The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 31 December 1930
1930-12-31
1
1010
https://www.nlb.gov.sg
https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/browse/straitsechomail
The Straits Echo (Mail Edition)
-
Title Section20 1930-12-31 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY (MAIL) EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CIS. VOL. 28 PfiNANG, DECEMBER 31. 1930. No. 52.20 words
-
Page 1 Advertisements
-
Advertisement295 1930-12-31 1 C O NT ENTS LEADERS. New Chib House lor I*. K. C. I, (MM Alleged Causing Hurt With Another Form Of Tin Control 9fK> Scissors I .<*M i /'1 4 i i’ M ill ion a ire acht Own* r s Straits-Born hmesc And Eng- J’sh 993 Troubles !.<**• Debt295 words
-
-
Page 2 Advertisements
-
Advertisement148 1930-12-31 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 as well as the leading and special articles. The subscription is $lB per annum, post free to any part of the148 words
-
-
Article803 1930-12-31 993 In the F.M.S. Gazette of 18th December, is published the draft of an Enactment about to be introduced in the Federal Council. According to the “objects and reasons" attached to the Bill, its object is to prevent foreign interests from obtaining control of British Companies803 words
-
489 1930-12-31 993 There are manv Strait.s-buru Chiucbc who would be able to occupy far higher commercial and official positions had tbev bum taught the English language in their verv earliest infancy Because tla- Chinese language was the first w hich they learned. they have never ibei-n able489 words
-
Page 993 Advertisements
-
Advertisement26 1930-12-31 993 THE STRAITS ECHO. PUBLISHED DAILY. WEEKLY EDITIONS Containing the news of the week prior to peparture of Mails for Europe, “Straits Echo Building. Penang Bond, Penang.26 words
-
Advertisement50 1930-12-31 993 SITUATIONS VACANT. EARN bg salary a* a ertiticaU-d Bookie per. Individual [Ha»tal tuition, tak.n n vour own home, «hiring spare time. I* moderat»*, easy monthly in staliih-nt*- Success guaranteed at Two I n d Ex mis. Booklet FREE City Correspondence College (Dept. S E 89 New Oxford Strict London England50 words
-
-
458 1930-12-31 994 PENANG, DECEMBER 25, 1930. The above is our fervent wish, and there is little to add. Just for this one day in the year, let us all be human. It will be worth while. The youngsters will need no urging. They458 words
-
Article274 1930-12-31 994 HIGH RATE OF INFANT mortality. T Fifty-five deaths and 92 birth. registered tn George Town f O ended December 20. This is »n i* in the death rate and a dXe" birth rote of th c previous week n -8 males mid 27 females (lend274 words
-
152 1930-12-31 994 TWO CHINESE SENTENCED. “Is this the peacock and pea-hen case?” asked thc Police Magistrate, Mr. Edward Jago. yesterday when two Chinese men were led into the doc’ receive sentence following their conviction on a charge of theft. The mimes of the accused were Kok152 words
-
Article135 1930-12-31 995 PETTY OFFENDERS. PREFER LOCKUP TO BEING ON BAIL. The allurements of the Police lockup in these days of unemployment were revealed by Courts Inspector Roberts in the course of a case in the Police Court yesterday. Eight hand-cart pullers, four Chinese and tour Indian Tamils, were135 words
-
97 1930-12-31 995 SINGAPORE CHARGE. Serious charges were preferred against C N W. F rerichs who appeared before the Singapore Criminal District Judge, Mr. C. Wilson. on Monday morning The accused was alleged to have entered a house at Tanjong Pagar and intimidated a Chinese woman named (.'han Chong97 words
-
Article105 1930-12-31 995 Messrs. S. Wood-Hill and 11. Dove gratefull acknowledge receipt of the following donations towards the Convent Christmas Treat:— A Widow’s Mite” 2 M/s Whitcaway Laidlaw A Co. 20 Mr. J. A. Goetzee 10 Mr. L. T. A. Robb 25 Mr. E. V. C. Thomson 10 Mr.105 words
-
Article183 1930-12-31 995 ELECTION OF OFFICIALS FOR 1931. A Special General Meeting of the Kedah and Penang Asiatic Planters’ Association was held at the Chinese Town Hall on 1 uesday 23rd December 1930. Mr. Lim Lean Teng (Chairman) took the chair. 1 he minutes of the previous meeting were183 words
-
Article170 1930-12-31 995 AT HINDU SABHA. Dr. V. K. Tamby Pillay of the Government Clinic. Penang, delivered an instructive lecture on Social Hygiene, to a crowded house at the Hindu Sabha, 205. Dato K ram at Road. Penang on Tuesday. The lecture was illustrated with lantern slides, and the170 words
-
Article356 1930-12-31 995 YESTERDAV S RESULTS FAVOURITES WIN MOST EVENTS. Kuala Lumpur. Dec vmb. r 2(* For the first day of the S-I mgor lurl hib s December Amateur Meeting there Was a fair attendance. The going was good and it was a favourites’ day. I nie weather favoured the356 words
-
Article1301 1930-12-31 996 IT is a pity to get back to seriousness while the Christmas spirit yet prevails, but while there are live topics, such as Council Reform and a United Malaya, which still require threshing out, it is far better to give them a thorough airing rather than1,301 words
-
Article304 1930-12-31 996 WORK TO START SHORTLY, Work will commence shortly in connection with the erection of a new General Hospital at Pringgit, Malacca. The first section comprises an Administration and Technical Block, Kitchens, four blocks of wards, Maternity ’clock, stores and garages. A tender for $935,(XX) from Mr.304 words
-
Article884 1930-12-31 997 OPPOSITION VIEWS. “FREE PRESS” DEPRECATE ‘TINKERING.” The following editorial on the United Malaya Council is from Wednesday’s •‘Singapore Free Press”: The discussions which have been opened up by Mr. Braddell’s recent references to political possibilities in Malaya, become the more interesting the wider they are spread,884 words
-
Article76 1930-12-31 997 MR. P. T. ALLEN APPOINTED. His Excellency the High Commission<»t has been pleased to appoint Mr. IT rex Toil.ill Alien, Secretary tor < him •sc Affairs, Federated Malay States, to e an Official Memb< rof the Federal Council during the b.-njee on leave of the Hon’hie76 words
-
Article553 1930-12-31 997 PRINCE PURACHATRA BANGKOK-BERLIN RADIO SERVICE. His Royal Highness Prince Pura<’hatra, Minister of Communications and < 'ißiiiicri’t, Siam w ho was m Penaug on hristmas Day en route to Bangkok on bis return journey from the Far East, spoke of Siam’s wireless telephonic and telegraphic communication with the553 words
-
Article1373 1930-12-31 998 D. A.F.C ENTERTAIN K. L. CLUBS. HOLIDAY MATCHES. SOCCER. BILLIARDS AND TENNIS. The Darul Aihsan Football Club, Penang, are entertaining the Penang Pranakan Chib and the Sultan Sulaiman Club, both of Kuala Lumpur, >n various sporting fixtures during the Christmas holidays. On the Dato Kramat Padang on Christmas Day the1,373 words
-
Article146 1930-12-31 998 TWO CARS RUN INTO EACH OTHER. Two motor cars going in opposne directions along Kelawei Road ran m to each other on Christmas the junction of Birch Road, natcly none of the occupants vvei jured though one car had 8 wrenched off and the other146 words
-
Article755 1930-12-31 999 is to pay for advertising Malaya abroad?’’ is the question put by Mr. J. D. Kemp, chairman of the Runnymede Hotel, Ltd. at its annual general meetrecently. He stated that he di 1 not plead for the Government to do something about it. and he added that it755 words
-
Article413 1930-12-31 999 11 looks as if Sir Cecil Clementi has not forgotten the interests of Malaya while in England, for, iceording to a Reuter report, The Lonlon “Financial Times” understands that the assent of the Malay States to the new tin quota scheme is con -idered assured. If413 words
-
Article185 1930-12-31 999 A certain amount of Printer's pic—as it is known in the newspaper business —may be excusable around about liristmas time. >ut it makes th.- hnnlrss writer m»c red m vertheles*- have in mind a part i< ulnr *h<-<- o' pic l>jt n off b\ one :»l our urinter-185 words
-
Article227 1930-12-31 999 THEAN-WII.LIAMS. The marriage took place at the Church of the Assumption, Penan" on Saturday morning of Mr George Lawrence Thcan, of the Telephone Office, Penang, onlv son of Mr. and Mm Simon C. F. Thean, to Mms Be itriec Elizabi th Williams, daughter of the late227 words
-
Article524 1930-12-31 1000 MR. HEAH JOO SEANG’S ADVICE TO MEMBERS. The Hu Yew Seah celebrated its sixteenth anniversary last Thursday at the Seah Premises. Members had mustered in strong numbers and much enthusiasm was displayed. The entire gathering assembled upstairs and the proceedings commenced with a few524 words
-
Article248 1930-12-31 1000 BUS COLLISION. A motor bus standing on its hood, a motor car with its whole front smashed and nine persons bleeding profusely scattered ail over the road—this was the alarming scene that awaited those who passed by the junction of Burmah and Pangkor roads a few248 words
-
Article187 1930-12-31 1000 To the Generous Contributors of the Convent Christmas Tree. Dear Friends and Benefactors jf the Convent, I tender to you most cordially my uncere and grateful thanks for jour generous contributions towards the Christn as Tree. Such a splendid sum. at a time when money is187 words
-
Article474 1930-12-31 1000 AN ORPHAN GIRL THANKS THE DONORS. A Grateful Orphan Girl writes Dear Friends of ]mor Children Permit me on behalf of all m tO pamons to offer you our most hearts .uvl grateful thanks for the kindly m terest you show for our welfare ‘«b474 words
-
Article576 1930-12-31 1001 SPORTS FIXTURES. PENANG WINS CRICKET MATCH. A party of Indians from Perak who travelled down to Penang during the holidays were engaged in several sports contests with teams drawn from among the local Indians. The honours were divided for the while the visitors showed their supremacy576 words
-
Article268 1930-12-31 1001 KUALA LUMPUR CLUB GET THEIR OWN BACK. The Sultan Suiaiman Club, Kuala Lumpur, had their own back from the Omul Aihsan Football Club, Penang, when they defeated them at Hockey on the Balo Kramat Padang on Saturday afternoon by the only goal of the match. They268 words
-
Article362 1930-12-31 1001 ZARLITA AND VAI,EDINO WIN GOOD RACES. (I’rom Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Decvinb r 27 1 here was a f,nr attendance on the second da\ of the Selangor Turf Club** amateur meeting Rain fell from the third race until alt.-r the fourth event. The Results. Race362 words
-
Article53 1930-12-31 1001 FIRST ANNIVERSARY. The hmm IN a N ghf School clomm! I last Saturdav for tbo holidays till ‘.lnnum 8, 1931 i On Sumin, the 21-t n-taut a group photograph was taken ouUde Hie promise- <»f the Chung Hwn High School on the <ic -’.on of As53 words
-
Article442 1930-12-31 1002 F- BOM the sportsmen’s poiqL of w view, the vast stretch of water between the Island and Province Wellesley is wasted, though it is doubtful whether in the whole of the East could there be found as wide and fine an expanse of sea water suitable442 words
-
Article408 1930-12-31 1002 REVERTING once more to the question of the Sport of Kings—or to give it its correct title “gambling”—the decision is evidently final that the plums from the Penang tote shall, as far as it is humanly possible, be reserved for the owners and a few408 words
-
Article312 1930-12-31 1002 THE advantages of a reLimed Council in preference to a “benevolent autocracy” is indicated by Ceylon Legislature’s rejection of its Income Tax Bill, as rcjiorted in another column in which it is stated that the Government received a rude shock after the most sensational ending to312 words
-
Article96 1930-12-31 1002 PRELIMINARY EVIDENCE TAKEN. Charged with rashly driving hi, n‘r bin Ahmed stood in the Police Court dock yesterday. The churn, relates to the accident in Macslister Road on November 19 last when a motor car collided with a riesha in which Air. Peter Pedley, of the96 words
-
249 1930-12-31 1002 DRIVER CHARGED. The sequel to the motor smash al the Burmah Road-Paugkor Road junction on Saturday morning was seen yesterday when the driver of the bus was charged before the Police Magistrate, Mr. Edward J ago. The case was postponed for i week and the249 words
-
Article158 1930-12-31 1003 UNEMPLOYED CHINESE JUMPS INTO SEA. The pathetic story of how a Chinese couple meant to put an end to their privations was related in the Police Court on Saturday when Tan Kim Koon and his wife, Ee Ta Ka, were charged with attempting to158 words
-
Article272 1930-12-31 1003 KEDAH CAR DRIVER CHARGED. The driver of the Kedah ear which was involved in the Christmas day collision in Kelawei Road was charged in the Police Court on Saturday with rash and negligent driving. The case was postponed for January 2. Mr W. D. Fraser is a passenger from272 words
-
Article579 1930-12-31 1003 WOMAN AMONG ACCUSED. her cross-examination OF COMPLAINANT. Robbing a priest of $32 in cash and api omissory-note for sl<mj in temple premises was the charge upon which two hinese men and a Chinese woman were arraigned before the District -Judge, Mr. Furrer, yesterday. Chief Courts579 words
-
Article196 1930-12-31 1003 WOMAN WHO SPAT ON YOUNG FISHMONGER. Thiit a woman apat on him and slipI’cred him whs the painful admission a sturdy Chinese youth made in the Police Court yesterday. Iu Ah 1 hew and a woman named Ho Pa were charged with disorderly conduct by fighting with196 words
-
144 1930-12-31 1003 HEIR-PRESUMPTIVE. H. R. H. Prince of Nagor Savargr, Minister of the Interior and also UuirPr« sumptivc of Siam, arrived at Langkawi at 1 p.m. on December 25, 1930. He «.is received by Tunku Badlishah, Statu Treasurer, Kedah and Tunku Md. Jcwa, Auditor General, Kedah.144 words
-
Article578 1930-12-31 1004 TO BE ready in march. YESTERDAY’S ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the Penang Recreation Club was held yesterday evening with the President, Dr. J. E. Smith, in the chair. After the preliminaries were gone through, the Secretary submitted the annual report and578 words
-
Article222 1930-12-31 1004 YOUNG CHINESE WARNED AND DISCHARGED. Permitting another to ride at the back of his bicycle. Lim See Hat. a voting Chinese, was charged in the Police Court yesterday. He pleaded guilty and the Magistrate discharged him with a warning. H. 11. Tunku Yahaya, a son222 words
-
Article661 1930-12-31 1004 K.L. INQUEST ON DEATH Of UNKNOWN A Chinese went tu the Di Bttict H p,tul Ut Kuala Lumpur with 1 wound ut h,s abdomen, und a i a [«‘to Ins head. He died a I a let. «js An inquest was held before t. >661 words
-
Article225 1930-12-31 1005 T* HE Old Year dies to-night, and I few will regret its passing, if for no other reason than that hope in the future springs eternal in the human breast. Malaya has had an experience during the past year which it has probably never had before,225 words
-
Article445 1930-12-31 1005 IT should not be necessary to reiterate —but unfortunately it is—that virtually all motor accidents are caused through people’s doing the wrong thing There is a deplorably large number of street accidents in Penang, and we have not yet heard of any which could not445 words
-
Article364 1930-12-31 1005 WE expressed the view’ recently that Chinese would find it to their advantage if they taught their ‘hildron the English language from their very earliest days, in order that the latter would be enabled to speak' pure English by the time they start' d to make a364 words
-
58 1930-12-31 1005 OLD CHINESE CHARGED. An old Chinese, present lx undergoing treatment al hospital, waa produced in the Police Court yesterday upon a charge of voluntarily canning hurt with* a pair of-scissors lo one Tan Ah Che along the Hvc-foulw’uy in Stewart Tame. The case will be58 words
-
Article226 1930-12-31 1005 BENGALI SENTENCED. A Bengali sluxvh\xhx on Ikju <1 tin Takliwa on her. voyage irom Rangoon 10 Penang on the 2bth instant» was y< Hterday produced in the Police Court He was s< nt» need to a fine of in default II davs’ imprisonment, ami to be kept226 words
-
484 1930-12-31 1006 ON WORLD CRUISE. CHINESE SAILOR WHO ASSAULTED CAPTAIN. Trouble seems to dog the footsteps of the American millionaire, Mr. Gibson Fahnestock, who is out on a pleasure trip round the world in his luxurious yacht. The vessel—Shenandoah lll—put into harbour early yesterday morning and almost immediately484 words
-
Article232 1930-12-31 1006 CHARGE OF PRETENDING TO BE SOLICITORS. The case in which Mr. J. Reid, a European and Mr. Pang Hee Seow, described as directors of the Malayan Trade Protection Agencies, Ltd., Singapore, wore charged w’ith wilfully or falsely pretending to be solicitors, was concluded before Mr. C. Wilson,232 words
-
Article192 1930-12-31 1006 CHINESE WOMEN IN THE DOCK. Beaming with smiles seven Chinese women of ages varying from seventeen to fifty-five, attired in costumes of Canton. Shanghai and the Straits, unrobed into the dock in single file no sooner than the Magistrate occupied his seat in the192 words
-
Article149 1930-12-31 1006 alleged theft. CUT TAILS AS MARKS OF IDENTIFICATION. ■My ducks know lne )V n H tC p rt r young C 1 lady j n be 1 ohce Court yesterday and the birds that were present quacked as if i n en dorsum149 words
-
Article108 1930-12-31 1006 PINEAPPLE SELLER AND HIS CREDITOR. Convicted of causing hurt to another with a dangerous weapon, a Chinese was sentenced to one month's rigerous imprisonment in the Police Court yesterday. The prosecution proved that the accused. a pine-apple seller named Lim Ab Haw. owed a108 words
-
Article116 1930-12-31 1006 EXTRACTED FROM TONGKANG. Two Tamil men were yesterday convicted in the Police Court of dwbotm retention of a bundle of A Sikh Policeman statedbat up* instruct iohs received be searched a kang which arrived tn b rb ur consignment of tobacco. He l u llild '''TtT;116 words
-
979 1930-12-31 1007 trial at new year meet. WORK ON THE TRACK: THE PUZZLE OF THE NUMBER CLOTH, (By “The Riding Boy”). The news that the Committee of the Penang Turf Club have decided to give the “Double Tote" a trial at the New979 words
-
Article222 1930-12-31 1007 EVIDENCE OF KONGSI HEADMAN. I’inther evidence was lucorded in the District Court yesterday in the case in which two Chinese men and a Chinese woman stand charged with committing robbery of $B2 in cash and a promissory note for $lOO, the property of the priest in222 words
-
Article99 1930-12-31 1007 I MONTHS GAOL SENTENCE ON CLERK. The trial was concluded yesterday in the Police Court in the case in which V. K. Y’eerappcn, formerly a clerk Messrs. Sandilands Buttery and Co., stood charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of $27 belonging to99 words
-
Article68 1930-12-31 1007 INDIAN TAMIL’S PLEA Short h before the Court adjourned for th, day a whole family of Indian I'amils was also led to the «lock charged with being vagrant-. Child in arm. tin father proh -ted loud I v that he was an odd job man68 words
-
Article517 1930-12-31 1008 RESULTS OF MATCHES AT BANGKOK. The Penang Chinese Football Association now on tour in Bangkok play* cd against the “Postal Eleven” (Bangkok) on December 25, 1930 game ended in a draw, each side scoring 3 goals. The second match Svas against the “Assumption Club” (Bangkok) and517 words
-
Article155 1930-12-31 1008 THRICE WINNER OF 10 MILES RACE. Mr. Suba Singh Sidhu, Champion Indian Athlete and a student of the Baffles College of Medicine, Singapore, who is on a visit to Penang during the Christmas vacation, was on Monday entertained to an “At Home” given in his honour155 words
-
Article49 1930-12-31 1008 TWO CHARGES. A ginger seller who was charged with causing obstruction along a five-foot wav in Beach Street was yesterday cautioned and discharged. A hand-cart puller was fined $2 on his pleading guilty to a charge of causing obstruction at the junction of Anson and Perak Roads.49 words
-
Article102 1930-12-31 1008 THREE LADS FINED. Found cycling along the pavement in Esplanade Road, three lads were arrested by the Police on Monday evening. They wore produced before the Police Magistrate and charged yes-x.rday when they pleaded guilty. They were fined 82 each -Two of the accused were Chinese102 words
-
CORRESPONDENCE
-
Article85 1930-12-31 1008 A SPORTSMAN’S P A R ADISE W A STED. (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Judging by your Leading under Hie above caption, in this mom mgs ‘Straits Echo”, the path of J would be rower in Penang J about with so many difficulties that on/ compimnt the Soottish85 words
-
-
Article123 1930-12-31 1008 FINED S 3 FOR PUNCHING RICSHA PULLER. Charged with being drunk und in-1 capable a bus-driver appeared in the I Police Court yesterday in the company I of a ricsha-puller. f The constable who arrested them giving evidence stated that lie saw the accused punching123 words
-
163 1930-12-31 1008 VAGRANT SENT TO HOUSE OF DETENTION. When a middle-aged Malay man was led into the Police Court d O ck st erd n he kept on saluting the L he was taken out of it to be sent j House of Detention. He. Y163 words
-
Page 1008 Advertisements
-
Advertisement14 1930-12-31 1008 Nome, and addr a arc required, 0( nm M i#B 0/ 00< v 1(i14 words
-
-
Page 1009 Advertisements
-
Advertisement29 1930-12-31 1009 FR °M ENc M/V0 x A 1 LJ*k x ZA X 1 X >X aHrOr? /4lbr 50 cents /y per tin of 50 >RDATH TOBACCO CO. ltd. LONDON ir— <29 words
-
-
Page 1010 Advertisements
-
Advertisement69 1930-12-31 1010 j PENANG SIN POE ESTABLISHED 1896 J[ THE LEADING LOCAL CHINESE J DAILY. «J CONTAINS Till', MOST COMPREHENSIVE AM) THE MOST VP-T<> DATE NI-'AVS SERVICE IN MALAYA, IT REACHES THE HOME- OE J[ ■J CHINESE MERCHANTS AND TRADERS. J FOR ADVERTISEMENT RATES APPLY TO 5 I if J ADVERTISEMENT MANAGER69 words
-