The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 8 October 1930

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  • 21 1 Straits Echo Weekly Mail Edition. |lB PER ANNUM SINGLE COPY 40 CTB. Vol. 28 «*ll PENANG, OCTOBER 8, 1930. No. 40.
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    • 261 1 CONTENTS LEADERS. Fatal Accident In Scotland Road 777 Smart Detection Of A “Wanted” Man 777 Japan And Our Naval Base 764 Penang Chamber Of Commerce 778 j The Viceroy’s Anger 766 Importing Crackers With ChoWaiting For News 769 lerete 778 The Imperial Conference. 769 Wanted, A Legislative Council 771 The
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    • 146 2 THE STRAITS ECHO WEEKLY EDITION. Published the day prior co the departure of each mail for Europe, it contains the latest local news originally given in the daily issues a§ well as the leading and special articles. The subscription is $lB per annum, post free to any part of the
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  • 972 764 Of particular interest to the Colony is the statement made by Mr. J. H. Thomas to the effect that there would be an Imperial Conference Committee appointed to consider the question of the future of the Singapore Base. By this it is no doubt meant
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  • 214 764 CONTINUOUS RAIN. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, October 8 Continuous rain during the past few days resulted in the Kinta River rising ten feet overnight. The flood alarm siren sounded warning at 8 p m. and the river reached the highest point shortly after midnight.
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    • 24 764 fUE STRAITS ECHO. PUBLISHED DAILY. WEEKLY EDITIONS tKe •< wB the week I*"** 10 departure of Mails for Europe Penang Road. Penang. “Straits Echo” Building.
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  • 465 765 NINE MONTHS GAOL. DAILY EXTORTION OF S 2 FROM A WOMAN. Convicted of extortion, a Chinese named Teh Kai was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment, by the Penang District Judge Mr. H. A. Forrer, yesterday. The accused stood indicted on two counts of extorting $2, on each
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  • 437 765 “DISGRACE TO REGIMENT AND COMMUNITY.” (From Our Own Correspondent;. Singapore, October 1 “You are a disgrace to yourself and your regiment and also to the European community,” said the District Judge this morning when passing sentence of one year’s rigorous imprisonment on Private A. J. Millgrove
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  • 433 765 CLAIM for wages SET ASIDE. when instructed to tidy up h In repudiating a charge oi rf u e Pay wages to her cook r n Alnnad Mrs. Jenkins told theTj 0 1 olice Magistrate, Mr. F i Qn day that upon returning from’s'in >M
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  • 945 766 Whv the Viceroy should become indicant because Congress members ha ve refused to attend the Round Table Conference is as difficult to understand as is the attitude of mind of Congress in declining to particiate. The Viceroy was equally indignant when swarajists refused to co-operate with the
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  • 304 766 PEACE IN CHINA. [To The Editor Of The Straits Echo Sir, May I request you to insert this letter in your next issue of the Straits Echo. Through Dr. Sun Yat-sen aud his faithful followers, China bus been speedily changed from au empire to a Republic
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  • 91 766 (To TiieT.ditor Ot Tut Straws Echo Sir, It would be a boon for us on the mainland if the two talkie shows in Pt nang would start their ft -t show at 6.15 p.m. instead of 6.40 p.m. The show iisu div lasts l<>i two hours and
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  • 1669 767 SUIT FOR RECOVERY OF S 10.972. Judgment was entered yesterday against the defendants in the case in which the Municipal Commissioners of Penang claimed certain sums of money from two of their former cmpl '.yees and two others. In this case the defendants are Mohamed Abdul
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  • 274 768 DRIVER AND OWNER FINED The driver of a lorry (P. 824) and its owner were charged in the Police Court yesterday morning with driving with in* efficient brakes and permitting the lorry to be driven without two efficient brakes respectively. Lorry P. 824 ran over a
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  • 704 768 TWO EUROPEANS FINED. Iwo Europeans attached to the local branch of the Asiatic Petroleum Co., Ltd., were fined $25 each at the Penang District Court yesterday on charges )f driving their cars at an excessive speed and in a manner dangerous to the public. The accused,
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  • 125 768 ACCUSED FINED S2O. A tine of $2O, in default six weeks rigorous imprisonment, was imposed by the Police Magistrate of Penang, yesterday on Ong Siaug who was charged with impersonating a detective. It was alleged that by masquerading as a member of the Detective Force, accused tried
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  • 56 768 MR. A. VV. FREEMAN. (From Our Own Correspondent». 1 poh. October 2 News has been received locally >( th< b ath at sea of Mr A W. Freeman managing director and chairman of the Austral Malay Tin Associated Companics The deceased wns »-n route to
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  • 241 769 One <>i the P' unities of living in this part of the world is that we frequent!} have to wait an unconscionable time before we receive authentic ivwn of what is happening in other countries which closely interest us. Malaya, with its large Chinese population, is vitally
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  • 368 769 Though the preliminary speeches at the opening of the Imperial Conference are of ibe usual complimentary type, consisting largely of vague platitudes, yet indications arc that chief interest will centre round proposals regarding trade within the Empire. Agreement, in princip’e, to closer co-operation with the Mother Countrv
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  • 233 769 ALLEGED FAILURE TO PAY INSTALMENTS. A claim of $5OO was made by Cheah Gin Kooi, at the Penang District Court vesterdav, on a promisory note said to have been signed by Goh Chin Choon on January 21, pavable to V. K. Md. Allapitchav or order. This
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  • 419 769 BANISHEE from SIAM. MAN WHO ABANDONED HIS RICSHA. Banished from Siam for life c Ah Choo, a Chinese, who w as 1 enang, ,v,, s yesterday sc t ““J House of Detention. Seong Ah Choo was produced 1 ••■nmg Police Court bv Detect spent.,r Blakesley
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  • 185 770 SINGAPORE ARRESTS PRODUCED HERE. tawquent on their arrest in Sinfour Chinese were produced m 2 Police Court of Penang yesterday “connection with the btewart Lane It"will be recalled that the stor, was n U in these columns of how several ■rrned burglars broke into the house
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  • 178 770 CHINESE CONVICTED. Neo Lye Sing, a Chinese, was found Liiiltv \esterda\ of dishonest retention 't a silver waist belt. Detective Inspector Blakeslev prosecuted. Lee Keng Kung stated to Court that h his silver belt some time ago i one day recently one of his friends
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  • 215 770 EXCISE RAID. VEGETABLE GROWER FINED Sl6O. $l6O or two months' rigorous unprisonment was the sentence inq>osed on a Chinese on being found guilty of two counts relating to excise offences. Mr. 11. K. Auten of the Government Monopolies vesterdav charged at the Penang Police Court
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  • 130 770 ENTERTAINED BY MR. TAN AH CHOY. There were some distinguished visitors to Penam- from Kedah vesterdav, including II 11 the Regent of Kedah, [I H Timka Mansur. Secretary of the State Council of Kidah. II II I unku Bagmti-i. Treasurer of Ivdah. Tuan Syed Mansur Aljaffri.
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  • 295 770 TWO CHINESE COMMITTED TO ASSIZES. I’wo Chinese who had been banished from the Colony having returned without any lawful authority, were yesterday produced by Chief Detective Inspector Fowler before the Penang Police Court. 1 hey were ordered to stand their trial at the Assizes. The
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  • 199 770 TAMIL MAN CHARGED. Lengas,iinv. an Indi n Jamil, was vesterdav commitbd to stand his trial in ihe District Court of Pena: g. following the inquh-v into .< <4i rg, of ‘heft. Jahid. a M lav chauffeur und i Dr. Brodie, complained to the Police
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  • 708 771 The time is rapidly approaching if it has not already arrived —when the Colony should clamour for a representative Legislative Council. At the present moment the Colony is governed from Downing Street, the most that our local government and unofficial members have the power to do
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  • 291 771 LIST OF NEW BOOKS RECEIVED. The Death of Captain Shand, by Erie Spencer. Forty Years At the Bar, by Edward Abinger. History of the Papacy in the 19th Century (1864-1878), by J. B. Bury. I Met Murder, by Selwyn Jepson. The Jesting Army, by Finest Raymond. The Last
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  • 447 771 general meeting. bonus declared fob members. r Dr. Teoh Cheng Toe > the ninth annual general Chinese Mutual Help Assocmi 8 l RS* 4 Tool Choo, S,n Thong, Lin, Ew e S 1 hoong Pm Soong, Saw Eri» Leong Sm Tat. Lim Hooi Hon’g, ft* Ghee
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  • 768 772 assailant found INSANE. Vurfher proceedings w ere recorded on nrdiY bv Mr. Edward Jago, the City the inquest on the death of Indian Muslims who were done to Shin their sleep in the Mosque at m Street. Jhree men who were sleeping at the Capitan Kling
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  • 577 772 SATURDAY’S RACES. GOOD SPORT AND FAIR DIVIDENDS. A good day's racing concluded the Selangor Turf Club Autumn meeting today. The elements behaved well and there was a larger crowd of punters present than on the first two days, including not a few from Singapore.
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  • 375 773 It is not the destruction of the giant airship that has made the world turn pale, but the awful sacrifice of gallant lives. There is one consolatory thought which will ease the heartpains of relatives and friends of the victims: the end may have come so suddenly
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  • 570 773 As the cables are silent on the point, it is to be assumed that actual fighting has ceased in China, and if this bu so, there is no right-m nded man, be be Chinese or foreigner, who will not rejoice because of it. l ull agreement
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  • 191 773 TWO CHI NEBe Oe MONTH’S JAIL EACH. each when thev wfre found^ 0 HXnLr n t that on September 28 a Malay man ported to him that some planks robbed from house No 8 in Hutton Lw rhe house belonged to Dr. Lim Cbo
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  • 97 773 BENGALI MUSLIMS FINED Three Bengali Muslims were produced before the Penang Police Magistrate. Mr. Edward Jago, and charged ultmaking false statements to the port Officer. It was alleged the w 1 made the statements with the ID f of obtaining certificates of nationals, proceed to
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  • 717 774 ctFWART lane gang 8T robbery. Three Chinese and two Indian Coast were on their own plea convicted j fined in the Penon S P hce Co t 7° “committing a nuisance near the public latrine in Duke Street. P he accused were Fong Look ben
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  • 188 774 MATTER POSTPONED TILL NEXT MARCH. The widow and administratrix of the late Mr. B. Doulatram, named Shreemati Gopi Bhai, yesterday claimed $241.08 against a European, C. A. Elliot, at the Penang District Court on the grounds that her deceased husband s firm. B. H. T. Doulatram and
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  • 479 774 DUTY ON PETUOL. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, October f. The main feature of to-day Federal Council meeting wa> the motion by Mr. Egmont Hake (supported by .ill the unofficial») that "this Council resolves that the Customs duties set out in Notification 7*211
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  • 905 775 The Federated Malay States Government and the Government of the Straits Settlements have inundated this office with a pile of literature, comprising in all more than 500 pages, closely packed with a collection of figures which would delight the heart of Mr. Chioza Money, the famous
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  • 333 775 POLICE TORCH THROWS I| Hm !NtO PANIC. application to bind OVER FAILS. Ibrahim bin Pah, a Malav ~.r t been asked to show cause Ihv not be bound over to keep the c related the circumstances of his X the 1 enang Police
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  • 50 775 CHARGE NOT PRESSED. Su«- Ab I'm, a Chinese, ye**? pleaded guilty before the Ml Deputv Health «6* asked that the post-registration birth b<; ordered b\ th- Co’Ji a., iv Mr. J.igo accordingly order* gist rat ion and ordered accuse die costs of the summons.
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  • 1695 776 ADDRESS BY MR. S. M. JUNOOS. birth and development of the universal POSTAL UNION. “The Universal Postal Union” was the subject of an interesting address delivered by Mr. .lunoos of the Penang Post Office at a meeting of the Rotary Club yesterday at the
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  • 184 777 INCIDENT IN THE POLICE COURT. k man wanted for housebreaking was recognised by Detective Inspector Gordon at the Penang Police Court yesterday as he was brought there with another man on a charge of disorderly conduct by fighting in public. Yeoh Li, one of
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  • 139 777 TAMBY KNOCKED DOWN BY CAR AND KILLED. A fatal motor car accident took place at Scotland Road this morning when a tamby, delivering the “Straits Echo,’’ was knocked down by a car driven by a European lady. He was taken to hospital with severe injuries
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  • 318 777 CLEVER, WITTY AND TUNEFUL BRITISH REVUE FILM. The Majestic Cinema present to-day for the first time “Elstree Calling’’ which is a British production full of witty dialogue, sparkling songs and brilliant dancing. Never before has such an imposing and talented array of stars appeared in
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  • 372 777 MR. RAMSAY GETS cBWYNFOw tremola filly goes to SULTAN OF PERAK. Ihe draw for the Selangor Griffins took place at Kuala Lumpur on SuJ' rhe bwynford gelding, which is pS the best of the bunch, was drawn bv Mr A. Ramsay while the Tremola filly went to
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  • 1204 778 ..n p. M. ROBINSON IN OPTIMISTIC VEIN. Th., balt-vearly General Meetini, of ‘p,Chamber of Commerce was Mn P M. Bohmson ided and the f° llowm B were P re -Messrs. D I- Adamson, A. H. J" Kin Merrick. T. C. Martine, 11. M° B. P. Phillips,
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  • 331 778 PARTNER OF CHINESE FIRM FINED. The managing partner of Messrs. Chop Tong Tork. dealers in < hinesr goo<ls, ippeared before the Police Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago yesterday, to answer a •barge preferred against his firm of iinj.'orting crackers which contained cho’eretc. Mr II MacNeice appeared for
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  • 595 779 NEW F.M.S. DUTIES. COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE RETRENCHMENT. J’rorn Our Own CorrespondentV Kuala Lumpur, October 8 The Federal'Council, nt the meeting to-day, dealt with the motion proposed at Monday’s meeting by Mr. Hake, that the new duties imposed on October 1 disallowed. Mr. Hake said they
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  • 256 779 SELECT COMMITTEE’S REPORT. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, October 8. The High Commissioner presi.L-d at the meeting of the Federal Conned today and laid on the table the report oi the Select Committee on the 1931 estimates, which showed that as a result of the alterations
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  • 392 779 AT PULAU TEKON G Swam Across From Johore Mainland, (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, October 8 I'.xcitmg scenes were witnessed n. Htbher estate at Pulau Tekong an land off Singapore) early this morning when a large wild panther boldlv attacked three young Chinese girl tap. pers
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