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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, AUGUST
OBITUARY
MALAYAN RULER'S SUDDEN DEATH
After
Singapore, Aug. 2.
brief liness, s Highness Muhammed, K.Č.M.G., K.C.V.O., ibni Almarhum Antah, Yang di Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan, died at Astana In Sri Menanti yesterday afternoon.
His Highness was taken sud- denly ill yesterday with Intestinal trouble. Ils condition was con- he was re-
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moved to a European Hospital.
The Chief Surgeon of tho Federated Malay States, Dr. J. Wilson. Was summoned im- mediately and Dr. C. J. Smith of the General Hospital also went to Seremban where evory effort was made to relieve the patient's condition. Dr. E. S. Lawrie was also in attendance.
It was thought an operation was needed, but it is understood His Highness refused to tako this course. Ho returned to Astana where his condition grew gradually worse and he passed away about 3 o'clock in the after- noon.
His Highness was the senior of the nino Malay chiefs In Negri Sembilan and was one of oldest rulers in Malaya.
the
SHING MUN DAM.
TO BE HIGHEST: IN THE WORLD.
SITE DECISION REACHED
1933.
· SHARP· EXCHANGES IN COURT.
MAGISTRATE CHECKS
SOLICITOR
"I wish you would not Waste my time, Mr. D'Almada,"
Mr. Wynne-Jones.,
sharp
"And I wish your Worship would not waste my timo." We are given officially to under- Mr. Leo D'Almada, Senior.
a considerable stand that after amount of exploratory work in
This was one of many drilling for foundations the de-passages between the Magistrate elsion has now been taken as to and defending solicitor at the Cen- the precise site and the type of tral Police Court yesterday after- dam to be bullt at Shing Mun.
noon, when the Merry Battery Fac tory, Youmatt, summoned the Star The site adopted is considerably Battery Factory, Wanchal, for al- further down stream than the sita leged Infringement of its trade originally selected for exploration, mark for batteries. Mr. F. C. E. and is below the high waterfall Rondall conducted the prosecution. in the gorge proper.
Defendant, Yum Hung-cheung,
Mr. Horace Lo held a watching Thus in order to maintain the brlef for Wong, Chun-wah, tap same top water level of the lake agent in Penang. ns that originally fixed, the dam has to be some 50 feet higher had it been possible to build It than would have been the chaud that he was manager of the Star Battery Factory, manufac- above the waterfall, and it now turers of dry battery cells. becomes one of the highest dams in the world and actually, it is believed, the highest of its type so far designed,
Original Fentures.
Holding an "Elephant" brand exhibit, Mr. D'Almada asked him if.it pyns his only, trade mark,
Mr. Wynne-Jones: It is a lend- ing question.
Mr. D'Almada; If your Wor- Its design, while not completely ship thinks I do not know the art original has several original fea-of conducting
my own case.. I'd tures, and consists of a concrete rather retire. dam of a section which is of itself Mr Wynne-Jones: I am sure you He was present at Sri Menant! | unstable, but which Is made do. when the decentralisation policy stable by a very heavy rock all Defendant sit some of the Wag put forward by the High behind it. The completed dam labels were for the Wah Keung Commissioner, and he it was who will necessitate the quarrying of firm and some for Indian firms. said he saw no reason for the approximately 1,000,000 tons of He knew Wong Chun-wah. Ho change.
rock,
had been in the habit of ordering
His Highness took a great in- terest in the social and economic welfare of the State and was particularly interested in the cultivation of padi. He did not consider it beneath his dignity to visit Kampong's padi planters in an unofficial capacity to see how planting was progressing.
Muhammad's successor is sald to be Tangku Abdul Rahman.
Tangku tvas educated in England and called to the Bar there. He possesses an extensive knowledge of English law.
The funeral will be held to- morrow.—Our Own Correspondent,
DIES IN PENANG.
Judge Sawrey-Cookson Passes Suddenly.
COLLAPSED DURING WALK.
Singapore, Aug. 2. The death occurred with tragic suddenness in Penang yesterday
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About half this quantity will be crushed for use in the concrete section and 'also in part of the rock fill, and the rest will be used in the form of large stones 4 to 5 tons in weight.
batteries from witness's firm. had instructions as to what mark Mr. D'Almadn: Have you ever
or marks are to attached to these batterics?
Witness: Yes. All the marks to be attached were given to me.
And you would cause them to Is that so?--- a lithographed. Yes.
Mr.
D'Almada handed up
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The dam will contain a tunnel through its widest section at river level. This will be big enough to carry flood water dur series of bills, and his Worship ing construction and another tun- nel at a higher level will carry said they were useless as they did the water from the lake through not refer to the brands of bat- the dam to the conduit in which teries that were the subject of the it will take the first stage of its charge. journey to Hongkong.
Spillway Decision.
Wasting Time.
Mr. D'Almada; Shall I ask him? Mr. Wynne-Jones: Yes, go on. A final decision has not yet if you don't know your case, Mr. been taken with regard to the D'Almada, I cannot help you. spillway, but this will probably be Witness stated that the bills re- constructed in the form of a conferred to Flying Hand although crate granite-faced hell-mouth there was no record of that. about 100 feet in diameter with The Magistrate: I wish you its lip at the top water level of the would not waste my time, Mr. lake.
D'Almada.
The flood-water will pass down the bell-mouth into a tunnel with about 10 feet diameter driven
Mr. D'Almada And I wish your Worship would not waste my time. These bills, the witness says, re- fers to "Flying Hand," but there
.50 afternoon of His Honour, Mr. through the hill on the north side is no record.
.50
No.
1 PRINTED SILK VOILE-
60 Shades, 27in.
.50
No. 2 PLAIN RAW SILK--
ALL Colours, 29in,
-No:
3-STRIPED SPUN CREPE
No.
For Shirting and Pyjamas 27in.
4 FANCY EMBOSSED SILK VOILE
No.
5 PRINTED GEORGETTE CREPE
No.
22
No.
All Colours, 40in.
.70
120 Designs. 36in, $1.10
6 PRINTED CREPE DE CHINE
7 PRINTED CREPE DE CHINE
-27in.
---36in.
No.
8 PLAIN ELEPHANT CREPE
All Colours. 27in.
No.
9 PRINTED FERGUSON VOILE
-36in.
No. 10 PRINTED FERGUSON COTTON
FABRIC, 36in.
No. 11 PLAIN CREPE DE CHINE,
No. 12 PLAIN SPUN CREPE.
No. 13 PLAIN GEORCETTE CREPE,
No. 14 PLAIN SOFT SATIN
Heavy Quality.
Heavy Quality, 36in.`
Heavy Quality,
All Colours, 27in.
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Justice Sydney Spencer Sewrey Cookson.
of the dam, discharging into the river downstream of the dam.
Mr. Wynne-Jones: What are you pulting these in front of me for? It appears that deceased;
̈“Mr. D'Almada: I am putting- The decision with regard to the them in for what they are worth, accompanied by his wife and daughter, went for a walk along site of the dam was received from but if your Worship does not ac- the Pangkor Road, when he sud-
the Engineers in London last cept them, your Worship will note was week, and the local engineers that you reject them.
have already fixed positions for Witness, replying further, sald necessary machinery and the bills were in connexion with plant. It is hoped that the ex; the labris. cavation for the foundations will start in three weeks time, and be ready by thee wee or time, and
to hospital and died soon after admission.
Judge Sawrey-Cookson was born in August, 1876, son of the formerly Nawrey-Cookson,
James
$1.10 pingham and
.90
$1.00
315
Ington, Broughton Tower-in-Fur- news. He was educated at Up ford, taking his B.A. degree in 1899. He was called to the Bar in 1903 and in 1910
married Edith Isobel, Margaret; eldest daughter of Sir George Turner,
Aftor serving as judicial com-, missioner in British North Borned
tho
Estimates of cost show that this type of dam, in spite of its extra
material it contains, can be built within the estimate submitted to the Government by the Engineers
some time ago.
his shop, and when asked why he On July 4, complainant came to
went there, said that he cama from a long distance and told wit- ness he had been introduced by the Complainant wanted to patronise ness to such an extent that wit his goods, and entrented the wit- ness agreed to sell him half of each brand.
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cannot help it. He said dozen an agent.
Mr. D'Almada: Be more ful please, Mr. Interpreter.
I have have known him for several years, but sometimes interpreters do not care-hear properly.
Asked why he did not sell more than half a dozen, witness replied Mr. Wynne-Jonca: You must not to be rather a good one.
from 1910 to 1920, he went to BEGGARS BANNED that because if he sold him more, accuse my interpreters
50 Gumblu as judge of the Supreme Court. In 1925 he became Puisno Judge of the Gold Const Colony, On May 24 this year, Judge Sawrey-Cookson came to Penang as judge of the Supreme Court.
Reference to his death
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was
.70 made in the Singapore Supremo
Court this morning by the Chief Justice, Sir Walter Huggard,
.90 who stated the Colony had suffer-
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No. 15 MEN'S STRIPED AND PLAIN SILK $3.50
PYJAMAS
No. 16 MEN'S BROCADE DRESSING GOWNS $5.50
No. 17. MEN'S INTERWOVEN AND HOLEPROOF
SILK SOCKS
.75
"ALSO GREAT REDUCTIONS IN SHAWLS, KIMONOS, AND THE NEW STYLE BRIDGE COATS, COOLIE COATS, MEN'S AND LADIES' SCARVES, HANDKERCHIEFS, HOLEPROOF AND
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TAJMAHAL
SILK STORE D'AGUILAR STREET KING'S THEATRE BUILDING
ed a great loss by his death.-- Our Own Correspondent.
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WITHDRAWAL DATE.
JAPANESE TO LEAVE RAILWAY ZONE
Poking, Aug, 2...
EGYPT REFUSES TO HAVE THEM
AN OPTIMISTIC ORDER
Cairo.
There are to be no more bog gars in Egypt-officially. 1
The Council of Ministers, has passed a law by which dogging for alms is prohibited.
The beggars of Egypt have earned for that country the re putation of being one of the most embarrassing countries for tourists in the world.
An official telegram from Llu Often horribly mutilated, 'die- Shih-sken, a member of the Luan-eased or crippled, the beggars tung Retrocession Commission at have regular "standa" whence Chinwangtao, states that he has they bombard passersby with been formally advised by the their importunate whines for Japanese Commander at Shanhai- money. Japanese troops of the Kwantung are exploited by organized gangs.
the withdrawal of kuan that
Many of the wretched creatures Army along the Peking Mukden They are whooled to their places Railway will be completed by Au- of vantage in the morning and gunt 7.
"collected" ngain at night. Their handed It is expected that through rail-takings, of course, are way traffic between Shanhaikuan over to the hands of the "bogging and Peking will be restored im-racket." mediately afterwards,
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The authorities will have a pro- According to an oficial comblem to face in finding a place munique the Chinese authorities for the beggars when they are have started taking over Chloran finally turned off the streets. to-day ponding the withdrawal of Most of thom are homeless and Japanese troops from the city of destitute. | Shanhaikuan,“
The Civic Government of Linyun will remain at Hal Yang Chen temporarily Reuter,
Recentlyan orphanage ---was started here where beggar boys are taken in and taught a trade, Reuter
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Mr. Wynne-Jones: He happens
Mr. D'Almada; Yes, I know, it would mean he was selling goods Mr. D'Almada: was telling Witness stated that first of all belonging to his customers. The him to be careful.
he did not want to charge the com- trade mark WAR not witness's, Mr. Wynne-Jones: You must tell plainant for the purchase of the.. Witness had an agent in Hong- your witness to be careful. Unless dozen batteries but the complain kong,
you have grounds, you must not ant had insisted on the purchase accuse my Interpreter of misinter-fand had asked for a price list to Mr. D'Almada: We have
an preting.
facilitate a repeated order. agent, didn't he say?
Mr. D'Almada: I am not accus- The hearing was adjourned to Interpreter (Yeung Man-yuk): 1ing him at all, your Worship. 1 August 8 at 2.80 p.m.
Interpretation.
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