The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 15 February 1928
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Title Section19 1928-02-15 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY EDITION $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CIS. [FOL. 26 PENANG, FEBRUARY 15 1928 No. 719 words
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Advertisement166 1928-02-15 1 ONTENTS’ Leading Articles Miscellaneous (continued) Sixpence A Pound 100 Kedah News 11l Tree Sanitation 104 Bubonic Plague 11l Lights Out 108 Audacity and Quick Change 11l Faith in Three Cause 108 Finance of the Week 11l Illiberal Labour 112 The Lighter Side of Life in The News Mill 114 Malaya166 words
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Advertisement182 1928-02-15 2 i v vwww i Befttet i I j THE STRAITS ECHO I WEEKLY EDITION. f PdsMohod the itf psor to iw tkparture of oaA HmS for Eowp*. and sontasat the latest 1000 l and States news osipaafy prdetoAod in daily *wei, as weN as all i X important nows fsom182 words
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Article392 1928-02-15 100 In view of the output of polysyllabic verbiage from various quarters, responsible and irresponsible, regarding the awful fate in store for the rubber planting industry, and everybody directly or indirectly connected with it, if the policy of restriction is persisted with, it is a change to hear392 words
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Article938 1928-02-15 100 Improving” Pangkor Road I hal pari of Pangkor Road running just oi.i >i.h' the liinese Recreation Glub is at present undergoing some changeschanges which the Municipal authorities evidently consideras another step towards the improve men! ol Penang. The sight of tall, bcaulilul trees, so necessary to the picturesque938 words
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Advertisement28 1928-02-15 100 jbe Straits Echo PUBLISHED DAILY WEEKLY EDITION gaining the new» of the weak prior to departure of Mails for Europe The Criterion Press, Limited, W, Beach Street, Penang.28 words
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Article1024 1928-02-15 101 JUDGMENT RESERVED IN AH QUEE LITIGATION THE KHOO 800 LONE CASE app-al of Chung Thye Phm. Ist defendant, and others against Mr. Jus tic<- Sproule s judgment refusing to v.iry the Registrar’s Certificate in respect of certain surcharges was continued m the Court of Appeal yesterday before1,024 words
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Article1406 1928-02-15 101 FIRST DAY’S RESULTS (From Our Own IPOH, 2 Fbbrvarv Favoured with fine weather and 0 going there was a large the first day of the Perak Turf r? race meeting, including His the Sultan of Perak. The exciting and the many good finish! were a tribute to the1,406 words
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Article501 1928-02-15 102 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, 9 February The weather was fine for the fourth d*\ of the Perak Turf Club races and there was a good attendance, including H.H. the Sultan of Perak', the British lb- ident and Mrs. Cochrane. The sport was interesting although the poor501 words
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Article472 1928-02-15 103 (Frea Our Ova Cerrei>ond«at) rn. l pon 11 February lhe meeting just closed has been remarkable for fine weather throughout. To-day it was fine and hot and there was a record crowd, 11. If. the Sultan of Perak, the British Resident of Perak and Mrs. Cochrane472 words
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Article564 1928-02-15 103 By a Gentleman With a Penyapu One of the most universal of article in this world of ours is the coconut’ in fact so common has it become tha* a tendency has arisen not to treat with that respect which, in reality j. its due. Ln564 words
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Article530 1928-02-15 104 It is one of the penalties of being situated in an extremely forcing climate that, even as germination and growth of plant life is extremely rapid, so is its decline, unless particular and unremitting attention is paid to warding off the numerous pests which the exceptional conditions have530 words
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Article455 1928-02-15 104 The Annual Athletic Sports of the G.E.S. Sungei Patani were held on Sundax on the School ground. There were 27 items on the programme an 1 from start to finish it was carried out without a hitch. It was a most successful function and the weather was455 words
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Article574 1928-02-15 104 For this I feel that I can really make no apologx I don't mean in degree, but merely because anybody who expects to ransack a truly great theme in a mere matter of inches belongs automatical!} to that class still stigmatised in a sadlx unappreciative Hous»* as 1574 words
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Obituary36 1928-02-15 104 DEATH Af Sunbeam Hall, Light L on Friday, 3 February, Lee Eng Sin, W, aged JI -Idearly loved wife of R ho,> Sian pX of funeral will l>e announced '“sUpore, F.M.S. and Sumatra Papers please copy.36 words
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Article1728 1928-02-15 105 MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING The following are the minutes of a ineHirr. «J the Indian Immigration <immittcr which was held in Penang on 26 January last; Pri-seiit Controller of Labour, Mala\a (The Hon. Mr. E. W. F. Gilman) (hairman; Deputy Controller of Labour, Malaya (Mr. IL C. Bathurst1,728 words
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Article222 1928-02-15 106 ANNUAL MEETING The annual meeting of St. George’s Society. Penang, was held yesterday al 6.80 p.m. at the Penang Cricket Club. Mr. R. Samuel presided and the others present were the Hon. Mr. Palgrave Simpson and Messrs. J. S. Dawbarn, AL J. Thorpe, R. Victor Patterson, T.222 words
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Article790 1928-02-15 106 CLAIM AGAINST MR. D. R. C. LAWFORD Kean X Co., Exchange, Stock and Share brokers, claimed, in the District Court yesterday, lor $-111.96, said to be due them by Mr. D. R. Lawford on a share transaction. Mr. Thornton acted for the plaintiff and Mr. Saunders lor790 words
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Article80 1928-02-15 106 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, 15 February In the Sanitary Board to day it was decided to include Kampong Bahru Afalav settlement within the Sanitary Board and to extend to it all the amenities <f water, light, etc., and also that the Ala I ays80 words
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Article89 1928-02-15 106 (From Our Own Correspondent) Kuala Lumpur, .15 February It is understood that the F. M. 8. Government will shortly ask the Federal Council vote, a sum of $200,00) for building an F. M. S. hostel in Raffles College to accommodate sixty students from the States.89 words
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Article760 1928-02-15 107 A SPRINT RECORD (By Our Sporting Correspondent) I curt.'i fi v. ill be rung down to-day <fi thr- Ipo r.t'-' which huv<- been very ,uco- f>i! The meeting has been h‘>' th'' morn I and it is worthy <.l n*< th i m-irly all those horses who >760 words
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Article395 1928-02-15 107 By a Gentleman with a Penyapu When absolutely bored to tears aforetime blase”with conventionalism, it is so comforting to know’ that there is always the jungle to retreat to a kind of back to the land”; and there, lor all its seeming solitude, you are never allowed to feel395 words
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Article308 1928-02-15 107 LETTERS TO THE EDI TOR COOLIES’ RATIONS (To THE Editor of the Straits f Sir, CHfj Will you or any of your nuiy. readers please enlighten me on t| lowing as ibis concerns the p fX)r bourers recruited from India and whose welfare everyone must take terest. The contractor for308 words
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Article183 1928-02-15 107 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo Sir, 1 attended the wharf on the 3rd instant to take delivery of 100 goats despatched by my Agent in India by s.s. Rohna. The heat of the sun was unbearable, hence I made use* of my umbrella. In183 words
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Article565 1928-02-15 108 Elsewhere in this issue we publish which a representative ol KrnSi had yesterday with two hinĕse gentlemen who arrived in trantheir native land to circle the J hv through certain connsu’d US Afghanistan and MesopoS which are usually regarded as being well off the beaten track565 words
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Article167 1928-02-15 108 We must apologise this morning fo>* the dilatory delivery of this issue, but we have at least the negative satisfaction of being able to pass on'the blame for the lateness in publication of to-day’s Straits Echo.’’ Soon after seven o’clock last night, our supply of electricity failed and167 words
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Article270 1928-02-15 108 NEBONG TEBAL EXTENSION A long-felt need has been supplied by the recent addition of two rooms to the main building of the Anglo-Chinese School, Ncbong Tebal. Eor some years the school has felt the want of better accommodation. Though the subject of extension had often been raised, it270 words
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242 1928-02-15 108 P. R. C. DEFEAT' Soccer fans in Penang received* surprise yesterday when the Penang a creation Club. always the wooden spoonists in the League, defeated the Darul Aihsan F. C., Champions of the League last season, by seven goals to three. It was the first242 words
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Article210 1928-02-15 108 DUTCH STEAMER MAN CHARGED The Javanese quartermaster, Dollah bin Sahid, who stabbed two deck hands, Osman and Kepong, on board the Dutch steamer. Van Linschoten, was charged yesterday morning in the Police Court with voluntarily causing hurt by means of a knife likely to cause death. He210 words
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Article977 1928-02-15 109 ,j t UGMi.NT RESERVED IN KHOO 800 LONE SUIT the brothers’ case Tin < ir i of Appeal reserved judgj '(•rda\ hi th*- Ciifce in vshich n !•<>•,/ appealed from the finc.j.; r,i Mr. Justice Sproule, in the r iu V. in«'u h.e had been sued for977 words
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Article511 1928-02-15 109 ALI-E(iED CHEATING. ACCUSED DISCHARGED The case was resumed, in the B. trict Court yesterday, in which V muttu was charged with Saminathen Rayor by inducing deliver to accused a cheque for which belonged to the complainant Hogan represented the accused Mr. Mend is acted for the prosecute Inspecter511 words
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Article521 1928-02-15 110 «TENDING THE TRACKEXT LESS JR AMS Thf Municipal Commissioners held th fortnightly meeting yesterday After the minutes of the had been read and the Pres.den satd hat L trolley 'bus system, winch X up to Pulau Ttkus, is bemg trended to its old terminus at Began Jermal. The521 words
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Article440 1928-02-15 110 By a Gentleman with a Penyapu One of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken in Malaya was the construction of the Pahang trunk road from the rail wav at Kuala Kuhn, in Selangor, over the Gap, through Tras and Raub, and so to the terminus at Kuala Lipis,440 words
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SPORTING NEWS
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Article, Illustration241 1928-02-15 110 I». C. C. AND P. R. C. DRAW A friendly soccer match was played on the Esplanade yesterday between the Penang Cricket Club and the Penang Recreation Club and resulted in a. draw, each side scoring three goals. There was no score in the first half, although the241 words
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Article242 1928-02-15 110 The following were the results of tennis tournament ties played on Wednesday Doubles Handicap Class B”:15 A. D. M. Polson and J. Stansfield beat 15.3 G. C. Ashworth and J. B. Pickering 119, 64; 3 G.P. Noakes and A. W. Frisby beat +1 J. 8. Davenport and242 words
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Article298 1928-02-15 111 SUNGEI I’ATANI and AI.OR STAR SPORTS (From Our Ov/n Correppondeat) A lor Stxß Tie annu J nlhletic sport of the Go-rr.tfu-'o Eugl>-h School. Sungei Pami. were held on Sunday and proved 1 great succ® s. Ihe championship v. is won bv Abdul Rashid bin Abdul Hamid Alt-r th«298 words
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Article116 1928-02-15 111 SUSPECTED CASES AT IPOH (From Our Own Correspondent) I poii. e 3 February Two caseq suspected to be bubonic t-lagm- have bcHii admitted to hospital. Bo’h arc Mohamedans employed at a '•iin<b good< shop, their ages bein ,r 17 find 22 respectively. One of the suspects comes from116 words
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Article565 1928-02-15 111 (BY BOHAZ) The announcement by the Prime Minister that a Committee has been appointed to enquire whether Restiiction should be continued, modified or abandoned, came as a shock to the rubber market, which has become thoroughly disrupted. It is to be hoped that the Committee appointed565 words
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Article468 1928-02-15 111 It is not every country in tbe Wf that could have been the scene of folloxving incidents, but many th’ were possible in the old days of p'. dom in Russia, and still more can? staged Hiere to-day. It i R of the former period that468 words
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Article494 1928-02-15 112 The somewhat full details wired to os .mint? the attitude which the LaParty has seen fit to take up with hour Parry ;(t fche of Parliament, are illureinatin»P That attitude has developa into a protest that the message from the Throne makes no mention of the pressing urgency494 words
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Article467 1928-02-15 112 ATHLETIC RALLY I here was held, yesterday, a general athletic rally al the Anglo-Chinese School (at Maxwell Road) playground, where boys, both of the main school and of the Hutton Lane section, assembled to hear the Principal, Rev. P. L. Peach, outline the sports programme for the current467 words
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Article280 1928-02-15 112 ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1927 The Statement presented shows receipts of $828.05 as against expenditure of $193.31 leaving a surplus of $634.74. On 31 December, 1927, the membership consisted of 185. The Committee appeal to all the members of the Association to use their influence to increase the membership.280 words
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Article148 1928-02-15 112 The following are the results of tennis tournament tics played on Tuesday: Mixed Doubles Handicap: I Miss Young &G. Watson beat 30.3 Miss Gold A W. H. Threllall 6—2, 63. Doubles Handicap lass A": l5 1). -I. Mackie A B. Terdre beat 3O R. D. Hoblyn A.148 words
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Article49 1928-02-15 112 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, 15 Feb. The Singapore Cricket Club has decided that the second and third elevens will each play one Sunday a month. The Club plays Selangor during Easter and for the Clarke Cup in July. Negri Sembilan has been invited to visit Singapore49 words
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1694 1928-02-15 113 RICHARD SIDNEY - A TAMIL HOUSEHOLD Our Malayan Saturday Letter (BY RICHARD SIDNEY) I was sitting in my office, I remember, when Karuppiahin his smartest turban which he kept only lor grand occns oils—carne in and asked if he might bring in his brother. 1 here1,694 words
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Article166 1928-02-15 114 SERVICES DEFEAT E. S. COMPANY The first League Cricket match for 1928 was played on Saturday on the Esplanade, the rival teams being the Public Services and the Eastern Smelting Company. The Services took first knock on a hard wicket and ran up the respectable total of166 words
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Article136 1928-02-15 114 in W T aB v P StpOned to the IHh enticing Indlan was charged with within Wa a married woman Accused wJ Ur n d CtlOn of Te,uk Anson. d uas allowed bail of $2OO. f Benk^ W I WUI appear OD the llth fitting criininaM g136 words
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Article521 1928-02-15 114 The newspaper industry in Great Britain shows indications of developing on lines as monopolistic as those upon which the railways or the banks are conducted. This morning we publish news of the immediate formation of a company, under the chairmanship of Lord Rothermere, brother of the late521 words
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Article555 1928-02-15 114 The word 'rabbits” has something of a soothing ring about it. for it is suggestive of a tasty and highly palatable dish, and also of a domestic petsuch as all of us have probably kept at. some period of our juvenile existence. The above is the bright side of555 words
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Article531 1928-02-15 115 A wlm-h I- held to be ol the h' u .ft.UK-- ha? been arrived a< (>,lined of Kedah (tin? tidin' t ha now been passed and t tine to becOHlC i kiv tin: effect, with certain rr v ,i of permitting lawyers <A i.. Stjpn e Court (>t531 words
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495 1928-02-15 115 EXPIRES AFTER VISITING PATIENT Wo regret to announce the death of Dr. Lim Duan (.heiig. which took place very -uddenly yesterday evening, probably from heart failure, at the res’dence of one of his patients. Deceased, who was 42 years old, wa-i one of495 words
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Article497 1928-02-15 115 By a Gentleman with a P» Tj Though wc on this side of the Bb, of Malacca are, outside yvhat ig uj as the volcanic zone, yet we ha Ve 4 ficient evidence of the presence of turbing factor in the situation owjj the hot springs which occur at497 words
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