Straits Echo, 8 June 1903

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAJTS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. ■VOL. 1 NO. 7. PENANG, MONDAY, JUNE Bth, 1903. 524 Per Annum. Pinole Copy, 10 Cents.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      2070 1 A. E. SKEELS. 31, Beach Street, S.N.G I'MIK mail steamers mav lie expected to arrive Outwards, ami leave Penang ome wards, on the following dates: Mail Service. Outwards. nne 11 Coromandel connecting with A net ralia Homewards. une 13 Valetta connecting with Rome 27 Chutan do Arcadia uly 11 Mated
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. V 31, Beach Street.
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    The Straits Echo.
    56 2 Established June Ist, 1903. PnblUhed daily Suadays.) CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232. Beach Street. Penang Price after Ist July daily, local 3 per annum. (Ptost Free) MAIL EDITION (Pud Free) u CABLE ADDRESS “Echo-Penang.” Telephone No. 188. Editor, C'hesney Dckcas. Sub-Editor, Hakoid F. Piper. Manager, T. C.
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION.
    1930 2 REPORT ON CURRENCY REFORMS. SPECIAL MEETING IS LONDON. A meeting of the members of the Straits Settlements Association was held at the office of the Tnnjong Pagar Dock Company (Limited) on 13th May, to receive the Chairman's report on the Currency Commission. Mr. W. Adamson, C.M.G., presided,
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      WHERE ARE THE POLICE?
      58 2 The Editor of the Straits Echo.*’ Dear Sir. The junction of Maxwell Gladstone 11->ads is now the central trading place of about twenty pickpockets. I thiuk the police must do something to relieve the poor merchants, in the vicinity, of this pest. Thanking you in anticipation.
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    The Alleged “Lady Baby Broker” of Singapore.
    525 2 NOT AN ARAB. INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. The following correspondence, which speaks for itself, has been handed to us for publication: The Straits Times Office May Ist, 1903. Dear Sir, The Editor's of opinion that this matter is liest left alone as regards any further
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    GREETINGS FROM THE STATES.
    272 2 Specially Dedicated to the Straits Echo. The only poet of the Federated States sends us hearty greetings on the occasku of the birth of the Straits Echo in verses which echo and succinctly express the sentiments of so many of our friends that we feel fully
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    INTER-STATE CRICKET.
    1020 2 KUALA LUMPUR. June 3rd: The match Selangor Perak was resumed to-day under favouraK],. conditions. When stumps were drawn yesterda? Peak had lost 4 wickets for 109. Bagnall and Pearse, the not out men, took their places at the wicket and He Vzer bowled to the former from the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      736 2 ANDREW USHER CO., Special Reserve. O. y. G. WHISKY. CRAIGELLACHE GLENLIVET DISTILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “OLD SMUGGLER” WHISKY. William Teacher and Sons Old filenlivet Whisky. P. Moir Crane Co.'s PAINT OILS AND TURPENTINE. BURRELL CO.’S Paints and Paint Oil. P. Moir Crane’s CYLINDER OIL.* NOTICE. to counroTDRrrs: It is requested that
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      20 2 THE present subscription to the Echo is $lB per annum: SIO for six months; 85.50 for three moLthr, (postage extra).
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      RUSSIAN ATROCITIES.
      279 3 (Reuter's Service.) Would make Devil Blush with Shame. APPEAL TO tsar TO CHECK IIDTCDEBY OF DEFENCELESS JEWS. London, 7th June:—Michael l)a--vitfc, who has been in Russia investigating the recent massacre of Jews at KichineflF, on behalf of a New York paper, writes to The Times a graphic description
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      THE FRENCH ARMY.
      144 3 (Reuter's Service.) London, sth June:—The Two Years Military Service li'll has been adopted by the French Senate. [By the Army Bill of 1882, supplemented by those of 1889 and 1892, the yearly contingent must serve 3 years in the Active Army, 10 in the Res»*rveof th«*Active Army,
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      FATAL MARITIME COLLISION.
      35 3 Many Lifes Lost. London, Bth June: —The steamers Tuvula ire and Li ban collided off Marseilles. The Liban foundered at once and many lives were lost. Only 211 bodies have been recovered.
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      HOSPITAL SUNDAY.
      29 3 London, 8th June —Their Majesties King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, attended Paul’s Cathedral yesterday—hospital Sunday
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      DOES IT MEAN WAR?
      244 3 (Reuter's Service.) Uncle Sam’s Latest Move. CONSIDERED SIGNIFICANT. London, (ith June: —The assem bling of the American squadron, under Rear Admiral Evans, in Chinese waters is regarded in official circles in Washington as significant. [Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans is Commander-in-Chief of the United States Asiatic
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      TERRIBLE FOREST FIRES IN CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.
      110 3 (Reuter's Service.) The Town of Musquash Destroyed. —r£~ HUNDREDS HUMKI.KBB. London, sth June:—Months of drought and intense heat lias at last culminated in enormous forest fires which are now carrying death and destruction throughout many «listricts in Eastern Canada, New England,
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      THE ROYAL TOUR.
      161 3 London, oth May: It is authoritatively announced that 11. M. King Edward and II M. Queen Alexandra will visit Ireland next month, arriving at Dublin on 21st prox. IN an article on Chinese prophecies the Shanghai Mere ary says, it would require volumes of commentary to esplaiu.
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    About Amang.
    242 3 Our Kin a correspondent writes: It is supposed to l>e common belief amongst the ruder order of Chinese miners that amang or oxide of iron, so frequently found in the Native States in the alluvial drifts mixed with the black tin oxide, is an unripe ft>nn of the
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    Jobbery in the States.
    230 3 DISCONTENT INCBEAHINU. Tin* Educational Department in the Native States in just an discontented at the treatment meted out to it bv the Authorities as t lie sinter Department in the Straits. It is time that some specie* of consistency should enter into the making of appointments
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    China Mutual Life Insurance Co.
    212 3 A Good Showing. The fifth annual meeting of the company was held at Shanghai a few »lays ago. From the report submitted to shareholders we learn that during the year new applications for insurance amounting to Taels 5.260, 496 71 were received, being an increase
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    The Echo's Beauty Competition.
    159 3 $lOO for a Local Adonis. There being considerable doubt as to who is the handsomest man in Penang and the Federated Malay States, and not a little high feeling" caused thereby, we liave decided to get this delicate matter cleared up by public opinion. All that
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    THE KWANGSI FAMINE FUND.
    353 3 Collected by Mr. Gan Gnoh Bee Mr. Gan Gnoh Bee 83.000 Teh Siew Eng Neoh 1.000 Chun Thye Fhia 1,000 Lim Cheng Tek 1.000 Foo Choo Chocn 500 Q ah Choi- Soo 500 Kho tEu Yong 200 Messrs. Koe Guan Coy 200 Ban Tek Hong 200
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      120 3 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand I'auk 1/8/ 0 4 months' sight Bank 18 3 Credit 1/8^ 3 Documentary 1/9 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 128 J 3 davs' sight Private 1301 Bombay, Demand Bank 1281 3 days’ sight Private 130} Madras. Demand Bank 128 3 days’ sight
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      PRODUCE.
      162 3 Tin 85.90 —rales B.Pepper( W.Coast 3lbs. soz.)s 31. White Pepper 8 55. buyers Trang Pepper 8 37. Cloves (picked) 8 35’50 Mace 8160. —sales Mace Pickings 140. sellers Nutmegs 110 s 82. sales. No. 1 7. Sugar <; 2 5.30 (.Basket 3.70 Tapioca Flour 2.40 Copra 750 sellers /Tali
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      STOCKS & SHARES.
      202 3 STOCKS SHARES. International Bodega 100. —sales Bersawali Gold Mine Co., Ld. 7.75 nom. Bnu-eh Tin Mining Co.. Ld. 8.25 —sellers Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 25. —sales Fraser A Neave, Ld. 95. 6% Debs. par George Town Dispensary 8 26. sales. Howarth Erskine. Ld. 5190. Jelebu Mining A Trading
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      EXPORTS.
      83 3 Per Austrain Lloyd's s.s. CAiwa,on 3rd inst:— For Colombo, 770 Pis. Boiled Rice. For Bomlwav, 64 Pis. Tin; 101 Pis. Sago; 4 Pis. Mace. For Aden. 480 Pis. Brown Sugar. For Suez, 29 Pis. Putch-leaves. For Trieste, 330 Pis. Black pepper. Per Austrain Lloyd's s.s. Trieste, on 3rd inst:—
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    Arrivals.
    242 3 Taw Tong, Br. s.s. 105, Reid. 6th Juno— Klang, sth June, Gen.,—Koe Guan «v Co. Lady Weld Br. s.s. 245, Treweeke. 7th June, T. Anson, 6th June, Gen b rar.s S. S. Co. Fitzpatrick, Br. s.s. 730, Davey 7th June. Rangoon. 3rd June, Gen.,—Hock Chong A Co. KISO ‘f'
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    Clearances at Hardour Office.
    33 3 Glenogle, for Singapore, etc. Calypso, for Deli. Taw Tony, for Port Swettenliam. Canton, for Paugkor A Teluk Anson, i Prometheus, for Singapore. China Japan Bantam, for Olehleh and Padang.
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    Departures.
    33 3 Bth June. Glenogle, for Singapore, etc. Calypso, for Deli. Tate Tong, for Port Swettenliam. i Canton, for Paugkor A Teluk Anson. Prometheus, for Singapore. China A Japan. Bantam, for Olehleh and Padang.
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    Vessels in Port.
    277 3 Cheano Chbw, Br. s.s. 1,213, Frampton. 7th June, Mav, Gen.,— Sui Thong A Co. C higwell, Br. s.s. 1196, Underliay, 29th May,—Singapore, 26th May, Liquid Fuel, —Boustead A Co. j Damarong Rat, Sia, s.s. 48, Darut, 17tli May,—Kedah, 17th May, Nil,—Kea Guan A Co. Deli, Br. s.s.
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    Steamers Expected.
    40 3 Vessel* From 1 Agents Due Malacca Japan P. 0. 8th inst. Ballaarat Bombay P. 0. 11th A. Apcar Calcutta A.,A.ACo.|12tb Valetta China P. 0. 113th. C. Apcar Singapore A.,A.ACo.|15tk Japan London j P. A O. 16th. 1 i
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    Projected Sailings.
    51 3 Veeeeh I For Agent» Leavet Malacca -i Colombo Pi 0. 8th in*t. Bal hut rut !Sineai>ore do. Uth A. Apear Do/ A., A. Co. 12th W unbuiy Do. B.M.ACo. 13th Yaletta ,Co1oiii1n> P. A O. 13th C. Apcar Calcutta A., A. A Co. 15th Japan Singapore P. O.
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      151 3 MHOKHOtStraits Echo Mail Edition. Will be published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and will contain the latest local and States News originally published in the daily issue. '4 Subscriptions S 15 in ad- k vance per annum, post free to any part of the
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      97 3 NOTICE AN and after July Ist next, the annual subscription to the “ECHO” -will be raised to >24.00 per annum. WHIS notice does not affect present subscriptions, but will take effect on new business only as and from July Ist r I E two Hindus who were sentenced 1_ to
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      4 3 RIPPINGILLE’S STOVES. McAlister Co.
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      341 3 Elia. aM* Government Notification. TIIENDEKS for the Opium and Liquor 1 Excise Farms. Singapore. Penang, aud Malacca. for the jeans 1904 19<H>. will be received at the Office of the Colonial Secretary, Singapore, at the Offices of the Resident Counc illor's Penang and Malacca, up to noon on Thursday, 2nd
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      5 3 ROSE’S LIME JUICE. McAlister C*.
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  • Page 3 Miscellaneous
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      26 3 WEATHER. The following report is kindly supplied by the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis: The rainfall during the 24 hours ended aty a.m. to-day was nil.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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      2045 4 PRITCHARD CO PENANG. PENANG FOUNDRY Co., (Established 1876.) ENGINEERS, MIL L WRIGHTS, &c., Ac. LADIES DEPARTMENT Weld Quay, 37 Beach Street, PENANG. CASH CLEARANCE SALE. for 14 DAYS ONLYCOMMENCING JUNE 3rd. PRITCHARD 06. PENANG. THE GEORGE 101 DISPENSARY LIMITED. 37a, BEACH STREET, PENANG. WHOLESALE RETAIL CHEMISTS, DRUGGISTS, AND OPTICIANS. Patent
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