Straits Echo, 15 June 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE 01 I.VENfS, CIRCULATING THROUtiIiOLT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 15th JUNE, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 134.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    60 1 Mari; i auk. On May 28th. at the Cathedral. Bombay, by the Rev. Canon Hill, Lieut. Kenneth Hendor»oo, Ist Battalion 39th Garhvral Hides, son of R. C. Henderson, of Leghorn. Italy, to Marv, elder daughter of the late Genl. H. T. Siborne. R. F.. (late 11. B. M.
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    HIGH WATER.
    40 1 For Week ending Tuesday, Jiiue 21, 1904. am. p.m. Wednesday, 15th 4.40 51)5 Tlmrudav, 16th 5.30 5.55 Friday, l/th 6.20 6.45 Sat unlay, 18th 710 735 Sunday, 19th 8.01 8.25 Monday, 20th 8.50 9.15 Tiles*lay, 21st 9.40 10.05
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    THE MOON
    22 1 First Quarter June 20th, 12-32 p.m. O Full Moon 28th, 1.42 a.m. l<ast Quarter July 51 h, 12 35 p.m.
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    FIXTURES.
    42 1 To-1> av. -ud Day, sth Moon, l'own Baud. Esplanade, 5-30 p.m Wayang Yap Chow Thong, Campbell Street, 9 p.m. 'J O-MOIiROW. 3rd Day, sth Moon. Town Band. Golf Glub, 5.30 ]>jn. Wayaug Yap Ohmew Thong, Campbell 1 Street. 9 pm r
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    48 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. < Jww A lilis. i i *.'l AK l»s. M.jU't 23 June I Coromandel 23 June Chilean 7 July Ballaaral 3 July Hxtra Service. Outwards. 11 < K "Alins Borneo 28 June > Peru 17 June Java 12 July Ceylon 1 Ju'y For particulars See
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    The War.
    105 1 Huge Armies in the Field. (Ceylon Observer Service.) Allahabad, 4 June.—The Pioneer prints a special dated London 3 June reading:—The Daily Telegraph states !th it General Kuroki’s force, fully reinforced numbers 1 10,000 men and General Oka’s force 120,000. The Times correspondent in ;i wireless telegraphic message describes
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    War Items.
    931 1 General Ma Wants to Fight. Gen. Ma Yu Kun, Commander-in- j chief of the Chinese forces outside Shan-hai-kwan, has wired a confidential message to the Throne, complaining that the Russia ns have been wilfully annoying and irritating him by sending scouts 1 to this side of the Liao
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    The War in Tibet.
    734 1 (Madras Standard Service.) Calcutta, 31 May.—The Englishman's special correspondent wires from Gyantse that the garrison were engaged on the 26th instant for fourteen hours in a most arduous fight in which the Tibetans showed desperate courage. But for their adept use of cover and j care
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 1 Prnang, 15th June. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) Ixmdon Demand Bank ...1/11 4 months* sight Bank ...Ml] 3 Credit ...1/11 ,5, 3 Documentary ...1/11 4 Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 1431 3 days’ sight Private 1454 Bombay. Demand Bank 1434 3 days’ sight Private 1454 Madras, Demand Bank 143|
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    SHARES
    190 1 SersawahGold Mine Co., Ld. 15.— sellers J Haul» Australian Gold Miniug C<>., M. 6.25 sfttpv«_. KadanaGold Mining Co„ f J d. (fully paid) 10.— noni. Bruseli* Tin Mining Co., Ld. bO.—nom. Chendariang Hydraulic '1 in Miuiug Co., Ld 5 20. —spies Karangan Tiu Milling Co. 15. now. j Kiuta
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    PRODUCE.
    160 1 Pin t 71. —buyers Gold leaf* »81.— B.Pepper(VV. Coast|3lbs.soz.)s 22.— sellers White Pepper 39.25#<*/es Traug Pepper 28 i sellers Cloves (picked) 43-— noni. \f no stocok Mace Pickings 90. —sales Nutmegs 11 Os 45. —sales No. 1 6.30 Sugar 2 no stock. (.Basket +.20 sales Tapioca Flour 1./0 sellers
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      44 1 law long, Br. s.B. 105, Reid, 14th June Port Swettenham, 13th June, Gen..— K. G. Co. Canton, Br. s.s. 105, Merieau, 15th June, Teluk Anson, 11th June, Gen.,—All 4» Hiug. Roon, Ger. s.s. 4,960, Meiuers, 15th June, Bremen, 11th May, Gen.,—B. M. Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      49 1 15th June. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga. Vander Parra, for Laugkat. Tony Chay Un, for Batu Balna and Asahan Lonykal, for Teluk Anson. Taw Tong, for Port Swettenham. Malaya, for Deli. Sachsen for Ceylon, Aden d Egypt, and via Naples, for Europe, etc. Nani Yony, for Rangoon.
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      IN PORT.
      15 1 Canton, Br. s.s. 105, Merican, 15th June, Teluk Anson, 14th June, Gen.,—Ah King.
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      EXPECTED.
      56 1 A Vo m Ayeut* Due Tara Singapore H.L.&Co. I6tlijune Zaida Singapore H.L.&Co. 17th Sui Sang Calcutta B.ACo. 17th Zainauia Madras H.L.&Co. 18th G-. Apcar Singapore A.A.A.Co. 20th Ben lari g London S.B.&Co. 22nd Malta Colombo p. &o. 23rd Benuiohr Singapore S.B.&go. H.iGn 26tli Lai Sane shire Singapore London r£co
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      SAILINGS.
      68 1 IVxxe/» For A<jeut» Leave» Tara Rangoon HX.&Co. 16th June Zaida Madras H.L.&Co. 17th Sui Sang Singapore B.&Co. 18th Zauwuia Singapore H.L.&Co. 18th M G. Apear Calcutta A. A. A.Co. 21st Benl&rig Singapore S.B.&Co. 22ud t Malta Singapore P. AO. 23rd M Benmohr London S.B.&Co. Borneo Singapore P. &0. 28th
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      MAILS CLOSE
      86 1 Foit Deli —Per Pulo Rim an, morrow, 1 p.m. Tandjong Balei and Singapore—Per A saltan, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh—Per Pegu, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Hong Moh. to-morrow, 3 p.m. Olehleh —Per Janssens 17th instant, 1 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Lady
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      PASSENQERS.
      60 1 Inward Per Roon,” from Genoa, Messrs. Frank Kathe Marten, Messrs. F. A. Koopniaud, G. Kruys, G. van Leut, M. Ziiiimermand. From Antwerp, Mr. M. C. Englaun, Mrs. P. Rezaan. From Southampton, Mr. A. L. Fuiucan. Outward —Per Roon,” for Singapore, Mr. FoU*s. Mr. J. A. Solomon, Mr. Kimball. For
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
  • Obituary
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    32 1 Death. On 15th May. at Soaleby Castle. Carlisle, the residence of his son-in-law. Col. Fawcett. John Freeiiian Norris, k.c. Inner Temple (late a Judfl-e of the Hiirh Court. Calcutta), acred HI years.
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    Tanjong-Pagar Dock Co.
    1714 2 Director» Reply to Mk Anderson’» Letter. The following letter from the London Consulting Committee of the Taujong Pagar Dock Co., iu reply to Mr. John Anderson’s recent attack, lias been recei\ed by shareholders in the Company 120, Fenchurcb street, London, 2n 1 May, 1004. To the Shareholders
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    Passengers Outward.
    155 2 I’er P. and O. steamer Mongolia,” j connecting with the steamer “Malta,” at j Colombo, from London, May 27 —To Shanghai: jW. E. Allen. To Manila Mr. W. Swan jTo Singapore Mr. aud Mrs. Lansdeli and (child, Mr. T. Taylor, Mr. D. S. Richards, i To Penang Dr.
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      2269 2 elin m the ex- to to lew the h a the tail i as itli lite at »ive on the it h liis Ito alftee, emi of inly lose 1 ply of OOVF.RNMlNT OF i’AIUNG. WANTED A' NOTICE. TO LET. vacant Clerkships an<l sliouhl reach the Resident's Office at Kuala
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    The Straits Echo
    86 4 wtice Mitistle' everybody, end Justice atone. —Kmerson Established June Ist, 1903. I’nblislietl daily (except Kuihli»*». I AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Lcl., No. 226-232. Beach Street, reusing. I’IMCK DAILY. I.OCAI **i per a.»..,.,, OL’TSTATIONS l oeiatte Kxtni MAN. KIUTION (Poet tree) 15 UAKI.K APDKKSS: E c It o
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    Multum in Parvo.
    715 4 How the People have Lost Thousands of Dollars The 1 nspeetor-Genera l of Poll'd* expresses the opinion, in his Report for last year, that lists of pawners whose property has realised a surplus at Government auctions should be published in one Chinese and one Malay paper in
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  • Current Topics.
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      Crime in the Straits.
      117 4 Comparison between the statistics of crime for 1903 and those of former years leads the Inspector-General of Police to the conclusion that, with the exception of murder, crime in the Straits Settlements has decreased generally. The reports of murder cases show an i increase of eight
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      Police Quarters.
      195 4 Rk.ia i.dixo Police quarters in this Settlement, the In-spector-General of Police writes —The question as to the eventual re-occupation of Sepoy Liues bv the Sikh Police has not yet been determined the men who were removed from there in 1902 are still temporarily accommodated at the Fort, Leith
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      Police Reforms.
      454 4 Department of Straits Police Force, the Inspector-General in his recently published re- s ports (1903) writes:—Under instructions j from Government 1 drew up a scheme for the re-organisation of the Detective department, based in some respects on j the recommendations of the t ommittees I which had reported
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    Our Food Supply.
    979 4 The Municipal Abattoirs. (Continued from yesterday i*sue.) i k u separate compound from that of tlie pi,' department is situated the group of buildings in which bullocks, buffaloes, sheep and goats are slaughtered. Here, as in the pig department-, there are pens for the re- cept ion
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    The Royal Marriage at Kedah.
    223 4 Celebrating the Great Event. It is very seldom that an eveut of such importance occurs locally as the marriage which is now lieing celebrated at Kedah, H. 11. the Sultan’s son lieing joined in marriage with the daughter of H. 11. the Raja Muda. The
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    An Impudent Theft
    613 4 Cash Box Stolen' from the Police Court. A most peculiar affair occurred tins morning, when it was fouud. that the cash box used l>v the cashier in the Police Court was missing. The box was found at an early hour in the Court compound, having l>eeii prised
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    THE WAR.
    328 5 Weihaiwei. A Mining Disaster. Flour and Rice Junks Seized. Echo Special.) Tokio, 14 June.—Admiral Togo officially reports that while the Taihokumaru was laying mines, in face of the enemy on the night of the 13th instant, a mine exploded, killing one officer and nineteen men and wounding two
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Anarchists and Lord Milner.
      34 5 Three Foreigners Arrested for Using Threats. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 15 June. —In consequence of recent threats against Lord Milner, three supposed foreign anarchists 1 ave been arrested at Johannesburg.
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      The English Turf.
      69 5 Merry Andrew Wins the Ascot Stakes. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 15 June.—The result of the racing for the Ascot Stakes is as follows :—Meury Anuuew, first; Fare Gold, second Rradella third. Betting on the Hunt Cup. The betting on the limit Cup is as follows:—10to 1 against
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      News!
      109 5 Plague at Aden. (Suftplit'd by Renter.) London, l r June. —The port of j Aden is «leclnred to l>e infected with pla«jue. The Echo announced this fi«cl. just tit* teen days ago, the letterpress, on page 1. reading Plague at Aden: Quarantine at Peri in Messrs Delmege Reid and
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      The Kedah Wedding.
      44 5 A Successful Day. Echo Special Kedah, 15 June. —The programme of festivities for the Royal Wedding was carried out, and was attended with every success. A fireworks exhibition and the attendance of the Town Band were added to the original programme.
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      Canada.
      38 5 The Dundonald Case (Supplied by Rmfrr London, 11 June.—The Ottawa Cabinet has discussed the case of Earl Dundonald and it is understood that it has been decided to cancel his appointment as Commander-in-Chief of the Canadian Militia.
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      War in Acheen.
      53 5 Reinforcements*leaving Medan. (Deli Con rant Service.) Koefa Radja, 11 June.—The Medan column which starts for the front to-morrow received a rein forcement of two brigades of mounted policemen. They are under command of Lieutenant Draaijer. Dr. van Andel and 5 privates of Engineers are in charge of
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      Bangkok.
      149 5 An Insurance Case. Echo Special.) Bangkok, 13 June. A sequel to the tire which occurred on the pre- rinses of Mr. F. Hofer, artist and photographer, on 24th March last, is an order by the British Court for the submission to arbitration of his claims on policies held in
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    The late Mr. C. Phillips.
    404 5 Mu. G. T. Hare writes to the Straits Timas under date of Singapore 10th June on behalf of himself and of past and present members of the Chinese Protectorate, Singapore, in reference to its obituary notice of the lab* Mr. C. Phillips, who, he says,
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    Chinese Marriage Ceremonies.
    1422 5 Interesting Discussion in the Federai, Capital. here wits again a very large attendance at Capituu China’s residence last Saturday evening when the subject of debate was: That this Home considers that the exist- ing marriage ceremonies are unsuitable to the needs of the present dav.” The President
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    Bank Robbery.
    617 5 Daring Outrage in Melbourne. Bank Clerk Bound and Gagged. Our Sydney, N. S. W., exchanges report the most during aud successful bank robbery that. Melbourne has known for manv years was committed at Boxhill in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the 17th May. Mr. A. 11. Serpell,
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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