Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 September 1904

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 219. VOL. LXII. THURSDAY, 29th SEPTEMBER, 1904. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    THE STRAITS IN 1903.
    1263 3 (Coniin ned}. Police. (hie new Assistant Superintendent was appointed by the Secretary of State t .yen European Constables were enlisted. Thirteen cases of murder and 42 of were reported during the y*, ar Of the latter 17 were proved in the ’.reliniinary investigation to be false.
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    LOSSES IN MODERN BATTLES.
    947 3 .—Jf.A. Modern warfare, differs from ancient and mediteval conflicts not only in the weapons used, but in the percentage of the wounded who survive a battle. In the days of haid-to-hand fighting, with pick 1 and sword, battle-axe and dagger, the casualties of a beaten army
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    WASTAGE IN THE JAPANESE ARMY.
    518 3 A Tok io correspondent says that although 209,000 men have left Japan since the commencement of the war, and wastage is going on daily in battle from disease, communication requirements, loss of transports etc., yet from the activity which exists at all the military centres,
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    TWO THOUSAND YEARS AGO.
    408 3 STORY OF AN INSPIRED” NOVEL. Mrs. Campbell Praed’s latest novel, Nyri-i,” is declared to be one of the most remarkable books of the present time. The story, the authoress affirms, is the revelation ?>f a young unmarried woman, now alive, who remembers her previous existence nearly
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    GROCER AS PROPHET.
    281 3 A RIVAL TO DOW lE. A host of rivals to Dowie are arising in America. Among them is one Lee Spangler, Pennsylvania grocer, who sold out his business in order to go to New York and Chicago to give utterance to his prophecies as the last of
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    THE DALAI LAMA’S MICROSCOPE.
    180 3 Now that the British are at Lhassa, Col. Younghusband might do worse than inquire for the Dalai Lama’s microscope, for he has, or had, one which one of his predecessors came by in a singular fashion. The French traveller, M. Hue, when in the city early
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    "THE PRIDE OF THE RUSSIAN FLEET."
    792 3 THE STORY OF THE RURIK.” (Daih Graphic Correspondent.) h No ship Ji the world was better known all over than was the Rurik,” the great/cruiser sent to the bottom by Japanes /shells the other Sunday morning. Pictunj/of her were and are to be seen
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    THE WEEK.
    192 4 Thursday, September 29th. St. Michael. P. V. Physical Drill and Gymnastics, Fort, 5 p. m. Morris Tube Competition, 5 p. m. High Water 2-21 a. m. 2-36 p. in. Low Water 8-33 a. ni. 8-48 p. m. Friday, September 50th. Feast of Branches (Jetcish) Town Band, Esplanade, 5-30
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    TO-DAY’S SUMMARY.
    107 4 It is understood that Russia is making friendly representations to Great Britain with reference to the Tibetan treaty. Admiral Pojdestvensky is ill. It is reported that a big Japanese movement is taking place to the westward of the railway between Mukden and Liaoyang. Three German steamers fully laden
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    Thursday, 29th September, 1904.
    1637 4 At the present time the report on the foreign trade of Korea for the year 1903, prepared by Mr. Vice-Consul Lay, whi-h we secure from the N. C, M. P. should prove of much interest to our readers. With the Japanese occupation of this helpless kingdom,
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    To-day is Michaelmas Day.
    779 4 Scarletina appears to be prevalent at Seoul. “My Breakfast is a cereal story,” declared the dyspeptic. Dr. David Bridges has been appointed House Surgeon at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital. Mr. Nicholson, the Managing Director of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Coy., does not leave for Home until
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    82 4 DIVIDEND OF 11% DECLARED. The local Manager of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, Mr. J. Armstrong, received a cable message this morning from the Head Office of the Bank in London reading as follows The Directors have declared an interim dividend for the past
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    A BIRTHDAY TEA-PARTY.
    187 4 AT THE CRAG HOTEL. Most of the visitors at the Crag Hotel yesterday afternoon found their way down to the tennis courts to take afternoon tea with Madame Francia Mosely, wife of Dr. J. Bertram Mosely, of Saigon, the occasion lx?ing the birthday of her only daughter,
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      305 4 Latest Advertisement. Latest Advertisement forsal)e. wanted. ASTRONG useful Cob, to ride or drive, A HEAD MASTER is required for the being quiet. Age six fears. Price M Penang Free School from Ist Decems4oo I her, 1904. Applicants should be under 35 Apply t<| years of age and Graduates of a
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    THE WAR.
    83 5 skirmishing outside mukden SUMEROUS OUTPOST ATTACKS. ,H’\NESE encamped along yentai railway. rrNERAL SAMSONOFF CHIEFLY GEN engaged. [Reuter’s Special.] London, 29th Sept. (ieneral Kuropatkin reports that there been numerous skirmishes along the ian front, but the Japanese are chiefly mfininS tliemselves to outpost attacks, all Twhich have l»een repulsed.
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    JAPANESE HOME AFFAIRS.
    129 5 A NEW LOAM TO BE FLOATED. FIGHT MILLIONS AT FIVE PER CENT. REVISION OF CONSCRIPTION LAWS. SICK AND WOUNDED FROM THE FRONT. SPLENDID MEDICAL TREATMENT. Reuter's Special.] London, 29th Sept. Reuter wires from Tokio that the JapanGovernment has decided to float an internal loan of eight millions
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    TIBET.
    56 5 RUSSIk kN) THE RECENT BRITISH TREATY. Reuter's Service.] London, 28th Sept. Reuter wires from St. Petersburg that it is understood that Count BeckendorfF, Russian Ambassador in London, has made friendly representations to the British Government regarding the alleged discrepancy between the draft of the Tibetan treaty, and the assurances
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    THE POSITION AT MUKDEN.
    60 5 AH ATTACK THREATENED. LARGE MOVEMEHT OF JAPANESE TROOPS. RUSSIAN ADMIRAL ILL. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th Sept. Reuter wires from Mukden that cavalry outposts report that a big movement of Japanese troops is taking place to the westward of the railway, and an attack is threatened. There
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    CONTRABAND.
    39 5 COAL LADEN STEAMERS. ’MEE GERMAN BOATS AT TENERIFFE. is IT FOR THE FAR EAST London, 29th Sept. Three German steamers fully laden with '■‘•hl have arrived at Teneriffe. Their destination is not stated, but they are await*ng instructions.
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    THE “NINJI NOVGOROD.”
    66 5 AWAITS IHSTRUCTIOHS AT PORT SAID. 1,000 TROOPS ON BOARD. CAPTAIN states portion are for CRETE GARRISON. London, 29th Sept. "Thn Russian volunteer cruiser Nijni •"'ywod i s s tin p or t Said awaiting nrthcr instructions from the Russian Gov«fninent. has on board one thousand troops, ut
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    THE JELAI COMPANY LTD.
    469 5 A MEETING AT IPOH. THE PROSPECTUS ISSUED. A CONCESSION OF 400 SQUARE MILES OF LAND. A meeting of the shareholders and prospective shareholders of the above Company was held at the Offices of Messrs. Osborne and Chappel, Ipoh, on Monday last, when the prospectus of the
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    CHINESE ARTFUL DODGER IN TROUBLE.
    351 5 GETS A YEARS IMPRISONMENT. To-day, before a Bench Court consisting of Messrs. Bryant and Marriott, a Chinaman was charged with cheating in respect to thirty sarongs, valued at $46.50. The evidence for the prosecution showed that accused went to a Chinese shop, selected eighty sarongs,
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    STATES NEWS.
    312 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 27th Sept., 1904. It is reported that the warehouse charges on Petroleum will be shortly raised by the Railway Administration from 8 cents to 50 cents per pikul per day. Mr. John Price Wetherill has been granted by the Perak Government Patent Rights
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    GOLF AT BATU GAJAH.
    197 5 IPOH OUT-PLAYED On Saturday and Sunday Mr. R. M. Latham took teams over to Batu Gajah to play Golf. On Saturday the play consisted of foursomes. There were four pairs and Batu Gajah won three games and Ipoh one. Y esterday singles were played and out
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    REFORM IN PAHANG.
    217 5 [From A Correspondent.] Yet another Chinese Baba has joined the ranks of the queueless. This time it is the well-known Chief Chinese Interpreter of the Police Court, Kuala Lipis, Mr. Wong Teck Hin. The severance of his hirsute appendage was performed by Mr. J. M. Jansen of
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    MR. CARRUTHERS’ APPOINTMENT TO MALAYA.
    532 5 We, Times of Ceylon, are now able to announce authoritatively, that Mr. J. B. Carruthers has refused the Iridian appointment of Biological Botanist at-Pusa offered to him, and has accepted the post in Malaya of Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist. The place carries a
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    AN ECHO FROM PAHANG.
    288 5 During the Pahang Rising of 1892, when our Police were hunting the rebels near the borders of Kelantan, four of the Dyak trackers suddenly fired a volley without waiting for orders. Mr. Clifford was in charge of the pursuing party. One of the bullets mortally wounded
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    UNREST AMONGST THE MONGOLS.
    237 5 —Korean Daily News. APPEARANCE OF A LONGEXPECTED GOD. A Reuter despatch from Bijsk, Tomsk, Siberia, states that unrest prevails among the Mongols in the Altai Mountains. They lielieve that their God, Airot, will shortly appear, and after delivering them from the foreign yoke, well help them
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    998 6 Sept. 29th. While proceeding down the Hoogli river two B. I. Co.’s steamers, /Aona and Okara, have grounded on the Melancholy Sand during the past few diws. The Ikona, after Hoating, again groulded near Budge Budge, injuring her rucßler, and she has been towed back to to\wi
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    Shipping and Commercial Intelligence.
    1029 6 ARRIVALS. Van Ovthookn, Dut., 827, Schmitz, Sept 29, Singapore, gen., H. L. Co. Gkneraal Pel, Dut., 1154», Fleet, Sept 29, Edie, gen., H. L. Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, Block, Sept 29. Deli, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Perak, Brit., 297, Buchanan, Sept 28, Port Swettenham, gen., Koe
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