The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 8 June 1927

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  • 19 485 The Straits Echo Weekly Edition. 18 PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. 25 PENANG: JUNE 8, 1927 NO 22
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    • 343 485 ts LEADING ARTICLES MISCELLANEOUS: (Continued) JI II T| Stt I'l'".? 1 Agitators iu Siam 191 i, l A Malayan Record I I 11,1111 <on Anstialia in Malaya... 491 King’s Birthday Parade uu ■< A opular Bishop 491 Women Cross The Gobi TT ■I a l rOl oSal 494 I 1
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  • Page 486 Advertisements
    • 207 486 ft jt TM« J I STRAITS ECHO g WEEKLY EDITION S jG Published the day prtor to the departure of each mail for Europe, A,! and contain* the latest local and States news originally published in the Ji daily issues, as well as aN important news from various parts of
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  • 304 487 The prospectus is published this morning of the Malayan Broadcasting Service Ltd. who are to establish a Broadcasting Service in Malaya lor the dissemination, in various languages, ol musical entertainments, public announcements, news, market reports, lectures, and other matters subject to the approval of the Postmaster-General. The Company is
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  • 34 487 >'• D t c O° c "ith \fi s w,, f-a».our Ollie. R ke P‘<«* ‘a Vw r d Cl 'e'vam.lar, Ku,l <* Luir>p ur ,,irvs Church at Wfur, at 4 p.,„ to (1
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  • 35 487 -W r u. n,e Jones kJ* 40 'nissionarv k l lt ■4 trv ‘et in I. d' lo lils Bee >> Christ 1 an, s *he O’tthor t<, hc Road Malnva ti e
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  • 463 487 Glorious First of .lune Today is the anniversary oi the naval battle oi the Glorious First oi June, which was fought in 1794 to the west of 1 sliant 400 miles from land and therefore has no territorial name attached to it. On February 1. 1793, France declared
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  • 32 487 art’ leaving Penang to-morrow hr Sngapore en route to I iva for i ho <i 1 They expert to return t<> Pen mg bmt July 6.
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  • 52 487 of the lorry who was held res pons ide for the knoe ng down of two pedestrian?-- on< r»ci s ng f. J ujuri» -in L( th Str- t ,n 11 <••. of Mas 7, has bet n conuri ll< I for ti. •t 'he AsJz( on
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  • 292 487 A cops ol thi- publication has just r ached u> and after a brief survey we are agreeably surprised at both the value ol the work as a reference on Malaya and the general get up of it. Obviously an immense amount oi work has been
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  • 165 487 AN IRON BAR ATTACK Two Teochews named Bah Lai Huai and Bah Keo Ilin were before Mr. S. N. King in the Police Court jesterdas charged with voluntarily causing hurt Io one Soon Meng with an iron bar al 1.30 pin. on tin; 291 h nil. al
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  • 97 487 lan Pow Ho »n < inpb dinth E Prc Hotel. Ku i a Lun pur s* *r/. d lirdore tin M ogj.-trat' Haja \a ac ,b. th basing ret med stolen pro' -rtv to wit, a bearer <' <pie for SHK) drasvn bs fl b. a Jig Auto
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  • 560 488 BRILLIANT GATHERING AT TOWN HALL Scotsmen and Englishmen in Penang vie w th each other in the \earlv cclebrat on of their Patron Saint and although, by common consent, the pdm must be given to St. Andrew’s “nicht”, the Englishmen come off a very good second, and
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  • 97 488 RECEPTION ARRANGEMENTS Prof. E. Ariam Wiliams, M.A., 8.D., B.Ed. (lions Edin.) of Visva—Bharati (International Diversity lorn led by Poet Rabindranath Tagore at Santiniketan, Bengal, India), h; s interviewed various local residents regarding the reccption of Dr. Rabindranath Tagore. A public meeting lor the formation of a Reception
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  • 161 488 In the Supreme Court yesterday naming there w; s no appearance ol Mr. E. C. V at son, nor of Mr. rabb Watt, in connect 1 n with the former’s application for admittance as an Advocate and Solicitor to the Colonial Bar. On Monday -Mr. Wat'-on's
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  • 147 488 An unusual incident happened on Monday evening at the junction of Pahang Road and Anson Road when a ung Ma lav stood in the middle of the r< ad and played the part of a police constable by regulating the traffic. A T v. minutes later
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  • 39 488 K A. Simpson, of Messrs N. ""I>'-I"l'l A Co., the l; ir f R t r „b lier "ok'nr, h,.,„ j„ Ywk is on a |)|is ,o .nd has t lit u d AO Hotel
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  • 1351 488  -  NINE YEARS SOJOURN h THE TROPICS (By L. Caifrtogton.Waiters Soerabaia, Java, A Pril 2(1. Ba Dear Mildred, ou have asked me about tigers frogs, so, instead of the ordinary 1 shall toil you my experience latter, and in another letter about u, former: “Froggie would a-wooing
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  • 77 489 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, In your issue of the 27th instant it is stated by “Argus” that rieshas take shelter in certain unoccupied five lootpaths. It is true that some do so but only when it rains and not at other times.
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  • 101 489 EUROPEAN SERIOUSLY INJURED (From Our Own Correspondent) Iron, June I A very serious car accident occurred hist night on the trunk road between heinor ami Sungei Siput in which a Morris, (owley t o sealer, crashed inf > the iron railing of a road bridge
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  • 40 489 (From Our Own Correspondent) Sing xi»<-ieK. Jrx’j-: 1 A French Government (Ire er. !C<i fret lone. ha- nived lu re from II vr under her own Je tru and i: pre r I n to Indo-C bins.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 260 489 COLLAPSE OF HOME SIDE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 1 Dopes oi Singapore doing well against the Australians were sadly shattered when play was resumed to-day. I hey were all out lor I<>l and following on they made 89, the Australians thus winning by an innings
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    • 80 489 TENNIS TOURNAMENT RESULTS ’He 1 results of Tennis ties played on May 31 were as follows: Mixed Doibles Mrs. Irwin ngU A. P H Holmes beat Mr. and Mrs. Parry 6- 3. 6 1 Mrs Wilson and Stiven beat M, -■> Gold and Smart 6 1. 6—3.
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  • 84 489 (41 Tuesda;. b fore Kaja Ya acob, with h.r» ing n r 1 s '-s-ion o simp, -te I s’olen propert Io wit. a pair of shoes b longing to Mr. D. Afartin of Af<s rs Wbittai X. (Jo.. Klang The finger prints paper
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  • 384 490 Yest» rd;>y for tw-uty-lour brief hours England put aside ail thought of business, lius.-iiin breaks, Egyptian crises and other work-a day affairs and gave itself up to the Derby. Io racing peo pie th- herb is the great classical event of the \ear but to the non racing
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  • 141 490 The report on the I'.M.S. Posts and Telegraphs |)epartment has been issued as a supplement to the I*’.M.S. Gazette and show» that the bus Dess of the post office continued to indicate a steady and sulot. ntial advance in < very branch. The revenue of
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  • 46 490 the 1’11« a a on Thursday morning to meet tl (io\ rnor d signat»-. with the Ibsidei t uncillorS part’ was the Hon Mi I* Robin i' bos»' name Vl. 11 d- 1 i H »h '1.9 of rucn- piddrh.d
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  • 575 490 A Dream Derby Racehorse owners differ from boxers in that thev never positively declare beforehand that they arc going to win. We have had the usual assurances from h ading owners in yesterday ’s great race that thev have every confidence in their respective horses, and that they
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  • 432 490 The funeral of w Goh f wife of Mr. Khoo Soo .fj n > K. Lee San 4 Co., l> ellan j on Monday morning. The started from her residence x' '7?* wart Lane for the Khoo Si 'Fainfe» rial (.round via China St.,
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  • 23 490 (From Our Own CorrMpon*"’’ j SI.VGAPOR»- c 4 Considerabh interest is beau introducing steep I f g la;,’a Amateur races.
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  • 548 491 The visit to Malaya of the Australian Cricket Eleven can be considered one of the most important events of the Thanks are due to those public spirited citizens responsible for the visit of such a representative team containing as it does no less than seven
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  • 348 491 We see irom the London papers that another round has begun in the -/eat battie between Kng Neptune and that heroic great little nation the Dutch. W ork for the reclonation of further portions of the Zuyder Zee is proceeding actively. This vast area at present
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  • 94 491 Fixture for today June 2, A.C.S.U. vs. H.Y.S H.B.R.P. vs O.F.A June 4, U.I.A. vs. P.F.S.; C S C. vs. Spartans; June 7, A.C.S.U. vs. H.Y.S.; H.B.R.P. vs. O.F.A. June 8 P.F.B. vs. C.S.C.; Spartans vs. U.1.A.; June 9. H.Y.S. vs. H.8.R.P.; OFA vs A.C.S.U.; June 10,
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  • 14 491 has gone up the Penang Hills for a short holiday.
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  • 60 491 \esterdav heard summonses in Chamber then Probate and Bankruptcy matters, and finally a suit between K R. V. Ra manathan Chettiar and X M L. Supprernanian Chettiar in which the form* r claimed damages for breach of employin' nt. contract Mr JusHcf Sproub
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  • 235 491 Ihe .\i\hd-.acon ;n i Swindcd are returning in the Machaon which is due al Singapore to-morrow. Mr. Chesney Duncan is an inmate of the General Hospital with an injured toot. He is otherwise in excellent health. Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, i\.D.S.O., vs ho has concluded his North
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  • 278 491 In view ol the coming visit to Penang of the Poet Rabindranath Tagore an article on China and India (being an unpublished address in Malaya by C. F. Andrews) being an account the Poet's visit to China, which appears in the May number of “Current
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  • 1769 492 Minutes oi a meet ng of toe Municipal Commissioners oi George iowu, I'enang, held on I ue-Uay the ibth Alay 192/. Present: G. L Gain Esq. L’res dent: hi. -J. G. hm-m, Al. H. Al. .xooi din Esq, Khoo Sian Ewe Esq, leoh < lie,mg Ann Esq,
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  • 218 493 AN ATTEMPTED ESCAPE Before Mr. S. N. King in the Police Court yesterday, a Malay named Hussain *is charged on two counts with be ng ,n fraudulent possession of a bicycle and attempting to escape from Police custody. The accused was arrested in Weld Qim on Monday
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  • 15 493 bare bw.7i l ti,e 1«1 Jl3 '«-n fixed to take phlee on
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  • 17 493 the an. i, w rl <ing of Co., pera- 1,1 5t,.,,, 5ut1,,,,,,,,.
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  • 579 493 UNPROVOKED ASSAULT ON A STATIONMASTER (From Our Own Correspondent) Bukit Mertajam, June 1 Before the District court, Bukit Mertajam, yesterday, another Malay rowdv named Darus bin Che Lah was found guilty of the offence of voluntarily causing grievous hurt to a young Chinese named Ec Soon Bee.
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  • 355 493 QUEER PROPOSAL TO SEND THEM TO THE STRAITS I ng hor Kuang, the Chinese agitator, who was taken into custody some time ago, was deported the other day, says the Siam Observer of .May 31. I’ng Chor Km ng arrived here (Bangkok) from Singapore, from yvhich centre
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  • 34 493 m anager of the brunch of Mos t hr; nkel Bros, in Kuala Lumpur. returned last < voping bv the s.s Kbit; alter attending theoiening <1 the !< eal braneli <*| the firm.
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  • 41 493 tele- graphs news of the dedh of Mrs I I•zabeth Habekoat at the nge of 87 She is probably the o'de t European re dint in S ng; -n< -rm having gone them from Australia 70 year*- ag >
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  • 58 493 \"<t‘rda\ by the B. 1 Ellenga in addi tic'i to Sir Hugh Clifford, Mr. It Wors-I'-v. Proate S< eretarv, and Mr. G JAva. (Teri; to His Excellency’ were: Mr. Thavf not Mr Martel. Miss M C Mart.l. Mr C T Taylor. Mr A IT. I
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  • 268 494 The authorities at Bangkok have been concerned with the problem of what to do with two Chinese agitators whom it was decided to deport. With a consideration which does the Siamese Government infinite credit they hesitated to send the men back to their native country where they
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  • 147 494 The I lirthoax honours announcement is r< frcshinglx short. We suspect that th<* list of recommendations underwent ronsiderable pruning and it is gratifying to *that honours have only been b< stowed where they were really deserved. The day when peerages and baronetcies, it not exactly two a
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  • 52 494 'tcsterdjo andon Mondax advertisers I’ I red at man,; ra s w hole-page 1 "I hi th< St, ut Echo” v ,l lhl to be um.p.e in Malayan n w spa pt r history. flu- sntnc <).,(.K the total of advertis'l "i our pages was 631 „„<]
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  • 17 494 hr-; gone on tran- r- 1 U dl|' 1 S-utt-nh.n. 'p '<•!(< from 'kif p (ll
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  • 354 494 A RECORD TURNOUT '1 he ceremonial parade yesterday morning on the Polo Ground on the occasion of the King s Birthday was an imposing spectacle, about a thousand Volunteers, Police, Cadets, Boy Scouts and Girl Guides taking part. It was one of the biggest turn-outs of recent
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  • 134 494 at Kuala Kubii on Max 25 has been receiv- l ,x I'is friends at Singapore with regret. He was born in Singapore 80 xears ago. the son of a Scottish pioneer merchant, who went to Singapore ben it was new lx-founded. For manx years
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  • 317 494 A week or two ago we cable describing the journey a™ (loin Desert and three women. The full story wonderful journey has now and reads like a fairy tale. Miss Cable said they decided tor, home via Russia, and their Omsk took lour months trmj
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  • 138 494 Singapore Announcement We have received the following gram from the Private (yivernor at Singapore: His Majesty the King has been? ciously pleased to approve the f Honours in the Birthday G C.M.G. His Highness the MP Sarawak. K. B. E. Civil Div* 9l <#' fr Hayes Marriott. C.M.G.,
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  • 424 495 n traw or even three do not nec indicate the direction of the but the sign ticance of the results he bve-elections at Leith, boutnri and now Bosworth cannot be *±<l. Once the Liberal finds himself returned on a minority rote and the barest of possible margins Ibe
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  • 67 495 Wrtilav niidin Jell PclLing ve having made the pretith Ik r arran er nents in connection an iru POre 8 visit u> Penang. Ha w ftft Resident •’“t'fcstsvrni, o We un derstand, express kindly J P <je t s mission Mieti n nStnte<l preside over
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  • 1172 495 “One Way” Traffic Street repairs are proceeding at the junction of Farquhar and Light Streets and work is being carried on day and night light being prov’ded during the hours of darkness by means of highpower electric apparatus. A notice is exhibited instructing traffic coming from the direction
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  • 234 496 RULES FOR EMIGRATION TO MALAYA The following special cable dated Madras, May 28, has been received by the Straits Times: The following is from a Government order recording the Emigration and Immigration Report for 1926, prepared by the Commissioner of Labour: Ceylon and Malaya are the only two
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  • 30 496 K.C IL. D. S. arrived in Singapore from British North Borneo on Sunday by the “Darvel and proceeds Home by the “Morea on June 3
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  • 31 496 that Captain Ford will not be able tj play in the Cricket match —North Mala xa vs. the Australians—owing to the Mi lit ary Sports in Singapore.
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  • 32 496 Mrs. Glover and family have proceeded on leave. While Captain Glover is on leave his duties as Municipal Secretary, Mai.wee. an being under! ken by Mr James 'Fairweather.
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  • 59 496 w ho until recent- “<> unto receni ly was the Honorary Secretary of the Malacca Golf Chib is going on leave at "h< end ol June. Mr alhice who is U hne exp. th nt Ot the l.’oxal and Ancienl »!<Gnc wi’l be much mi- cd
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  • 584 496 GREY SKIES IN PENANG AND SINGAPORE (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. June 3 Sir Hugh Clifford arrived here this morning and under an overcast sky was welcomed by the Hon. Mr. W. Peel, Officer Administering the Government, mid the Hon. Mr. E.C.H. Wolff. Acting Colonial Seer tary. and
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  • 384 496 Long before the appointed time 4 large and excited crowd of boys mi girls gathered in the Mile End Road to await the char a-bancs which were |q take them for a day into the countrv Some of the children were so poor tbit they had
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  • 20 496 HE. the Officer Administering Governnivnt, the Hon. Mr- bj returned to Singapore hwi the Sea Belle.
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  • 29 496 u r Stubbs* The wedding of Hr. flt L. M. C. and Miss L. Cathedral of the Good Shep k v gapore, will take place on batura
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  • 34 496 ec ba te Mr. and Mrs. H. F. Rur ’j \|r ■join io Buk’l I raser ,J ,o Jk- K f < d t JS MHheva tor a fortnight
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  • 577 497 A NEWCOMER'S IMPRESSIONS (Contributed, It took me over three weeks to reach from England but 1 returned to Fuwpe (temporarily) in under the K “u-,terda\. A brief ear run through Jean suburbs of Penang and the Lonut groves and we were at he tcot
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  • 61 497 COLONIAL OFFICE MESSAGE fhe following telegram from the Secretary of State for the Colonies has been sent to the Governor of the Straits Settlements and the High Commissioner for the Malay States on the occasion of Empire Day:—“The Colonial Office Conference assembled in London send greetings to you
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  • 140 497 BRITAIN AND AUSTRALIA IN MALAYA (To the Editor oe the Straits Echo; Sir, The thanks of all Australians in Malaya is due to your valuable paper for drawing attention in your leading art'vlc under the above-heading to the distinctly hostile atmosphere developing towards them in this
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  • 95 497 AN INDIAN KILLED IN AYER ITAM ROAD An Indian, named Vallahsamy, met his death as a result of being knocked down by a motor car driven by Ooi Seng Ghee, at 12.5 p.m. on the 2nd inslam at Ayer Etam Road. 'l’he driver was brought before Mr C.
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  • 20 497 are going on 'eave in the course of tin next week or two.
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  • 22 497 who had been on a visit to Singapore, returned to Penang yesterday morning by the s.s. Kinta.
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  • 20 497 Office A.-.-,istant to the Resident Councillor. Pt riang, resumed duties yesterday after a month s holiday.
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  • 29 497 who came up from Singapore for the < oi Mes r Frankel Bros, branch in Ri-diop Sio .-t on the Gt returned Jas! cvenur/ by lie* Kinta.
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  • SPORTING NEWS
    • 74 497 e have received from Messrs. Kyle, Palmer and Co., Kua’a Lumpur, a copy ot an excellent .50 cents production in the shape of a “Souvenir. Australians Vis tto Malaya, 1927”. As the author justly observes the present visit is unique in the annals of cricket. The booklet contains
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    • 376 497 MALAYA LEADS ON FIRST INNINGS (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, .June 3 A record crowd witnessed the match All Malava versus the Australians today. Parly morning rain had rendered the pitch unlit for an early start and alter several inspections the captains tossed. Foster won the spin
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    • 267 498 EXCITING MATCH Absolutely the best association match witnessed this season in Penang was the match played yesterday on the Esplanade between the D. A. I'. C., Champions oi the local Football League, and a team of h>otballers from Ipoh, brought by Mr. Bachan Singh. Including as it did
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    • 46 498 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, .June 2 In the Raffles Institution Spirts the individual championship was won by A. (I. Xichoh-on. House Five won the House Trophy. In the High Jump Abdul Hamid cleared 5 feet 9! inches. Mrs Rolfe d stributed the prizes.
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    • 94 498 tennis results The following are the results of tennis tournament ties played on Wednes lav afternoon Ladies Doubles: Mrs. Sturt and Mrs. Ward beat Miss Kinder and Miss Dennys 6- 1. G 1. Hall Cup: Mrs Scarborough beat Miss Evans 6 I. G—l. Men’s Doubles: Pinckney and
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    • 379 498 GRIFFIN’S XI v. KNIGHT S XI On Saturday on the Esplanade a comim neement was made, in the two-dav fi-ture l„ tu. en Mr Griffin's Eleven and Mr Knight Eleven which is intended 1r v '’’’t of trial match prior <o d th thf V stralians in
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    • 352 498 SATURDAY’S RESULTS (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore. June 4 I he going was fair at the Singapore Amateur Races and among those present was His Excellency the Governor. Sir 11 ugh (lliilord Appended are the results: Race 1 I 11\ SARK 11.3, Mr. Bourke 1 IRGTNA 9.10,
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    • 95 498 W ith the picturesque and historic Biy of Na.ples as a background, a dW* car hill climb was held at the end> April, over a distance of five and»"® 1 miles, from Agnano to Capped Caudiani. In the 1100 co. cla# B 1 winner was Marcolini
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  • 53 498 A strange shooting acciden place at Aurillac, in the France, when a fanner name took a shot at a fox and foun had mortal!} wounded his ten} son. It appears that the boy U,IS ijp behind a hedge picking father mistook the sweater he ing
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  • 20 498 the M* 4 0 Mr. Khoo Tlooi TTye. Tne Lawn Telim> (timpioi l 41 > P» nang
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  • 550 499 by arch few (lavs a r° we published an ac- the establishment of a school r detectives in ban Francisco. I have to ”reat trouble and expense to find 'ut exactlv what will be required of a Student before he will be considered realty qualified. In reply to
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  • 203 499 EUROPEAN PLANTER FINED A European planter. Mr. P. I). Smith of Ayer lekah estate, Malacca, was charged on June 1 in the Jasin Court with voluntarily cans ng hurt to his baby son, one year and nine months old, on the information of Dr. Barties of the
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  • 148 499 After two months' search, during which 180 plain-clothes officers watched various parts of the city, the police have arrested Gino Gerolimini, who is believed to have kidnapped, during th<> last three years, six girls whose ages ranged from three to six years. The bodies of lour girls
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  • 97 499 During heavy rain at Ayclifle, near Darlington, an omnibus crashed through the crossing gates and came to a standstill across the metals as a g< oD train was approching less than JOO yards away. The passengers, hearing the warning shout from the signalman, jumped clear and. as
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  • 20 499 Mc- Aulitfr. I).ivi nd Hope. 'ctt tor I'.j land on Sa* nrda 'Mi 1 a.e
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  • 333 499 DEPARTURE OF MR. K. D. MARIASUSAY A pleasant function took place at the r. salt ncc of Mr. A. Veerappa I’iLafy •I P., in Kajaag Road dur ng the weekend when over a hundred friends assembled to bid g< od-byc to Mr K. 1). Maiiasusay. late Chief
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  • 118 499 The story of a girl s midnight struggle with an intruder in a boarding-house was told to the Hastings magistrates, when Charles Heavey was charged with breaking and entering No. 12, Cridercliff. St. Leonards. Miss I); vid, who is cnipl »\< <| there as a -servant, said
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  • 28 499 tiie new him >e Member of the I <• e d Council. arrived in lenang from Ipoh by train on S turdav evening.
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  • 35 499 th well-known Sin* q-ore cricketer nd who wh ep ij'i < f ihr S t < 11: m aiounst i'• \i,*i n (-1 I ill! o 4 1 M u .o nr bn
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  • 1485 500 A GREAT WORK Rabindranath Tagore is known, par excellence, as a poet, a wr.ter of mystical verse, “Song Oncring» to tht infinite Lover, gems of devotion couched in the most exquis te of i mguagc Of Tagore as a man of action, the founder and President of
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  • 98 500 Years ago a small girl stole a e grains of wheat from a sack outside J «hop at Northfield, Middlesex, now, grown to womenhood, she amade payment for it. Confession of the lapse and a order for a shilling have reached Jr Silvester, the shopkeeper concent the writer
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  • 27 500 In. A. S. McKern has been ed a member of the Hospita s in the place of Dr. -I. Sharp. left the Colony.
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  • 24 500 r 4 II Mrs. Linton, wife of Mr ton. Manager of the Mercant < India Ltd. in .Singapore- 43 eng, r jii •’>* Morea
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  • 704 501 FXTRACTS from full tA REPORT The following are extracts from the 1 rt of the directors of Pontianak Gold pSging Concessions, Ltd.. covering period from the incorporation ol the oXny to March 31 last, to be present- at tiie first annual genera! meeting at Kaffles Hotel, Singapore, on
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  • 30 501 We are informed with regard to our report upon flu» above subject publish ed in W ednesday’s issue that Kua'a Kedah’’ should have read “Kuala Xerang”.
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  • 27 501 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 2 Five thousand tahils of chandu valued at $50,000 were seized on hoard the steamer Antung from China.
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  • 98 501 POLICEMAN SAYS ‘‘IT IS NOT ON MY BEAT” “’The police constable slioubl have given assistance in an emergency like this,” said Dr. J. S. Crane, deputy coroner for West Middlesex, at a Shepperton nquest on a boy cyclist who was knocked down and killed by a
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  • 22 501 a director of the Cycle and Carriage Co., Ltd., who came up from Singapore on Friday, turned yesterday.
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  • 651 501 ARRANGEMENTS WORK SMOOTHLY Hugh Clifford, Governor-design-at- of Malaya. arrived yesterday morning from Colomho by the 8.1 ss. Ellenga and hy the time this is read will have arrived at Singapore. in the Special train by which he travelled from Prai and will probably be taking the
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  • 661 502 WEEKLY MARKET REPORf Saturday Evening The local share market, throughout the week, has shown an upward tendency with a steady undertone, particularly in mining shares where the dividendpaying corn pan es were m strong request, but Rubbers arc still on the easy side while the demand for
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  • 188 502 FOUR NEW PENANG J.P.’S A Government Gazette Extraord inarx published at S ngapore on Saturday, June 4, announces the following to the Commission of Peace for the Settlement of Pen-mg: Messrs Lim Cheng Kung. G. A. Pott-,, S 09*1-11 ill and Mas Abdul Aziz. Mr. G. A. Potts
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  • 59 502 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, June 6 hilc riding this morning. Sir Hugh iifford sustained ;i str.iin and was unable to ttend the races this aftern<M>n. Yesterday he attended Service at the < atht'dral of the Good Shepherd and then watched the I'.M.S.—Colony- Tennis alter which
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  • 28 502 \ssist ant ommissit ner of Police, is due back shcrtly from Home leave. It is understood that he will l>e stationed at Klang.
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  • 585 502 SEISTAN’S EXPERIENCE When the Seistan, a vessel of 2456 tons gross, and 1,571 tons net, arrived m Singapore on Saturday last f ru Mauritius, under the command i Captain A. Inglis, her Magu related some remarkable expen ences during the Madagascar eyelone in March, when the port
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  • 20 503 y. cKA y.—At the Maternity Hospital, Penang, on 6th June to the wife o f c. H. Mackay—a daughter.
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  • 435 503 Coincident with the Governor’s arrival in the capital there has been a fresh outbreak of gun-men lawlessness. An evil crying aloud for immediate repressive measures is thus brought early before the notice of Sir Hugh Clifford. We respectfully suggest that if the Governor takes this problem in
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  • 11 503 v toernh been “Ppoint,Qltar y Board Lumpur
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  • 10 503 MS i” l-o-mt l.jVe shortly.
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  • 559 503 Will Japan Disappear? Japan Disappears! is the startling announcement that may be seen on the placards by some future generation. Such is the opinion of Dr. L. F. Noble, who thinks that Japan will ultimately sink or slip over the edge of th* Tuscarora Deep. I his event,
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  • 138 503 (From Our Own Cerroupundunt) Singapore, June 6 hinese gunmen were again r.ctive on Saturday night and made strenuous efforts to shoot a detectivein the Peoples Market but the officer managed to escape. In People's Park, SingajM>re, on Friday afternoon, two hinese were sitting on a seat when shots
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  • 89 503 SIR HUGH CLIFFORD’S PRAISE (From Our Own Comspondent) Singapore, June 6 J he Colony and F.M.S. Tennis Championship was held yesterday. Of nine matches the Colony won five singles and two doubles thus assuring intention of the Guillemard Cup. At Polo the Colony
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  • 17 503 formerly Penang, is now with Messrs. Kino Brothers, Limited, Diamond Merchants of Singapore.
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  • 38 503 Mrs. Khoo Chin Bong and Mr. ami Mrs. G. I». Ta ye left by the German mail Coblenz, from Singapore to-day on a holiday lo Europe. They will bo away for about six mouths.
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  • 62 503 is announced from Culoujlwj of the Hon. Mr. Justice A. St. V. Jayawardene, KJ’., Barrister-at-Ijaw, th sixth Puisne Judge of the. Supreme Court of Ceylon, at the age of 4‘J. It is said that the Hon. Mr. M. T. Akbar, KJ’., B. A. LL. 8., fCantab) the Solicitor-!
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  • 67 503 who aceojn- panied His Excellency the Gotrraor Sir Hugh Clifford from (’olombo to Singapore is a member of th'* Ceylon Civil S I'’ -e and is at p.- •«.'■it b doing the app riilnient of ;i£sibtant (fovernment Ag nt. Hamlrantota,an I is a 8.A., and
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  • 947 504 VICTORY FOR MALAYA IN THREE-DAY MATCH AT KUALA LUMPUR Superb Bowling anti Fielding by the Home Team Achieves the Impossible The impossible has happened. The Australians, the believedly invincible giants of the cricket field, “who, everyone was convinced would not find a team in Malaya up to a
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  • 28 504 Bulk- tin for the week to May 28, notifiw one fatal case of small-pox at Singapw* and one case (non-fatal) at rod Swettenharn.
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  • 73 504 took place on Friday morning, at St John’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, of Miss Constance (nstieau, of West Australia, and Mr. C. F. Mu®merv. of Kuala Lumpur. Father Duvelle officiated. Dr. 1. G. Cameron was the best man, Dr. J. W. Field gj" the bride away and Mrs. Field
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  • 59 504 The marriage was celebrate' Saturday at St. Marys hurch, Lumpur, of William Roche, < Castlefield 'statu. Selangor. jW est son of the late Judge Hoche, Blackrock. Dublin, and of Roche, to Doris Manners, youn. laughter of Mr. John Manners Mrs. Manners, ol -‘Chestnut, K gate. The couple are
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  • 71 504 \l, It. I» Hobins-Browne minent Johannesburg stock bn.ineier, is on a visit to *I g, IS staying at the E. w <>• jntere st! represents many import an and is w director of severe in South Africa. Apart business activities, he is d tied with
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  • 578 505 SOON THEAM CO. f£EK LY MARKET REPORT «'Penang, June 2, 1927 2, to the holidays, our Report issued a dry earlier than Rubbers The price of rubber rel,l j uued linch n throughout the week. Rubwere quiet but steady, and Svolume of business passing was mostk in the speculative counteis
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  • 355 505 Engineers and scientists in New York have witnessed a new electrical marvel, so sensitive as to employ only the billionth of a watt of electricity, or about one-fortieth of a fly-power. By the use of this instrument it is quite possible for a passing shadow or a dew-drop
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  • 21 505 are Mr.‘and Mrs. R C. Evans an I Mr. and Mrs. J. E. S. Codner.
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  • 35 505 returned to Perak on Monda\ morning from Kuala Lumpur. I’he Chief Secretary and Mrs. Peel are expected in Kuala Lumpur from Singapore by train this morning.
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  • 39 505 has been trans- ferred to Alor Star 0 >m Singapore, to take the place of Nursing Sifter Gaincss who had a fenqxnan ..pp'hutment m the' Kedah Gov rmnent Service nd "ho has ncv\ gone to Burma.
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  • 155 505 MR. PECK’S SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS (From Our Own Correspondent) SINGAPOHE. JINE 7 At the annual general meeting of the Pontianak Gold Jfredging Concessions, Ltd., Mr. H. N. Eerrers presided. Mr. I'. Peck reported his investigations, alleging large discrepancies in the results of the samples given by Mr. Egerton Wood
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  • 62 505 ACCIDENTALLY SHOT BY A FRIEND (From Oar Own Correspondent) Ipoh, June 7 The death occurred of Mr. A. H. Morgan, of Arrass Estate, Enggor, under tragic circumstances on Monday, he being accidentally shot by a friend at ipoh with whom he was out pig shooting. I’he
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  • 169 505 A pretty wedding was solemnised on Saturda\ morning, June 4 by the Rev. P. L. Peach at Fitzgerald Memorial Church, the contracting parties being Mr. James S. Appuduray of the Survey Department, Penang and Mrs. Elisa both Rasammah Spencer. Teacher Anglo Chinese; Girls School. Ipoh. A reception was
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  • 64 505 With regard t o tne brief reference to Mr. S. Wood-hill in these columns uterday, stating that he h.d been i «de a Justice of the Peace- lor th Sett'e-me-nt, it should be mentioned th I Mr W< d hi l is now the* General Manager M I I 1
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