Straits Echo, 7 January 1909

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 7. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 7th JANUARY, 1909. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 5.
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      1002 1 BASS’S ALE. o r fra V‘ C> <O/ ffl sss Li! V~ cr 111 Pw -I 55 5$ O 4» < h j;Tii§ ■inois s,ssaNNin? SOLE AO R NTS. T II E EASTERN SHIPPING w v w Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) f 1 A. Engineers,; .Shipbuilders, Brass &'1rtfH Founders. Engineering
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      24 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR.BAST. C/ I I s m t* ?;l@ g fep 8 5, «fcC s Ksl > }>'■’■. LEE Co., Sole Agents,
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    The Pope’s Jubilee.
    973 2 Uorgeoun Ceremony. Koine, 17th Dec. Rome was aroused early this morning by the pealing of bells from huudreds of churches, announcing the ceremonies for the Pope’s sacerdotal jubilee. This was a day of the greatest solemnity, as it is the twenty-fourth anniversary of t Pope’8 episcopal consecration,
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      54 2 From a Nova Scotia Publisher. Mr. 11. G. Harris, publisher of the Advertiser, Kentville. N S.. makes the following statement: I have used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for myself and family and find it to be oue of the best medicines for coughs and colds that I ever tried.” The George
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      509 2 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Cures Colds. This remedy acts on nature’s plan, allays the cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secretions, and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. r s.s. Glenfalloch, Captain J.
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      1992 2 TIANG JOO CO., PENANG. BICYCLES! BICYCLES!! THE “NEW HUDSON”! THE “NEW-HOWE”!! THE LONDON”!!! Well Known throughout the Straits and F. M. S. BRITISH made and SUPERIOR quality THROUGHOUT!! Quality Guaranteed! Value the Best!! NEW-HUDSON $55 each. NEW-HOWE $50 and $46 each. “LONDON,” Fine Green Enamel $53 each. All machines beautifully
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    36 3 Vessel» m Ay*/\ Dus Dev.inbi IColombo A G A Co. 14'b Jan. Ass i va |S ngapore \.G.ACo. 16h De ifl ngor Stugapwie P. J> agent ti.M.ACo. 19ib Lui tpold Colornbo B.M &Co. 21st
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    SAILINGS.
    28 3 Ye»**!» Fur A'ten’* if'rvti 0 r><»’ anba 1 ntjap^re G &0o. Jan. Aksh ve Colombo &0 •>. D- ffl ncjpr Ouiouabo ,&Co. P. Recent Luitpold Siugapoie U.ll.&Co. 1
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      ARRIVALS.
      126 3 Berth, Br. s.s., 185; Thakersen, Oth Jan., Rangoon. 25th Dec., Ghee.— Ban W/iatt Boon, Br. s.s, 199, Milne, 6th Jan Tongkah, sth Jan., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. iluorra, Br. s.s., 120, Mohomed, 6tn Jan., Langkat, sth Jan., Gen.—Katz Brva. Perak, Br. s s., 519, Quinne, 7th Jan., Singapore, sth
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      DEPARTURES.
      76 3 7th January. Lutzow, for Singapore, China and Japan. Quorra, for Lingkat. Malaya, for Deli. Padang, for Batu Bahra. Mary Austin, for Asahau. Glenog'p, for Singapore. Vidar, for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca. Canton, for Diudiugs and Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon, for Pulau Langkawi. Maila, for Singapore, China and
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      MAILS CLOSE
      139 3 Fo* Tongkah—Per Saypho, to-morrow, 1 p m, Tongkah—Per Ban Whatt Soon, tomorrow. 1 p.m Deli Asahan—Per Ayuthia, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Rotorua, to morrow, 3 p.m. t'uUu Liugkawi, Perlis and Setul—Per Un Peny, to morrow, 3 p.m. Langsa, T- Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sibang—Per Pegu,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    369 3 Per I*, and O. s.s. Mooltan, connecting with the Devanha at Colombo, due at Penang on 14th Jan. To Penang (from London, Dec. 18) Mrs. Matt Smith, Mr. E. C. Smith. lo Singapore (from London) Mr. and Mrs. C. S. Crane, Mr. Kickard (from Marseilles. Dec.
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      740 3 P.&O. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail 8«rvlc«. Outward. Jan. H Devanha connecting with Mooltan 28 Britannia do China Feb. 11 Delta do Moldavia Homeward. THROUGH STEAMER TO LONDON. 8.8. Macedonia March 26. FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ui OlaSod Olaw To l«oudon by Sea £66 £14 To Marseilles
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      439 3 (S HIPPIK HAMBURG-AMER1KA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. s.s. Saxonia 16th January, 1909. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. s. s. Ittria, 24th January, 1909 for Hamburg. Taking cargo at through Rites to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Oenoa, Ports
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    The Straits Echo.
    100 4 iOKtlr* atUflea everybody and Jnetlre aim»— Hmm».* Kobllshdd dally (except Hnnrtnyt.l AT TH CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILY LOCAL (it par annum OUTBTATIONB I’oataffa Rxtra. VAIL 11MTION (Poat Free) SIS t OAKLI ADDRHSB Echo—Penang." Telephone No. 343 N,R.—k\l bonluoM commmural lot» nhrmld
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    Domestic Occurrence.
    22 4 Marriage. Brown—Armstrong.— Dec. 8, at Ipswich. W. R. Brown to Helen Maude, daughter of the late F. Armstrong, of Singapore.
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    THE FINANCIAL ASPECT OF THE OPIUM QUESTION.
    620 4 With the majority of the recommendations which the Opium Commissioners hare made the general public will, we think, cordially agree. They find that excessive indulgence in the drug occurs only in isolated cases and that the prevalence of the habit has not increased
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    Cup Ties.
    98 4 The following is the draw for the Cup Ties First Round P. C. C. vs. C R C The Crescent, Free Scbodaud Y. M. 0. A. drew byes. Semi-Finals. Free School vs. Y. M. C. A. Crescent vs. P. C. C or C. R. C. The first round
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    277 4 The following busmen in tin has been done to-day Penang Straits Trading Co., buyers, no sellers j Eastern Smelting Co., 't buyers, no sellers ”6 Penang Tin Exchange, 62$ tous at 66.20 Singapore: Straits Trading Co., 100 60.621 Total 162 J tons Tin is quoted
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    The District Court.
    44 4 (Before Judge Wolferetan.) Theft. Husan, a Malay, was this morning sentenced to one year’s R I. and two years Police supervision, for theft of some money in Perak Road, on the 22nd ult. Inspector Killourhy conducted the case for the Crown.
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    The Police Courts.
    1234 4 (Before Mr. Brown.) Theft. Lum Beng Tek was yesterday sentenced to two months’ R. I. for stealing $3.34 in cash and a box valued at 60 cents, the property of Law Sek, at Weld Quay, on the sth inst. Possession of Chanda Dross. Tan Ah Kam was
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    Wedding Bells.
    486 4 Lunberg—O’Keefe. A pretty wedding took place at the Missiou Chapel. Earqubar Street, yesterday afternoon, when George Robert, eldest son of the late Mr. Lunberg and Mrs. Lunberg of Myrtle Grove,” Lei’b Sueet, was joined iu marriage to Nora Elaiue, second daughter of Dr. and Mis. O’Keefe. The ceremony
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      408 4 Grand Programme TO-NIGHT! COMING C0MIN6!! WAYANG KASSIM The New Japanese Cinematograph, THE BEST SHOW not oifty'in Penang, but in the East. A NOW Everything New and Right. Crowded Nightly. THAT IS PROOF THAT OUR SHOW IS THE BEST. We Boat Exaggerate! (The Xadra Zanibar Koyal Theatrical Co- of Singapore.) Stronger
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Yuan Shi-kai.
      64 5 (Echo Special.) Sent Back to Peking. Singapore, 7th January.—Yuan Shihkai was detained on his arrival at the Tientsin railway station and sent back to Peking. The censor, Kong Cheun-lam, impeached him on twenty circumstances, one of which related to the Moshut reform of 1899, and another to a
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      The Italian Disaster.
      41 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Difficulties of Relief. London, 6th January.—The relief of the inland districts in Sicily and Calabria is a task of the utmost difficulty because the reads are impassable owing to landslips. The inhabitants are famishing.
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      The Sydney Harbour Accident.
      106 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Seamen Bnried with Honours. London, 7th January.—A telegram from Sydney states that sixty men were in the pinnace of H. M. S. Encounter when it collided with the collier, which ran over the men as they were struggling in the water and were
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      The Balkan Crisis.
      451 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Union of Crete and Greece. London, 7th January.—At an influential meeting at Constantinople a motion protesting against the union of Crete axd Greece was carried. The speeches at the meeting foreshadowed the boycott of Greece. Justices Fisher and Braddell arrived from Singapore this
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    Pahang Consolidated Co., Ltd.
    1706 5 General Meeting. The second ordinary general meeting of the Pahang Consolidated Company, Limited, was held on the 15th ult. at Winchester House, London, under the presidency of Mr. J. E. Cbampney (the Chairman of the company). The Secretary (Mr. A. Giffard) having read the notice convening
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    Malayan Companies.
    80 5 The following items are taken from the London and China Express of the 18tb ult.: Kuala Lumpur Rubber. Reports yield Nov. 14,975 lbs Federated (Selangor) Rubber. Interim dividend 10 percent, for year euding March 31. Consolidated Malay Rubber. Crop November, 13,261 lbs total, 94 766 lbs compared with
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    F. M. S. Tin.
    194 5 December Outputs. The following tin-mine outputs for the month of December are reported Piculs. Libat Mines 1092 Gopeng Tin Mining 590 Kinta Tin Mines. Ltd. 230 New Gopeng. Ltd. 90 Rambutan, Ltd. 253 The Salak South, Ltd 242 (The machinery worked 455 hours out of a
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    Duff Development Co., Ltd.
    887 5 Annual General Meeting. The sixth annual general meeting of the above company was held at Winchester House, London, on the 16th ult.. Mr- R. W Duff (managing director) presidingThe Chairman said that during the first 11 months of the current year the company bad obtained an
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    The International Opium Commission.
    638 5 In the House of Commons on the 14th ult., in reply to Mr Theodore C. Taylor, who asked whether be could now give the House the terms of reference of the International Opium Commission which is to meet in Shanghai in February next, Sir Edward Grey
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    Passengers.
    128 5 Arrived. Per s b. Lulzov), 7th Jan., from Colombo Mr. D. E Attvgalle. Mrs. Davids and child. From Aden Mrs. W H. Pendel) and child From Genoa Mr. and Mrs. J. F. van Rees, Dr. P. G. Edgar. Mr. Oscar Mirezik, Mr and Mrs Gerh Ziemasen. From Antwerp Miss
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    FIXTURES.
    62 5 To-day. ltith Day of 12»h Moon. Town B«nd, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p in. The New Japanese Cinem&toff’&pb, corn Q r of Campbell Street and Ptaang Road, 7-30 pm. and 9-10 p.m. To-morrow. 17th Day of 12th Moon. Town Band, Esplanade. 6 to 7 p.m. The New Japauese Cinematograph,
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    MAILS DUE.
    19 5 English (Devanha) ...14th Jan. China (Ansa, e) ...16th China iDerfflnoer). ...19th Germau (P Eitel Friedrich) ...21 at
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    THE MOON.
    20 5 C' > r.ast Qimrior J an Jsth O New Moon 22nd PirHt Quarter 28th O Full Moon Feb. sth
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    37 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homrwards Deoanha 14 Jan. I Asst ye 16 Jan. Britannia 28 j Delhi 30 Extra Service Outwards Homrwards. Nore 19 Jan■ I Sicilia 8 Jan Palawan 2 Feb. J Mle 22
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      47 5 Group is Imminent. No matter how well your children may appear to be, you are never safe without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house. It never fails to relieve and is perfectly safe to give the little ones. Tlie George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents-
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      35 5 Riedel’s Gonosan is not unpleasant to take and is not attended by those distressing bveffects which so often accompany the use of balsams aud Santa] oils. It has secured unqualified praise from the leading Specialists
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      213 5 TO LET. PREMISES No. 17a, NORTHAM ROAD, unfurnished. Apply to 7 1 09 20 ALLEN DENNYS CO. THE HERBERT WITHERS CONCERT PARTY WILL VISIT PENANG ON Monday and Tuesday, the 11th and 12th instant. Further particulars later on. 5-1-09 12 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. NEW SERVICE. Bet ween Penang Singapore via
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    Misplaced Confidence.
    1551 6 Says the Hongkong Telegraph When an individual blatantly declares that he is a cosmopolitan, a .citizen of the world, the average man is apt to regard him with a certain amount of suspicion, for it is not in the nature of things that people should inferentially disown their
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    EXCHANGE.
    115 6 Prrajm, 7th January. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sank ...2/3J 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4-/* 3 Credit —jj/** 3 Documentary ...2/4^ Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 174 3 days’ sigiit 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 173} Mouimem, Demand Bank 1 24 '3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    187 6 Aoui imi 865 20 B. Pepper( W.O"»*' .lib».. 1 u/.. I no stock White Pepp«r $l7 50 —sales Prang Pepper 12.50 buyers Ciove» 37 —sellers Mace 73. —sales Mace Picking* 62. —sales Nutmeg» l lo* 19 50 buyers N<> l 6.65 sales Sugar i. no stock 3.70 sales Tapioc-i
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    MARKET PRICES.
    186 6 Penano, 7th January, 1909 Brbf— cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongue 30
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    SHARES.
    1112 6 s® Number of I p 2 ,0 5 Capital. Snare- I > Dividends Name. He S r— 3 OJ ♦rf :iS a M I J r Mining. 1003 300,000 30,000 10 10 10 for year ending 31/3/08 Belat Tin Miniug Co., Ltd. 675 725 «7. .907 300,000 22,500 10
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      38 6 No Poison. Chamberlain's Couch Kennedy has been declared absolutely lire (torn any injurious substance by Government and expert chemists, and iiiotheis need have no hesitancy in giving it to the smallest infant. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      347 6 Gonosan capsules contain only the purest East Indian Sandal wood oil and Kawa Kawa. The first dose quickly removes violent inflammatory symptoms, bots of 40 capsules, at all dealers and Chemists. “mm SINGAPORE” BY THE Rev. J. A BETHUNE COOK, (Demy 8vo m 183 pages, well illustrated.) Price $3. MAY
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      72 6 s b G in Co TIANG LEE CO. IN RED CASES. Snnditand s. Buttery Co “SLEDGE BRAND” MILK. Absolutely Pure. Every single tin guaranteed good. Obtainable from all the Retail Stores. AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co.. PBN A NO SPECIAL OFFER FOR NEW YEAR. Self Playing Piauo with 50 Music Rolls
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    Stories Gathered from the Parsonage.
    789 7 Entertaining Volume by a Clergyman. Tire byways, as well a3 the highways, of Church life furnish much in the way of wit and humour. What, for instance, could be more mirth-prove king than the naive confession of the cook of a Loudon vicar, who, being
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      1394 7 BURRELL Co.’s B01LKD RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS TURPENTINE TO BE MAD RETAIL FROM ALL THE LEADING STORES. INSURANCE®, SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Co., Sole Agents, Penang <S F, M. S John Bazioy lihite Bros.’ PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” Sandiiands, Buttery <St Co,, AGEN IS. PENANG F. M. 8. DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN
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      170 7 In Indian Nobleman Uses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. You will hpr bv Tie following that Chai»| berlain’s Couch Remedy is a favourite iu tlnyj pa’ace as well as with the humbler people in India: "For the past foil 1- years I have been getting large supplies of Chamberlain’s Couch Remedy, not
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
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      984 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Cu., Pha U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. *B£IDIN« AT No. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtb» TEA o TEA oOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co.. Ltd m I THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill-Potter*
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