The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 18 November 1931

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  • 20 1 Straits Echo WEEKLY (MAIL) EDITION. $lB PER ANNUM. SINGLE COPY 40 CENTS. VOL. 29. PENANG. NOVEMBER 18, 1931. No. 46.
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    • 357 1 *M* <•«* <•<* <•«* <•«* <•«* <««• <.«* <.*> <.<* s>»<* W >/.* D ■'l .w CONTENTS. g 0 LEADERS. Bomb Outrage in Beach Street 939 Jj& Record CrowdA At Chinese Fair 941 X China Flood Relief Fund 942 'j X' After Thirteen Years 924 Straits Chinese Magazine 912 y
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    • 126 2 CHE 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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  • 611 924 T HIRTEEN years ago at the eleventh I hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month the Great War came to an end. Only those who were on the battlers at that moment can realise the wlemnity of the sudden silence that followed the final barrage,
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  • 371 924 It is stated that instruments that tool: like fountain pens have been handed out to the police of many countries to assist them in their duties. The reason is that these instruments splutter so that burglars, robbers and other criminals weep so much that they are unable to
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  • 492 924 Reuter understands that Lord Kylsant is not appealing at the House of Lords. There will be no performance by the Municipal Band at the Esplanade on Saturday, November 14. A Reuters cable from Hoboken. New Jersey announces the death of Colonel Isaac Newton >wis. the inventor of
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  • 475 925 Saturday’s Results. DOUBLE TOTE’S RECORD DIVIDEND OF $3,028. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore November 7 The Singapore November Races commenced to-day in pouring rain, which came down shortly before two o’clock and continued with such persistence that it became necessary to postpone the first race until to-day
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  • 206 925 FRENCH ARMY HEAVILY DEFEATED BY F.M.S. The nrst f.M.S. team ever fieiaea met the French Army in the first International Rugger match ever held in the F.M.S., on the Kuala Lumpur Padang this evening. HE. the High Commissioner and the Chief Secretary were present
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  • 90 925 Arrested On Charge Of Cheating Taiping Turf Club. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 11 F. William, formerly a canvasser of Oil Palm shares and a racehorse owner, who was arrested on a warrant issued last year, was produced at the Taiping Police Court from Australia on
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  • 663 925 REPORT AND ACCOUNTS ADOPTED. Mr. B. E. Chambers presided at the aual general meeting of the Penang vlub Which was held at the Turf club oZ yesterday afternoon. Otters present Messrs. J. J. Saunders, C. D. D. Hogan j Brown. E. V. C. Thomson.
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  • 423 926 First Participation Of High Commissioner. (From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur. November 11 For the first time, H. E the High Commissioner participated in the Armistice Day service at the Federal Capital to-day. The ceremony was also unique in the presence of members of the
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  • 517 926 IDEAL WEATHER FOR SECOND DAY. Singapore. November 9. The second day’s races of the Singapore Turf Club's November Meeting were held today under a leaden sky. Shortly before noon .here was thunder and a slight drizzle but this passed off and the day, where the weather
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  • 80 926 Possession Of Counterfeit Coins. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 13. As a sequel to the Police raid on a bicycle repairer’s shop, two Chinese were charged vith being in possession of counterfeit coins. The owner of the shop stated that one of the accused
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  • 52 926 Indian Remanded In Custody. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 13. V. Shirman, an Indian, was arrested on a charge of cheating in respect of $2OO, the property of K. M. Verghese at Kulim. .<edah. Accused was remanded In custody pending the arrival of an escort
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  • 148 926 S5OO Transaction In Victoria Street. On a chargt oi extortion by putting one Llm Keah Joo in fear of injury and thereby iishonestly inducing him to deliver to them 1500 at 148. Victoria Street on November 12, wo Chinese named Chua Kee Boon and Goh Soon
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  • 1800 927 Id our yesterday s issue we were able, despite the many calls at the moment on the public purse, to publish the thirteenth list of sul> scribers to the China Flood Relief Fund. This is more than gratifying, for it shows that whatever the views held Chinese community
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  • 732 928 THE most noticeable features about the Speech from the Throne at the -cning of Parliament as well as the premier’s Guildhall banquet oration, are the absence of that optimism which preceded the crisis of last August and the desire to get down to the work of
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  • 417 928 In these days when most persons are struggling to keep down their expenses there has been not unexpected objection to the reduction of charges to the general public for certain services. People have objected to a reduction of one half in tram and jinrickisha fares on the ground
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  • 507 928 The Rev. R. 8. Stewart has gone to Sumatra. Mr. F. w. M. Burr, Executive Engineer. Larut and Ma tang, will shortly be leaving for home on leave. The Raja Muda of Selangor and suite returned to Klang by the day mail train on Saturday after visiting
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  • 1300 929 HOW THE SILENCE WAS KEPT. ALL NATIONALITIES JOIN TO MAKE IMPRESSIVE SCENE ROUND VICTORY COLUMN. Impressive scenes were witnessed at the Cenotaph yesterday morning when Penang commemorated the return of the Armistice Day, this time its thirteenth anniversary. Earlier in the day, at 8 o’clock, memorial
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  • 128 929 Chinese Fined. forming mosquito BREEDING SPOTS. A Chinese. Wee Cheng Ee, was charged re--ently in the Penang Police Court for renoving sand from the stream at Penang HUI vithout permission. The accused was disovered committing the act by a member of ne Health Department
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  • 410 930 Yesterday’s Results. PRINCE’S GOLD PAYS $lO FOR A WIN. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. November 11. There was a good attendance at to-day’s races. The going was sticky but the weather aas sunny. The highest dividend of the day was paid by Whippet with $l2l in the
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  • 249 930 INTERESTING POINT OF LAW. The Chief Justice of Ceylon delivered judgment last week dismissing with costs the petition against the member for Avissawslla Mr. F. A. Obeyesekere, who is also the Deputy (peaker of the New State Council. The petition filed by a voter was that
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  • 119 930 Solicitors* Clerk Arrested. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 11 Gopal, a clerk employed by Messrs. Bryant ind Taylor, solicitors, was arrested on a charge of criminal breach of trust to the unount of $57. The money was paid by a client to the firm.
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  • 307 930 Mirrored In Ipoh. OBSERVATION OF ENGLISH VISITOR. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, November 11. Speaking at a dinner in his honour Mr. Frank Parkinson, Managing Director of he well known English firm of Ciomj>con, Parkinson, Ltd., who is on a visit .0 Malaya and was in Ipoh
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  • 210 930 Charge Of Illicit Book Making. Acting on information received. Detective Inspector Harold Hall and two detectives raided he Municipal Tramway Office in Dato Kramat Road at about 11.30 am. on Wednesday and took into custody a member of the clerical Ttaff. He was searched, and it
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 130 931 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, May I through the medium of your useful journal, approach the kind authorities to reconsider the water rate that is now in force. The present rate, charged according to meter and when compared with that of Penang is
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    • 197 931 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, A little hint—a great suggestion—and there are physical culturists who have risen "to the occasion.” But what occa sion has Mens Sana In Corpora Sano given them to rise in protest? The danger hi wishes to shed light on is
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    • 358 931 OPIUM TUBERCULOSIS. (To the Editor of the Straits Echo). Sir, Though I read the newspapers only oner in a while 1 think I can safely say that you are the first English paper in these very many years to broach the subject of opium-smoking, as has been done by yov
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    • 164 931 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo) Sir, I shall be deeply obliged if you will kindly allow a space in the column of your esteemeo paper for the following comment. Last night while some of us were at the .Railway station Bukit Mertajam seeing a .riend
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    • 744 931 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, I am very grateful tor your leader of tilt list ultimo on the above subject. When Cedah ceded Penang to the East Indit Jompany in 1786, she was practically inde pendent. One of the conditions of th
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  • 785 932 THE recent announcement from Amsterdam that the new Governor ot the Dutch East Indies has declared tha rubber restriction is almost impossible frfcn the view of practicability is extremely disap pointing to those who have hoped that official Dutch opinion was veering, round in
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  • 332 932 A new game has been invented. It consists of any number of players each supplied with a jelly, and the game is to eat the jelly as fast as possible with knitting needles. This has been finding flavour (sorry favour) with girls and is likely to be introduced
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  • 521 932 Mrs. Alan Ix>ke and Party returned Kuala Lumpui last night by the mail train. Mrs McLeod Craik, wife of Mr. D. McLeod Craik returned from home yesterday by the Gienapp. The Royal Air Force flying boat ***** arrived here yesterday morning from Sin gapore and left at
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  • 2957 933 DECENTRALISATION SCHEME. REMOVAL OF MEDICAL OFFICERS FROM THE BOARD. One aspect of the new decentralisation policy, which has not been generally considered, is the effect it will have on the Central Health Board. This question was raised by a planting member at the last meeting of
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  • 611 934 Bright Schemes. TWO MINUTES’ SILENCE AT SEA. On her maiden voyage to the Far East, the Corfu,” the new P. and O. liner, arrived in ’enang yesterday afternoon, under Commander E. French RN R. Of 14,500 tons, the vessel is provided with -very convenience
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  • 280 935 Stia Kesnkaan Club Defeats Sungei Patani. A hockey match was played on the St in Kesukaan Club Ground. Alor Star, for the first time on Wednesday evening when a team captained by Tunku Yaacob and mainh composed of S. K. C. members defeated c team
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  • 85 935 Coolies Attack Manager Of Yam Seng Estate. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 12. A fracas occurred on the Yam Sent Estate, Krian Road, on Tuesday between th* coolies and the manager and conduct»: of the estate. The labourers attacked the latter being dissatisfied with
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  • 189 935 TWO COMPETITORS WIN $lOO EACH KEEN RIVALRY IN REGISTERED SUBSCRIBERS’ COMPETITION. The $2OO prize in our Singapore November Race Mam Competition has been shared by the following two comneS who correctly named six winners:— Mr. Lim Nget Leong, 1428, Burmah Road, Penang. and Mr. S.
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  • 246 935 THIRD ANNUAL RE UNION DINNER. The Third Annual Dinner of the Old Boys M the Government English School. Kedah, ;ns held at the house of Tuan Syed Jan a >ungei Lay ar, Sungei Patani, on Tuesdaj night. H. H. Tunku Abdul Rahman presided ove: large gathering
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  • 222 935 STORY OF ASSAULT ON COOLIE. The case against Mohamed Dak, Police Lance 'orporal who was formerly attached to the Central Station on charges of assaulting a dngkang coolie named Ali Ibrahim at Church Street and giving false information to a jolice officer with the intention of
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  • 909 936 Aforty-years-staff-tnember of the "Daily Chronicle” writing his reminiin a recent issue of the “Newspapei World” makes some very pointed remarkt about the treatment meted out to news Lper men that may be applied with effec to local conditions. The old staff reporters he says, were very touchy
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  • 254 936 There have been many conflicting reports from newspaper correspondents lately. This is not altogether surprising when the news concerns Manchuria, for when the correspondents speak of Japanese and Chinese armies having skirmishes one naturally expects conflicting reports. The trouble, however, is that correspondents have been sending conflicting reports
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  • 472 936 Messrs L. K. Lewis and G. W. Thrcchar arrived here yesterday from Sumatra by the D. van Twist. Mr. T. Rowan arrived here yesterday from Singapore by the Klang and left the same evening for Sumatra by the Krian. Mr. and Mrs. W. Eagle-Bott, who were recently
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  • 541 937 Lashes In Addition. MURDEROUS ATTACK ON CHINESE. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, November 13 At the Perak Criminal Assizes in Ipoh before Mr. Justice Prichard K.C. lour Malays were charged with the offence of gang robbery which was committed at Selama in the district of Larut.
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  • 164 937 ASSAILANTS MAKE THEIR ESCAPE. Badly cut all over his body, mostly on his legs, a Chinese named Lock Yeow was admitted to the General Hospital a little past seven thirty o'clock yesterday evening. Lock Yeow, in common with several other Chinese was an occupant of
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  • 337 937 ThioThong. The wedding of Miss Thong Sieu Mee, th*, viiird daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thong Chooi. 4am, to a very well-known member of th*, immunity here, Mr. Thio Yeng Cheung otherwise known as Chan Kam Long, th, .ighth son of the late Thio Tiauw Siat anc
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  • 372 937 Notorious Kinta Robbers. returned banishee as HEAD OF GANG. (From Our Own Correspondent). Ipoh, November 13 Lee Kong who was arrested by the Detec live Police in a hut in the jungle at uiu ?iah was brought for trial before Mr. N a. Worley, Magistrate, Ipoh.
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  • 69 937 Hawker Found Puffing In Court. An indilent. not without its urred tn the Poi.ee Court ..■hen about 11 o'clock a overed smoking a cigarette in th /as promptly taken before ne a It was discovered that the luwl lawker mimed Kwek Qu» h ome to court
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  • 633 938 C.R.C. VERSUS P. T.A. AT HOCKEY. TEACHERS defeated in SCRAPPY GAME. The Penang Teachers’ Association were beaten at hockey on the Hutchings School Ground yesterday evening when opposed to the Chinese Recreation Club. Though the teams were evenly matched the game was on the scrappy side, players on both sides
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  • 190 938 Five Injured. NARROW ESCAPE FROM DEATH. Five persons were within an ace of death .vhen a motor car, the steering wheel of Which went out of control, plunged head* long into a ditch in the Province on Saturday aftrnoon. Hired car P. 6201, an Overland,
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  • 148 938 Injured Man Shows Signs Of Recovery. One arrest was made yesterday afternoon oy the Central Police Station in connection with the slabbing affray at i’itt Street jn Friday evening. It was reported in these columns on Saturday morning that following a dispute imong some
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  • 211 938 WANDSWORTH WORKS OF VACUUM OIL CO. The Vacuum Oil Company’s plants at Wandsworth and at Birkenhead are said to employ more British workers than any other in Great Britain handling highgrade lubricating oils and greases exclusively. At Wandsworth the storage tank capacity reaches 64,000 barrels. A
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  • 295 938 Malays Beat Chinese By Three Clear Goals. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, November 13. A large crowd witnessed the soccer match, staged at Taiping in aid of fhe Poppy Day Fund, between teams representing the Chinese and the Malays. Rain fell heavily previous to the start
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 71 939 Sir, On Deepavali festival day I saw new meat seller hang his meat on the iive-foot way at Gladstone Road without a proper glass installation, and all the meat was attacked by flies and street dust. That meat was not fit for human consumption. How is
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    • 130 939 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, I have been reading about the tom-tom-beating question in Penang and the advice of Mr. V. Nadason Pillay, J. P. Taiping, Ipoh, Kuala Lumpur etc., which were interested at this question, also followed suit. During the Deepavali days, Penang
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    • 288 939 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, I shall be pleased if you or any of youi numerous subscribers will answer the follow ing questions:— 1. In a committee meeting, if there wen seven members present excluding the Chaix man, and if three voted on a
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  • 477 939 Last Day's Results. BACK NUMBER WINS BIG EVENT. (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, November 14. The professional races in connection with the Singapore Turf Club's November meeting were brought to a close with the races to-day. The weather was fine though trifling hot during the early part
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  • 234 939 Woman Burnt. PAID NO HEED TO threats. While she was sitting in her shop countin, hci money, a Chinese woman, the of a sundry goods shop in Beach street hw bomb thrown al her yesterday >ome unknown person. Fortunately the bomb exploded some distance away
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  • 117 939 Rovers “A” Defeat Rovers “B” By Four Goals. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, November 15. The final of the Selangor Cup-tie soccer as played here on Saturday on the Railway ’adang between the first and second teams f the Kuala Rovers from Port Swettenham. t
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  • 795 940 Avery grave situation has developed in Manchuria. Events within the lasi arc symptomatic of a state of ’2n warfare between Japan and China, yot content with the seizure of the provin c e3 of Kirin and Fengtien, Japan is march ing into Heilungkiang. This step will
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  • 368 940 It is stated that a large shop lost ,25 hats in 10 months due, it is thought to women stealing them. Others think however, that it is very wrong to lay the missing hats at the doors of those of the fair sex who visited the shop, as
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  • 500 940 Mr. D H. Hampshire has returned to Kuala Lumpur from home. It is stated that Mr. F. D. Fleming Assistant Protector of Chinese, Taiping, is shortly leaving on transfer to Singapore. Mr. E. W. Mciklereid, British Consul, and the Rev. C. W. and Mrs. Norwood are due
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  • 945 941 Efforts Rewarded. IN AID OF POPPY DAY AND FLOOD RELIEF. In the presence of an unprecedentedly large gathering the Hon. the Resident Councillor, Mr. P. T. Allen, declared open on Saturday evening the Fair and Bazaar at Magazine Road organised by the local Chinese community
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  • 84 941 Whites Beat Colours By Six Goals To One. From Our Own Correspondent). Kuala Lumpur, Nov. 15. The Selangor State Hockey trial at Kui Lumpm- on Saturday did not provide an xciting game, the Whites representing th Probables displaying superiority. Colour/ however, made a dogged display. Ihe
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  • 878 941 Further Stage. WEST AUSTRALIAN movement. The movement to foster West Auamw trade with the East Indies and Malaya wax advanced a further stage, when the subject was considered by the Perth Chamber of Commerce a fortnight ago. An address was given by Mr. 8. s Glyde
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  • 169 942 Letter Of Appreciation From Lady. Writes Miss Rosa Chong in the number o. the Straits Chinese Monthly, a copy of which has been received in this office: Alas! we have cause to be proud of oui ■*lves as we have now a nicely made-up Magazine ot our
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  • 501 942 List No. 16. The following furl her subscriptions have been received by the China Flood Relief Committee: Amount previously published as per list No. 15 $12,262.83: Members of the Indian Association $23; Messrs. General Rubber Co. $10; Stall of Messrs. General Rubber Co.—Mr. Chee Tiang Seng
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  • 80 942 Guilty Of Reckless Riding At Wednesday’s Race Meet. < From Oui Own Correspondent.) Singapore, November 13. After the inquiry held at the Tuif Club town office by the Stewards into the interference by Whalan riding Abbot in Race Six on Wednesday with Red Blaze ridden by
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  • 158 942 (l'u the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir. O. K. Chye m his article under the above ,itle has sounded a clarion call to the capitalsts in Malaya. We realise the fact that Malaya could be better off if more industries vere encouraged besides rubber and tin.
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  • 163 942 (To the Editor of the Straits Echo.) Sir, Kindly allow me, through the medium of your most esteemed journal, to voice my disileasure at an “incident” I was involved in, he other party being an Inspector of Police. The disgraceful manner in which he drove iis car last
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  • 155 942 Charge Against Three Punjabis. Whin the case in which three Punjabis, I'eja Singh, Kcrnafl Singh and Teja Singh, .vere charged with wrongfully confining one Itajundar Singh, a school boy, was taken up on Saturday, the charge was altered to one >1 abduction and postponed tor the
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  • 926 943 Inter State Hockey. PERAK SUPERIOR IN ALL DEPARTMENTS. In the Inter-State hockey match played or. the Hutchings rfciiool ground on tSaturdaj evening, Perak defeated Penang by 2 g0a1. 4 to nil in a fast though poorly contested game Perak well deserved their victory for
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  • 165 943 TWO MONTHS’ R. I. EOR CARTER. Sentence of two months’ ligorous iinpri tonmem v. pas -ed by Mr. J. P. Biddulpi m Raman, a handcart puller, who ploade’ guilty to voluntarily causing hurt to a com patriot at the Central Market. The c< mplainant h;
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  • 253 943 Monopolies Office. WO .?i A A OF CHANDU CHARGE. According io a Assistam roller, it would seem chat everything that _e s into the Monopolies Office gets mouldy •Ms ne»s transptred in the cour.se of a trial J c Disirict Court yesterday before Mr H Forrer.
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  • 117 943 District Judge Answers Question. "Can't you reduce the fine, sir, please, beause lam a woman?” This appeal was urned down in the District Court yesterday, t was made to the District Judge, Mr. H. Forrer, who imposed a fine of $35, or in lefault
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  • 45 943 Charge Of Cheating. Tii-- cast in whi ih V. Sbirman w vith cheating in respect o postponed pending the arrival o rom Kedah was taken up this mo scort having arrived from Keua .landed over to stand his trial in
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  • 897 944 AT the meeting of the Federal Council at Kuala Lumpur yesterday His Excellency Sir Cecil Clementi further elaborated his decentralisation proposals made in his speech at the Sri Menanti Durbar and elucidated several points on which there seemed to be some confusion. His Excellency was
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  • 185 944 How To Keep Away From Toddy. While in a drunken fit Govindasamy one day stabbed his wife Ungamma, and a few minutes later realising the gravity of what he had done and the critical condition of his wite, reported the matter to the Police. Ungamma
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  • 493 944 Mi. C. R. Howitt, M. C. S., has been appointed Clerk of Councils. Mi. H. B. Day has been empowered to act as United States Vice-Consul at Singapore. Mr. R N. Chasen has been appointed to act as Director, Raffles Museum and Libr»ry, Singapore. Mr. H. Barton
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