Straits Echo, 7 August 1903

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. yO ,1 NO- 58. PENANG, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7th, 1903. 824 Pee Annum Single Copy, 10 Cents
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      2282 1 A. E. SKEELS. 3/ s Beach Street MS o* <3 ISll£ IS> S vB-S IB ik mIBIB S IBikSH3L3 Aug Sep rpHK .ail steamers may be expected to 'I j r Outwards, and leave Penang Home* itr >s on the following dates: Mall Service. Outwards. mu connecting with Himalaya 20
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      7 1 A. E. SKEELS. Hr 31, Beach Street.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      133 2 Chusan, Br. s.s. 2,852. Cooke, 6tli August. Borabav, 29th July, Gen., —P. O. S. N. Co. C. Apcak, Br. s.s. 1,730. Stewart, 7th Aug., Hongkong, 28th July, Gen., —A. A. Anthony Co. Lai Sang, Br. s.s. 2,225, Courtney. 6th August,—Calcutta, Ist August, Gen., Boustead A: Co. Taw Tong, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      41 2 7th August Langkat, for Port Swettenliam Malacca. Haldis, for Rangoon. Taw Tong, for Pangkalan Brandan. Cornelia, for Tongkah. A rtsadong. forTrang. Lady Weld, for Teluk Anson. Tonq Chay l r n, for Batu Bahra and Asahan. Sea Belle, for Pangkor.
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      IN PORT.
      226 2 Asahan. Ger. s.s. 161, Peters. 6th August. Langkat, 4tli Aug., Gen.,— Belin Mever Co. Avagyee. Br. s.s. 247. Morier, 7th August, T. Anson. 6th Aug.,—Koe Guan Co. C. Apcak. Br. s.s. 1.730. Stewart. 7th Aug.. Hongkong, 28th July, Gen.. —A. A. A. A. Anthony A Co. Carlyle. Br.
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    EXPECTED.
    88 2 Vessels From Aye nts Due Coroman- del Singapore P. 0. 8th Aug Benalder London S. IL-A Co. 8th Sojotra Suez P. A O. 10th Bavern Colombo B. M. A Co. 13th P. Heinrich Singapore do. 13th Sambia Colombo do. 14th Lightning Calcutta > Pp O c 14th Sanuki Maru
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    SAILINGS.
    49 2 Veeseh For Arjents Leave C. Ajx-ar Calcutta A. A. Co. 8tli Aug Benalder Singapore S. B. Co. 8th Socotra do. P. A O. lOtli Lightning Singapore A. A. A Co. 15th Beuledi London S. B. A Co. 20th (i. A pear Calcutta A. A. A Co. k 21st
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    PASSENGERS.
    49 2 Inward —Per C. A} car, from Singapore, Messrs. M. M. Noordin and Bartini George. Per Lai Sang, from Calcutta, Messrs. W. Crawford and H. Taylor. Per Ho Kwei, from Deli, Mr. W. Sturt. Per Asahan, from Asahan, Mr. Vogel. Per Sumatra, from Deli. Messrs. Irnhoff and Nandinten Cate.
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    EXPORTS.
    77 2 Per P. &.Q. s.s. Ceylon, on 3rd iust:— For Colombo, 17 Casks Empty; 17 Casks Empty. For Marseilles Barcelona Valencia Pasages Bilbas, 16&0.39 Pis. Copra. For London. 1 Case Carriage Bells; 18.21 Pis. India Rubber; 1680.10 Pis. Tapioca Flour. For London opt. New York, etc., 420.68 Pis. Tin; 840.68
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      116 2 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...110 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/10$ 3 Credit ...1/10* 3 Documentary ...l/10$j| Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 139 3 days’ sight Private 141 Bombay, Demand Bank 139 3 days’ sight Private 141 Madras, Demand Bank 138$ 3 days’ sight Private 140$
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      SHARES
      206 2 BersawahGold Mine Co., Ld. 8 12.b*)buyers Bruseh Tin Mining Co., Ld. S 8.25 seller» Cheudariang Hvdraulic Tin Mining Co.. Ld S 25.— sales Fraser A Neave. Ld 95.— buyers 6% Debs. par George Town Dispensary 2t>. sales. Howartli Erskiue, Ld. $190. International Bodega 3100. —buyers Jelebu Mining A Trading
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      PRODUCE.
      180 2 Tin fB.UO sales Gold leaf S 86. j B.Pepper(W.Coast3lbs.soz.)s 30.50 sales White Pep per 51.50 sellers j Trang Pepper S 36. sellers i Cloves (picked) 35 50 Mace slBo.— mom. i Mace Pickings 126. —sales Nutmegs 110 s 70. —buyers No. 1 7. sales i Sugar 2 5.30 Basket
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    MAILS.
    119 2 A MAIL WILL CLOSE FOB Edie, T. Semawe. Segli and Olehleh— Per j Pegu, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Moulmeiu —Per Salamanca, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Calcutta—Per C.j Apcar. to-morrow, 11 a.m. Teluk Anson— Per Avagyee, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Deli—Per II > Kwei, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore Hongkong —Per Lai Sang, to-morrow,
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    The Straits Echo.
    60 2 Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) AT THE CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY, LOCAL SS4 per annum. (Post Free) 27 MAIL EDITION (Post Free) 15 CABLE ADDRESS: Ec ho —Penan g.” Telephone No. 188. Editor, Chesney Duncan. Sub-Editor, Harold F.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    87 2 BIKTH. At Queen Street, Singapore, on the 5th August, the wife of Alfred Pereira, of a son. MARRIAGE. At Calcutta, on the 12th July, at the residence of the bride's grandfather, by Pundit Preo Nath Sastri, assisted bv Pandits Jogendra Nath Seromom and Sivadhana Yidyamava, Pandit Jwala Prasada.
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    Our Mail Budget.
    1476 2 Lord Curzon’s Term of Office. PRESIDENT LOIBET’S VISIT. CHINESE CADETS. (From Our Correspondent.) Fleet Street, 13th July: John Bull has acted as host for a week, and on the whole has done it well. President Loubet left on Thursday, clearly gratified by the warmth of his reception.
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    The Penang Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
    826 2 Exempted from the Societies’ Ordinance. His Excellency the Governor has exempted the recently formed local Chinese Chamber of Commerce from the operations of the Societies’ Ordinance of 1889. In connection with this important matter the following correspondence passed: Petitions. Penang, 15th July, 1903. Sir,
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    778 2 "Taiping Races, 1903. Programme 11th, 13th, and loth Auount I'jfjo Third Day, Saturday, 15th Arm Sf. 1. The Galloway Handicap Value $250. For all Galbwar* tW in race 1 second day. 'Entrain, t? 11 tance one mile. ls Mr. Clover’s b *i>i 7 B. G” Kongsi's bam
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      28 2 WEATHER. The following report is kindly supplied by the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis:— The rainfall (luring the 24 hours ended at 9 a.in. to-dav was 0.4t> inches.
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  • Obituary
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    84 2 DEATHS. At Duuloe, Simla, on the 6tli July, Herliert William (Bertie), youngest sou of Mr. E. Ho lgkinson, of TImballa, aged 23 years. At Simla, on the 10th July, Mr. Righey Trotter, Pleader, Chief Court, Punjab; aged 70. At Landour, on the 12th July, of enteric fever, Harold Maurice Stocker,
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    THE SUGAR CONVENTION BILL
    20 3 iiter'ii Submarine Cable.) /0 ii, August 6th:—This menre >s passed through a Committee 'f the Commons.
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    THE LONDON EDUCATION BILL.
    28 3 iter i> Submarine Cable p nU I. August fith —The London Kih uion Bill has been read tiiir- ne in the House of Lords.
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    THE NAVAL MANOEUVRES.
    31 3 H-liter't Submarine Cable) Lon August Oth :—The naval inn .ivres of this year begin an .nnrecedentodly large scale, and a\ xtend from Berehaven in gantry Hay to Madeira.
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    CROWNING THE POPE.
    83 3 Stale Officials not to Participate. i ßenter'* Submarine Cable.) London, August (*.:—Pope Pius X will be crowned on Sunday, but his Holines.' not having officially communicated his elect ion to the Government Signor Zanardelli has instructed the State officials not to participate in the fetes and celebrations
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    STRIKE RIOTS IN BRITTANY.
    55 3 (Reuter Submarine Cable.) London, Aug. Zth: —Very serious strike riots have occurred at Lorieut (Brittany). The mob stoned and stormed the Court House where a striker was being tried. They then attacked the cavalry and the ijewlfH'mea who had been sent for to re-inforce the artillery.
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    MACEDONIA AND THE PORTE.
    40 3 Situation Serious. (Reuter't Submarine Cable.) London, August ytli:—The Porte lias sent a Note to the Powers declaring that it is impossible to withdraw the Turkish troops from Macedonia, describing the situation there os being very serious..
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    MARITIME DISASTER.
    211 3 Royal Mail Steamer Completely Destroyed. MX MEX BLENT TO DEATH AND SEVERAL INJURED. (Sumatra Pott Special), l’alembang (Sumatra), Aug 4.: Ihe Koynl Packet .Company’s steamer (hjan has been completely fitted liv a fire which broke out hist night amidships. She was in |hc Palembang River at the time.
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    A RUSSIAN THREAT.
    172 3 (I ‘ioncer Special Service) Bombay, 22ml .July:—The Sriet has received a communication from a Japanese contemporary stating that Gieat Britain and Japan have presented a Joint Note to the Government at Peking declaring that China must demand the immediate evacuation of Manchuria, also that an; Russo-(. hinese
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    THE INVASION OF INDIA.
    582 3 (J’ionerr Special Sirrirc.) Simla, 22nd July:—At a moment when the present strength of the Indian garrison has suddenly come under grave discussion, topical interest attaches to an article by Major R.G. Burton on “Invasions of India,” which 'has the place of honour in the Journal of
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    VENEZUELA IN THROES OF A REVOLUTION.
    172 3 DESPERATE BATTLE FOUGHT IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CIUDAD BOLIVAR. TAKES HUKDUEU -KILLED. (Cableneu-e Special Service.) Xew York, July 22.—A special despatch to the Ncir York Herald from Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, says —A revolution is raging in Venezuela. A desperate battle lias been
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    RUSSIA REJECTS PRESIDENT’S PETITION.
    729 3 Bear Refuses to Read it and Resents Alleged Impertinence of the States. (Cablenewt< Special Service. New York, July 21.—A special despatch to the Ha raid from b’t. Petersburg, says:—Russia rejects President Roosevelt’s petition in favor of the Jews of Russia There is intense sentiment here in
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      “THE EVILS OF THE ‘GENTLE FLUTTER'.”
      309 3 TO 111 K EDITOR STRAITS ECHO. Dear Sik. As one who resided iu the Land of the White Elephant" for a period of five years I am able to vouch for the statement in the interesting letter which appears in yesterday's issue from the
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    Wanted: a Dancing School.
    96 3 Sweet Seventeen writes us deploring the absence of a. Dancing School where she might be initiated into the mysteries of the Terpsichorean art. The sister Settlement and most eastern outports possess such a school and why not gay and fastidious Penang is the burden of her
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    HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    472 3 The seventy-sixth report of the Court of Directors to theOrdiuary half-yearly general meeting of shareholders to be held at the City Hall. Hongkong, on Saturday, the 15th instant, is as follows: The Directors have now to submit to you a general statement of the affairs
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    The “Swoll” Ashore
    681 3 We are courteously informed that the Royal Mail Packet Company's Steamer Van j Stroll got ashore near Tel<»k Semaivc, Acheen and was in some danger of liecoming a total I wreck had the wind shifted shortly after the mishap. Fortunately she was soon sighted I by a
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      1786 4 SIN QHEE CHOON CO. No. 129, Beach Street, PENANG. Commission Agents, Provision ers and General Importers. Agents for TOWKAY FOO CHOO CHOON, OF LAHAT, PERAK, AND The Perak General Farms. 29 a EE2T2T32D7 CO. u Agent» for-. William Younger Co.’s Ale and Stout Monk Brand Caldbeck Macgregor Co’s Wines and
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    737 5 Taiping Races, 1903. Programme. 11th, 13th, and 15th Anyutt, UHJ3. First Day. Tuesday 11th August. 1. The Maiden Plate. alue $300.—For Maiden horses. Exgnffin allowed 14 lbs. weight as per scale 10 stone. Entrance $10. Distance 1 mile. 2. The Waterfall Stakes. Value $250 and $50 to
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    BEAN COFFEE.
    129 5 j The race of coffee substitute-contrivers I seem to thrive. We are told by the Tea i and Coffee Trade Journal of New York j that a uew industry in Meherriu. Virginia, among the German settlers, is the cultivaV tion of soja beans, to be used in the
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    British North Borneo Rubber.
    262 5 An American Company to Exploit. We have just received official particulars of an agreement between the Governor of North Borneo and Mr. Alleyne Ireland, of Boston, U. S. A., that the Briti-h Government have placed at the disposal of an American company about 20,000 acres, to
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    Belgian Rule in the Congo Free State.
    590 5 Brutality and ionoraxce. The tale of atrocities in the Congo Free State told by Captain Guy Burrows and Mr. Edgar Canisius has evidently impressed itself on the House of Commons and the Government. It was, indeed, impossible that such a terrible indictment of
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    Malay Witchcraft.
    553 5 s v Tow AMDS the end of 1901 Mr. Haves k Mar not {«traits Civil Service) in the latest number of the Journal of the V.' flc&its Branch Royal Asiatic Society p' Whjle I was in charge of a i cbjJttsyy district in Alor Gajah, com- made to
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    Rubber in the States.
    466 5 Good Prospects. The faith of a good many planters in the Malay Peninsula is to-day pinned on rubber, the ypung plants now coining igto bearing giving promise of great things. Mr. Larkeii of Tebrau, Johore, Jms started tapping and though only a small amount has been
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    SKY POLICEMAN'S STORY.
    170 5 TO BE PUBLISHED IN 1950. 9rpWAS yesterday, your Worship, a little A after two As me au«l P. C. 60 was in our air canoe, I »e the private airship Two-seveu-six-ought-A. A bein’ druven reckless the wrong side of the wav. 1 d just to holler Steady
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      180 5 9, Beach Street, PENANG. ANDREW USHER C0.8’ V special Reserve o. G. WHISKY. C( AIGELLACHIE ii LENLIVET D i TILLERY Co.’s GAELIC “0 .D SMUGGLER WHISKY. Jamo Buchanan 6t Co. 's “HOISEOF COMMONS” WHISKY. William Teacher and Sons Old Glenlivet Whisky. To 1*<* had of all dealers. JEYES PERFECT PURIFIER.
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      18 5 PENANG FOUNDRY Co. 9 (Established 1876.) ENGINEERS, MILLWRIGHTS, <&c., &c. Weld Quay, A 37 Beach Street, PENANQ. 27a
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      171 5 C. E. Johnson IMPORT EXPORTI MERCHANT. Agent JULES PERON CHAMPAGNE. “ROYS” WHISKIES. WORTHINGTON’S ALES. GALLET CIE WATCHES. C. G. BOXEHILL’S SPORTING GUNS AND RIFLES. Fine Arts Direct Supply Limited. KING AND BARRETT’S Staffordshire Pottery. SAMPLES ON EXHIBIT. at 18, Beach Street. (FIRST FLOOR.) Next Door to Pinang Gazette. 28a THE
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      333 5 Tail Ghee Go. (ESTABLISHED 1890.) 18, 28 34, Church Street, Penang. Ship Chandlers, Mining and Engineering Store Keepers and Aerated Water requisites. Have just received a shipment of the following goods: Price Co.'s Locomotive oil in cask of 40 gallons. Special Engine oil Gooss wood's Special Cylinder oil Calcutta Oacli
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      213 5 PERRIER JOUET CHAM PA ONES. agents HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. KITSON LAMPS. The Finest Light in Existence. Apply to HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. Sole Agent*. machinery, etc. Steam Engines Boilers of various Horse-powers. Petroleum, Gasoline, Stationary anti Marine Engines. Huttenbach Bros. Co^ LEVER BROS. LTD. SUNLIGHT, LIFE BUOV ant! other Soaps. Sob-Agents,
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