The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 31 December 1904
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Title Section22 1904-12-31 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 515 Per Annum. Single Copy, ,40 cents. Voi. 2. Penang, Saturday, 31st December, 1904. V No. 53.22 words
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Article96 1904-12-31 1 Births. Marriages, Deaths Leading Articles: The Traffic Tangle A Belgian Story 1 Agriculture Leaderettes And other ArticlesV ‘■>) t Current Topics:— Tibet A New Phase Dogs Correspondence Public Opinion) Wanted: Drains S > Legal: \V 2 SupitoiiO Court: Iu Ciyil JuvisOictiuii The Singapore Scandal Telegrams (Special and Heater The96 words
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Advertisement211 1904-12-31 1 4JKA* 7>3~ jf K. *> 'W- ii.gfoife an iV /?**s* f -a* f s ti .ct *a > I ni^ A y r l v i N y > 7 V -'f MAIL EDITION ,NJ >\ 4 I I T>. S published the day prior to the departure of each211 words
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Article342 1904-12-31 1 (30 Dec.) ii Water, by constant dripping, will wear away a stone,*’ mya the old proverb, and in the belief that this is true the Echo lias consistently dripped for a long time upon the authorities responsible for the regulation of the traffic in Beach Street. Apparently342 words
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Article402 1904-12-31 1 (30 Dec.) hat is styled a Belgiun-Chinese Commerce has beeii started m Brussels, and our London correspondent informs us that the promoters claim that its membership consists of 100 Belgian and Chines** merchants. It is also alleged that this new concern is “the first Chinese Chamber of402 words
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Article127 1904-12-31 1 Mu. Nathan, a cadet of the «Straits Civil S'lvice, lias arrived in Penang from *S;ng;i--p «ri‘. and will be attached to the office of the Hon. the Resident-Councillor. 1L M. S. lloguk, having relieved the Leviathan on the China Station at Singapore, coaled and sailed from the Junior Settlement for127 words
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Article112 1904-12-31 1 The Birmingham Post understands that the Govern- ment has decided upon the appointment of a British^ Resident for Lliassa, and that that officer will be des- patched thither early in the new year.* He will be accompanied and peiinaoently protected by an escort of Indinn troops under British officers,112 words
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Article129 1904-12-31 1 Those A and B cart on tlie F. M. S. railways continue to prove a greater source of annoyance and needless trouble than the authors pfsuch an ill-considered scheme perhaps reckoned on. The latest move, according to out**" Kuala Lumpur contemporary, is to draw a distinction in129 words
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Article153 1904-12-31 1 We read in the Johannesburg Star (10 Nov.) that at a recent meeting of the local Town Council a recommendation providing for a more humane wav of destroying unclaimed strayN, dous was adopted. The committee bid*wejanted that they did not favour deftrucuqji by drowning, and proposed improvtfmeirluto the lethal153 words
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Article88 1904-12-31 1 Bubonic plague having ceased to exist iu Tongkah, quarantine restrictions hitherto imposed on vessels arriving from that port have lieen removed. At a general meeting of the memUirK of the Penang Recreation Club held last night, the following gentlemen were elected officelajarers for the ensuing year:—President, Mr. E. A. B.88 words
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Advertisement93 1904-12-31 1 ta Echo. Wii «3 i *w > ~v, > 3 Jnstire eaUsd*. everybody, and justice alone.-AWson Established June Ist, l<jo;{. I'nblished daily (except snnd i y«.) AT THK CRITERION PRESS, 1.d., No, ‘22<>— ‘2-W, l?«Hc!' Stroot, I > Ol|:i I! i'. riMCE: DAII.Y. I.OCAI, f 4 l'«r auuuin Ol IbIAIiONS93 words
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Article182 1904-12-31 2 In Civil Jurisdiction. (lief ors the Hon. A. F. G. Law Puisne Judge.) Marriage Case. An interesting case to the Muslim community has engaged the attention of the Supreme Court during the past two days. It has reference to the marriage of one Wan Tell to Syed Haroon182 words
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Article259 1904-12-31 2 Suspicious Movements of Colliers. Did They Sail From Saigon The steamer Aratoon Apcar, which arrived at Singapore last Monday afternoon, reported an interesting rencontre on Thursday evening while off the Cochin China coast, between Faurang Bay and Cape Paderau. The report published by the Straits Times sets forth that259 words
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Article93 1904-12-31 2 Mr. E. G. Edgar, one of the Directors of the Tronoh Mines, passed through Penang, en route London-towu, by the German mail on Wednesday. A special to the Shanghai journal Der Ostasiatische Lloyd, dated Berlin 14th December, states that Admiral Alexifff has handed the Tsar a plan for the reorganisation93 words
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Article553 1904-12-31 2 To tick Editor of Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —I no flee now and again in the reports of the meetings of the Municipal Commissioners that the tender of So-and-so has been 'accepted for the construction of the drains in such-and-such a street. I P r < ‘suine that553 words
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Article155 1904-12-31 2 The Hon. A. A. Apcar’s Mallard, who ran third in the Viceroy’s Cup, won the Couch Behar Cup yesterday in 2 min. 8 secs. 1 We regret to hear that the Penang branch of the Straits Civil Service is about to lose the services of one of its most promising155 words
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Article49 1904-12-31 2 Erlungshan Triumph. Booty Captured. (Echo Special.) lokio.lCO Dec—l 1,0 Port Arthur army reports tlmt the occupation of hrlungslmn fort was completely assured on the night of the 28th tost. Ihe booty includes four large ami seven small guns, thirty 37. millimeter guns, and two machine "litis. o(Echo Special.) - 49 words
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Article132 1904-12-31 2 Splendid Work by Japanese Troops. (Supplied hy Ueuter Loudon, 30 Dec.—Reuter’s correspondent with the army before Port Arthur wires that the Japanese captured Erlungshan fort with the los3 of only one thousand men. Seven dynamite mines were exploded at ten o’clock on Thursday morning, making breaches in the(Supplied hy Ueuter.) - 132 words
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Article146 1904-12-31 2 Chantaboon Again! (Supplied hy He liter.) Loudon, 30 Doc—M. Deloncle, in a letter to the I'aris Temps, protests against the evacuation of Chantaboon before the delimitation of the frontier, provided for in the Franco-Siatnese treaty, is completed, and he will interpellate the Government at the earliest opportunity(Supplied hy He liter.) - 146 words
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Article21 1904-12-31 2 The Moscow Gazette ecu*®" policy of the autocracy se ..L, os t Baltic Fleet to what it describes as certain destruction.21 words
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Article751 1904-12-31 3 The Selangor Races. Second Day, 291 h Dec. (Echo Sj>ecial.) Kuala Lumpur, 29 Dec.—The following are the results of the running to-day The Griffin Handicap.—Value $300. A handicap for all Griffins that started in Race No. 4 (The Champion Griffin Race), first day; winners excluded. Distance, live(Echo Sj>ecial.) - 751 words
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Article235 1904-12-31 3 Another Beach Street Scare. The excitement caused hv the recent series of fires has not yet. died out apparently, and even a false alarm is sufficient to cause hundreds to gather in prospect of a Fire Brigade 4 practice.’ Tlmevetiing stillnessof Bench Street was at 8 o’clock235 words
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Article51 1904-12-31 3 Fallen Star” is the exceedingly unkind sobriquet applied by tlie Shanghai Times to our old friend Vic,” latelGeueraliggiino, Admiraltissimo, and Muddmkin-Chief of the Great White TsarV^iy^htregions in the Farthest East. Rescript This is carrying to absolutely intolerable lengths, ami must iy>w cease. Let all whom it may concern Tremble and51 words
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Article1177 1904-12-31 3 (31 Dec.) W k have selected .agriculture us the subject of our New Year's Eve leader because it is of paranVunt importance to all who possess real and not mertdy superficial interests in much favoured peninsula. The future of Malaya, while it may be largely dependent upon the tin1,177 words
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Article485 1904-12-31 4 Tiik marriage of Mr. Oliver Marks, Private Secretary to His Excellency Sir Jobn Anderson, k.cmg., with Miss Violet Catherine Murray, daughter of the Hon. Alexander and Mrs. Murray, will take place at. St. Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore, on Wednesday, Feb. 1st, at 3-30 p.m. The subsequent reception will (says the Free485 words
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Article483 1904-12-31 4 It is notified that the local Govern.,,, !f T {"I' 1 B ks w i1 1 >■«. «W.l ~u Monday* tl‘e in,! Janmuy, w .101, a public holiday li:e los.al authorities notify (ha* Monday 2n<l Jan., the Head and Sub Offi^ will be closed at noon. The483 words
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Article143 1904-12-31 4 H.M.S. Thetis, which is to relieve the Astrsea, is due at Singapore Irom Hongkong next Tuesday. The Principal Civil Medical Officer, l)r. D. K. McDowell, and Mrs. McDowell, arrived yesterday from Singapore. The Malay Mail avers that an enterprising Penang linn contemplates theestablis ment of an ice factory at Kuala143 words
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Article105 1904-12-31 5 Subscription List. The Hon. Treasurer be<rs to acknowledge, with thanks, the followim»’ further donations to the above fund Amount acknowledged (24-I*2l S4l Mr. Lim Eu Toll Mr. Lim Soo Chee S 5 Mr. Yeoli Bok Thong... s r > Mr. J. T. Dohbie 3 Mr. Boev Siew105 words
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Article215 1904-12-31 5 On New Year's Eve. Wk have come to the end of another year, Some by hard toil and strife, Some looking backward along the path Of a happy and well spent life, Some gazing back on a stormy year Where matters have all gone wrong. And many a youngster215 words
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Article163 1904-12-31 5 The polo match at Butterwortli yesterday afternoon, between Butterwortli anil Penang teams, was a remarkably keen one, and some exciting plav was witnessed. The result was a victory for Butterwortli by 5 goals to 3. The teams were —Penang—G. H. Stitt, G. M. Dundas-Mouat, A. Wallace Jones, and W. E.163 words
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Article642 1904-12-31 5 The Passing oTthe Rajah. Sketch of iiis Meritorious Career. A BENEFICENT and wise ruler. We regret to record the death—at his Istana at 2 a.in. last Friday—of the Rajah of Perlis, Tuan Syed Suffee AFJamaluline. Very few people are aware that IVrlis—a small territory on the north of Kedah—has642 words
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Article924 1904-12-31 5 —l—(From Our Own Cgrretpondent.) Kudat, 18 Dec.—A report lias reached here that the day l>efore yesterday a most serious slaughter occurred at L&lgv] Datu, on the east coast of North Borneo. Some Sulu fishermen infringed the rights of fishing stakes belonging to Chinese who had rented the924 words
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Article1079 1904-12-31 6 -fr4 looked bright and promising for the Race Meeting when it opened on Tuesday. The weather, at the tail-end of a fickle rainy season, seemed as if it would lor once allow us to pass the afternoon without witnessing the usual spectacle of canal-digging to clear the1,079 words
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Article984 1904-12-31 6 Enu of a Cause Celeb**. Follow,no is (he conclusion of the ceedmgs m tins case which has Up,, P, ru hefo'-e a Bench Court at regarding which we have already iiubikS' notes of the evidence previously liven Mitchell, Donne Mitchell, and Wah 0« A being charged with984 words
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Article165 1904-12-31 7 Lodge Zetland in the East. The annual installation banquet of Lodge Zetland in the East took place at Singapore last Tuesday evening, when Wor. Bro. H. L. Coglilau was installed W M for 1005. The District Grand Master, the Hon. W. J. Na pier, conducted the installation ceremony, aud165 words
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Article66 1904-12-31 7 The Pioneer’s London correspondent, wires under date 23rd Dec: —The Times’ Peking correspondent says that Russia, Germany, and France are unsatisfied with China’s consent to pay the indemnity iu gold and are endeavouring to preclude her from purchasing gold in the open market in order to secure to their banks.66 words
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Article561 1904-12-31 7 I Strait* 'i iuuni' The La^^^tion. Some time ago an official Commission labour conditions in Deli. 1 lanters gavs evidence. The statements taken down showed that the administration of justice and the police system there fell sadly short. The report of the Commission was sent to Holland butI —Strait* 'i iuuni' - 561 words
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Article92 1904-12-31 7 The Calcutta Rac^s. Cooch fiehap V‘up (Echo Special.) Calcutta, GO Dec.—The following is the result of the raefe for the Cooch Behai* Cup, run yesterday Hon. A. A. A pear's b a c Mallard 1 H. H. Sultan of Johore’s b aus m Minerva 11. 2' Mr.(Echo Special.) - 92 words
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Article279 1904-12-31 7 (Supplied by Reuter.) 1 London, GO Dec.—Negotiations regarding the Russian loan Jiave led to u definite i.: nrcxfc’" ance with which Russia procAjds to issue a four-and-half per’ cent loan for twenty-five millions sterling at price of 95. j The last, mail brought intelligence -re this loan(Supplied by Reuter.) 1 - 279 words
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Article382 1904-12-31 7 The Reform Movement. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 30 Dec.—Tho action of the Moscow and TchernigofF Zemstvos has produced a deep impression, and it is expected that other Zemstvos will adopt similar action. [Reuter’s message published (ji the 29t}f stated, in regard to the Moscow &dJEchernivoff Zemstvos, that(Supplied by Reuter.) - 382 words
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Article196 1904-12-31 8 Entrirv \r me Penang Races (24, 2(3, aud on Thursday, the 12th prox., for the Club Handicap (2nd»entries) the block Cup, and the New Year Stakes (2i\d. «(dries), which close on sth Jan. at noon. > On Sunday, January Ist (New Year’s Day*and the Festival of the Circumcision) there will196 words
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Domestic Occurences.
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Article41 1904-12-31 8 At Hongkong, on Bth Dec., the wife of A. W. of a daughter. On Dec. li at Shanghai, the wily of John Trevor-SmitlubLa daughte^y^'^t At “Hey Tor,”^Srangr*Road, Singapore, on 27th Dec., the wife of A. M. McNeill, of a son.41 words
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Article19 1904-12-31 8 On Doc. 26th, at Southport. England, Harry Augustus Brunt, (late of Penang) to Jane Elizabeth Owen, of Southport.19 words
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Article123 1904-12-31 8 Penang, 4th January. fMy court.** tj of' the Chartered Hank.) London Demand Bank ...1/111 4 months’ sight Bank ...1 11£ 3 Credit ...1/11| 3 Documentary ...1/11J 5 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1 45] 3 days’ sight Private 147} Bombay, Demand Bank 145] 3 days’ sight Private 147] Madras, Demand123 words
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Article208 1904-12-31 8 BersawahGold Miue Co., Ld. 5 13. —sales Rauh Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 4.25 noni. Redjaug Leboug Cold Mining Co., Ld 2‘SO buyers Kadana G ol d M i u i n «g Co„ L td. (fully paid) 8 10.— noia. Bruseh Tin Mining Co.. lid. 8 2. —sales208 words
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Article172 1904-12-31 8 1 m 77 -a Gold leaf :<) r RlW<W.O»™ White Pepper SSihZ 1 rang Pepper, business 8 Cloves (picked) Mace ot Maee Pickings 7u~~ W r Nutmegs llOs a f No 610 ou S ar no stock. lkHket MO ,al„ lapioea 1' lour 1.60 teller, Co P ra 8.60172 words
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Obituary80 1904-12-31 8 Deaths. On 28th Dee., «Frederick Campbell, late Chief Officer s. s. Pelayo, at General Hospital. Singapore. At South Sandiaw. Alvah, on 30th NovemCaptain John Cruickshank Foster, aged 64 years. On 6th Dec., at the International Hospital, Kobe, Reuben Stevens Lawrence, a native of Malden, Massachusetts Master of the American ship80 words
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Advertisement112 1904-12-31 8 THE SECURITY OF A Life Insurance Company I S in the amount of its Reserve, in comparison to the business in force. The ratio of expense to the new business obtained. Tiie interest-earning power and safety of its investments. The China Mutual Life Insurance Company, Ltd. (A level Premium old112 words
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Advertisement844 1904-12-31 9 A Cl vlit l 3 n l I N S L kHongkong- Jfucn On insuunce ex'change Loan Gochnvu Co., I td. wi&Pifr Capital $1,000,000. rpHE' undersigned having been appointed 1 A«iit* l’or the above Company are prepared to accept m.n ine risks on i lie most favourable terms. GHEE I>KE844 words
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Advertisement291 1904-12-31 10 1 •'<! frei. J- 4 v J 1 f —:—-«-v r\ CRITERION JPRESS 9 ~lv A' r* it <» 1 n 1 ESTABLISHED 1883. PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. > V i J J L 1 Proprietors of the “STRAITS ECHO/’ “SIN POE, v A “CHAYA PULAU PINANG.” s •,-> <'' > .1291 words
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