The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 16 September 1931

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  • 19 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY (MAIL) EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 10 CENTS. voIIT PENANG, SEPTEMBER 16, 1931. No. 37
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    • 333 1 gssssns -sc- «m «-s-m shmss sh'Ksss «hkhhkk; «®s®aswsc-»«’ i t Z CONTENTS. LEADERS. LOBT CIGARETTES CASE 73» X THRIFT OF MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES 735 SECOND ROUND TABLE CONFER- CRIME AND CRIMINALS IN PENANG 739 U ENCE 721 DREADED BUt EASILY THE FIRST HURDLE CLEARED 725 PREVENTIBLE 739 THE COST OF LIVING
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    • 126 2 THE STRAITS ECHO. WEEKLY EDITION. Published the day prior to 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 the
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  • 776 721 THE financial crisis that threatened to overtake Great Britain and the formation of National Government to cope with it have relegated to a minor place every other problem and the opening of the new session of the Round Table Conference, with the meeting of the Federal
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  • 249 721 Mr. H. J. Shuttlewortlv, of Wakefield and Co., left for Kuala Lumpur last night by (he mail train. Mr. W. Arthur Wilson, editor of the Malaya Tribune, Singapore, has gone to Fraser's Hui on a fortnight's holiday. Mr. Saravanamuthu, formerly Senior Hospital Assistant. District Hospital, Ipoh, has
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  • 417 721 STRENUOUS TOUR BY RAIL AND SEA. r celle t ncy the High Commissioner, Sir rr-imnif ine ni is fulfilling a strenuous programme in His tour of the East Coast States. Jit I acc( l m Panied by his daughter, his Pnstaif. ary E F< Pretty
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  • 159 721 Warning To Women From The Bench. Assisting in the management of a house of ill-fame was the charge preferred against nine Cantonese women who were produced before the Police Magistrate,..yesterday. AU the accused pleaded guilty. Detective Inspector Hunt lor the prosecution said that the
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  • 54 721 Dunlop Trophy For Mr. W. S. Hoseason. v; are informed that Mr W. 8 Hoseason, ’bile playin'? airainst Mr. H. J Shuttleworth, aver the Penang Golf Club Course, holed the ,'venth in one The Dunlop .Rubber Company paid the penalty and awarded Mr Hoseason a "hole
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  • 817 722 Owners’ Objections. DISCUSSION BY MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS. The ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held in the Chamber yesterday afternoon. There were present Mr. G. W. Brynnt (President», the Hon. Mr. H H. Abdool Cader, Messrs. W. D. Hornr, Khoo Blan Ewe, Yeoh Cbeang Ann. E.
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  • 596 722 SECOND GENERAL MEETING. The second General Meeting of the Boys Scouts Local Association was held at the Francis Light School yesterday evening with Mr E. la M. Stowell in the chair. Alter the usual preliminaries, the Chairman announced that the Hon. the Resident Councillor had consented
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  • 304 722 alleged criminal Fo k ON GIRL. Alleged to have usph Chinese girl named Tan i Hall on August 28, Budin k at Mr e’ fl ppeared bef °re the P o Mr E. Jago yesterday. lce H. AtocNieS tnal aUd Outlining the case for the Inspector R. Nunn
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  • 264 722 Likelihood Of An Assize Trial. The case in which the Mercantile Bank defrauded oi the sum of $2,700 by a (W stoien from Messrs. Boustead 00., IM. n mentioned in the Police Court yesteraay, wne. liie three Chinese and two Tamils alleged t nave been concerned in
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  • 2911 723 JELUTONG SHOOTING TRAGEDY. chopper found in the house leads to MANY QUESTIONS. fronts that led to the tragic death of Nelson Goonewardene, a Sinhalese young lulu 15, following shot wounds received the previous night, were narrated the Assize Court yesterday before Hrs Lordship Mr. Justice
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  • 189 724 FISHING TRAGEDY. Survivors Cling To Spar For 36 Hours. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 8. The tragic story of the experiences of the occupants of a fishing junk, which sank when it encountered a typhoon in the open sea, was related when the four survivors, including
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  • 136 724 Victory Of Methodist Boys’ School. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 8. In the Thomson Cup Soccer final played this evening at the Stadium here between the Methodist Boys’ School and the Anglo-Chinese School Klang, the Mission School was victorious by four clear
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  • 261 724 S6l Extracted. (From Our Own Correspondents Kuala Lumpur. September 8. Enquiries made at the Kuala Lumpur □cneral Post Office this morning revealed that i mailbag was rifled between Kuantan and Kuala Lumpur, and between September 1 ana J and $6l taken. The robbery was not
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  • 527 724 bonus shares ALUm not given. b (Prom Our Own Corresnona* At the Supreme ver Concession, Western Siam t ngn a H;shares of Katu Tin and son lalmed 3W Consolidated from the Burma f P^ n -V before the Chief jS L Tin W. Hastings appeared for the
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  • 72 724 Three Chinese Charged At Ipoh. (From Our Own Correspondent» Ipoh. In connection with the Tanjong W Mental Hospital robbery. three -«ere Pung Yui. Low Sing and Shan' charged In the Police Court wit r gang robbery at Tanjong Rambl tar n 1 t ne acaas deferred till
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  • 602 725 HE Brush Nau»»» 1 Government cleared T me first hurdle on Tuesday when the commons by a majority of 59 passed House a tn ‘1 vole of confidence. The TdWlslon was a foregone conclusion voting has revealed that the Labour to the Government is solid, only
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  • 332 725 A campaign has been started against kissing. It is said to be dangerous and unhealthy. IVe decided to get representative opinion on this subject so we asked one of the. young men of the town what he thought about kissing. His reply was: "Kissing? It should be avoided
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  • 163 725 Mr. D. R. Swaine, Principal. King Edwarc VII School. Taiping, is gazetted to act as Inspector of Schools, Perak. The Hon Mr G. Slurrock. Colonial Engineer. is visiting Malacca. He will return to Singapore on Thursday The Hon. Dato Mohammed Salleh bin All, State Secretary. Johore, is
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  • 560 725 Coroner’s Inquest. REGRETTABLE LAPSE ON THE PART OF POLICE. At the conclusion of the inquest held by lunku Mohd, Jewa, Chief Magistrate, Alor Star, on the death of Lim Kee who was knocked down by a motor* car belonging to Mr. Dobtie, Assistant Engineer,
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  • 157 725 Allegation Against Muslim. Alleged to have had in his possession a bundle of Indian hemp without a licence, Kaduva bin Abdul was ycot rday produced tn the Police Court before Mr. E. Ja?;o. After the charge had been explained to the tccuscd. the Magistrate, on the
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  • 4679 726 JELUTONG SHOOTING TRAGEDY. TEACHER SENTENCED TO FOUR YEARS’ RIGOROUS IMPRISONEMNT. After a two days' trial, P.M.P.K. Kannan, who stood indicted before Ills Lordship Mr. Justice Whitley with murdering a Sinhalese called Nelson Goonewc.rdene at 5bZ, Jelutong Road on July 14, was yesterday unanimously found guilty
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  • 174 728 THREE EUROPEANS VICTIMISED. A Malay vouth named Yeop bin Chee was yesterday produced before the Police Magistrate Mr. E. Jago. and charged with the theft of 3’coats valued at $5O, the property of Mr. G. R. Evans of 2 Perak Road. 3 coats valued at $35
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  • 110 728 Sentence Deferred On Chinese. Sentence was deferred till the 18th instant in the case of Leong Wan. a Chinese who pleaded guilty before the Police Magistrate yesterday to fraudulently removing bags of rice and other provisions from his premises, Intending (hereby to prevent same from being
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  • 46 728 Lecture On The Temperance Movement. A lecture will be delivered to-morrow at 4 p.m. under the auspices of (he Senthamil Valiba Sangham at No. 62, Dato Kramat Road Penang, by Sreeman S. A. K. Subramaniam Editor, Thainadu ol Salem, on “The Temperance Movement.”
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  • 86 728 Raided By Detective Police. At the instance of Detective Inspector Hunt a Chinese named Lui Sui was yesterday brought before the Police Magistrate anc charged with, (D having under his control a 4 170. Penang Road a revolver without authority <2) being in possession of
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  • 927 728 Do you know you can slump in the slumpness; Do you know you can make the bad worse; So worser in fact to your worsest That its worser almost than my—verse But I’m old in the lessons our Life’s seen, And you take it a turn-down rescind
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  • 245 728 No improvement Over I June. According to the Return of Foreign M and Exports, which gives the total imports I $39,262,061 (£4.580.5741 and exports $35.96« I 567 (£4,196,4501 no improvement is shown:l Malayan Trade for July over the prevail month. Imports of merchandise totalled 538.699.--l and
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  • 1464 729 Communists Warned. «i\' MONTHS’ EACH FOR THREE HYLAM YOUTHS. ~r„rkilv there Is a lot of common sense in k and the stuff you write has no hfre" These words occurred in the nf the advice given at the Assizes yes"S bv H.S Lordship Mr.
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  • 471 729 RESULTS OF YESTERDAY’S SINGAPORE RACES. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, September 9 For the fourth day of the Singapore Races he weather was drizzly after a wet morning out it cleared up as the day wore on. The was slow. The attendance was large. Ihe first event
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  • 839 730 //.IN 1930 the price ot low! and meat was 1 lower in Penang than in Singapore. All other articles, however, recorded a highei price—the prices in Penang being 15 per cent higher.” This will come as a surprising revelation to many in our little island but
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  • 249 730 The other day there was an attempt on the piano playing record which is given as 86 hoars’ continuous playing. It does not seem fair that the practising for this sort of thing frequently goes on in flats, as the tenants pay hard earned money for their apartments
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  • 545 730 Dr and Mrs. Wallace uo < Pur last night by the 4 Dr s. Danasamy, Denutv AMU! V V I by the mail train. Ve for Messrs S. M. Abdul Hamid o n D. Kanetomo arrived here from yesterday by the s.s. Perak. Bt awan Shanghai has been declared
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  • 3448 731 PITT STREET INCIDENT. CHARGE OF HOUSE TRESPASS AGAINST CHINESE FAILS. majority oj five to Iwo the Jury at. the Assizes found a Chinese named y Keat alias Khii Thye Keat not guilty oj a charge of house trespass. accused stood indicted with committing house trespass
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  • 176 732 Coolies’ Wages In Hand. SHOTS FIRED FROM FOREST RESERVE. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh. September 10 An attempted gang robbery is reported from frolak. Mr. J. B. King. Assistant on Sungei Chinoh Estate, was returning from Ipoh with wages ;o pay the coolies on Tuesday afternoon,
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  • 514 732 Singapore Races. FAVOURITE OBLIgf IV most event?” 1 <From our The last days H -uinn Meeting were held in excels he going was good and there S remely large crowd, including W he Governor who arrived shortlv md watched the remaining evenu v €r 4
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  • 801 733 for the Labour opposition Mr. ••Economy Budget’ has been general satisfaction and even it deserve, to be. the broad ,X proposals 1. to change the deficit 00.000 tor the present «nanciai ye.tr in the next year into a similar C Other words the British Budgetry the
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  • 295 733 The mother of a famous airman has staled that her son when a boy was always climbing trees and having daring escapades. She attributes the success he has now achieved to be due to the fact that he was never restrained nor discouraged in his boyish pranks. If
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  • 557 733 Mr Khoo Siew Ghee left last night bj the mail tram tor Singapore. We are sorry to hear that Mrs. Phuah Hin Leong is laid up with an attack of Influenza. Mr G N. Magill returned from Singapore yesterday by the Kedah. Ihe Hon. Mr. T. A.
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  • 1114 734 RESIDENT COUNCILLOR AT ST. XAVIER’S. When the Resident Councillor, the Hon’ble Mr. P. T. Allen, visited the St. Xavier’s Institution yesterday morning, he added to the many tributes to the devoted work of the Christian Brothers in the cause of Education all over the world.
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  • 261 734 MALAY WINS THE STROKE COMPETITION. Tlie annual meeting of the Kedah and Province Golfing Association was held over the Sungei Patani course this year on September 5 and 6. There were 32 entries in the Stroke competition which also served as a qualifying round tor the
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  • 395 734 Shop Proprietor’s D efeiltt yx?te^a7 S lgXt r Keng Wee on a charge J received stolen property S C cigarettes belonging Distributors. gto the Malaya* Detective Inspector Gordon n* -he accused was Lynch. tended by The last witness called bv m \vas the towkay of Chop Chin sin Pr
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  • 101 734 No Lantern Procession (H October 10. (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh. September 3 A public meeting of Chinese held chairmanship ol Mr. Leong Sin -d. in view of the present flwi China brought about by the g combined with the P r va 11 roce jsjcc
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  • 53 734 Tentative Proganinie Dr»» 1 Up A meeting of those inter year sation ot the Poppy Day held at th? Residency on with Mrs P. T. Allen, who con ng, in the chair. A five of all communities j» iji -aUve programme wyi thor resolved to unite
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  • 931 735 «rmanent movies, the railways, apart °5Sg their haiis into Kelantan, have from dO scratch by publishing a new come up w time-table. mow a time-table's a most beneficial thing has from time immemorial been proved SUXes all the world over tabling from in ♦«time is SUCH a
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  • 50 735 RESULTS OF THURSDAY’S TIES. The following are the results of Thursday’s ties in the P.C.C. Tennis Tournament: Singles “A"— Scr. G. R. Evans beat —15.1 R. A. Hogg 6-4, 4—6, 6-1. Singles “B 15.2 J. B. Hodgins beat —2 G. I. Begley 6—2, 6—o.
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  • 52 735 Results Of Thursday’s Ties. The following are the results of Thursday’s ties in the Lawn Bowls Tournament: Championship Pairs— A. T. Dqugal and E. Reimann beat J. N. Cooley and T. A. Wemyss 21—16. Ladies Singles— plus 4 Mrs. Wemyss beat plus 5 Mrs.
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  • 722 735 Increased Profit. INVESTMENT OF SURPLUS FUNDS. An increased net profit is shown in the tatement of accounts of the Penang Munici>al Employees’ Co-operative Thrift and Loan Society, Ltd for the year ended June 30. 1931. file sixth annual general meeting of the Society will lie held
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  • 1309 736 Odd Goal In Three. D.A.F.C. BEATEN AFTER THRILLING MATCH. The PC.C; contrary to expectations, won the soccer cup final against the Darul Ailisan Football Club "A” played on the Victoria Green yesterday, when the grounds were packed almost to lull capacity. The winners
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  • 36 736 Results Of Monday’s Ties. The following was the rosult of the tie played off on Monday:— Singles “B” 15.2 J. B. Hedjins beat —2 J. N» Cooley 6—1 3—6, 6—1.
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  • 810 736 S. X. R. C, BEATFN ix! OPENING GAME countered the Xatkrs who yesterday evening on the Sj 5* ed the spectators to some good 2n trtatafter a last, clean and thrilling gamTem the winners by 3 goals to 1. 8 rae ’«“«TO The whole
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  • 851 737 HINA b generally regarded as the most C I»,W country in the world. WhenY. recalcitrant general feels that he has .""erance against authority, he cun set up ran- and try conclusion with the forces of “Yutrai Government. Or when a set of m Shanghai gets to work
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  • 296 737 A German Scientist states that in a hundred years’ time a discovery will be made that will enable a person to rejuvenate and live for a thousand years. This is good news for all of us for none of us to the best of our knowledge and belief
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  • 638 737 Mr V. A Noel Davies, the Registrar of the Supreme Court. Singapore, has returned from leave. Mr A V. s. Nathan, the well-known Sclangor lawn tennis player, left on Friday night for Ceylon on a holiday and expects to be away lor a couple of months. A
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  • 1530 738 Soccer Visitors. MR. ALAN LORE’S TEAM IN EXCELLENT FORM. Mr. Alan Loke’s Football Team proved themselves in excellent form when they met the Old Frees* Association on the Victoria Green yesterday and after a fast and thrilling struggle beat the latter handsomely by 4 goals
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  • 400 738 PERAK LOSE ItFsfiTv IN CHARITY Fl0 O The Perak sSe w. s yesterday evening cuplul date Association in a football Be ingor ■it the Stadium in aid of the S? doyment Fund. The final tor 4 and Perak 2. sCOres Uere SeluThe match was fast
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  • 106 738 Alleged To Have Caused Hurt To Friend. Alleged to have caused hurt to a cornto riot with a dangerous weapon, namely, a kntf Tan Boev, a Chinese was on Saturday produced before the Police Magistrate, Mr. l Jago. and charged with having committed in. offence at
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  • 80 738 Indians And Ceylonese Appreciation. Ipoh. September 1« The Indian and Ceylonese JL 0 iaii entertained Towkay Hok q,, lonour of his being appointed a if the speakers, referring to the o. 3 hat it was a clear proof ol t vhich the guest of honour
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  • 930 739 4- State La st lean j appreciable increase OF ROBBERIES. 4 »ho state of crime and criminals gene's to the sUte oi ond U)( wtrK ShnXtho local force the a “t decrease X Chief Police Officer consiyearS' nJ h the C figures really reflect an
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  • 265 739 Small-Pox. SAD RESULTS FOLLOWS CONCEALMENT. Small-pox is generally very much dreaded and rightly so. But it is actually the most easily preventible of the dangerous infective, diseases as far as the individual is concerned, and that at a very moderate cost. This opinion of the Municipal
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  • 505 739 Captain Anderson. PRESENTATION OF I. S. O. INSIGNIA. After an Official Dinner given by His Highness the Sultan of Kelantan at the Bale! Besar at Kota Bharu on September 5, His Excellency the High Commissioner presented the Insigma of the Imperial Service Order to Captain H. A.
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  • 97 739 Three Arrested By Monopolies Officers. Three arrests were made on Saturday morning in a house in Penang Road which was raided by a party of Monopolies Officers. Major Keet, the Head of the Preventive Service, with Probationary Assistant Controller Parker and some revenue officers, formed
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  • 1356 740 Roads And Water. EXPENDITURE OUTRUNS REVENUE. Regarding the improvements of roads in Province Wellesley, the Chairman of the Kura, Board, Mr. J. L. Mcfall, writes in his report for 1930 that during the year the following lengths of roads were reconstructed:—<i’ From Juru Bridge southwards, a length
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  • 136 740 (iovernment l nvitltion CHINESE CHAMBER J express opinion I For some time past a section I have been making an October 10 be declared a J?** M The tenth day of ten as it is called.—is the greatest national days for it marks thJ 1
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  • 178 740 EXTENSION OF LORRY I SERVICES. From the beginning of this month >1 -’’•M.S. Railway has made a wide extaml jf its Collection and Delivery Lorry Senfejl n South Kedah, Province Wellesley and Nor I ?erak. The following is a list of the m l ions at which
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  • 156 740 Car That Avoided Running 0» Kite-Flyers. But lor some rare luck a motor ar would have banged into one anotner iut ton Lane yesterday evenil Jf' The two vehicles were travelling m oppj iirection when near the Junction the car hud to make an o
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  • 704 741 A, though the French and Italian teams Withdrew from the Schneider Cup con- he spectators who gathered on the the soient on Sunday had their litl when Flight-Lieutenant Boothman over the eour.se to win the trophy outL and l«er when Flight-Lieutenant StainX established a new worlds speed
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  • 385 741 It is customary nowadays to ask famous people all manner of questions in interviews, the questions usually being mostly concerning fleeting circumstances of the day, in which the famous man or woman has no connection whatever. We have often wondered why, for example, an African explorer, after 20
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  • 330 741 K.L. Y.M.C.A. LEAD ST. JOHN’S 0.8. A. (I rorn Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, September 13. A s <veral postponements the Stonor Shield Cricket final started yesterday afternoon at the Railway padang, the Y.M.C.A. meeting the st. John’s Old Boys’ Association. Owing to the previous day’s
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  • 108 741 Draw For Men's Foursomes Competition. The following is the draw' for the Men's Foursomes competition at the Penang Golf Club:— Top Byes—Shuttleworth and Brodie; Cowan and Thiede; Stiven and Adams; Secular and Samuel; Anthony and Dawbarn; Clark (J. E. A.* and Baughan. First Round:—Lowther and Fiddes vs.
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  • 26 741 Kedah Not Entering A Team. Otemg to inability to raise n fifteen. Kedah wiu not take part in Malaya Cup Rugger thli year.
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  • 850 742 FAREWELL FUNCTION AT i PULAU TIKUS. After mass on Sunday at the Church of the j Immaculate Conception, Pulau Tikus, Mr. P. j W. Richards, who relinquished his warden- ship after twenty-seven years' service, was pre-; sented with an address. Vicar’s Tribute. The Vicar, the
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  • 142 742 Little Boy Knocked Down By Dr. Aril'i’s Car. A little Indian Muslim boy of four years was knocked by a motor car at Hutton Lane yesterday and was removed to hospital in an unconscious state. At about 6.30 p.m. Dr. Mohamed Arif! was returning home
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  • 95 742 Driver Charged With Negligence. While driving Municipal tram No. 23 alonj ’rangin Road on Saturday last, Hassan bin Sirin, a Malay knocked down a Chinese namd Tan Teng Leong who had to be conveyeo o the hospital lor treatment. As a result he vas yesterday
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  • 156 742 Malay Arrested In North Beach. Brought up before the District Judge Mr. H. V Forrcr on a charge of possessing Indian lump, a Malay named Kassim was allowed on jail $5O till t-he 21st instant when the cas 411 bo taken up for hearing. The
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  • 688 742 Mr iTsui tragic end OF DITCH Resident. CH Employees of a .shop in Beach Rt» shortly before ten oktk joining by the report danagcr s room, and. hurrviiJ nJ* 00 nem found a customer. Mr l .jing on the floor with a woiina < md a
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  • 538 743 nnllCE BEAT PADANG ’PARTY BY 5 GOALS. fd on the Police and the Padang evening W»* morning rain left pools Party as the 1 ay the baU dilftcult ot water on t' overca me the condito than their opponents and fully JSvrf Xtt cleor-cul
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  • 86 743 Lecture On The Temperance Movement. in Tamil on the “Temperance Sun£ vS? clivered on Sunday at the K Suhra aibha Sangham by Sreeman S. A. o a f n iT Chettiar lhe Editor of lhc ture Mr n Sa. enr In the course of his lectoclent
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  • 186 743 COMMISSION Ol ENQUIRY IN PENANG. The Commission sent out to lhe East by the League of Nations to enquire into the traffic in women and girls held its first meeting in Penang yesterday when Mr. W. D. Horne, the Protector 01 Chinese, was examined. There
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  • 145 743 Detectives Raid House In Market Lane. Seven Cantonese were yesterday produced before the Police Magistrate, Mr. E. Jago, ana charged with assisting in the management of a public lottery, namely “Hua Hoay’ at house No. 54, Market Lane on September 12 The first accused named
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  • 269 743 Monopolies Prosecution Fails. The case in which Ong Tek Choon, a liquor shop licensee, was charg’d with possession ol duitable liquor without a licence was concluded in the Police Court yesterday when the accused was acquitted and discharged. At the previous hearing, Mr.
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  • Correspondence.
    • 243 743 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir. At a function given by the Hu Yew Seal) in .ns honour some time ago, the Chinese Consul promised to call a meeting of all the local Chinese clubs a.id associations to suggest ways uid means ot raising
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    • 168 743 3tr. Anent the last paragraph of your publica‘on re Water Bill in to-day s issue, it is stated that defaulters are charged an extra $2, one ollar for cutting off the supply and the other tor ro-opcnlng. May I inform you that the extra charge is also
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    • 224 743 Sir, 1 have gone through all the correspondences concerning the above subject, but I cannot entirely agree with the suggestions of Mr. Ong Joo Sun, who probably desires to see the Malay policemen being driven back to their bendangs and kampongs. Surely it is unjust to treat
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    • 82 744 Sir. It is more than a surprise to me to see that Mr. B. H. Yeoh should have been calling the ‘’Unemployed” “Good for nothing” at this very time when everything, as we all know, is at its lowest. I do not know who and what Mr. B. H.
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    • 337 744 Sir. Drawn into the controversy by "A Subscriber” who reasons admirably (but just because he had read of a few deaths at the hands of Singapore gun-men when they clashed, or deaths or accidents due to faulty steer-ing-wheels and drunken motorists, he stated that the work is fraught with
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    • 319 744 Sir. To-day. Mr. Lun C. Bcow takes me to task lor saying that very few parents would allow their sons to join the police force because:— (a) The salaiy is not an attractive one. (b 1 The lot of a policeman is not a happy one (ci The work
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    • 284 744 BA. VIA, a V7 Sir, I beg to thank you for your comments on the precautions adopted regarding the smoke and flies in connection with the Municipal Incinerators. Since writing my previous letter, I have discovered that a lot of un-incmcrated, smouldering debris is taken out ot
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    • 332 744 Sir, Public opinion is necessary in a civilised ■ountry; but public opinion, to be of any value it all, must be of a healthy natu.e. Personal attacks are of no use and lead to nowhere. So I sincerely trust that those who wish to
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    • 78 744 61r, It is only when a proper note is struck that m sv'eet mpMc Is produced.’ tn the cofl- An educated Mala\- m i reverie more willing to serve’in bt u Malaya than an educated n Policfe Malaya is^ for the viaiaya is his country ana .l th» l«r
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    • 107 744 To The Editor Of The "fit»» Sir, e Echo.-) Your correspondent, Cheah Phee ah, I agree with Mr. p E AUt <N«a parents would ever allow thrir thal bridge Certificates to bX e that sol? Andif such nSte deniable fact of why th ere nt boys with Cambridge Certificates
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    • 206 744 Sir, I fear we shall have to wait till the Ona Kalends before a Police Force Scheme could be formulated. Mr. Yeoh has certainly dnr. a very fine line of differentiation when he serts that “the tasks may be lighter” for the English educated boys and to the othen,
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  • 154 744 RESULTS OF LAST TWO WEEKS’ MATCHES. The Kedah Football Association UW Competition which was started before and mained in abeyance during the Malay? W Matches has been revived. h The results of the matches played the last two weeks were as follows: Young Malay Rovers beat
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