Straits Echo, 3 January 1907

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    33 1 Straits Echo DMU CHRONICIK F RVENTS CIRCIJUTING THROUGHOUT THE STRUTS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND EAST GENERALLY. VOL 6. $24 Per Annum* PENANG, XHUKSDAIt, 3rd JANUARY, 1907. Single Copy, 10 cent;;. No. 2.
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      1200 1 W 258 *5 3 «S N in (tc \s FO a BEST Pop Aig n A LL PURPOSES. (BANKS of India, AiTWalia and China. incorporated by royal CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. 111*.000,000 Capital Keservo Fund Liabilg v of Proprietors ■*.‘HOO.OOO •£975,000 -£*oo,ooo Paid-up-Capital Rkskrvk Fund Sterling Reserve *10,000,000 F
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      28 1 SOLE AGENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. m Si 43 (6 a >= c: 30 CJ3 /y> o r X V 5 iN ft *HTV S,SS W 1 TIANG LEE A Co.
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    INDIA.
    732 2 I MUC illK M rKKtA..CrHTuM> Finxirv.. LV couu WAIIVEB- end Calcutta. lHtb lumber. ™ad .secretary to the «Joverunrent »tW», UIJU .In. “«"> ,u i J B c” reu Xl>part- olie IUl r to fbe Secretary, Revenue x F 8 r memorial addressed to tbe 'i kuo hull* by hotubay
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    A Sensible Suggestion.
    287 2 I Hus the Afrt’tf Matt: Ct nsideriug the weather, man. II couutry he I road' 'are in .be Kuala I.umpur dwtrjel, I 1 1 ijlieow road between Suopei lies, aud Kaj rug I is rather we, in places par..cuUrlv at the t «r .u I U J
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      208 2 Homeward Passenger Season 1907. p, <& O. S. N. Co. s s. MACEDONIA 111,512 TONS. From Penang Direct to Marseilles and London. WITHOUT TRANSHIPMENT. Leave Bombay Apl. b Colombo Apl. 3 London Apl. 27 i... ti.;.- will 1 k“ afforde*! t t fleet eu. For particulars of passage Kates «fcc.
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      1491 2 JL 11 V I Bouquet. Natural Bou q Ton erl t Wanted E»«P loy Accouuiiiut, Kxp«rt B°^oi^:- o,v,l6erTaut ,s opeu Addres. 0. Straits ent Wanted EmP loyI^ 8urve engag emeul Addr ess C r f Y V c/o Straits c,i BUSINESS DIR MINERAL WAT MANUFACTURERS. RT Office Clerk, »We to
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      65 3 Arcadia, Hr. s.s., 3,013, Valentine, 3rd Jan., Bombay, 2dtb Dec., Gen., P. A O. Cornklia, Hr. s.s., 194, Reid, 2nd Jan., Port Swettenbam, Ist Jan., Gen., K. G. Co. Lady Wkld, Hr. s s., 24 0, Treweeke, 3rd Jan., Teluk Ausou, 2ud Jan., Gen., —St iaits S S. Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      77 3 oKi) January. Van dfi- Parra, for Deli, Bajau, Edie ;m«l T. Setnawe. Omapere, for Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavov. Vadang. for Iktu Habra. Miry Austin, for Asabau. It. Hathnyn, for Haiti Ha lira. link Canton, for Edie, T. Seuiawe, Segli, Olebleb ami Sabaug. Canton, for Paugkor and
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    EXPECTED.
    23 3 *ng*>h b Y* lit 1 ‘I* Ills thi? Hay sou Si 1114 1 pore YV.M.&Co. 3rd Jan Austria Trieste S.K.&Co. 7» li
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    SAILINGS.
    17 3 1 rttneltt F»r A'/entis Lances Havsoii Austria I (ieuoi. Singapore W.M&Co. S K.&Oo. 3f«l Jail 7ili
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    66 3 H OR Port Swettenbain aud Malacca—Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 1 p.m. 'l’eluk Anson —Per Lady Weld, to-morrow, 3 p-ui. Ceylon, Australasia, India. Aden, Mauritius, Egypt, and via Hrindisi, for Europe, etc. Per Delhi, otb instant, 6 a.ni. ypgapatam and Madras—Per Teesta, stb instant, 1 p.m. Port Swettenbain, Kuala faimpur
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      1403 3 (BHIPPIN O.) A. ri.aU aHd Utpari^ Wai l Service. Outwards 17 <.«»«;,, Wltll •>1 *.B. Delhi i i>b. 14 B. s Macedonia Z S 11 h.B. Moot tan Homewards. °°unectiug with j» 8s j;i e tor SA.iMu, S i h HU A^s bv mail steamers. •*t CIM. ind Cbm *6O
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      228 3 ASIATIC STEAM NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. I IN DO* JAVA UNI;. A S. N. Co.’s Fi.kkt. vice of steaii ers carrying 1 »«>t li passenger au«l cargo direct from Calcutta and Rangoon to the following ports in Java Batavia Pasoeroeau Sauiaraug I VLalougaU Soerabaya C her i bon Baujoewangi The Compauv’s
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    The Straits Echo.
    53 4 ut, i9ox i Vetup 1 No 226-2:!2 Iteacl. S.r«t, PRlt/Er p, r 4 nnaie i“ u t S8S»»«oSi zZz™1 MAIL 1DITION A DDRES81 I Echo—Penang I Telephone No. 343 All V.A.-A 11 jiain. Matter W p •hoald be -ide **^^hTcraM t& b Cheaue-a.rdMo.jey Criterion 1 Jdbemade payableu>
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    Rubber.
    1132 4 Is Jays go"® b *>f| m! tin. Tr»e e Jn,»k to the f" coffee, but toe cotte u 8 in th c dregs and tl»e dregs ne d estates lu face in the .tope of ah.nnU> here and tbeie. f the advance I rapidly disappear"-?' Wch has ul- of
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    Football.
    851 4 «I °l> Ch' ne8C vS p* chart rt hoot bail Recvea Secoi Cf t e h lie t Tej# YeoJ Thb ,nltL i,he Crescent 8 pecta- defe Club and' be a wg tester* wVH w«. «‘tSf'o.n 'l-robH w« <»« tors on Mr. lie -weather not yet Y Ida» but
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    Alleged Theft at the Anglo Chinese Reading Room.
    1003 4 Oh l ek Sail was vesterdav afi■^no' ,l, charged before Mr. G. A. Heieforibat th« Second Court witl» the tiieft of froi»* I Yeoh Beng Bara. The accuse* W I defender 1 by Mr. 8. F. Urerp*on MA(W' while Mr# J BplfourE.
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      394 4 1 W H c T R d At the corner of lin t n-date -rr: hri *STand most up-to-date lhC ‘‘ammated pictures ever produced. l“fc ,1 tlew Apparatus, New films, s Admission, Pri e 9 M f 1 d I c“‘.'.'la r ud f ree Matinees for School Children,j 1,1
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      64 4 Boy cured of Croup in fifteen minutes *‘Chamberlaiu’s Cough Remedy cured our little four year old boy of croup m fifteen minutes. My wife and I have used this remedy in our family for the past five years, having tried many other kinds previous to .that time, and can say
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Russia.
      99 5 I amine and Disease. {Supplied by Reuter.) Loudou. 2.i l Jiuuirt— The Russian f .mine is in extent and intensity an l typhus leve are spreading tlmuylioiA several provinces ani K>r f ,o "r I Va ,OUs of Russia anuouuce tna ful me of the winter crops owing to
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      Turkey.
      74 5 Guards Unruly. {Supplied by Renter.) Loudon. 3rd January.—At Constantinople yesterday, two soldiers of the Imperial Guard kept the whole population at bav and stopped the whole traffic between Galata aud Stamboul, bv drawing their swordbayonets aud threatening to kill the passers, by. This paralysis of business lasted for two
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      France.
      67 5 L’Entente. {Supplied by Reuter.) lauulou. 3rd Jauuary.—The hiiug. replyiug through Lord Kuollys (Private Secretary) to the congratulatory telegram of the Paris paper, Echo Puri x, earnestly hopes that the warm feeling of friendship existing between France Great Britaiu will never be disturbed. BizerU. London, 3rd Jauuarv.—Colonel Picquart has started
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      The Army.
      62 5 S “jlhurst to be Enlarged. (Supplied by Renter.) London. 3rd Jauuarv.—-It has been decided to eularge Sandhurst Military Col’ege at a cost of <£2tK),OUO, which iudia has consented to share. It is estimated that the enlargement of the College will solve the problem of the shortage of officers
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      The "Awa Maru."
      49 5 The Awa Maru." Attempts at Re-floating. (Supplied by Rent- r.) Loudon, 2ud January. —Au attempt was made to float the strauded Japauese liner Aica Marti yesterday, but failed. Auotlier attempt will be ma»le to-dav and, if this is unsuccessful, it will be uecessarv to await the uext spriug tides.
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      Football.
      35 5 The Defeat of the South Africans. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 3rd January. —The football ground at Cardiff was a quagmire, but the South Africaus were outplayed and outmauicuvred at all poiuts of the game.
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      Abyssinia.
      179 5 The Question of Succession. (Supplied by Reuter Loudon, 3rd January.—'Ww Emperor Menelik formallvMeuies ‘having nominated I) is successor to the Abyssinian hrone. Ths uew Post and Telegraph Jffice to b« erected at Gopeng is to cost $6 700. Sg At Buckingham Palace, ou 11th ult, Phya VrsUtr Kosa, Envoy
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    PERAK NOTES.
    794 5 (hiuni Our Oicn Correspondent.) Taipiug, 2nd Jau. The annual meefiug of the Perak Turf Club took place ou 22ud Dec a full report of the proceedings of which the Echo lias already published aud therefore it calls for littFe comment beyoud the fact that at last a much
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    M. S. G.
    811 5 -'Wfc Commandant’s Shield CearpetmoN. (From Our Otni Correspondent.) The M. S. G. have just completed the competition for the Commandanfs Shield, with the result that C Company, at present statioued in Penang, has proved the winner. Considering the wet weather and the heavy state of the roads
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    RUBBER.
    417 5 Messrs. J. Russell Grant A Co. in their Rubber Share Market Report, dated 13th Itecetnber, write:— The market for Malay aud Ceylou Unblier Company shares continues to show improvement both in prices aud in the extent of business, aud some fair lines of stock have changed bauds, and everything
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    Russo-Japanese Fishing Convention.
    514 5 The report» from St. Petersburg indicate ihat the Rusao-Japauese negotiations of a Commercial Treaty and a Fishing Co veutiou are proceeding Tory laboriously owing, a» well informed Russians couteud, to the absence of a soirit of moderation and compromise on the part of the Japauese. It is
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    Frock Coat Nuisance in India.
    134 5 It has always be u u understood, sats the Calcutta State man, that in official orders Morning dress, at anv function in India, means frock-coit and silk hats or topees. At the openiugof the Graud Chord Railway, however, tlie geueral company, who were swelteiiug in
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    Passengers.
    198 5 Per Arcadia, from Loudon Mr. W. K. Smith, Mrs. Smith and infant, Mr. aud M s Bucklaud, Misß Buckland, Mr. V. Grosjei*, Mr. A. Calerson, Mr. L. Mai cade, Mr. A Durras, Mr. L. Ghicer. Mr. A. Larrilieam, Mr. ,1. N. Savin, Mr. I> Polly, Mr. LLacroix. Mr. J.
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    FIXTURES.
    82 5 To-dat. 19th Dav of 11th Moon. Town Baud, Chinese Re-’t eat ion Club, ft to 7 p in. Esplauade, Dto 11 p.m I’lie British Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road and Campbell Street, pm The Imperial Ciuem it >graph, corner of Peuaug Campbell Street. 9 p.m. To-morrow. 2Jth Day of
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    THE MOON.
    29 5 Last Quarter Jan. 71h9h.470ni.rM i New Moon l4t.|i I2h 07.0 m. r.M i First Quarter 21st 3h 42.0 m. h.m 0 Full .Moon 29ih8h.40 lm. p m
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    P.& O. SAILINGS.
    35 5 Mai 1 Service. Outwards. IIomkwuci's Detanha 17 -hm. j Delhi ■> Jan. Delh i iS f j Simla VJ I’.xna Servue. Outwards. M'<*ikwaud^. Nyanza H Jan. Namur 11 Jan. Palma Si'J Nubia U->
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    MAILS DUE.
    14 5 China (Delhi) 5th Jan. China P FAteJ Fiiedrich) S'h G.rn.au (Gneiseuau) !>tli
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      11 5 The French Confectionery, 17a. Northam Road. Chocolates, Bonbons, Ownert t’ouJAntn. Price».
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      41 5 Absolutely Harmless. Any mother can pive Chamberlain’s Contjii Remedy to her little ones with a feeline of security. The absence of all narcotics makes this remedy the safest and best that can I*; procured. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers.
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      243 5 MASSEY-HARRIS BICYCLES. (“The World’s Best Bicycles will arrive this w,e T v by s.s. Prim Heinrich. It wiil un hide Cushion Frame an.l Light Roadsters, Rme-s (Blue Fiver) aud Ladies’ Machines. A!,» a tew Juveuile Bicycles, for Bovs and Gills. They Run Easy and Keep Running Easy. Send for Catalogue
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      34 5 WEATHER. 1 hk follow ng report is kiudlv supplied b> the Signal Diieetor of Fort Cornwallis 'Flie rainfall tiering at ft a III *o *ii IV *ur J».m. nm in <5 S I inc
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    Secretiveness and Mystery.
    972 6 A St! AT HI NO Analysis. Tuekk are some folks who dearly love a mvsterv. even when it is of their own creatiou. Of such is Mr. Douglas Story, jourua- j hst and war correspondent, whose reeeu articles in the London Tribune we have mote than once
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 I’INANO, 3lll> JANUARY By eourtety oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 4 months' sight Bank ••-2/44 3 Credit 2/4i 3 Documentary -.2/4 \l Calcutta. Demand Bank ;i days’ sight Pr v*»e 17%L) I Bombay. Paniand Bank 1 Moulmein, Demand Bank 170 J i 3 days’ sight Private l<4f
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    PRODUCE.
    166 6 Gold leaf B. Pepper(W.Coast 3lkis.-Aus.tSl7. —buye s White Pepper sa'es Trane Pepper 21.60 nominal Cloves (picke<l) $4l hi) business done Mace .-buyer, Mace Pickings buyers Nutmegs 110 s 28. sale* 1 5 20 sales 2 no stock Basket $3.20 sales Tapioca Fleur 1.82; nomtW Copra Tali bun 212 n
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    SHARES.
    780 6 7— 00 d I d. o-| Number of -3 P v _i *-3 S 5 Capital. Shares > Last Dividend. Name. s T5 ■5 issued. iL "(g I S ft* 1 g_ Mining. 1903 300,000 30.000 10 10 j Beiat Tin Miuiug Co.. Ltd. 16-$15.50 1900 L 175.000 10
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      92 6 Andrew Usher A Co.’siBORDEN'S PEERLESS BfMO EVMIITED CREAM. SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERV Co., AGENTS FOR Im.fpENANO1 m .fpENANO E M. .S Absolute Poplty Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY ft Co., PENA NO. u I V* > c n X o UJ vC < V-' W o'1' &o*° O TO
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      312 6 C-Nd “S. THE CELEBRATED B. Co. gin MACKAY’S liquor whisky. in BED C^ S ?co Giesutrs’ Champagne. ’iandilantls, Ruttery <* Co. Giesicr WHAT IS ASAHI? duct rfF,R in the Far East. for ho. climates. Obtainable in ordinary f «2£ quarts and 8 doz. pints, as »v of 2 doz. quarts
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. Programme for January Meeting, 1907.
    1208 7 Tuesday, 29th January, Thursday, 31st Jan& *n£ Saturday, 2nd FebrfeuV -V L 907 9 First Day. Tuesday, 29th January, 190V. 1-—The Maiden Plate. alue $600. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the
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    M. P. as Wrestler.
    212 7 A member < I -Rurliaii ent wrestling willi an opponent was tlie unusual ntertain--5! lueut provided at a political u.i-iing at iCotteied, near Buutmgford, Jiei ts, uneeveup iug last inoutli. p Mr. Julius Bertram, Liberal member for North Herts, the M.P. in question, was subjected to
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    Malaria.
    790 7 I I In the curren' numb ro! the No tin nut i \Ttevieii\ Major Rouald R,ss, who has tha glory of having iinallv di uior.st rated the cause of malai ia, telis t he st«>i v of t he disease from tiie earliest hisloiic.il in: a! oi which we
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      308 7 QJermvalld* TONIC BARK and IRON WINE. Over 5,000 Medical Testimonials have been given in praise 0/ this Wine. a Ton Powerful and Aid to Nutrition Benefits the Entire System The value of Stearic* Wine i'l all conditions requiring r reconstructive tonic is attested by thousands cf the nett successful physicians
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      83 7 WROUGHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINCS. Stock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, OILFILLAN CO., LTD. THE PENANG COACH BUILDING CO., LTD., Coach Builders and Repairers, Bicycle Dealers and Repairers, Commission Agents etc., WILL START IIUgf$TsS To-morrow, 1st January, 1907, *x y 205, HUTTON LANE. All kinds Vehicles and Horse Ac:essories in stock. Harness,
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      104 7 The only Cough Medicine poison. I lie Pharmacy lUdri of New South Wales, Australia, an iuia’vr.'s made of all the cough medium s that «tie sod on ihe maikut. Out of the l.t.ie I>t th:*y found only one 1 1» :t thc-t o 'iirol wn entirely free from all po
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      1036 8 Lim Sun Ho, CHOP rifc’NC MOH Sc Co.. t,4, Beach Street, Penang. VOTIOH. NOTICE. mporters of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. 22j VIEWS of Penang, Singapore. Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft., on Bromide paper. W. JONES, King Street, Penang.
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