The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 7 May 1930

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  • 18 353 Straits Echo Weekly (Mail) Edition. PtR annum SINGLE COP.Y 40 CTS. P PENANG, MAY 7, 1930. No. 18.
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    • 262 353 CONTENTS leaders. outstation news., Npw World 355 Ipoh Motorist Fined $250 358 A Little Lower! 359 Exciting Debate At Singapore Resurrection 359 Church Meeting 361 M D av 363 Coolie’s Assault on European 363 Cinema Manners 363 Governor In Perbs 367 Governors 365 Veteran Kedah Planter Retires 369 Medicine 367
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    • 147 354 THE STRAITS ECHO WEEKLY EDITION. > Published the day prior to the depar* tare of each mail for Europe, it contains the latest local news originally given in the daily issues as well as the leading and special articles. The subscription is $lB per annum, posit free to any part
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  • 661 355 x well-known Brit ish firm has decided that all employees shall be retired at the age of sixty-five when they will receive a pension sufficiently good to enable them to live in comparative comfort. Twentyfive years ago, terror would have been struck into the hearts of industrialists if
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  • 11 355 arrived on board the Gleniffer on Sunday.
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  • 10 355 left for Kuala Lumpur last evening by train.
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  • 12 355 returned to Penang from Malacca on Sunday morning.
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  • 19 355 late of the Union Pharmacy, is now attached to the Guan Pharmacy Dtd. Penang Road.
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  • 17 355 has been appoint- ed to be a member of the Railway Board, F.M.S.
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  • 15 355 has been appointed to act as Assistant Printer. Printing Department. F.M.S.
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  • 18 355 has been appointed to be a European Mistress. Primary Classes. Malayan Educational Service.
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  • 28 355 until recently on the staff of the High School, Buk*t Mertajam, has been transferred to the Free School, Penang. He took up duty there yesterday.
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  • 33 355 were listed for the Penang District Judge’s t-ent on yesterday, all concerning civil matters and the majority of them calling rperely for Sum tn ary decisions avd postponements.
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  • 198 355 TAMILS AND CHINESE ACCUSED. More gambling charge a were heard at Penang Police Court yesterday. Members of various nationalities appeared at the Penang Police Court yesterday before Mr. F. K. Wilson, charged by Inspector Lewis with gambling in a common gaming house at Sungei Pinang Road
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  • 191 355 SETTLEMENT ARRIVED AT. It is understood that the parties have come to a settlement in the Tye Kee Yoon will case which was to have come on for hearing before Mr. Justice Sproule yesterday in the Penang Supreme Court. The Straits Echo understands that the matter will
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  • 458 356 HOME CLUB’S LOW SCORING. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Butterworth, April 28. A cricket match was played between St. Xavier’s Recreation Club and Butterworth Recreation Club on the latter’s ground on Saturday resulting in a win for the visitors; the scores being as follows St. X.
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  • 17 356 has been appoint- ed to act as Chief Accountant, F. M. S. R.
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  • 17 356 has been ap- pointed to be a Deputy Commissioner of Police, F.M.B.
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  • 14 356 has been ap- pointed to act as Depute Accountant, F.M.B.R.
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  • 17 356 has been ap- pointed to Lo a Probationary Assistant Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.
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  • 15 356 has been appointed to act as Deputy Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.
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  • 17 356 has been appoirrt- ed to act as Conservator of Forests. Malayan Forest Service.
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  • 20 356 has been appoint* ed to be an Adjutant, M. 8. V R and F.M.S. Volunteer Force.
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  • 21 356 of Messrs. Wm. Gossage and Son Ltd.'. Singapore: left lenung for Kuala Lumpur last evening by train.
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  • 22 356 of the Kuala Lumpur Football Association, Mr. W. G. Lloyd resjgned the secretaryship, which Mr u u Mavor accepted.
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  • 430 356 WEEKLY MARKET REp O j, Ea?t" ing H M he Lastei Holidays, our report 4 issued last week, during which a weakness of Tin has been nounced and coupled with tki her showed signs of tveuhst steadily declined. These t wr have had a depressing effect ,1
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  • 39 356 I ndustrials. Amongst Industrials, Collieries have bu.vers _at *46.00. Fraser and Neaves at 51.)./,) mid Kinta Electrics at $1.15. Gnmmom can be placed at $18.75 and St run s Traders at $34.75. United igmeers are available at $12.50 ex.
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  • 592 358 BUT FEWER WEDDING. ANNUAL REPORT OF PENANG CHURCH. There were 42 weddings in St. George's Church, Penang, during 1929, —12 fewer than the previous year. The annual report, signed by the Rev. Keppel Garnier, Chairman of Trustees, also states: In 1929 there was an increase
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  • 196 358 What is a “half-man” Mention of this term was made in the course of proceedings at the District Court and the District Judge, Mr. J. S. W. Arthur, was good-naturedly at pains to ascertain the meaning of the expression. The case concerned a handcart coolie
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  • 58 358 named Wai Ah Loke was charged at the Penang 1 olice Court yesterday by Inspector Pearson for attempting to commit suicide. It was alleged that the woman tried to cut her neck with a penknife. Inspector Pearson applied for a postponement as the woman was still in
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  • 173 358 AND DRIVING LICENCE CANCELLED. (From Our Own Chow Sek Woo, ceased millionaire miner who charged with causing death bv ,’a act was fined $250 on the charge of neghgent driving und tion 4.5 of the Motor Vehicles Enact ment. The Police pressed for a of the
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  • 101 358 A raid on board the s.s. “Hong Peng,” which is now in the Powig Harbour, was conducted by the Penang Monopolies Officers, when a Chinese named Yeoh Ah Poh was arrested. The man was subsequently charged at the Penang Police Court yesterday, before Mr.
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  • 80 358 The case in which three Hassan bin Mohamed, Fupp uS Shaik Mohamed—are accused oirv and assaulting a man named e salam was again mentioned -> tiang Police Court yesterday, F. K. Wilson. On Western Road. The offence was alleged to ll p committed at Western Road
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  • 617 359 ntlv Malaya had the ln, l borne out arkab f bein'' the wealthiest '.“Tin“the world, at least on a Of imports and exports f were published in our coli,owin' that both imports rertl,ce,i tbat t «terage figure per person was jing d„wm and. that tendency U for
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  • 150 359 Official Penang has been awaking. With extraordinary rapidity the Acting Resident Councillor called conferences to discuss Swettenham Pier and Weld Quay. Both matters have been argued and the Governor has promised that a de-' cision shall be taken at an early date. Now the Commissioners disclose that they have
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  • 37 359 appear to do a brisk trade in “lost” golf balls at Fraser’s Hill, says a correspondent to the Malay Mail, who adds that she was offered three practically now balls for ten cents this week-end.
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  • 301 359 PASS LIST. 7he following passed the Penang Teachers’ formal Erawi nation held in .March 19-30. hirst A ear: Misses Cheah Lean In, M. Erskine. Khor Cheng Inn, Khoo Swee Check. Lim Choo Paik. Lee Soon Hoe, Ng Min Choo. Oh Jit Kwai, B. Stewart. Feoh Gim Tee,
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  • 106 359 PENANG COURT STORY. A Chinese was charged at the Penang Police Court yesterday, before Mr. F.K. Wilson, with “having no ostensible means of subsistence and found wandering at Vermont Road on May 1, about 1.45 a.in.” Inspector Pearson who conducted the prosecution, said that the accused was
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  • 2070 360 PENANG COMMISSIONERS REFEB THEM TO SPECIAL MEETING. DEALING WITH CONGESTION. .1- IISOT AN ATTEMPT TO “FORCE THEM OS’ THE PUBLIC.’’ Mr. G. L. Ham presided and the others present were: —Messrs. Khoo Sian Ewe, C. D. D. Hogun, H. Dove, M. H. M. Noordin, H.
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  • 142 361 Another charge of murder was made at the Penang Police Court yesterday. Tan AL Oek, an old Chinese was ac cused of “murder’’ and “voluntarily causing hurt’’. The first charge was that on April 24 at 12 o’clock midnight on board the tongkang No. 615, Tan Ah
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  • 30 361 of the death of the Bev. Brother Cynl, who taught in the Brothers’ schools in Malays for a number of years before the War.
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  • 29 361 Chief Secretary, was a guest at the Venning Road Police Officers’ Mess on Saturday. Mr. C. Hannigan, Commissioner of Police, presided.
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  • 26 361 has occurred of Mr. Charles Enoch manager of G H. Slot and Co., Singapore. Mr. Maggs divd from typhoid fever after a short illness.
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  • 618 361 TROUBLE OVER APPOINTMENT OF CHAPLAIN: BISHOP CRITICISED. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 29. One of the most sensational meetings in the annals of church history in Malaya took place yesterday at St. Andrew’s School Hall. The occasion was the annual general meeting of
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  • 173 362 WHY INDIAN YOUTH LEFT PENANG TO JOIN GANDHI S VOLUNTEERS. An 18-ycar old Penang Indian, who disappeared recently, has written saying that he has joined Gandhi's Congress Volunteers. A minor sensation was caused among the Chettiar community of Penang, a few days ago, when it was
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  • 31 362 has taken place of Mrs. L©e Eng Sum, 58, of 4, Khoo Cheow Teong Court, Penang. She leaves behind her husband, four sons, four daughters and sevfcn grand children.
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  • 640 362 Eleven counsel were engaged in a will case in which a settlement was announced at Penang Supreme Court yesterday. The final scenes in what promised at one time to be one of the biggest legal battles in the history of the local courts were enacted yesterday in
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  • 166 362 UNABLE TO VISIT PENANG CLUB. Sir William Peel. Governorelect of Hong Kong, owing to lack of time, has declined an invitation to visit the Penang Club. As reported in the columns of the Straits Echo yesterday, Sir William Peel, the Governor-elect of Hong Kon. and Lady Peel,
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  • 40 362 The engagement is annOlinC^ t he S’ Shurn Siu Kam, a te«cher Xavier’s Institution. Pen ?X bt e Alice L. Ow. daughter of tr ft, H. Wah Ow and Mrs. tb wedding will take plu cP Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 646 363 b medial and Tudor times Dav was considered the oceaL n for festivities, much to the anDO rance of Puritans who have survived to the 20th century. Graduallv t he ceremonies around the Maypole have become celebrations of L strength of those who labour and within recent years
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  • 155 363 Dr. Oswald Spengler, when he wrote Der Vntergang des Abcndlandes, dealt with a problem which, though general, has its local application. The average Westerner at home usually keeps within certain limits and shows good taste when he visits public places. In the tropics, however, some of the Individuals
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  • 185 363 Mr. (Jon Boon Tan, whose funeral takes place to-day came from China at an early age and had been a resident here lor about 50 years, lie was a kind and benevolent disposition, and was always ready to contribute to any worthy cause. Until recently
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  • 109 363 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, April 30 Poiigoo. the only accused in the Parit Perak Estate riot case, who was sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment. appealed to-day against the sentence. Counsel for appellant stated that it was unusual for a coolie in this country to
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  • 89 363 “Lorries arc a nuisance.” This remark was made by the District Judge, Mr. J. S. W. Arthut, yesterday when two drivers appeared on a charge of driving at a speed and in a manner dangerous to the public. Inspector Martin, prosecuting, informed the Court that the
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  • 504 364  -  AN AMERICAN AND A WAAC.” By G, B. They are not long, the weeping and the laughter Love and detire and hate; I think they have no portion in us after We pass the gate. They are not long, the days of wine and roses: Out of a
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  • 111 364 PENANG SCOTSMEN TROUNCE THEM AT GOLF. St. George’s fared badly in the animal golf match against St. Andrew’s on the Penang links yesterday, winning 4| and losing Hi matches. The outstanding defeat was that of E. E. Watson and J. D. Laing. Playing Scotland in George Grant and
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  • 105 364 The tenth birthday of “The Home” has been celebrated by that monthly Australian in a way that worthily upholds its reputation. For clarity of print, quality of reproduction. carefully chosen photographs and happily worded letter press there is no paper to equal it for thousands of miles. In
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  • 13 364 will be closed on riiduy, Muy being a public holiday.
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  • 237 364 unusual case IN p E!iASc I somewhat unusual case I rhe plaintiff Tay Poon j. I Krabi Road. Commune tY.M District, Bhuket, Siam, bv his »tl Chembi bm Mohammed, of it I ca Street Penang, claimed alleged to be balance due on j s l obtained against Mr.
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  • 131 364 PENANG MAGISTRATE AND MUNICIPALITY. Penang Municipality criticised, by the Police C& Magistrate yesterday for issuing a hawker’s licence which fade to specify time or place. “I don’t see why the cipality should issue such n licences,” said Mr. F. KPolice Court Yesterday in the licence of a
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  • 358 365 Tn view of the decision of a Governmental committee to recommend that the appointment of Governors should be made from the rter branches of the Civil SeiJe, it is not unfitting briefly to examine the probability of success attending the choice of ambitious m en who have not had
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  • 16 365 S.V.B n short rtav° f n K ala Lumpur Jn Singapore.
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  • 6 365 “boo u t
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  • 1374 365 COUNSEL ACCUSES WITNESS OF PREVARICATING. Further information regarding the alleged sinking of the new wing of the Eastern and Oriental Hotel was forthcoming when the hearing was resumed yesterday in the Penang Supreme Court before Mr. Justice Sproule of the case between the Hewett Art
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  • 405 367 times of depression there th»* who eXP am t nKS Of the sitl atloU S be toe«r a particular industry >n L Britain is depressed there are who claim that it merely retires a little protection or satewarding or one or ot ici o b v which the method
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  • 131 367 TIFFIN WITH REGENT OF KEDAH. The Governor goes to-day from Kedah to Perlis. (From A Special Correspondent) Alor Star, Sunday. An enthusiastic welcome was received by His Excellency and Lady Clementi who arrived with their staff here yesterday. Sir Cecil made brief official visits and the ceremony
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  • 189 367 The third annual general meeting of the Penang Tin Prospecting Co., Ltd., was held on Saturday at the Registered Office of the Company at No. 9 Beach Street Penang. Mr. J. Crabb-Watt occupied the chair and those present were Mr. A. C. McLeod. Mr. F. N. Syer,
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  • 22 367 Penang’s Colonial Chaplain, left for the Federal Capital last night. He will return by the Friday night express.
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  • 318 367 TEACHER DIES IN PENANG HOSPITAL. An inquest on a suspected lunatic was held in Penang on Saturday. It was stated that a man named Anthony was arrested as a suspected lunatic on April 17 and was sent to the General Hospital, where he died the
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  • 65 367 Oh Kim Hong, the young Chinese, who was alleged to have claimed to be “Detective No. 17” and to have induced a Chinese woman to deliver to him $11.50, appeared again nt the Penang Police Court on Saturday, before Mr. F. K. Wilson after being convicted on
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  • 46 367 and two in- fants, Mr. and Mrs. N. M. Eliathamby (Colombo), Mr. and Mrs. T. P. N. Singam and child (Colombo), Miss E. Arengo Jones (Colombo), Baja Zainal, Mr. E. P. Colg'rffi and Mr. G. W. Sjmms leave for Englund this Friday.
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  • 298 368 PENANG MAN WHO WAS “KEPT ALIVE.” There wan a sequel at Penang District Court yesterday to a stabbing affray at a Kongsi house. In passing sentence of one inonth s rigorous imprisonment on a Chinese named Tan Tooi yesterday, the Histrict Judge, Mr. J. S. W. Arthur,
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  • 99 368 POLICE DEFEAT BOATMEN'S UNION. The Police met the Boatmen’s team at Pattani Road ground last evening and defeated them by three goals to nil. The game throughout was one sided the police being the aggressors for the most part. They rushed into their opponents’ territory very often
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  • 97 368 LONG LIST FOR FORTHCOMING SESSION. Mr. -Justice Sproule will preside at the session of the Penang Assizes which will be held in the Supreme Court on Tuesday May 13. The list is a lengthy one for Penang, there being eight cases up to date
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  • 124 368 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore May 3. A sensational shooting incident was reported to have occurred yesterday at the residence of Mr. Mallard, A.S.P., attached to the Central Division. It appears that about six p.m. when Mr. and Mrs. Mallard were out a Hylam cook got possession
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  • 157 368 PENANG FOOTBALL. The Anglo-Chinese School Union played a winning game at the Dato Kramat Ground, last night, and the Post Office Recreation Oiub were hard put to defending their goal. The first goal occurred during the first half. Kee Seong, of the A.C.S.U. took the ball
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  • 17 368 of Messrs. McAuliffe. Davis and Hope. Penang, is in Kuala Lumpur on business.
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  • 332 368 c. c. defeated. Penang Chinete R em “">!) Nobody, however, expected the f c. to be bundled out for 44 Eng Hye and Ah Ee were in .nd the Cricket Club moralised. The C. R. C. replied with tor nine wickets and declared their a mugs
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  • 24 368 ior v. Under 24 hours 3f er |l^ < ’the Delegates had Treat v. President J'> Pcl iW the treaty to »•>'* S®**
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  • 242 369 “OPPRESSED BY THE TINDAL AND LEFT KONGSI. pE v A ng assault story. fro Pena»? Chinese who left Konasi because, they said, L oppressed by the tmdal. Joined of being «esaultcd. Four Chinese masons of I’enang ap„are(| al the Police Court on Saturday Kre .Mr F. K. Wilson, charged with
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  • 39 369 and Mr. Cheah y wicn vuoo anti air. vaiean of Messrs. Bendixsen A Co., n son of Madam Lim Gnat Liew will lnarri( 'd on May 6 at the Hu Yew ‘•Eib at 1 p.nj.
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  • 42 369 lJ J1 een owner of Strephon. enKnmrf° r th® A Sc °t Gold Cup and the folor *****l 011 1 J^ee anf Mcap, was in land ul >0 011 wa v Englere ,e hopes to see his horse run.
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  • 37 369 A°r i Lay Border Regiment, form tha i Has ceased to persia '«va anTl-' dUtieS Of GS IL P. 4' Lieut. E. F. S. Brodie, n r Malava empOrary duties of GS 0
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  • 41 369 Dr InU mn b .y train: br and V s a i D1 aml Mrs 80 -vd, Gillespie n? A, 7 el »on. Dr. and Mrs. Miss V.’orters AlcMahon and
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  • 38 369 Smear?' 18 lle d bv Ble members the Y°W p verseas Women’s u’ 11 A mstut7 C tV at tb 1101,10 of •L.„, n and .i ,e president. Lady vari^s° U p 24 repre’’’Prt'sfcnt European countries,
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  • 160 369 RUSE FAILS. PENANG CHINESE FINED FOR GAMING. Nine Chinese butchers and goldsmiths appeared in the dock at the Penang Police Court on Saturday charged with playing in a common gaming house at Clement Place at 2.30 a.m. on April 25. The first five pleaded guilty, but
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  • 148 369 Damage estimated at $60,000 teas done when fire destroyed houses at Gitra, Kedah, on Friday. Tne (unbreak began in a shop where petrol was stored. A man is said to liave been pouring out petrol, when another man. who was standing near, happened *o light a cigarette.
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  • 16 369 recently arrived in Ipoh to join the staff of the Chartered Bank.
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  • 17 369 has been appointed Commissioner of Trade and Customs and Shipping Master at Kuching.
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  • 13 369 Assistant Gaine Warden. F.M.S., has passed Standard 1 in Malay.
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  • 23 369 Government Anaesthetist, Singapore, has resigned from the Malayan Medical Service and leaves for Home bV the Rnjputnnn on May 2.
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  • 174 369 Mr. William Jack, the “veteran' Kedah planter and manager of Lubok Segintah Estate, Kuala Ketil, is leaving Malaya on retirement and sailing home by the “President Garfield’’ to-mor-row Mr. Jack has been in Malaya for thirty years. When he came out he was on the Caledonia
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  • 14 369 left Penang for Ipoh last evening by train.
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  • 24 369 on October 7 of the Moon, and on October 21-22 an eclipse of the sun.
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  • 22 369 on Friday at 3 p.m. at the Majestic Theatre when “Married in Hollywood” will be screened.
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  • 43 369 celebrated their Emperor’s birthday with a banquet at the Japanese Club, where the loyal toast was honoured. In the morning there was a function in all the elementary Japanese schools and the local Japanese firms hoisted the national Hag.
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  • 49 369 in the Selama district met. under the chairmanship of a Chinese towkay, who addressed them in Chinese and Malay The meeting decided on tapping curtailment by 288 votes, including 74 Chinese, 13 Tamils, and 201 Malays, representing 4,643 acres.
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  • 47 369 is announced be- tween Reginald K. W’interton, of Jeram Padang estate, F.M.S., only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. K. J. Winterton, Ellesmere, Tunbridge Wells, and Mollie Melville, younger daughter of the late Mr. Alexander Kennedy. Glasgow, and Mrs. Kennedy, The Little House, Reigate, Surrey.
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  • 69 369 :—Mr. AV. A. Harpur, chief commercial subeditor of the Yorkshire Post, was presented by his colleagues with a case of pipes and other gifts on leaving for Malaya on account of his wife’s health. The presentation was made by
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  • 272 370 GOALS IN QUICK SUCCESSION. Three times in quick succession the ball entered the net. The Sepoy Liners, who played against the Muthhibul Asahan Football Club, were in <T o<xl form at the Dato Krainat Ground last night. They had the opposing custodian properly beaten before the game was
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  • 163 370 INDIANS TROUNCED BY S.X.R.C. The St. Xavier’s Recreation Club defeated the Indian eleven by five goals to nil last evening in the League match played at St. Xavier’s grounds. The play started with the Indians taking up the attack. For the first five minutes they kept their
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  • 15 370 left Penang' tor KuaJn Lumpur lust eVcuing l»v train.
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  • 282 370 PENANG AUCTION. Mr. Saw Swee Cheng, a Penang solicitor's clerk, failed to put in an appearance when an action against him was called in the Penang Supreme Court yesterday before Mr. Justice Sproule. And being unrepresented by Counsel His Lordship entered judgment against him for the amount
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  • 28 370 has been appointed manager of Gunong Pari estate, Chemor, in succession to Mr. J. C. Osborne, now Stipendiary Steward of the Straits Racing Association.
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  • 32 370 go home to- day. Mr. Lax was the musical director at the E. and O. Hotel, where h’s Sunday concerts have become a popular Penang function.
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  • 31 370 will take place at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, KualaLumpur, on May 20. of Miss K. Matthews, of the European Hospital, Vo Mr. J. B. Hall, of Highlands estate, Klang.
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  • 46 370 of Kua- hi Lumpur are giving a dinner on Alay 6 at the in Lok Hotel on the marriage of their son Mr. Chan Yoke Soo to Miss Lok AA ai Lan, daughter of Mr. and Airs. Lok Yau Kit.
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  • 30 370 paper states that Sir Hugh Clifford is understood to be in the doctors’ hands, v hilf Lady lifford has definitely recovered.
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  • 483 370 SOON THEAM CO Pen “>g, Maj J. I he price oi rubber continues u day by day closing at 6 15/1W 7{d. last week. /1W Stocks continue to accumulate the total in Great Britain being (rS? tons, an increase of 1.715 tons The market was very dull and sympathy with
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  • 632 371 be difficult to over- the benefits that will acthe Governmental Committo be adopted and VJo force at an early date. S Civil Service would then asthe status of the Xnatie services of the mother _VL What has been tiled j found serviceable in the diploservice is surely worthy
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  • 13 371 0.8. E., is ap- pointed Inspector of Prisons, S.S.
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  • 17 371 left Kuala Kangsar for Singapore to attend the races.
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  • 49 371 of the Eastern Smelting Co., Ltd., is on a business visit to Kuala Lumpur. During last year 9.278,822,000 gallons of petrol were consumed in the United States, compared with 8.286.349,000 gallons during 1928. That means more cars used and more tyres used up.
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  • 32 371 has adopted a resolution for the investigation of National Banking Laws and the Federal Reserve system. It- is expected that the enquiry will begin in the autumn. —Reuter, from Washington.
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  • 49 371 was enacted at the Ipoh Magistrate’s Court before Mr. Jervoise when Yeo Hood Peng, a former clerk of the Ipoh Club, pleaded guilty to the criminal misappropriation of $532 five years ago and was sentenced to 12 months’ rigor '•u imp!i oilmen*
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  • 55 371 given by the Gopeng Gymkhana Club trophies were presented to the winners of the two quarterly billiard handicaps by Mrs. E- L. D. Evans, Mr. F. W. Chambers being the winner of the December 29 trophy and Mr. C. L. Stephens of the trophy for
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  • 525 371 HEAD, FEET AND SCRATCHING. (By Keytop.) Thinking, has it struck you, sir, is a much more economical practice than being polite. I will tell you why. Speaking in terms of dollars and cents, and reducing the entire question to a regular business proposition, the cost of thinking amounts to
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  • 2038 372 RAIN ROBS LOCAL TEAM OF CHANCE OF VICTORY. The weather clerk is generally kind to Penang sportsmen but for once in a while he disappointed yesterday, and incidentally robbed the Penang-Perak tennis match not only of a decision but of what bid fair to
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  • 22 373 Mr ft Kan£rs !u district Officer, baQ £ston ipr; eave Malavu soon. ret »es on pension in a
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  • 336 373 Mr. Lim Lean Ten(g presided over a special general meeting of the Kedah Asiatic Planters’ Association held on Saturday at the Chinese Town Hall, Penang. Among those present were:—Messrs. Lim Eow Thoon, Soon Eng Kong, Lim Hun Phong, Tan Tai Eng, Choo Ah Sai, Ong
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  • 99 373 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, May 3. Two Chinese were badly injured in a motor smash in Keppel Road in which two lorries and a mosquito bus were involved. The bus and one lorry were badly damaged but the other lorry which belonged to the Chandu Monopolies
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  • 434 373 "Death by Drowniny" was the verdict recorded at the inguest on the I'enany schoolboy who was found drowned behind the Nanking Hotel. Au inquiry into the death of a seven-teen-year-old school boy of Penang, Abdul Assiz b Hassan, who was drowned while bathing behind the Nanking Hotel
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  • 13 373 succeeds Clip Ismail bin Mat Suit us A.C.L.R., Seremban.
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  • 231 374 A man who was accused of murder and of wounding committed suicide in Penang Prison on Saturday. A mild stir was caused in the Penang Prison on the evening of May 3. when it was found that one, a prisoner in custody, was found dead in
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  • 190 374 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, May 3 A case of interest to the Chinese Community has begun in the local Police Court yesterday. Wee Kok Chong, son of a well-known Justice of the Peace was charged with abducting a Chinese girl,
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  • 615 374 A. A. ANTHONY CO, DAILY SHARE LIST. Penang, Way 7th, 1930. Name of Company Buyers Seller Tin—Dollar Companies rts sc> Ayer Weng 0.75 I.OC Batang Padanp 0.15 0.17$ Batu Phvps o.Bj 0.85 Hitam 0.18 .40 Johan 0.34 0.3 i Kinta 1.13 1.15 Klang Rivers 2.321 2.373 Kunhai w |.l7j 1.22ic
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  • 27 374 have been arrested at Bangkok while attempting to bring about a strike in order to boycott the load ng of rice for the Borneo Company.
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  • 33 374 in the F.MJS. Govern- ment Gazette that the price of rubber for assessment of duty for the May 2 to May 8, inclusive, is twentvthree and one-fourth cents per pound
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  • 38 374 of Dr. W. L. Brad- xilv v/iuijcoc uiivui ui J-/1. don’s car, in reversing outside toe Sungei L’jong Club, Sereniban, knock down Miss N. Munton. She has betc admitted to the General Hospital, b# emban.
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  • 39 374 strongh to support I<ajl j ne sucaigiv io dent. the House of I-l': 3 ~|.S O r p Jccll ,l the amendment which would ha' prived the President to change the rates as condition rant. —Reuter, from Washington-
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  • 19 374 Mr. E. W. F. Gilman has pointed Resident Councils with effect from April 17.
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