Straits Echo, 30 March 1904

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    Masthead
    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF E)ENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. ‘2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 31 ARCH Both, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 72.
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    HIGH WATER
    39 1 For Week ending Tuesday, April 5, 1904 AM. K.M. Wednesday, 30th.., 12.30 1.05 lhuraday, 31st 1.20 1.4-5 Friday, Ist 2.10 235 Saturday, 2nd 300 3.25 Sunday, 3rd 3.50 4.15 Monday, 4th 4.40 5.05 Tuesday, sth 5.30 5.55
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    THE MOON
    27 1 O Full Moon Mar. 31st 0.37 i*.m Last Quarter Apr. 7th, 2.38 p.m O New Moon 10th, 3.14 a. si First Quarter... 22nd. 9-30 p.m
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    FIXTURES.
    20 1 To-day. Town Baud, Esplanade, 5-30 p.in. Deli Races, 3rd Day. To- MOB row. Town Baud, Golf Chd>, 9 p.in.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    44 1 P O. SAILINGS. .Mail Service. OUT WARDS. HOMKWAKUS. Malta 31 Maf Simla 2 Apr Chum.il 14 Apr Ballaarut 16 Extra Service. I J u T WARDS. lloSI BW AKI>S. Manila 5 Apr Java S Apr Vera 19 Malacca HI For particulars See Page 3.
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    The Labour Question.
    924 1 Sir Frank defends the Chinese against their detractors. Speaks Good Words for the Straits Chinese. lx a letter to The Times Sir Frank Swettenliaui warns employers that it is not quite an easy thing to use Chinamen to advantage without experience, though they are very easily managed
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    Lending A Code.
    692 1 0 I In the German Consular Court at Shanghai on the sth instant. Messrs El linger A Co., British merchants of Manchester, sued Messrs Meyerink and Co. of Shanghai, to lecover ,£1 ,Ot*M) damages alleged to have l>eeu sustained by plaintiffs in consequence! of the improper lending
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    The Land Campaign.
    879 1 Russian Officer's Views. A St Petersburg correspondent wires to the Daily Telegraph —I have had a most interesting conversation with a military expert, of whom I can truly affirm that he is thoroughly conversant with Russia’s strength in the Far East. The theme of jour talk was
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      182 1 Janet Nicoll, Br. s.s. 741, Nichol, 29tli Mar., Moulmein, 2tsth Mar., Kice., Koe Guan Co. Taw Tong, Br. s.s. 105, Reid, 30th Mar., P. Kainpei, 29th Mar., Gen., Koe Guan Co. Jin 110, Br. s.s. 110, Hastrup, 29th Mar., Laugkat, 28th Mar., Gen., —B. Bros. V idak, Br. s.s.
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      DEPARTURES.
      24 1 80th March. Jason, for Singapore, China and Japan. Mary Austin, for Port Swettenham. Deli for Trang. Quorra, for Langkat. Avatjyee, for Teluk Anson.
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      IN PORT.
      47 1 Taw Tong, Br. s.s. 105, lieid, 80tlx Mar., P. Kampei, 29th Mar., Gen., —Koe Guau Co. Jin Ho, Br. s.B. 110, Hastrup, 22th Mar., Langkat, 28tli Mar., Gen., —B. Bros. Vi i>ak, Br. s.s. 191, Crichton, 29th Mar,. Deli, 28th Mar., Gea., —Koe Guau Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      47 1 VexxeU Irani A IJlints Due G. A pear Calcutta A.A.A.Co. dint Mar Malaya Hamburg B.M.&Co. 31st Malta Colom>K> P.&O. 1st Apr Armenia Hamburg B.M.&Co. 1st Segovia Colombo B.M.&Co. 1st Simla Singapore P.AO. 2nd Manila Colombo P &0. 5th Preussen Singapore B.M.&Co. 6th Oldenburg Colombo B.M.&Co. 7th
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      SAILINGS.
      52 1 Ve»»el» For A ye nt» Leave» Malava, Singapore B.M.&Co. 31st Mar J. Nicoll Moulmein K.G.Co. 31st 99 Malta Singapore P.&O. 1st Apr A rineuia Singapore B.M.&Co. 1st 99 Segovia Singapore B.M.&Co, Simla Singapore P.&O. 2nd (Jr. A pear Singapore A.A.A.Co. 99 Manila Singapore P.&O. Preussen Colombo Oldenburg Singapore B.M
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      MAILS CLOSE
      50 1 For Tougkah Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 1 p.in. Langkat—Per Jin Hu, to-morrow, 1 p.iu. Langkat and Pangkalan Braudan—Per Taw Tumi, to-morrow, 1 p.m. ]>eli Per Vidar, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh—Per Hok Canton, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Perlis and Setul —Per Un Feny, tomorrow, 3 p.m.
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      PASSENGERS.
      50 1 I meant —Per Hel>e,” from Singapore, Messrs. Gaffney, Holloway, and Being. i Per Calypso,” from Port Swettenliain, Messrs. W. K. Swan, VY\ Cupins, M. K. j Thornton, J. E. Jacks m, A. G. Turner F. E. Maynard and W. Gubbins. Per Avagyee,” from Teluk Anson, Mr. E< G. Watts.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      197 1 To-day’s Advertisements. Easter Holidays. rMHK undermentioned Banks will beclosed JL on Friday, Saturday and Monday, the Ist, 2nd and 4th March. 1904. same Being Public Holidays. For the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China J. ARMSTRONG, Manager- J For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation. A. G. STEPHEN, Agent.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      27 1 WEATHER. Thk following report is kiudlv supplied hr the Signal •Director of Fort. Cornwallis: The rainfall during the *2t hours ended at H a.in. to-dav was nil.
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    Tin.
    1849 2 Joi'uii'h J F>>nt, liitli I’eb We iiave just had a brief visit from Mr. Arthur Strauss, at one time Unionist Mem- j ber of Parliament in this Division, an«l now the prospective Unionist candidate. At the Redruth Unionist dinner Mr. Strauss disclosed the fact tiiat at the last bye-election,
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      1402 2 TIANG LEE Go. TO LET. <• <• ,1 [pi'chiints ij' (ieHPi'til linjMi’tt'i’iff Penang. 7-3-04 158 RENGNG HOUSE.” Apply to Perak Government Agent, j Penang, i Wholesale Offices 3, BELCH STREET. General Store Department: 95, BEACH STREET. Federated Malay States Railways. Important Special Jinrikishas for Private use. .aanse^ mt JAMES BUCHANAN
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      2265 3 >r<* ■Zs r, o O' Borddeutscher Liojd, Bremen. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION Co. Ltd. I J 1 BANKS IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Expected arrival and L'epartnrea. Mail Servico. Outwards. .Vl«r. 31 s.s. Malta connecting with lIK fast and well-known Mail Steamers of this Line will leavePenang on or about the
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    The Straits Echo.
    94 4 Justice fc.itistif* everybody. mid justice siloise. Established June 1st, 1903. Pnh1ti>hfil ilaily (exceyr Sn»«I*y*.) ai th x CRITERION ERCSS, l,il., No. 226-282, Beach .Street, Penang. PRICE: OAII.Y, I.OCAI f?l Iff (I'ost Free) *7 MAIL EDITION (Tost Kieel 15 CARLE ADDRESS: E c h o—P e n a
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    Newchwang.
    1505 4 THE CONTRABAND (QUESTION. Is Russia’s Action Illkual Yes. Nlwchwano lias of late come prominently before the public in the war telegrams, owing, of course, to its being the only Chinese Treaty Port within the war /one, anti, as China has declared her neutrality and the abandonment of Chinese sovereignty
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  • Current Topics.
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      The Chinese Labour Question.
      302 4 The well-informed London Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian understands that i he Committee on Chinese Labour Emi- j gration, which was sitting at the Foreign Otlice to frame regulations in the o arly part of this month, worked on the basis of the regulations for the
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      The Tiileke Case.
      452 4 Writing in Truth on 3rd instant, Labby states that he is in receipt of a wire from his Bangkok corre- s|H>ndeut reading:—“Tiileke Case. —See Truth, 3 December.—On Appeal to 1 Singapore conviction quashed. Chief •Justice thought clear intention of Tilleke to restore property to owner.’’ His comments
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  • States’ News.
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      PERAK.
      972 4 {From Our Own Correspondent.) Iron, 28 Mar.—Last Saturday, the 2tith inst., at 5 p.m., a large crow d of Europeans and memhere of other nationalities, principally Chinese, collected opposite the Police Station at Ipoh to witness the public Aoggiug ot' a well known desperado, named Chin Sam. Punctually as
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    The War.
    430 5 Japanese at Anju. Latest Contraband Difficulty. Consuls Protest against Russian Pretensions. MORE BRAG AND BLUSTER. The Baikal Bungle. Russians Licked at Chonoju. (hiom Our Omn Correspondent.) Chefoo, 29 Mar.—The Japanese are reported to have a force of a hundred thousand troops south of Anju, in northern Corea. All
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      France.
      26 5 Religious Teaching Bill. 1 (Supplied by ■Reuter.) London, 30 March. —The French j Chamber has passed the Religious; Teaching Bill by 308 to 231 votes,!
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      Undesirables.
      42 5 i A Wise Measure. Supplied by Reuter.) London, 30 Mar. —The Rt. lion.; A. Akers-Douglas, the Home Secretary, hasintroduced in the House! of Commons an Aliens Immigration Bill, excluding criminals, paupers, diseased persons and questionable characters from entering the British Jsles.
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      Parliament.
      103 5 Premier Invited to Resign. (Supplied by Reuter. Loudon, 30 Mar.—On the motion j of the adjournment of the House of Commons for the Easter Holidays, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman raised tlie whole question of tinpolitical situation and invited Mr. Balfour to resign the Premiership i on the ground that he
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      The Transvaal.
      58 5 Plague no Obstacle to Chinese labour (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 30 Mar.—The lit. Mon. Alfred Lyttleton. Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons that, in view of the success met with in dealing with the recent outbreaks of plague in South Africa, lie
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      Tibet.
      42 5 Advance to Gyantgtse Commenced. {Supplied by Reuter.) Bombay, 30 Mar. The Tibetan Expedition, consisting of a force of 850 infantry, 150 mounted infantry four guns and two maxims, lias begun the advance to Gyantgtse. The attitude of the Tibetans is uncertain.
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      Plague.
      36 5 (Supplied by Reuter). Bombay, 30 March.—The Indian j plague returns show that for the week ended on 19th instant the (deaths for the whole of India amounted to 40,527, being an in- crease of 7,000.
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      Kang Yu Wei.
      28 5 Arrives at Singapore. Straits Echo Special.) Singapore, 30 Mar.—Air. Kang Yu Wei, the famous reformer, scholar and patriot, has arrived here from Hongkong-. o r*
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    S. George’s Church, Penang
    234 5 Holy Week and Easter. Thursday, 31st, Holy Communion, 8 a.m. Evensong and Reading, 6 p.m. Good Friday, 1st, Matins aud Ante-Com-munion, 9-15 a.m. Litany, Address and Story of the Cross, 10 a.m. (At S. Mark’s Butterworth, Evensong, 5 pin.) Easter Day, 3rd, Holy Communion (Plain) 8
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    Supreme Court.
    1061 5 The Atsizes. {Before Sir Lionel Cox, Chief Justice.) Another Armed Robbery. March 29th. After judgment on the first case was delivered, Chan Ah Seng was brought up and charged with highway robbery also j j armed robbery. j The following jurors were empanel- j —J- W. Hafienden, C.
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    Cambridge Exams.
    184 5 Following is a list of tho«e who passed the Cambridge Local Exams held in Penang in December 1903:— BOYS. Senior —Kain Chin Poo, Free School. j J. K Aeria, St. Xavier's. H. Oliveiro, St j Xavier s. 11. W. F. King, Central School, Taipiug. j Junior —Hooi Yip
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    Second Moon Festivals.
    704 5 Idol Procession. Annually on the loth and 16th days •of the 2nd moon (the “apricot month 31st March and 1st April, the image of Tye-Peli-Kong, a deified saint of old, with his insignia, re carried in a handsome sedanchair in procession from his temple iu King Street,
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    Labuan.
    1124 5 Postmaster Sued for Refund of 85,000. How Departments abk Rex. Ihe people of liiibuau were keenlv interested tlie otlier day iu an aetion before I 1 he acting Judicial Commissioner, Mr. C. J. j Skinner, at the instance of Mr. T. J. C. j V* liite, the Treasurer of
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      117 5 Pknang, 30th March. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...1/10$ 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/1012. 8 Credit ...1/1 Iff 3 Documentary ...1/1 Calcutta, Demand Bank Jis. 138$ 3 days’ sight Private 140$ Bombay, Demand Bank 138$ 3 days’ sight Private 140$ Madras, Demand Bank 138$ 3
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      SHARES
      184 5 Bersawall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 17.50 buyer» Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 6.75 sales Red jang Lebong Gold Mining Co., Ld $225. —nom KadanaGold Mining Co„Ltd. (fully paid) 10.— nom. Bruseli Tin Mining Co., Ld. 8.25 seller» Oliendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 20. —sales Ivarangau Tin Mining
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      PRODUCE.
      144 5 Tin 79. —buyers Gold leaf 82.— B. Pepper (W. Coasl3lbs.5oz.)$ 27.50 sellers White Pepper 47. —sellers Traug Pepper 31 .—sellers Cloves (picked) 43.— nom. Mace $125.— nom. Mace Pickings 80. —sellers Nutmegs 110s 55. —sellers C No. 1 7.50 Sugar j 2 5.20 Basket 4. —sales Tapioca FJour 1.75
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      821 7 The Cause of the recent disastrous fire is unknown. THE PREVENTION OF SUCH FIRES IN FUTURE IS KNOWN. mmm r URALIT I LTL' J Fireproof, Waterproof, Dampproof. Buildings Constructed with Uralite, Ceilings, Walls and Roofs are absolutely Fireproof. Deed Boxes and Safes covered with this material can be subjected to
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