Straits Echo, 11 May 1904

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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. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, MAY 11th, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 106.
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    HIGH WATER.
    45 1 For Week ending Tuesday, May 17, i 304. 1 A.M. I*.M. I Wednesday, 11t1i... 11.30 11.55 Thursday, 12th 12.20 12.45 i Friday, i3th 110 135 1 Saturday, 14th 2.0 J 2.25 Sunday, 15th 2.50 3.15 Monday, 10th 3.40 4.05 Tuesday, 17th 430 455
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    THE MOON.
    27 1 O New Moon May 15th, 4.31 p.m. First Quarter... 22m1, 5-34 a.m. O Full Moon 29tli, 2.20 p.m. I Last Quarter June sth, 0.10 p.m.
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    FIXTURES.
    21 1 To- I>AY. 20th Day, 3rd Moon. Town Hand. Esplanade, 5-30 p.m. To-mokkow. 27th Day, 3rd Moon. Ascension Day. Holy Thursday.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    53 1 P O. SAILINGS. •Mail Service. )UTW MiHS. 11OM K W Alil'S, Coromandel 7.2 May i Malta I 1 May Jtallaarat .26' Churn it .2# i Kxira Service. Ou TWA KI »S. 11 OMK W A K DS. Caudia 17 May Formosa lit May Sardinia .77 Maui'a d June For particulars
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Tibet Mission.
      484 1 U<iutj<jou Times Service.) Chain (Tibet), 25 April.—Colonel] Younghushand lias at length received a reply to the letter which lie despa tolled to the Ainhan from Guru. The reply of course was written after the recent fighting. The Ainhan saysthat he lias finally succeeded in bringing the Dalai
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    War Items.
    775 1 Writing iu the Fortnightly Review, 1 Colonel <le la Poer Beresford points out that Russia must hold ou to Harbin, or 1 her prestige in Asia is gone." For this < reason it seems to the writer that this place will he in the near future the spot
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    Japan's Army.
    858 1 IV. Baron Kodama His Able Coadjutors. General' Kodama lias some very able, coadjutors—uieu of great experience, with whom he is in perfect accord. The head of liis Department, Field-Marshal Marquis Oyama, is renowned as a soldier and administrator. Despite his big, uugainly figure, which resembles that of a
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      113 1 Penang, 11th May. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...1/10$ 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/11 3 Credit -.1/11A 3 Documentary ...1/111 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1411 3 days’ sight Private 1431 Bombay, Demand Bank 140$ 3 day s’ sight Private 142^ Madras, Demand Bank 140$ 3
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      SHARES
      196 1 Bersa wall Gold Mine Co., Ld. 15.50 sellers Ranh Australian Gold MiuiugCo.. Ld 4 6.25 buyers Redjaug Ijelioiig Gold Mining Co., Ld 4240. —buyers IvadauaGold MiiiingCo„Ltd. (fully paid) 4 10.— nom. Bruseii Tin Mining Co.. Ld. 4 7.50 seller» Chendariaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 4 20. sales Karangaii
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      PRODUCE.
      164 1 Tin i 75.25 buyer* Gold leaf sBl. B. Pepper (W. Coast 31 bs.so/..)$ 24 sellert White Pepper 42. —sellers Tiuug Pepper 2fU buyer* Cloves (picked) 43.— mom. Mace 95.— sale* Mace Pickings 75. Nutmegs 110 s -45. out. No. 1 7.50 Sugar 2 5.20 Basket 3.95 teller» Tapioca Flour
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      102 1 Rkcoriucr, Br. s.s. 077, Brereton, 11th Mav, Singapore, 9th Mav, Nil.— E. T. Co. Rotorua, Br. s.s. 355, Brown, 10th May, Tongkah, 9th May, Gen., —K. G. Co. Canton, Br. s.s. 105, Mericau, 11th May, T. Anson, 10t.li May, Geu.,—Ah Hing. Landaura, Jsr. s.s. 2,157, Hutchinseu. lOtli May, Calcutta,
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      DEPARTURES.
      35 1 11th May. Peyu, for Edie, T. Semawe, Scgli and Olehleh. Mary Austin, for Port Swettenhain. Avayyee, for Teluk Anson. Manila, for Singapore and Manila. Landau ra, for Singapore. Meissen, for Colombo and Southern India.
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      IN PORT.
      31 1 Rotorua, Br. s.s. 355, Brown, lOtli May, Tongkah, 9tli May, Gen., —K. G, Co. Cari.yle, Br. s.s. 331, Quine, llth May. Port Swettenhain, 10th May, Gen., Straits Steamship Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      46 1 iw/« b’rou i AjtH.lt Dtte C. Apcar Singapore A.A.A.Co. 12th May Kum Sang Calcutta B.ACo 12th N urn berg Hamburg B.M ACo. 12th van Outhoorn Singapore H.L.ACo. 14th Pentakota Rangoon H.L.ACo. 16th G. Apcar Calcutta A.A.A.Co. 20th Benalder Singapore S.B.&Co. 23rd Benarty London S.B.ACo. 28th
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      SAILINGS.
      103 1 Ve*»el* For Agent» Leave» C. A pear Calcutta A. A A.Co. 12th May Kum Sang Singapore B.&C. Nurnberg Singapore B.M.&Co. 12th van OutliooruiPulo Web H.L.&Co. 14th Pentakota Singapore H.L.ACo. 16th G. Apcar I Singapore A.A A.Co. 20th Benalder Loudon S.B.&Co. 23rd Benarty Singapore S.B.&Co. 26th We would direct the
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      MAILS CLOSE
      55 1 Fok Laugkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Tongkah—Per Rotorua, to-morrow, 1 p.m. l>eli —Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 2 p.m Laugkat—Per Van der Parra, to-morow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Langkat, 13th instant, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Lady Weld, 13th instant, 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Teluk Anson —Per
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      PASSENGERS.
      15 1 Inward, —Per Lamlaura,” from Calcutta, Messrs. Rosen field, Schneider, Fergusson and Mrs. F. Siedenburg.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      5 1 ENGINE OILS. McAlister Go., Ltd.
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      30 1 A. E SKEELS. HIGH CLASS. For Sale! For Sale 11 Large Stock of Paper of Every description and Colour. Apply Criterion Press Ld. IRONMONGERY. Me ft lister A Co.. Ltd.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      26 1 WEATHER. Thk following report, is kindly supplied by tlie Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis. The rainfall during the hours ended at 1* a.in. to-day was nil.
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    Libel.
    1310 2 Vicar Awarded £250 by London Jury. t (XMi/y M April.) i| Tm. Rev. R. Ijowman Lang. vi«ir of All Saints’, Rockwell Green. Wellington. Somerset. liruught an action for libel against the proprietor of the Daily Mail 1 **f < >re Mr. Justice Lawrance ami a special jury Publication was
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      24 2 KEEP YOUR BODY NOURISHED, keep stroutf vour Doctor tells von so. iih! WiIJ assist von. Ask vour Chemist Steaniiv Jiu* writ# Wine b >V
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      187 2 GOON YEN FRIENDS Just Rkckivko A FRESH SHIPMENT OF Theo. Vafiadis Egyptian Cigarettes: CROWN PRINCE, non pi.cs nr/ruA. NECTAR, NARCISSUS. iu Gold Cui k and Mai/.-t ip|>ed At Moderate Terms. GOON YEN FRIENDS, 32, Beach Street, Penang. *29-12-03 90c. K. MYDINSAH Bros., General Storekeepers and Aerated Water Manufacturers. 100 Pitt
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      1608 2 1BEG to inform the public in General that I have taken over the CENTRAL HOTEL No. 8 Penang Street (near Esplanade) au<l have converted same into a Homely. Comfortable Hotel at very moderate charges and entirely under European Sujierviaion. Patronage Solicited EDMUND FUCHS, Proprietor. Ex Manager Temple Bar. Bombay; Proprietor
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      1894 3 tal 'Qw v Is. I Co. h/jprrJni arrival and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. I r Norddeatscber Lloyd, Bremen. BRITISH INDIA STEAK NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. Koninklijke Pakefvaart Maatschappij. Negapatam Lines of Steamers. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. Intended Sailing and Expected Arrivals of Steamers. OUTWARDS r pHE fast and well-known Mail Steamers
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    The Straits Echo.
    84 4 J notice satisfies l>o<ly, and just ice alone.— Kmrmntt Established June Ist, 1903. Fubliehed «laily (ewpt Sunday*.) at rnw CRITERION PRESS* Ld., No. ‘22«! -2:12, ISettcli Street. Penang PRICK DAII.V, LOCAL $2l ii«r aiitai'iii OLTSTATIOXS I’oetage Extra. MAIL KIUTION (Tost Kreel «5 «'A It 1. K AIUMIKSS;
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  • Current Topics.
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      Trams.
      172 4 An interesting statement was made by the Chairman of the Calcutta Corporation a few days ago regarding the question of safeguards for trameurs. In consequence of the Advocate-General's opinion that the Corporation should insist upon .the trainears being safeguarded, tin* ''Corporation entered into negotiations with the Tramways Company, with
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      Municipal Affairs.
      297 4 The Government of Ma ins has issued an Order which is of local interest since it refers to the leas- ingout of the municipal markets etc., etc. It reads Several cases luve couie to the notice of Government in which Municipal Councils have leased out the riirht of
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      Chinese Immigration.
      316 4 In their Report, just published, for last year the Committee of the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce state —“The Committee of the Singapore Chamber wrote in June last explaining the reasons which had prompted it to support the Government in connection with the prohibition of the immigration of coolies
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      Japan's Policy.
      377 4 A Reuter's message received this afttynoon reports that Baron Suyematsu, who it will be remem- bered is now in England on a special mission from the Mikado, accorded an interview to a representative of Reuter’s Agency in ttie course of which he a-serted that Japan’s first aim is
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      The Anglo-French Agreement.
      501 4 The AngloFrench Agreement. All the Paris papers came out on the 9th ult. with comments oil the AngloFreuch Agreement. The Echo de Paris said “We have a clear situation now in Egypt, Morocco, and Newfoundland, which are the three principal points of the Agreement. The causes which brought about incessant
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    How Pilgrims to Mecca are Treated
    584 4 A Horrible Story. A i’ii.urim from Ceylon to Mecca who has just returned from there after an absence of three months, relates how pilgrims to Mecca are molested by the Bodouin tril>es, says the Ceylon Independent. It appears the Sheriff of the place receives
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    The Funeral of the Hon. Mr. Vermont.
    547 4 The remains of the late Hon. J. M. J>. Vermont, c. m. g., who died in Penang earlv yesterday-morning of carbuncle, were consigned to their last resting place yesterday afternoon, the scene being witnessed bv all the leading people of Penang. The coffin
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    Libel case on page 2 of this issue.
    392 4 correspondent of the Madras Mail gives (lie following advice as lo how best to get rid of coconut beetle:—Pots filled with sediment of Muttukotti or Atnnnak (after the extraction of oil by boiling process) placed under each tree or between two or
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    THE WAR.
    348 5 Still Scuttling. Chinese Refuse to Leave Mukden. Axomtu Loan rou Japan. PANDEMONIUM AT NKWCHWAXG. Fighting near Liaoyang. Kronstadt Arsenal .in Danger. (Supplied by Heater.) London, 10 Mav.—Renter’s Slum* liaikwan correspondent wires that the Knssi.an evacuation of Newell wang continues and that the Russians have promised to leave a
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    Cricket.
    33 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 10 May.—Playing at Lord’s against The Rest of England,” Warner’s team made 300 runs, to which Tyldesley contributed 70. The Rest have put together 27 for two wickets.
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    Siam.
    60 5 Murderer Sentenced. (Echo Special.) Bangkok, 10 May. —Poona Subrain, the Hindu charged with the murder of Mahomed Abdul Kadar, a Mahommedau, in the Wat Koh district, on the first night of the Chinese New Year festivities, has been sentenced to death, but has been recommended to mercy on account
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      The Army.
      26 5 (Supplied by Renter London, 10 May.—The army inanteuvres have commenced at Aidershot, forty thousand men participating. The King and Duke of Connaught were present.
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    Rubber in Bengal.
    179 5 In the Report of Forest Administration in Bengal for the year 1902-03, we are told that in the Tista Division (Darjeeling) the rubber plantation was extended by 15 acres with very promising results. In the Darjeeling Division rubber (Ficus elastica) transplants have done well in Mangwa block
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    What is the People?
    174 5 The Rev. Vincent J. Ijeatherdale writes to the Daily Mail from East Haddou Vicarage, Northampton:—“Mr. H. G. Wells attacks a belief which irives solid comfort to a patriot without attempting to set up anything in its place. He scoffs at Abraham Lincoln's characteristic confidence in the
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    Dowie.
    391 5 Dowie, the so-called Elijah,” has had to Hee from Australia owing to the public wrath aroused by his attacks from the pulpit upon King Edward. He passed through Colombo about a fortnight ago. Dowie came ashore and-booked expensive rooms at the Galle Face Hotel. When a Times of Ceylon
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    Clerks in the Straits.
    1502 5 Miserable Pay and Harsh Treatment. Interesting Comparison of theik Pat and Prospects. An Ex-Goverumeut Clerk” and a Mr C. Cheng Wan write to the Straits Times j under date 28 th April and 3rd May res pec tively, on a subject of great importance t< many
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    About Tamils.
    764 5 We learn from our esteemed contemjx)- i rary the Madras Standard that Messrs Hig- giubothaiu and Co. have just published a volume entitled The Tamils Eighteen Hundred Years Ago” by Mr. V. KanakaReaders of the Madras Review will remember that the same gentleman contributed a numl>er of papers
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    Northern Nigeria.
    463 5 Reuter's Agency understands that an--41 other expedition is l>eing arranged in Northern Nigeria against the Yoragliums, a .'lrilie of naked cannibals inhabiting the hills to the north of the British post of Ibi, on the Binue. These people have duriug the past two years twice come into conflict
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    STOP PRESS TELEGRAMS.
    69 5 t V r Thin spare is iwetvcd for Uie public* ttettof uew»*»i\ i*§ after the <Uy'« new* h;u< bee* imposed. f Jxmdon, 11 May. —The Magistrate has consented to bail of six thousand each in the case of Hooley, a company promoter, ami Lawson, who iras subsequently
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  • Obituary
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    53 5 Obituary. Sir II. M. Stanley Succumbs to Pleurisy. t (Snpj)lied by Reuter.) L< ndon, 11 May.—The death is J announced of Sir Henry M. Stanley, the celebrated African explorer, i from pleurisy. The Passing of M. Pleske. London. 10 Mav.—The death is j announced of M. Fleske, late liusI siau
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      19 5 STEARNS’ WINE, whets tlie appetite. Aids digestion, improves assimilation, strengthens tin! stonweh so that food does good. Steam's Wine.
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      4 5 ELECTRO-PT/ATEDWARE. McAUSTBR Co.. Ltd
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      13 5 STEARNS’ WINE, for children, ho| palatable, they take it witliout calling it medicine.
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      245 5 Municipal Notice. Applications win be received by the undersigned up to 4 pin. on Thursday, the 2ud June, 1904, for the post of Municipal Eugineer to the Muuicipality of George Town, Penang. Candidates must be thoroughly qualified Municipal Engineers and will be required to superintend and improve the drainage system
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      293 5 To-day’s Advertisements. NOTICE. 1 j "ITT E have authorised Mr. John W Robertson Brown to sign our j Firm per procuration from this date. DAVID BROWN Co. 4, Logan's Buildings, 11 tli May, l!H)4. 1 in. 335 C. A. D. ADRIN de SILVA Co., No. 127. Petutiiy Street, Penally. Goldsmiths,
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      1729 6 f*. Teik Chin Coy. Allan Irving. .a General Storekeepers, Provisioners and Coinmission Agents. 25 Hugh Low Street, > IPOH. .U Specialities always on hand: Reddawey’s Camel Hair 'Belting, Crushed Food, Padi, Paints, Burrell’s Boiled Raw Linseed Oil, Turpentine, M,ining Candles, Manila Rope, Best Moulmein Cigars, Siberian Butter. WINES LIQUORS of
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      305 7 URALITE. Build your Now Bungalows on Iho Hill with Uralito. u halite. :o: Saves cost of carriage, time and labour. :o: Reduces the Temperature of the House by Several Dpptpp^ URALITE. URALITE. :o: IS moor AGAINST FIRE AND PERFECTLY WATERPROOF URALITE. URALITE. URALITE. CAN BE USED FOR ROOFS, CEILINGS AND
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      1248 8 PERRIER JOUET CHAMP AO VES. AGENTS HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. KITSON LAMPS. We give Biggest Value for least None/ Graham Co., Ld., The Finest Light in Existence Afcly to HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. Sole Agents. WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., PENANG Will Offer for THREE DA VS only. WHOLESALE CHEMISTS. 4 Beach Street, Penang.
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