The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 1 October 1930

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  • 20 741 Straits Echo Weekly (Mail) Edition. jUS PER ANNUM SINGLE COPY 40 CT'S. Vol. 28. PENANG, OCTOBER 1, 1930. No. 39.
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    • 306 741 CONTENTS LEADERS. Three Malays Charged With Assault 758 The hastened Spirit of Young Exßill Collector Arrested In Siam 759 India 743 Statue Of Queen Victoria 760 SiiiuidvMade Easy In Penang 748 Heavv F'Oes For Excise Offences ,760 Forthcoming News 748 No Money To Buy b ire wood «60 fhe Cost
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    • 148 742 THE STRAITS ECHO WEEKLY EDITION. Published the day prior co the depar* ture 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 if>lB per annunu. post free to any part of
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  • 1109 743 Though it is usually unwise to tC e too much reliance on official LdOrts in times when governments L ■confronted with trouble, there is to believe that The GovemL t of India’s latest ‘‘Appreciate!’ of the political situation, winch ton,? on our news page,
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  • 24 743 one of th* manag- ing directors of Messrs. Harland and Wolff, has succeeded Lord Kylsant as chairman of the company
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  • 25 743 the assistant secre tary of the Singapore Turf Club, »ud Mrs. Laing have gon* home on leave, sailing by the Meonia.
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  • 35 743 has resigned from Messrs. Dorman Long and join Messrs. Braithwaite and Co.. Ltd mo has loft Bangkok for Beira. Port igue-t East Africa, where the latter firm have a big contract.
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  • 2200 744 CHARGE AGAINST FORMER SHROFF. COUNSEL OUTLINES CASE FOR PROSECUTION. Yesterday in the Supreme Court of Penang before Mr. Justice Sproule the suit was commenced in which the Municipal Coin mission* ers claim certain sums of money from their former linancial clerk, their former shroff and
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  • 46 745 POSTPONED TO TO-DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. September 24 The finals of the Singapore Football Cup. which should have been played yesterday but was postponed at the last moment, will be played to-morrow. The other finalists are Welch Regiment and Malavs.
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  • 20 745 Secretary of tfi, pA M now abb t<> attend office Again after being ill since hst Miv.
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  • 461 745 ALOR STAR EIRE. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY: NO LOSS OF LIFE. (From Our Own Correspondent’. Alor Star, September 23 A fire broke out at 8.30 this morning at I‘ekan China on the other side of Anak Bukit River, when four attap houses occupied by Chinese carpenters
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  • 15 745 RE has be»n itrurk off the rinngth of the Malaga Command-
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  • 856 746 PLANT CLOSED FOR SIX MONTHS. PROMISE OF NEW DEVELOPMENT. The Uth ordinary general meeting of the Padang Dredging Company was held yesterday at the registered office .it 33, Beach Street, Penang. Mr. D. A. M. Brown took the chair, and others present were Mr. L. E. Slowe,
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  • 51 746 FOUR MONTHS RIGOROUS IMPRISONMENT. Sentence of tour months’ rigorous imprisonment was passed on Teng Hoo yesterday by the Penang District Judge, Mr. IT. A. Forrer. Teng Hoo was convicted of fraudulent possession of clothing. lie had two previous convictions. Police supervision for one vear was also
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  • 14 746 M.C.S., has been appointed to act as Second Magistrate, Singapore.
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  • 22 746 of Prince Chumbot of V X V iUI 11 Siam and Mom Rajawongsr Panthip wil] probably fake place in November.
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  • 209 746 ANNUAL GENERAL meeting. The annual general meeting o f th. Penang English School Teachers’ operative Thrift and Loan Society, was held at the Hutchings School Penant’ yesterday evening at 7 p.m. wither C. G Sollis, in the cha r. Among those present were Mr. C
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  • 139 746 COSSACK CHOIR HERE TOMORROW. The Cossack Choir will pay its first visit to Penang on Friday Saturday, •when they will give two concerts at the Town Hall at 9.30 p.m. The choir’s extensive repertoire includes classical and national music, m which the balalaika, the national instru
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  • 1274 747 accused committed. POLICE STORY OF TRAP P FOR ARREST. Tk case in which Ang Khiam Tee, a Uo&en Chinese, was charged with postUfi J counterfeit coins was contmuXtlie Penang Police Court yesterday, evidence as to how he aneJted a gang of counterfeiters was po by Chief Detective Inspector
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  • 151 747 TIN-SMITH’S ALLEGATIONS AGAINST POLICEMAN. Allegations against a policeman that he demanded money “for coffee” were made by a Chinese tin-smith at the Penang Police Court yesterday before Mr. Edward Jago. A Hokkien named Low Ah Seng was charged with using his rattle in front of the Maternity
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  • 64 747 OPENING GAME ON THE PADANG. The local hockey season was ushered in by a match on the Padang yesterday between a team of Europeans captained by G. Astc, and a team of the Rest cap tained by C. G. Rodrigo. As was to be expected the game
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  • 457 748 Penang's traffic regulations are somewhat on a par with the American Prohibition Act, the persons whom they were designed to protect extracting a large amount of silent humour out of them, but bestowing on them the scantiest respect. There may be other cities in the
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  • 377 748 There will probably be a deluge of news next week. In addition to the meeting of the Legislative Council which is to bp held in Singapore on Monday, when the subject of the military contribution to wards the Base will form an imj>ortant topic, the cables will be
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  • 31 748 broad- casted from Saigon and was distinctly received by wireless fans listening in in Siam. Earlier in the day the Prince spoke officially to Paris from Saigon.
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  • 336 748 EX-EMPLOYEES SUED MR. HOWLETT IN BOX ALL YESTERDAY 1 mther hearing was resumed day morning in the Supreme Penang before Mr. Justice TJ m the case in which tb Municipal Commissioners claim ceri sums of money from Mohamed Abdi Cader, their former financial clerk, Ye». Beng
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  • 21 748 master of v 1.. Kd-t-r. Bintang for several \t.u-. p enl m»ri on September 19 en rout»,
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  • 19 748 Mr. William Mnckjmlei. M.P., for Shipley. y rk3 re cW September 8. after an some months.
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  • 30 748 rn E ha® Mr. H. K. Holmes, C J io» appointed a director o Hone Orphans Pensions “g* vice His Honour Sir Joseph Kt., C.8.E., K.C.
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  • 335 749 ANNUAL general MEETING. The auuual general meeting ul the Mang Municipal Thrift and Loan Sori, was held at the Town Hall on Wednesday, September 24, with Mr T. Douglas. President, in the chair. taong those present were Dr. C. S. Glass, Messrs. C. W A. Sennett, MCS.
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  • RESIDENT COUNCILLOR ILL.
  • 13 749 will k Johnstone, Cheinbong Uuftlv g°ing Home on leave
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  • 275 749 FURTHER HEARING. SHAREHOLDERS IN THE "BUSINESS.” The counterfeiting case against the t’our Chinese was again continued at the Penang Police Court yesterday before Mr. Edward Jago, when Chief Detective Inspector Fowler continued his evidence. Mr. Fowler said that about 3.10 p.m. on August 16, he visited No. 3
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  • 97 749 CHINESE CONVICTED IN CHANDU CASE. A man’s record of twenty years ago was brought to light when he was discovered to be in possession of non-< >ovormnent eh.mdu. Thu man. Tan Seng Guan. was charged at the Penang District C"Ui' Mr H R. Baker, of th< Government
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  • 467 749 ALARM IX PITT STREET. FIRE ENGINES RUSH TO SAMSU SHOP. I Kesidents of Pitt Street in the vicinity •of the Armenian Street junction were in great alarm on Saturday afternoon at about 3.30 o clock when they noticed I two fire engines rush along. In a
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  • 850 750 Complaints regarding the high cost of living are frequently received in this office, several correspondents writing letters, which they wish to see published in the paper, denouncing the various picture theatres, liquor venders and the like for the almost prohibitive prices which they charge for
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  • 28 750 returned to Singapore on Wednesday morning from Kuala Lumpur by the night mail. H. E. the Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, K.C.M.G. will arrive on Saturday morning.
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  • 37 750 wife of the British Resi dent of Selangor is visiting Fraser s Hill and expects to be awav a week or two Mrs. A. J. Daly and Mrs. R. W. Blair are staying with her.
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  • 43 750 is announced of Air. Lim Gim Kang, eldest son of the late Mr. Lim Mali Eow and Mrs. Lim Mnh Eow of Gim Lee Estate. Kulim, to Miss Koo Paik Har, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Koe Tiang Hock of Penang.
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  • 233 750 THEFT OF CHILD’S GOLD NECKLACE. Accused of having stolen a gold t b*m and pendant wo'rth $lOO from a vear-old Tamil child at Chulia I_w on September 9, a ricsha-puller, Ho Seng, appeared at the Pen». 1 dice Court yesterday before Mr fZ ward J a go.
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  • 99 750 FIFTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS. The Alor Star Warders’ Club, of which Mr. C. Bedford. Chief Gaoler, is president, held its fifth anniversary celebrations on Jalan Hospital Grounds on September 24 and was attended y large gathering including guests n’o rJ the districts. The celebrations began with a
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  • 53 750 twenty petty TFADEBS FINED. Twenty Chinese and Indi»» > traders were brought up beforei. ward Jago. the Pohee j Penang yesterday, to five .f„< obstructing the road and 11 wavs preferred against them 1« tor Orr of the Municipality. Al! pleaded guilty and from $3 to
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  • 564 751 ANNUAL meeting. to BE MEMBER OF PENANG lO cJ OPERATIVE UNION. decision to enlist the Goven.Servants' Co-operative limit and society, Penang, as a member oi TPenang Crban Cooperative Lmon «made at the sixth annual general of the society yesterday. Mr M Kanis, President of the Penw
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  • 174 751 GEORGE TOWN VITAL STATISTICS. Deaths numbered 68 in George Town for the week ended September 20; 37 were males. The chief causes of mortality were Fever 8, phthisis 9, convulsions 8, pneumonia 5 and diarrhoea 1. Two fatal cases of enteric fever were reported
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  • 31 751 were born to a woman in the Chinese Maternity Home, Kuala Lumpur, a few days ago. They are joined face to face and are otherwise normal healthy babies.
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  • 614 751 MOHAMEDAN CHARGED. ACCUSED CHINESE OF ROBBERY. Further hearing whs taken up in the Penang Police Court yesterday afternoon in the ease in which Mohamed Bawa, an Indian Coast Moor, stands charged with giving false information to Inspector Miller, a public servant, by stating that he
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  • 738 752 The question of the Colony’s defence contribution, which, for some unexplained reason the Imperial Government seems to imagine is inextricably bound up with the expense incurred on the Singapore Base, will in all probability again be men- tioned on the motion for the adjournment at the meeting of
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  • 18 752 Mr. S. Ohta, Mrs. I. Yao arrived in Penang from Japan by the “Kashima Maru.”
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  • 18 752 formerly with Messrs. Hogan and Ivcns, solicitors, Penang, arrived at Singapore by the “Boringia.”
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  • 23 752 has been appointed to look after Camp E. of the Loper Settlement, Pulau Jerejak, under Dr. S. Mohamed Baboo
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  • 102 752 are notifi- ed in the Gazette: Mr. C. E. Robless to be a Deputy Collector of Land Revenue and a Deputy Registrar of Deeds, Penang: Mrs. G. E. Cator to be a member of the Ladies Visiting Committee. Free Maternity Hospital. Kandang Kerbau, and also a member
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  • 420 752 WELL-KNOWN LOCAL families united, -ft. e- -> of the well-known and popular?* 808 chant, Mr. Yeoh jp of 1 8 0 Ng h elde iff of Mi. Lee boon Theam Messrs. Soon Theam Co the 1a and share brokers of Beach On Saturday afternoon the bride- ;J
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  • 51 752 The death occurred on S e P y at Negapatam, South India, o> Mah-m. Extra Assistant ConffijUer of hour, Johore, and b the 1 g V late Hon’ble Khan Bahadur,Osman Sahib Bahadur, R > tor and District Magistrate I* gal M«nber of the Counctl of dia. while on
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  • 1443 753 ORIENTAL character retained, handiwork OF SCHOOL. GIRLS AND TEACHERS. Sever in its history has there been an edition of handicraft work by the teachers and pupils ot the Malay Girls Schools of the Straits Settlements and the Federated Malay States as the one teld
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  • 28 753 a rm nibcr of the Ju- panose Parliament, who has been paying a short visit to Singapore, leaves for Japan to-day by the llako/aki Mani.
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  • 31 753 h» mbong Es tat»-, will be going Hom»- <>n leav< shortlv. Mr. M. G. Norman of the same -ta’f 1 •.turned from l[r-me h ivt tfhvrtlv. V
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  • 405 754 SATURDAY’S RACES. BIKANIR PROVES A REAL GOOD THING. Kuala Lumpur, September 27. The Selangor Autumn Race Meeting evened this afternoon in blazing sun slime. Slump conditions were reflected by the poor attendance, which ineluded the Chief Secretary and Mrs Cochrane. The going was hard. The
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  • 220 754 FINAL POSITIONS. The Bukit Mertajam Football League Competition came to an end on September 20 when the Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club defeated the Persekutuan Stia Darmawan by 3 goals to nil and became champions lor the year. After the match, speeches were made by Messrs. N.
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  • 40 754 A Irimdh match was plaved on Satnrlay. between (he Penang S F X. V <nd the B M R 1. on the B M R I. •curt. and resulted in a win f<si tho S. F. X A.
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  • 393 754 midnight RAID. BIG HAUL OF CASH and JEWELLERY An episode that reads more life a story than real life acted in the early hours of Situ*, morning right in the heart of .lhe scene was a house situated aTk junction of Stewart Lane and Kia.
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  • 32 754 Mr. E. E. Colman, the Pennnn Mnluv Civ** numerous Mahomedan P :t and Associations m r tb» returning <o Blue Funnel boa* Sector, ing at I’Pnang n (lomuer
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  • 281 755 PENANG GOLF CLUB “AT HOME distribution of PRIZES. Vainlv through the indefatigable efHonorary Secretary, Mr. Mchelor.a pleasant evenings promine of varied items was successfulfZe through on Saturday evening ■Jn the Penang Golf Club was At ffme” on the occasion of the distnbu:;DOf prizes to the winners of the golf tennis
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  • 20 755 ,r A c SK ,n ,ner Superintended tiffin u/ i as been seconded for of Kv’dah.
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  • 293 755 FATAL ACCIDENT AT THE HOSPITAL. The story of a fernale patient in the Penang General Hospital, who died from injuries sustained when she fell from a verandah on the top floor, was related to the Coroner, Mr. Edward Jago, at the Penang Police Court
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  • 160 755 NINTH ANNIVERSARY Yesterday was a gala day for members of the Li Tek Seah. Music, speeches, refreshment, and then a moonlight fete, were the principal features of the ninth anniversary celebrations of the association. The joyful occasion was heralded by some lively music supplied by
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  • 377 755 MANY DEFAULT JUDGMENTS ENTERED Claims lor nwn.-y due or lent formed the bulk of the hundred or so summonses which were dealt with b\ the Penang District Judge yesterday. I. 0. U. chits and promissory notea were produced by many of the claimants in support of
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  • 24 755 of the staff of Paterson, Simons and Co., Kuala Lumpur. has come to the firm s branch in I poh.
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  • 20 755 is announced of Mr. A I) M Polson, of the General Rubber Company, Singapore tfnti Mifls CynHiia Mhbony.
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  • 434 756 The cheeriest words that have been uttered in Malaya for many a long day are those to which His Excellency the Governor gave voice in his stimulating and encouraging speech in the Legislative Council yesterday. Unfortunately the lengthy report of the proceedings ot Council did not arrive in
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  • 434 756 The chief objection to the Volunteer Bill seems to be that the admission of non-British subjects to the Force might be a source of considerable danger in the event of international complications, and this point was stressed by Mr. Wilcoxson in his opposition to the second reading
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  • 174 756 STEWART LANE GANG ROBBERY. Following investigations carried on by the C. I. 1). into the alleged gaugrobben which took place at the house of a Chinese towkay in Stewart Laue on th» night of September 27, two Chinese-» man and a woman —were produced at the
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  • 85 756 CHINESE SENTENCED TO TWO MONTHS. Mr. Justice Sproule yesterday dismissed the appeal of a Chinese nar p Khoo Ling of Sungei Pinang who n been convicted at the B utter wor* Court of theft and sentenced to months’ rigorous imprisonment. The accused-appellant appeared person and had
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  • 43 756 the represent*»* Miss Al. Tj. wane. me of Dame Clara Butt, the fralto, has returned to Singapo re Java. It is expected that Dam** Butt and her husband. Mr. Rumford, will be beard in wards the end of NoVembc#.
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  • 1044 757 ACTION AGAINST THE landlord. CLAIM OF plaintiff dismissed. In the Supreme Court of Penang yesMr. justice Sproule was engaged a further hearing the case in winch Teoh Ab See, a lodging house-keeper of Cnulia Street claims $1,500 from one Shaik Ahmad bin Sarel. His Lordship
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  • 295 757 2 WIVES, 9 CHILDREN. NO ORDER IN JUDGMENT DEBTOR’S CLAIM. Low Hunt Kce, till recently foreman in the Borneo Motors Workshops in Presgrave Street, was yesterday examined in the Supreme Court in connection with a judgment debtor summons which had been issued against him in respect of
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  • 14 757 Chief Secretary to the Government of Nigeria, is retiring >n October.
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  • 27 757 an- nuid meeting on Thursday evening the Captain, Mr. G. IL H Webb, stated that he will be leaving Singapore in March.
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  • 477 758 WHO IS A NOTORIOUS BAD LIVER?” APPEAL OF INDIAN. JUDGE CONFIRMS LOWER COURT SENTENCE. The appeal was argued yesterday before His Lordship, Mr. Justice Sprouie, of a man called Rattan Singh who by the Police Court of Penang was ordered to execute a bond for $3O with one surety to
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  • 246 758 BRIDEGROOM DINES 200 FRIENDS. A pretty wedding was solemnised in the reformed style at the Penang Hu Yew Seah yesterday in the presence of a large gathering consisting partly uf members of the Hospital staff. The contracting parties were Dr. Lye Hong Cheong, of the
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  • 90 758 COMPLAINT BY MUSLIM. Three Malays pleaded “not guiltv” to a charge of assault preferred against hem by one Noor Mohamed yesterday it the Penang Police Court The ac•used in the case are (1) Lak bin Rami. (2) Hussain bin Ahamed and (3) Chi bin Mat
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  • 46 758 of the Ceylon Association, Penang held on September 27, the following were appointed to report within a fortnight on the question of a suitable venue for a club-house: Messrs. O. Scbarenguivel. V. J. Mendis M. Saravanamuttu, and Dr. V. K. Tamby PPlai.
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  • 358 758 OR. SMITH S TRIBUTE. “GAVE PENANG OF HK VERY BEST.” S The Municipal Commissioner. nang yesterday bid farewell to Mr G I Ham, their President, who goes B t’sh Adviser to Trengganu. Aller the work for the'day was 0» at the meeting of the
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    • 38 758 SITUATIONS VACANT. EABN a big »«lyy Bookkeeper, Individual P° spa re taken in your own home, uJv intime. Fee moderate, easy stainients. Success g' iara t-rEK Finnl Exam». Bo. klet IRK ?E) Com..,.on<lenrr olloaf 30 Xew Oxford England
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  • 925 759 The Governor has issued a clarion ..jl to the Colony, urging that it b st ir itself, and he has indicated the direction in which it should move. Rubber and tin, the erstwhile staple industries, have temporarily failed us hence it is necessary for our economic structure
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  • 253 759 ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT. OVER $5,000 SAID TO BE INVOLVED. Extradition proceedings were commenced at the Penang District Court yesterday in connection with the arrest in Siam of S. Govindasamy, ex-bill collector of Messrs. Huttenbach Lazarus and Sons, Ltd., who is alleged to have, embezzled over SS,<MM)
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  • 28 759 wife of the British Re»t- dent of Selangor, is visiting Fraser s Hill Mrs. A. J. Daly and Mrs. R. W Blair arc staying with her.
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  • 814 760 CITY FATHERS APPROVE OF FREE LIGHTING. Free lighting for the statue of Queen Victoria in Victoria Green was recommended by a majority of the Municipal Commissioners yesterday on a resolution brought forward by Mr. Yeoh Cheang Ann. At the meeting of the Mun'cipal Commissioners of Penang
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  • 120 760 UNEMPLOYED CHINESE’S PLEA. barged with theft in res|xwt of “tw< piles of firewood valued at sixty cents the property of the Crown—at Buki 4 Ayer Itam forest* reserve,” a Chinese named Teh Saw Tin was produced at the Penang Police Court yesterday before Mr. Eflwi
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  • 311 760 CHINESE MAN AND WojfAN ClmZi were found guilty the 'polj^St Wh trnte Of Penang yesterday on J?* excise offences. Pol. Ah Lai, an old man, and Ah Heng, an elderly woman charged with (1) illicit n ,W 'i<llmi- /9' f a- l ,OSBess ion of
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  • 77 760 SUIT POSTPONED TO NOVEMBER. The civil suit brought by Pillav against Mawanrliee binh Aziz Khan and another which uas I Iv hoard in the Supreme ton Penang last week and further hearing till yesterda off for the November sitting. Th,, ease, it «ill be out of
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  • 1020 761 Four Million Drop In Revenue. n e estimates of revenue and expen>ltlire of the Straits Settlements Gov™ment for the year 1931, which were "resented at the meeting of the Leg'slaU Council at Singapore on Monday, as fallows Revenue 1 Expenditure Recurrent 32,601,412 Deficit 657,110 Expenditure Extraordinary
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  • 194 761 JEWELLERY TO VALUE OF $20,000. Lim All Kang, the thirty-five-year-old Hokkien woman who was charged with alleged criminal breach of trust in reapect of jewellery valued at nearly SII,(XX) at the Penang Police Cou.t before Mr. Edward Jago, on September 17, appeared again on Wednesday.
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  • 88 761 DEPARTURE OF DR. HOPKINS FOR SINGAPORE Dr II O. Hopkins. Government Pathologist. Penang, left for Singapore on Monday by ti e s.s Kedah on transfer. Dr Hopkins will be greatlx missed in Penang during the next cricket and tennis seasons Dr. Hopkins cam* to Penang
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  • 470 762 AFTER EUROPEAN TOUR. Prince Darnrong of Siam arrived in Penang yesterday on his way back after a tour in England and the Continent. ‘I have nothing to do with P >b’tics but I may say that the relations of Siam with all foreign countries are as
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  • 30 762 Balalaika Orchestra and Cossack Choir will an-ja-ar at the E. and O. Hotel to-night and to-morrow night in an entirely new programme of cabaret and dance music.
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  • 541 762 SELANGOR RACE MEET GREY HABIT PAYS SI 19 FOR A WIN. (From Our Own Correspondent!. Kuala Lumpur, October 1 For the second day of the Selangor Autumn Race Meet at Kuala Lumpur to-day, the going was perfect after the recent rain. The attendance included the
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  • 126 762 ARRESTS AT SINGAPORE. FOUR CHINESE ANDA WOMAN. As .-I sequel to the gang robber’’ Stewart Lane on Friday last in a Chinese towkav was robbed of $6,000 in c lsh d g“!“ on Mr E. Tongue, Head of the Sm2»F* Detective Brunei, and Detect speetor Mclntosh,
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  • 24 762 4 the The third annual riety of Yorkshire f 3iDg3 pc* l,e held at the Europe Hote. on Tbursdav. October
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  • LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.
    • 218 763 T! Editor Of Tlx- S:raits Ecl m of vour readers kindiv let noHie .-«rtirrns occupied by the corn- Te»ms in tin- «bore league up- of this information in the Irutenr le. v.-H tl,e s P nr,ll g P" bhe ,2k. as to which team the ChamAin honours
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  • 149 763 L Edit.,,- Of T|„. stn.it» Echo.) th.it so riuiuv tilings hate as time rolled on, the to-day almost abolished the n,K and followed the new. Yet o ,i rep nis do not even ,j .Gung boys of the present dav indiili a great n,anv of them. ami*
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  • 209 763 (To The Editor Of The Straits Echo.) Sir. the bobbed hair fashion is evidence ot the increasing idleness ami extravagance of the present day girls. I have seen girls who have their hair bobbed so short than that of the ordinary bobbed hair girls that they look
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  • 84 763 IBRAHIM’S SUIT AGAINST NAMESAKE. Wrongful seizure of the stocl.-in-trade of a grocery business at 61a, Transfer Road, was alleged in a statement of claim for $5OO damages, which came up before the Penang District Court yesterday The plaintiff was Syed Ibrahim, being represented bv
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  • 26 763 has resigned the position of general manager for Siam of the Anglo-Siam Corporation. He has spent 20 years with the corporation n Bangkok.
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  • 36 763 by train for Kuala Lumpur from Penang last night Mr. Lee Hong Cheong. Mr Tan Thean Poh. Mr. Lee Eng Hock. Mr. and Mrs Houston. Mr. M. Glennon. and Mr 1» Billett.
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  • 262 763 PURSE SNATCHED. At the Pr naiig Police Court vester- d<iy. before Mr. Edward dago, a clothj hawker, of Penang, accused a cobbler with snatching away from Ins fiersoii a purse containing a fiv.-dollar not**. lan fswee Poon. the Cobbler. was charged with theft in respect
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  • 94 763 SHELTER FROM THE HEAT OF THE SUN. Six Chinese were charged in the Second Police Court yesterday morning with obstructing a five-foot wav. Three of them claimed trial but three others admitted having obstructed the pathway. A cobbler, a clog sellfr and a fowl seller wo,re the
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  • 14 763 is making a brief tour of Malaya.
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  • 26 763 Solicitor-General, S.S., has arrived in Malacca where he will act as judge when the special as sizes air held this week
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