The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 27 February 1929

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  • 19 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY EDITION $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CTS. Vol. 27. PENANG, FEBRUARY 27, 1929. No. 9
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    • 292 1 CONTENT K /fl Leading Articles Miscellaneous (Con.) Jg 9 The New Papal Kingdom 162 “('hap Goh Meh" 181 A 182 Penang Hill 162 Dire at (’vole and Carriage Premises 181 99 1 Advertising 163 > Uk Eurasian Girl's Suicide.' 181 W B\ Water. Land, or Air? 163 Jfl S A
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    • 98 2 c> r ..nL Vk. K'JI WglAp Mfl iH I m r 08 1 I fci i i ll§ 1 I >SM 0 i jEIIEI 1 V/. nun! &u tUfHIUf' < lw*ll tu fflyffr./ iM UHuhIWKo Gua w II m 1 I Blllllilfflv® Hr* J E ||w l ‘i wWiHiliiHniwß [m3"'
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  • 1211 162 PENANG, Jf’EBKUABY 20, 1920. Komao Catholics all over the world A, understand the signmeaiiee ot me recent political uioveuienls in lull, which have resulted in the restoration of the temporal power to the Papacy, will no doubt be glad that the biltei fi'eimerswhich have existed for
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  • 759 162 PENANG, FEBRUARY 21, 1929. In another column we publish an authoritative and well-informed article about Penang's great asset —her Hill, or system of hills. A day may come, when not merely one hill will be developed, but when all the hills will be carved out for sites for
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  • 1182 163 PENANG, FEBRUARY 22, 1929. 1 he traveller who uses his eyes is struck by one thing so soon as he lands in Malaya: the crudity of Malayan advertising. When he opens his newspaper he sees advertisements which are not too bad, perhaps:—if the block- and the material have come
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  • 676 163 PENANG, FEBRUARY 23. In the past fifty years "oi entirelv revolutionised her niet Lgjr transport, Those who have read or Clifford cannot help f ,«ite“" an c |ear picluie ot «hat i>°« \d'to bo llhC lhere 7f I m (el hieb connected the ports ot
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  • 1519 164 PENANG, FEBRUARY 25, 1929. For some reason or other our office copies of The Times’ did not arrive last week, so that it has been necessary this week to read through twelve copies. Our readers should benefit by this during the next few days, as
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  • 1225 165 PENANG, FEBRVARY 26, 1929. Persons who leave Penang and come back again after a year are able to see many changes. 1 here are many new small houses; there are more “palaces’ uf oid; the lace of the Hill is (•lianging. and the number of new dud Img:.
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  • 1209 165 PENANG, FEBRUARY 27, ***** A case which is being :lK 1U sll [t ■Singapore Courts just now, as a ie if the tragic death of a European lie East Coast Road, has tention to the vital need or intendments to our laws which xperate in the interests
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  • 987 166 ANNUAL MEETING. BALL AND SUPPER THIS YEAR. 1 he annual meeting of the members 'd the Royal Society of St. George, Penang, was held yesterday’ at 6.45 p.m. al the Penang Cricket Club. The Hon. Mr. Palgrave Simpson presided and the others present included Mr.
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  • 816 167 MEETING OF MERCANTILE EMPLOYEES. PRESIDENT ON AIMS OF SOCIETY. The Penang Mercantile Employees' Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society Ltd. held its adjourned half-yearly ordinary general meeting yesterday in the Penang Chamber of Commerce. Ihe President Mr. E. V. C. Ihomson, took the chair. Mr. Thomson expressed his
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  • 131 167 RESULTS OF TUESDAY’S TIES. The following were the results i’ennis Tournament ties played on Tu* B lay:— Doubles Handicap Class “A I. V term ark and L. D. Mood 8 -15.3 D. J. Mackie and F. N. k-2, 6—3; —15.3 J. W. Clark and A K. LB. Terrell
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  • 520 168 aNN ual report for ,928 -iz" aL±. r t S*”^l p“ce.nber 31, 1928, a r bXnce iu band of #599 55. J£iS to been purely normal. Membership. 11le membership roll now only stands Only 4 new members were en al 1 ,,,h f i, p vear
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  • 61 168 ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF SUBSCRIPTIONS (23RD. LIST.) Amount previously acknowledged $7,715.40 Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, J.P. 20.00 Major W. R. Sanguinetti, O. B. E., M. C. 25.00 Mr. C. D. Quarmby 10.00 Total to date $7,770 40 (Subscriptions can be sent to the Municipal Secretary, Municipal Offices. Cheques
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  • 92 168 SYCES TO HANG THIS MORNING. The two Boyanese horse syces who were convicted at the recent Assizes and sentenced to death for the murder of a Malay woman at the entrance to “Mayfield” McAlister Road, are to be hanged this morning at the Penang Gaol between 5
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  • 196 168 APPEAL FOR BENEVOLENT FUND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, February 20 A meeting of the Planters’ Associaion of Malaya was held at the Venting Road Masonic Hall. Mr. Arter nesided. The minutes of the quarterly meeting were confirmed. Mr. E. N. T. Cummins Was elected Vice-chairman. Mr.
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  • 1088 168 WEARNE BROTHERS’ BUILDING FAKHALLV OnSi'ROYED. DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $150,000. One of the biggest fires known in Penang occurred early yesterday morning when Messrs. Wearne Brothers main molding in Anson Road, was partially lestroyed; and had it not been for the excellent work of the hire Brigade,
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  • 757 169  -  [By H. Milton.] We were speaking of what the young mind can appreciate. Ihe young mind can appreciate more than its elders [realise, and the last thing that the s'oung mind wants is to be fobbed oft with the inferior. When the parents iwn mental or musical equipment
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  • 330 169 An assembly of 1,200 boys and teachers from the fourth standard upwards attended a rally yesterday morning. Speeches by some of the teachers followed, advising the boys to work hard to retain the much-coveted Glugor Shield. The numerous occasions they nid carried home the Shield was no
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  • 1689 170 to the “Straits Echo”] I s^ cl (Copyright*) t issues of the b traits 1,1 reC n D >flioial notice has been apEd lo to the effect that land ,1.‘ ug Hill can now be obtamsiifBolll n.ium of sooo, and by an payment of quit-rent at the
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  • 603 171 hy Penang ha» been put on the map, dramatically and musically speaking, u perhaps due to Mr. Gilmore tlw Manager of the Victoria Theatre Singapore. When I saw Mr. Gilmore the other day he told me that the year 1929 was not* merely beginning in a blaze
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  • 1122 171 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 21 Merchants and residents of Singapore ire much interested in the scheme, which comes into operation on March 40th, to accelerate mails between London and Karachi. Special air mail stamps are to be issued and it is expected that Malaya and
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  • 846 172 have record the X' Kobert Greening, which i \t his residence, No. 2, P iLid on Saturday afternoon. >w n K three and a half years For the la. t je et lto rial staff i tlr- l t ree D n ing tr Gazette.”
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  • 65 172 ANNUAL MEETING AND CONCERT. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 21 The ex Servicemen's annual meeting and concert at the Cricket Club yesterday evening were very successful. The office bearers elected were: Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton, Chairman; Captain Murrell, Vice-Chairman; Mr. Wootton, Secretary, Mr. Houghton, Treasurer,
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  • 129 172 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. February 21 Details are announced in an exclusive article in the “Malaya Tribune” with regard to the Lavenler Street housing scheme of 118 houses obe let at $35 each. The all-in cost s $3,885. The property is vested in he Improvement
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  • 446 172 MUNICIPALITY DEI EAT P. C. C. "A”. On Suturuay on the Esplanade the viunicipaiitv defeated inc Penang Cnu\et lub A learn by 77 runs. Bating first the Municipality pm up 142 oxsards winch Grr and Fletcher were he pimcipal Cuiiiributors. itn his core ai 11 Grr
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  • 868 173 By “Icon”.] Mr. McLeod has thought fit to write to “The Straits Echo" in reply to cerium criticisms by me, but 1 see no reason to alter my opinion o the flotation; and incidentally I may here mention that when 1 wrote:■'ll ha* to be borne in mind
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  • 252 173 P. T. CO OPERATIVE SOCIETY. MARRIAGE LOANS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, February 24 Presiding at the half-yearly meeting of the Posts and Telegraphs Loan Society to-day, Mr. W. H. Green drew attention to the directors remarks regarding loans for marriages and their repayment. The Chairman said that their
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  • 402 173 P RC. DEFEAT p. c c i On Saturday on lhe E SI .Penang Recreation Club eufe* he Penang Cricket Club i n a y match. Since the deparlut* stewart-Brown and Bromley h. tv 0 he Cricket Club are a .nd the result was not surpri
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  • 4156 174 A.rrHLY INTERESTING THOROU fi RT iH bb t-diEY AND DANIELS SWEEP TtRLE THE board. (Bj Our Sporting Correspondent). a in be expected there was a niter of Penang people at the rt Ls which began on Saturday, leather was Weal and the proh nf nine events was worked
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  • 1659 176 GOOD SPORT ON SATURDAY. (By “Blinkers”—Sporting Correspondent of the “S. E.”) [ln future all racing mailers by our sporting Correspondent will be written under the Nom-de-plume of ‘Blinkers’’.] As was Io be expected the last day of he Ipoh races saw a much
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  • CORESPONDENCE.
    • 333 178 (RIBIE^-™ smII3EoaoJ L «rUnt Mr. MoLeod, has 18 tlie P° written to draw a.>,’Sfel that in estimating the RenoDß Valley no provis on amortisation and the reJjs fhP net returns after prof^for “’capital Redemption Fund *G«n“ l^romoter9 gUr 8 nOt could be certain of the returns as Hu
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    • 253 178 Sir, The letter published by Mr. Lim Hee uan to organise a relief fund in aid e t lousands of unfortunate people liafi°n\ e k° W 011 ,e ver 8 e °f starvation, Poln ra en rea4il y responded by The thp f’V Hne e Chamber
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    • 427 178 Sir, When two leading papers of the Colony are down upon the queer way some privileged teachers get their handsome envelopes, it is obvious that public opinion demands justice for the poor ‘underdogs’, the Asiatic gurus. The gross absence of a reasonably proportionate status of the Asiatic teachers
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  • 323 178 Die following passengers arrived in Penang yesterday by the s.s. “Ipoh’ from Singapore and Port Swettenham: Mr. H. E. Stevens, Mr. G. T. Lenders, Mr. and Mrs. Cheah Cheng Hock, Mr. and Mrs. Reex r e Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Falconer, the Hon. Mr. J. S. Arter,
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  • 229 178 There has never been anything in musical history like the wave of enthu siasm that has swept the various countries for Heughan—a deluge of praise from music lovers and discriminating critics alike. Melba, when she heard Heughan was genuinely moved to tears >f emotion. These men and women
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  • 829 179 i By “Nondum”.] Dress rne in my motley: give me leave to speak my mind. Silently, and without any notice m the columns of the papers, “my dear R. J. H 8.” as our worthy Editor is called by one who lives in Singapore, has been away. That
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  • 61 179 HUSBAND’S GRUESOME FIND. (From Our Own Correspondent.) a Singapore, February 23. Mystery surrounds a brutal murder committed at a house in Bukit Timah Road. It appears that a Chinese conractor returned home to find his wife lacked to death and the sum of $lOO missing. A
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  • 104 179 ASSAILANTS ARRESTED AND CHARGED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 23. Mr. Chew oon Poh, a well-known nember of the Chinese community of Singapore, had an unpleasant experence, being assaulted by three men )n Thursday night, while riding in a iesha in Jalan Besar.
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  • 96 179 CORONER'S OPEN VERDICT. (From Our Own Correspondent J r Singapore, February 23. lhe Coronor returned an open verhet at the conclusion of the enquiry nto the death of an elderly Chinese, ho was knocked down by a motor car dledged to have been driven by a Chinese
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  • 695 179 ANNUAL MEETING I The annual general meetin I bers of the Penang Library wl L??! the Library at 4 30 p. m I Hon. Mr. Meadows Frost (p r ipl occupied the chair and the others pZ, I were: Mrs. F. N. C. Durege, ZT I Keppel Garnier,
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  • 373 180 In the Supreme Court yesterday there was one criminal appeal from the Butterworth Police Court down for hearing but the appellant was absent and the appeal was accordingly dismissed. h this case a Chinese, Khaw Cheong Sin, had been convicted by Mr. N. Ward, fined $lO and
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  • 821 180  -  R. S. Nothing matters so long as one can augli. When 1 left the Town Hall last night the audience, ami it was a good one for a Monday evening, was rocking with laughter. To have to go away into the rain in order to
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  • 305 180 A meeting of the Secondary Literary Society was held at the school premises or the purpose of electing office-bearers or 1929. The following is the result of the election: —President, Mr. Goh Liang Chuan; Hon. Secretary, Mr. Ho Boon Liat; Hon. Treasurer, Mr. Aru■anandam; Hon. Librarian,
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  • 497 181 ALLEGED POSSESSION OF “RED” LITERATURE. Lim Siew Tung. A Hainanese, will ne tried at the next Assizes on a charge of being found in possession of seditious literature on January 20. Chief Detective Inspector Fowler is for the prosecution. Proceedings against the accused commenced in the Police
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  • 574 181  -  CELEBRATION MARRED BY RAIN. [By W. L. Chung] Although the Chinese New’ Year festivities this year passed off rather more quietly than* in previous years, the Chap Goh Meh” (Fifteehth night of the First Moon), which fell on Sunday night, would have been a more resplendent and
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  • 110 181 (From Our Own Correspondent) Singapore, February 25 A case of considerable importance M banking circles was decided by th Chief Justice, when judgment J given in the case in which Messrs I A. Barbour, Limited, sued Ho pL Bank for the recovery of $lO,OOO b
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  • 81 181 (From Our Own Correspondent.); Singapore, February 25. Thousands of spectators witnessed exciting scenes on Saturday, when a fierce fire destroyed the greater part of the interior of the main building of the Cycle and Carriage Company, Limited, in Orchard Road and the company's large
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  • 37 181 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, February 25. A young Eurasian girl, named Clara Sanderson, committed suicide by taking lotion meant only for external use She left a letter to her sister bidding good bye.
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  • 134 181 RICSHA PULLER’S SUICIDE AFTER COMMITTING MURDER. (From Our Own CorrespoiuknO Singapore, February *jA quarrel between a riesha P u md a Towkay in a house in Solo* Street culminated in murder a suicide. It is alleged that angry were exchanged over money a which led the puller
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  • 814 182  - C HA P GOH MEH celebration. (By Lim Beng Chuan.) /BV u* IU Penang, Feb. 2b. the celebration of the i e the 15th day of th, O’P ‘moon) is veiled in obscurity; o® h vin a th °7 Ugl n t TdLrs Chinese, perhaps dating c t e Christian
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  • 284 182 SHOUT MEETING. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday ifternoon at 4 p.m. Mr. J. 11. Pedlow, Deputy Presidept, presided and the ithers present were: Dr. J. E. Smith, Mr. Khoo Sian Ewe, Mr. Lim Eow Lhoon, Mr. B. E. Boss, Mr. B. Ing lam,
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  • 331 182 CHINESE PRODUCE MERCHANTS’ TRIBUTE. Mr. J. M. Prescott, who is leaving for lonie on well earned leave next month, vas entertained to dinner at a Chinese Hotel on Saturday, the 23rd instant, by he Produce Merchants and Mr. Geli Jhor Teik. Mr. Cheah Choo lloay
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  • 199 182 MR. N. RUGHAVEN. In the Supreme Court yesterday, before the Hon. Mr. Justice Stevens, Mr. N. Bughaven, a son-in-law of the late Hon. Mr. P. K. Nambyar, was admitted to practise as an advocate and Solicitor of these courts. Mr. Balfour E. Ross said he had
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  • 1014 183 ANNUAL REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. The twenty-secund annual report of the directors of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company, No Liability, for the year ended September 30, 1928, states: Five dredges have been employed during the year working at Tongkah Harbour, Bidor, Bang Neang, and Chelong Bay;
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  • 485 183 MILK CASES IN I (From Our I In the District Court on W? 21 1 the Nestle Anglo Swiss Milk Company appeared as mm?*! ants against Chops Chum J jUn Puah, and Tee Chung for using th 8 J’| Maid milk labels on tins of m ill 4
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  • 1090 184 admiring beauty. [By “Keytop”J Saturday, February 23 anti I did not know the signiH)0U f o-nicdit, we should be surficance 0 o f the streets n F rised "mil lighted. Why, we should f *“L there such numerous brilliant 'Oh, don’t you know thia is Meli?” someone would
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  • 1039 184 HER LODGER’S UNPAID DUES DR. SAVAGE GIVES EVIDENCE. ‘‘Die question is this. Supposing lothing had been said about payment, hhe defendant, with his family, moves nto the house knowing that the plainiff is carrying on business as a landadv Is he liable?” The District fudge, Mr.
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  • 566 185  -  [By C. D. i 1 j The darkness was made all the more impenetrable by the Haring, flickering red light of two great braziers, one on either side of the ground where the performers were assembled. 1 here was a full dozen of these, all dressed
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  • SPORTING NEWS.
    • 122 185 Tennis Tournament ties played VJIel Tufo beat V. P. F Veterans Doubles Handicap: Utermark L. D. Wood beat in Meadows Frost H. C. RESULTS OF MONDAY’S TIES. The following were the result» Tennis Tournament ties played on Championship Singles— G. A V Hyde beat M. V. Del Tufo
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    • 152 185 0. F. A. V. P. c. e. Ii) an interesting and exciting maid in the Esplanade yesterday the Oil Crees Association defeated the Penang Cricket Club by four goals to two. The weather was fine and a large rowd turned out to witness the game. The Old Frees
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  • 131 185 The Cantonese boy, Mall Ah vho had been convicted of the of a bracelet from a girl in C arnarv Lane, was sentenced yesterdav 0 years in the Reformatory. Sim Ah Roa, convicted ol frail u possession of property, was sentence 10 days’ rigorous imprisonment will be
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    • 201 186 I l I THE STRAITS ECHO EDITION. I 7 l I I Published the day prior to the departure bf ĕaeh maH for Europe, and contains «> S the latest local and States news originally pubKdted in the daily issues, as well as all important news from various parts of
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    • 109 187 1 1 X I I I Penang Sin Poe i i tl I (ESTABLISHED 1896.) I I j Chinese Daily Paper ll I I J I The Oldest Chinese paper in Penang 1 1 I 24-28 PAGES. t I 1 1 1 The most comprehensive and the most t I
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