Straits Echo, 7 November 1903

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED [MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. roL. l. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7th, 1903. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 134.
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    Domestic Occurrence.
    112 1 Marriages. On llt 1) Oct St. James’B, Piccadilly Vlexaxi'P r Macdonald Myburgh, «on of late Myburgh. Q. C., to Nina Morrill, daughter*late C. A. Morrill, Chicago. on 17th October, at St. John’s Church, hv tlit* Rev. W. Kitchiu, Chaplain ,f M«*ra<" Capt. Charles Henry Straton, R<»val Armv Medical
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    HIGH WATER.
    32 1 por Week ending Friday, Nov. 13, 1903. P.M. A.M. Saturday 3.20 3.45 Sunday 4.10 4.35 Monday 5-00 5.25 Tuesday 5.50 0.15 Wednesday 0.40 7.05 Thursday 7.30 7.55 Friday 8.20 8.55
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    THE MOON.
    20 1 November. (Last Quarter... Nov. 12th, 9.41 am. 0 New Moon 19th, 12.05 p.m. I First Quarter 27th, 12.31p.m.
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    FIXTURES.
    58 1 To-dat. Town Band, Golf Club, 5-30 p.m. Indra Zanihar Theatrical Co., Chinese! Theatre Hall, 9 p.m. Cigarette Smoking Concert, Prvc Dock Reading Room. 9 p.m. Great Bengal Circus, at 4-15 p.m. and! ‘>-15 p.m. Datoh Kramat Gardens. j To-morrow. Churcd* Services (see page 5.) 22nd Sunday after Trinity. Indra
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    39 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. OUTWARDS. HOMEWARDS. Ballaarai 12 Nov Bengal 11 Nov. Simla 2(i j Malta 2H Extra Service. Outwards. Homewards. Ceylon 17 Nov j Java Nov Jayan 1 Dec Shanghai 21 fcr For particulars See Page 3.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Panama Panic.
      105 1 (J. S. Bluejackets again Landed. Revolutionists ox the War-path. (Reuter s Service.) London, (>th Nov. —The State Department has received a telegram from Panama formally announcing the establishment of a now government in Colombia. Bluejackets have again been landed at Colon from the U. S- gunboat Nash viile.
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      Russia and Germany.
      35 1 Conference of Ministers Reuter's Service.) London* bth Nov.—Count von Biilow, the German Imperial Chancellor, and Count Vladimir LamsdorfF, the Russian Foreign Minister, have liacf a lengfliy’ conference, lasting three hours, at Darmstadt.
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      The Pao Huang Hui Society.
      107 1 (Shanghai Times Service.) Peking, Oct. 21. —The well known reformer Liang Chi Chiao, the organiser of the Pao Huang Hui, is now travelling round the world, with the object of raising funds for his society. On a former occasion Tls 700,000 was raised but the
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      Another Promotion.
      212 5 hgerton for Nigeria. Singapore, 6th Oct. —The local papers announce that the Hon. W. Kgerton, c.m.g., Resident of the Negri Sernbilan, has been appointed High Commissioner of Southern Nigeria. Waltkr Eoerton. CM C. (1901). —Ed. Tonbridge Sclil.; cadet. S. Sttlmt*., Oct.. 1880 awt. to the Chinese prot.. Jun..
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      Installation Ceremony of the Sultan of Selangor.
      168 5 Kuala Lumpur, Oth Nov. —The installation ceremony of H. H. the Sultan of Selangor took place at the newly built and finely situated Istana at Klaug. The scene was a grand one, every section of the community being represented. The Raja Muda represented
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      The Colombian Revolution.
      562 5 Incle Sam charged with Encouraging Revolution in the Isthmus. Ameiuan Journals Accuse Roosevelt of Conniving at the Whole Thing. (Eeutty'x Service.') London, 7th Nov.—The United Government has recognised die new government established in Panama. It is expected that this means the establishment of a virl' lui American
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    Dr. Penticost on the Orient.
    231 1 The Rev. Dr. G. F. Penticost, the wellknown evangelist whom the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions sent round the world as special preacher to English-speak-ing congregations and who gave severaaddresses in Hongkong, has returned hotnel delighted with the Philippines and declares them to be the
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    The Imperial Institute.
    636 1 Straits, Maiaya and Borneo Exhibits. The latest supplement to the Board of Trade Journal dealing with matters connect l l with the Imperial Institute, coutahls some interesting notes on recent additions to the Indian and Colonial Sections. We extract the following Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States.
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  • States’ News.
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      PAHANG.
      447 1 Kuala Lipis, 27th Octolxr. —The Resident presided at the meeting of the State Council which was held at Lipis on the 22nd October, the other members present having been Dato’ Maharaja of Jelai and Dato’ Imam Prang Indera Stia Raja of Pulau Tawar. The new Coinage and Legal Tender
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    Rubber.
    184 1 A New Tapping Tool. A device for grooving or tapping ludiarubber trees is the subject of a United Stales patent granted to Fayette S. Robinson of Boston. It lias lieeu designed for use particularly on plantations of castilloa elastica, Briefly described, the device comprises a tong-like structure having jaws
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    PASSENGERS.
    42 1 Inward—~Per Bantam,” from Acheen, Messrs. K. T. Suda ami Marinus. Outward —Per A. Apcar, for Singapore, Dr. T. C. Mugliston, Mr. Mux Stolzel Mrs. Smith and 1 child, Mr. Huttenbjjch, for Hongkong, Mr. and Mrs Chang Thve Yen and 2 children
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    MAILS CLOSE
    31 1 Fok 1*011 Swettenham and Malacca Per Langkat, 9th instant, noon. Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan Per J lory Austin, 9th instant, noon. Pangkor and Teluk Anson—Per Canton, 9th instant, noon.
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    MAILS DUE.
    12 1 From Europe. Ballaarat 12th Nov. Foe Europe. Bengal 14th Nov.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      176 1 Siak. Dut. s.s. 240. Schuur, 6th Nov., T. Poera, sth Nov., Oil, K. B. Co. M. VajikOniiis, Dut. s.s. 1,172, Boou, 7th Nov., Acheen, 3rd Nov., Gen.,—H. L. Co. Bantam, Dut. s.s. 3,114, Potjewyet, 7th Nov., Acheen, sth Nov., Gen., —H. L. Co. Australind, Br. s.s. 544. Moxon, 7th
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      DEPARTURES.
      77 1 7th November. Minted, for Edie. T. Semawe, Segli, Puk» Well, Olehleh and Padang. Hebe, for Deli. Kum Sang, for Calcutta. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Vidar, for Deli. Rotorua, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Avagyee, for Teluk Anson. A. A pear, for Singapore and Hongkong. Un Peng, for Perlis Setul.
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      IN PORT.
      124 1 Siak, Dut. s.s. 240, Schuur, 6th Nov., T. Poera, sth Nov., Oil, K. B. Co. M. Vajirunhis, Dut, s.s. 1.172. Boon, 7th Nov., Acheen, 3rd Nov., Gen., —H. L. Co. Bantam, Dut, s.s, 2,114, Potjewyet, 7th Nov.. Acheen, sth Nov., Gen., —H. L. A Co. Australind, Br. s.s.
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      EXPECTED.
      49 1 Yegaeh From Ayents Dm Nurnburg Rangoon B.M.&Co. 8th Nov. C. Apcur Singapore A.A.A.Co. 12th Ballaarat Colombo P. A 0. 12th Ambria do. B.M.ACo. 14th Beulomond London S. B. Co. 16 th Simla do. P. 0. 26th Benledi London S. B. Co. Benart do. do. Benlawers Singapore do. 20th
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      SAILINGS.
      57 1 Vessels I For Agents Leave» Nunilierg Singapore B. M. A Co. 8th Nov. ltenlomond > do. S. B. Co. 17th Ballaarat do. P. A O. 12th 0. Ape ir Calcutta. A.A.A.Co. 13tl. Ambriu Singapore B. M. &Co. 14t i Benluwers Marseilles S. B. <t Co. 20th Benledi Singapore do.
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      29 1 WEATHER. The following report is kindly supplied hy the Siirnal Director of Fort Cornwallis: The rainfall during the -4 hours ended at. it ;un. to-day was 1’ 17 inches.
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    Ceylon Legislative Council.
    1684 2 Opening the Session for 1903. The following «an report of H E tin* Right Hon. Sir J. West Kidge way’s address on opening the Ceylon Legislative Council. 26th October last Honourable Member of the Legislatu i 'nu.nc.il —This is the seventh and, I much to think, the
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    Passengers Outward.
    149 2 Per Chusau, connecting with the steamer Ballaarat at Colombo, from London, Oct. 16. —To Hongkong Miss C. Houlder, Miss P. E. Massey, Miss Heard, Miss Cardew. To Singapore Miss Morrison, Mr. and Miss Sommerville, Mr. C. B. Griffin, Mrs. Seed. Sister Katherine, MrS. Ventris, Mr., Mrs. and Miss
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      1812 3 Is. N. Co. r pHK mail steamers may l>e expected to I arrive Outwards, and leave Penang HomeuarJs on the following date* mail service. Outwards. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. Hambnrg-Amerika Linie, Hamburg. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Co, Ltd. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij, Negapatam Lines of Steamers. Intended Sailing and Expected Akkivals of
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    The Straits Echo.
    76 4 Justice satisfies everybody, and justice alone.—Emerson. Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) AT THE M CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY, LOCAL $24 per annum. (Po6t Free) 27 MAIL EDITION (Post Free) 15 CABLE ADDRESS: Echo—Penan g.” Telephone No. 188. Editor,
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    The Dollar Difficulty.
    815 4 Five More Seizures. In our last issue we drew attention, to the difficulties that have arisen and. are likely to contiuue for some time; owing to the manner in which the new Currency Law was rushed through Council and put into force on the eve of the
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    The New Estimates.
    2467 4 Taxes Reduced all Round. 1 A special meeting of the Municipal 11 Commission was held yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. W. Hallifax (President) in the chair. There were also present Messrs A. R. Adams, Cheah Tek Thve, Quail Beng Kee, F. S. B. Gaffney. S. Reid (Engineer), and
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  • The Straits Echo
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      Fresh War-clouds in the North.
      99 5 (Special Service.) Ominous Signs of Impending Trouble. kMuloit, 7th Oct—Reports revive! here from Tientsin report that (Miina assumed a very defiant attitude rix-it-rix Russia- All j ie Viceroys of tlie provinces have jt SUe d circulars boldly declaring that ’ash with Russia is inevitable .1*
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    Local Shipping Case.
    313 5 Mr. Lowery Obtains Costs. This morning, Mr Justice Law gave judgment as to the question of costs in the case Lowery v. Koe Guan <$r Co. His Lordship said that he had already announced his intention of giving the plaintiff his costs unless he was, as was
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    914 5 Annual General Meeting. Thk annual general meeting of the Penang Cricket Club was held yesterday evening at the Town Hall. There was’a large attendance of uieniliers. After the minutes of the last meeting had lieen read and confirmed. Mr. A. R. Adams, President, addressed tin* iheetnijr. "Tie
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE RISE IN RATES.
      177 5 r r- T<> The Kdit(i|(i h t S ii; ai t j Kciie. Sfti, —1 notice through your valuable journal of 2nd instant that a large re- meeting was held at the Chinese Town Hall on 31st uito.. to consider the question of the proposed j
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    ENGLISH SPEAKING AMONG THE STRAITS CHINESE.
    247 5 T*» Epitqx up tub Stba.its.Echo. Siß,-i —I have been much interested in j reading the letters published in your I columns concerning the above. From Mr. Law lew Swee s letter I discern that his object is to incite the Babas to adapt the
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  • States’ News.
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      SELANGOR.
      394 5 (From our, Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 3rd Nov.—Mr. Noel Paul has been appointed General Assistant to the Conservator of Forests, F. M. S. Mr. W. G. C. Walter, the Harbour Master at Port Swettenham. is shortly proceeding on leave. He is going to New Zealand. -»< Yesterday, the Tamil community
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    Wayang Kassim.
    331 5 The audience at the Town Hall last night to witness the perfoianar.ee of Rossine l>y the Wjfvang Kassim Company was a good one. notwithstanding the intermittent and often heavy altowers of rain which fell shortly before the show began. The acting of Bosini was excellent, full of spirit
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    CO-Morrow's Church Service.
    176 5 St. George's Church (Church of England):- —Matins. (Plain), 8 a.m. Holy Communion, 8.30 a.m. Service for Chinese, 10.30 a.m. Sunday School, 5 p.m. Evensong and Sermon 6 p.m. Service at the Mission Chapel. Farqnhar Street, at 6 p.m. Church ok the Immaculate Conception, Burmah Road (Roman Catholic)
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      118 5 Penang, 7th November. (By courtesy of the Chartered lianl:.) London Demand Bank ...1/10, 7 6 4 months’ sight Bank ...1 lOfjl 3 Credit a ...1/10$ 3 ...1/10*®! Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs.. 139 k 3 days’ sight Private ./.*1411 Bombay, Demand Bank 1391 3 days’sight Private 1411 Madras, Demand Bank
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      7 5 ROSE’S LIME JUICE. Me AHster Co., Ltd
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      5 5 IRONMONGERY. McAlister 6c Co., i^td
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      5 5 DRAIN PIPES. McAlister Co., Lttf
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      62 5 BANK HOLIDAY. undermentioned Ban** will lie closed *l. on Monday, the Jtth November, 1908, in honour of the Anniversary of the Birthday of His Majesty the King Emperor:— For the Chartered Bank of India. Australia and China. J. ARMSTRONG, Manager. For the Hongkong Shanghai Banking .trtion. A. G. STEPHEN. Aetg.
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      297 5 To-day’s Advertisement. Grand Double Performance OF Professor BOSE’S GREAT 'BENGAL CIRCUS DATO KRAMAT GARDENS Saturday 7th November, 1903. MATINEE AT 4-15 p.m. and EVENING PERFORMANCE AT 9-15 p.m. «■n .p m v Wonderful daring exploits on the Triple Horizontal Bar! Grand Serpentine Descent from the Egyptian Pyramid!! Marvellous exhibition of
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      1634 6 NOTICE. "JjTEE SAW and Sons beg to inform the HONG SING. public in general that, they will undertake to repair all kinds of' Bicycles, Musical Boxes, Gas Lamps, Type Writers, &c., &c. They also undertake contracts for repairing Bicycle inner tul)es at only $2 per month, and overhaul Bicycle once
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    Encyclical Letter of Pius X.
    2312 7 Formation of the Priesthood. As to the means to be employed in attaining this great end. it seems supertiuous to name them. I for they are obvious of themselves. Let your j lirst care be to form Christ in those who are destined from the
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      757 7 Posad». Very Old Bottled, white Port. dor. $50, Imt. $5. w. CORNFIELD, PENA KG. CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR CARDS No. 10/11. Posada Tarragona*, doz. $10, bot. $0.90 GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. are invited for the supply of A- the undermentioned articles to the Police Department for 1904:— Blacking in tins Khaki Buckles,
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      330 7 Club, Dry Champagne, Periquex, Babies. S44 ease, 4 doz., $11 doz. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. "VJ' OTICE is hereby given that the Books containing the valuations of, and rates imposed on, building and lands situated within the Municipality of Oeorge Town, Penang, for the year 1904. are open to the inspection of
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      10 7 No. 17. Posada Sherry, Amo Selecto, doz. 324, bot. 32.25
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      35 7 LIM SUN HO CHOP HENG MOH CO., 164, Beach Street, Penang. Importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. JO6 SEING Co., '12, Beach Street, PENANG. General Import and Export Agents. 30.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1007 8 PROGRAMME FOE JANUARY MEETING, 1904. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 26th January, 1904. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value 8500.—A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lOst) An allowance of 141bs. to all ex-Griffins. Entrance 810. DisL tanoe, one mile. 2. First Griffin Race. Value 8400 and 8100
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      610 8 IMPORTANT NOTICE. TATTERSALLS, No. 96, KLAWEI ROAD. The Proprietor begs to notify that having engaged a Competent Staff of Professional Riders, &c., at a considerable expense to himself, he is now open To Train, Break to Harness, Griffins, Race Horses, Galloways, Ponies, or Hacks, For the Forthcoming Singapore, Selangor, Penang,
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      480 8 HONG CHEGNG. BOOT AND SHOE MAKER, No- 63, BISHOP STREET. PENANG. i j l’nder the patronage of His Excellency thn i Sn j Ofcorta* Koch Mitchell, (i. M. Govern,.! I Settlements. The Hon’ble Resident Councillor H. Tr I'tn and several other officers. The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Company, Limited. N
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