The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 5 October 1927

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1 808 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 20 1 The Strats Echo Weekly Edition. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. VOL. 25 PENANG, OCTOBER 5, 1927 NO. 39
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    • 351 1 «■*-»> t JL Leading Articles Miscellaneous (Continued) JL t The Rent Ramp ...787 Brastagi Hotel Fire ...798 E JL The Chit System ...791 Fighting Round Swat<»w ...798 B Il Rubber Smuggling ...791 Singapore Lawlessness ...799 wr ffi Nationalisation ...795 The Tnder Ground in Japan ...799 p! II Storm and Flood
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    • 202 2 <* H THE STRAITS ECHO i I WEEKLY EDITION. I n <: Published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and conf aim <' 1 the latest local and States news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all > 2 important news from
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  • 438 787 nuen ihe subject ol rent control was idol uiuugei Up m the municipal. COUilcU we iiexd out mgn hopes tuai sonic means «ere to be ioumt to cnccK me rapaciousntss ot the grasp.ng landlord but we contest tu a keen iecmig ol uisappomtment lor, as tile matter
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  • 508 787 Train Accident Statistics Returns issued by the Ministry of Transport relating to train accidents ;re reassuring in the light of the catastrophe at Sevenoaks. Considering its extent railway travelling is about the safest occupation in England. During 1925 only one person was killed in a train accident. Since
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  • 252 787 Scores of foreign cafe and cabaret owners in Shanghai have banded toge- r for the a olition of the chit svs?n. according to Al. Israel, pioneer r t owner and general manager of arlton cafe, the Palais de Danse and var ous other institutions catering to
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  • 253 787 The Government of this Colony, in common with the admin:'stration H of the federated and I nfederated States of the Malay Peninsula, has had under consideration the exceedingly difficult and mportant problem of the pre vention of the smuggling of rubber. It recognises that divided counsels arc a
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    • 28 787 jjbe Straits Echo PUBLISHED DAILY WEEKLY EDITION Containing the news of the week prior to departure of Mails for Europe. The Criterion Press, Limited, 59. Beach Street, Penang
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  • 1211 788 The fortnightly meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at the Municipal Offices. Mr. G. L. Ham (President) presided and the others present were: Messrs. F. H. Grumitt, A. R. Thornton, J. H Pedlow, Khoo Sian Ewe, Yeoh Cheang Ann, Lint Eow Thoon, C. I).
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  • 130 788 SUCCESSES OF P. AND P. W. V. CORPS At the Malaya Command Rifle Meet ing held at Kuala Lumpur, on the 23rd, 24th and 25th instant, the following results were obtained by members of P. and P. W. V. Corps: Service AggregateWon by Sergt. S. Toolseram,
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  • 48 788 LADY CLIFFORD PRESENTS PRIZES (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 28 September The S.C.C. Tennis Tournament concluded yesterday in the presence of Sir Hugh and Lady Clifford. Mr. R. J. Farrer, the President, said, that Sir Hugh’s membership commenced in 1883. Lady Clifford presented the prizes
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  • 33 788 Meteorological Readings, 1 enang' K for week ending Sunday 25 September Total Rainfall M. M. daily evaporation m M. verage a< r e dailv maximum, daily minimum, 66.64; Average temperature, 71.17.
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  • 85 788 ARRIVAL AT JOHANNESBURG (British Official Received 27 bm Mot|) Lieutenant Bentlev in hie hgM (hjs aeroplane landed at afternoon and was gnen M come. He leaves for stag* 1 Capetown to-morrow on I of his flight from London. The engagement is Mr AJ. Goring, of the j
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  • 757 789 A CO. M.S.V.R. WIN WARREN shield T|if Malaya Command Rifle Aleetinff which began on the Ampang range, Lumpur, on Friday morning, was brought to a successful conclusion on Sundav afternoon. The various units whichfrom all parts of the country took art in the competition had a
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  • 153 789 A HEAVY LIST The Traffic Department is still hot on the trail of the reckless and negligent motorist and a number of cases were dealt with before Mr. S. N. King yesterday. A Chinese whose car came into contact with another at the junction of Clove
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  • 533 789 MODERN CIi'NCSE GIRLS Io The Editor of The Straits Echo’ Wth reference to the corren lence on Alodern Chinese Girls” g to express my appreciation of your litorial con ment; and I feel that those Penang youths’ who expressed their argest grievance against the present a;
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  • 773 790 NO BONUS FOR THE YEAR The eighth ordinary general meetinn of the Batang Padang Dredging Co., Ltd, was held yesterday morning at the Registered Offices of the Company, 33 Beach Street. Mr. D. A. M. Brown was in the Chair and the others present were
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  • 244 790 PENANG AMATEUR DRAMATIC CHORAL SOCIETY We understand that the activities of the Penang Amateur Dramatic and horal Society are, after a long period of inaction, about to be revived. That very amusing and farcical comedy The Unfair Sex’’ has been chosen and, as this i s a sparkling bit of
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  • 507 790 DEMONSTRATION OF F(H MITE FOAM GENERATOR Under the auspices of the Superin. tendent of the Municipal Fire Brigade an interesting demonstration was given yesterday morning, at the Municipal grounds adjoining River and Veterinarv Roads, of the use of the Foamite Generator, the latest product of the Foamite Firefoam,
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  • 391 791 ]_a Shanghai it is stated the of hotel can are numbered, 'Hie new \anKiug taxes and defaulting signatories said to be jointly responsible fox action on the part of the hotel and cafe nroprietors. it is not known whethei i move will extend to the clubs but
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  • 144 791 The decision of the Government to receive advice and recommendations from e Advisory Committee which was recently appointed by the Government of e r.M.S. to advise upon rubber smugUmg prevention will be well received n rubber circles as will the intimation that ore any action is taken commercial
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  • 510 791 A New Horror file latest invention is a gun that once it finds its target will follow it automatically. fhis strikes me as rather like shooting at a chained animal. It seems to rob the quarry of all sporting chancof making good an escape. In short the hole
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  • 243 791 SCENE X—TUAN BESAR She was pretty,pretty in a common way; do you understand? She was over plump; perhaps, almost vulgarly so,but she was young, and the grace of youth cannot be denied even when clothed in superfluous flesh. All the same she was pretty,golden brown hair
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  • 201 791  -  (By L. C-W.) When the land is full of blossom and the music of the birds, When the sun is gaily shining, and my he,art’s too glad for words, When my passioned blood is racing through each artery and vein, And my soul is nearly bursting with
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  • 35 791 We arc given to underUnnd that the flotation of Gammon (Malava) ltd is insured Intending inve tors arc reminded that the subscription li t elo <-j fit 8 October or i arlft r.
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  • 2420 792  -  Christmas is ComingTwo Novels of Jane AustenSomething About TroilopeThe Man HimselfA Prince’s TrainingCharles 11. (Exclusive to the Straits Echo; BY RICHARD SIDNEY It is time that all Malayans turned their thoughts towards Christmas. If we decide now what we are going to order for our friends
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  • 158 793 A Chinese who appeared to be insane appeared before Mr. S. N. King in (Tie Police Court yesterday charged with wilfully trespassing in the grounds of the Winchell Home in Anson Road at 7.55 p.m. on Wednesday. Miss Lydia Urech, the headmistress of the Home, stated that
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  • 96 793 Miss Lim Beng Hong, LL.B., who holds the distinction of being the first lady lawyer practising in the Courts of the" Straits Settlements, and who left for England on the 28 August by the Rawalpindi, was married on the 23rd inst. to Mr. Don Guan Fong,
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  • 763 793 SUSPECT GIVEN BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT Before Mr. S. N. King in the Police Court yesterday afternoon Badu bin Salleh, employed on one ol the Harbour Board launches, was charged with the theft of a bag of rice from a tongkang, the property of Abdulrahman, at
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  • 308 794 SURVEY OF THE SITE AT SELETAR NORTH Tn the course of his report on the Survey Department for the year 1926, Mr. V. A. Lowinger, Surveyor-General, F.M.S. and S.S., states: The survey of the site of proposed aerodrome, Singapore, scale 1/2,500 v.i. 5 feet in the mukim of
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  • 701 794 FINAL ADDRESS The last of a series of public lectures, by Dr. Stanley Jones, was delivered at the Town Hall last evening. The gathering was the largest of the four evenings. Die Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule presided. At the outset the Rev. P. L. Peach
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  • 93 794 HEALTH OFFICER’S REPORT (From Our Own Correspondent) I poh, 21 September At a meeting of the Sanitary Board the report on the bubonic plague in Ipoh was tabled by the Health Officer. According to the report four cases occurred in Fusing and nine in Ipoh during the
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  • 246 794 HANCAR TO BE ERECTED (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 29 September Major-General Straubenzee, presiding at the meeting of the Flying Club, read the committee’s report indicating that it was decided to erect a hangar on the site adjoining the Yacht Club. Steps were being taken to secure
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  • 446 795 The belated admission on the part of the Commonwealth Government of its inability to run a line of steamships j 6 a decided blow at nationalisation that supporters of that doctrine will have a hard task to explain away. With all the advantages of official co-opera-tion from other departments
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  • 465 795 Inflammable The successes which marked the demonstration of Foamite Firefoam the other day does not always characterise such occasions. I remember when a company wno invented a new non-in-flammable building material announced that they would deliberately attempt to set a building composed of this material on tire and
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  • 505 795 Showing the World What'TUs Country is Really Like Attracting Immigrants 1 here will shortly be no excuse for the profound ignorance from which the outside world suffers with regard to Malaya. Iwo gentlemen working on behalf of the British Government are now in Penang having just concluded an
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  • 57 795 ACKNOWLEDGMENT Messrs. Ng Sen Falt > X 8 Seu cll °y r j families, beg io thank aii those who t letters or telegrams oi condolence, who attended the funeral of their f ther> the late Mr. Ng Seah Foon, ose who kindly lent their motor cars for the occasion
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  • 2510 796 AN AMAZING STORY DEFENCE ALLEGE EXTORTION Remarkable evidence was forthcoming in the course of a suit which commenced before the Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule in the Supreme Court yesterday morning, in which Ung Cheng Hong of 239, Magazine Road, Penang, is suing Chee Boon
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  • 148 797 The annual The Dansant of St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday and proved a very enjoyable function. Bev. R. S. Stewart who has been in Singapore in hospital for some weeks and has recovered sufficiently to return to Penang was
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  • 155 797 A Chinese who was found in possesion of 29 forged ten-cent notes and was charged before Mr. S. N. King yesterday, was allowed bail in the sum of $lOOO in two sureties. The following passengers arrived yes terday by the Kinta, from Singapore: Mr and Airs. G. B.
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  • 525 797 YESTERDAY’S FUNERAL The funeral of the late Mr. Ng Seah Koon whose death was announced in our columns a few days ago, took place yesterdas morning. Ihe large, number of people attending the funeral testified to the popularity of the deceased gentleman. The cortege moved
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  • 813 798 CRIMINAL APPEAL ALLOWED In the Supreme Court yesterday morning, before the Hon. Mr. Justice P. J. Sproule, the appeal of Din bin Sarnat and two others, who were convicted by Mr. I'. Magistrate, Balik Pulau, and bound over to keep the peace for six months each, in one
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  • 24 798 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 29 September The Royal Artillery drew with the Calcutta Football Team eaeh side scoring four goals.
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  • 36 798 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 29 September H. E. Sir Hugh Clifford presented the prizes at the Regimental Boxing at Tanglin. Major-General C. C. Straubenzee, G. 0. C., Malaya, and many officers were present.
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  • 36 798 The following are the results of bowls tournament ties played on Thursday Single Handicap: 5 W. B. Houston beat 4 J. G. 2Vllan 2114. 5 E. Reimann beat +2 A. Ferguson 2119. :o:
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  • 89 798 The following new books have been received at the Library: Autobiographies, by W. B. Yeats. Beyond Khyber Pass, by Lowell Thomas. Chinese Central Asia, by C. P. Skrine. Confessions of an Actor, by John Barrymore. Disraeli, by D. L. Murray. The Great Days of Versailles, by G. F.
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  • 283 798 FULL ACCOUNT The famous holiday resort at Brash® was disturoed by a rather severe bla£ which totally destroyed the main build mg ol the Grand Hotel at about a.m. on the 22nd instant. The manager of the hotel Mr. Van Eck gave a representative of the Deli
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  • 91 798 A Swatow message to the Straits Times dated 27 September says:Ho Lung has been lured into a posi tion near Chaochowfu by the Cantonese, who intend attacking from three positions. Ho Lung’s troops are withdrawing from Swatow. Looting by local Beds will probably follow. Ho Lung’s deputy,
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  • 44 798 .From Our Own Correspondent Singapore. 30 Sw™’"’ 1 At the annual meeting of > tern Assurance Company- ~{q, {q o{ Teong-wah presiding »«l co-operation with the Crimp... -on* successful year.- working. ists lionvil il, ilt inlense competition in the fire insurance business.
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  • 29 798 Owing to pressure on our sp n ixirt of the meetings of Hue I) red ci mi. Limited and .a" beH Limited haw be unavoidab until Monday
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  • 328 799 X'neteen twenty-seven will go down history ns a year of devastation "rd disaster. So far there has been a ta j e of continuous natural disturbances Unhappily involving serious loss of life n many'parts of the globe and to-day comes news of an appalling tornado in Missouri.
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  • 72 799 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 30 September he Harbour Board police arrested ir ee Chinese for being in w possession l nd «moving $B,OOO worth of chandu. > were also charged with attempted bribery. A rope stretched across the lane off Rangoon Road stopped a car con&‘ning Chinese
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  • 58 799 TU ACCUSED found guilty From Our Own Correspondent) At the 1 October "err f Ssiz es Sassoon and Joseph n found euiltv ti r r fhe former was ter Ui o nine rnontlls and the ]at tin- senn* ~10nt hs on each charge, Hr t 0 run concurrently.
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  • 475 799 Any Guest to Any Hostess h 11.11. contributes the following wittv poem to the Morning Post: Hear Hostess, let me write a line to say How greatly we enjoyed our (lengthy) stay ('little hi (cheery) visit (lots of luscious) food (quiet (simple country) Has done us both a
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  • 298 799 THE UNDER GROUND" IN JAPAN Tokvo’s experiment in the construction of a few miles of underground railv ay during the past year has attracted attention, and Osaka and Kobe, not to be outdone, is falling into line with plans for similar schemes to relieve the traffic congestion in these populous
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  • 223 799 THE STORCH” MEDAL COMPETITION Under fhc auspices of the Malayan Camera Club Messrs. Storch B"*2. Ltd, Java Street, Kuala Lumpur, are offering a gold medal for the best six contact prints submitted by an amateur photographer resident in Malaya. Prints may be of any size and
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  • 2807 800 CLAIM ON PROMISSORY NOTE PLAINTIFF GIVES EVIDENCE The hearing of the case in which Ung Cheng Hong of 239, Magazine Road is suing Chee Boon Fong, merchant am landed proprietor of Burmah Road, for the recovery, from the defendant as the maker of a Promissory Note dated the
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  • 96 801 ASSOCIATION TO BE FORMED (From Our Own Correspondent) Alor Star Ihe .Malay Schoo] Teachers of North Kedah held a preliminary meeting at Seberang Perak Malay School, Alor Star, last week, with the object of forming a Teachers’ Association. Che Ahmad, Chief Visiting Teacher took the chair. It
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  • 375 801 In the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Prichard, K.C., another suit was commenced in connection with the estate of the late Mohamed Ariff, when Che Din Ariffin, a son of Mohamed Ariff, sued Mah Bee binti Arshad, Kumah binti Kumat
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  • 1058 802 NAWNG PET TIN, LTD. The seventh annual general meeting of Nawng Pet Tin, Ltd., was held on Thursday, 29th inst. at the Penang Office of the Company, 37b Beach Street. The Chair was taken by the Managing Director, Mr. A. J. King, and others present were:Mr. Lim Chin
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  • 407 802 1 he fourth annual general meeting of Huey 5 ot Tin Dredging Ltd. was held on I hursday. 29th inst. at the Penang n of tfir Company 37b Beach Street. The chair was taken by Mr. A J. King, Managing Director, and others presen* were
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  • 175 802 Two cases of suicide were enquir into by the Coroner in the Police on Saturday. k Ng Chong Long, a vegetab e hawker described how he found his friend g Chong Teng hanging from a.beam house where they lived. D was a Teochew and was 28 years
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  • 410 803 Considering the up-to-date condition oi uv of tiie public departments Hie backwardness of telephone development b thls country is surprising. Ine fact mat Penang and Singapore remain un\nnected constitutes a serious handicap m the business community of the Settiements, a handicap the more keenly felt owing to the
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  • 97 803 half year <P, m Our Own Correspondent) At tho k IT Singapore, 1 October Binp a n yearly meeting of the Hon. Mr r lamber Commerce, the that thp\ .Bagnall, presiding, said *atisfA/a l ,f r od under review was unPhce oA d ue t° the lower custom
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  • 510 803 Honesty the Best Policy? Economists say that the old adage ol Honesty is the best policy” is a true one the average earnings of the fraternity of burglars, pick-pockets etc. coming out at about 13/- weekly. The Soviet however seem to have done very well out of the
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  • 438 803 The patience and forbearance of Abraham Lincoln in dealing with disS,, iisfied .actions in the army during the darkest days of the Civil War have just been revealed in a collection of hitherto unpublished letters of the warlime President which were purchased in England recently. Harry F.
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  • 60 803 For three years I have not had a bath and there are fifteen days in a xionth.’’ So said Zakariah. a Malay, when h*‘ was ordered by the .Magistrate on Saturday to be sent to the hospital o be kept under observation A Chinese who was also
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  • 36 803 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 1 Octop.eh The annual report of the Automobile lub -bowe«| improvement in traffic .n rol fl w derided to mat- *h«’ la»« frrretar Mr Gaftey, a lift member..
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  • 1241 804 DOCTORS’ EVIDENCE AT VARIANCE NEW ASPECTS DEVELOP The ease* in which a nonia named Lhn Joo Tee living at No. 36, Aboo Sittee Lane is charged with voluntarily causing hurt to lat Yim, her mui-tsai of H or years o f a ge, on 10
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  • 107 804 PUBLIC SERVICES v P. S. A. A. On the Esplanade yesterday the Public Services defeated the Schoolmasters’ Athletic Association by six goals to one, two scored in the first half and four alter the change of ends. The P. S. A. A. played a better game than
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  • 98 804 THE V. D. MENACE (To The Editor of The Straits Echo) Sir, May I be allowed to thank you for your outspoken leader in to-day’s paper on the above subject. Hush-hush has ruled the roost in Penang far too long and it is high time the
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  • 102 804 BREEZY INAUGURAL MEETING (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, 2 Octobib A lively meeting in connection with the formation of a Hockey in Perak was held at the Ipoh Club on Saturday. a The proposal to have a chairman J the Association who must be a me lll
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  • 24 804 The following telegram has {<jr eeived from the Mine: U P September: 590 hours piculs: 140,000 cubic yards r
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  • 936 805 PROMISSORY note case jlie hearing was continued yesterj a v in the Supreme Court, before Air. justice Sproule of the case in which png Cheng Hong, Shipping Clerk of Messrs. Mansfield and Co., Penang, suing Chee Boon Eong, planter and landed proprietor, and a reputed millionaire, for the
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  • 313 805 In the Supreme Court on Saturday morning the hearing of the case was continued in which Ung Cheng Hong Shipping Clerk of Messrs. Mansfield Co, Penang, sued Chee Boon Eong, planter and landed proprietor, and a reputed millionaire, for the recovery of $6,000 on a Promissory Note
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  • 162 805 The members of K. 1. A. entertained their President Air. K. A. L. R. M. Ramaswamy ('hettier, to a Tea-Party, on the eve of his departure to India, for his marriage. Mr. S. K. Ibramsah was in the (’hair. The Chairman, eulogising the President in suitable terms
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  • 215 805 BIG ESTATE OF A FAMOUS SPORTSMAN The estate of the late Sir Robert W Buchanan Jardine, Bart., of Castlemilk. Dumfrieshire, /the famous sportsman shows gross personalty of the value of £1,831,479. It is understood that he also owned import int real estate at home and abroad. S r
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  • 355 806 Venereal disease though an unsavoury subject is nevertheless one that should engage the attention of those who are responsible for the health of the population of this Settlement. So far a« Penang is concerned nothing appears to have been done beyond the fact that once or twice committees
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  • 711 806 Kelantan is one of the most backward the Malay Stnl(>s but even so a perusal of the Acting British Adviser's Administration Report tor 192<’> convinces us that it is progressing despite topographical peculiarit es which rendered it a narticu larl\ heavv sufferer in last year’s Hood. Despite this the
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  • 368 806 Dude” ranches for tenderfooters to play at frontier life during their summer holidays are providing a new thrill for Americans, says a contemporary report. President Coolidge has joined the new dude" membership, and has greatly increased the popularity of the sport by
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  • 623 807 weekly share market Wfc REPORT Penang, 30 September was a slight recovery in the nriee of rubber which closes to-day at being |d better than the previous W Rubber shares were in better enquiry especially the speculative counters, with g moderate amount of business passing hardening
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  • 60 807 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 5 October Roell who was already sentenced to three months simple imprisonment and ordered to pay $l,OOO as compensation for. causing death by a rash act was brought up at the Assizes this morning and was ordered to undergo an additional
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  • 257 807 (Frem Our Own Correspendent) Singapore, 5 October One hundred thousand dollars worth of chandu was seized in a house in High Street, Singapore, yesterday evening. Dr. and Mrs. J. C. Tull arrived here from Singapore yesterday. Letters Patent have been passed appointing Herbert William Prichard, K.C., a
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  • 511 807 LEAN AND CO.’S WEEKLY REPORT Thursday Evening The recent weakness in Tin ha- how assumed shimp-pr «portions and u nday’s closing-prices of £263 for Cash and £261 ss. for three months the losses during the wt ok nm -unt t £l-5 15s. and £l3 10< ;1 ton.
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    • 82 808 <' h < u Penang Sin Poe 1 > ESTABLISHED 1896.> < 1 > <h 1' Chinese Daily Paper I! M 1 r < Z O o o <» < > The Oldest Chinese paper in Penang 7 24-28 PAGES. I• < o The most comprehensive and the most I.'
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