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Appointed. Sir William Peel, 55, career administrator and adviser since 1897 in British Malaya (Penang, Singapore, Kedah, etc.); to be Governor of Hongkong, important British naval station and trade mart in the Orient (average annual trade $500,000,000). Sir William succeeds to the post and salary ($30,000) of Sir Cecil Clementi, promoted Governor of the Straits Settlements...
...Vicomte and Vicomtesse de Sibour had their hunting clothes sent on to Africa; trunks of tropical clothes together with trifles were despatched to Bombay and Penang. They took with them however in two bags which were stowed into the De Haviland Moth, evening clothes and other proper equipment for polite traveling. At the airdrome, a reporter asked questions which de Sibour answered with a little diatribe on the advantages of aviation. "The running expenses come to $15 per week at maximum. . . . My wife and I haven't been in a train all year. ... If you see an interesting tower...
From the Straits Settfements, a Crown colony comprising Singapore, Penang and Malacca, news came last week that the local British administration derives some ?2,500,000 ($12,150,000) annually from opium revenues. Opium, called locally chandu, was reported on sale at $8 an ounce, in "smoke parlors" operated by the government, whereas the government imports tin drug from China for less than $1 an ounce. During 1925 almost $300 000 was spent by the government in building new and more luxurious "smoke parlors" which are now reported in full blast. The natives, accustomed to chandu, apparently feel no more...
...Drohan, a noted soccer player and all-around athlete, will coach the Freshmen this year. Coach Drohan has had 25 years' experience in Europe and America as a soccer player, and has coached teams in Singapore and Penang in the Malay States as an agent of the British government. He has studied physical education for the last few years and will stress conditioning in the early part of the season...
Chao Chom Suvadena last year visited the Malay States, Singapore and Penang in the royal entourage. The official proclamation of her "promotion" contained a reference to the fact that she is soon expected to give birth to an heir...