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Title Section20 1927-08-10 1 The Strats Echo Weekly Edition. I $lB PER AiyNUM. SINGLE COPY 4OCTS. '■VOL. 25 PENANG, AUGUST 10, 1927 NO. 3120 words
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Advertisement196 1927-08-10 1 n «-CONTENTS ding Articles Miscellaneous (Continued) JL ...<>2o Kedah Flood Relief ...628 I teen Years After ...624 Sir Francis Aglen ...63.0* W? r Favors ...628 1 The Seven- Year-Old Crime ...631 jl As You Were ...629 Kite Flying in Penang ...636 '3 V The Tagore Article ...630 Penang and Province196 words
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Advertisement233 1927-08-10 2 5 STRAITS ECHO I WEEKLY EDITION I? 4k* Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, Ju /S end contains the latest local and States news originally published in the Ml I qZ ~*ls V* r t daily issues, as well as aM impertanr news from233 words
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Article16 1927-08-10 620 Chambers To Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Chambers on July 31 a daughter. Both well.16 words
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Article364 1927-08-10 620 In Penang one of the first essentials d the popmace is a plentiful supply of fish which so far as the great majority of people are concerned is one of the 4aple foodstuffs. Up to the present Penang’s supply appears to have been dependent on the collective and individual364 words
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Article565 1927-08-10 620 Arkwright 1 our Arkwr.ght. Lx tn now it is not uncommon to near Ins merits as an inventor quest.oned and doubts cast upon whether his inventions were really his at all. Handicapped by lack ol funds, subjected to the assaults oi the Lancashire rioters and even discriminated against565 words
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Article445 1927-08-10 620 Mr. A Buttoy has arrived n Penang tn Ipoh en route to London. M.-s 1-,. M. Pod. ot R< npjb< n, who proceed.ng to Australia, has arrived here. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Dawbarn returned on Monday from Beiawan (Deli) by he s.s. Kuala. Ihe Hon. Mr. T\\ layton445 words
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Advertisement27 1927-08-10 620 sirdiu Echo PUBLISHED DAILY WEEKLY EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Maili for Europe fbe Criterion Press, Limited, 59, Beach Street, Penang27 words
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Article690 1927-08-10 621 AN APPEAL FROM MALACCA (To The Editor of The Straus Echo) Sir, Now that Bishop C. J. FergusonDavie has retired from this Diocese, the signatories of the following letter feel justified in seeking greater publicity as there must be many to whose notice it has not yet690 words
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Article131 1927-08-10 621 MAN WITH FORGED NOTES Through the alertness of some of the shroffs working in the enclosure at the Pace Course, an instance of the passing of forged notes has been detected. When a Kling named P. S Mohamed Xoordin presented a $lO bill over the counter for131 words
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Article128 1927-08-10 621 P. F. S. vs. A. C. S. A large crowd gathered on the Free School ground yesterday evening to witness a friendly game of football between the Penang Free School and the Anglo-Chinese School which resulted in a victory for the former by two goals to nil. It128 words
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59 1927-08-10 621 Shooting on Saturday in the 1 iiang eterans Shield, Malacca, made a score of 139. two points higher than the score recorded by the winners of the Singapore Section. Malacca thus win the Shield for the second time in the history of the compethe final59 words
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Article1110 1927-08-10 621 i7j per cent, dividend Ihe seventeenth annual general,, mg <,l the shareholders of TcmerkhT Rubber Estate, hcid al noon yesterday at tl p r offices of tile Company, N o o Street, Penang. Mr. J g presided and the sent were: Mr. L. C. Brown, (Diree tor)1,110 words
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Article127 1927-08-10 622 FOUND IN SACKS OF RICE AND BREAD A good haul of arms and ammunition seized while being unloaded from the s.s. Paul Lecat in Hong Kong on July 5 had a sequel at the Kow loon Magistracy when a Chinese male and female were charged with being127 words
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Article169 1927-08-10 622 260 PER CENT. INCREASE AND ROOM FOR MUCH MORE There is room for great expansion in the tea trade. During the past 50 years it has increased 260 per cent.,” said Mr. L. T. Carmichael, chairman of the Indian Tea Association, London, giving evidence before the Royal169 words
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Article122 1927-08-10 622 HUNDREDS OF STONES ON THE SEASHORE A mysterious discovery of diamonds is reported from the mouth of ihe Kei River Johannesburg. A visitor, while spending a holiday there, found diamonds lying on the sand near the sea-shore. He prompt!v pegged a claim, and discovered 700 beautiful and122 words
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Article347 1927-08-10 622 Man is sometimes no doubt ingenious and even daring in his exploitations. It is common to hear of farms of domestic animals but when one is told of farms of wild animals, carnivorous and even i oisonous reptiles, the hobby appears to be carried a little beyond the347 words
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Article190 1927-08-10 622 POET’S EMPHATIC DENIAL (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpub, Aug. 3 Dr. Rabindranath Tagore repudiates as a lie the statement alleged to have been uttered by him, published in the Shanghai Times and given prominence in Malaya by the Malaya Tribune to the effect that, Asia190 words
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Article1232 1927-08-10 623 FIRST CATCH DISCHARGED AND SOLD IN MARKET YESTERDAY Interview with Director of Fisheries Penang public will be gratified to learn that from now onwards, for a month at least, there will be a more plentiful supply of fish in the market, caught bv the Government Fish1,232 words
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
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Article105 1927-08-10 623 (To The Editor of the Straits Echo) St, ith regard to your note to Rev. Peach’s letter on prohibition, I endorse everything you say in it. Any sort of measure whether enacted by the Churoh or the State that encroaches upon individual liberty is not likely to prove105 words
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Article143 1927-08-10 623 (To the Editor of the Straits Eci*) Sir 1 cannot allow Mutt’s” letter m your yesterday’s issue to pass withoui saying a word or two about it. 1 lamentably ignorant ol th < a number o f European ladies are ary members of the Penang but143 words
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Article452 1927-08-10 624 Or July 29, 1914. the German de1 to cross Belgian territory arrived '““Brussels. On August 2, it was .resented and early on August 4 the Lading armies had begun their march the well-neigh defenceless territory, L action that brought Great Britain n to the conflict scarcely ere452 words
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Article56 1927-08-10 624 H’R PERSONS WOUNDED Our Own Correspondent) Chi» S>XO*PORB. Aug. 3 f-itaii Ut Se were injured and one wounf^ as the result of a 'io. Stat ra Uear Ie Sepoy Lines Powß, wL U ,n ves t e i*day afternoon. Those dg*- of ~voilnd ed deny56 words
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Article480 1927-08-10 624 The Centralisation of Germany A isitors to Berlin return enthusiastic o. r the development of that city, its international gaiety and the increased prosperity, life and enjoyment that it owes to the Republic. But the medal uas its r verse side. Ihe same effects of th? new regime480 words
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Article457 1927-08-10 624 1- 11 Grumitt. Partner of V—r-. McAuliffe, Divs and Hope, has been appointed a Municipal Commiisioner vice Mr. J. D. Kemp resigned, Messrs. J. J. Bryan, E. Pentony and A. Williams, a’l Assistant Engineer- of the I. AL S. Public Works Department are due from Home by the s.s.457 words
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Article2228 1927-08-10 625 RICHARD SIDNEY - Something About A Book=ShopMessrs. Kelly and Walsh— Essential For the Traveller—The True Atmosphere of Java The New Prayer BookAn EncyclopaediaSome Excellent IllustrationsEncourage The Young. (Special to the Straits Echo) BY RICHARD SIDNEY Even in England book shops are rare; in Malaj a uiu baldly expects any2,228 words
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Article399 1927-08-10 626 The Central Asian Society held its annual dinner on July 6 at the Hotel Cecil. London. Lord Peel presiding. Field Marshal Lord Plumer, in proposing the toast of the Society, expressed appreciation of what it was doing in making people better acquainted with what was happening in399 words
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Article494 1927-08-10 626 LOCAL COMMITTEE CEASES TO ACT Tn at rdnnce with the wishes of the T.cndon committee, the local committee '>f the b .M.S. Mar Relief Fund ceased to act as from June 30, and the balance of Hie funds in hand, amounting to $4,987.64, has been remitted494 words
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Article206 1927-08-10 627 MRS. BESANT (To The Editor of The Straits Echo; Sir, With regard to the statement in your Random Notes of the Ist inst. under the heading Mrs. Besant’s Messiah it appears rather strange that lueosuphists, amongst whom she is he leading spirit, should shape their ritualism206 words
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Article434 1927-08-10 627 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, I have read with interest the views of Mr. R. J. 'B. Clayton, Acting Director of Fisheries, on deep-sea trawling published in your paper to-day. Mr. Clayton is reported to have expressed the opinion that deep-sea trawling in Malayan434 words
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Article403 1927-08-10 627 (To The Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, May 1 be permitted to comment on one of the statements made in your interesting leading article on Educational Problems in yesterday’s issue of the Straits Echo? The seventh paragraph of the article begins with this sentence: Contran to the403 words
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Article300 1927-08-10 627 There arc many fairv tales to V found in Chinese literature, but a;» 5 ent in detail to those of the West Th animal world, like the wolf i n R e d Ri 1 mg Hood comes in, but in a more arte tic form than300 words
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Article63 1927-08-10 627 MALAYAN TEAM DEFEATED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. 3 A cable from Batavia announces that the Malayan Cricketers, the majority <« whom are from Negri oembilan, were beaten in the first match. Java sewed 183 and 133 and the visitors iw and 141. 4. In the63 words
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Article36 1927-08-10 627 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, Aug. a Four Tamils and six Chinese charged with theft of rubber $98,000 the property A. Barbour and Co. harb our. found in a tongkang m the n36 words
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Article91 1927-08-10 627 CHUA AND CO. WIN T^ flt) (From Our Own Correspond» 3 Singapore, AC Mr. Justice Deane of Chua and Co., Ipoh, tie s an dCo. and costs against Messr». B m Jfcb' Singapore, in respect of a deal van Tin shares. The Rev. A. O. oo P91 words
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Article857 1927-08-10 628 in the collection of huge war is not the only American favor that many feigners forget. They are unmindful, too, the fact that 'Uncle Shylock,’ as they aspersc him for suggesting something on achas for nearly a century and a lalf BS 4e all their countries favored nations857 words
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Article243 1927-08-10 628 EDUCATIONAL PROBLEMS (To The Editor of The Straits Echo) Sir, Rex’s letter of August 4 m reply to mine does not elucidate anything. I made a series of statements, none of which he controverts. He does not even attempt to do so. Instead of this he243 words
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Article432 1927-08-10 628 FINAL STATEMENT The following is the final statement of account of the above Fund which is nowclosed Kota Star Chinese Community $358/00 Sikh Community $179/00 Previously acknowledged $3,940/21 $4,477/21 Kulim 1,443/60 Kuala Muda Tamil Community $lOO/00 Towkay Lim Boon Haw $lOO/00 Previously acknowledged $798/80 $998/80 Yen 779/50432 words
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Article413 1927-08-10 629 Perhaps a friendly agreement to disagree is the best that could be hoped from the Naval Armaments Limitation Conference at Geneva. At all events we can temper our disappointment at the absence of concrete results with the comforting reflection that we have not been tricked into weakening413 words
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Article484 1927-08-10 629 Crepe Sole Rubber Not many months ago there seemed to be a fairly general impression that the vogue of crepe soled footwear was rapidly passing. There are now r however, many indications that crepe rubber is becoming increasingly popular, particularly for sports and children’s footwear, and it is484 words
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Article457 1927-08-10 629 A telegram from Txw AnwU that a heavy earthquake shL the c? and suburbs at 4.22 am tlt T morning. Messrs. Mansfidd and Compaq v.se us that the -Patroclus" scheduled to sai at 4 nm Swettenham Pier P Mr P. SA. Georgeson. of the Straits Steamship Co Singapore, by457 words
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Obituary84 1927-08-10 629 DEATH The death is announced of Madam Ang Gnat Neo, the beloved wife of Mr. Khoo Khye Chneah, retired tin miner of Selangor some 25 years ago, which took place at 10 p.rri. on Thursday, August 4, 1927, at the age of 63. She left behind four sons, Messrs. Khoo84 words
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Article497 1927-08-10 630 ffehave before us the issue of ..he Shanghai Times” of July 25 which nonL ,n article stated to be by Rabin--1 th Tagore” and which is an extraXrv inflammatory epistle directed inst the British in China. The Xie extends to nearly a column and is r-joved in497 words
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Article168 1927-08-10 630 11 With t re this pl har sat sf action that we J has. I rnin S able to announce that en definitely decided to build a new and up-to-date hospital in Penang. Tn drawing attention to the unsa‘"sfactory state of affairs obtaining this journal as recently as168 words
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Article314 1927-08-10 630 FAMOUS CHINESE INSPECTOR* GENERAL MARRIED Sir Francis A glen, whose marriage at Brompton Parish Church to Miss Anna Moore "Ritchie is announced, is the famous Tnsnector-General of the Chinese Maritime Customs. Tie left China during the spring. On his return to London he said he was removed314 words
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Article503 1927-08-10 630 Pity the Poor Channel Channels are cheap to-day. The week end has seen the Straits of Dover succumb to one more hardy athlete. This makes the eleventh time the Straits have been swum and soon the thing won't be worth doing at all. The whole affair has lost503 words
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Article1093 1927-08-10 631 KLANG RIVER TIN DREDGING CO., LTD. T he third ordinary general meeting of the Kiang River Tin Dredging Company, Ltd., was held at the Registered Office of the Company, 33 Beach Street, yesterday at noon. Mr. D. A. M. Brown was in the Chair and the others present1,093 words
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Article390 1927-08-10 631 Tt is now just years since a C rme mitted for which two I ta C"' Sacco and Vanzetti, are sentenced executed on Wednesday. The cri rtlt Ci was simple, At 3 p m. on April 15, 1920, two men named Parmentar and Berardelli ployed by a390 words
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Article83 1927-08-10 631 The General I Balance fit and Loss Account of Ranker* Handel how that the net to 17,494.212.18 (£624,318, which, after providing or Reserve to the extent o (£58.237.—). a dividend of 8 has been declared. :o: Capt. E. C. Pratt'*.'-. o' Bln. Norfolk Regiment, to Penang from Kir|83 words
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Article5414 1927-08-10 632 FOURTH DAY’S RESULTS Yesterday’s races, the fourth da i t he Penang Turt Club Autumn LLing again proved successful from Irv point of view, except there was rain which spoilt many dresses a Tdrove the large crowd to the shelter n the two stands which were taxed5,414 words
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Article463 1927-08-10 635 ACCUSATION AGAINST WILSON T (From Our Own Corrttpo ßdeil Singapore, Arc, p A meeting of the Pontiannk m ld pi edging Concessions, Limits d held this morning when Mr p w jp.’ W port, ns inspector of the eom pan X eons.dered Mr Van Dort pUrf Durmg463 words
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Article312 1927-08-10 636 several years our correspondence J u mns have testified to the pinch that L'. felt anion? all classes at the rents ruling in Penang partitv since 1023 when the Pent Bestrieon Ordinance came to an end. a re glad t° nr>te official eogni7aDeehas at last been taken312 words
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Article152 1927-08-10 636 An exemplification of the high estiin which Dr. Tagore, is held is umished by the announcement that the has been invited to deliver Hibbert Mirrec; London next vear. These lectures were instituted bv the Mees of Robert Hibbert, a West Tnjan merchant of the early davs of152 words
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Article466 1927-08-10 636 Railway Amenities Everything is good or bad by comparison and compared with the Burmese Railways as seen bv a contemporary the F.M.S. Railways rrm< be regarded as absolutely The following are some ot the reforms suggested as due on the Burmese Railways. A whole carriage should be reserved466 words
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Article365 1927-08-10 636 Tn addition to the different games such as football, creket, tennis, etc., which are played during various seasons of th* year there are also other kinds of amusements which our boys and girls here indulge in and they are marbles, fishfighting, tops, kite flying and several365 words
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Article242 1927-08-10 636 The following sub-committee of the Y.M.C.A. has been selected, to have charge of all arrangements for the coming visit of Dr. Jones, the noted speaker and lecturer. Mr. J. H. Pedlow, Chairman, (’apt. J. J. Saunders, Messrs. H. R. Cheeseman, G. H Goh, Ephraim Isaacs, D.242 words
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Article2243 1927-08-10 637 A sitting of the Court of Appeal began yesterday morning in Penang, the Chief Justice, Sir William Murison, Mr. Justice Farrer-Manby, from Kuala Lumpur, and the newly appointed Judge, Mr. F. G. Stevens, forming the Court. The first matter mentioned was the three cases, Wong Sam and2,243 words
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Article302 1927-08-10 638 DEMAND FOR MORE STRINGENT MEASURES (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, Aug. 9 At yesterday's meeting of the Federal Council, on the motion for the adjournment, Messrs. Egmont Hake and Arter made vigorous speeches on behalf of tightening anti-smuggling measures. Both drew attention to the laxity of preventive302 words
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Article349 1927-08-10 638 ASSOCIATION FORMED With Dr. A. O. Merican as President, and Dr. I\. Mohamed Ariff uc Honorary Secretary, an Association has been formed in Penang under the name of Penang Malay Association. Pend ing securing permanent quarters, the Association is temporarily housed or. the top of the349 words
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Article211 1927-08-10 638 AT HOME” ON WEDNESDAY Boy scouts from all parts of Malaya, numbering over 300 went into camp yesterday morning, until August 16, at the Penang Volunteer Camp Ground in Kam pong Bharu. comprehendve progr rnme hns been dravn up and it includes vi it" to tie211 words
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Article569 1927-08-10 639 AN ENTIRELY NEW CiF.NERAL HOSPITAL The Straits Echo is in a position authoritatively to announce that an ent'rely new General Hospital, to cost probably several millions of dollars, will be erected in the near future. The present accommodation to be obtained in what is known as the European569 words
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Article158 1927-08-10 639 DR. TAGORE AND CATHOLICS (To The Editor of The Straits Echo) Sir, It appears from what has been said of and by the learned Doctor, that religion is one of the grounds on which he wishes to meet mankind and that faith of ancient India finds158 words
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Article213 1927-08-10 639 (To The Editor of The Straits Echo) Sir, I am pleased that there is a decided change in the tone of U. Sher's second letter. There is a vast difference between "being ungrateful’’ and "being unappreciative.” We, who have seen the school fee raised from $1.50 to $4.00213 words
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Article519 1927-08-10 639 COMPLAINANT FINED In the Police Court before Mr g X’ King yesterday, Mohammed fiL*' was charged with theft from a dwells house on July 2(1 last, of proptrh 5 longing to Badob bin Sallah li, in .J No. Cliuba Street, The complainant stated that he li v<519 words
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Article717 1927-08-10 640 PROPOSED at municipal COMMISSION MEETING meeting of the Municipal Commiskiers was held yesterday afternoon. r G. L Hain presided and the others were:—Messrs. F. H. Grumitt, J B. Thornton, J. H. Pedlow, Khoo Sian Ewe. Yeow Cheng Ann, J. y Milne, C. D. I). Hogan, Lim Eow717 words
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Article260 1927-08-10 640 Mr. Justice Sproule heard the appeal yesterday morning of Low Kim Khoon and Low Ah Leng against a sentence of one month’s rigorous imprisonment passed on them in the Penang Police Court on July 7 for voluntarily causing hurt to Yeap Eng Chim in Bindings Road. Penang. Mr260 words
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Article1258 1927-08-10 640 Leave Taking Function by the Anglo Chinese School The Staffs of the Anglo-Chinese School and Branch Schools had a verv impressive function on the occasion of the coming long leave of Rev. G. F. Pykett, the Principal, yesterday after noon The following invited guests were1,258 words
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Article1112 1927-08-10 641 On Saturday the teachers of the An-glo-Chinese School entertained the Rev. G. 1 Pykett, their Prncipal, and Mrs. Pykett at a dinner in the Springtide Hotel, Timjong Rungah, on the eve of their departure to England on furlough. Covers were laid for about seventy persons. Mr.1,112 words
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Article1001 1927-08-10 642 iEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY LtA report Thursday Evening The end July-figures for Tin show an Hmu nd slight improvement, with j tblv supplies down 450 Tons, total ***** 'r-tion up 600 Tons and a decrease *2 supplies of 300 Tons, added to B -hthe August Straits shipments1,001 words
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Article610 1927-08-10 642 SOON THEAM CO. WEEKLY MARKET REPORT flic price of rubber was subjected to fluctuations within pl. per lb. closing it 1 5p1., which is the same as when our report was last issued. there wa- a better demand f*>r rubber shares and in inert instances values were marked higher. Ihi610 words
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