hie spectators, who not
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  • 1026 807 a CONST liUTiuii AL COP i N G-S iohi E (To lhe Editor oi the Malay Mail) Sir, No one supposes that the political constitution oi. British Malaya nas yet readied finality, as has, lor instance, the unwritten constitution of Great Britain or the written one of the
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  • 1101 808 1,. \ntbon\, late General 1,,a he'EV Railways who, n article on foresight in Railway recently, emphasised that 1 has over I,O(M> miles oi lines of b n d construction, well equipped and Stained, and full.x equal to the work htdi will be required of it during the tXiitx
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  • 470 808 lhe Hon Mr. Peel. President of the Penang I uri lub, is giving the usual Race Dinner at the Penang lub to-morrow evening. Airs. F. B. Rickvtt, who arrived from Singapore by (he Klang yesterday morn iug. is staying at the th sidency with her sister, Airs. Peel. e
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  • 1506 809 Goodwood Luck The Goodwood meeting, which begins today, has the reputation of upsetting all the old superstitions. So far from being an unlucky number at Good wood, thirteen is the luckiest of all numbers. Many incidents could be quoted to show that any combination of 13 proves lucky
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  • 791 809 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, Apropos your remarks in the coluum of your Random Notes of your issue of Saturday last and my letter of the 22nd inst., in connection with the release of th 6,000 tons uncouponed rubber will you pleas allow me
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  • 723 810 SANDiLANDS STREET MURDER -At the lenang Assizes before Mr. Justice Whitley and a special jury, ihe trial was continued of the case in which tour Chinese, Aug Hong, Yeoh Kean Huat, leoh Soon Huat and Ong Cheng 11 nah are charged with the murder of a compatriot, Lim
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  • 442 810 Our Klang correspondent writes: On the night of the 20th instant Mr. Koh Chiong Hin of Messrs. Li Kim Chuan Co., Klang, met with a rather serious accident on the 20th mile Kuala Selangor-Jeram Road, while returning from his sister’s at Rantan Panjong Estate on a
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  • 338 811 BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS A Kulim corre-pondcnl write.-: Monday last was th( f>3r<j birth la oi II II the Sullen of Iv (Lih .md K dim (■(Jebrated tin occasion with much t'c.iif. Ihe function- began at IO a.in. wlun I unku Mansur, th' Di-triet (ffific i and brot
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  • 401 811 (Io the Editor oi the. Spectator) Sir, As a member of the Advisory Com mittce appointed to consider the above subject, will you permit me to urge that public discussion upon this subject might well be postponed until Air. Amery has had an opportunity to con
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  • 332 811 Further evidence against Mr. Crompton Cooper, late employee of Messrs. John Little and oiupany, was recorded in the Police Courts on Friday, the case lor the prosecution being concluded and the furthci hearing adjourned. Accused who was formerly chief cashier at John Little,and Company st ands
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  • 160 811 ENTi_ c7n?7wav A-'k '""rried y.Ji v snvau,. IL J' He «vr,- nlso chnrg,.,! will, I, i""'the offence, v.ak,.,- t.„- H |)ro6ecutioo I'"'- that Kalyehettv W hou-e at ixembau Street 4 f ago his sou.in.law went to’l o du“J* ng u- tie oi about 13 ye are Pttr.-nts, Hrst
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  • 268 811 Kimberley Street Fatalih At the Penang Assizes on Saturday the jury found Leong Ah Kap, the mac who was charged with driving a car rashly and negligently on March 29 8 Kimberley Street and causing the deij of Yap Yam Seng, Chief Clerk of tbj Land Office, guilty
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  • 1229 812 ANTHONY CO.’S SHARE LIST Sellerb |k>of OoinP* 11 marks st cts Cte. -nrrtß tHAR* Ct inrr 2.40 ex > ?5 Jg :S ?SsSS£ *?g’ 1 240 2.30 Co.. LW a m 9.E0 r*** fihbtr Estate, °j 4.00 LW 1.15 feSgUMrCo».Ltd- ego 0.85 ftSXrßnbberCo., I> tG i.l2s RgSr -,1 \7l I.l’
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  • 638 812 LEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT IlnirsdGy evening Tin closing at the tup price of £265 7s 6d. three months, has further advanced £3 17s. 6d. on the week. Rubber has fluctuated daring the week, th v lowest price recorded beiniz I 5 Ihe release of dealers’ uncouponed stocks
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