Straits Echo, 7 October 1908

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    34 1 Straits Echo OA.ll «WHICH OF EVENTS, CIRCOLATTNO TOROOOOOET THE STRAITS, THE FEOERATEO AIALAY STATES ANO TOE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. (>• $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 7th OCTOBER, 1908. Slagle Copy, 10 cents. No. 231.
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      956 1 GUINNESS'S STOUT. TIANG LEE Co. V' o Q: o P>s V; Sg <2 'O, O fS smvi SOLE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. THE IiISTEM SHIPPING Company, Ud., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Paid up Capita! Reserve Fund
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      25 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. NOddIN I'm -ST. Y is O) > CD -o > Ce 7/ rOKTO TIAWO LEE A Co.. SW# Af mta.
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    The Etiology and Epidemiology of Plague.
    1077 2 The recently issued summary report of the Indian Plague Commission bears out in many respects the observations of Hongkong medical and sanitary experts in regard to the etiology and epidemiology of this dreaded disease. The Commission was appointed towards the close of 1904 and
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    PENANG TURF CLUB. JANUARY MEETING, 1909.
    1037 2 Tuesday, the 19th, Thursday, the 21st, aud Saturday, the 23rd January, 1909, PROPOSED PROGRAMME To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Friday, 30tli October, 1908. NOTICE.—No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is given in
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      46 2 lilood Poison Prevented. There is no dagger from blood poison reHult from a wound when Chamberlain's 1'ain Halm is applied. It is au antiseptic liniment, aud unless the injury is voiy severe it will not leave a scar, 'ine Geor b u Town lhspuusaiy, Wholesale Agents.
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      529 2 Gonosan brings about satisfactory results without the aid of any local treatment and is the latest and most scientific Remedy and far superior to combinations of plain Sandalwood oil, Copaiba etc. At all chemists and dealers. Norddeutscher Lloyd. Combined Round Voyages Penang, Deli (Sumatra), Singapore, Penang, or Penang, Singapore, Deli
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      303 2 I THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill-Posters and General Advertising Contractors No. 7, Church Street, Penang, Telephone No. 303; S. S. Telegrams I PADDY. I very and distribution I very anu of Circulars, Handbills, Simples etc Honesty Guaranteed. PROMINENT BILL-POSTING STATIONS in:—Penang, Province Wellesley, Fed era ted Malay States, Kedah, and
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      1237 2 THE EASTERN SMELTING CO., LTD. NOTICE. J_ MEETING of the above Company will be held at the Registered Office, P. M. S Railway Buildings, China Street Ghaut, Penang, on Thursday, the 15th of October, 1908, at 3 p.m- By Order of the Board, J. T. DONALD, 5-10-18 565 Secretary THE
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    22 3 V sssebs From Agrnt Due Assaye G. Apear G. Apcar Colombo Singapore Singapore AG&Co. A.A.A.&Co A.A.A&Co 8th Oct. 8th 29th
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    SAILINGS.
    20 3 Vested For Agent* Lervei Assaye C. Apear G. Apcar Singapore Calcutta Calcutta A G &Co. A.A.A &Co A.A.A.&Co Oct.
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      ARRIVALS.
      71 3 Omapere, Br. s.s., 340, Bell, 6th Oct., Tavoy, Ist Oct., Gen —E. S. Co., Ltd. Cornelia, Br. s s., 200, Morris, 6th Oct., Elans, sth Oct., Gen.—E S. Co.. Ltd. Taroba, Br. s.s, 3,657, Jacobs, 7th Oct., Singapore, sth Oct., Gen.—H. L. Co. Thalang, Siamese Govt., s.s., 107, Lingard,
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      DEPARTURES.
      35 3 7th Octobh. Taroba, for Negapatam and Madras. Tong Chay Un, for Batu Bahra. Padang, for Batu Bahra. Mary Austin, for Dindings. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Ban Whatt Soon, for Teluk Anson.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      108 3 Fob Singapore, China and Japan—Per Assaye, to-morrow, 8 a.ra. I’augkalan Brandan—Per Vidar, tomorrow, 1 pm. Batu Bahra—Per Sree Bangka, tomorrow, 1 pm Deli—Per Perak, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Trang—Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Trang and Pang Nga—Per Deli, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca—Per Cornelia,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    324 3 Per P. and O. s.s. China, connecting with the Assaye, at Colombo due at Penang on Bth Oct. To Penang (from London Sept., 11) Mrs. G. Hart, Mr. W. H. Mackenzie; (from Marseilles Sept., 18) Hon. A. R. Adams, Mr W. B Cromar. To Singapore (from
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      429 3 p. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. I'xptt'tfd Arrivals and Departures. ,ct 8 Atsaye U ->2 Delhi Mail Service. Outward connecting with China do Moldavia Homeward. Date. iov. THROUGH STEAMERS TO LONDON. Macedonia March 26. fakes by mail steamers. lit OliiM 2nd Class To London ty Be» *166 £44 To Marseilles or
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      406 3 (S HIPPIN G.) Next s.8. Sithonia HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. 19th October, 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. s.8. Silesia, for Havre and Hamburg 29th October, 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste,
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      130 3 B. L S. N. CO., LTD. S. S. KISTNA." ON account of the above steamer dryclocking this week, the sailing of Saturday, 10th instant, from Penang to Port Swettenham aud Singapore, will lapse, bnt the usual sailings will be resumed on Saturday, 17th instant. HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT k Co., 5-10-08 564
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    The Straits Echo.
    93 4 Jostles satisfies everybody and Justice alone S'mnon Published dally (except Kundays.l AT IHI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DULY LOCAL $2l per sauna OUTSTATIONB Postage Kxtra HAIL BDITION (Poet Free) $l5 OABLR ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343 All bnstnoss communications should be addres«ed
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    THE DOOM OF THE SPARROW.
    519 4 Mr. Rider Haggard has just discovered that the sparrow is a vermin and in a letter nearly three-quarters of a column long he makes known his discovery to the readers of the Times, and urges that a campaign of extermination be instituted against the avian
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    SUPREME COURT.
    675 4 THE ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) Murder. Yesterday afternoon the bearing was resumed of the case in which Loh Wah alias Chong Ah Ti stands charged with the murder of one Mak Leng. Chan Ah Choou said that be was a porkseller living in Sok Chuan Lane. On
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    236 4 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to da? at $67 50, buvers no sellers at Singapore (refined) at $67-75, buyers no sellers, and in London at <£l33 15s. cash and .£135 5s three months’ sik>ht. Opium is quoted to-day at $B7l and Rangoon rice at $167
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    The Police Courts.
    438 4 (Before Mr, Brown.) Illegal Possession of Property. One Ong Kwong was yesterday fined $5, in default 7 days’ R. 1., for being in fraudulent possession of property, to wit, two iron pans, at Cbulia Street. Theft. A ChiDaman was yesterday sentenced to one month’s R. I. for
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    The Pixie “Trelawney.”
    101 4 This small humanity, whose unparalleled success in Penang we chronicled yesterday, continues to draw many hundreds daily to his evening receptions at th« E O. Hotel But 25| iuches high, weighing no mor-t thau lOlbs., with the air and look of an Eastern Sage, we are uol
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    Chinese Amateur Dramatic Company.
    322 4 An Interesting Announcement. The Perak Chinese Amateur Dramatic Company, as has been announced by us, will make their first appearance in Penang on Saturday, the 10th lost when they will give a performance, under the patronage of Messrs Foo Choo Choon. Chung Tbye Phin and Eu
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      “STRAITS CHINESE MAGAZINE.”
      89 4 To ihk Editor of tub Straiis Echo Dear Sir, &I shall be very much obliged if Vou w n allow me to know, through the medium 1 your valuable journal, whether the tioa of the Straits Chinese AfagazL- h been stopped A December number of l/.! year
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    “DISRESPECT TO THE DEAD.”
    297 4 To tub Editor op the Straits Ecao Sir, The thanks of the Public are due to the writer signing himself Indignation,” f ()r his letter headed Disrespact to the Dead Mr. Indignation seems to know well the facts of the case and it will be desirable
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    "Disrespect to the Dead."
    473 4 Result of Our Enquiries We published yesterday in our Public Opinion column, a communication from a correspondent signing himself “Indignation,” and at the same time we stated that we were making enquiries into his grievance. One of our representatives called on the authorities yesterday and showed
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      372 4 NO X I C E Owing to the difficulties of collection, on and after May Ist all Bills must be settled on leaving the Eastern and Oriental and Crag Hotels. No Bills will be posted for collection to any outstation. SARKIES BROTHERS, PROPRIETOR, S JU ST N OW. WE HAVE
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Bulgarian Crisis.
      416 5 (Supplied by Reuter •‘The Voice oi tho Nation. 1 I, October-— Prince Ferdinand Loudou. o_ (e j ogra ph e( i to the Sultan oi compelled to respect the voice of tb» the ,„,1 hopes that friendly relations between Turkey and D 4 Protest Probable. rnuncil of
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      Etonian Association.
      42 5 {Supplied by lleuter.) Lord William Cecil Chairman. London, 7rli October.—At a meetint; at Salisbury House it was resolved to form an Etouiau Association for China to support Lishop Cassel’s scheme. A committee has appointed, with Lord William Cecil as Chairman.
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    Straits Chinese Recreation Club.
    158 5 At the anmtal general meeting of the Cliiuese Recreation Club. Singapore, I the Club’s Pavilion a few days ago, 'he following were elected office-bearers for the year 11)09 I resuleuf, Mr. Song Oug Siaug, m a., J, LM Hon. Secretary, Mr. Kiong Chin D K; Asst.
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    L M. S. Tin.
    74 5 LimT O V’P Ut cleau ore from Kanab-i, foil T, 1 ie month of September was as Total dor levator P' cu B 5 Tribute, 266 Ji e rE u t°f the Bruseh Hydraulic Tin tor September was 400 pi’kuls. ExcelU Mo da y’ 8 Straits
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    Kinta Notes.
    200 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, sth Oct. The Appeal Court. Mr. Justice Belfield and Braddell, having completed the hearing of the appeal cases here, returned to headquarters on Thursday last. The most important appeal on the list was that of Ng Ah Kiang vs. Foo Choo Choon, judgment
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    Dindings Notes.
    141 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Lumut, Oct. 5. The Weather. Heavy rains still continue in and around this district, the daily measurements being far above tbe ordinary. On Saturday last the gauge indicated 5-23 inches for the preceding twenty-four hours. A great number of trees have fallen on and
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    Province Wellesley Notes.
    462 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bukit Mertajam, 6th Oct. A Refractory Lad. A Tamil lad was yesterday arraigned before Mr. Langham-Carter foi the theft of a teu-cent piece and was found guilty and awarded 6 cuts with a light rattan, which sentence was carried out within the precincts
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    Swami Daya Ram In Penang.
    1077 5 Karma and Re-birth.” Karma and Re-birth formed the subject of the third lecture which Swami Daya Ram delivered in Penang on Monday last. The Swami has a way of his own, not only in be- ginning and ending his discourse, but also in handling his
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    Singapore Races.
    424 5 First Day’s Handicaps. The following are the handicaps for the first day’s events of the Singapore Autumn Race Meetiug The Lawn Stakes. Value $400 and $50 to the Second Horse. A Handicap for ail Ex-Griffins. Entrance, $15- Distance, Race Course and a distance. P. D. Ojborne’s Flashpoint 8.
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    The Straits Budget.
    409 5 The following is the Balance Sheet of the Estimated Revenue aud Expenditure of the Straits Settlements for the year 1909 Revenue. Expenditure. Land Revenue Charges Pub- (exe. Sales) 394.410 lie Debt 100,000 Rents 53,650 Pensions, etc. 397,339 Licences 6.213,937 Personal EmoStamps 462,500 luments 3,175,011 Port, Harbour, Other
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    Passengers.
    56 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Taroba, 7th Oct.,from Singapore: Mr. and Mrs. Choon Yen Soon, Capt. Nielson, Messrs. J. Christie. Cboo Nun, Greinjo, G. Holloway, J. C. Holmberg. Departed. Per ss. Bhadra, 6th Oct., for Mergui Mr. C- Gordon Forbes. Per ss. De Kock, 6th Oct., for Deli Messrs. D. R.
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    FIXTURES.
    42 5 To-day 13th Day of 9th Moon. Football P. W. vs. P. C. C., Esplanade. The Rathescope, King Street Theatre, 7 31 p.m. and 9-30 p m. To-morrow. 14th Day of 9th Moon. League Football Govt. Service vs. A. C. S., Esplanade.
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    MAILS DUE.
    15 5 English Assaye) „..8tb Oct. China (Devanha) ,.10th China Liitzow ...13th German Kleist) ...15th
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    THE MOON.
    18 5 O Full Moon Oct. 10th Last Quarter 17th O New Moon 25th First Quarter Nov. Ist
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      32 5 eieru i ri r ih <ler testifies that Gonosan influence in removing raptf an 1 ,lH a haemorrhage also more by it t| Ba, >»tiictory results are obtained a ot^or preparation of
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      53 5 No Danger. Don’t be afraid to give Chamberlain’s Cough remedy to your children It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and it is the best mediicine made for these diseases. What makes it safe is that it contains no opium. Children like it. The George Town
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      528 5 E. O. HOTEL, This evening, from 5 till 7-30 p.m. (For 6 days only.) THE CORNISH PIXIE. The Most Wonderful Man of the Age. Height 25| inches, Weight 9f lbs. Age unknown. ADMISSION $1. 5-10 08 562 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, The undersigned is instructed to
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    The Wright Brothers.
    1368 6 Quite the most interesting article in the September magazines is that in the Century. in which Messrs. Orville and Wilbur Wright give the first popular account of their experiments ever prepared by the inventors. As regards the 44 mystery” iu which they are currently believed to enshroud
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    A Human Ostrich.
    157 6 Irou, Stones and China. A remarkable case is under treatment at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. In June a young postman was sentenced to nine months’ imprisonment for appropriating small postal orders, and after his removal to prison ho began to swallow all manner of things. First, he
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Pbnak», 7th Octobee. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3-J- 4 months* sight Bank ...2 4 T S 3 Credit ...2/4A 3 Documentary ...2/41 Jalcntta, Demand Bank Rs. I*4l i days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174| Moalmein, Demand Bank 1731 3 days’ sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    188 6 lold leaf $65.20 B. Pepper( W.Coast 31b5.5 oz.) no stock White Pepper $l5. —sellers Trang Pepper 10. —nominal Gloves (picked) out of season tfaca 70. —nominal Mace Pickings 60.— nom. Nutmegs 110 s 19. —sales i No. 1 6.65 sales Sugar < 2 no stock Basket 3.32 j sales
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    MARKET PRICES.
    184 6 Penang, 7th October, 1908 Bekk— cts. Soup per O.H u 14 Boast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 26 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Poax— Pork per catty 34 Fig’s Head 20 Feet 26 Tongu6
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    SHARES.
    1177 6 o-2 Number of j-£ £> j 0 5 Capital. i Shares I Last Dividend Name. j| I I issued. 3 "a I s "S 5 Cs. I JS 3 —j;; I O Mining. 1 1003 300,000 30,000 10 10 10 for year ending 31/3/08 Belat Tiu Mining Co., Ltd.
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      85 6 Rheumatism. So littlo confidence has the aveiage man in the various cures for rheumatism that be often suffers for years without making any effort to find relief. He then finds that is has become chronic. This is a mistake, as the pain can always be re'ieved, and in most cases
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      392 6 From Canada Mothers have the same terror of croup in all countries, but Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy leads in popularity for a prompt cure of this dreaded diseise. Mrs. ThosMatthew of Caledon, East Ontario, says: I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy several times, aud I try to keep it in the
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    Lovers' Trysts in Crowded Places.
    978 7 Foreigners visiting England frequently assert that we, as a people, must be of a singularly unromantic turn of mind, says a Home paper. These same critics also exprees the belief that Londoners, from all outward appearances, particularly lay themselves open to this charge. "If Londoners
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      1366 7 BAXTER Co.’s best navy canvas. aNPIIANKS. BUTTERY Co. SON'S WELL-KNOWN extra navy CANVAS, No. 0. SANOIUNDS. BUTTERY CoINSURANCES, General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. WE have I'een appointed Agents for the above Company for Penang, Province Wellesley and the State of Perak, and are prepared to accept risks
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      22 7 Matico Capsules and Injection still maintain their reputation for the cure of those inconvenient diseases, about vrhich the least said the better.
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      912 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, late of Dr. Allen Cu. t Pha U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. KBSIDIlfe AT /Vo. 21a, Penang Road. A lew doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. G rntbi. ~s W. A. TEA >0 V TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG, PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Lid WONG KIM
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