The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 18 May 1927

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1 443 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 20 1 The Straits Echo Weekly Edition tag PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. K 25 PENANG: MAY, 18 1927 NO. 19,
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    • 272 1 i'i' jT J® LEADING ARTICLES MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) Jjt A Straightforward Speech 420 The Ricsha Puller 432 S l Progress I’nlimited 424 PenangSingapore Air Service 433 Food for Thought 42S i The Friend of Sian 433 O Anti-Toxin 432 Children’s Aid Society 133 HI Puke's Limited 434 London’s Huge Slums 434
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    • 193 2 th 5 STRAITS ECHO I g WEEKLY EDITION jkL 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 -I, daily issues, as well as aH important news from various parts of the Far
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  • 408 420 Sir Austen Chamberlain s speech m the House of Commons on Monday with mrd to the Government s policy m was remarkable alike for its lucidity its h rni,iess an d tB moderation, previous speeches by the foreign Secretary have not been conspicuous lor these qualities and
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  • 50 420 ARRIVAL IN SINGAPORE (From Gur Own Correspondent) Singapore, May IO Ihe Aii’ Survey Company's seaplane arrived yesterday and alighteu opposite the Yacht Club, refuelled and left this morning lor the north. Bert H inckier, the well-known pilot, is expected short Iv to take charge of the aero.
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  • 81 420 SEVERAL KILLED AND INJURED (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Kangsar, .May 10 A Police expedit on this morn ng shot dead Ku lop Mat Baud, who ran amok yesterday, kdling nine ersons and woun l ng several. The deceased was located at the edge of a jungle
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  • 41 420 INQUEST VERDICT (From Our Own Correspondent) Sing yi’oiiE, May 10 At the inquest into the death of Mr. Flynn, the Coroner found that the deceased was murdered by Tan Ah Kow and another hinese at present unknown.
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  • 260 420 Planting opinion in Malaya for a long time past having been unanimous as to the need for a practical manual suit ible for placing in the hands of first-teim assistants on rubber estates, Messrs. Peter hong A Co.. Singapore, have availed themselves of the seivices of a wellknown
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  • 512 420 Rack* Renting With reference to our paragraph on the above subject, yesterdav A Tenant writes 1 believe a Sul) Committee was appointed by the Municipal Commissioners to go into the question some months ago. 1 wonder whether they have sinci decided on any definite recommendations. Two Nautical Posers.
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  • 1726 421 NEW PRESIDENT’S FIRST MEETING Mr G. L. Ham presided over Ins first meeting of the Municipal Commissioners wsterdav. He created a most favourable impression, alike by his personality. his speech, and his quiet command over everything and as he is only about 42. Penang is fortunate in having
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  • 290 422 ,i«tic demonstrations presented by JlsorMaxmillian Langsner, will be at the Town Hall to night 'j seated that in cities where the Pro has appeared the Press devoted 2ns to his wonderful demonstrato hynotism, telepathy and magD rti.m, wh*ch was said to be far superior
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    • 254 422 ITo the Editor of tub Straits Echo) Sir, Although there has been a revival of the football League Competition a few ,'e*rs ago after a lull during the war, do not see any effort being made to rethe Cup Tie Competition on the Mock-out system. 1 do
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  • 529 422 LARGE SEIZURE EFFECTED A Government contract;.!’ named Xg hocn was before Mr. S. X. King n the Police Court yesterday afternoon charged with being in jjessession of undutiablc liquor at Xo. 82 Bishop Street. Chief Detective Inspector Lucey prosecuted and .Mr. C. I). Hogan represented the accused. In
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 62 422 ROUGH PLAY AT FIRST MATCH (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 10 About 5,140 spectators watched the fo- tball match between the S. C. F. A. and the IL A yesterday evening, in the First Division of the League. There were unpleasant incidents and rough play h’eh
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  • 37 422 DUE IN SINGAPORE SHORTLY (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 10 liinese football team from Hong Iv ng. bound for Australia, is expected shortly. It has been invited to play S uga pore.
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  • 84 422 (From Our Own Correspondent) A lor Star, May 10 Last Sunday, the Alor Star Cricket bib beat the Eastern Smelting Club, Penang, by 50 runs. Batting first, the Smelters were all out for 38. Seenimadar carrying out his bat for 10. Alor Star replied with 88
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  • 162 422 ENGLAND AND THE REST” DRAW An interesting match was played yesterday on the Esplanade between two teams of the Penang Cricket Club designated England and The Rest. The match was played in a continuous drizzle but did not lack spectators. England scored through Davenport in the first half.
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  • 515 422 SECOND DAY’S RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore May 10 Favoured with fine weath- r th» re wax 'I large attendance on th»* Second Dav of tlu- Singapore races. The going was la i.te- than on the first day. Append d ar the results Race 1 (5 Furlongs)
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  • 250 423 MALAY DRIVER FINED A Malay motor driver of Overland car To. P. 3388 was charged before Mr. S. N. King m the Police Court yesterday with driving in a rash and negligent manner resulting in knocking down a young Chinese girl at 9.45 a.in. on May
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  • 269 423 HARVEST OF POLICE COURT FINES (From Our Own obrespondent) Bukit Mertajam, May 9 At the Police Court on Monday, a Malax named (‘hat bin Mat Hassan was found guilt of the offence of volunta lily causing hurt to his wife Timah binti Mun by burning her with
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  • 272 423 Disc ARRIVES FOR MR. CKABR On the last occasion of the hearing h a Coroner s inquest in the b feooa(i 6 lice Court it will be remembered that Air. Crabb W att. one of the Counsel win was watching proceedings protested miioiy at the Coroner's evident
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  • 216 423 PROF. LANGSNER’S DEMONSTRATION BEFORE POLICE l h s afternoon at 5 o clock Professor Maximilian Langsner will give a private demonstration of his jioswra for the benefit of the Chief of Police and members of the force, lhe Professor show how it is possible to detect criminals by
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  • 436 424 V O corner of the earth is safe from \T,. ss in«s of modern progress. lor tbeb precipitous mountains or Eiin 1 areas withstood the assaults of &ay engineers, while even the w nr' met with certain obstacles m Xeil parts of the globe. AIL how "vtr. with
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  • 69 424 T ROOPS AT SINGAPORE h now C)i’|, WV 'N Correspondent) a ttal nn x? ,x GAPoUE May io morn;. l ,{e g’ment ar- China. g and is having to-night i,h battalion SI. r,k expeet,.,! t |,i s bound for China. ,r b. A. v u°~ Vibit to KualaV 1 f
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  • 522 424 Two Nautical Posers i lie answer to the two posers printed yesterday are as follows. The m»»t travels furthest on the journey because being farth» st away from the surface of the water it describes a wider arc than the latter. Due north then due west is the
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  • 413 424 The seventh annual report shows a net profit $175 805 after making due provi sion for Depreciation and for Director»’ Fees at the same rate as last year. The balance at January 31. 1926, was $22.771. which amount, together with the year's profit left $198,376 available for
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  • 74 424 HYLAM SENT TO ASSIZES (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, M\y 12 ID lam wa s -ent to the Assizes on n charge of being in possession of seditious liter iture. He was arrested at an unregistered night school on an est.te between Woodlands and Selotar. The document
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  • 1153 425 Minutes of on ord.nary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang. held on luesday, the 26th April, 1927. Present:—J Ji. Pedlow, Esq., Deputy I re>.dent, Dr. J. 1'- Smith, M. If M. Noordin, Esq., Khoo Sian hw<*, Esq., J. D. Kemp, Esq., eoh heang Ann, Esq
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  • 240 425 The lentb annual general meeting of the St. Francis Association wag held before a fair attendance of the memben at 10.30 am. on Sunday, May 8. at the Club-premises in th eSt. Francis Institution. Malacca. The President. Mr P. G. Pamadasa wag in the Chair. Following the
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  • 149 425 LOVE’S SACRIFICE” AT THE DRURY LANE The Nan Sheng Film Co., at the Dfl ry Lane Theatre Hall are now a verv interesting film entitled Sacrifice” in eight reels together the Defeated General” in two The former picture is a story iw the folly of the tradition
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  • 511 426 niiKES TURNING THEM= SELVES INTO COMPANIES Kot before it was time, the Chancel- f the Exchequer has forecast proto deal with the formation of file Man Companies which enable ch nien to avoid the taxation otherwise payable. Since the War many oi .u bin landowners who have
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  • 1160 426 MUNICIPAL PROSECUTIONFAILS ON APPEAL In the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Sproule allowed the appeal of Messrs. R. E. Mohamed Kassim Co., who were convicted in the Second Police Court and fined $lO (with costs) for having obstructed the five foot way of premises 65, Penang
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  • COMPANY MEETING
    • 873 427 DIVIDEND OF 12| PER CENT. The adjourned annual general meeting of the shareholders of Ayer Kuning Rubber Estate, Limited, was held at noon yesterday at the offices of Messrs. A. A. Anthony A Co. Mr. Laurie Brown presided and the others present were Messrs. J. G. Brown.
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  • 204 427 DEPENDANT CONVICTED Before Mr. S N. King in the Police Court yesterday, the adjourned case was heard and concluded, in which a Malay was charged with negligently driving a car it 12.30 a.m. on April 14 last n Selangor Road and causing injuries to a riesha
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  • 528 427 Not yet 21 years old a QIW lege Chinese bov has ]Ust Hong Kong as a commissioned officer m the United States Air Corps and a n, chelor of Liberal Law. This is Second Lieut. Chiu S E (Ng She-ehiu), a Cantonese youth X n
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  • 409 428 The Board of Trade returns relating {he trade and navigation o the I mted Ki >n for April provide food for serth llue of £100,750,000 while sales t d «re valued at only £52.610,000. t" IUS the discrepancy between imports ~1 exports was £4B 140,000—0 r in
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  • 40 428 WDI ur wn Correspondent i The Singapore, May 13 ?Orn the CO r^ n< 1,;,s been refloated l land u r e 30 m ll es from ThursShe < grounded on Mav 8 Procewhng to Australia.
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  • 368 428 A Great Salvage Feat A fleet oi one hundred boats lying at the bottom of the ocean have been salvaged in more or less unromantic circumstances. When it was announced that the Oriental Lake at Luxemburg Gardens, Paris. was to be drained for cleaning purposes a crowd of
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  • 106 428 LORRIES RUN INTO SHOPS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, May 15 Several serious motor accidents occurred during the week-end. Yester day a Pahang lorry ran into a hinese watch dealer’s shop hi loch Avenue, carrying with it the show cases and bringing dow n several pillars.
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  • 555 428 EARL HAIG’S HIGH APPRECIATION OF MALAYA’S EFFORTS Tin f</ll< wing autograph letter has been received by the Pres.dent, the Malayan Branch of the Appeal 1) part men! for the British Leg on. from Field MmM'.al Earl Haig. President of the British Legion: Majoi General ST Theodore Fraser, K.C.8.,
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  • 176 428 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Rose and her son bin, thank Aose who sent wreaths and expres- of svtnpathv on the occasion oi fdeath ot the late Dr. J. Stuart Rose. FUNER AL NOTICE -K. Chee See Tcou. < hee Kbye u d Chee Khye Teng beg to nMhelr trends und relat ves that
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  • 3300 429  -  A NINE YEARS SOJOURN IN THE TROPICS (BY L. CARRINGTON-WALTERS) Soerabaia, Java, N. 1., 26.5.1921. My Dear Mildred, 1 always remember places by their, welllet's say aroma. Makassar breathed cocoa-nut oil even when our boat berthed out in the roads at 2 a.m. During the half
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 775 431 NARuIS SPRINGS SURPRISE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore May 12 Th re was a large attendance on the th.rd day »f the Singapore Races including th. lion. Mr. W. Peel. Officer Adm.nistering the Government J he going was slow. Appended are the results Race 1. (About 6 Furlongs):
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    • 36 431 dukes beat s. c. c. i Singapore, May 12 I’hst Division of the Singapore football League, the Duke of Welling»jii »eg im nt beat rhe Sin"J|.»on Cr’ck’■l Ub h -bt dia t 0
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    • 90 431 MALAYA'S TEAM SELECTED (From Our Own Correspond Kuala Lvmfvu, _\h v 15 The following have been selected’., represent Malaya in the Cricket M-.J against the Australians: N. .J iter (Captain), Bostock-Hill,' fc r Congdon, Hansell, Hussey, Hennessy Leijssius. Penman and 'Rhodes. The selection of the eleventh man
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    • 63 431 I’lie League Cricket match between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Eastern Smelting Company fixed for Saturday on the Victoria Ground had to be postponed, owing to the ground being water-logged. For a similar reason the friendly match between the P. R. C. and thi P.
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    • 261 431 There was a good attendance of the members ol the hinese and Eurasian Companies of the Penang and Province Wellesley Volunteer Corps al the weekend camp, which was held at the Ritle Range, Kampong Bahru, on Saturday afternoon and yesterday, when a very interesting programme of
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  • 434 432 ihc Runic Secretary has taken a uebut nevertheless welcome step toaeahiig with uie lied m asma m ;ae baited Kingdom. Arcos House, m Uie cemre oi London and os xwiOi) uoliiaig more iliau an nnocent iradiog headquarters., has been subjected km police lam. inc acl.on 01 tne auiiwriues lias
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  • 505 432 i enaliies of Work and Plav A London paper is concerning itself 1 with the relative drawbacks of various professions. Most occupations have their peculiar diseases, brought about either l»\ the materials used or the inetlaxls of work. Nor are pleasures and recreations exempt. Tennis brings tenniselbow; the
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  • 561 432 ihe ioi sii;’. puller is an early bird. I! Las i. be when on early duty. He walks, or rather, moves without visible r ra ibu, itor iMort between the shafts 4' the riesha which he keeps balancing tier him. He moves, going, going, he knows n
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  • 471 433 FURTHER PARTICULARS A visitor to Singapore yesterday, says Tuesday's Singapore Free Press arriving by aeroplane from Port Swet tenbarn. the journey taking two and a quarter hours. was Mr. R C Kemp. Managing Director of the Air Survey Company, with whom is associated Mr. F. Rayner both
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  • 32 433 v ie lare by steamer from Penang to -‘neap, r.- V.hieh we inadvertently slated <» >< y< >t r<lay should hav< been t-noi as $3(l or t|„. j oUriH v «?•>•> r« turn
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  • 629 433 M’mitefe of a ommittee Meeting held in the Singapoie Exchange Room on May 5, 1927, at 5 p.m. Present: Mr. J G. Campbell (President), Mr. 11. Raper (Vice-President), Mr. Scow Poh Leng, Air. 11*. A. Elias, All. \V. A. Fell, Mr. Gaw Khek Khiain, Mr. H. B.
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  • 292 433 The horse will soon become extinct." How often have we heard that statement made in assertive tones as someone has caught sight of a newspaper p a ragraph that Messrs. So-and-so ar e dis posing of their horses and vans and ordering a fleet of motor
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  • 97 433 Third List of Subscription The Hon. Mr. Scott and Mrs. Scotty Hiberinus’’ is Mr. and Mrs. Feltes Mr. Hereford k Anonymous" <0 Mr. and Mrs. Coutier Biggs Mr. and Mrs. I’. Rogers Mr. I). V. Rawlinson Mr. L. N. Grebby jo Mr. T. Watson jy Mr. J.
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  • 372 434 The ingathering of taxes in Great Britain at times assumes the aspect oi guerilla warfare. The latest move on the part of the tax-payer, is in the direction of devising defensive armour to meet me harsh, and often inequitable, imposition of death-duties, and taxes on nch individuals. In
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  • 441 434 A good deal :s heard from time t> i.me about pulling down slum property and budding clean and hygienic dwellings hi their stead. Towns great and small have all to face the >:tmc problem. Penang is by no means alone in this matter and ndeed has probably
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  • 124 434 ELDERLY WOMAN KNOCKED DOWN In the height of the heavy rainstorm on Wednesday night last, a serious motor cycle accident occurred outside the Chowrastra Market in Penang Road, which resulted in the death of an elderly hinese woman, who was knocked flow n. Eurasian Rider Mr. 11.
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  • 368 434 Nearlx thrv hundred thousand people v. i injur. by motor cur s in Philadelphia last xear. Quite a bumper crop, in fact. I here are said to be two lunatics in Russia who think they are Trotsky. One of them is right. A motorist who in 1897 was
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  • 143 434 We much regret that owing to a typo graphical error the subscription of Mr. and Mrs. I (-ties was giv- n.. -15 whereas the corre.-t figure was ?25. o: Mr. Lan Ek thing of Ipoh has been appointed a Jmtie*- <,f the Pc.ice on tin- < -.1
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  • 537 435 We should imagine that few men of his age are as travelled as is the Prince of Wales. It is just announced that II is Royal Highness is to visit Canada shortly in connection with the Dominion s Diamond Jubilee celebrations and afterwards he will proceed to
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  • 651 435 LostA Mountain From Chile comes the report ol a strange geological occurrence. A thick-ly-wooded hill north of the Claro River has vanished. Dwellers in the locality heard a loud report like an earthquake, and many saw the whole fori st being swallowed up by the earth in a
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  • LETTER TO THE EDITOR
    • 361 435 (io the Editor of the Straits Echo/ Sir, It is said that there are proselytes from atheism, but none from superstition; could it be otherwise? The superstition oi number thirteen being very unlucky is much anterior to Christianity where it was eonfi.med in the case of the Last
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  • 2021 436  -  LOCAL AN ENTIRELY THE ROAD TO IPOH To-day we publish another of the articles specially written for the Straits Echo” by Captain A. Claude Brown, M.8.E., on various aspects and features of Penang, from the po<nt of view of a new arrival in the country. These articles
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  • 285 437 INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE TO CONVICT Mr. C. J). I). Hogan in ihe lol.ee Court before Mr. S. N. King yesterday utternoon objected to Chiei Detective Inspector Lucey appearing as a witness and also conducting the ease lor the prosecution in a case in which a Chinese was charged
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  • 3072 437 A CHIT OF A GIRL” A THRILLING RAILWAY ADVENTURE BY A WOMAN NEWSPAPER REPORTER To-day we publish a short story full of incident and touching on a railway accident in England The author takes his readers just inside the door of a big newspaper office in the
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  • 172 439 HUGE GATE RECEIPTS Here is a table showing the gatemoney taken at Cup-ties in the competition proper since the resumption of the tournament in 1919. and also this season's totals up to. but not including. si*th round matches. (Tt must be understood that these
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  • 821 439 LEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT TIH KSI) A Y E VEN IN G Tin. after dailv fluctuations, closes £1 up at £297 ss. for Cash and unchanged at £2BB for three months. Rubber has been a featureless market throughout the week at 1/7J per lb. London and 70
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  • 212 439 The following programme of music will be presented at the Orchestral Concert to be given at the E. 0. Hotel on Sunday next, May 14, at 9.30 p.m.: Overture The Merry Wives of \V indsor Nicolai Chanson Indoue Rimsky-Korsakov Hiawatha Ballet Music Coleridge-laylor a. The
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  • 1783 440  -  LOCAL institutions viewed from an entirely NEW ANGLE THE WATERFALL GARDENS Today we publish another of the articles specially written for the Straits Echo" by Captain A. Claude M.8.E., on various aspects and features of Penang, from the point of view oi a new arrival in the
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  • 426 441 Chemi Is working n the laboratories of the German Dy ('tuffs la deration have produced a new anaesthetic with very remarkable properties. After a long series of successful experiments with animal it was u-'d in several clinics under the supervision of Professor linger and other prominent phvsimans
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  • 746 441 INQUEST PROCEEDINGS Sitting in the capacity <3 Coronet, Air. .a Km- in th 1' dice (unit on Saturday mornmg with a -Jury, held an inquest touching the death of one Wong Ah Kong, a denti-t formerly of Muntri Street. who was knocked down by a Volunteer motor
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  • 291 441 WOMAN ROBBED ANn MURDERED u The inhabitants of G reen were in the small hours Friday morning aroused by the frantic shouts for help i BBuiw from one of the large matsheds in the surrounding. It was about 2 a.m. and when the neighbours went to render
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  • 586 442 SOON THEAM CO. fc WEEKLY REPORT Penang. May 13 w fluctuations within H per lb. rubber clos- -> at 1 (pt o market is still Jrt J.l the volume of busmeps is i *?Lbts can now 1..- placed at $3. A u 52 1 Batu Lintangs Actions at #117.1 and
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  • 102 442 SEQUEL IN SUPREME COURT (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 17 In the Supreme. Court before Mr. Jusi tice Deane. Mr. D. J. W. Abeyegoonasa- kern sued Mr. St. Alban Smith, of Seletar Rubber Estate, for an account of the proceeds of the sale of Baju Esfente,
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  • 49 442 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, May 17 It is understood that the Municipality intend building a bridge replacing Cavanagh Bridge by structure either from Raffles Square or Market Street, the latter being widened. 'l’he question will be decided upon the completion of the new Post Office.
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  • 211 442 A very enjoyable social was held yesterday at the Y. W. C. A. Hostel. Anson Road. There were various competitions and musical items The following firms kindly donated prizes: Messrs. Fraser and Neave, Buan Hak. VVassiamull Assomull and Katz Brothers. ;o; Recently Mr. G. C. Alston, who is
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  • 526 442 m .(lern \meric;in Indians, North. South and Cuntr.- I ire of Asiatic origin. Thu* think members of the Smithsonian Institute after ten \ears' study and explorati' n by members into the subject oi the ori'j’.n ot the American Indian. Bul< iu reaching their uonclusi >n,
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