Straits Echo, 8 October 1908

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 0« 24 Per Ann «ni. PENANG, THURSDAY, Bth OCTOBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 232*
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      960 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. -HANG LEE A Co -"5/8 a V'JM m SOLE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. T H E eastern SHIPPING Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) A K The Mercantile Bank of India, Limited Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. r NCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. £1,200.000
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      22 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST.' 4 <0 > CD -a 55 to *0 rOKTO T1AWO LEE A Oo„ 3m* 1 4jirti.
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    The Abuse of Words.
    1418 2 A Plea for Precision. Lady Grove writes in the Daily Chronicle A really discriminating use of words even in writing is rare; in conversation it is still rarer. The vocabulary of many so-called educated persons iB of a limited order. Fashion is responsible for the fatuous
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      45 2 It has beeu satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persuns have to thank tionosau for restoration to health and happiness. It is astriugeut and antiseptic aud has never beeu known to fail. \v its dealers in I'ateut Medicines and Chemical 111 butties of I t capsules.
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      310 2 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 m j kps it safe is that it contains no opium. Children like it. The
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      1653 2 r THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill-Posters and General Advertising Contractors, No. 7, Church Street, Penang, S. S. M1>AT W Telegrams “PADDY. W Telephone No. 303; I Bm-“post“ nTand' Advertising Work of every description undertaken, and also the delivery and distribution of Circulars, Handbills, Samples etc Honesty Guaranteed. PROMINENT BILL-POSTING STATIONS
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    37 3 Vestel s Fr< >»i Agents Due Devanha Singapore A G A Co. 10th Oct. Lvitzow (Singapore B M .ACo. 13th Kieist Colombo B.M ACo. loth Delhi Colombo A G.ACo. 22nd G. Apcar Singapore A.A.A.ACo 29th
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    SAILINGS.
    24 3 Vexsels For Agents Leave* Devanba Colombo A.G ACo. Oct. Lutzow Colombo B.M.&Co. Kleist Singapore B.M.&Co. Delhi Singapore A G.&Co. Ig. Apcar Calcutta A.A.A.&Co
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      ARRIVALS.
      86 3 Assaye, Br. s.s., 4,395, Daniel, Bth Oct., Bombay, 30th Sept., Gen.—A. G. A Co. Thongwa, Br. s.s., 3,428, Herrington, Bth Oct., Madras, 30th Sept., Gen.— H. L. Co. Malaya, Ger. s.s., 348, Loewe, Bth Oct., Deli, 7th Oct., Gen.—B. M. Co. Rotorua, Br. s.s., 555, Glenday, Bth Oct., Singapore,
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      DEPARTURES.
      45 3 Bth Octobeb. Vidar, for Pangkalan Brandan. Sree Bangka, for Batu Bahra. Perak, for Deli. Leong Ho, for Trang. Cornelia, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Canton, for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Thongwa, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      127 3 Fob Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Rotorua, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui and Tavoy—Fer Omapere, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Hye Leong, to-morrow, 3 p m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul—Per Un Peng, to-morrow, 4 p.m. DeH—Per Malaya, to-morrow, 4 p.m. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    418 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Somali, due at Penang on 13th Oct. To Penang (from London. Sept. 12) Mr. and Mrs. Shearer, Mr. A. E. C. Ward, Mr. and Mrs. W. Hooley, Mrs. Oechsl and child, Mr. J. Kelly. To Singapore (from London) Miss Abell, Miss
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    P. & 0. SAILINGS.
    34 3 P. 0. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards. Delhi 22 Oct. I Devanha 10 Oct. I Delta 24 Extra Service. Outwards. Homewards. Somali 20 Oct. I Nore 16 Oct. Palermo UR 1 Sumatra 13 Nov.
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      926 3 p jjlStoiption Coy. trriuilH and Departures. t ,pectea Mail Service. Outward. /•nnnectinsr with China 8 A». a r CCD “I Moldavia Od 1)111,1 Homeward. Steamer. Oct10 S3»- i 21 19 16 30 i 13 29 Devanha Delta A sea ye Delhi Oceana Devanha Delta A sea ye Delhi Devanha Peninsular
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      476 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. s.s. Sithonia 19th October, 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. s.s. 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, Genoa, Ports
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    The Straits Echo.
    95 4 JdHttce «atinfles everybody and justice alene- —»<»i. KubMahed daily (esoept Mondays.) *T TH CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street. Penan» PRICE DAILY LOCAL $24 per mnnnra OUTBTATIONR Postage Kxtra HAIL EDITION (Poet Free) $l5 OABLH ADDRFS3 Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. H.B.— All bwlness coTnrnunlcations should be
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    TRADE DISPUTES.
    618 4 The London papers without exception welcome the new scheme devised by Mr. Winston Churchill for the creation of a permanent tribunal of arbitration for the settlement of trade disputes. Even the Times, which cannot be accused of any great fondness for the President of the Board of Trade,
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    SUPREME COURT.
    765 4 THE ASSIZES. {Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) Murder. The hearing of the charge of murder preferred against Loh Wah alias Chong Ah Ti was resumed yesterday afternoon. The cross-examination of Lau Nan was continued, after which witness Chan Ah Cboon was recalled. He said the deceased arrived at his
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    127 4 Thk following business in tin has been done to-dav Penang Penang Tin Exchange,") QA buyers, no sellers *07.0U Straits Trading Co., 75 tons at 68.25 Sin>mpoie Straits Trading Co., 125 68 25 Total ...200 tons. Tin is quoted in London to-day at .£134 ss. cash
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      “DISRESPECT TO THE DEAD.”
      297 4 To the Editor of the Straiis Echo. Sir, It seems to me that either your correspondent, “Disgusted,” is unable to grasp the point of the case, or that he is simply trying to quibble over the facts. Whatever may be tbe character of the friends and
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    Affray on the s.s. “Cornelia."
    510 4 Affray on the s.s. Cornelia." 1 bis morning tbe s.s. Cornelia hoisted a Y. N. flag (which means that tbe Police are wante i on board), an 1 Sergeant Phillips, of the Marine Police Station, boarded her. It appears that, about 9 30 p.m. yesterda a free fight occurred between
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Bulgarian Crisis.
      330 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Austria’s Move. London, 7th October.— Th e p Francis Joseph, in a rescript to the extends his sovereignty to Bosn,? Heizegovnia, and orders the evacimi, dDj the Turkish province of Novi p n of Diet will be created for tbe two pro*.-? and a
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      The United Kingdom.
      418 4 (Supplied l>y Reuter.) Trade Returns. London, Bth October.—The imports of September show au increase of ,£2.692,756 and the exports a decrease of .£3,535,114. A successful garden party was held at Draxmont, Wimbledon, in aid of Our Dumb Frieuds’ League on the 16th ult. The Ranee of Sarawak,
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      424 4 JUST N OW. WE HAVE A SHIPMENT OF JUVENILE BICYCLES,—FOR BOYS. They are well finished and complete: two Brakes, Mudguards, Fiee-wheel &c. t just as in a full-sized Machine, and enamelled in black with gilt and led lining. Any part is renewable at low cost, so they arc not of
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      64 4 Front Canada. Mothers have the same terror of croup all countries, but Chamberlain’s Coug Remedy leads in popularity for a promp cure of this dreaded disease. Mrs. Matthew of Caledon, East Ontario, haV I have used Chamberlain’s Cough dy several times, and I try to keep it m house always.
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    Taiping Notes.
    440 5 (from Our Oum Correspondent Taiping, 6th Oct. The Resident. The Resident is up at the Box.” He|and Mrs. Brockman will be leaving Perak on the lltb for Singapore, and will bo away for about a week. Col. Jackson. The Resident General arrived on Wednesday last with Colonel Jackson,
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    An Estate Case.
    103 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Lumut, 6th Oct. Before Mr. Lornie at the District Court, fiitiawau. yesterday, three Tamil coolies from Sungei Wangie Rubber Estate, were convicted of using criminal force to a conductor employed on the estate. According to the evidence, the coolies in one section of
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    The Aborigines of Sungei Ujong.
    274 5 We have received from Mr F W. Knocker, Curator of the Perak State Museum, his little pamphlet on the aborigines of Sungei Ujong, which is published by the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland. Mr. Knocker lived three years among the Orang Bukit,
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    The Inquest on Mr. Wooi Yang Beng.
    1239 5 The Verdict. Before Mr. A. V. Brown yesterday afternoon the inquest on the body of the late Mr. Wooi Yang Beng was started. The first witness called was a servant of t he deceased gentleman, a Hylam boy of about 14 years of
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    District Court.
    142 5 {Before Judge Wolferetan). Housebreaking. Li Teow Ti, alias Li Cheng Houg, who pleaded guilty to the charge of theft of SI,190 od the 3rd inst. from a dwelling at Beach Street, the property of one Koh Cbua of Chop Hong Mob, was sentenced this morning to one year’s
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    The Police Courts.
    576 5 {Before Mr. A. V. Brown.) Illicit Chandu. One Pow Seng was arrested on Tuesday last on a charge of being in possession of 25 tahils of chandu the same not having been purchased from the Farmer, value $75, at Weld Quay. He pleaded guilty to the charge
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    The International Rubber Exhibition.
    469 5 The London and China Express of the 18th ult. refers thus to the opening of the International Rubber Exhibition at Olympia last month The International Rubber Exhibition at Olympia was formally opened on 15th Sept, by Sir Henry A. Blake, the president, and Lady Blake. The
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    Malayan Companies.
    459 5 The following items are taken from the London and China Express of the 18th ult.: Sungei Ujong Railway Co. A meeting of the oreditors of the Sungei Ujong (Malay Peninsula) Railway Company, Limited, will be held at Dashwood House, No. 9, New Broad street, London, on Thursday, the
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    F. M. S. Tin.
    271 5 September Outputs. The output of ore from the Pusing Lama Tin Mines for the month of September, was 540 piculs. The output from the Kledang Tin Mines for the month of September was 400 piculs of clean ore. The s.B. Thongtoa which arrived from the Madras
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    Passengers.
    98 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Assaye, Bth Oct., from London Mr. Mickenzie and Mr. H. R. Morgan, From Marseilles Hon. A. R. Adams, Mrs. T. Hart, Mr. W. B. Cromar and Mr. A. R. Morgan. Per s.s. Malaya. Bth Oct., from Deli Mr. Seth, Mr. Cornfield. Per ss. Thongwa, Bth Oct.,
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    FIXTURES.
    48 5 To-day 14th Day of 9th Moon. League Football Govt Service vs. A. C. S., Esplanade. Tho Pathescopo, King Street Theatre, 7 3J p.m. and 9-30 p.m. To-morrow. 15th Day of 9th Moon. Football P. C. C. vs. P. W., Esplanade. Town Band Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m.
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    MAILS DUE.
    15 5 China (Devanha) ..10th Oct. China Liitzow ...18th German Kleist ...15th Knylinh (Delhi.) ~.22nd
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      49 5 Proper Treatment for Dysentery. 1 lie great mortality resulting from dysentery i* due to a lack of proper treatment. Not one case in a thousand will prove fatal when Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is given at the first onset the disease. The George Town Dispen--BarJ* Wholesale Agent*.
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      153 5 f NOTICE THE CRITERION PRESS, LIMITED. Sixth General Meeting. Ladders ]yrOTICE is hereby given that the General Meeting of the Sha> of the Company will be held < of Messrs. The Eastern dipping Comply! Lunite<}, 43, P 0a ch Street, on Saturday, the 17tQ next, at 3 p.m. punctually, .e
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      478 5 E. O. HOTEL, This evening, from 5 till 7-30 p.Bf# (For 3 days only.) THE CORNISH PIXIE. The Most Wonderful Man of tho Age. Height 25J inches, Weight 9J lbs. Age unknown. ADMISSION $1. 5-10-08 562 B. I. S. N. CO., LTD. NEW SERVICE. Between Penang, Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria
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    The Best Cigars.
    815 6 Some Humorous Poiuters. As a preliminary, examine tbe box. That is the first thing the experienced smoker does- If the box is highly ornamented, he is sure of his cigar. No manufacturer would think it worth his while to place poor tobacco in an expensive box. Again,
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    The Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works.
    572 6 Branches Opened in Venauir and Singapore. The Siemens Brothers Dynamo Works, Limited, the well-known electrical firm, has just opened branches in Singapore and Penang. Suitable premises for the Penang office of the new undertaking have been found at the old Hongkong Bank Buildiug, No. G
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 6 Penang, 8th Octobee. (j By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) I jondon Demand Bank ...2/3^ 4. months' sight Bank ...2/4^ 3 Credit ...2/^ 5 3 Documentary ...2/4$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174$ S days’ sight Private 176 Bomnay, Demand Bank 174| Mouimein, Demand Bank 173$ 3 days’sight Private 176
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    PRODUCE.
    184 6 iold :ea* *65 20 B. Pepper( W.O‘»*si nostock White Popper *15. —sellers fraug Pepper 10. —nominal Cloves (picxod) out of season J4aoe 70. —nominal Mace Picking* 60. nom. Nutmegs 110s 19* —sales No. 1 6.65 sales Sugar 2 no stock (Basket 3.32$ sales Tapioca Flour 1.50 sales Copra 6.8
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    MARKET PRICES.
    182 6 Penang, 8th October, 1908. Beer— cts. Soup f-er 0.11 tv 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongu6
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    SHARES.
    1193 6 A 1 x i t 3 3 5 j Number of j-3 p j o 5 o~P‘’Hi. on-wes I r— I Law. Dividend. Name. JB _j r I IS I c* —< «s 3 S <8 o rv 3 1 _rr i <y Mining. 1903 5 300,000 30,000 10
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      44 6 Blood Poison Prevented. There is no dauber from llood poison resulting from a wound when Chamberlain’s Pain llalin is applied. It is au antiseptic liniment, aud unless tbe injuiy is very severe it will not leave a sear. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      392 6 Riedel’s Gonosau is not unpleasant to take and is not attended by those distressing bveffects which so often accompany the use of balsams and Santal oils. It has secured unqualified praise from the leading Specialists. N. KANDA (OF OSAKA, JAPAN) No. 8, Church Street, Penang, IMPORTER OF HIGH-CLASS ANTIQUE MODERN
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      129 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. KARTELL’S BRANDY. Oies/ers' Champagne. Andrew Usher Oo.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS FOR PENANG F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Sl Ge». ,s GIN IN RED CASES. SandHands, Buttery <* Cn PEERLESS onnru EVAPORATED CREAK. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co.. PENA
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    Singapore Training Notes.
    678 7 Monday’s Free Press has the following notes of the training for the forthcoming Singapore races: The course presented a gay appearance on Saturday morning, there being a large number of people present to witness the training which was of an interesting nature, the turf being in good
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      1210 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST navy canvas. SlNDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DA VH) CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN extra navy CANVAS, No. 0. StNDlUNDS. BUTTERY Co, INSURANCES. General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. WE have been appointed Agents for the above Company for Penang, Province Wellesley and the State of Perak, and are
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      179 7 Rheumatism. So little confidence has the average man In the various cores for rheumatism that he of ten 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 relieved, and in most
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      880 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A Charges Moderate, Consultation Fre8. A18IDIH* AT /Vo. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mths. TEA •*> V TEA SOLE AGENTS FOll PENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd W0N6 KIM MUN. /Vo. 77a, Bishop
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