Straits Echo, 25 August 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, THURSDAY, 25th AUGUST, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 192.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    113 1 Births. < )N -'ffli August, at Burwood,” Grange Road. Singapore, the wife of H. L. Coghlan. of a daughter. On IStli August, at Seremban, the wife of Alfred Landsell. Supt.. Revenue Surveys, Negri Sembilan. Federated Malay States, of a son. Marriage. On 8th*August, at St. Andrew's Cathedral. Singapore,
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    PASSENGERS.
    10 1 Inward —Per Lady Weld,” from Teluk Anson, Mr. Sutton.
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    HIGH WATER.
    39 1 FnrW eek ending Wednesday, Aug. 31, 1904. a.m. r.M. Thursday, 25th ...11.55 12. Friday, 26th 0.12 0.28 Saturday, 27th 0.45 1.01 Sunday, 28th 1.16 1.32 Monday, 29th 1.48 2.03 Tuesday, 30th 217 232 Wednesday, 31st 2.50 303
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    FIXTURES.
    34 1 To-i>ay. 15th Day, 7th Moon. Spirit’s Festival. To-morrow. 16th Day, 7th Moon. Town Band. Esplanade, 5-30 p.m. I*. A. D. Society The Magistrate” Town Hall, 8-45 p.m. Wavang Kassim, Drury Lane, 9 p.m.
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    THE MOON.
    26 1 O Full Moon Aug. *26ili, 6.04 a.m bast, Quarter Sept 2nd. 3.48 P.M '> New Moon loili. 3.5 a.m First Quarter 16tli. 2 8 p.m.
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    P &. O. SAILINGS.
    43 1 P O. SAILINGS. .Mail Service. < )mvA it os. Homewards. Bengal 1 Sep j Coromandel 3 Sept Malta 14 j Chusan 17 l.xtra Service. M'tw arks. Homewards. Manila 6' Sept j Borneo 29 Aug Vera 20 Java 12 Sept Foi particulars See Page 3.
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    The Killing of Plehve.
    1986 1 Statement by the Assassin. The official St. Petersburg Gazette publishes the following brief account of the tragedy On the 28th July, at 10 a.m., when the Secretary of State for the Interior, M. de Plehve, was proceeding to the Baltic railway station on his way to
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      122 1 Pena no, 25th August. (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) ixjndon Demand Bank ...1/11, 3 4 months’sight Bank ...111, 7 3 Credit 1 /11, 9 e 3 Docuinen tary 1 /11 J Calcutta, Demand Bank Ks. 1441 3 days’ sight -Private 1461 Bombay, Demand Bank 1441 3 days’ sight
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      SHARES
      192 1 Bersawaii Gold Mine Co., Ld. 14. —sellers Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 6.50 buyers Redjang Lelnmg Gold Mining Co., Ld 5192.50 sales IvadanaGold Mi»iugCo,,Ltd. (fully paid) 10.— nom. Bruseh Tin Mining Co.. L<l. 5 4.25 buyers Cheudariaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., L«1 5 10.— nom. Karangaii Tin Mining
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      PRODUCE.
      165 1 Tin i 74.20 Gold leaf 79. B. Pepper (VV. Coast 31b5.50z.)$ 22. —sellers White Pepper 33| sellers Traug Pepper 27. —sellers Cloves (picked) oat of season Mace >B6 —sales Mace Pickings 78. —sellers Nutmegs 11 Os 42.— sales. SNo. 1 6 <>o nam 2 no stocV. Basket 3.80 sales
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      128 1 Perak, Br. s.s. 297, Lingard, 24th Aug., Malacca, 22nd Aug., Gen., —K. G. (jo. Van Der Parra, Put. s.s. 331, Van Orden, 24th Aug., Bajan, 25th Aug., Pepper.— H. L. A Co. Lady Weed, Br. s.s. 245, Aug., T. Anson, 24th Aug.,, Straits S. S. Co. Taroba, Br. s.s.
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      DEPARTURES.
      50 1 25tli August. Canton for Paugkor and Teluk Anson. Calypso, for Peli. Vidar, for Port Swettenham. Capri, for Bombay. Svaerdecroou, for Edie, T. Semawe, Segli, Olelileh and Pulo Well. Sportsman, for Setul. Taroba, for Rangoon and Calcutta. Bencleuch, for Singapore. China and Japan. Ho Kwei, for Deli. Badenia for Rangoon.
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      IN PORT.
      49 1 Perak, Br. s.s. 297, Liugard, 24th Aug., Malacca, 22nd Aug., Gen., —K. G. Co. Van Der Parra, Dut. 5.5.331, Van Orden, 24th Aug., Bajan, 25th Aug., Pepper.— H. L. Co. Tjady Weld, Br. s.s. 215, Treweeke, 25tli Aug., T. Anson, 24th Aug., Gen., Straits S. S. Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      52 1 Front A neat* Due Zaniania Singapore H.L.&Co. 2t>th Aug Zaida Madras ft.L.&Co. 27th Moyuue Singapore o.s.s. 27th J. Nicoll Moulmeiu K.G.Co. 27th C. A pear Singapore A.A.A.Co. *29th P. lleiuricli Colombo B.M.&Co. doth Benlarig Singapore S.B.&Co. 5th Septr Benvorlich Singapore S.B.&Co. 15th Beuvenue London S.B.&Co. Benalder London S.B.&Co. Benraohr
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      SAILINGS.
      58 1 r tKnel» For Agent Lea vet Zatnania Madras H.L.&Co. 26th Aug Zaida Singapore HL.&Co. 27th Moyune London o.s.s. 27th C. A pear Calcutta A. A. A.Co. 29th J. JJicoll MoulineiH K.G.Co. 29th P. Heinricli Singapore B.M.&Co. 30th Benlarig Marseilles S.B.ACo. 6th Septr Benvorlicli Loudon S.B.&Co. 16th Benvenue Beualder Singapore
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      MAILS CLOSE
      135 1 Foil Negapatain, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore and Karical, taking Mails for Europe, etc., via Madras —Per Zamania, to-morrow. 1 p.m. Batu Baiira <fc Asahan —Per If. Hale try a, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Malacca —Per Perak, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore and Hongkong—Per A. A [tear, to morrow,
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
  • Obituary
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    30 1 Deaths. At the General Hospital, Singapore, on August 22nd, William Abl>ott Hayward, of Raffles School, and of Sudbury. Suffolk. England. At London. G. F. Melbourn. formerly a planter in Deli.
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    War Items.
    1152 2 HOW THE KrSCHITKLNI WAS Captured. Following report was supplied to the Hongkong Press by ii.l.J.M.’s Consul Tokio, 14 August.—Following is a resume of several reports so far received concerning the capture of a Russian destroyer at Cliefoo On the night of the 10th instant, while cruising in search
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
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      374 2 FOR PRICKS APPLY TO MARTYN Co. 12-10-03 72c MUNICIPAL NOTICE. APPLICATIONS are hereby invited for the appointment of Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang. The Secretary will superintend the work of the Secretarial Department and will have the control and direction of the Clerical Staff, Bailiffs, Inspectors
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    • Advertisement
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      1272 2 TRONOH MINES Ltd. NOTICE is hereby given that Mr. W. Cecil Payne ceased to be Auditor ami Registrar to the above Company from the 18th July, 1904. Shareholders and others desirous of effecting transfers of shares in the future are hereby required to forward their Certificates and Transfers attached under
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      1855 3 BANKS Nxjwctrd arrival and Departure s. Mail Service. Outwards. Si'pl. 1 s.s.* Bengal connecting with 8.8. India I** s.s .’Malta do ».8. Britannia 20 s.B. Coromandel do s.s. Oceana, 13 s.s Simla do s.s. Macedonia Homewards S®pt. 3 s.s. Coromandel do s.s. Moldavia 17 s.s. Chusau do s.B. Mar mono
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    The Straits Echo.
    85 4 Jurtic* «Mtmflfw everybody, lUK» justice al»ue.-Ktiiers. Established June Ist, 1903. Pul>!i»)i#Ml ilalljr (except Hnnd tv*.) AT TH CRITERION PRESS, 1.d., No. 220-232, Reach Street, Penang. PRICK DAILY. M»CAL «4 P*» OI TST4TIONS I’oeiage Extra MAII. EDITION (I'ost Free) IS UAKI.K ADDRESS: E c li O—P0 —P e
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    New Shipping Ring.
    801 4 A new Shipping Conference was sprung upon tlie mercantile community of Singapore on the 22nd instant, warning shippers against patronising certain vessels, which are named in the document, whose local agents have not entered the ring. The Straits Times, from which we get this information, asserts that
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    Opium.
    663 4 A New Monopoly. The report of the Philippines Committee —consisting of Major Carter, Bishop Brent ami Doctor Albert —appointed last year to investigate the opium traffic and systems of farming in the Straits, Dutch Indies and Hongkong, was submitted to the Philippines Government on the stli instant. The Committee
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    Currency Affairs.
    104 4 The Governments of Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Perak, ami Pahang have issued notifications, dated 24th August, reading as follows The Legal Tenoek Enactment, 1903. Declaration made by the Resident, with the approval of the Resident-General, on the 24th day of August, 1904. Under the pow T ers ve.»ted in
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    Is it a Wreck?
    102 4 Captain Stallard, of the Gleulochy, which arrived in harbour from Loudon this morning, reports that about 7-30 p.m. on the 13th inst„ in 10' 10" N. 60' 40" E he passed 2 logs or spars about 30 feet long and several smaller objects about the same
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    The Chinese Car Question.
    641 4 Lore Yew on Etiquette. Tow kay Loke Yew has had printed some thousands of copies of Rules of Etiquette to be observed bv Chinese passengers when travelling first class on the F. M. S. Rail, ways. “These,” says the Malay Mail of Monday last, will be
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    The Vanishing Act.
    357 4 Cashier Clears with over £lO,OOO. Yesterday morning Alessrs Logan aud Ross, the well known legal firm, had oc* casion to pav into the bank a sum of £15,000 in order to meet cheques drawn on account of tlieir clients. This sum was handed to the cashier, named
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    Opium Smuggling
    222 4 Interesting Singafore Case. Last Monday one of the crew of the Al. Al. steamship Oceauieu named Gaggino was arraigned liefore Air. Arichell on the allegations of abetting the importation of illicit opium aud the possession of illicit opium. Mr. Raine with Air. F. K. Jennings represented the Opium
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    Municipal Commission.
    269 4 The following are the Agenda for the Ordinary Meeting of the Commission to--1 morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and continued. I 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Appointment of Mains Superintendent Electric Light Department. 5. Report and recommendation
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    THE WAR.
    313 5 The Russian Fugitives. (Echo Special.) Saigon, 25 August.—The Russian cruiser Diana arrived here at five o’clock on Thursday evening. (Supp'ied by lteuter.) London. 24 August.—Admiral ir nius hns informed the correspondent of a Paris paper that the injuries received by the cruisers Askold and Diana and the destroyer
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Diplomatic Appointment
      43 5 A New Ambassador to France. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 24 August.—The Rt. Hon Sir Francis Bertie, 0.c.v.0., k.c a., British Ambassador at Rome, has been appointed British Ambassador at Paris, vice the lit. Hon. Sir Edmund J. Monson, g.c.d., g.c.m.g., 0.c.v.0.
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      Cricket.
      30 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 25 .August. —Middlesex has beaten Kent by one wicket. Somerset has beaten Surrey by seven wickets and the rest of the matches have been drawn.
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      The English Turf.
      126 5 Great Ebor Handicap. The Great Ebor Handicap Plate of 1900 sovs, by subscription of 25 sovs each. 15 ft. and ouly 5 sovs if declared by Tuesday, August 9tli; wiuuers (selling races excepted) of auy race value 140 sovs after August 4tli, 511), of two races of
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      Russia.
      185 5 The New Tsarevitch. (Snjtftlied by Renter.) London,* 21 Aug. —A manifesto issued by the Tsar on the occasion of the baptism of the Tsarevitch provides for a general reduction of common law sentences and an amnesty for political offenders, except those guilty of murder. It abolishes corporal punishment amongst
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    Decline of Horse-Racing in Ceylon.
    746 5 Cliques and the ‘Great Mogul* the Root of the Evil. On 6tli iust. the blue ribbon of the Ceylou Turf, the Governor's Cup, was contested for at Colombo. It was won by Mr. Ronald Farquliarson’s Prince Lyon, beating the favourite Rapier, who was second, and
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    Gang Robberies in the States.
    462 5 (From Our Own Correspondents.) Ipoh, 28 August.—The Kinta division, Batu Gajah, has been the sceue of a daring gang robbery. It appears that about 3 a.m. on the 12th instant a Bengali cart-driver aud two Chinese, who were proceeding to Parit to purchase some durians,
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      UNLOVELY LOVE LANE!
      168 5 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —For nearly a month the Weather Clerk lias been so unkind as to cause continuous heavy rains, thus preventing most of us from having our usual morning aud evening walks. Moreover, the Municipal Sanitary Inspectors seem somewhat affected
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    The “Hipsang” Outrage.
    2093 5 (iraphic Story of Destruction of the Steamer. I Britons Treated Like 1>o«3 by Tsar’s Satellites. SEVENTEEN DAYS IN PRISON AND HALF STARVED. A very and complete report of the torpedoing and sinking of the British steamer Hipsaug is supplied to the Shanghai Limes by its Chefoo correspondent,
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      5 5 PAINTS. McAlister a Co., lij.
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      137 5 George Tovn Sales Room. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE. The undersigned will sell bv PUBLIC AUCTION Opposite the Police Station, Nebong Tebal, On Monday, 29 th August, 1904, At 11 a.m. ALL that piece of land messuages and hereditaments situate in the Division of Nebong Tebal in tiie district of
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    • Advertisement
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      311 5 THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” square face Gin in red cases. Sandi/ands, Buttery Co. TOWN HALL. Under the Patronage and in the presence of H. E. the Governor Sir J. Anderson, k.c.m.0., and Miss Anderson, the Hon. J. K. Birch, Resident-Councillor, and Mrs. Birch. Friday and Saturday August 26th and
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      1181 6 WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A Consignment from Copenhagen of COW BRAND TABLE BUTTER. Absolutely Pure and of the Choicest Quality. The only Butter that keeps in Prime Condition in Hot Climate. Price 60 cents per 1 lb. tin. Try a Tin and you will have no other in future. o
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    Empire Cables.
    250 7 At a recent meeting of the general committee of the Hongkong General Chamber of Commerce the following letter was read from the Board of Trade of the city of i Ottawa, Canada:— Sib, I have the honour on behalf of the I Board of Trade of the City
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    The Sinking of Neutral Vessels.
    593 7 As we have already pointed out the ques- Don regarding the sinking of neutral ships carrying contraband of war is likely to l»e a thorny one, remarks the semi-official Allahabad Pioneer. When the American Government declare that action of this kind is opposed to all
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      1165 7 ICE! ICE!! Favoured with instructions from the Directors of the Tanrfjong Pinang fee Co., Ltd., T\7 ,H U in, nn of Penan,, i 5 1 lH! Malay States 1 111 w v have lK*en appointed Agents of the above Company, and ICE Dr. W. MANSON. Price Moderaite SUROEO Consultation Free.
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      194 7 IGHOOCHUANKEOK& Co Ship Chandlers, 23, Beach Street. (Established 1806.) HAVE JEST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF A VARIETY OF GOODS INCLUDING Sheehan’s Patent Filter AND Refrigerator Coin hi n ed. Latest Charts of Penang Harbour, Bay of Bengal, Sumatra, and China Sea. Field’s Patent Parallel Rule AND Ebony Parallel Rules
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      12 7 JOO SEING Co., 212 Batch Street PENANG. General Import and Export Agents.
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      1877 8 BOOKS! BOOKS! BOOKS! NOVELS T NOVELS T LUBRACITING OILS O F INSURANCES A Large Consignment Just Received from Europe Price 25 cents each. TITLE. AUTHOR. In the «li*y of Battle The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard Straight as a Die Agatha Weld) An Island Pearl Chronicles of Martin Hewett Queen of
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