Straits Echo, 14 June 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DULY CHRONICLE OH EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THU FEDERATED MALAY STATES. AND THU FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, TUESDAY, 14th JUNE, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 133.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    60 1 Births. <>\ May, Mary Poonoos wnniy. wife of IV C. Poouooswamy of the P.W.D., Tharrawaddv. Burma, of a daughter. On 2nd June, at No. 6, Side Pagoda Road. Ran croon, the wife of A. C. Beale, of a daughter. On *»rd .Juno, at Mill Road. Pazundaunp, Rangoon. the
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    HIGH WATER.
    41 1 l'«n on luio Monday. June 20, 1904. a.m. i\m. Tuesday, 14tn 3.50 415 Wednesday, 16th... 440 505 Thursday, 10th 5.30 5.55 Friday, 17th 0.20 0.45 Saturday, 18th 710 7.35 j Sunday, 10th 800 8.25 I Monday, 20th 8.50 0.15
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    THE MOON.
    28 1 <> New Moon June 14th, 3.8 a.m. First Quarter 20th, 12 32 p.m. O Full .Moon 28th, 1.42 a.m. j Last Quarter July slli. 12.35 p.m. 1
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    FIXTURES.
    41 1 To-i»av. 1st Day, 5th Moon. 1 own Band. Golf Glub, 5.30 p.in. ayang Yap Chow Thong, Campbell Street. 9 p in. To-morrow 2nd I)av, 5tlf Moon, lowii Baud. Kspla na<ie, 5-30 pan ayang Yap Chow Thong, Campbell Street, 9 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    51 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. ril/’TW A It l*S. 11(1)1 KIV A It OS. Malta '2d June Coromandel 25 Jane j Chnsan V July liallaarai 0 July Hxtra Service. GUTWAKIH. lIoMKW AROS. I < Borneo 26' June Vera IT June Java /2 July Ceylon l Ju'y tor part iculars See
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Fire in a Convent.
      347 1 (Rangoon Tunes Service.) i Allahabad, 3rd June.—The following is an eve-witness’s account of the Murree fire :—Early on Monday morning the lire ahirm was given by’ one of the girls in the new building of the Murree Convent, jus: finished. This was at 3-30 a.m., and
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      The Harrison Case.
      84 1 {Rangoon Times Service.) Allahabad, 1 June.—ln the case of Mr. A. J. Harrison, Barrister-at-Law, against the Cawnpore Municipality for wrongful arrest, the plaintiff Iras been awarded Rs. 250 damages and costs. Allahabad, ‘2 June.—Though awarding the plaintiff Rs. 250 damages, with costs, in the case of Harrison
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      War Items.
      690 1 Details of the Capture of Kinchau AND NaNSHAN. (Ceylon Observer Service.) London, 27 May.—The Russian line of defences, protected by the en- tangiements, extended from the head of Talienwan Bay north to Liushutung. The Japanese position formed an almost perfect right angle I showing the southern front to
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      Plague.
      365 1 (Rangoon Times Service.) Simla, 3 June.—The number of plague deaths in India fell by 8,000 la-t week, the Punjab reporting a reduction from 24,000 to 18,000, the United Provinces from 1,000 to 600. and the Bombay Presidency from 1,000 to 800. Aden is now clear. On the 14th May
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      Siam.
      117 5 *•i f m i The Robertson Case (Echo Special.) Bangkok, 12 June.—Mr. F. J. Robertson, tlie proprietor of the Oriental Hotel, whose disappearance from Bangkok recently caused a sensation, has telegraphed from Singapore stating that the Courts there have held that the warrants issued in Bangkok for his arrest
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      Morocco.
      116 5 Plot to Depose the Sultan (Supplied by lighter.) London, 14 June.—The Tangier correspondent of the Times reports that a well organised plot to depose the Sultan of Morocco has been discovered. Originating amongst the religious and educated classes, the plot is supported even by hi mbers of the Government.
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      War in Acheen.
      118 5 4 (Deli Conrant Service.) Koeta Kadja, 10 June— Colonel van Daalen reports that after sttbdueing tlie natives at I atnpeng the Achineese bands at Reina surrendered. Iu the Alaslanden district resist iiuce is expected at Tandjong i hi toe, Mebrielaiiy and Likat. Cblopgl van Daalen has requested
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      125 1 Penang, 14th June. (By courtesy of the Chartered Hank.) London Demand Bank ...11 1 1 4 months’sight Bank 11} 3 Credit ...1/11 n 3 Documentary ...1/111 I Calcutta., Demand Bank ]is. 1 131 3 days' sight Private 145} j Bom hay. Demand Bank 1431 3 days’ sight Private 1
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      SHARES
      181 1 i>er<awal)Gold Mine Co., Ld. 5 15. -sellers Rani* Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld S 6.25 buyers Redjang Lelxjug Gold Mining Co., Ld s22s. —buyers KadauaGold M iningOo„Lt.d. (fully paid) Id. —hoi a. Bruseli Tin Mining Co., Ld. 7.50 seller- j Cliemlariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Ce., Ld 20 —sales Iviiraugau
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      PRODUCE.
      165 1 L'm 71. —buyers (Told leaf S 81,— B. Pepper (\V. Coast3ll>s.soz.)s 22. —sellers White Pepper 39.75 te11ers Trang Pepper sellers Cloves (picked) 43.— nom. .Mace nostocok M ace Pickings 90. —sales i Nutmegs 11 Os 45. sales C No. 1 G. 30 Sugar 2 no stock. (Basket 4.20 sales
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  • Shipping.
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      Arrivals.
      104 1 I in Sknu, Br. s.s. 378, Davidson, 13th June, Singapore, 11th June, Gen.,—Quail Deng Koe. SocoTit.v, lir. s.s. 3,896, Denton, 14th Juue, Antwerp, 14th May, Gen.,—P, O Malaya, «or. hi. 348. Block, 14th Juue, i>oli. 13th June. Nil.—B. M. «fc Co. 1 tiAU'i:;.), Dr. s.s. 160, Wheeler, 13th June,
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      DEPARTURES.
      69 1 14th Juue. Kv.tn Samj, for Calcutta. Jin Ho, for Langkaf. !l"i Chtuiu l'n, for Bat üßahra and Asahau. 1 rtrel, tor Lacgkat A Paugkalau Brandan. Cornelia, for Deli. Yiibir, for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Wrhl for Teluk Anson. •Jiiiii f Nicoll, tor Moulmein. Pi.i B*ng, for Port Swettenham, Kuala
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      IN PORT.
      57 1 Malaya, Ger. s.s. 348, Block. 14th Juue, Deli, 13th June, Nil.—B. M. Co. Pegu, Dr. s.s. 294, Conway, 14th Juue, Aelieen, 13th June, Gen..—Ban Ho Hin. |-Pi;r.o lti.M.vu. Dr. B.j. 297. Nielsen, 14th June, Deli, 13th Juno, Gen.,—ll L Co. Lanokat. Dr. s.s. 187. Liddell, 14th June, Teluk
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      EXPECTED.
      46 1 i c >•.->'/> 1 1 /’Vo Ml Aijenl* Rood Colombo B.M.&Co. 15thJune Tara Singapore HX.ACo. 16th Ziida Singapore H.L.&Co. 17th G. Apear Singapore A A A .Co. 20th Benlarig London S.B.&Co. 22nd Malta Colombo P. 0. 23rd Benmohr Singapore S.B.&Co. 13rd Borneo Colombo P. O. •28th
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      SAILINGS.
      51 1 1 esseh i For Agent* Lenott 1*0011 Singapore B.M &Co. 15tliJune Tara Rangoon H I. &Co. Idth ft Zakin. Madras H.L.&Co. 17th G. A pear Calcutta A. A. A.Co. 21st Benlarig Singapore S.B.&Co. 22nd Malta •Singapore P. Si O. 38rd Beumohr London S.B.&Co. 23rd Borneo Singapore P. Si O.
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      MAILS CLOSE
      84 1 For Singapore, China and Japan—Per lloon, to-morrow, 9 a.m. Trang and Pang Nga—Per Deli, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Langkat—Per Voider Parra, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Langkat, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham —Per Taw Tony tomorrow. 2 p.m. Deli Per Malaya, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Colon, Aden, Egypt, and via
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      PASSENGERS.
      49 1 Inward Per Malaya," from Deli, Messrs. Boon, v. d. VvVide, Tromp, Mr. and Mrs Kestenf, Mr. and Mrs. Tervooren, Mr. and Mrs. Vouch. Per 1 Pn!.> K.mau,.’ from l)eli, Messrs. J. W. Nielsen, Geok Luan Chan, Mr. and Mrs. Meesters, Miss* J. Matrell, Miss E. N. E. Brouwer.
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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    67 1 Df.’ATH. ON :>rl.fuller at Agra. Elizabeth Olancoy, lie* dourly beloved mother of John and James Olancoy (Rangoon and Dibiugarh), and widow cd the late Thomas Olancoy (elder son of Major John Clancey of the loth* Light Dragoons-) of t ork. t i\il Assistant t-> the Chief Ooninussioner of Oudh and
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    The Railway Question.
    887 2 The Chinese Petition. Kuala Lumpur, 29tli February, l‘.H)4. I C. E. Spooner Esq., c. k. General Manager F.M.S Railways, Selangor. The petition of Towkay Loke Yew and other signatories hereto, Most respectfully sheweth, 1 That your petitioners are the leading Chinese merchants and traders, and representatives of
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    The Dysentery Bacillus.
    392 2 Writing to the Ceylon Independent i Practitioner says —Re the announce- j ment of the discovery of the dysentery i bacillus by Dr. Castellaui, I may mention that the bacillus was originally isolated by Shiga in Japan. It was regarded as the cause of epidemic dysentery. Some
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    Passengers Outward.
    145 2 Per P. and O. steamer Mongolia," connecting with the steamer Malta,” at Colombo.ironx London, Max'27—To Shanghai: W. E. Allen. To Manila Mr. W. Swan. To Siugaftore Mr. aud Mrs. Lansdell and child, Mr. T. Taylor, Mr. D. S. Richards. To Penang Dr. P. B. Loeke. Per I’. and
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1313 2 THE FOLLOWING 18 THE PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN MEETING, 1904, to be passed at a General Meeting to be held On FRIDAY. 20th MAY, 1904. No amendments to this Programme w ill be considered unless due notice is given in writing to the Secretary at. least ten days
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    The Straits Echo.
    93 4 ustice satisfies evrrylxxly, ami justice al*»ne. I Established June Ist, 1903. I’uhlfclie 1 ihily (etffpt Kundayn.) at the CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. •22(1-2:12, i’eacli St reel, I'eiiiin^ I‘KICK OAII.Y, I.OOAI, Hi iwr OUTSTATIOXS I’ostagc Extra MAII. EPI lioN (lost rifPl 15 7•; j CVKI.K AMIMIKMSi j E
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    The Water Problem.
    1459 4 When our City Fathers were last i in solemn conclave assembled the] solution of the never-ending water pix)b- lem was advanced a stage bv the 1 vote 011 Mi-. Gaffney's amendment That we 110 longer postpone action in this matter but take steps at once to erect
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    Our Food Supply.
    1265 4 (Continuedfrom 1 ltt^fifitaut.) The Municipal Alialtoirs are situated on a block of land off the Bungei Pinaug Road and have not only a good open space of yard round them, neatly walled and railed in, but have a fair-sired plot of 1 grazing ground at the back
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    Water.
    194 4 Defects of Supply jenr Potable Water. < ty.iy. j Dr. W. W. Pearce, Municipal Health. jOftieer of Hongkong, in bis report,.for I last year, indicates serious risks, con i nected with the insuflicigrey of the i water supply ijotb&tj.Colohy. He sajps l The annual scarcity of water j* a
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    Malacca.
    328 4 li 1; f I s. Bla d Resident Councillor qf > l Ma*Heea,,m Ui B administration report for > la £t j£»r remarks :~Th e year* willtie f !V e,l w™ bIe 10 Malacca as the year in which 1,wa -V to connect Malacca Town with .the Peninsula Railway
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    The War.
    164 5 Is It a Battle? Little News, but Ominous Silence. w (Echo Special.) iShangliai, 13 report received from Newchwpg states that forty thousand Russian troops are south of Tashichao, year Newell wang. Firing was heard in the direction of Kaichow on Thursday and Fridav and it is believed that
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      SUNGEI PINANG RIVER.
      166 5 To tb«: Eiucon of thk Slum Echo Bir,—“Old Resident” in his letter to you 'on Sat unlay .last opened up for disu etissiou a most interesting question. Iu 5 tact it lias always been rather surprising to me that more value lias uot hitherto been set on
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    THE APPOINTMENT OF A KATHI FOR PENANG.
    194 5 lj To thk Editor of thk Strait* Echo. i Sir, -r At a dinner party m the palatial residence of Mr. M. K. Kader Bawa, sou-in- l‘ lw °f the late Nina Mericau Noordin, j.p., on Saturday last, many of the most protniuI
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    OPIUM AND SPIRIT MONOPOLIES.
    1048 5 To rirs Editor of to* Strait* Echo. Str, While-reading your issue of the 6th {eresfed^’on-Die Upiuni anti »£im mdhopulies. Personally, 1 quite agree with the writer in most of his sentiments, but ain inclined to think the matter might have been pushed a little further. It
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    Alaska Tin Mining.
    407 5 (Seattle Po*t, -ll May.) The dispatches record that a strongly Kicked company has been organised to develop the tin mines discovered on the Seward peninsula, m Alaska, and that the property is to be immediately developed, a large force of men going North during the coming summer
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    A “Hold Up” in Perak.
    120 5 (From (Jar Own Curre*f>on<leut.) Kampab. 9 June.-- We had another small gang robliery on the Kampai-Gopeim Roa<l yesterday morning. While an old Chinese lady was coming on a visit to her son in ham pur (who is an attorney to one of the large Towkay
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    Chat.
    703 5 By Dorian Deene. Silence may be golden, but noise has become the rule in Penang. Between screeching babies, barking dogs, piano thumpers, the cream vendors’ bell and a thousand odd street cries one almost wishes for the peace of a desert island whether or uot that Islaud Ire blessed
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    Madras
    629 5 Lakh ok Rupees Voted fob New I’iei;. j The Govenn hoi it of Madras has sanction--2 c «»Btruction of a low-level pi,. r mi Madras Harbour at a cost of one lakh of rupees This work is being undertaken at the instance of the Madras Chamber of Commerce and
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    The Philippines.
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