The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 18 August 1926

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    20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. |lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS VOL. 24 PENANG: AUGUST 18, 1926 NO. 33
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      287 1 CO l?i 'aTkis! jlm X i kS LEADERS MISCELLANEOUS: (ConthiMi) B Local Transport 906 Rough Weather 917 fl The Western Contact 912 Malayan Exhibition 919 -|m R. N. V. R. 916 Let Me Explain 9)0 M France’s Danger 918 I R. N. V. R. 923 Flying in Malaya 918 Garoet
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      185 2 Ms jt S I STRAITS ECHO g MAIL EDITION. Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, JjG and contains the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as ail important news from various parts of the Far Cft East,
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    LOCAL TRANSPORT
    1626 906 Someone has said, with what authority we do not know, that the ricsha is not an Oriental institution, but was invented bv an English missionary in Japan. However that may be. the ricsha has become an institution now, and so far from it going out of favour it
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      29 906 Cite straits cJk> PUBLISHED DAILY MAIL EDITION i staining the news of the week prior tc departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street. Penang
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    RANDOM NOTES
    1117 907 The Modern Woman Two more men have attempted to swim Ih Channel and failed. f’olonel Bennrd 0. Frey berg, V. C., an Englishman, and a Frenchman named Perrault gave up th a attempt after being in the water for eeveral hours. It says mu ah for the physical
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    COURT OF APPEAL
    1200 907 A RECORD SITTING WORK FINISHED IN HALF AN HOUR The Court of Appeal which eak Penaog yesterday constitutes a r6c J t” 1 shortne-s that wdl be hard t 0 beat Th Lordshin, being actually eu?4ged h Ilf an hour to diemise an app ei coete, which
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    TEACHERS’ CONFERENCE
    318 908 Interesting papers read A Concert To night The In U/Ural Meeting of th? Malayan Teachers' Cinference w.s held in the A glo-Chinese School H.JI yesterday, beginning at 2 30 p. m. (savs Tueday's Times of Malaya. The meeting was very well aft-nd*d by teachers f ora all over
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS’ ASSOCIATION
    193 908 Gensral Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent} Ipoh. Ac. us’ 1 The anmnl general ni etiog > f tl e Malayan Treiers’ Ass edition was held »>t t-m o’cick to-day. Mr- S. N Tbeva tbasau, M.A., L T., presided The following offie n bearer--. were selected President—Mr. P.
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    M.A.P.
    411 908 The Rev. G. F. Pykett, and Mrs. Pykett, left for Singapore yesterday by the s.s. Klang. Mr. David M. Figart was to have sailed from London for the East a few’ days after the last mail left. Dr. E A. Smith, the Government V. D. Specialist, will be at
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION
    2541 909 Allocation of Recent Loan Statement by President Reduction in Lighting Rates Urged At yesterday's ordinary meeting of th« Municipal Commissioners, Penang, the President, Mr. Bernard Nunn, read an interesting statement as to how the 1 money obtained from the recent public loan was going to be utilised. An
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    PENANG FREE SCHOOL
    259 910 Chinese Class Fund (1926). Amount previously acknowledge $9OO, Estate of Chclih Choon Seng Deed. $lOO. Messrs. Keo Tek Thye <t K*e Tek Phung $lOO, Trustees of Cbeab Koncsi $l6O, Lim Jim Khoe Esqr. $lOO, Keo, Hup Gin Esq. $lOO, Total to date $1,400. Khoo Sian Ewe, Hon.
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      CRICKET AT HOME
      396 911 BA LN EVERYWHERE Incomplete Matches [/fatter’* Telegrams] London, August 10 Rain ail over England interfered with the county matches, several of which were drawn. The match at Weston-Super-Mare between Somerset and Worcestershire was drawn, Somerset scoring244 (Daniel 60: Wilson 8 for 81) to 134 for 5 wickets
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      BOXING
      37 911 DEMPSEY TUNNEY FIGHT Licence Refused New York, August 10 Jack Dempsey has been refused New York licence for the World’s Heavyweight Championship fight against Gene Tunney arranged to take place at the Yankee Stadium in September.
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      GOODWOOD STAKES
      51 911 Easy Win For Outsider London. July 28 The GoolwcoJ Stakes resulted .e follow*: BROKEN FAITH 1 DRACOS 2 CAPRIER 3 Betting: 100 to 12 BROKEN FAITH 11 to 2 Dracos, 5 to 1 Caprier. Eight ran. Won by a length and a half; 4 lengths between second and
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      THE "DUKES" VISIT
      188 911 Ipoh Exhibition Football The demand for seats for the football match in Tpoh on August 14 between the Perak Malaya" Cup team and the Duke of Wellington’s Regimental XI has exceeded expectations to such an extent that a lively scramble is in sight, for the very few
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      PENANG CRICKET CLUB
      80 911 Bowls Tournament Results The following were the results of lawn bowls tournament ties played yesterday: Ladies Single Handicap: Scr. Mrs. Montgomerie beat +1 Miss Mitchell 21—9. Team of Three: +3 J. Duguid, B. N. Lee Dr. G. S. Glass beat +1 Dr. C H. Hertz, A. Lindley
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    SCOUT WORK
    191 911 A book on Boy Scout work in tropical countries called Scouting In The Tropics. by L. Richmond Wheeler, B. Sc., B. A. Lond. is published by Messrs. C. Arthur Pearson. Ltd., Henrietta Street, London, W. C. 2. (4/- nett, 5/6 cloth.) The author, who has the medal of
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    MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL
    322 911 IKSTEKDAY S P tt Xcr ICE Uh a view to selecting au el represent 1 eiiang against belaum, me Aiaiava Cup loolball in atoa V played oil the 1 enaug pudang on uay next to decide who siiouid the Northern section in the teams— W hites and
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    A CORRECTION
    205 911 (To the Editor of the Times of Malaya) Sir,We shall be glad if you will correct a statement appearing in to-day B issue of the Times of Malaya newspaper to the effect that Mr. Bernard Maxwell is shortly joining our firm. There is no arrangement to that effect.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES
    24 912 BIRTH Huxtable.— July 16, at Dorchester, to Helen, wife of C. H. A. Huxtable, D. 5.0., M.C., of Tanjong Alalim, F.M.S., son.
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    THE WESTERN CONTACT
    1056 912 One of the scientific announcements made at the meeting of the British Association at Cambridge was that the theory of the innate degeneracy" of native races was no longer tenable, and that Hie cause of the degeneracy of these peoples was none other than contact with the
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    M.A.P.
    478 912 i,. i I 1 isit n_ Kua a Lumpur. Mr>. Ptuiioru has been >tay ng in Alia a Lumpur. Ihe Rev. c. i I'oiteacUe left LoUdmi <n July 21 lor the rar East. Mr. 1 11 Heron has been vis ting Penang. He returns to Singapore this afternoon. Airs
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    21 912 DEATH Cook.July 13, at Malcesine, Italy, after a short illness, the Bev. J. A. Bethune Cook, late of Singapore, aged 71.
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    INDEPENDENCE OF SIAM
    1168 913 THE NEW TREATIES Future Fiscal Policy Prior to his departure for Hongkong, en route to the United States of America, Dr. F. B. Sayre was good enough to grant an interview to a representative of the Siam Observer this morning. Dr. Sayre was not able to sav
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    MALAYAN TEACHERS ASSOCIATION K
    551 913 Dinner at Ipoh I (From Our Ow» Corr e#ponden() I The Station Hotel, I venue of a very happy «vent 2| teachers and their guests m et to celebrate the inauguration of the 1* I ci at ion by a dinner. ABB I Well over 100
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      PENANG LAWN TENNIS ASSOCIATION
      94 914 ]n connection with the Penang Lawn Tennis Association Meeting, the following ties have been fixed Monday, August 16 Gurchurn Singh vs. Slewart; Samy vs. Bovle; Mano vs. Thomasz; E. J. Bennett Terrell vs. Wat Sun A: Tiang Liat. Tuesday, August 17 Orr vs. Kuppuswamy; Sim Lim
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      PENANG CRICKET CLUB
      33 914 Bowls Tournament The result of lawn bowls tournament tie played yesterday was: Championship Pairs: A. J. Plumb A J. M. Chalmers (C.S.) beat J. G. Allan 4 K. Reimann 2111.
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      PERAK GYMKHANA CLUB
      353 914 Forth com in g Meeting The Perak Gymkhana Club is holding an amateur race meeting on August 20 and 21. Several Penang residents are already interested in the event, as Taiping is within easy reach by car or rail. Moreover a week-end in the salubrious atmosphere of
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    SIAM AND KEDAH
    809 914 CATTLE EXPORTS it soon will be a dangerous thing to mention the word Kedah ia Bangkok, says the Bangkok correspondent of tyie Straits Times. No sooner were we fin suing congratulating ourselves that the deposit question had been robbed of some of its jagged points than in
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    LAWYER’S DUTIES
    192 914 SINGXPORE SoLIC*ToR CIUTICIMED Judgments of considerable hup* rtance t the legal profess on were delivered in the Supreme ('curt, Singapore, in an appeal argued before the Singapore Court of Appeal, the appeal be.ng allowed. In this case the trial judge, Mr. Justice Deane, expressed str< ng crit'cism of
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB
    138 914 Lawn Bowlh Rer» lts «■»> I'hc following were th< results of lawn bowls tournament ties played yesterday: Championship: A. Lindley beat D. McLeod Craik 21 12. Ladies Single Handicap: t I Mrs. < litton beat i 3 Mrs. Gilmour 2112. Tie for Monday Championship: J. Duguid v.
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    EVERYDAY THINGS
    888 915  -  (By Anna Carey) It seems strange that in the East, where even in the most blazing of days, business life must go on as nsual, the streets of the commercial quarters of the towns should be so nar»ow and devoid of shade. P.-obnbly there is very little neoessity
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    PEACE OF THE PACIFIC
    116 915 SIGNIFICANCE OF NAVAL BA'E Dollar Line Chief In Singapore (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapo e, u s t 11. Mr. Ribart Dolla”, ths veteran head of ths Do lir Steimihip Lin- 3 is visiting Singapore e i route to Eu op Hh huvcs to morrow O'i
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    SKY-LARKING!
    299 915 SELANGOR CHAUFFEUR CAUGHT RED-HANDED Fined $5O A Selangor chauffeur by the name of Tan Kim Poli who was out skylarking with three women of his own nationality yesterday afternoon had his fun'’ spoilt rather unexpectedly by the arrival on the scene of the Acting Chief Police Officer, Penang, (Mr.
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    SINGAPORE CRIMES
    369 915 gang Robb^ 1£1(1(0i( I’bCCKY Civilians Sh vi no citizens were shot at about, rng.it on luesdaj bj armed Chd incidents were the outcome of a r which occurred in house i\ o 7 street after 11 o clock on lue seriousness of the local police have to face
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    THE MERCANTILE BANK
    172 915 New Building in Raffles Square The following, from Tuesday’s Strai s T’mes, ampTfies the telegram receive from our Singapore correspondent oD that day: We understand that a new block 0 offices is to be built in Raffles Square on the site now occupied by the Mwcantit Bank
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    R.N.V.R
    1021 916 The possible formation of a Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Unit (Malaya; does not appear to have sent any additional thrill of enthusiasm through the offices of the Government. That the failure to supply forms of application to many important clubs and oilices has been followed by a lack of
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    CHOLERA CASES
    52 916 (From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, Augu-t 13 The Norwegian steamer Dayihen arrive I to-day from Hoiliow at Singapore. The master reported two cholera deaths among the deck passengers. The ship been quarantined. further death has oc mr< <l. Singapore. Augu I 1 'er i e more <-a s
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    M.A.P.
    474 916 Mr. 11. S. Russeil w 11 be leaving by the >.». Ipoh to-morrow for S.ngapore. Mis. indeatt i* visiting Kuala Lumpur. and is the guest of the R< s.dent and Mrs. Thomson. Air. and Mrs. Rowan were passenger* to Penang *sterday after a rcund tr*p on the s.s. Mata
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    RANDOM NOTES
    235 917 Life Savers A tragedy might easily have taken plaon at the Swimming Club yesterday afternoon when, only for the presence of mind of a lady resident, a visitor to Penang would have lost his life. This was not the only accident that cc arced at the Swisumin? Cmb
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    CAPTAIN ROBERT DOLLAR
    329 917 Famous Shipping Magnate Oaptdn Robert Dollar, head of the Dollar Steamship Lines, and one of the muvt well-kuown shipping m gndes in the world was due to arrive lu Penang to-day on board the President van Buren. Mr. Dollar is now from Manila and is on his
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    MR. HERBERT WELHAM
    653 917 CHINESE TRIBUTE Farewell Dinner At a farewell dinner to Mr. H. W elham, held on Thursday night at the residence of Mr. Lim Boon Haw, by the Board of Directors <i the Criterion Press, Ltd., the Hon. Mr. Quah Beng Kee said: 1 have now the pleasure
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    ROUGH WEATHER
    487 917 JUNKS CAPSIZE IN HARBOUR Railway Launch Held Up Extremely rough weather was experienced m the r uiiang Harbour ye s lerday and in addition to two. capsiznig, with an estimated loss about $20,0U0 worth of sundries, several other junks were damaged and the ply. mg ol terry steamers
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    FRANCE’S DANGER
    351 918 France's financial problems are swift]v unfolding and the task of taking some definite decision and framing a clear plan has become urgent. Fores °ht appears even now to be excluded troin the conduct of her international policy- French politicians think hard only when catastrophe appears on the horizon.
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    FLYING IN MALAYA
    725 918 the formation of a Royal Naval volunteer Reserve Unit, there arises the Question as to whether the present is not au opportune time for the establishment of a volunteer air unit, to be run on similar lines. Development in the air in the East is making slow
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    M.A.P.
    399 918 Mrs. Pinhcrn is visiting Penang. Sir Frederick and Lady James ii-vw been taking the cure at Harrcgate. Mr. H. N. Ferrers is now living at Br ghton, where he has purchased u very nice house. Mr. Pat Z.lwa, of the Chartered Bank, Kuala Lumpur, arrived here by the mail
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    MALAYAN EXHIBITION
    525 919 AUGUST 27-30 As the plane of the organisers mature the Exhibition promises to cater for varied interests. It may roughly be divided into four division*: The Agri Horticulture aud Stock Shows; the Government Exhibits; the Trades, and the Amusements, and the endeavour has been to maintain as far
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    LET ME EXPLAIN
    1113 919 (Br J. E C.) It’s very strange how things work themselves out, but it all oima right in thi t-nd though, of coarse, I had to star d drinks. The sporting members of the Club were getting quite peeved and I had i o admit that there
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    SINGAPORE CRIMES
    155 919 POLICE SHOT (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, August U A detective was shot and two polio®™ 6o stabbed while effecting the arrest of® desperado on Boat Quay last night. The wounds are not dangerous, Another Gang Robbery A gang robbery took place early to-day» five Cantonese bolding up
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    SHARE MARKET
    1206 920 LEAN AND CO S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday evening Tin, after having touched £298 lUs. lor cash and £29U 10s. for 3 months, closes below best at £294 and £2Bl ss. respectively with a loss over the week of £2 ss. for both positions. No special reason is given
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    A MALAY SETTLEMENT
    543 920 (To mi: Editor of the Straits Times) Sir, Of all the communit’es constituting our cosmopolitan population, the Maiay community i- the poorest. Members ci the community, speaking in general, are. employed in lowly paid billets and, as such, liic soaring prices of foodstuffs, the high rentals, etc.,
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    SOON THEAM & CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT
    1062 921 SOON THEAM CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Penang, August 13 The price of rubber made a recovery and after fluctuations closes Id. above last week. The rubber share market is dull except for a few transactions at bargain rates. The price of tin after moving steadily upwards earlier in the week, had
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    RANDOM NOTES
    562 921 A Great Law Giver By the dsa hof Si- Lei aeBtei at Cape Town, the Empire h ftB i oBt U rt who was one of the greatest of its k w Sir Leiceeter, who wis born in 1853”?' seen almost every part of the Empire for a
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    EMIGRATION
    539 922 Enii-nat on, it has been said, should ve to mitigate to a certain extent unrest due to the unsatisfactory ndustrial cond.lions at present reigning iU England. With unemployment in its pr s nt sta o e c ties overcrcwdv. th p' >;ne who can never hope to more loan
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    BRITAIN AND AMERICA
    541 922 have arisen, and may again rise when it is necessary to discuss the Nations between Great Britain ®nd A rafc there are relations between the English-speaking peoples which might be salely taken for granted. These friendly relations are a fact, perhaps th® most substantial tact, in international
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    M.A.P.
    423 922 Sir Edgar Rees Jones has left London for HongkiUg. The Rev. G. F. Pykett, and Mrs. Pykett, are stay .ng in Singapore. Mr. H. S. Sr com has been appointed Controller of Rubber, Straits Settlements. Mr. C. \V. A. Sennett has been appointed to act as Second Magistrate, Penang.
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    RANDOM NOTES
    598 923 In the Streets Penang is beautiful, but even b'au y cannot hope to override the fact that much pathos rests behind it. Swinging down the street this morning was a poor old Chinese bobbling along on makeshift erutches. One leg Wis gone above the knee, and theorutahes, haphazardly
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    R.N.V.R.
    868 923 SYLLABUS OF TRAINING (From A Naval Correspondent) It may be of interest t) speculate cn the nature of the syllabus nf training prepared for the Royal Naval Volunteer Res rvo Unit (Malay\) if we forlu iute enough to secure sufficient volunteers There is no doubt th it certain atta
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    GAROET MURDER
    345 923 MRS. MAOFIE STABBED WHILE SLEEPING i I* «a Sensational Admissions At Trial Batavia, August 12 At the trial men aocussd of the murder of M’S. Maefie, an Australian lady, at Garoet last year, the accused luasdore Entjim stated that a man named Ruben, runner at a competing hotel,
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      TENNIS IN PERAK
      60 924 CIIAMP lON SHIP Be SU LT S (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, August 16 The finals in the Perak Lawn Tennis Championships were played yesterday in aood weather and before a fair gathering and resulted as follows: SinglesLam Say Kee. Men’s DoublesDr. K. T. Khong and Chung
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      PENANG CRICKET CLUB
      50 924 Bowls Tournament The following were the results of bowls tournament ties played on Friday: Double Handicap: +2 J. G. Barrett A- F. T. Clifton beat scr. W. Houston W. Hamilton 2114; 3 Dr. C. H. Hertz G. B. F. Southam beat 3 J. Duguid E. Reimann 218.
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      RACING IN SINGAPORE
      375 924 Successful Amateur Meeting (From Our Own Correspondent, s Singapore, August 14 The amateur meeting held here to-day proved very successful. Appended are the results: Race 1 HATSTAND (Mr. Arthur)... 1 BOOMERANG (Mr. Fox)... 2 GINGER (Mr. Bourke)... 3 Won by three lengths; one and a half lengths
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      MALAYA CUP FOOTBALL
      1627 924 SATURDAY’S THRILLING ENCOUNTER Selangor Beaten by Penang A Close Game Much will undoubtedly be said by the part zans of both sides but very little, in iact, need be written about the Malaya Cup lootball Match on the Esplanade on Saturday when Selangor, who came d< wn
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      FOOTBALL IN IPOH
      487 925 Dukes Draw With Perak (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, August 15 In glorious weather and before a crowd of 10,000, the much koked forward to match between the Duke of Wellington's crack NT. and a Perak XI. was played on the Ipoh padang on Saturday afternoon. To
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    RUBBER SMUGGLING
    301 925 IMPORTANT CAPTURES AT SEA Ihe Kuala Lumpur correspondent i the Straits Times writes on Friday 114 Another series of rubber stnugX?, ports are to hand. While patrolling off Sungei Benut August 3, the commander of the Be v sighted a kotak at about 8.30 a.m p gave chase
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    SUPREME COURT
    213 925 In the Supreme Court this morning Mr. Just'ce Brown delivered two judgments. The first was in the suit in which a Javanese, Odia Ganti, of vince Wellesley, sued Messrs. Hin Co.» Penang, for $1,107.36 being the difference between the value of rubber supplied for sale and the amount
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    GANG ROBBERS IN SINGAPORE
    1160 926 I’he activ ties of gang robbers in binMpore have brought, tins k nd of er me uiio the Lmelight once again, and keen public discussion is g< ng on in the -„jui'hern Settlement, where all three newspapers have turned their guns on t h e authorities,
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    M.A.P.
    435 926 Mr. P. J. Bryant is returning to Malay a by the s.s. Kator Maru. Mr*. H o Maa* is leaving Penang n 1 rday for a -hurt hoi day at Brastagi. When Dr W A. Taylor returns from Home eave, Dr. .1 Adams wdl go Home <n furlough Mr.
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    RANDOM NOTES
    299 927 Wireless in Penang lhere is an increasing number of wireless enthusiasts in Penang and we understand that a broadcasting service may be established early next year. At present the negotiations are being kept secret and the names of the chief promoters are not known, though it is understood
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    BANGKOK MOTORING FATALITY
    208 927 bIX MONTHS EUR EUROPEAN Sentence Suspended The trial was concluded in Bangkok on August 12 m which Mr. G. A. H. Macpherson was charged with driving a motor car at an excessive speed and running into a woman and killing her; not stopping the car alter the
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    RECEIVERS
    795 927 SECOND HAND DEALER PUNISHED Police Magistrates Judgment 11 there were nobody to receive stolen goods it has been trtely said that lhe number of tin It and robbery cases would d.miu sh by hall. Yesterday, in the Second Police Court. Mr. C. W. A. Semiett. sentenced a secondhand dealer
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    H.E. THE GOVERNOR
    270 927 Operated for Appendicitis The following bulletin has been received from the Private Secretary to His Excellency the Governor from Kuala Lumpur, dated 17th instant at 11 a.m.: His Excellency Sir Laurence Guilleinard was admitted to the European Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, last evening and underwent an operation for
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    ETIQUETTE IN LOVE
    1230 928 (By Anna Carey) The young men of Penang, and the young women, too, might be glad of a few hints on the subject of The Etiquette of Engagement and Alarriacre.’ 1 hey do not come from my sell, f° r my knowledge ot etiquette m any form
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    Y.W.C.A.
    541 928 WORLD CONFERENCE Report by Miss Hose A letter was received by the last mail from M ss Hcse giving a report of the World? Y.W.C.A. Comm.ttee meeting held at St. Hugos College, in Oxford at the beginning ot July, which she attended as the representative ol the Malayan C.A.
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    THE MALAYA CUP
    579 929 The following suggestions by Centre for the re-pla\ of the Northern Section, appear in the Malay Mail: Wording to the rules governing the Malava Cup Coinpet it ion, tne final should be played not later I han Ihe Sat urdaA in August, but. as a result ol
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    VOLUNTEERING
    612 929 'I Im figures as to the strength of the var < us V >luntefcr units through< ut Malaya are such as to give any th nking man cause for anxiety Not that we ale n an\ wax alarmed as to our ptesenl srcuTitv, neither do we believe» in exa'r,,erat
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    CRIMES OF VIOLENCE
    298 929 CHINESE MERCHANT SHOT iv THE STOMACH Two more crimes of violence Wew commuted last mght sa, s fhursda,. Straits limes, including a s J s shooting cast» and another n anp mkk U 8 i < .•.1 < nt- k rooberv. Last night, a Hokien merchant, Ljm
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    LOTTERY FRAUD
    195 929 -S.I. Sentences in the Bangkok Case Bangkok, August 11 Judgment was delivered late last evening in the Million Tical Lottery case. The six accused were charged with the running and drawing of the lottery in aid of the Wild Tiger Scouts of the Winter Fair in January, 1925.
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    SUPREME COURT
    767 930 SOLICITOR AND CLIENT Question of Costs In th* Supreme C< urt yesterday after neon the Hon. Mr. Justice A. V. Brown nas called upon to decide a most unusual matter.a motion in chambers adjourned int* court for argument in which Air. Wright .Motion, one of the senior lawyers
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION
    375 930 Increase in Membership In an Occassional Note, the Straits Times says: Ihe rapid increase in membership of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association is a sure indication of the interest wh'ch the work of this body has aroused. Two hundred new members have been added since April last,
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    BATHING ACCIDENT
    558 930 NEAR TRAGEDY AVERTED very near tragedy was averted at the Swimming Club yesterday afternoon. when a passenger off the Malwa, was rescued from drowning after he had gone down for the last time, lhe unfortunate victim of the experience was a young man who had gone out to
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    LAWN TENNIS
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