Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 March 1904

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 60. Vol LXH. FRIDAY, 18th March, 1904. Price 20 Cents
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    Friday, 18th March, 1904.
    854 1 The Duke is dead. Field Marshall H. R. H. George William Frederick Charles, 2nd Duke of Cambridge, has joined his ancestors, and to-day plebs and patricians alike pay tribute to his memory. His Majesty, the King, is robbed not only of a relative, but a very
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    Exchange is quoted to-day at 1/10-7-8.
    66 1 Tin Is quoa d L d-y at s7B.7s.—Business done The Penan? Sugar Estate Co., received 55 Javanese coolies from the B 1. boat today. On Sunday March 420 h Divine Service will be held at S. Mai ks, Butterworib, a-. 5 p.m. Owing to
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  • THE WAR.
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      THE LAND CAMPAIGN.
      166 2 More Skirmishes Reported. ALLEGED ANNIHILATION OF 200 JAPANESE. Victory Claimed for Japan. [O«r E.rdnsire S<?rrice.J I Shanghai, 17th March. The Cincinnatti, mentioned as arriv- I ing at in another Telegram, reports that skirmishes have taken place between, the and, .3Jn41auA.se r forces. The captain ,states, that in
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      Admiral Stark Recalled.
      27 2 ON 1 ACCOUNT OFf“ILL HEALTH.” Au Imperial ukase recalls Admiral Stark,* the Commander of the 1 Pacific Fleet, ostensibly .on the groitrid of ill-health.
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      Captain of the "Retvisan" Honoured.
      41 2 The Captain of the Russian battleship Retnisau has been decorated for repelling ,th? sfttack of Japanesetorpedo, boats, and destroying .Japan-' ese fireships on night of (he attack on Port Arthur on the 24th February. *I 1
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      The Baltic Squadron.
      30 2 THE NORTH-EAST PASSAGE ABANDONED. M f The Russian Admiralty has abandoned the idea of sending the Baltic squadron out to the East by the NorthEast passage. I»«
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      THE MARQUIS ITO.
      23 2 Stationed at Seoul. [Reuters Service.] London, 18th March. Marquis Ito!, the Japanese Special Ambassador tJ KoreA, fe ifo’w at‘ Se'oub
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      SIR IAN HAMILTON.
      20 2 Arrivklat Tokio. Reuter s &rnice. London, 18 th March. General Sir lan Hamilton has arrived at Tokio.
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      RUSSIAN DESTROYER DESTROYED Blown up by a Mine.
      42 2 ANOTHER ACCIDENT. Reuter s Service.! London, 18th March. The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Skorri~ xVheft dntermgt W r j| on Wecfciesdav, struck a mine and was 1 destroyed; Four of the crew were saved.
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    HOME POLITICS.
    123 2 Liberial Victory for East 4: Dorset. THE S7A. CHINESE QUESTION. Baits v ,A Trie Government. [Reuters union, 13th March. i A libera I A..< bĕcn elected for East Dorse At list -.election *Th<? Ron. Humphrey X.ptu#*t,_ conservative, was ritfirned by ialnajority of 8L Sir Henry Clippbell Bannerman has
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    STEAMSHIP SUBSIDIE
    231 2 Government Fa* X I i Subsidising, COMMITTEE APPOINTED, Londdn,- 18th March. Mr. Balfour, says thai the Government approves of the recommendations of the Steamship Subsidies Committee. It is in favour of subsidising a direct communication a with East Africa, and is appointing a departmental committee to consider the
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    Death of the Duke of Cambridge.
    243 2 A Ripe Old Age. HIS HONOJMUBLE CAREER. Service. London, 18th March. Cambridge has passed away. r Yesterday Reuter announced that H. R. H. the Duke of Cambridge had been stricken til -with--haemorrhage of the stomach. It was evident his condition Wife critical, and to-day
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    LINES FROM LONDON.
    941 2 Qvj- Own r,,_ Fleet Street- Feb. Anw bi-r’ i record lin fexoend’Ame isr'ache l .’ihis.yveek in then -w Navy Fstiuiat.e-,. wbic'i ■1) row tint »sha<le'be hitbertu uOprĕcedtntedbui k of i .’st years programme. Ihe votfe' f F WuB-4. h-ts just bed inert 1 'used by >'■> GSuppleme
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    The States Day By Day.
    1288 3 (From Our Own Correspondent,) PERAK. Taipiug, 16th March. The Rajah Prempuan has changed her mind as to the Dugth of hvr st y in Taiping. She will probably return to Kuala Kangsar on Friday next. Mr. H. C'opley, Assistant Inspector of Boilers, in>t'-ad of Mr.
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    TOPICAL LIMERICKS.
    67 3 There w><s a commander marine. Whose fleet wa* nnt fit to be seen, So he sent out in haste, For a p-nn’ o-t*» of paste. And a tube of the best seccotine. And he murmured while hitchinghisbreeks, These torpedoes make 'errible leaks. If I work night and day,
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    The Land Campaign.
    469 3 —Daily Mail. The most accurate and trustworthy estimate of the Russian forces in the Far East was that telegraphed by the Pekin correspondent of the Times on January 21. At'that date the force east of Lake Baikal was: 3,115 officers, 147.479 men, and 266 guns. Our own
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    A NEW RUBBER PLANT.
    154 3 —(ftobe. A Fieuch botanist has, says Science Siftings, just discovered in the sandy plains of the French Congo a plan', the bark of whose many radiating roots contsins a large quantity of fibrous rubber. Owing to the pies-nt scarcity of rubber and its high commercial value,
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    HOW TO PRONOUNCE WAR NAMES.
    224 3 Thk Daily Mail’s Key to Far Eastern: Z Telegrams. Z J Alexeieff (Admital) —Alexayef. Z An-tung (town) —An-toong, Z Artamanoff (Gene-al) —Art am an of. Asahi (ship)—Ah-sahi. A sama (ship)—Ah-sama. Blagovestchensk (city) —Blag o vesh-* chensk. Chemo Ipho (port.)—Chee-mul-po. Chifu (city)—Chee-foo. Chinampho (port)—Chee-nam-po. Dalny (town)
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