The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 24 December 1930

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1 993 The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
  • 20 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY (MAIL) EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CIS. VOL. 28 PENANG, DECEMBER 24, 1930 N«. 51.
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    • 244 1 CONTENTS LEADERS. OUTSTATION NEWS. The New Tin Scheme 976 Teachers’ Ex-Treasurer Committed 978 Punting And Sport 976 Kurprisc Verdict At Singapore IWO Pulau Bulling Rubber Estates 982 China s Stupendous Task 9,9 Cameron Highland* Juriwliction 983 .Pests On Pedals 979 Export Of Iron Ore From TrengThe ’•Ayes” Have Jt 980
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    • 146 2 X THE STRAITS ECHO WEEKLY EDITION. I 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 well as the leading and special articles. The subscription is $lB per annum, post free to any part
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  • 384 976 The new scheme which has as ,‘ts object the stabilization of the price of tin, and which has been discussed with so much secrecy in Kuala Lumpur, aims at restricting the output by 20 per cent. The details of the scheme have not yet been made
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  • 1101 976 Regarding this business of puutiup in Penang,,. A.H.L. of -The finVg bate te sees no possible reason wbv members of the public should be given the run of knowledge (regarding the orm of horses) “which does not concern them merely because they Let.” )ur point of view,
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    • 34 976 THE STRAITS ECHO. ’i t 1 I# Ik ‘44 j i PUBLISHED DAILY. WEEKLY EDITIONS Containing the news of the week prior to peparture of Mails for Europe, “Straits Echo” Building. Penang Road, Penang.
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  • 760 977 PRELIMINARY ENQUIRY. FIVE MEN KNOCKED DOWN. Mr. E. Jago, Police Magistrate, was occupied yesterday afternoon in hearing evidence in the preliminary enquiry into the motor accident which occurred in Green Lane on November 14 resulting in the death of Kuppusamy us the result of a fractured
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  • 238 977 WOMAN CHARGED. Thu District Court was crowded with a large number of Chinese yesterday when the case was taken up of a robbery in a temple. In the dock stood two Chinese men and a woman, Hong On Seng, Goh Chong Eng and Kap Poh Tan
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  • 464 977 brick THROWN at A.S.P. FURTHER TROUBLE AT JAPANESE CIRCUS Tan Hock Kim was found Bu iltv u Mr. E. Jago Police Magistrate* day of disorderly conduct outside the •Japanese Circus in Magazine Road 9.25 p.m. on December 16 and w fined $lO or in default 14 days’
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  • 277 978 NOVEL CASE. nonias fined for “PEHBIN.” As the result of a raid made by the local Detective Branch on Tues-lay afternoon on 163 Campbell Street, nineteen Chinese and Malays were placed in the dock before Mr. E. Jago in the Police Court yesterday charged with
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  • 174 978 CHINESE FINED FOR POSSESSION. This is a false case brought against me to pay off a grudge,’’ said a Chinese ric--ha-puller who was charged in the; District Court with possessing non-, Government chandu, but he led no evi-' Tnce during the course of the trial to substantiate that
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  • 134 978 P.c.c. BEAT KEDAH AT HOCKEY. Wednesday’s hockey match with Kedah resulted in a win tor the P« nang Cricket Club by 5 goals to 2. Dr Brodie who played at centre forward seated 4 goals Ihe other was scored by Best. Considering the forward line
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  • 245 978 ALLEGED CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST. Ipoh, ecember 18 Wong Wai Lam, ex-treasurer of the Malayan Teachers’ Co-operative Society, was committed to the Perak Criminal Assizes on a charge of criminal breach of trust of $4,680 and 16 charges of forgery. Teachers from Singapore, Kuala Lipis, Kampar, Sitiuwan,
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  • 488 978 MRS. MASON AND MR. REID. FATAL MOTOR ACCIDENT IN GREEN LANE. Aftui hearing further evidence in the Police Court jesterduy afternoon, Mr. E. Jago, the Police Magistrate, committed Mi-j. Elku Jane Mason and Mr. Matthew Reid to take their trial at the next Asskis on a
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  • 976 979 A stupendous task is immediately ahead of China’s National Government. It consists firstly of disbanding, conquering or diverting to its own use a gigantic army of more than 200,000 men, who have taken up positions along the Yellow River from Shantung to Shensi, and secondly, of subduing
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  • 296 979 A correspondent writes to “The Malay Mail” urging that those lunatics who ride bicycles without holding the h/.adlehars should be prosecuted. He states that one of these individuals fob in front of his ear the other dav. and it was just bv the grace of God that
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  • 328 979 ALLEGED ROBBERY IN COURT “LOCK UP.” Even a police court cell where convicted prisoners are locked up until their ’•emoval to the prison at the end of the day’s work is not safe, judging by a case of alleged robbery which is now being investigated by the
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  • 1091 980 y conformity with our invariable I policy of featuring opposition views —a practice which is, unfortunately, lacking m the majority of Malaya papeis We publish on another page the views o t the editor of The Straits Times”, Mr. Seabridge, on the much debated question of
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  • 543 980 Lil th» accns. <1 hr js extremely I juix haw managed to find him not guilty, and he is discharged. LU him t 1 be v.ireful in future; be may not be mi lucky next time. Ibi-S, Wert the Word* with which Mr. lustier Wild at
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  • 987 981 POOR SUPPORT. PRESIDENT’S APPEAL FOR MORE MEMBERS. The annual general meeting of the Penang and Kedah Automobile Club was held last evening at the P-C.C. Pavilion. Mr. L. M. Howlett, the President, occupied the chair. After the usual preliminaries were gone through, the chairman, referring
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  • 128 981 STORCH AND MINIATER] GOLF THE WINNERS. More than fifty local advertiser, were represented on the walls o f the g Hotel ball-room last night on the occt B>on of the Advertisement Ball, the Ml owmg costumed dancers being awardoi tile prizes: Ladies. Miss Medwyn, representing Storch
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  • 306 981 ONE ACCUSED CLAIMS TRIAL. Two Chinese men, three Chinese nonius and a Malay woman, pleaded guilty before Mr. E. J ago in the Police Court yesterday to playing in a comnton gaming house at 47C McAlister Lane and were fined SI each. Th? sum of
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  • 286 982 WOMAN HANGING BY A SARONG. With tears in her eyes a Cantonese named Cheong See Moi, said was greatly annoyed and I tried to r ,rjHait suicide,” when charged before y,. E. J ago in the Police Court yesterdfl' with attempting to commit sui(#lje by hanging
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  • 218 982 NOVEL TALKIE AT THE QUEEN’S THEATRE. and screen contribute equally to the cast of “Up The River,” which upuis to-night at Queen’s. John l ord, who directed this hilarious comedy portrays high jinks in jail, found tli;P eight of his featured players were hidking their screen
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  • 302 982 engineer s department WIN FINAL. The final match in the Municipal Soccer League 1930 for the Challenge Cup presented by Messrs. Wearne Bros, Ltd., was decided on the Renong ground yesterday evening when the Engineers epaitmunt defeated the Electrical Engineer’s Department bv the odd goal in three.
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  • 196 982 CHINESE ASKED TO SHOW CAUSE. Leong Chong, who was originally •harged with theft of a fowl, was called upon to shew cause why he should not )C bound over to b<* ol good behaviour in the sum of $3O for a period of four
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  • 351 982 MISS PANSY A WALKER. DIFFICULTY OF ROUND THE ISLAND TRAMP. Miss Pansy A. Walker, who started from Toronto, Canada, on a world walking tour three years ago, arrived in Penang from laiping yesterday owning at <’> o clock. She arrived in Singapore from China three weeks
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  • 117 982 APPLICATION TO APPOINT INTERIM RECEIVER. (From Our Own Corrospoudont.) Singapore, December 19. The < cho of the recent stormy meetings was heard in the Huprefne Court this afternoon when Messrs Harrison* nd Barker applied to the Court to appoint an interim receiver of the PnUu Bu!ang
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  • 1114 983 11 YEAR GIRL’S STORY. ILL TREATMENT CHARGE AGAINST TWO CHINESE. “She picked up the kettle of boiling water and poured its contents on me, at the same time saying, ‘I will kill you,’ was part of the pathetic story told by a Chinese girl eleven
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  • 132 983 (From Our Own .An intere 6 ting P h p 0 ?n e t Cemb 19 Cameron Highlands was n 1( t 'C course Of an application made hi D.P.P. when lie asked Juetii. a to allow the trial of certain come before His Lordship. 10 ed
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  • 175 983 SIX WOMEN PRODUCED IN COURT. Mr. S. M. Middlebrook, Assistant Protector of Chinese, accompanied by Chief Detective inspector Fowler and some detectives made a raid in Ariffin Road last night and in two houses arrested six women in connection with the management of bouses of
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  • 68 983 The Lady Superior acknowledges the following donations received by Miss H. Flint Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Hull JJJ C. G E. •Mlfiss Dunean Mrs. Law Mr. A. O. Col.tman Mrs, Edward King $195 Messrs. S. Wood-Hill and H. Dove acknowledge t" e following:— Mr. H.
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  • 450 984 After a month of silence following its historic editorial in which it referred to proposals of certain members of the Straits Settlements (Singapore) Association as “crass folly”, the “Straits Times” has made another reference to the question of Council Reform, and in some respects its latest
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  • 591 984 There is no Chinese character the “Tiivalent of “politics.” the word used to specify it actually meaning “a system government.” To many Chinese intellectuals. politics, as it is understood tile b’st. is unthinkable. and eVdti dishonest. An>| opinion we are v nygly mchned to agree The chief
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  • 444 984 WINS POPPY DAY CUP. ISSUES CHALLENGE TO MALAYA. Penang’s champion golfer is Mrs. Sellcck. uho has issued a challenge to any player in Malay a, irrespective of sex, to wrest from her the premier laurels which she now wears as a result of being the successful
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  • 1758 985 RUNNYMEDE HOTEL LTD., MEETING. “A HAVEN OF CHEERFULNESS AMIDST THE ENCIRCLING GLOOM." would like to make reference to a matter which concerns a business such as this intimately but also affects the whole country. I refer to the want of adequate arrangements for the advertising of
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  • 166 986 FULL DETAILS OF THE MEMBERS’ SWEEPS. The followinig are the full results of members $5 non-selling sweeps at the December Amateur Meeting. 1930, of the Perak Turf Club:— First Day. No Horse. Prize. A 3054 Puth Ari First A 2911 Zarlita Second A 1067 Plas Hat
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  • 1635 986 HILL’S BRILLIANT DISPLAY. (By “Authentic”.) Penang were fairly and squarely defeated by Perak in the Northern Final >1 the Malaya Cup Rugger compel it on on the Padang on Saturday. The margin of defeat, 21 points (3 goals, 1 penalty goal and I try) to nil. no
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  • 505 987 VIEWS OF AMERICAN FINANCIER. That the bank failures were no indication oi a financial crisis in America was stated by a local American prominent in financial circles in an interview with the Straits limes. ‘Everyone knows that trade generally is bad in America- and commodity prices
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  • 461 987 NEW SOURCE OF INCOME for state. The report of Mr. A. J. Sturrock, the British Adviser m Trengganu for it year A.H. 1348 (June 8 1929 to mJ* 21, 1930) states that the revenue lected amounted to $1,391,471 M aiM an estimate of $1.602,220.
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  • 672 988 t further evidence were required that I the appointment of a Rotary representative to Council a not ~n infringement of the principles of Rotary, —which is strictly nonpolitical—it may be found in the speech delivered by Mr. R. nald Braddell, President of the Club, at
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  • 673 988 It is Europeans in India who are in the best position to judge whether or not the country is fit for responsible government, and a Reuter's report from Bombay, which we publish in another column, seems to suggest th it “the aves have it” A poll
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  • 201 988 BOARD OF REFEREES TO ISSUE CERTIFICATES. (From Our Own Correspond* nt.) Ipoh, December 22 At the annual general meeting of the Perak Football Association, Mr. T. P. I Nailer was re-elected President, Mr. H. W. Sanders Vice-President, Mr. H. D. G. Jansz Secretary and Treasurer, Messrs. Chung
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  • 1490 989 AUTHORSHIP NOT PROVED. JUDGE’S STRICTURES ON REFUSAL TO ACCEPT BAIL, Allowing the appeal of the accused in the now well-known Butterworth libel case His Lordship Mr. Justice Sproule remarked: “It is indefensible for a magistrate to refuse to allow bail when an appeal has
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  • 479 990 T \VO CHINESE CHARGED. STORY OF ARREST IN COFFEE SHOP. The preliminary enquiry was begun in t |j e Police Court before Mr. E. Jago yesterday afternoon in which Kwek Ung Ebay and Yeong Choi Seng .vere he accused in connection with trulbckj n g or
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  • 303 990 CHINESE SAID TO HAVE EXTORTED MONEY. Arter recording the evidence of three complainants and the mother of tie- uC cused ni a preliminary enquiry in which a charge of extortion and two of armed ro.ibep are preferred against a Chinese, he Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago. postponed
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  • 191 990 CASE SETTLED OUT OF COURT. The case in w hich Miss Khoo Siew Tin sued Mr. Bun Teong Hoe for breach of promise of marriage and damages in $5,000 and which was to have conic up for trial to-day was mentioned before 11 is Lordship
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  • 359 990 MEASURES TO CURTAIL EXPENSES. rtu". th .->v*«ugvr Turi Liub is meet, mg the b.jmp wav explained by the chairman. .ur 1,. E. \v at&oii, it the iiinual iiHulimj, which has just been held. Mr \\at-un s, t <| that utter the sumnei I'J.iii meet
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  • 88 990 LARGE AUDIENCE AT HU VEW SEAH. There mi- a very large audience at ♦he Hu Yew Scali vest# nlav evening to huton to the lecture on “Social Hvgieno’’ delivered h\ Dr V. K Tambynillai The lecturer dwelt on the irnnnrtance of c.irlx lreatin»nt of disease -»u«i
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  • 593 991 SENTENCE of gaol. FIRST CASE UNDER NEW LEGISLATION. Chan Pak Mui, who pleaded not guilty to having the care or management of or iu any manner assisting in the management or in the business of a place, to wit, 124 K. Ariflin Road, Penang, kept
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  • 174 991 We have received from the F M.S. Railways a copy of their Revised Time Table. It is of an entirely new and attractive design in which have been embodied the State colours of white, red, yellow and black. The design is the work of Mr.
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  • 168 991 VICTIM OF MOTOR COLLISION. Thu funeral of Inspector French, who was killed in a motor collision ua.ly Saturday morning, took place that afternoon at Bidaduri Cemetery with full police honours. At the graveside buglers sounded the Last Post, and a party of Sikh Police fired a
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    • 176 991 (Io the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, Might 1 invite your attention to th dual task entrusted to the European L «employment Committee,. Ihe first is the relief of immediate dig. tress and the maintenance or assistance of those practically destitute. The second and the more important
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  • 224 991 Mcalister lane gaming case After the evidence of Detective Inspector Hull on Friday in the case m which Lam Poh Soon was cha’gcdtua he,, having the care or management of ir in anv manner did assist in the management or in the h l 9 a
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  • 477 992 CHARGE OF PRETENDING TO BE ADVOCATES. Prosecuted at the instance of the Singapore Bar Committee, a European named J. Heid and a Chinese, Pang flee Scow, described as directors of the recently formed Malayan Trade Protection Agencies, Ltd., were charged before Mr. J- Wilson, the Singapore Criminal
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