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Title Section20 1926-07-27 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. >lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG JULY 27, 1926 NO. 3020 words
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Advertisement335 1926-07-27 1 CONTEN.'S fc&S LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: fConthmri) 9 H ra Pattine Something on a Horse 8’24 Penang Schools 834 11 XJ Women in the Church 830 I Penang Property 834 M Local Tragic Problems 836 Diary in Penang 836 gfl d| Chinese Education 840 Prison Labour 839 TS The Siam and the335 words
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Advertisement183 1926-07-27 2 nt (STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 1 Ljr l Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, JC 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 fA East, including183 words
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Article1013 1926-07-27 824 When a man talks of playing, in the sense of gaming, he specially does not mean playing a game. The vocabulary of the subject is doubtless vague and ambiguous, but the exhortation to play the "ame” does indicate the comprehension of some ideals more exalted,1,013 words
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Article534 1926-07-27 824 M .A. P. Dr. I Ml- Were s visiting Singa1 »<-•. lii d th has occurred after a kng Im s<. of Mr Ku a Bo n Ilin, of Ipoh j Abdul Hamid arrived here fn>m Kuala Kang-ar yesterday evening by car. I'm lion. Mr. I). Beatty, Secretary lor iiintM534 words
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Advertisement27 1926-07-27 824 Cix straits echo PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION the news of the week prior t< !< parture of Mails for Europe he Criterion Press. Limited, 5P Beach Street, Penang27 words
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Obituary19 1926-07-27 824 DOMESTIC occurrence DEATH On July 20. in Ceylon, Mudaliyar B P De Silva, manufacturing jeweller of’ Singapore and Penang.19 words
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Article1055 1926-07-27 825 Equus Britannicus The enormous prices— £lo3.ooobid and refused for that great cap horse, Solano, ought to be a triumphant answer to those who have been using pessimistic language about the English horse. One oalla to mind Gsrvase Markham’s famous viodieation of the English horse. Again, for swiftness, wna1,055 words
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Article122 1926-07-27 825 Relief For Padanv Sufferers As mentioned a few weeks ago, urgent cables were received by prominent local Chinese for the relief of earthquake sufferers in Padang, Sumatra, and snrroundings. The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce took the matter up and Mr, Khoo Sian Ewe, Honorary Treasurer, Chinese122 words
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Article821 1926-07-27 825 PROVINCE MURDER CHARg E VERDICT AND SENTENCE The concluding stages of the trial of a Malay woman, Baidah binti Sahid a of loose character, living at Bukit jam, Province Wellesley, who was with causing the death of a Malay 00n Jr named Sudin bin Unus, at Station rS821 words
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Article45 1926-07-27 826 Fined For Assault (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, July 20 In the Police Court here to-day Mr. H. Fairburn, Inspector General of Police, pleaded guilty under provocation” to assaulting a peon employed by the Cable Company and was fined >2O and costs.45 words
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Article82 1926-07-27 826 A Sturdy Woman Mr. P. A. F. David sentenced a Javaneis to nine months’ rigorous imprison* vent in the Distriot Court ai Sigapore on Monday for attempted robbery. On the 14th inst. the accused was oaught by a Malay woman, as he was leaving her home with82 words
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Article201 1926-07-27 826 In the 1925 annual report on the Settlement of Malacca it is stated that the Marine Revenue was >958 as against >985.94 in 1924. The expenditure was 141,939.90 as against >38,865.39 in 1924. The increase was due to the revised scale of salary provided for the Harbour Master201 words
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Article606 1926-07-27 826 AN ADMIRABLE INSTITUTION People in Penang do not take the tangible interest they should in the work of the Children’s Aid Society, from which we have just received its annual report and balance sheet, for there is a mistaken idea current that the Society only looks after606 words
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Article581 1926-07-27 826 Another Complimentary Dinner In honour of his n-raain*ti m hy His hx~9 lancy tin Governor as (he Penang Ct-iupse member of the Lilial rtive Council, the H n Mr. Quib Beog Ke-. O. B. E., wi‘ entertained at dinner at the Lik Yew restaurant. Campbell581 words
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Article2423 1926-07-27 827 Anna Carey - (By Anna Carey) No writer hafi so irritated the vast right thinking,’’ American public as Theodore Dreiser, the author of An American Tragedy.” Brought up and nurtured on the delectable stuff turned out by such people as Gene Stratton Porter and the rest of the blah blah2,423 words
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Article470 1926-07-27 828 INSANITY PLEA FAILS Death Sentence for Tamil Ihe death sentence was passed in Singapore on Monday on a Tamil named Nadesan who was found guilty cf murdering a woman of the same nationality in a house in Tanjong Pagar Road on May 2. 1 he defence wa< a470 words
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Article664 1926-07-27 828 We await with a good deal of interest, ><y> the Free l’r« ss, the full text ot Sir 1 rank Swett» nham s remarks at the (Inner ot th Incorporated Society of Planters. The brief extract which Reuter has cabled is of a distinctly intriguing character664 words
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Article445 1926-07-27 829 ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1925 The total number of prisoners in 1925 iu the Criminal Prisons of the Colony was:— In Prison on January 1, 1925, 1,309. Received dur'ng 1925, 3,474. Discharged, etc., during 1925, 3,631. Remaining on December 31, 1925, 1,152. The daily averages in the three445 words
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Article489 1926-07-27 829 $600,000 INCREASED REVENUE FOR YEAR 1925 The financial report on the Settlement of Malacca for 1925 states that the revenue was $3,586,485.19, an increase of nearly $600,000 on that of 1924. Th s figure has only been exceeded twice in I 1920 (4,567,976) and 1919 (3,899,533). Ihe following489 words
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Article561 1926-07-27 829 I have received, says a writer in i T.0.M., some further interesting regarding the encounter between e night mail train and an elephant tween Sungkai and Slim River R pears that a big herd of wild eiephanT a herd numbering a dozen at 1 every year leaves561 words
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Article1145 1926-07-27 830 cia.m an tor our ptv\xuct wroit Olive ociue.ucr muirj» CUI ,i o > UUI 11 lb aOUULXUi 11 Sill UIUiIUL till pxvVxxxCC vi iC-iigiOUS ieuc.UiXxg, IQ£ tue c»»3 <i Lli e ruinous nuyeusv a-ua uiueiil itixuh.si on religion were too Known to mow ol any application1,145 words
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Article525 1926-07-27 830 .Mr. C. Roberts, manager <f the Maiac( a branch of Messrs. Adamson and (i-Jillan, Laves for Home on August > l he Abdul Aziz, Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, was recently married at Kuala Kangsar to a cousin ot Raja Kechil Sulong. We regret to announce the death of525 words
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Article1967 1926-07-27 831 Rubber Toy making is nowadays only a minor use of inbber, bat it was in that connection th*t it fist came under the notice of Europeans, its earliest mention occurring in the reaords of a companion of Columbus. who no»ed that the natives of Hayti played garni» with1,967 words
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Article104 1926-07-27 832 TLe health statistics f r the Muruci pality of G. j or t e Town for the wees ending Ja’y 17, 1926, giv-s a total of 68 deaths44 nrdio and 2 t fcrna'esth? death rate being 26 07 per mille per annu i compared with 31.05 in the104 words
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Article401 1926-07-27 832 Water Supply to Naval A prodrome (From Our Own Correspondent} -’sin?;; p n e, Ju y 21 The Siugap e AL.mcipiliiy has to supply the proposed Nav; I Ae odionoe with 20,000 gokms of water daily, as soon as requitsd ao the sice on land piesented by the401 words
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Article240 1926-07-27 832 MR. ROWLEY JAMES—MISS VERA BIDELEUX lhe Bishop of Singapore < fficiat ed at he marriage yesterday, at. St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, of Mr. Rowley Kingston James, only son of Mr. and Mrs. (J. R. P. James, of Stratford House, Cheltenham, England, to Mis- Vera Leontine Bideleux, daughter240 words
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Article273 1926-07-27 832 We (Malacca Observer) have been favoured with the loan of a copy of prospectus, dated July 12, of The Malayan Daily Express (1926) Limited, a company about to be formed in Kuala Lumpur, for the purpose of starting a new daily (morning) newspaper in Kuala Lumpur.273 words
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Article557 1926-07-27 832 PLEA OF PROVOCATION FAILS lhe Hon. Mr H. Fairburn, the Inspector Gt neral of Police, was defendant .n a case of using criminal force which came up before Mr. P. A. L Da\ (I. the District Judge, Singapore, uu Tuesday, says the Malaya Tribune. l he557 words
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Article676 1926-07-27 833 RETAINING STOLEN PROPERTY Sequel to Thief’s Haul Before Mr. F. K. Wilson in the Police Court, yesterday afternoon, the case was commenced in which two Chinese, Choo Kim Cheang and Choo Boon Wan, are charged with dishonestly retaining stolen property, to wit 20,(XX) guilders belonging to a chinchew676 words
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Article493 1926-07-27 833 Argyll Road Motor Fatality The trial was continued this morning, beiore Mr. .justice A. V. Brown and a common jury, oi the chauffeur, Ragi bin Synaf, who is charged with causing the death ot Lim Beow Kooi, a pupil ot St. Xavier's institution, by driving car Xo. 2259493 words
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Article537 1926-07-27 833 Interesting Cases On July 5 Mr. A. M. Goodman K tector of Chinese, Perak, annlM HA Lordship Mr. Justice WatVn fpoli. for an <rder on the Collect Land Revenue, to invest in hiJJ certain lands, vne property of the L Seng Miu Temple, Lahat, in order ththey537 words
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Article998 1926-07-27 834 advertised territories Java, Sumatra, and Bali. local airways practicab’l. y of establishing comroutes in the Malay Archi- <>o is a question winch >s being disP' 1 1 with mteresi both in this country CU J he Dutch Indies at present, says < e Straits limes. Our Dutchadvertised territoriesJava, Sumatra, and Bali. - 998 words
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Article171 1926-07-27 834 Says the Malaya Tribune of Tuesday: in our columns yesterday we pubiish>i a paragiaph which read: With re1. rence bo Lie Ibel su t of Mr. Lu Shm Zee, f rincipal oi the Overseas Chinese High School, against the Lat Pau Press, it °is said that another171 words
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Article211 1926-07-27 834 Exhibition of Work 1 third exh bition of work of i’< mg S h<x s will be h. Id < n Wednes. i’hur.Mi v. August 4 and 5, at m n n_ live Sihs;!. It will eon.1 a v.uiety of exhibits, chiefly of .emdwork, art, geography, needlework, nd211 words
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Article364 1926-07-27 834 The Noordin Sale Mr. Mohamed Nina Meriean, the wellknown auctioneer, of Market Street, has just 1 concluded the sale by public auction of the valuable landed property situated in Ihe best site of Georgetown and belonging to the late Mr. M. M. Noordin, J.P., at one time doing364 words
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SPORTING NEWS
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Article42 1926-07-27 835 Colony's Eleve.< J'rum Out Ou a Singapore, July 21 The following Colony team will meet the F.M.S. at Cricket in Kuala Lumpur on July 31 and August 2: Armitage, Bartels, (harlesworth, Hamilton, Hannigan, Hoblyn, Huggins, King, Marshall, Neve and Taylor. V42 words
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Article55 1926-07-27 835 The well known English billiards professional, Claude Falkiner, will play an exhibition game of 800 up at the Runny rnede Hotel at 9.30 p.rn. to-morrow, He will also play a game of snooker and give a display of fmcv strokes. The prices for admission are $2 for reserved seals55 words
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Article49 1926-07-27 835 Bowls Tournament The following were the result 1 of bowls tournament ties played yesterday Single Handicap: 5 A. J. Plumb beat Vv. L. Summers 21 l9; 5 K. Reimann beat 5 J. G. Allan 21—19; 5 G. B. F. Southam beat +1 I). AleLeod Craik 21—-18.49 words
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Article1578 1926-07-27 835 Fl NA L G ALLOPS THIS M 01 i N ING Horses in Form Officials of tue Penang Turf Club, owners, including some from outstations, trainers and their followers, punters, ami still others Were present in large numbers on the course this morning Io watch what are1,578 words
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Article101 1926-07-27 836 MARRIAGES Hammond. June 26, nt Sb. John’s hurcii, Ho\e, Owen Phillip, second son of Sir Arthur Adams, K.B.E-, late of Penang, to Kathleen, onlv daughter of Air. and Mrs. Ernest J. Hammond, late of Soebang, Java. p ICK Middlehurst.June 15, at St. James’s, Spanish-place, Norman Poss, elder son101 words
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Article966 1926-07-27 836 The Rangoon police have had the benefit of a series of lectures by an American traffic expert who is (associated with tiie National Automobile Chamber of Commerce in the Cnited States, and* who is taking the opportunity, during a tour of the world, to- confer with traffic966 words
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Article470 1926-07-27 836 Air. A. P. Endow, the well-known planting expert, has joined the board of i’.u Luft lAvdcpmint Co. Mr. Justice A V. Brown. Senior Pui.-m. Judge, d-a> this morning engaged with Chamber matters a»d a Civil touit. Tiie following appointment was made by the Admiralty on June. 29:Surgn.-Lieut,-Commr. A. W.470 words
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Article1898 1926-07-27 837 A Famous Preacher Although the Weshy -n Churoh are fo' the fi'it time lifting their bin against women ae members of their Ministry, the Congregational Church paved the way for this step some years ago. They now have some six women m their ranks, including the famous Miss1,898 words
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Article1180 1926-07-27 838 Anna Carey - (8y Anna Carey) DISDAIN She walks vh. y pruaily, b'danoiuj a hr on her eraiii head, f e linea of hebody ar o B^m delicately moulded even Epstein oonhi take no liberties wi'h i ts flying beauty, and she looks turaLdik ahead while the -ua giin1,180 words
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Article181 1926-07-27 838 Recent Census Inaccurate (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, July 22 A 15 per cent, margin of error is suggested rega'ding the reoont Singapore Municipal census, following a check count of selected blocks in the shopbouse districts. A further checking is being undertaken. Immigration An analysis of the immigr181 words
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Article606 1926-07-27 838 EXEMPLARY SENTENCE Car That Stole” a Bicycle Before Mr. C. W. A. Sennett in the Police Court thi- morning Din bin Haji Sahid, a Malay, was charged firstly with driving motor car 5L.4620 along Farquhar Street in a manner so rash and negligent as to endanger human life606 words
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Article728 1926-07-27 839 SOON THEAM CO.’S SHARE REPORT Penang, July 23, 1926 The closing price of rubber at 1/8| shows no change as compared with last week. Dull conditions again prevailed in the Rubber share market. With the metal still going up ii price, tin shares once again were brisk. Except in a728 words
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Article186 1926-07-27 839 An Acquittal The trial was concluded yesterday afternoon, before the Hon. Mr. Justice A. V. Brown and a common jury, of the chauffeur, Pagi bin Synal, who was charged with causing the death of Lim Beow Kooi, a pupil of St. Xavier’s Institution, by driving car No. 2259186 words
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Article741 1926-07-27 839 PROGRESS OP INDUSTRIE® I DURING 1925 S I Discussing Singapore prison I tries hi ins annual report to the Gov fcr I ment of the Straits Settlements 4' I Inspector of Prisons states that hu I beating is the staple industry f or I sentence and Lower-grade prisoners741 words
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Article1097 1926-07-27 840 lue pa® 1 a iui vACup’ciunaiij x iIC -L7c pill LUI'JJUt, bUOj u i me annual lepuxi ui uic acting i i auCUIIOU uiaKcS VCl\ llLliU I’clcilUI 1 i 0 tile luujor quesiiuii lh poncj uHCii Hdb come up ivr uibcUbbioii. x erkap= ual vUo oCuiee D t(J1,097 words
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Article468 1926-07-27 840 il.il. la- High Commi"-signer and La ,y Guiikmard arrived in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday Mr. E. C. Poyser, of Messrs. Adamson Giltillan A Co., Limited, Malacca, has b -en transferred to the Singapore branch. Mr. Richard Page, Barrister-at-Law, Advocate and Solicitor of Messrs. Allen and Gledhill, Singapore, is in468 words
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Article1896 1926-07-27 841 He Likes Siam Tbe charm of Siam, pa- ticui’arly, Bangkok, wen* light to the heart of Mr. Disc las Vickers, President of Mess s. Vikers, Ltd*, the great armament and shipbuilding finn, showing that he has a Soul above such mundane things He likes tbe railway, and be1,896 words
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Article1122 1926-07-27 842 Anna Carey - (By Anna Carey) 5 0 w that the 'Salvation Array ia an ggtabiished face, an institution, or set of netPations that take their place with the eligiou? forces of the world, it is hard f .r present generation to realize the storm nd stress that went to1,122 words
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Article147 1926-07-27 842 Governor of British North Borneo Our Singapore correspondent telegraphs a cable from Jesialton states that Mr. J. L. Humphreys, of the Ma'ayan Civil Service, has been app anted Governor of British North Borneo, No confirmation of this repo t can be obtained in Singapore. :o: The nineteenth147 words
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Article423 1926-07-27 842 Controllers Annual Report Tne atrnual report nf th* Labrar Dmarfmeut, signed by Mr. fcj, W. F. Gil'u .n, who is no v on h >ra-j Dave, reached us this raorni» g. Th-i t ital numbar of i iinrur eitA from Southern ludi a attained a ve y423 words
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Article118 1926-07-27 842 Mrs Adams gratefully acknowledges the following contributions to the Children's Aid Society x Previously acknowledged |65 Mrs. (Dr.) Smart 10 Mrs. Arthur 25 Mrs. Straton Ferrier 10 Total »110 o; Mr. and Mrs. Goh H< <'k Huai, of Klang, are on a visit t<> Pen.itig. 'ptain T.118 words
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Article877 1926-07-27 843 LEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening Tin has further improved to £285 2s. 6d. cash and £282 10s. three months, the gains during the week being £4 12s. 64. and £2 10s. respectively, and it will be observed that the spot-position once again commands a premium. The877 words
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Article65 1926-07-27 843 Sound Financial Position 'l’he half-yearly cash account of the Singapore Turf Club shows balances at the bank totalling $172,205 which includes the $86,000, debentures recently raised. The expenditure includes payment of $20,000 of debentures, $37,000 odd in connection with new totalizator, $24,000 for Thomson Road stables extension,65 words
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Article116 1926-07-27 843 Lawn Bowls Results Ihe results of Lawn Bowls Tournament ties plaxed yesterday were: Mixed Double Handicap: +5 Mrs. Gilmour and B. E. Mitchell beat 4-2 Mr. and Mrs. J. Duguid 21 l7; +1 Mrs. B. N. Lee and W. B. Houston beat 2 Mrs. Reimann and G.116 words
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Article352 1926-07-27 843 PROFFER OF ILLEGAL GRATIFICATION Mercantile Clerk Convicted For riding a bicycle without a li 0 at 7.10 p.m. on July 7, and ..offers illegal gratification of one dollar to police constable w ho was on duty at the junction of Beach Street Street, Chuah Kee Boon, a clerk352 words
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Article189 1926-07-27 843 A Daring Hold-Up Five armed gang robbers, on Wednesday night at 7.30, made a daring entry into the house of Air. Tan C’beng Kiat. 243, -Joo Chiat Road and held U P Ihe occupants of the house with revolvers. Mr. Seow Cheng Watt, of Messrs. Hup Thye and189 words
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Article1134 1926-07-27 844 r (h) ('<>]< mho cunteiiqiorary we re.l recently some criticisms of th* proauc a iC «rf cinematograph films frequently exhibited in the hast. Personally, we Jo not think that the local places of entertainment are bad offenders in this respect. V.rtue invariably triumphs at Jhe1,134 words
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Article461 1926-07-27 844 «\ii> (lb j Cobb. <>f Kuala Kaiigsar, is < n leave at present. Captain Arthur Sleep, A.D.0., Pant, goo to Kuala S langor on transfer Nine months leave of absence has be n granted to Mr. I). Wills of the Civil St iv.ee. Mr. T. Cherry s appointment as461 words
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Article985 1926-07-27 845 Where Ignorance is Bliss f he Diotiona.y habit needs fostering, said Brown to his neighbour in the train. "Yon really never are quite eure what a word means. For instance, I cnee thought it one of the most desirable thin2B in the world to ba oailed a model985 words
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Article300 1926-07-27 845 Messrs. Guth'ie Co., Singapore, in their weakly report state: Trading has been mo e active and prices have fi m d an on increased demand for spot and nearby rubber mainly from American sources. Futures are idle and are not likely to show much movement in the300 words
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Article1662 1926-07-27 845 Anna Carey - (By Anna Carey) Now the r e wis a moke of r multitude said, It is a dead ee ,f verly it will romp home.” And ths know did feel much cheered,^ 06 1 much joy did extract their j|?_ lil dollars from their pockets, and with1,662 words
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Article289 1926-07-27 846 A Suicide Case A Coroner’s inquest into the death of a Chinese woman named Soon Ah MoyJ who died in the General Hospital on July 18, was held by Mr. 0. W. A. Sennett" Coroner, in the Police Court this morning* Inspector Harwood, of the Migazine Police Station,289 words
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Article523 1926-07-27 846 The sixteenth ordinary general meeting of the K dah Rubber Co., Ltd., will b -1; I at 33, Brach Street on August 4at noon. The r* port to be submitted shows that the nett revenue amounted to $333,104.92. It is proposed to pay a final div dend523 words
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Article55 1926-07-27 847 Negri Sembilan Defeats Mal\<( (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, J(ily 26 In the Southern Section of the Malaya (’up Competition, Negri Sembilan defeated Malacca by three goals to two. Athletic Sports The athletic sports of the Police; Force on Saturday* proved a big success, also the55 words
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Article16 1926-07-27 847 In the F.M.S. trial cricket match on the padang on Saturday, Rhodes scored a century.16 words
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Article20 1926-07-27 847 (F'nw Our Own Correspondent) In the Klang Club tennis tournament, Mr. Oliver won the open singles championship.20 words
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Article882 1926-07-27 847 I xter-Sciiool Competitions Under the patronage of the Hon. Mr. Ralph Scott, Resident Councillor, in ideal weather, and on a course in perfect condition, the tenth annual contest for the much-coveted Glugor Shield, presented by Mr. D.A.M. Brown, held on the Esplanade last Saturday afternoon, will go down882 words
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Article549 1926-07-27 847 -V uung viimese v.amuu was meaning piuuuceu. ijciUie Wxr. y ociuicu in me eviice Court, auu cuan/ oy inspector 1 mm, wxin uiiempim,,f cuimmi suicune m a uouse m uniu. oh omy iu. i He accused. was a very young alia riciu married a Curuese pressiuau about tnree549 words
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Article2538 1926-07-27 848 A U T U M N M E L TIN G SUCCESSFUL OPENING DAY ('oleus Wins the Big Race I’he weather turned out fine for the ~J t_ n ng day of the 1 enang lurf Club Vitunin meeting on Saturday and a J ar ge and2,538 words
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Article520 1926-07-27 849 The following appointments a. I appear in the current issue cf the F M S I G tvernment Gazette- I Mr. R. 1' Walker to be D Wj I eountant, l-.M.5.R.; Mr. R. I to b? an Assistant Signal E n I r.M.S.Ii.; Mr. G. Wilde tW I520 words
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Article420 1926-07-27 850 ANOTHER COMPLEMENTARY DINNER Y t H Mr. Quah Beng Kee, 0.8. P j p W;!S entertained at a dinner on Saturila night, given by the 'Trustees n( l Con i ittee of the Chinese Town Hall Pen- ng. in honour of his appointment as420 words
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Article144 1926-07-27 850 A Siamese mission, headed by Prince Bhani, is expected in Penang to-morrow, from Bangkok, to enquire into the education system of Malaya and will spend hv days in Penang. Prince Dhani and parly were expected in Penang to-day But, owing to the cancellation of the International Express,144 words
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Article658 1926-07-27 850 FOURTH RESTRICTION YEAR r OFFICIAL STATISTICS Ihe following official statistics relating to the fourth restriction year are sent to us for publication: 1. Exports And Imports of Rubber, British Malaya (Tradb Figurbs) Total Imports v T)ry Rubber Latex Total Export» Foreign Rubber November, 1920 31,648 165 31,813 14658 words
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Article119 1926-07-27 851 An approximate idea of the state of labour supply in Malaya is obtained by extracting Indian, Chinese and Dutch Indies figures from the Arrivals and Departures by sea from and to Foreign Ports,’’ published monthly in the Straits Settlements Government Gazette. Figures for the six months ending June119 words
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Article201 1926-07-27 851 In pursuance of an Order of Court dated October 29, 1923, an important ale by public auction was held at Mr. Merican’s salesroom on Saturdax last, of two valuable shop houses situated in the best site of the town and formin'.' part of the rcsidun estate of the201 words
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Article175 1926-07-27 851 A total of 214,692 immigrants arrived from China in 1925, an increase of 18.3 P np cent, over 1921, but less than 1911, the highest year by 20.4 per cent. During the year 77,920 emigrants returned to China. Ihe pressure of unsettled conditions in South China bad175 words
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Article504 1926-07-27 851 Difficulty Regarding Ked Vi Quarantine Station i>an b'kok, J u iy 23 .mother ACdan s- n-atmn has j( fen M mvmg die conference of vetefnar surges ::t Penang a few weeks aaj wmcli wa: atten.l d by the Veterinan Adv r of Siam, Malaya asked for head504 words
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Article498 1926-07-27 852 I ddiNTING AND BOOKBINDING SECTION schedule of classes of all the sections are now ready, and copies may be obtained on application to the Honorary Wonting Secretary A new section ol verv great interest is that of Printing and Bookbinding. The section contests L four groups and498 words
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Article265 1926-07-27 852 Cm.\ting Punished Shahapa Naidu, an Indian eat ng 'tai.-keep* r. was yesterday charged by Inspector lunn w th cheat.ng Marimuti/ a lamil, wh<. arrived from India about a month ago, in respect of $35, by nducmg him t< hand over th money on July 20, in Queen Street.265 words
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Article251 1926-07-27 852 An Important Announcement Our London advertising agents have cabled us the prospectus of thfe' Perak River Hydro-Electric Power Company, Ltd., says the Times of Malaya. The new Company is to have a very strong Board of Directors. The Master of Elibank (the Hon:' Gideon Murray) is G&ainmyi251 words
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Article374 1926-07-27 852 Malay an Championships Others will be arranged later: I’lu follow ing matches have been fixed. Sunday, August 1, 1.15 p.m.: D. H. Kleinman (Singapore) v. Yong Loon hong (Selangor). Keng Sim Lim (Penang) v. H. S Bourke (Singapore). John Lim (Singapore) v Cheah Watt Hye (Pen »ng). K.374 words
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Article195 1926-07-27 852 Shortly after 9 o’clock this morning a young Tamil girl attempted to end, not only her own life, but also the lives of her >wo children. She got into the railway launch at Prai, leading one child about 5 years old, by the hand, whilst she carried another195 words
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Advertisement234 1926-07-27 853 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., *V £B, BEAOH 3TREET, PENANG. J? I J* «1 J’s rv I LG ESTABLISHED 1883. Yjf 1 S PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. y/> Proprietors of the STRAITS cCHO and PENANG SIN POE jW The most enterprising and to 'date Printers and Litho' JK V graphers in the Orient. tf234 words
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