The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 23 March 1906

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. I5 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 4. Penang, Friday, 23rd March, 1906. No. 12.
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    • 280 1 CONTENTS. s x Leaders. page. Mis ellaneous—(Cor/,) Page. x 5 The Crisis -23 Professor Krishna Rm’s Renowned x 5 The Unrest m China 22b i x iiiii o-)u The Cambridge Local Examination 231 x s Hie Moroccan Headlock 22V 71 x x aoo Japan’s Mercantile Marine 231 x x A
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    • 161 2 0 1 STRAITS EC HO tl I I MAIL EDITION. j i Published the day prior to the departure of each mail m for Europe, and contains the latest local and States r 1 K y news originally published in the daily issues, as well as all important news from
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  • 1626 223 Writing on the subject of the Moroccan tangle a lout a month ago we held that, grave as the situation had become owing to Gemini obstructiveness in respect of the police question—the French concession, agreeing to Franco-Spanish control instead of an exclusively French administration, having proved futile—yet it
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    • 125 223 I’ll© h*t*’** ita 1 fi M, f 1 t |w .tice satisfies everybody and justice alone.-Emerson Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) AT TUB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Be tch Street, Penan*. PH ICE: DAILY LOCAL kJ [per annum OUTSTATIONS Postage Extra. MAIL EDITION (Post Free) $l5
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  • 306 224 After months of asserChinese tion that Chinese labour in Labour. South Africa is slavery, and after winning the election to a large extent on the cry, the Government have decided to leave the matter to the responsibility of the Transvaal when autonomy has been granted. Mr. Chamberlain’* contemptuous
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  • 651 224 P. C. C. rs. A.-C. S. Yesterday afternoon another very interesting match was witnessed on the Esplanade, when the Penang Cricket Club met the Anglo Chinese School team. The I’. C. C. team was composed of inn, Mughston, Munro, Taylor, Jones, Graham, Brown, Cunningham, Nailer, Gould and Olive; while
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  • 922 224 —Pioneer. Ths Funeral First Portion <>/. the Ceremony. Teluk Anson, Idin March. The remains of the late Raja Muda were removed from his residence at Durian Sebat a ng at 10 o'clock on 'Tuesday morning 'I he coffin covered with yellow damask, over the top of
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  • 1287 225 (Continuedfrom the 15th inst.) Kwok Swee, sworn, deposed —I am a friut-seller and live in Kuala Kangsar Road. I have been in Penang about 15 years. I kuow Nos. 1, 2 and 4. I know No. 4 byname, Leong Cheng, and not Nos. 1 and 2.1 have
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  • 140 225 The Government’s Attitude (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 16th March.—Mr. Winston Chutchill has demonstrated the intention of the Government to put an end to the exportation of Chinese to the Transvaal when the outstanding licenses have been completed. This is to be accomplished, firstlv, by an instruction of the
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  • 39 225 Old Age Pensions (Supplied by Reuter.) London. 15th March, —The Commons have adopted a resolution in favour of old age pensions. Mr. Asquith said that he accepted it in principle, but that reform demanded a reduction of expenditure.
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  • 39 225 The New Policy. L he (Jstctsiatischer Lloyd's Service Berlin, 16th March.—M. Sariien has declared in the Chamber that the new French Cabinet is pursuing the former policy with regard to North Africa and will uphold the Franco-Russian Alliance.*
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  • 76 225 A Rupture Imminent. (Supplied by Router.) London, 15th M nch. —'The sittings of the Algeciras conference have been suspended and a rupture of negotiations is imminent. It is expected that the two Governments will now negotiate direct. (The Oetasiatiseher Lloyd's Service.) Berlin, 16th March.—The Algeciras Conference has been adjourned.
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  • 30 225 Awkward Questions. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 15th March.—The Washington Senate has passed a resolution asking for full details of the killing of women and children in the Philippines.
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  • 1872 226  -  By Chesney Duncan. It was intimated in a special article on the unrest in China published in this journal on Monday last, that the views of such a well-informed body'as the China Associa* ion respecting the Boxer outbreak in 1900 and the proper method of punishing
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  • 501 227 A Taiping corresMarket Wanted, pondent writes to say that the population Kota Road, about a couple of milelfroni Taiping, is increasing raLlv Despite this, the Government has L awakened to the fact that a market would be a great boon in this neighbourhood A.t the present time the
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  • 620 227 The Ball Last evening the Irishmen of Penang and Province Wellesley celebrated the day of their patron Saint by a ball at the Drill Hail and, as the Irish are proverbial for hospitality and the Penangities renowned for their love of dancing, it is not to
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  • 481 227 It is a great pity, indeed, that the excellence of the show provided by Professor Krishna Rao at Dato Kramat Road is not more generally known or the huge tent, instead of being only about half full as it was last night, would have been
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  • 300 228 Three Months' Imprisonment. Before Mr. Hoiefoid yosteiday afternoon, a Chinaman was cbargod with issuing a counte.’bit coin at a cofi* shop in Ponang Road on the 1g inst. The prosecutor, a coffeeshop keeper, stated :—I was in my coffee-shop at, 7.30. p.m. on the Ist inst There were
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  • 483 228 Accused CoM'Mrw*«D for Trial. The adjourned hearing of the case of the four Chinese charged with the murder and abetment of murder of Ng Gee was resumed before Mr. Ebden tins morning, when the evidence of Ho Ah Ikhoon, Detective Sergeant, was taken. Witness stated that on
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  • 458 228 A Fine Piece of Work. d hr ugh the courtesy of the Managing Director, the Ipoh Time* is favoured with advices to the effect that the main tunnel cross cutting the limestone to the deep had in the famous Tronoli mines has been satisfactmilv completed. It has
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  • 340 228 Debate on the Estimates. Mr Haldane s Caution (Sui'pli'd by Renter.) London, 16th March.—On the discussion of the Army Estimates Mr Seely movefi g reduction of ten thousand men, the motion being seconded by Sir Charles Dilke, who condemned the linked battalion sys. tern and said that he
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  • 52 228 German .Syndicate (Supplied by liiuter.) London, 16th March—The Gerjnau Colliery Syndicate has subscribed five thousand pounds for the lelief of the sufferers by the Courrieres colliery disaster. The Anarchists are inciting the strikers and the Courrieres authorities are uneasy. A regiment of cavalry has-been summoned to the scene of
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  • 41 228 The German Account. (The (Jstnsiatischer Lloyd'e” Service-) Berlin, 17th March.—M. Revoil is elaliorating for M.Bourgeois a general report upon the Moroccan police q-uestion. France declines Austria’s mediating proposal, but there may perhaps be .an improvement in the situation by Sunday.
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  • 48 228 Ihe Alleged Massacre. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 16th March —lt is stated in Washington that General Wood’s report on the fighting m the Philippines has been submitted to the Senate, where, in a heated debate, ac< usatious of a massacre of the th<‘ natives wore reiterated
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  • 44 229 Horrible R.ilwaj Smash. (Sw/nVzcit 67 Reuter.) London. 17th Match.— A collision has ♦•ken place between ih‘* north and southLnd expresses on Hip Denver-Rio Grande gra/ near Portland, Oregon. A and fifty persons perished. most of them being roamed in the burning cars.
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  • 39 229 Church and Mate (Suppl <ed (>y Reuter.) London, 17th March —The attitude of the Peasants in many parts of France in respect of the taking of inventing of Church property is causing much uneasiness to the French Government
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  • 29 229 Mahdi Reported Dead (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 17th March.—The Sokoto Mahdi has been crushed. Heavy fighting has taken place, during which, it is reported the Mahdi was killed.
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  • 42 229 No Weddh g Portion. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 16th M irch —Mr. Asquith has announced in the H &gt;use that no grant will be made to Princess Ena of Ba tenberz on the occasion of her marriage with King Alfonso.
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  • 36 229 Aid f&gt;r J ipan. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 1 »th Mavh.—The Toki&gt; correspondent of the Teb graph wires that the Dowager Empress of China has sub-cribed a hundred thousand taels to the Japanese Famine Fund.
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  • 36 229 A Valiiub e Relic, (Supplied by Reuter London, 16th March. Lord Nels m’s memorandum of the Trafalgar battle plan has been sold in L-union for =£3 600 at auction, after lying hidden for a century.
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  • 30 229 Gold Shares De&gt; line. (The Ostasiatischer Lloyd's” Service.) Min, 17th March.—Mr. Winston ChurT utterances on the declinl aa Vi &gt;ur ’P’estion have caused a Jechne in gold shares.
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  • 32 229 Tile Coming M nicuvres. (Supplied by Reuter.) r t v uij neuter.) Uuk»' f&gt; Admiralty lingtoc U i' 1 lc v 'd’ tenmillionssterdurincTti 11Sk b y merchantcuring the cmumg manoeuvres.
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  • 14 229 South Africans Victorious. (Supplied by Reuter.) w Uve u. l The South Afri-
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  • 33 229 Healing the Breach. (Sntylted. by Reuter) London, 16;h March Tup T*ar is sending a Gr nd Duke on a mission to Japan, while Japan is sending a Prince to Russia.
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  • 45 229 Gambling Farm Robbed (E ho Special. Ip )!i, 16th March.—News lias been received here to the effect that robbers raided the Gambling Farm at Melumbu at eight o’clock l ist night, and succeeded in getting away with about a hundred dollars from thetibles.
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  • 288 229 Third Day. (Echo Special.) Medan, 17th March.—Following are the results of yesterday’s racing:— The Third ex-Griffin Handicap. Value $250. A handicap for all ex-Grif-fins that have run in race 1 or 7 of the first day. Distance, 6 furlongs. Entrance $l5. Fiona 1 The Dr- amer 2 Evening
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  • 627 229 The Times 21 Feb.) says:—A change for the worse, as decisive as it seems sudden, has come over the conditions and prospects of the negotiations carried on at Algeciras. On Monday the first serious symptoms appeared in a sudden change of attitude on the part of Count
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  • 1481 230 The highest a ut hurls Trouble ities of the Chinese Brewing? Empire have at last deemed it advisable to discountenance the growing antiforeign feeling. That the Edict issued from the throne warning the people from talcing part in anti-foreign agitation is likely to have very little effect there
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  • 958 231 g IR JoHN AN I H ItSON N IER\IE WE D. T )e following is a» account of an inter- which a Times of Ceylon representative ludwith H E. the Governor al Colombo. Our contemporary of the Bth inst. says Yegtenlav ait moon at the G O
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  • 239 231 Ihe lesnlts of the (Jambridge University Local Examinations have been iceeived and the tollowing aie the successful candidates in Penang. Seniors [Boys.) KhawO.Kek St. Xavier’s T W I iams Lim Real Leong T ree School Seniors [Girls.) R. A. Burke St. George’s School M S'oltz (over
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  • 182 231 Our prophecy that, were the excellence of iotessor Raos entertainment better known, the huge tint in Dito Kramat Road would be crowded to suffocation, was borne out on Saturday night when the management actually had to turn luouex uway from their door for lack of even
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  • 432 231 The Rumours of Purchases from AmERJC/1 The following in'eresting telegram appears in A met ican p ipers “Senator Gallmger wired the Oceanic Steamship Company askuig if it was true that an option hid b?eu given to Japanese '•apitalisU unon the steamer of the Oceanic line. A reply
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  • 649 232 The following appear.* in the Malay Mad Sik. most of your readers will at, one time or another fiml it necessary to stay for at least one day in Colombo, a brief account of my ex|&gt;ei ieuces of two hotels in that port may be of
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  • 171 232 Chinese Labour (Sm plied by Heidel'") London, 17th March. —Mr. Winston Churchill's speech regarding Chinese labour, made m the House of Commons, especially his threat, that the Imperial (government would veto any obn* xious measmes passed by the responsible 'J laiisvaai Government, l&gt;as aroused indignation in South Africa. Mr.
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  • 73 232 The Conference ('The Oslasiatircher Lloyd'x Service.) Berlin, 18th March.—The linn] session of the Algeciras Conference has been fixed for Tuesday. The attitude of the French delegates is both negative and procrastina ting. (Supplied by Reider.) London, 19di March.—The Algeciras Conference continues ata complete standstill. The Swiss authorities are greatly
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  • 55 232 Dispute w;tli Turkey. (Supplied by Reider.) London, 17th March.—A Note from the Porte to the Turkish Embassy m Persia declares that Persia’s contentions regarding the frontier dispute are inadmissab e I’he question has become more acute and it is believed that Persia will be compelled to seek the mediation
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  • 26 232 Departure from Japan (Supplied by Heider.) London, 17th Match —Prince Arthur of Connaught has sailed from Yokohama for Canada after an enthusiastic send-off.
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  • 45 232 Outbreak in Sydney (Supphe i by Reuter.) London, 17th March.—Five cases of plague h.i\e occurred in th business quarter of Sydney, New South Wales. The Australian mail steamer (Jitona ha» arrived at Naph s, from A u-U r«li with &lt; plague n bo i 4
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  • 78 232 ih. 1 mm! ;red Mission (Supp’ d by Reider.) London, 1i rh March. —It is denied m St. Petersburg that tn' 1 Lsar is sending a Grand Duke on a mission to Japan, as re. porte last Saturday. (The Ostairiatßeher Limjd Service.) Berlin, 18ih Mandi. St. Petersburg
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  • 71 232 The Coal Strike. (Supplied &gt;y Renter.) London, 17' h March —A strik* l of eighty thousand miners on the Pas de Calais coalfields is threatened. Twenty six thousand men areaheady out. London, 18'11 March.—M Clemenceau has arrived a 1 Lens and address 1 1 Hip min--rs on st like.
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  • 30 232 The Portland Railway Accident. (Supplied by Reuter.) London 17th March.—Only forty people wire killed in the railway accident near Portland, Oregon, including fifteen who were burnt to death.
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  • 22 232 Census of the Empire. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 19tl&gt; March.- The census of the German Empire shows a population of 60,605,183.
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  • 19 232 Rajah Brooke Returning. (Supplied by Reider.) London, 18ih March.—Rajah Brooke had left England on his return to Sarawak.
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  • 203 232 The Coalit on Party. (Supplied by Reider.) London, 17th March.-—The Austrian Government has dissolved the executive Committeeof the Coalition Party on the ground that it is inciting to sedition. We regret io hear that Mr. A. II Foggie, well known in Penang and now employed as chief engineer of
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  • 652 233 The other dav wo sta*ed that the Chinese residents of Penang and Province Wei hsley had for vnrd-d a petition to the Railway authorities poin ing out the great inconvenience occasioned to passengers by the late opening of the booking offices mid the consequent rush for tickets a
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  • 233 233 We recently announced the opening of telegraphic communication with Puket, in tlie Island of Tongkab, but, it the account given by a correspondent is correct, we have an idea that the line must be working so tardily as to be of no practical use. Our correspond! nt tells
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  • 110 233 Coolie Immigration’. Mr. Hardouiu. the Chief of M. Beau’s Council, has been on a special mission in lie F. M. S. and the Dutch Indies re coolie labour. In the face of the Chinese boycott of American goods, the French’ Colonial Government wishes to be sure of a
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  • 615 233 By the German outward mail steamer* Prinz Eitel Friedrich this morning there arrived two princes of the Royal blood —II S II Price Henry XXXII of Reuss and H. R. H. Piince Chakrabongse of Siam. The vessel anchored at about half past nine a»’»l immediate y
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  • 1770 234 My dearest F.innv. Liles little worries never «fem to ce:iM* in this place and the evergreen Pakiri has been very trying this week, so I must lx? allowed to grumble a t»it. Whether he had lx*on at. lorn s black and white or not, on F riday, I
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  • 446 234 Mr 1 nagaki, former Japanese Minister to Siam, was the principal guest ata dinner given bv the A okohama Economic Association. He said that it. was not unusual among Japanese to consider Siam a small and weak C'Hiniry. But, in reality, it had an area of 244,000 sq
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  • 4346 235 I’wo Klines, i ameu Pakiri and Govindian, f Penang Load. wt ie brought up before EbJen yesterday aftcmoon, charged wit h 1 murder of Subranum, Shivagamorthi nJ Sokolin at about 10 minutes to twelve o n the i‘ lst pr Edith Boomgardt stated I remember the 2nd
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  • 532 237 (With apologia to the Free Press. Ten, twenty, thirty years ago, I lent to you a little loan, Some notes, some dollars and a pound or two— Ten, twenty, thirty years ago, ’Twas verv we’come then, I know, porthen you were not wealthy grownI lent to you
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  • 27 237 The Deadlock. (The Ostasiatiscker Lloyd's" Service.) Berlin, 20th March.—The situation.at Algeciras remains unchanged. The French press is growing more excited, but that of Berlin remains calm.
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  • 29 237 The Great Strike. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20th March.—Forty-six thousand strikers from the Courrieies mines have rejected the concessions offered by the mine owners and are becoming disorderly.
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  • 54 237 The National Assembly. (77fe Lloyd's" Service.) Berlin, 19th March. —The preliminary elections for the Russian Duma have passed off quietly. A New Railway •y (Supgrtied by Reuter.) London, 19th March. —The St. Petersburg correspondent of the Telegraph says that surveys will be made in the spring for a railway
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  • 127 237 Aid for the Starving. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 19ch March—The Lord Mayor of Melbourne has opened a Japanese Famine Fund, to .which the sum of =£1,300 has already been subscribed. J London’s Welcome. London, 19th March.—The Corporation of London will entertain the Japanese sailors who are coming to
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  • 64 237 Anarchy Rampant (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20th March.—Constant outrages and disorders are reported from Poland. An armed mob attacked the prison in the centre of Warsaw and released the political prisoners, killing one warder and wounding two others. A passenger train has been deliberately derailed, live persons being injured,
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  • 635 237 AN e have frequently pointed out the fact that our Railway ought to be run for the convenience of the public and not for the convenience of the officials (public servants) who control it. That is to say, the Railway should be run as a business concern
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    • 81 237 Rheumatism Can be Cured lweX’ UB^ n lis P. aiuful dis «use prompt relief olT' A"? del 'b'hted at rhe Gain’s Pam a T' 1 C applyi&lt; Cha ■nay be effects 1 I A P erniau ent curs “boit time •n &lt; UtlUui ng its use for a tr y
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    • 68 237 A Good Family Liniment. Every family should be supplied with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. For cuts, bruises, burns, scalds or similar injuries, which are of almost daily occurrence, there is nothing so good. It cools and soothes the wound and not only gives instant relief but brings about
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  • 1035 238 We've all heard of boyThe Origin cott, and not a few of us of Boycott, have felt its effects in various ways but how many know whence the expression originated? Here is a definition of it that is about as near the mark as any we have yet
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  • 1213 238 Friday, I bill March (&gt;B7 ra its 11 tn's.) Present His Excellency the Actino Governor Sir William Taylor. K.C.M g. Hou. E. L. Brockman (Act. Col. Secretary) Hon. J. R. Innes (Act. Attorney-General) Hon. J. 0. Anthonisz (Act. Col. Treasurer) Hon. A. Murray, c.E.. ali.c.e. (Col. Engineer) Hon.
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  • 126 239 A W ELL 1.-VOWN bon-vieauf (A our spicy isle lets the following remarkable story about himself Not long ago h- invited some friends to Mpeml a day with him at his count ry-house. n Taiijong Bungah and, in he evening, alter ha ving dined not wisely
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  • 164 239 '1 he second motor steam tire engine for the London hire Brigade has just been put into service by Capt. Hamilton, r. n„ the Chief Officer. The machine, which delivers 500 gallons per minute, is titled with twin tyres on all wheels and also
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  • 290 239 From Native Papers, j U.S. Minister’s Retention. Although Minister Liang Cheng’s term of office (U.S. Minister) has expired, the Government has ordered him to remain in Washington till the new Chinese Exclu sion Treaty is satisfactorily concluded This means that there is every probability of Minister Liang's term
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  • 112 239 A Shipping Measure. Supplie l by Keuier.) Lond&lt; n, 21st March.—Mr. Lloyd George, the President of the Board of Trade, has intro lucid a Merchant Shipping Bill applying geneialiy to foreign vessels entering British pi its the regulations enforced upon British v»ssei' concerning, loading, unseawortnincss, undermanning and life-saving appliances.
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  • 91 239 An Unqualified Success. {Supplied by Reuter.) 9- London, 20th March. —The Prince and Princess of Wales have sailed from Karachi for Egypt. London, 21st, Mar.-- Most of the newspaper articles on the Indian tour of the Prince and Princess of Wales dwell upon the fact that it
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  • 68 239 Honour to the Rescuers. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 21st Marih. —The Westphalian rescuers of the Couirieres minershave been invited to Paris, where they will be icted. (7'Zttj Ostasiatiscuer Lloyd's" Service.) Berlin, 91st; March.—ln France thirtysix thousand coal miners are on strike. The Internali nal R&lt; -conciliation Society in Paris,
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  • 77 239 The Deadlock. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20th March.—The deadlock at the Algeciras Conference continues, both the French and Germans waiting upon each other to make a move. (The Ot-taaialiaclier Lloyd' s Service.) Berlin, 21st March.—The French Chamber has delayed the interpellation on the Morocco question until after a peaceful
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  • 74 239 A Splendid Send-off {Supplied by Reuter.) Lomloii, 21st Mai ch. Ihe departure from Lamdon of Viscount the Japanese A mbassador, was ma.de the occasion of a remark able demonstration of good feel in o. Au enorim us crowd throng d the railway station and the e was an
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  • 664 240 The mail which arrived yesterday brought tiles of London exchanges from which we learn that on the 12th ultimo both the Times ami the Morning Post published lorio letters from their Shanghai correspondents dealing with the increasing intensity of anti-foreign feeling among the Chinese. According to the Morning Post's
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  • 830 240 A recent edition of a Canada New York journal discusses and the question of the purchase Alaska. of Alaska by the Canadians, and suggests the exchange of this territory for the British West Indies. Some years since,” says a correspondent of a London weekly, I wrote to the
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  • Page 240 Advertisements
    • 79 240 Whooping Cough in Jamaica. During the epidemic of whooping cough which was prevalent in Jamaica, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy was freely used. Mr. J. Riley Bennett, Chemist at Brown’s Town, Jamaica, says of it: I cannot speak too highly of this remedy. It has never failed in a case where I
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  • 567 241 The preliminary inquiry into the case miMtPau Choon and Cl.au Hung, who are larged with the attempted murder of Leong pLon on the 30th of January last, was commenced before Mr. Steinmetz on Tuesday and concluded yesterday afternoon. Inspector Stenhouse prosecuted and Mr. p y P. Hogan appeared
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  • 657 241 An Imperial Decree q j Peking,’March 5. Jhe following Imperial decree has been issued To have international relations smoothly maintained it is necessary to enter on friendly terms with the Powers and the Government have entered into treaties of commerce with Powers in the Orient and Occident
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  • 105 241 A Portuguese olunteer Corps lias been formed at Shanghai which bids fair to become an acquisition to the Settlement’s defence force. One of the moving spirits in the formation of the Company was Mr J. Nolasco da Silva, who was, at the first meeting of the Corps,
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  • 522 241 A week ago, says the Eastern, Daily Mail, a Chinese woman living at Tauah Merab, at the eleventh milestone, went out from the house in the dark, and was expected back in a few minutes. She did not return for quitefi long time. Eventually she was heard
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  • Page 241 Advertisements
    • 86 241 Elbing Eq Ua to Chamberlain’s Colic, o era an&lt; l Diarrhoea Remedy for Bowel Complaints in Childs, Cholera an? nj? 1 &gt; G Colic, family f airbop!l Remedy m our Texas B- Co °ke, of given g to’all r S A. “We have UB &d other ine r° U cbddreu
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  • 307 242 Chinese Labour {Supplied by Reuter.) London, 21st March. —There are growing indications, both in South Africa and in ihe Ministerialists, of an intention to move a vote of censure on Lord Milner. It was announced yesterday evening that the Government will submit an amendment to the effect that t
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  • 150 242 A Russian Denial. {Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 21st March. —The Paris Temps says that Count Lamsdorff, the Russian Foreign Minister, has telegraphed to the delegate at the Algeciras Conference denying the Geiman press reports of Russia sympathising with the German proposals and declaring that Russii is always France’s faithful
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  • 53 242 A Bank Robbed. {The Ostasiatischer Lloyd's Service.) Berlin, 22nd March.—A gang of revolutionaries have robbed the Credit Company at Moscow of 850,000 roubles. The Army The Tsar has issued a manifesto fixing service in the infantry and artillery at three years ami in the other branches of the army
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  • 34 242 A Diplomatic Speech. {The “Ostasiatischer Lloyd's Service.) Berlin. 22nd March.—Count Metternich, the German Ambassador to Great Britain, made a speech at Bradford which made tor the best possible understanding in AngloGerman commercial relations.
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  • 30 242 A Mediterranean Tour. {The Ostasiatischer Lloyd's" Service.) Berlin 22nd March.—lt is announced that King Edward intends to make a voyage to the Mediterranean, including a visit to Constantinople.
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  • 51 242 The Colliery Strikes. {Supplied by Reuter.) London, 22nd March.— Conflicts have taken place between gendarmes and the riotous strikers at Lens, in France, in which it is estimated that several thousand persons have been killed. {The (Jstasiatischer Lloyd's" Service.) Berlin, 22ud March' —Eighty thousand miners are on strike in
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  • 27 242 Three Towns Destroyed. {Supplied by Reuter.) London, 22nd March.—An earthquake has occurred in Formosa, in which three towns have been destroyed and the whole island shaken.
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