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Title Section21 1904-12-23 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. *15 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 2. Penang, Friday, 23rd December, 1904. No. 51.21 words
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Article216 1904-12-23 1 Births. Marriages, Deaths: Leading Articles. Fire Alarms Russian designs on India and Persia In Darkest Penang Ratepayers' Associations Our Local Affairs i Leaderettes and other Articles: Current Topics: The Dutch Indies I r Russia Fishing-Boats in War Time Why Russia may Attack India The Future of the Far Last216 words
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Advertisement137 1904-12-23 1 i THE j 1 STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION |S published the day prior to the departure of each mail "m for and contains the latest local and States I News originally published in the daily issues, as well as Btiews from various parts of the Far East, g la, Japan,137 words
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Article550 1904-12-23 1 (10 Dec.) In «lays gono by Penang lia<l an effective tire alarm consisting ot' three louinls tired from the Put. Singapore had the same signal from Fort Canning, and the result was that all inhabitants of these Settlements had ample warning of the outbreak of lires and so550 words
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Article376 1904-12-23 1 Manila will soon enjoy the lieuelita of an up-to-date electric car service. A Kati payers' Association is in course of formal ion at. Singapore. Dreadful! What are we coining to! A Eurasian young ladv of Calcutta who sued a Eurojx'au tor breach ot piomise of marriage secured an order in376 words
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1034 1904-12-23 1 (10 Dec.) Turkic is a characteristic growl in tin* Moscow journal Ilu**, which discuses what it i.s graciously pleased to style the successive encroachments of Great Britain in south-eastern*Persia.” It says Once that region is fiually in British hands Russia can have no direct1,034 words
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Advertisement105 1904-12-23 1 The Straits Echo. nv LPilat sy \*m u SV®2 UM, .1 mtire sari«flw everybody, and Jnsr fe alone.—rm«r«on Established Jim: Ist, IMI I’tiblinltPi.l «I il (cjtivpf Snt «I i v«.) a r rim CRITERION PRESS, L<l„ X<*. 22«» -'2:t'2. Immcli Street, Penang. I’i M CE ~A,I Y f>l P-rannum OUTiSTATIONS105 words
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Article131 1904-12-23 2 Mu. E. M. Jauion lias taken over charge of (lie local branch of the Chartered Bank. At the Municipal meeting this afternoon a verv much amended set of Burial Grounds By -laws w.ts tabled. Sections 5, 11, 12, the second and third paragraphs of No. 13, section 18, almost the131 words
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Article622 1904-12-23 2 The Proposed By-laws (Concluded fiom Thursday, loth Dec.) To the writer's knowledge—and he lias been here a few years —there has been no oouiplaint made of an insanitary Chinese cemetery in Penang. Not one of them can possibly interfere with the water supply. They are all in622 words
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Article12 1904-12-23 2 An heir-apparent to ihe Kashmir Gaddi was born on the 30th ultimo.12 words
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Article613 1904-12-23 2 PERAK. (From Oar Own Correspondents.) H.vTANd Fadang, 12 Dec.—The Tapah ‘White Elephant or, as it is more commonlv known, Pahang Road to the great Never-never, is productive of some talk here There are those who argue that because the road has been so far made it should becoutinned,613 words
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Article4401 1904-12-23 3 .—Straits Times. A meeting of t lie Council was held on Friday last, 9th instant. His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g. presided, and there were also present Hons! the Colonial Secretary, the Acting Colonial Treasurer, the Attorney-General, the Colonial Engineer, and the Hons. G. S. Murray,.—Straits Times. - 4,401 words
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Article212 1904-12-23 5 To thk Editor or thk Straits Echo. Sir, —Thursday’s Echo which contains your leading article on the Burial Grounds By-laws was not published till late in the afternoon. A few hours after its publication that article liecame the topic of the day. Every second man 1 met212 words
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Article91 1904-12-23 5 Mr. T. J. O’Halloran, the new Municipal Secretary, took over the duties of hi» office to-day, and was also present, at the Municipal Commission meeting Ibis afternoon in his official capacity. In losing his predecessor, Mr. E. P. Phillips, the Municipality loses a faithful servant and hard worker, and one91 words
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Article536 1904-12-23 5 Mr. N. A. VNANDALK - Lecture*by Mr. N. A.VNANDALK. We are indebted to the Calcutta Daily News (3 Dec.) for the following report of an interesting lecture oil* Malaya by Mr. N. Annandaie: Last night a descriptive lecture on the “Peoples of the Malay Peninsula was delivered by Mr. Nelson Annandaie at536 words
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Article115 1904-12-23 5 Mr. Tso Ping Lung, who is reported to liavp been selected as Chinese Minister to the Court of St. James’s is, says the Hongkong Daily Press, well known in mandarin circles at Canton. He was liorn in Canton forty-eight years ago. Mr. Tso has the civil button of the First115 words
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Article385 1904-12-23 5 1 {From Our Own Corre»j»ondenl.) Kudat, 3 Dec.— The steamer Mausang, which arrived here five days ago, left again yesterday morning laden w ith timber from the China-Borneo Company, Ltd., for Hongkong. The German liner Manila arrived here at noon to-dav from Sandukan and will leave on the385 words
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Article214 1904-12-23 5 Thk fanatical Rooskie is about the most crazy and illogical person in creation, as this gem from the Tserkoonski Vestnik (Church Messenger) of Moscow pretty clearly indicates The war now Iteing waged by Russia is $n accordance with the will of God. He ordered the Jews to exterminate the Canaanites,214 words
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Article507 1904-12-23 6 Yesterday's Hare-and-Hounds. The meet at the Golf Club last evening was a very' gay scene, numerous carriages gracing the meet, and as the weather was delightfully lino three ladies were tempted to join in the hunt. Nineteen in all turned up to see what sport was offering,507 words
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Article100 1904-12-23 6 That Japan is prepared to give the Baltic buccaneers a warm welcome to the Orient is (says the Hongkong Telegraph) evidenced by the fact that a week or so ago special officials visited Shanghai and Hongkong on “certain business” connected with its arrival. They have now gone on to Singapore,100 words
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Article45 1904-12-23 6 The' Reform Movement. (Supplied by Reuter London, l(i Dec. —-Tflie growth of the Liberal movement in Russia is daily becoming more manifest. The newspapers are in a very outspoken manner advocating farreaching reforms, which meetings of students and the educated classes are emphatically demanding.45 words
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Article521 1904-12-23 6 It is rumoured that Sir William Goodman, Chief Just ire of Hongkong, who is now in England, will resign at the expiration of his leave. Mb. Vbnmore, the new Station Master, Kuala Lumpur, arrived at the Federal capital last Tuesday. It. is stated that he has had long experience with521 words
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Article, Illustration816 1904-12-23 6 (17 Dec.) Municipal President Sheds Light. The P.G.’ Neither the Authorised nor the Correct Version. Tin: President of our Municipal Com mission Ims spoken and bv Ins utter ances yesterday shed a lurid lioht on mncl. which before.™,* as little con,! prehended by the 'man-in-the-street as the816 words
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Article566 1904-12-23 7 (17 Dec.) \Vi<: read in the Straits Times of Wednesday that a proposal to form a Ratepayers’ Association has met with ready response from some six score of people from among some of the most influential of the community of Chinese, Arabs, Bombay men, Europeans, and Eurasians, who566 words
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Article110 1904-12-23 7 Mr. T. 11. Hill, the K.M.B. Protector of Lai tour, has requested Governnieut to prohibit tlie use of the word h’ling ’in ofth-ia! correspondence and that Tamil alone Ite jteiiniUed and recognised as the collect appellation. The Daily Telegraph’s correspondent at St. Petersburg, commenting upon the remark of the Novoe110 words
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Article1816 1904-12-23 7 The Buria l Grounds By-laws. Chinese Not Yet Satisfied. The Commissioners Pass Them. BUT THEY LACK CONFIRMATION As stated in our last issue, a very muyli amended set of Burial Grounds By-laws was submitted at yesterday's fneetiug of the Municipal Commission for approval, and are reproduced in a supplement of1,816 words
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Article157 1904-12-23 8 Mu. Scott, the new Agent of the Chartered Bank’s branch at Kuala Lumpur, took over charge from Mr. Argyll Robertson yesterday. Last Tuesday a farewell dinner was given the popular ex-manager by a number of liis friends, and to-day they were to give him a very hearty send-off. 1 His157 words
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Article65 1904-12-23 8 Progress Keeort. Since the date of last w.». railhead hits been advanced to pe.r Twi tlie Most of the men on the wort plowed haulm, „p t |,e nZ material from the stack at pe<, 31 <„ y stack at peg 51. 1 3 Ito d n65 words
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Article182 1904-12-23 8 1 iun il tle JildleB wril under date the 13th December to the Kuala Lumpur Mai Since you invite correspondence on this subject ot railway carriages nnv J —as one of the English women in wlLt supposed interests the Subject is more nar ticulariv raised-say that I182 words
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Article183 1904-12-23 8 Drastic Measure to Check Smuggling. Owing to the profits 011 opium smuggling being so handsome t hat 110 tine is effective enough to stop the little game, the Straits Government, has, according to the Singapore Times, taken definite action in the matter, and a policy of banishment has been183 words
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Article104 1904-12-23 8 Major N. D. W. .du Boulay, a., who is Editor of the Army Journal, which is 0 make its debut next month, saw service in the Soudan, accompanied the Japan headquarters in the war with China m 1894-95, and was a special service officer in China in 1900. He is104 words
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Article143 1904-12-23 9 Ventham— Saunders. This afternoon at four o’clock tl.e wedding took place m St George’s Church of Sergeant 7®7" Va ham the pS^Ur full lUfatiiict.or and sergeant-major of the Penang Volunteer Corps, t„ Miss Alice Saunders, who came out, from homo by the German mail a fortnight ago. Thecereniony, which143 words
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Article277 1904-12-23 9 The following subscriptions are acknowwith thanks:— B]o 'l'lnf Stra it ft Ech o. 3<) Yeo Boon Tean 11 A. 11. Adams 25 Yeoli Paik Tatt... 10 Chang On Siew... 25 Boey Siew Nam. 5 D. Graham 25 Clieah Cheng Lean 5 Lim Boon Nye 25 Chew Seah277 words
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Article166 1904-12-23 9 The Seistan Boundary Commission is now engaged upon further survey work on the frontier. Mu. Lawes, a bank manager* at Bush ire, Ims obtained a divorce and X 1.000 damages against Captain Vere limit, an Attache at tiie British Residency, Bushire. Lady Jenkins, the wife of Sir Lawrence Jenkins, Chief166 words
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Article867 1904-12-23 9 Criticised by the Governor. Surplus Revenue Too Small. At the meeting of the Municipal Commission yesterday attenioou the President intimated that he had just received the following letter from the Colonial Secretary Colonial Secretary’s Office. Singapore. 14 Dec.. 1904. Dear S(B, I am directed to acknowledge Ihe867 words
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Article85 1904-12-23 9 The Forgery Case. (Echo Special.) Singapore, 17 Dec.—F. C. Cornelius, of the Treasury Department, who was recently arroste<1 and acquitted on a charge of forgery, was re-arrested yesterday on a fresh warrant. f l he Chinaman who cashed the alleged forged cheque has suddenly appeared. The evidence of bribery(Echo Special.) - 85 words
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Article270 1904-12-23 9 We understand that the Acting Protector of Chinese lias convened a meeting of the Chinese Advisory Hoard for Tuendttv next nt, 2 p hi. to discuss the elegant patchwork known as the* Burial Grounds By-laws. Judging from this, aud the wholesale deletions of the draft as at first, submitted to270 words
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Article2488 1904-12-23 10 <■ The Revised By-Laws for Registration. r A$ the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission yesterday afternoon the President laid on the table a list of proposed bylaws for the registration of burial grounds as revised and very much amended by the sub-committee. The by-laws, both original and2,488 words
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Article45 1904-12-23 11 Gilah - Gilah. How doth the bold Commissioner, In voice and figure meek, Approve some yards of by-laws and— Revoke the same next week How glibly doth lie damu the press As beastly incorrect, fit still takes newspaper advice He lias to, I suspect!45 words
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Article160 1904-12-23 11 Private advices in town report the loss of the B. I. liner Secuudra off Galle about ten days ago. It is said that she went down in alwut five minutes, but that all on board were saved with the exception of four or five. Beyond the160 words
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Article302 1904-12-23 11 Tong kah is declared free of plague. The Indian Daily News understands that the Hon. Mr. A. A. Apcar, President of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce aud Member of the Bengal Legislative Council, has l*een appointed Sheriff of Calcutta for the year 1905, in succession to the Hon. Rabu Nolin302 words
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(19 Dec.) Current Topics.
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Article233 1904-12-23 11 During the debate on the estimates for the Dutch Indies in the Second Chain- b^ r of the States-General on the 23 rd ult., M. van Kol, the Socialist member, again urged that a large portion of the colonies should be sold, and that the Dutch policy233 words
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Article507 1904-12-23 11 Writing by the mail which arrived on Saturday evening our London correspondent says:—The condition of Russia does not improve and only the scattered and disconnected nature of the population prevents a Herce rebellion. The war is not popular and Reservists in hundreds are risking all to flv over the507 words
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Article1521 1904-12-23 11 A meeting of the Council was lield on Friday last, 16th instaut. Hi* Excellency the Governor, Sir Joliu Anderson, k.c.m.g., presided, aud there were present H. E. the Officer Commanding the Troops, Hon. the Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Colonial Engineer, aud the Hon. G. 8. Murray, YV.1,521 words
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Article124 1904-12-23 12 L*st Friday the Straits Times announced that the action Montague Harris v. Raffles Hotel (being an action for alleged wrongful ejectment from the hotel) has been discontinued by the plaintiff. It is officially notified that, at theMunici* pal election held on 6th inst., Mr. Choo Giang Thye was duly elected124 words
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Article1955 1904-12-23 12 Ordinary Meeting, Following is report of tbe ordinary kr ness transacted at the fortnmlX• <>f the Municipal Comm 3% T* Town held in the Municipal k U Hl lr |nv i ,aen l „ou,andXd, C t m t avoidably crowded out of our lastlL Jh- J. W. Hallit’ax,1,955 words
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Article195 1904-12-23 13 To THK KtUTOR OK Til K STRAITS ECHO. Dear Sir, —I am not fond of rushing into print, but I cannot help saying that I am pleased to see that what strikes me as a very uncalled-for paragraph lias l»eeii struck out of the Burial Bv-laws195 words
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Article280 1904-12-23 13 On reclamation works at Port Dickson a sum of $lO,OOO will be spent next year. Lieut. Lord Bernard C. Gordon-Ijenuoi, Groundier Guards, lias lieeu seconded lor service with the Chinese* Regiment of lufautry. Last Wednesday the Rt. Rev. Bishop I’arillon, accompanied by Fathers Duvelle and Naiii, arrived at Kereinbaii. In280 words
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Article259 1904-12-23 14 Port Arthur. 4 The Sevastopol Torpedoed. ’London, U) Dec.—Renter’sTokio correspondent, wires that the Russian battleship Sevastopol lias been successfully torpedoed outside Port Arthur ten times. She is now Hground and is evidently completely disabled. Negotiations. General Stoessel opened negotiations with the .Japanese with a view to protecting the259 words
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Article235 1904-12-23 14 A New Suez Canal. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 17 Dec.—Sir Theodore V. S. Angier, K.c.M.u., announces that, owing to the high rates charged by the Suez Canal, he and others have matured plans to cut a second Suez Canal and that a big contractor, familiar with work in Egypt,(Supplied by Reuter.) - 235 words
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Article130 1904-12-23 14 The French Squadron. (Reho Special.) Singapore, 19 Dec —The French cruiser Descartes, accompanied by the torpedo flotilla she is escorting to the Far East, each with a Singapore pilot on board, arrived here at eight o’clock yesterday evening. An Absentee Ball. A ball was given in honour of the(Reho Special.) - 130 words
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Article85 1904-12-23 14 Farewell to the Native States. (Echo Special.) Kuala Lumpur, 19th Dec. —Dr. Gnoh Lean Tuck, at the close of a lecture delivered by him before the Selangor Literary and Debating Society, announced bis resignation of the Presidency of the Society, which, he said, was owing ’to(Echo Special.) - 85 words
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Article56 1904-12-23 14 Wr note that a Table of Precedence of Residents and Reads of Federal Departments has been approved by H. E. the High Commissioner. These high ofiieials are divided up into A, E, C, and D classes. Can this mean that they will have to travel in cars ijo marked ou56 words
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(20 Dec.) Current Topics.
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Article244 1904-12-23 14 A CORRESPONDENT of 1 he Times of India seeks to draw a parallel between Admiral Rodjest- vensky’s explanation of the North Sea tiaged)' and an incident during the recent British manoeuvres. He points out that although the Russian incident has excited the ridicule of most seafaring244 words
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Article283 1904-12-23 14 A month has just elapsed since the Moscow Journal Vidimosti came out with an article entitled Is a campaign against India possi- ble?’ Russia, according to this journal, cannot have the least interest in possessing India, or even a part of it; but a campaign283 words
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Article439 1904-12-23 15 Si’laking at the animal dinner of the China Association in London, Sir .Thomas Jackson, whose name is so closely connect- ed with the well-nigh phenomenal success of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, in giving ”the toast of the evening, Prosperity to the China439 words
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Article144 1904-12-23 15 Bad Sovereigns in Circulation in Singapore and Java. From information recently obtained by the Burma Police, there is (says the Rangoon Times) reason to believe that had sovereigns are in circulation in Java and Singapore, and the public ought consequently to he cautious when receiving them. From some144 words
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Article1398 1904-12-23 15 Ye Chronicles of Ye States 1 he "flit ia!.< nf fhr Federated Malay soup* Government na\e been clarified under sections A. B, <’, and D., accorduii{ to pi cedencc.— Perak Government Gazette. On the thirtieth day of the eleventh mouth, and towards even, there arose a tumult in1,398 words
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Article526 1904-12-23 16 To TUK Kimtor of thk Straits Echo. Sir, —The articles on the Burial Ground By-laws which you published on the 15th and 1 Gtli iust, and the light article of last Saturday, were, 1 will assure you, read with much interest by the Chinese community, who are526 words
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Article44 1904-12-23 16 The fact of the Singapore and Penang agents of the P. O. being in Kuala Lumpur at one and the same time gave rise to some speculation, tend the Malav Mail basks Does this mean that the Company’s /boats» arojjuiug to call at Portswett<juluuu?44 words
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Article382 1904-12-23 16 Port Arthur. Further Japanese Success. (Echo Special s.) Tokio, 20 Dec. —It is officially announced here that the commander of the Japanese Army before Port Arthur reports thar, on the 18th instant, a detachment of his troops caused a great explosion at the breastwork of the north fort(Echo Specials.) - 382 words
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124 1904-12-23 16 {Supplied by Reuter.) I.ondon, ]<) Dec.—Despatch,,, have been received from General Stoessel, dated from 25th Novem her to 10th December and give detads of the terrible assaults mad„ by the Japanese from the 20th November to the 2nd of December. lie General says that, «according to124 words
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Article89 1904-12-23 16 The Third Squadron. London, 19 December.—Admiral Birileff has been appointed to the command of the third Baltic squadron, which is to be despatched*?» the Far East, 'the Russian Admiralty expects that the squadron will sail on the 28th January. London, 20 Dec. —The third Baltic squadron is89 words
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Article174 1904-12-23 16 The Reform Movement. 1 jondon,l9 1 >ec. —Telegrams received from St. Petersburg indicate that the Reactionaries are fast recovering the upper hand. Ihe Russian press has been forbidden to mention the subject of representative government and if is reported that the Tzar has informed his Ministers of his determination174 words
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Article68 1904-12-23 17 Result of Fort Plate. Favourite Defeated. (helm Specials Calcutta, l!) Dec.—The result of tlie Fort Plate, which was run off on baturdax, is:—l, Maddington ;2, Blue Blood 3, Loyal. Great Scot was nearlv last. The betting at the start was 3 to 1 against Great Scot; G(helm Specials - 68 words
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Article84 1904-12-23 17 Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., Ltd. Government to take over Property. {Echo Special.) ttiiiigapore. 20 Dec. —The Directors of the Tanjong 1‘ngar Dock Co., Ltd., licivo been notified that Government intends to expropriate their property on terms to be mutually agreed upon. [It. seems probable that by this move Government{Echo Special.) - 84 words
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Article187 1904-12-23 17 1’n kkK will rilin' ;i reckoning with Kngl.iml. We recognise 11 r as onr old memo who has in l lio ii.itli ot IIiisMiiu development.'—iViuce He*i>ere l)nk<ihtvn>*lii).] Yk wlio would reckon with England— Ye who would sweep the seas Of the Hag that Rodney nailed aloft187 words
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Article110 1904-12-23 17 Whv, act mill v! What? Can we believe our own eves Yes, they have. Have what r Why, the Echo has actually got a whole stick of tatty from the Editor of the Rangoon Times, which came out on the sth instant with this par: The Strait* Echo of tiie'Wh110 words
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Article380 1904-12-23 17 Sir Frank Scored by thp Times. ,o,n be Westminster Gazette i Sir Frank Swetteniiatn has rushed into print 1 once too often, and has raised the ire of the mighty Thunderer by popping questions to the Editor on the interminable fiscal question. The XV Gs comments may interest and380 words
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Article247 1904-12-23 17 St. Xavier’s, which broke up to-day for the Christinas holidays, re-opeus on did proximo. Wk Fear that. Hr. G. L. Tuck itinally leaves Kuala Lumpur on the -!tth instant in order to settle in private practice iu Penang. Wb hear that His Lordship the Bishop of Malacca will return to247 words
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(21 Dec.) Current Topics.
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Article221 1904-12-23 17 Writing in the Morning Post a correspondent says :—A very grave danger is threatening this country, of which neither its Governmetit nor its people seem aware. Tlie majority of the Powers, out of sympathy with Russia, are altering the custom of nations (I will not say tlie221 words
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Article670 1904-12-23 17 Thk sensational voyage of the Alarming Armada, marked ns it has been with scenes of drunkenness, death, and rapine, appears to be spreading a wave of apprehension amongst the inhabitant* of those ports which may be expected to lie in the route of these International Nuisances and670 words
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Article224 1904-12-23 18 Mr. Arthur Cooper, who lias been engaged in diving and other work connected with the construction of the new pier for nearly two years, goes home to Scotland by the P. and O. liner Nubia on Saturday next. We wish him bon voyage and a pleasant time in the snow-clad224 words
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Article509 1904-12-23 18 We are asked by Mrs. Pyjfett to publish —and have inticli pleasure in complying with the request —the following in reference to the Bazaar held recently at. the Town Hall in aid of the Alexandra Home, when the nett proceeds amounted to 3711.75. Subscribers to Bazaar. Mrs.509 words
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Article162 1904-12-23 18 Selangor s Output. The output of block tiu fmi.i dnriuir the month of Novel,,W r a, nn to piculs 10,675.15 tr,-ore piculs 17 4*l total pikuls ->8,095.41. The Value ol'fh’ metal is officially estimated at 32 198 on while the duty collected amounted V 8302,212.85. From January Ist to162 words
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Article235 1904-12-23 18 British Sloop rescues Captain and Crew. H M.iS. Rosario arrived ar. Hongkong ou 1 lie 9th instant with 8 Europeans, including Captain Brophy, and 48 Indian mem Iters of the crew of the steamer Shrewsbury, recently wrecked on the Bombay Reef. The Shrewsbury was chartered235 words
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Article200 1904-12-23 18 The Petersburg Novosti assures the world that 44 Russia is not unmindful of her gratitude to Germany, who has made it possible for her, without fear for her western frontier, to despatch large forces to the Far East.” —U-m-ni! The China Mutual frauds case was concluded at Ipoh on the200 words
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Article433 1904-12-23 19 To TIIK EDITOR of the fSTUAITH ECHO. K 'r l your lensthj- report, ot the Municipal Commission meeting that it has been decided to expeud a sum of over SbOO on an electric motor and pump tor pumping salt water for the purpose of watering our streets433 words
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Article527 1904-12-23 19 w To i iiK Editor or rim Straits Echo. Dear Sin, —I should like to ask you a small—ami, I think, pertinent—question anent the duties of the Municipal Commissioners and their powers. It seems to me that m Penang everylaidv is taxed equally, but a. very short perambulation527 words
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Article310 1904-12-23 19 Twenty-ninth Report. We are indebted to Messrs Boustead A Co., the local agents, for a copy of the 21» tli report, of this company as presented to the shareholders at the half-yearly ordinary general uniting held at Tokio on the 20th ultimo. This report, which is emiueiitlv310 words
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Article267 1904-12-23 19 How a German Steamer to Grief. On the 2lst ultimo some interesting particulars were received in London from Newcastle in regard to the voyage of the steamer Tiberi Tiberius of Hamburg, which left iu May last to run the blockade of Vladivostok. 'These were supplied by \V. Rains,267 words
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Article118 1904-12-23 19 Mitchell and his Wife Sentenced. {Echo Special.) Singapore, 20 Dec.—The ease in which Mr. and Mrs* A. Mitchell and one Wnli Osman were charged with en! icing away Mrs. Julia Goodenongh, wife of Mr. J, S. Goodenough, detaining her for several days in their house and threatening{Echo Special.) - 118 words
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Article51 1904-12-23 19 Kuala Kangsar Under Water. (Echo Special.) Liihat) 21 Dec.—Kuala Kangsar township has been flooded since the 19th instant and the water has now risen as high as the first storey of the shop-houses. The floods are similar to those which occurred some six years ngd, but are not sq(Echo Special.) - 51 words
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Article1296 1904-12-23 20 Daily Mail Correspondent’s Experience. Says (lie Japanese Censorship is Quite Justified. FOUND KUROPATKIN A QUIET. UNASSUMING MAN. JAPANKsK Soi,]>lßKB Sui’KßlOlt TO RUSSIANS IN En DU RANCH ANI) I NTELI.IUBNCE. Mr. Kruest Brimlle, war correspondent for the London Daily Mail, arrived at Honirkoug <>n the sth instant from t.lie1,296 words
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Article220 1904-12-23 20 Gilau - Gilau. A medico of fair Penang* Rv all hi s gods ho swore, That corpses in this spicy isle Neglected be no more. By all his gods lie swore it. And set him down to think— With reams and reams of foolscap And quarts aud quarts of220 words
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Article238 1904-12-23 20 Property to be taken over. (Echo Special.) Singapore, -0 Dec. —TheRt. Hon. Alfred Lyttelton, Secretary of State for 11 10 t olonies, lias notified the Court of Directors of tl»e Taiijong Pngar Dock Co., Ltd, that Govern* me lit intends to expropriate the property of the Company upon(Echo Special.) - 238 words
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Article1048 1904-12-23 21 (22 Dec.) What about Rates and Taxes? At the hist meeting of the Municipal Commission the President tabled the important letter from the Government which we published on the 17th inst in the course of which the Colonial Secretary states that before the Governor gives his approval1,048 words
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Article68 1904-12-23 21 The opening of the express train service of the Malay States Railways is stilted to 1#? fixed for Ist February, 1905. New Timetables, savs the Pioneer, are now in the printers’ bauds. It is stated that au Assistant Com- missioner for the Criminal Record and I Investigation Bureau is l*;ing68 words
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(22 Dec.) Current Topics.
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Article154 1904-12-23 21 A 8INI8TKE significance is attached iii well-infonned quarters here (writes the London correspondent of the Birmingham Post) to the outburst cd the Russ, telegraphed from» St. Petersburg, iii regard to the intended commercial mission from Calcutta to Persia, with its scarcely veiled threat of Russian interference with154 words
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Article258 1904-12-23 21 A cask tried in the Court of Session. Edinburgh, hist month afforded a quaint. illustration of the quirks of the law—and even its humours, though it may not present itself to the aggrieved parties in that light. Theaction was one for libel, and it was raised by an258 words
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Article100 1904-12-23 21 The Taiping Thunderer slates that the staff of the Malay College at Kuala Kaugsar is to consist of a Headmaster (Mr. W. Hargreaves) oil £660, an Assistant (Cadet) on £soo with an allowance of £3O, and a locally engaged Assistant on $1260. On a lifeboat which was recovered from the100 words
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Article1150 1904-12-23 22 The Sacred Concert. Dbspije the small shower of rain which fell yesterday afternoon and damped things down generally, the sacred concert at St. George’s Church proved to l>e more than a .success, it was a veritable triumph. By six o’clock the whole body of the Church" was1,150 words
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Article268 1904-12-23 22 U e read in the Seattle l\*t that on the 10th November Mr. John E. Burton, presulent ot the United Staten-Alaskan Tin Mining Company, of Milwaukee, and H J. Dieter, manager of the company, re* turned to Nome, Alaska, from an inspection of the company’s tin holdings in268 words
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Article253 1904-12-23 22 The legend of a supposed official organ whose light was obscured the other day had not, apparently, reached our Taipiug contemp. when its issue of Tuesday last was published. Like many others it was apparently st ill imbued with the idea that only one of the Penang dailies253 words
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Article284 1904-12-23 23 durin* “tl.e W 3r enti ?>' plaSUe uunn tiieust week in Bombay is unfa- i vourable compared with last veal-. and L cornea .till more threatening when '1 *o® h f Ule of i tl,e pre,ious week, NovemlKsr J -f J wkich was 57. However, conside.s a284 words
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Article360 1904-12-23 23 Messrs. Huttenbucli, Liebert, and Co. courteously inform us that the 1». I. steamer Puudua has been detained iu Singapore. The vessel was bouud from Hongkong to Rangoon, via Penang. Her probable date of sailing from Singapore is unknown. Another steamer will probably take her place. Those of our readers interested360 words
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Article77 1904-12-23 23 Port Arthur. The Capture of North Fort London, 22 Dec.—Reuter’s correspondent belore Port Arthur reports that the capture of the North i<ort by the Japanese facilitates the assault upon the western half of the eastern tort ridge. The Japanese now hold five out of seven of the guarding77 words
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Article56 1904-12-23 23 Canada s Patriotism (Supplied lnj Itenter.) London, 21 Dec.—Canada is about, to establish, iu agreement with the Admiralty, a Canadian squadron, beginning with three cruisers manned by the Canadian Naval Militia. The Dominion is also prepared to maintain the defences of the dockyards at ilallifax, on the Atlantic,(Supplied lnj Itenter.) - 56 words
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Article137 1904-12-23 23 His Scouts at Singapore. FLEET FOLLOWING. Crews keen to give them a baptism of Fire (From Our Own Corretjtondent.) Singapore, 22 Dec —The converted cruisers Nippon Marti and Hongkong Main (each 0,000 tons) arrived here at noon to-day and sailed at 1.30. They are scouts of a137 words
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Article1163 1904-12-23 23 The Japanese have, refloated and partly repaired Admiral Alexieffs yacht Najudan (500 tons) which was sunk by the Russians at Dalny to block the dock, and she has arrived at the naval station at Sasebo. Sir William Garstin lias been officiaHf appointed Adviser to the Egyptian Ministry of Public Works.1,163 words
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Article122 1904-12-23 24 Outbreak of the dread disease in Siam. (Echo Sj^ecial.) Bangkok, 23 Dec. —There is considerable uneasiness here owing to an outbreak of bubonic plague, which has already carried off seven Asiatics. Vessels proceeding to Bangkok will doubtless be required now to quarantine at Koh Pliai, an island near Kohsichaug,122 words
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Article52 1904-12-23 24 On 4th December, at Hextable, Kent. England* the wife of R. D. Thomas, s.s. Pow'an, of a daughter. At Shanghai, on the 7th Deer., the wife of R. Sutherland, of a son. At Wuchang. China, on 20th November, the wife of the Rev. Henry Robertson, Loudon Mission, Tsaoshih. of52 words
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Article60 1904-12-23 24 At the Baptist Church, Rangoon, ou the 26th November, Constable Rowe, of the Rangoon Polico, to Elizabeth North. On Ist December, at the Holy Trinity Cathedral, Shanghai, by the Rev. W. Gilbert Walslie, Hugh Gibson, youngest sou of the late David Smith. J. P.. of Woodside, Aberdeen. Scotland, to60 words
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Article120 1904-12-23 24 Penang, 23rd December (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank. I London Demand Bank ...1/11% 4 months’ sight Bank 1/11 3 Credit .1/11 4 3 Documentary ...1/11 J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1451 3 days’ sight Private 147% Bombay, Demand Bank 145] 3 days’ sight Private 1474 Madras, Demand Bank120 words
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Article184 1904-12-23 24 BersawahGold Mine Co., Ld. 13 Raub Australian Gold Min- jng Co., Ld 4<or r» i -r i ‘i.wO noift. Kedjang Lebong Gold Min--1U Co Ltl 230 buyers KadauaGold MiniugCo„Ltd fu,, y paid). 10.-nom Bruseh Tin Mining Co., Ld. bales' Karangan Tin Mining Co. sin Kinta Tin Hines Ltd... NewGopeng184 words
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Article167 1904-12-23 24 I’m S 77.80 Business done. Gold leaf S 79] B. Pepper (W. Coast 31 hs.s <»/.)s 25.50 sellers White Pepper 37.50 sellers Trang Pepper shortly exCloves (picked) pected Mace 85— sellers Mace Pickings 75. —sellers Nutmegs 11 Os 41. —sellers No. 1 610 nom Sugar 2 no stock. Basket167 words
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Obituary140 1904-12-23 24 Deaths. At the Isolation Hospital. Shanghai, on 3rd December, Leonard S. Sanders, of Shanghai, aged 2S. At Shanghai General Hospital on 4th December. David Beale, late mariue eugiueer in the service of the Nippon Yuseu Kaisha aged 08. On 1th December, at Weihsien, June Helena, wife of E. VV. Burt,140 words
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