Straits Echo, 28 September 1903

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    33 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. yOI„ 1 No. 99. PENANG, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28th, 1903. I'er Annum Copy, 10 Cents
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      2341 1 A. E. SKEELS. C *Q 3/, Beach Street, SKIPPINGtAL Outwards. (i,t 1 J Idt.i connecting with Oceana 15 Ih '■'tat do A ustralia do Britannia do 2;i iiifii# j{oT. hi Ballarat Homewards :j II,,:. 1 ,-1 rat connecting with China Himalaya ]7 Sin: la do Rome Coimiuwdel do Arcadia Mail
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      8 1 A- E. SKEELS. -> A'\ Ar 31, Beach Street.
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      121 2 (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...1/11 4 months’ sight Bank ...l/ll^ ft 3 Credit ...1/11+* 3 Documentary ...1/11J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 143| 3 days’ sight Private 1454 Bombay, Demand Bank 143$ 3 days’ sight Private 145$ Madras, Demand Bank 143$ 3 days’ sight Private
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      SHARES
      223 2 Gold Mining. Bersawall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 18.50 sellers KechauGold Mining Co., Ld. 1. —now. N. Kechan Gold Mining Co., Ltd I.—now. Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 8 9.—now. Redjaug Lebong Gold Mining Co., Ld $2OO. —now. S. Raub Gold Mining Syn. Ld 8 10. —now. Tin Mining.
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      PRODUCE.
      164 2 Tin 69.75 sales Gold leaf 8 83. B.Pepper(W.Coast3lbs.soz.)s 29.— sales White Pepper 8 47. Trang Pepper S 36. nom. Cloves (picked) 35 50 noiu. Mace sl6o sellers Mace Pickings 135.— sales Nutmegs 110 s 70. No. 1 7. sellers Sugar 2 530 (.Basket (Chinese) 3.ss sales Tapioca Flour 2.10
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      ARRIVALS.
      226 2 Taw Tong, Br. s.s. 105, Reid, 26th Sept., Langkat, 25th Sept., Gen., —Koe Guan Co. Sumatra, Ger. s.s. 407, Klimnet, 20tli Sept., Deli, 25ht Sept., Gen., —Behn Mever A Co. Asahan, Gr. s.s. 161, Peters, 26th Sept., Asahan, 26th Sept., Gen., —Behn Mever A Co. Langkat, Br. s.s. 187,
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      DEPARTURES.
      38 2 28th September Ta>c Tony, for Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan. Tony Chay Un, for Batu Bahra and Asahan Asahan, for Asahan. Langkat, for Port Swettenham. Pegu, for Edie, etc. Canton, for Pangkor A Teluk Anson. Deli, for Trang.
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      IN PORT.
      137 2 Lady Weld, Br. s.s. 245, Treweeke, 27th Sept., T. Anson. 26th Sept., Gen.,— Straits S. S- Co. Ho Kwei, Br. s.s. 209, Uldall. 27th Sept.. Deli. 26th Sept., Gen., —Hutteubach Liebert A Co. Hebe. Br. s.s. 345, Inkster. 28th Septeml«er, Singapore, 26th September, Gen., —W. Mansfield A Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      63 2 Vessel* From A yen Is Dm Fitzpatrick Rangoon H. C C 28thSept Sumatra Singapore B.M.&Co 28th Beuvorlich London S B. Co. 2!>th Marburg Colombo B.MACo 30th Babelsberg Singapore 1st Oct. Hong Bet* Singapore B. Bros. 1st Lightning Calcutta A. A. A. Co. 2nd Sikh Glasgow S. B. Co. t>th
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      SAILINGS.
      42 2 Yettrls For Atffitlt Leaver C. Apear Calcutta A.A.A. Co. 29th inst. Benrorlieh Siiujapore S. B. Co. 29th Li^htuin^ do. A. A. A. Co. 3rd Oct. Sikh do. S. 15. Co. 6th Beumolir do. do. 13th Benloinand do. do. l. g 30th
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      PASSENGERS.
      134 2 Inward —Per 44 Sumatra,” from Deli,Messrs. Hasselbring, vou Katt, Jacks m. Kissing, Teke, and Dando. Per 44 Ho Kwei." from Deli. Mr. and Mrs, Hok Bin, Mr. and Mrs. Tchut and Mr. J, J. Hulskainp. Per 44 Ijadv Weld," from T. Anson. Mr. Phillips. Per Pin Seng," from Singapore.
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      MAILS.
      45 2 A MAIL WILL CLOXK KOK I Rangoou—Per Unity, to-morrow y a.m Colombo X Southern India kura Mam to-morrow, 11 a.m. J?oli—Per O. A pear to-morrow, noon. Deli —Per llo Kurd, to morrow, I p m Teluk Anso'i—Per Lady Weld, to-iaotrov 3 P ra IMn
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    The Straits Echo.
    64 2 Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) AI Till CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232, Beaeli Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILY, LOCAL 524 per anmnu. (Port Free) 27 MAIL EDITION (Pud Krni 13 CABLE ADDRESS: “E c h o —P ena n g Telephone No. 188. Editor, Chbsney
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    96 2 Births. On Aug. 28, at South Kensington, the wife of Chozo Koike, of Tokio, of u daughter. On Septemlier 15th. at 3, Pagoda Road, Rangoon, the wife of Capt. W. R. S. Stokes, of a daughter. At Akyah, Burma, on 17th September, the wife of Mr. J. M.
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    The Scarcity of Coolies.
    689 2 Reply to the Madura Company. Last Thursday the Perak Pioneer came out with a letter headed The Madura Company’s Unconditional Monopoly,” in which it is charged by an anonymous correspondent that the Madura Company is in possession of an unconditional monopoly of the trade, if it
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    Malay States Affairs.
    1782 2 Special Report by Sir Frank Swettenham. Remarkable Progress: Healthy Development. W e are greatly indebted to the Government for a copy of a report bv Sir Frank Swettenham to the Rt. Mon. Joseph Cliamberlain on the affairs of the Malay States for last year. Sir Frank (who
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    The Defence of Penang.
    284 2 Interesting Sham Fight Yesterday. The Volunteers were busy yesterday repelling an imaginary enemy supposed to hare landed on the classic beach of Tanjong Bun glia. The aforesaid enemy was commanded "by General C. Datk and Colonel Johnnie Webber, the former of whom on horseback, in alk-Jus
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      SELANGOR.
      911 2 (From Our Carreej Kuala Lumpur, 22nd The rate of exchange t )a i rising very steadily, and tl. r i tlie two-shilling dollar is ■]no, J L“ p ?f t at any rate, before the tu.1 °tk le#d sent year. White" the ii* isf f ble to the merchants
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      48 2 WEATHER. The following report is kindly supplied bv the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis:— Th. Wr. Wd. i p.m. Yeeterdajr 8tf' Fin** South ».m. To-day 8»’ Hazy N. E. noou To-day sr Cloudy Calm The rainfall during the 24 hours ended at 9 a.m. to-dav 0 27 inches.
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    13 2 Death. Mrs. F. Huy man. at Homalin, on Ist September, of child birth.
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      The Gold Standard.
      51 3 (Special Service. Siamese Currency. Ratio Fixed. Bangkok, 27th Sept.—A notification v issued yesterday the 16th instant, ...jurming that tlie- Government of s has fixed the r.ite of exchange at ]s ti.-als to the pound sterling, which j. ti, rate originally proposed when S HI adopted the Gold
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      Villains Vanquished.
      101 3 Dacoits Trapped in Bangkok. l.i-iokok, 27th September. The P;,l :ik Police have just captured five a> iiv villains who came in from the cou;, V with a large amount of ill-got-,iins, pistols, krites and other din r .us weapons. men had to be approached i at caution, it
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      “India’s Greatest Viceroy.”
      128 3 To Visit Tersia. (Hatter'* Service.) London, September 28th.—Lord Cnmrn of Kedlestou will in the autumn visit Muscat and other puts in the Persian Gulf, and on the occasion will be escorted by an Admiral and a number of British 1 man-of-war on the Last Indian Station. His
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      The Cabinet Crisis.
      54 3 Balfour at Length Released. Reuter'» Service.) London, 28th September.—Mr. Balfour is still at Balmoral. Later. Mr. Half our has left Balmoral. Tin" foregoing astonishing details of the liiovt iih'titi of our weak-kneed Premier are contained in the same telegram issued by the local Agents of Baron Reuter
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      The Sultan’s Commission.
      42 3 (Reuter't Service.) London, 28th September. —The Sultan of Turkey has appointed a 1 otnraiision to consider the reforms demanded by Bulgaria. This includes one Mussulman and four hristians, in addition to Hilmi I’asha, his own particular “drum,” Presidunt thereof.
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      The Labour Question In The Transvaal.
      34 3 '{lleuicr* Service.) London, 28th September.—The Transvaal Government has decided to postpone the construction of new in the recently acquired British territory owing to the scarc*ty of labour. 'V -.>..
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      The Beirut Affair.
      90 3 Sam Obdurate. (ft> uter'if Service.)- London, 28th Sept,—lt is offici- ;inu °viuced in Washington that fl w American cruisers recently Beirut in consequence of a ‘■'ppil.v abortive attempt upon the *b‘°f the L”. S. Consul there, are >mt kofy to he withdrawn at present. S J far
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      The Balkan Rising.
      108 3 Macedonians Oat of Luck. Reuter* Service. > London, 28th Sept. —Snow is already" many inches deep on the slopes of the Macedonian mountains, where thousands of homeless villagers tire now seeking refuge. Although there is a calmer feeling manifested among the Turkish officials in Constantinople,, in the
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      Victms of the Yankee "Corner.”
      23 3 (Rangoon Time* Service.) London, 18th September.—Messrs. O. and W. Jones, Egyptian cotton brokers of Liverpool, have suspended payment.
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      Lipton Better.
      9 3 London, 18th Sept.—Sir Thomas Lipton is recovering.
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      Golf.
      33 3 London, 18th September.—The Ceylon golfer, Mr. T. Simpson, has won the first handicap prize, also the prize for the best morning round on the opening day of the amateur competition at Romford.
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      New Steamship Line.
      124 3 Calcutta, 18th September:—The “Societe Venezia nadi Navigazione a Vapore,” in contract with the It ilian Government, has started a regular line of cargo steamers with departure monthly from Venice, Ancona, Brindisi, etc., which will call at Colombo. Madras and Calcutta. Sailings from Venice will commence on the
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      Education in India.
      117 3 Speech by Lord Curzon. ■r 'Simla,' I7th 'September. —Presiding at the prize distribution at Bishop Cotton's School here, to-day, cellency the Viceroy madfc a sympathetic speech in which he referred to the interest taken by the Government of India in schools for Europeans and Eurasians in this
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      Khedive and Sultan.
      22 3 London, 16th September.—The Khedive has arrived at Constantinople and was immediately received by the Sultau with whom he lunched.
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      Plague in France.
      28 3 More Cases. London, 14tli Sept.—Fresh suspicious cqses of plague have taken place at Marseilles, notably the two hospital nurses who were tending the previous cases.
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      Suicide.
      79 3 Military Officer shoots himself. f Allahabad, 18th Sept.—Lieutenant J-. L. Cotter committed suicide yesterday in, his quarters at Kuilana by shooting,him self with a gun immediately after lunch. He belonged to the 2nd East Imneashire Regiment and nut «attached to the 3rd Battalion of the Witte Brigade. He appeared
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      Persia.
      15 3 Grand Vizier Resigns. London, 17tfi Sepjteuibc r.—The Gram Vizier of Persia lias resigne I.
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      Plague.
      77 3 Simla, 17th September.—L ist week's morflfKtV, from whs nea’rl y-doubte that or use previo&s weA. Tleviiiortalitv rose from 4.753 t 0.8,885 in Bombay and from .473 to. 1,146 Hyderabad. State. There were also 1,416 deaths in Central India, 4£J) in Mysore, 554 in Benir, 168 in Madras, 16£ k
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    Cricket.
    629 3 Gillingham’s XI r. Sharp’s XI. The above match was played on the Esjd made on Saturday afternoon, and resulted m a draw in favour of Sharp's f XI,- GflfSuw-' ham (52) was for his «4«, While for Sharp’s team Sproule (52) was highest. Sharp was very succejpful with tlie
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    Turf Topics.
    935 3 The Australian Jockey Club. The annul?!' meeting* d£~imnii tiers .of tlie Australian Jockey Club was hold receqUv at Sydney. The aJMatliuibJLsIiket showed thatthe Clubliad a ery successfuTvear and made aorofit of overAoJKtO. .Notwithstanding this* iv>u1t a motion was carried, by 34 to 11, that )the entrance* fee"be raise
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    Tin.
    955 3 London, Ist dept. —Tin easel off a J'ttlc during the week, chiefly- on account of labour troubled in Wales.' No doubt a settlement will be arrived at soon, but even a stoppage of some tiflplate 'works lor a time would not have much influence ujk»u the enormous figure of
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    WATERFRONT & SHIPPING.
    334 3 WATERFRONT SHIPPING. Captain Ooieman has joined the Pegu as first mate, und Mv. Burns has gone second in the lhfmk. The Mail despatched from Penang to London, by German Packet, on the 20th ultimo, was delivered on the 19th inst:nt. The Mail despatched from Penang to London, via Madras and
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      4 3 RIPPINGILLE’S STOVES. McAlister u.
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      7 3 HORSE FOOD OF ALL KINDS. McAlister Co.
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      167 3 IJrto JMtrtiatmntte. WATCH THIS SPACE! r FOR SALE. ONE D. C. Winch, 44" cylinders, 9" stroke. One Sinking Pump, by Blake A Knowles, 4" suction, 3" delivery. One D. C. Sinking Pump, bv Worthington, 4" suction, 3" delivery One Steel Trough Puddle Machine (20 ft. diameter). Trough 0 ft. x
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      90 3 Cam P Furnitur< [Jungle fse eon/!pR, S NG BED UVili MOSQUI wmi fiEOLlNING CHAUS, folding stools, Ba TH Ac, &c V tiy Serviceable. American Wood or Coal burning Stoves. ’'1 Inspection Invited. Snipe Season \Y r E HAVE JUST OPENED UP A LARGE SHIPMENT OF GUNS AMMUNITION. McAlister Co. 19
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      1867 4 SIN QHEECHOON& CO. N 129 > Beach Street, PENANG. Commission Agents, AND GKKKEAL liJbtKM. Agents for Towkay foo choo choon, OF LAHAT, PERAK, AND The Perak General Farms L 29a ft WONG KIM MUN. 'Penang. 2NGI&EERS, Iron Brass*Founders, BOILER MAKERS AND Bridge Builders. IRCN AND STEEL MERCHANTS IRONMONGERS, ft OIL
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    Lord Kitchener in Simla.
    1348 5 A Persona! Sketch. -t^r Simla is getting used to Laving Lord Kitchener in its midst. When he first settled jqtp, Snowdon, us j the wooden shanty is named which has served its the summer residence of generations of Indian C'omiiumdefs-iu-Chief, rumours of the most- fantastic kiud
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    The Maid-of-all-Work
    468 5 How many people 'are there who can only afford to keep one servant, and she a verv pqor specimen of tlie class > I am afraid mistresses do not-take sufficient interest m their little maids. They let them dress iu a slipshod way and that means that they
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    The Supreme Court Cause List.
    646 5 The following' is a 'Tfst of causes entered for trial ttt ‘the September sittings now proceeding >**- Puteh binti Abdullah, in her own right as the widow, and as udministratix of Ahtned, deceased, Aliand another (Messrs. Hogan and Adams.) r. Omar Ali bin Harichaq.-iMr. Allan).
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      1112 5 jfo. 1" Posada Sherry. \uio Select», doz. 8*24, hot. 82.25 jjiDU'iisaSc NOTICE. Pl.t on B”"’ Ki’ rp ~f Penang, Singapore, Perak, > agoft ajttd Sumatra. enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. iepapW. W. JONES, nvt, Penang. Photographer. 38 a notice. mill I’EREST of Goli Kim Cheat, '1 1 i,
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      6 5 Sub-Agenit Posada Wine HIN LEE C
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      197 5 The Eastern Extension Australasia and China Telegraph Co., Ltd. Alteration of Telegraph Rates. THE Board of'THnKjfcjWs of the Eastern Extension A. China Telegraph Co., Ltd. have decided that On and after the Ist October, 1903, the rate of conversion will lie forty-four (44) dollar cents to the franc on all
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      743 5 t-' BEHN, PENANQ. Co., _S..O L E AGENTS for C/2 0> o CQ CJ C/5 «3 g 2* AACHENER A msc /V-., TttCLi rf'TTA G£SEUS> "2 Ju i/1 n as C/5 ft OS c o C/5 Aix-la-Chapelle Kaiser Water. A Refreshing Dietetic Table AVau-r Egyptian Cigarettes of Vafuulis, HIN LEE
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    PROPOSED Kinta Gymkhana Programme 1904 Meeting.
    855 6 p IRST DAY. J The Maiden Plate, 2-30 p.m. 4 al SL?°? Wit D i?°. for Second Horse. f*cale Mo r Maidens. Weight per to all -S R a^uwan ce of 14 lbs. ZZrm&iW**** 2. The Cup, 2-55 p.m. tup value $150 irith *150
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      10 6 No 32>Poi **U Madeira, doz. $22, bot. $2.50 l»t. *21
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      378 6 Notice to Members of the Kiota Gymkhana Club. A GENERAL MEETING of the above Club will be held at Batu Gajah, on the 24th of October, at 6.30 p.tn. BmNUM 1. To paati the Accounts for last year. 2. To pass the above Programme. 3. To elect a President, Hon.
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      1136 6 No. 12/18/14. Malaga Muscatel, doz. $14, bot THE 52 Graham Co., Ld. “Chahyah Palau Penang." (Malay Weekly News,) The only Malay paper in Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States. yb-~ *o'’ 5 «/J** °\y WHOLE SALE CHEMISXC hh 7‘i j/ T>jr-’ <lj ,T iTTTt Beach Street f Penang, *il .11
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