Straits Echo, 29 August 1904

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, 3IONDAY, 29th AUGUST, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 195
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    War Items.
    828 1 Japan's Strategic Plans of Campaign. According to a military attache at present in Japan, whose name and nationality it is for obvious reasons not advisable to mention, the Japanese campaign, which is now proving such a puzzle and worry to military experts mid war writers the world over,
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    Russian Lies.
    630 1 Mr. G. F. Johnson, Secretary of the P. O. S. N. Co., writes to the Shipping Gazette (5 Aug.) re the wholly illegal seizure of the Malacca:— Sir, —Referring to the communique iu the Official Messenger of St. Petersburg published to-day, iu which it is stated that the
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    The Menace of Russia.
    239 1 Cargo for Japan. Owing to the action of the Russians iu the Red Sea there is some difficulty iu getting cargo forward to Japan, say the Loudon dailies. The P. and 0., for instance, will not give through B/L. aud only accepting shipments as far as
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    HIGH WATER.
    46 1 For \Ve«k him ling Sunday, Sept. 4, 1904. a."m. r.M. Mon «la v, 29th 1.48 2.03 Tuesday, 30th 2 17 2 32 Wednesday, 31st... 2.50 3 03 Thursday, 1 Sept 3.40 3.54» Friday, 2nd 4.01 4.29 Saturday, 3rd 4.54 5.04 Sunday, 4th 5.10 5.35
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    FIXTURES.
    22 1 To-day. 19th Day, 7(ii Moon. Town Baud, Esplanade, 5-30 p.in. To-morrow. 20th Day, 7th Moon. Town Baud, Golf Club, 5.30 p.ui.
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    THE MOON.
    25 1 Last Quarter ...Sept. 2nd, 3.48 p.m O New Moon 10th, 3.5 a.m First Quarter... lt>th, 2.8 p.m. O Full Moon 24th, 10.52 p.»i
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    43 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. > ter WARDS. HoMK WARDS. Bengal l Sep 1 Coromandel 3 Sept Malta 13 Chusan 17 lixtra Service. Outwards. Hum kwards. Manila 6 Sept i Borneo 29 Any l*era 20 j Java 12 Sept E£*r Vor particulars See 3.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      179 1 A. D. Slit ELS. x> WHISKIES. Eastern Oriental Hotel. o CRITERION DINNER. In Honour of the Birthday of HER MAJESTY QUEEN WILHELMINA. WEDNESDAY, 31st AUGUST. Band in attendance during and after Dinner. SARKIES Brothers, Proorietors. Egyptian Cigarettes, Egyptian Cigarettes, ELLIA JEANON BRAND. Artillery (io'd Tipped $2.00 per 100. Navy large
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    • Advertisement
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      12 1 STEARNS’ WINE strengthens the insistence to disease of the lungs and air
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    • Advertisement
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      132 1 A. E. SKEELS. f LAGER BEER. For Infants and Children. FOOD. m For Infants and Children. KATZ BROTHERS, SOLE AGENTS. 92,e BURN Co., Ltd., Electrical Engineers, PENANG. Show Rooms Logan's Buildings. AUK now prepared to undertake all kinds of electrical work at the shortest notice. All work done by fully
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    Our Food Supply.
    5375 2 Dr. Park’s Special Report Following is the report on our food supply and recommendations in connection therewith as submitted at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners last Friday. It is dated 21st June and it would therefore be interesting to know why it was so backward in
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • Advertisement
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      247 2 NOTICE. ri'lHE Licensing Justices of Penang will -L sit in the Court of Requests at 2-30 p.m., on Friday, the 2u«l September, 1904, to hear applications for New Licenses, for the renewal of Licenses and for the transfer of Licenses under the Liquors and Billiards Ordinance for the 3rd Quarter
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    • Advertisement
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      773 2 Nieuwe Deli Race Club. 1 ENTRIES for AUTUMN MEETING J on 12th, 14tli and 16th September, 1 close at 7 p.m.. on Friday, 2nd September. Entries must be made on N. D. R. C. or S. R. A. forms obtainable from the Secretary and in all cases must be accompanied
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    • Advertisement
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      624 2 WANTED. TWO or three Competent Compositors. Apply to CRITERION PRESS. WANTED. A SMALL furnished house, at reasonable rent, within easy distauce of Town, or to share a furnished house. Apply to P. 1). Q. t c/o This Ojjicc. 2-6-04 301 WANTED rjlO buy Tandjong Piuaug lee Company, Lt<l., Shares. Apply
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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      1575 3 ft VS Sept Oct. A '.l'/H'i'toi firnnil mill I)r pur lures Mail Service. Outwards 1 s.s. Hengal oinne d-ing with s.s. India l.’m.s. Malta do a.». Britannia 29 8.8. Coromandel <lo 8.8. Oceana 13 B.s Simla do 8.8. Macedonia Homewards. r \C Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Ajll
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    The Straits Echo.
    73 4 JiMtire sHtixfle* (•verybody, ami jnsti'C alone.— Established June 1st, 1903. cUily AT THS CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 220-232, Beach St reet, Penaiis; BRICE !>AILY, LOCAL p*r rnnwm OUTSTATION8 Foetatfe Extra MAIL KIHTION (I‘nut Free) 15 CAULK AI > I lit KSS F.cho—Penang.” Telephone No. 188. Ktiitin-. Chknnki
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  • Current Topics.
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      The $ Question.
      395 4 The Question. A correspondent writes to the Free Press that he is vastly amused at the simplicity of the Colonial Treasurer in asking employers to collect any old dollars from their clerks, Ac., in order to get them exchanged for new dollars. Does the C. T. suppose (he asks) that
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      The Reveune Farms.
      460 4 Thk Straits Times (20 Aug.) states it is authoritatively informed that the Penang Opium and Spirit Farmers, who have been clamouring for a reduction of their tax of 2J million dollar* per annum, have been offered by Government, aud have accepted, a reduction of .*$50,000 per month
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    The Vanishing Act.
    523 4 Gunny Run to Earth in Penang. Last Saturday evening a detective succeeded in laving his hands on the muchwanted Kader Gunny, the cashier of Messrs Logan Ross, solicitors, who was stilted to have levanted with upwards of $lO,OOO belonging to his employers, under circumstances set out in
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    The Russian Refugees.
    1006 4 I How the Askold Looked When She Arrived at Shanghai. Riddled with Shot and Shell from Stem to Stern. The Shanghai Mercury (13 Aug.) pubr lishes the following interesting report of the condition of the big 5-funnel Russian cruiser > j Askold when she arrived at Shanghai
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    Pugilistica.
    241 4 Great Battle in Frisco Jim Jeffries, who wrested the championship from Corbett, about two years ago, met Jack Muuro, the Bute miner, at San Francisco last Saturday in a 20-rounds contest for the Championship of the World, which Munroe believed himself able to take from the redoubtable Californian. Up
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    Notices to Mariners.
    557 4 Among the notices to mariners appearing in Friday’s Gazette we note that a shoal has been found iu tlie approaches to Ainov harbour; a wreck, dangerous to vessels, is afloat in the Java Sea in lat 4 5' S, long. 10o° 3b E., and two red buovs
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      282 4 PRITCHARD CO., PENANG. OUTFITTING DEPARTMENT. Hickson’s, Branch’s Bostock s BLACK BROWN Boots Shoes, Patent Shoes Pumps, Tennis Shoes, &c. Croquet Sets, Croquet Mallets, Croquet Balls. GOLF REQUISITES A SPECIALITY. SIMPSON’S, TAYLORS, ANDERSON’S, WARDON’S SPALDING’S Newest Golf Clubs, Golf Balls, Bags, etc. The New American Putter AS USED BY W. J.
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    • Advertisement
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      385 4 George Town Sales Room Valuable Town Property Fop Sale BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES (Subject to Reserve Bidding.) The undersigned lias» lieeu favoured with instructions to sell by Public Auction On Monday, the !2th September, 1904, At Tin Exchange Alley, Commencing at 11 a.m. ALL that puce of laud, messuages
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      5 4 IRONMONGERY. McAlister A Co., Ltd
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      4 4 QUTLERY Mcfilister Co.. Ltd.
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    The War.
    178 5 The Struggle at l.iaoyang. (Supplitul l.i/ Hauler.) London, 17 Aug.—General Kuropatkiu lias sent, in a loner but contused despatch reporting continuous fighting to the south-east of LiaoJ’ang, extending trout the morning of the 2 4th inst. until 5 o’clock in the evening of the 25il, inst, when the
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    The Mexican Dollar.
    651 5 Me. Piatt Andrew -points out in the Harvard Quarterly Journal of Economics the coining extinction of the Mexican dollar. Within half a century the silver peso issued from the Mexican mints was current throughout the two American continents, circulated throughout the West Indies and in most of
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    The Vostok Raiders.
    977 5 Further Particulars of the Knight Commander Outrage. FULL TEXT OF EVIDENCE GIVEN BEFORE THE BRITISH CONSULGENERAL AT YOKOHAMA. Great Number of Japanese Schooners and Coasting Steamers Sunk. Captain Browu and Second Officer F. W. Jolliffe of the China Navigation Co.’s steamship Tsinan gave evidence before Mr. J.
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    “The Magistrate.”
    901 5 Great Success ok Our ADS. Saturday's performance of this play by the Amateur Dramatic Society stands out easily as the best achievement of its kind we have seen in Penang. With tlie fuisome praise of the critique in our contemporary dealing with Friday’s performance, we fancy few will
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    PRODUCE.
    168 5 «piu J 74.25 buyers Gold leaf 79. B. Pepper (W. Coast 31b5.50z.)5 22. —sellers White Pepper 33r\ sellers Trang Pepper 5 27. —sellers Cloves (picked) of season Mace 36 —sales Mace Pickings 78. —sellers Nutmegs 110 s 42. sales. No. 1 6 60 nam Sugar 2 no stock. liasket
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      125 5 Van Ovthookn, Dut. s.s. 827, Schmitz, 29th Aug., Singapore, 2/th Aug., Gen.,—Hi L. Co. Hebe, Hr. s.s. 315, Inkster, 29th Aiig. Singapore, 27th Aug., Gen, W. M, A Co. Bezwada, Br. s.s. 3,270, Archdeacon, 27th Aug., Singapore, 25th Aug.,. Gen H. L. A Co. Ho Kwei, Br. s.s. 209,
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      DEPARTURES.
      44 5 29th August. Hebe, for Deli. Hok Canton, for Edie, T. Semawe, Sogli, and Olehleh. Malaya for Deli. Canton, for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Vidar, for Port Swettenham. Janet Nicoll, for Moulmcm. C. Aj>car, for Calcutta. Hony Moh for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      57 5 For Port Swettenham, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore—Per Pin Sony, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Singapore —Per Bezinula, (o-morow, 3 p.m. Kopah, Kenong, Victoria Point, Maliwun, Mergui A Tavoy—Per Onwpere, to-morrow, 3 p.m. Langkat —Per Jin Ho, Ist instant, 1 p.m. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius, Egypt and via Brindisi, for
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 5 Penang, 29th August. (Ity courtesy of the Chartered Hank.) Tiondon Demand Bank ...1/11 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/11 3 Credit ...1/11 7 6 3 Documentary ...1/114 Calcutta. Demand Bank Its. Il l 3 days’ sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 144 3 days’ sight Private 146 Madras, Demand Bank
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    SHARES
    201 5 Bersawall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 5 11. sellers Raub Australian Gobi Mining Co., Ld 5 6.50 buyers Redjang Lebong Gold Mining Co., lid 5192.50 sales KadanaGold Mining Co„Ltd. (fully paid) S 19.— nom. Bruseli* Tin Mining Co., Ld. 5 4.25 buyers Clieudariang Hydraulic 'J in Mining Co., Ld 10.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • Miscellaneous
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      33 5 WEATHER. Thk following lepi'i r. is kitid 1 v supplied by the Signal Director of Fort Connvailis: The rainfall during the 2 f hours ended *t. a.in. io-dav was 0.- r >f> inches.
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      1158 6 CHUBB’S SAFES. i eg “I DAVID BROWN Co., 4, I Aryan's Jhiildinys. Estate Agent* A Auditors. Undertake Sale* by Auction or Private Tender of House and Land Property and Stock, Agents, Yarrow Hill Nursery, and Fruit Farm. For tlie supply of Seeds and Seedling* of Cocoauut,*, Aiangostoen* and Fruit* of
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      1376 7 a 5/ 6?® FOR I’ltlCKS A"|T,V TO MARTYN Co. 72c I*2-10-01 for sale. Elephant Brand Kerosene Oil W H CH l i!W I ,asse< l the Government tes l showing the remarkably high Hashing jHnnt of 88,87,86°, and 80" Fah. according to Alsel s lests. thus showing this oil to
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      2089 8 Great Annual Clearance Sale. -oWHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW l Go., PENANG. -o PRYE RIVER DOCK. PENANG CHIN JOO Co., TE above Dock, situated in Province Wellesley, at tlie entrance of the Prve River, has lately been lengthened and deep, ened and is now of the following dinten--158, Beach Street Special Offer in
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