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Title Section20 1926-04-21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. |lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG: APRIL 21, 1926 NO. 1620 words
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Advertisement282 1926-04-21 1 CONTEM TS LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) Sa The Singapore Base 400 Malayan Land Hunger 414 jQ Chinese Marriages 406 Planters in Malaya 414 gt Imitation 411 The Hon. Mr. Yeoh 3 The Axe in Siam 416 Gnan Seok 415 427 3 China’s Chance 423 For Women—and Men 418 2 Hill-Stations in282 words
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Advertisement182 1926-04-21 2 VL THE STRAITS ECHO I MAIL EDITION. Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of the Far East, including China, Japan, Corea,182 words
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Article1192 1926-04-21 400 Although me construe cion 01. tiic Siu aapore base may now De regarded as a moral cenaimy, whatever uovernmen may be in power at Home, it is pcrnaps opportune co give a bnei summary vi the considerations upon which thdecision oi the Admiralty to undertake mils worka1,192 words
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Article421 1926-04-21 400 STRIKERS -JOINED BY ENGINE DRIVERS Mu. Trimmer Optimistic The lightermen of the Penang Harhour Board who went on strike yesterday, on a demand for higher wages, were joined to-day by the engine and crane dr.vers, so that work was practically al a standstill in the harbour and on421 words
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Advertisement28 1926-04-21 400 Cbe straits PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION I utaining the news of the week prior tv departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited 59, Beach Street, Penang28 words
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Article1035 1926-04-21 401 Met In Siam'* The propres s ivene«s of any country in promotint? its tourist traffic is deserving of praise. There are places in France, zypt. and the Pacific which depend for their very existence on a oonstant stream of tourists vis’ting their shores. Tourists, although only spending a1,035 words
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Article243 1926-04-21 401 His Royal Highness Prince George crossed over to Butterworth in the Government launch Booby this morning and motored to Alor Star in H. E. the Governor’s car, which has been sent up by train from Singapore for his use during his trip through the F.M.S. 1 As already243 words
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Article1304 1926-04-21 401 Ahna Caret - A FEW ILLUSIONS <By Ahna Caret) -TO.M. Men and oats,” declared Marie Bash, kirtsteff iconoclastic Uly in her diary are despicable oreatares.” Personally, I have had very little to do with cats, except of coarse, those of my own sex. Bat, really, I should say that-TO.M. - 1,304 words
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Article589 1926-04-21 402 A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING The Hon. Mr. W. Peel, C.M.G., Resident Councillor, Penang, and Mrs. Peel were At Home” at the Residency yesterday afternoon. His Royal Highness Prince George, who is serving as an officer in the Hawkins, was present and although he was attending strictly in a589 words
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Article489 1926-04-21 402 ECONOMY STILL L'KGEI) A Million Gallons Short a Day lhe position of the water supply to-day is such that the utmost economy is again urged by the Water Engineer, Mr. lettes. Roughly, there is again a shortage of about a million gallons a day and unless the489 words
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Article396 1926-04-21 403 NEW BOOKS All Fools Together, by Charles E. Forrest. Banzai by John Paris. Bedales, by J. 11. Badlev. The Bookman Trea-uryof Living Poets Edited by St. John Adcock. Broadcast, by John Mackworth. Broomsticks and Other Tales, by Walter de la Mare. Broken Ties and Other Stories, by Rabindranath396 words
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Article1180 1926-04-21 403 We would like (says the Straits Times) to endorse a remark made by Mr. Nixen at the meeting of the P. A. M. last week, that the Report of the Labour Committee was the finest thing on the Labour Position that he had ever read. The whole1,180 words
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Article1160 1926-04-21 404 seventh annual meeting 20 Per Cent. Dividend \s already briefly reported, the seventh annual genera] meeting of the shareholders of North Taiping Tin Dredging Co., Ltd., "’as held at noon on Saturday, \pril 10 at N°- Beach Street. Mr. p A AL Brown, Chairman, presided and1,160 words
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Article655 1926-04-21 404 Reliabl'' sourca have passed to us, the A! day a Tribune, the disturbing information that it is intende I, some time in the near future, to transfer the headquarters of the Posts and Telegraphs De- artment from Singapore to Kuala Lumpur. A fine, new Post Office building655 words
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Article439 1926-04-21 405 Alleged Theft Mr Pi Boyd officer in-charge of the Government Co-operative and Thrift Societies, Penang, who was sworn in as a police magistrate and Coroner before Mr. G A. Hereford in the District Judge’s chamber this morning, disposed of a few criminal eases in the Police Court one439 words
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Article1078 1926-04-21 405 CHAIRMAN EULOGISES WORK OF MR. STOTHARD The annual general meeting of the Malakoff Rubber Company was held on Wednesday at Union Bunding, Collyer Quay. There were present: Mr. J. L. Lonie (chairman), the Hon. Mr. J. Mitchell, Mr. A. G. Wilson and Mr. C. R. Cherry (secretary). In1,078 words
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Article1094 1926-04-21 406 Everv responsible Chinese will be welladvised to mark the warning uttered by the Chief Justice of the Colony at Singapore last week. Giving judgment in an action in which the main issue was whether a Chinese woman was or was not married as a principal wife, and commenting1,094 words
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Article457 1926-04-21 406 Dr. Rattray returned to Singapore this afternoon from a short visit to Penang. Mr. J. H. Pedlow, Protector of Chinese, was well enough to leave the General Hospital yesterday. Mr. G. A. Hereford, District Judge and First Magistrate, went into the General Hospital on Tuesday evening. Mr. Harry Velge,457 words
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Article1021 1926-04-21 407 A SAILORS’ HOSTEL FOR PENANG (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Dear Sir, I beg leave to endorsi mist heartily year remarks regarding the orpent netd for inch a plaae as that described by yon, and to say that the writer for one will be only1,021 words
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Article816 1926-04-21 407 It used, says the Free Press, to be a standing assertion that the prosperity of Malaya depended on its tin industries: the capital of the country had largely come out of the ground and thus the F.M.S. Railway was laid on sleepers of tin. A modern cynic mi<»ht816 words
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Article3631 1926-04-21 408 REVIEW of the YEAR’S WORK HARBOUR board conditions H CONDEMNED Mr G. A. Botts the New Chairman The annual meeting of members of the Penang Chamber of Commerce was held un Tuesday afternoon. Mr. R. N. Holmes (R- T. Reid Co.) presided and the others present were:3,631 words
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Article376 1926-04-21 410 A TRAGIC EPISODE Submarine’s Commander’s Death It is with deep regret that we learn that Lieut. William Leslie Berridge, R.N., in command of Submarine LIS, attached to H.M.S. Ambrose, met with a fatal accident at the Penang Swimming Club yesterday afternoon. He had been diving from the376 words
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Article1187 1926-04-21 410 Year after year, says the Malaya l r;bune, there is a steady flow of litigation in and out of courts of Malaya, arising out of Chinese marriages. Judge after judge has made strong comment upon the impossibility of continuing to administer the law in cases where there is1,187 words
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Article1082 1926-04-21 411 iiue imitation may form of flatters, it is not in the best interests of British manufacturers that their goods should be imitated bj foreigners and got up in such a way a- to make the public believe tney are purchasing a genuine British article, i he British manufacturer has1,082 words
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Article416 1926-04-21 411 Mr. N. B. Fraser, manager, Teiniang North Estate, leaves for Scotland next month. Mrs. W. H. Pratt has returned to Seremban with her two children after a long holiday in Scotland.M.M Mr. P. F. Godfrey, Assistant District- Forest Officer, Klang, proceeds on leave at the end of the month.416 words
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Article1391 1926-04-21 412 The Standard Wage Qfgoial discussions have recently taken Ice i Q Dalhi n connection with the aestion of standard wage on estates- It has since been notified, for the information 0 the public, that those discussions have finally resulted in a general agreement regarding the method of establishing1,391 words
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Article389 1926-04-21 412 CHINESE FACTION FIGHC Bystanders Killed and Wounded (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 15 In the course of a revolver duel between rival factions of Cantonese at the junction of Albert Street and Selegie Road a Tamil was shot dead and two other Tamils, a Chinese child, and389 words
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Article1245 1926-04-21 413 Anna Caret - (By Anna Caret) So few people really ha' e a decant night time psychology. They have hemmed it about with euoh peculiar tr ditions. It ia qu dntiy sup, os d that the night is the piopr tirnu t> sleep And because human bei.gshata inquiring1,245 words
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Article691 1926-04-21 413 It was but natural, says the Free Press, that the subject of the Singapore Base should have had many references made to it in the debate on the naval estimates. Some of the points are very interesting: others are of merely academic interest, for instance, whether691 words
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Article1127 1926-04-21 414 What is wrong with land administration in Malaya? asks the Straits Times. We have a whole page advertisement in t h e Financial Times of Monday, 15th March, 1926, before us as we write. It tells us that Agricultural Land for Rubber Cultivation is available in the1,127 words
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Article911 1926-04-21 414 ALLEGATIONS OF BAD TREATMENT The complaints with regard to the treatment of planters in the rubber industry in the Malay States have recently attracted some attention and inspired a good deal of newspaper correspondence, in which I have myself taken part, writes Sir Edwin Stockton in Overseas.911 words
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Article286 1926-04-21 415 Press Defeat the Police Taking advantage of the public holiday yesterday, an interesting whole day cricket match was played on the Esplanade between a Press side and a Police team. Both sides were short of a few men and substitutes had to be taken for fielding. The Press,286 words
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Article722 1926-04-21 415 SUDDEN DEATH THIS MORNING We greatly regret to record the death, which took place suddenly in the early hours of this morning, of the Hon. Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok, member of the Legislative Council since 1923, partner of the legal firm of Messrs. Logan722 words
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Article229 1926-04-21 415 P.C.C. Defeat Municipality On Tuesday, on the Esplanade, the P.C.C. defeated the Municipality by one goal to nil. It was a keen and fast game, the Club having the better of matters territorially. The side! crossed over with the score sheet blank. In the second half, during229 words
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Article98 1926-04-21 415 (From Otur Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 14 There was some fine boxing at the tournament held last night in the Town Hall here. Boy Walley beat F. de Vera on points in a twelve-round contest. The flyweight champion secured five rounds, three were drawn, and98 words
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Article1162 1926-04-21 416 Economy is the order of the day in Siam and officials, both European and Siamese,.. are being axed" or retrenched" daily, the numbers amounting in the case of the former to scores and of the latter, it is said, to many thousands. \obodv who knows anything1,162 words
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Article479 1926-04-21 416 Mrs. M. A. V. Allen is going Home next month, not Mr. Allen as stated y esterday. Ihe Rev. Archibald Ewing, of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Penang, will preach his farewell sermon to-mor-row night. Capt. L. E. Travers, RE., and Capt. 1. K. Price, R.A.S.C., have arrived and are479 words
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Article1484 1926-04-21 417 Drains The great evil-smelling, open drains at the sides of many Penang streets, capable of hiding a corpse or drowning a child, were a source of considerable interest to the younger element yesterday when the heavy shower, which foil during the morning, iashed down pipes or along gutters,1,484 words
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Article386 1926-04-21 417 The Ways Of The Chetty In the Supreme Court yesterday, Mr, Justice A- V. Brown, Senior Puisne Judge, Penang, disposed of anothe- suit iu which a chetty was plaintiff and four Malays were defendants. Not only did His Lordship dismiss the action but ho also ordered the pipsr386 words
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Article3342 1926-04-21 418 Anna Carey - (By Anna Carey) ARE MODERN LOVERS HIGHLY STRUNG? TAKE YOUR CHOICE Someone has lately raised the question, Are modern lovers more highly strung?’’ Who is to say whether they are or not? The women of the older aeneration are out of reach of the modern young man,3,342 words
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Article242 1926-04-21 420 the new headmaster The large white building known as the Confucian School, situated on the slopes of Petaling Hill overlooking Sultan-street, and Pudu-road, is undoubtedly the leading Chinese educa tional institution in the Federated Ma lay States, says the Malay Mail. Run and managed by a committee242 words
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Article253 1926-04-21 420 MEN RETURN TO WORK Increase of Wages Granted The strike of workmen employed by the Penang Harbour Board was satis* factorily settled by Mr. G. W. A. Trimmer, Chairman of the Singapore and Penang Harbour Boards on Tuesday evening. Mr. Trimmer had intended to sail by the Klang253 words
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Article508 1926-04-21 420 CONSTABLES ACQUITTED The case in which Ismail bin Mat, a police constable, was charged with the theft of money from four different 1 amils while on duty at Prangin Road on March 6, was continued before Mr. S N. King in the Police Court yesterday afternoon. Mr. C.508 words
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Article527 1926-04-21 420 SOON THEAM CO.'S SHARE REPORT Penang, April 16, 1926. With the commodity falling in price almost daily, we have to report a fairly quiet week for the rubber section of the share market with sellers predominating. Ihe loss in the price of rubber for the week under review is 4|d.527 words
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Article690 1926-04-21 421 THE PROPOSED NEW COAST ROAD An ordinary meeting oi the Municipal Commis.-uoners w.i» held on luesday afternoon at the Municipal offices. Mr. Bernard Nunn presided and the others present were: Messrs J. D. Kemp, Khoo Sian Ewe, i coh C'h< ang Aun, Lim Cheng Eali, C. R. Samuel,690 words
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Article227 1926-04-21 421 D. A. F. C. v. P. R. C. The D.A.F.C. after abstaining from matches for about a month, on account of the puasa fast, turned out yesterday and defeated the P. R. C. by two goals to nil, the first scored easily aftqr the start and the227 words
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Article40 1926-04-21 421 The following is the result of the tennis tournament tie played yesterday: Double Handicap, Class A, Final (unfinished tie): 3O E. J. Bennett and N. A. Sedwick beat 15.3 J. Duguid and J. 11. Bowyer 79, 119, 62.40 words
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Article698 1926-04-21 421 SHARE TRANSACTION A Question of Rights” Before Mr. G. A. Hereford in District Court on Tuesday afternoon Dr. R. G. Temple, Medical Officer, Teluk Anson, Lower Perak, sued Messrs Arrol Co. for $5OO as damages for breach of a contract dated November 17, 1925, to buy for his698 words
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Article1092 1926-04-21 422 I According to the latest advices from I p e king, Marshal Chang Tso-lin is exI k c ted’to enter the Chinese capital at I’) PV moment and will be received with I t he honours due to a victorious general. I p ro m recent cables it1,092 words
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Article466 1926-04-21 422 Mr. Robert Caldwell and Mr. Charles Henry Nicol have been placed ujion the Commission of the Peace, Singaj>ore. H.E. the Governor has been pleased provisionally to recognise Senor Don Victor Mansilla as Chilean Consul at Singapore. Dis. P. J. Mulcahy, E. A. Struthers and S. Leicester, all of the466 words
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Article1233 1926-04-21 423 Hotels and Hylams A correspondent who evidently cherish" 0 a burning grievance against the Hyi-*m servant sends ns a couple of letters on the cognateq esti ns of a of ©'van’s and the ramagem-nt of hotel". While we agree with him to the extent f ho ding that1,233 words
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Article964 1926-04-21 423 Anna Caret - (By Anna Caret) Conversation is one of the thing's. Of conveisation there is much making but very little enjoying. If people only did not feel constrained to make it, they would be much happier. This effort of being polite is really a frantic struggle. You964 words
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Article290 1926-04-21 424 The dismissal of officials in the Government service still continues and something like 9,000 have now gone, writes the Bangkok correspondent of the Free Press. Quite a number of these are Europeans who, only a few months ago, little dreamt that they were very soon to290 words
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Article1638 1926-04-21 424 annual meeting hairman s Interesting Review lhe 25th annual general meeting of shareholders of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held yesterday morning at the Caledonia Club, Nibong lebal. Mr. J. W. Kennedy, the chairman, presided and there was a large attendance. After the notice convening the meeting and1,638 words
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Article1114 1926-04-21 425 GENERAL MEETING The Age Limit Question A general meeting of the Subordinate Civil Service Benefit Fund was held at the S. C. S. A. premises, Anson Road on Saturday afternoon with Mr. Lim Sun Kee in the chair.. After the minutes of the last meeting had been1,114 words
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Article50 1926-04-21 426 Fast Scoring (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, April 19 Interesting cricket was witnessed on Saturday at Tanglin when the S. C. C. beat the Services by three wickets. The Club scored 208 for 7 wickets in 80 minutes, N. H. P. Whitley scoring 06 in 14 hits.50 words
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Article713 1926-04-21 426 Services Trounce Smelters On the Esplanade, on Saturday, the Public Services beat the Eastern Smelting Company, who up till then had a good record, rather severely, the Smelters being bundled out for a meagre 41 which is the lowest score for the season. A. W. Matthews, the713 words
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Article923 1926-04-21 426 P.C.C. CHAMPIONSHIP Sedwick Defeated All those who went to see the final in the Club championship yesterday doubtless went there expecting to see Pinckney win and probably nearly all, like the writer, expected to see Sedwick go to pieces; but Sedwick, contrary to expectations, and to the923 words
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Article119 1926-04-21 427 Ma. Crabb-Watt Elected President The Hon. Mr. W. Peel, Resident Councillor, Penang, presided over the annual general meeting of members of the Penang Golf Club on Saturday afternoon, in the Club-house. There was a large gathering. The Chairman after making a few remarks on the report and119 words
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Article683 1926-04-21 427 SELANGOR v. NEGRI SEMBILAN Century by N. J. A. Foster (From O.ur Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, April 14 J he inter-State match between Selangor and Negri Sembilan began here this morning. The wicket was bumpy. Mustard, winning the toss, took the field. Negri Sembilan opened with de Vitro683 words
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Article625 1926-04-21 427 REFERENCES IN COURT Funeral On May 2 Feeling references were made to the lake Hon. Mr. Yeoh Guan Seok in the Supreme Court this morning. There was a full attendance of the bar and Mr. Balfour E. Ross, as President of the Bar Committee,625 words
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Article1084 1926-04-21 428 One evening when the ex-service men of Singapore caught Sir Theodore Fraser in prophetic mood, that eminent soldier painted a picture of Cameron’s Plateau as it would be in the future that made this sleepy country sit up and blink. Malaya’s G.O.C. told of fruit and1,084 words
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Article458 1926-04-21 428 M M Dr. W. C. Pou, of the F.M.S. Medical Service, is due back from England on Thursday by the P. and O. Khyber. Mr. J. H. Ped low, who had been up Penang Hill for a few days after his recent illness, resumed work yesterday. Mr. H. T.M M - 458 words
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Article1102 1926-04-21 429 Amateur Productions G i oral di*-ajp' intment will I* feD nt the f ulure of the Penang Choral S;ci-ty to continue itspractioesof Merrie England.” Those of u 8 who have seen local am.teu performances in the past have recognised that considerable talent is to be found in Penang1,102 words
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Article137 1926-04-21 429 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sr, Some time ago you announced that the Penang Choral Society would produce German’s Merrie England” during this month. 1 amdisappoin td to learn that the production of this ooera has fallen thrjudi, owing to the difficulty of finding a137 words
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Article1353 1926-04-21 429 TREES AND THEIR WORSHIP (By Anna Carey) Thete h nothing so gracious, so exan 1 sitely beautiful as trees after rain. Th/ are so still, so silent with their d I boughs drooping a little to the We t ea/th A stray wind comes wandering i n1,353 words
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Article289 1926-04-21 430 DIVIDEND YIELDS The dividend* p id by M .lay m tin com panics in 1925 are likely in most ras-s tile con-iderably exceeded by those distributed in the current 12 months, assuming the metal maintains a price well above last year’s avenge of £261 p*r ton, e*ys th°289 words
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Article235 1926-04-21 430 A Claim Dismissed An interesting argument arose before Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, in the District Court, yesterday afternoon, out of a claim for wages by M. Allah Oothary, P. 0. Pitohay, and Abu Bakar for $lO7 30, $241 58 and $238.42 respectively against Messrs. Alien Dennys <fc235 words
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Article494 1926-04-21 430 A NEW SECRETARY The following particulars of a meeting are sent to us for publicationA meeting o f the Trustees of the Sikh Gurdwara was held at the Gurdwara, Penang, on April 18. to reconsider their previous decision with regard to the appointment of a Secretary. On494 words
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Article489 1926-04-21 431 IMPORTANT ARGUMENT IN SUPREME COURT Excessive Inti rest On Promissory Notes The question of whether the courts of the Colon\ have jurisdiction to deal with excessive interest on promissory notes was argued in the Court of Appeal, at Singapore on Frida;. before the hief Justice (Sir489 words
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Article405 1926-04-21 431 NEW BOOKS Americana 1925, Edited by IT. L. Mencken. As the Stars Come Out, by Netta Syrett. Beethoven, by Paul Bekker. Books and Theatres, by E. Gordon Craig. Bread of Deceit, by Mrs. Belloc Lowndes. Bring! Bring!, by Conrad Aiken. The Burgled Heart, by Gaston Leroux. Character and405 words
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Article423 1926-04-21 431 The annual report on forest adminig tration in the Straits Settlements fa 1925, a copy of which reaches us this morning, states that the only alteration in area was an excision of 337 acres from the Tasek Glugor Reserve in Province Wellesley. The land affected adjoined423 words
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Article1033 1926-04-21 432 LEAN CO’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday evening Yin, after a sharp decline to £267 three months, has made a good recovery to £273 55., the loss on balance thus being 30/- for the three months price, while the cash price of £286 shows a further advance of 20/- on1,033 words
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Article505 1926-04-21 432 Mxi.ays Defeat Municipality On the Esplanade yesterday, in the presence of a large crowd, the Municiu. lit champions of last season and, till a i<".\ weeks ago, with an unbeaten record, went down again, this time to the Malays by one goal to nil. Their defeat by505 words
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