Straits Echo, 2 September 1904

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE 0E EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR J_EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, FRIDAY, 2nd SEPTEMBER, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 19»#.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    20 1 Marriage. Ou Aug. sth, in Paris. E. Bobornikoff to Lily, «laughter of late C. W. Overweg, of Shanghai.
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    HIGH WATER.
    39 1 For Week eliding Thursday, Sept. 8, 1904. A.M. P.M. Friday, 2nd 4.04 4.29 Saturday, 3rd 4.54 5.04 Sunday, 4th 5.10 5.35 Monday, sth 6. 6.25 Tuesday, 6th 6.50 7.15 Wednesday, 7th 7.40 8.00 Thursday, Bth 8.30 8.50
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    FIXTURES.
    28 1 To- I>AY. 23rd Day, 7th Moon. Excise Meeting, 2 p m. Town Kami, Esplanade, 5-30 p.nt. To-mouuow. 24th Day, 7tli Moon. Town Band, Golf Club, 5.30 p.m.
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    THE MOON.
    24 1 Last Quarter Sept. 2nd, 3.48 p.at. »> New Moon lOtls, 3.5 a.m. First Quarter... 16th, 2.8 p.m. O Full Moon 24tli, 10.52 p.sj.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    43 1 P O. SAILINGS. .Mail Service. h'T 'XV A lilts. lIoMKWAKDS. Mi din l> Sept Coromandel 3 Sept I Chusan 17 Extra Service. <)UTW Altl*s. lIOHHWAKDR. Manila 6 Sept Java 12 Sept Cera 2U j Formosa 8 Oct or part iculars See Page 3.
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    War Items.
    1759 1 Ja PANESE Bit A VERY NOT FATALISM OR Fanaticism. George Kennan, who won enduring fame by his exposure of the prisons and penal settlements of Holy Russia, writes in the Outlook In all branches of the Japanese military service the chief aim of officers and men seems to
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    Passengers -for the Straits.
    130 1 Per P. and O. steamer Manila, from London, Aug. 6. To Penang Miss K. Henry, Mr. J. J. Anthony, Mr. F. Sykes. Per P. and O. steamer Britannia connccing with the steamer Malta, at Colombo, from London, Aug. 19.—T0 Singapore Mr. aud Mrs. A. Reid, Mr.
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      115 1 Pknano, 2ni> September. (By courtesy m the Chartered llank.) TiOndon Demand Bank ...1/1] 4 months’ sight. Bank ...LI 3 Credit ..1/1 If 3 Documentary ...l/ll, 7 Calcutta. Demand Bank Its. 143 3 days’ sight Private 14*5 Bombay. Demand Bank 143 3 days’ sight Private 145 Madras, Demand Bank 143
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      SHARES
      188 1 BersawaliGold Mine Co., Ld. 5 14. —sellers Raub Australian Gold Alining Co., Ld 5 6.50 buyers Redjang Lebong Gold Mining Co., Ld $192.50 sales KadauaGold Alining Co„Ltd. (fully paid) 10.— noni. Bruseh Tin Alining Co., Ld. 4.25 buyers Chendariaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 10.— nom. Karaugau Tin Alining
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      PRODUCE.
      162 1 Tin 1 74.75 buhers Gold leaf 5 79. B. Pepper (W. Coast 31b5.50/..)$ 22£ buyers White Pepper 35 sellers Traug Pepper 27. —sellers Cloves (picked) oat of season Mace 86 —sales Mace Pickings 78. —sellers Nutmegs 1108 45.— sales. No. 1 6 60 nam 3ugar 2 no stock. Basket
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      122 1 Kistna, Br. s.s. 524, Addenbroke, 2nd Sept.., Singapore, 31st Aug., Gen., H. L. <t C<>. Viuar, Br. 88. 191, Nichol, Ist Sept., Port Swettenhani, 31st Aug., Gen.,— K. G. Co. Ho Kwki, I>r. s.s. 209, liusseli, 2nd Sept., Deli, Ist Sept., Gen., —H. L. it Co., Lanokat, Br. s.s.
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      DEPARTURES.
      52 1 2nd September. Tong Ghay Un, for Batu Bahru and Asahau. Petrel, for Langkat Paugkaluu Brauduu. Rotorua, for Tong kali. Avagyee, for Port Swettenhani it Singapore. Perak, for Port Swettenhani and Malacca. Pegu, for Edie, T. Semawe, Segli and Calypso, for Deli. Lady for Teluk A *****1. Nam Yoiuj, t
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      IN PORT.
      61 1 Kistna, Br. s.s. 524, Addonbrov. o U( Sept., Singapore, 31st Aug., Gen., H. L. Co. YTdar, Br. s.s. 191, Nichol, Ist Sept., Port. Swettenhani, 31st. Aug Gen., K. G. Co. Ho Kwbi, Br. s.s. 209, Russell. 2nd Sep., Deli, Ist Sept., Gen—H. L. Co. Langkat. Br. s.s. 149,
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      EXPECTED.
      54 1 Ve**eh From Atjent* Due Benlarig Singapore S.B.&Co. 5th Sept Nam Saug Singapore B.&Co. 5 th Manila Suez P.&O. 6th Hellas Hamburg B.M.&Co. Gtli Trieste Colombo S.K.&Co. 6th Lai Sang Calcutta B.&Co. 8th Baralong Singapore B.&Co. 8th lien venue London S.B.&Co. lath Benalder London S.B.&Co. lieu moh r London iS.B.&Co.
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      SAILINGS.
      54 1 Veteeln For Agent 1 Leave 8 Nam Sang [Calcutta B.&Co. Otli Sept Manila [Singapore IP.&O. Otli Hellas Hellas iB.M.&Co. Oth Trieste (Singapore IS.K.&Co. 6th Lai Sang Singapore B.&Co. 8th Baralong Colombo B.&Co. 9th Benlarig .Marseilles js. B.&Co. 0th Beuvenue Singapore S.B.&Co. 12th Benalder [Singapore S.B.&Co. Benmolir jSingapore S.B.&Co. Benvorlicli
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      MAILS CLOSE
      115 1 Fok Deli—Per Ho Kwei, to-iuoituw, 11 a.in. Batu Bahra and Asahau Per Hole Ckuan Un, 10-morrow, 1 p.m. Deli—Per Malaya, to-morrow, p.m. Singapore and Hongkong—Per (I. A pear, to-morrow. 2 p.m. Teluk An»ou Per Lutykat, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swetteuliam, Kuala Lumpur and Singapore—Per K iff it a
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      29 1 WEATHER Thk t'ollowiug report is kiudlv supplied by the Signal Director of Fort Cornwallis: l’lie rainfall duriut' the 24 hours ended At. 1» a. hi. to-day was U'4l inches.
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  • Obituary
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    28 1 Deaths. On 29th July, at Amsterdam. Holland, Theodoor Cornelia Bogaardt, late of Singapore, in liis 71st year. On Aug. 4th. at Regent's-park. London. F. H. Brunker, aged 63.
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    Commercial Advertising.
    2152 2 (From The Times.) Commercial advertising, greatly as it has been developed during the last -5 years, is, more than any other mercantile device, the subject of constant and widespread misconception Because a r B e sums o money have been, and are still being, lost through injudicious expenditure
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      12 2 OVERWORKED MEN FIND Htmnu' Hme au excellent tonic, lieuev/j, btreu-'th aim vigor.
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      526 2 Municipal Notice. THE Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, <lo hereby invite separate alternate tenders for t lie supply of Bullocks for Scavenging Carts for one year and for two years from the 1st day of c January 1905. Full particulars can lie obtained and specifications inspected at the Municipal
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      1828 2 Municipal Notice. rpHE Municipal Commissioners of George I Town, Penang, hereby invite separate tenders for the privilege of collecting fees for the sale of fresh fish at the following markets for one year from the 1st day of January, 1905:— 1. Chowrasta Market. 2. Prangin Market. Full particulars can l*:
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      1820 3 P. 0. f|Ql ii 9 IS. If. Co. Expected arrival and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. I s.s. Bengal connecting with S«*pt. Oct. I- 1 s.s. Malta do 29 s.B. Coromandel do 13 B.r. Simla do Homewards. 8.8. India 8.8. Britannia 8.8. Oceana 8.8. Macedonia Sept. Oct. 3 8.8. Coromandel do
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    The Straits Echo.
    75 4 J«tire satisfies everybody, and Jnsdce alone.— Kmnmn Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sands* ys.) AT THB CRITERION PRESS, Ld„ No. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY, MH)AI, pt per annum m OUTBTATIONB Postage Extra MAIL EDITION (Post Kree) 15 OAKLK ADDKKKS: Echo—Penang." Telephone No. 188.
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    The Battle of Liaoyang.
    636 4 In footnoting the war-wires published last Wednesday, giving General Sakharoff’s version of the magnificent spectacle presented by the retirement of his transport columns across the plains extending from the base of Anshantien to the city of Liaoyang, we ventured the opinion that it appeared prelty evident
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    Liaoyang.
    1137 4 A Bird's-eye View of the Town. M. Raymond Reconly, war correspondent of the Paris Tempg recently contributed the following impressions of Liaoyang, where the greatest battle of modern times is now raging, to his journal:— To travel at this moment from south to j north by the Traus-Mauchurian Railway
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    The Dollar Case.
    714 4 The case of Teh Cheok Sim, of Kota, Kedah, who, as reported in our last issue, 1 was arrested on landing in the Province with a bag of dollars (3592) and charged with bringing prohibited coins into the Colony, faced the music in a Bench Court, consisting
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    The English Turf.
    262 4 The St. Leger. Ajax ani> Gouvernant Scratched. Our well-informed Calcutta contemporary Tbe Asian came out. on the 27th instant with an ‘exclusive,’ dated London 26 Aug announcing that Monsieur Blanc lias scratched his candidates—Ajax and Gouveruan*/ —for the St. Leger (which will Ik; run oil the 7th
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    Tin.
    540 4 London, 12 Aug.—The market has lieeu sagging, with a decline of about £1 per ton g for the week, closing at ,£121 12s. fid. cash, e 122 September, and ,£122 5s. three months; not much business has been done, most of tlie operators being out of town. On the
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    Passengers.
    94 4 Wrrf-Per Bengal.” from Colombo. Mrs. I rotter. From London, Mr F II Hawkins, Miss N. K. Cooke. Pe L from Singapore, Mr. and Mrs. Coleman, Mr., Mrs. and Misses Aroogroo, Messrs. T. A. White and A r isher. P i; H Leh, Messrs de Jboree and Schuler. Per G.
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    THE WAR.
    521 5 Battle of Liaoyang. kuropatkin Reported Completely Defeated And Retreat to Mukden Cut Off. 1 (Echo Specials.) London, 2nd Sept. (5 15 a.) —The 1 Daily Chronicle and Daily Mail r correspondents wire from Tokio that General Kuroki has completely defeated Kuropatkin and occupied Liaoyang, while the Japanese forces
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Canada.
      125 5 (Supplied by Renter.) London, 2 Sept.—Earl Grey has been appointed Governor-General of Canada. [Albert. Henry George Grey, L.L.M., J.P., 4th Earl, Lord-Lieut. of Northumberland since 1899; Bt. 1746; Baron Grey, 18U1; Viscount Howick, 1806. [lst Earl Grey was a distinguished commanding officer in the first American War] Director of
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      The Tronoh Mines.
      63 5 August Output a Best on Record. Fetches Over 200,000 Dollars. I poll, 2 Sept.—The output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., for August was eveu better than I reported yesterday. It amounted to the splendid total of 5,360 piculs valued at $219,760. The previous best on record was
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    The Dardanelles Question.
    146 5 Constantinople, Aug. 9.—As a result of the interview on Sunday between Tewfik Pasha and M. Zinovieff, the Porte has agreed to accept Russia’s assurances as to the character of the vessels of the Volunteer Fleet which are to go through the Dardanelles on the understanding that these
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    To His Partner.
    175 5 At Bridge. [Who iay have the command in anything or nothing. Bid me to lead, and I will lead My hottest suit to thee. But, if thou’ld double, I will lead, And then a heart ’twill be. A heart as high, a heart as strong, The highest
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE “ RIGHT OF SEARCH” IN PENANG.
      192 5 THE RIGHT OF SEARCH” IN PENANG. Torus Editor of thx Straits Echo. Sib, —I would like to draw your attention to a nuisance practised upon the arrival of passengers by local steamers. The nuisance is this: That in place of the Marine Police coming on board to search the passengers
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    OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
    604 5 In be Db. Park’s Special Report. t i To The Editor of the Straits Echo. i Dear Sir, —I have read with great in- terest Dr. Park’s Special Report on this i subject, more especially that part of it which refers to our Milk Supply. That the
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    The Russian Raids.
    801 5 We cull the following items from a copy of Lloyd’s List aud Shipping Gazette (12 August) received by the Eugbs'i mail to-day The Knight Commander Affair. St. Petersburg, 7 Aug.—ln the ordinary course of Russiau procedure, an appeal against the decision given as regards the 1 Knight
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    The War and British Shipping.
    865 5 British Shipping Trade Seriously Affected. The Times learns on good authority that J whilst responsible British steamship com- j pauies Lave for some time past refused Continental cargoes for the Far East, and especially for Japan, which might have laid them open to the suspicion
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    STOP PRESS TELEGRAM.
    70 5 This space is reserved for the publication of news an n" K alter the day's news lias beifrum !><*-»■■ I. London, 2:ur Renter n>:n Mukden Japanese advancing from north-east'. Reuter from Liaoyang,» Kuropatkiu nightfall yesterday ordered retirement upon main works around city owing information Japanese preparing to
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      167 5 Commercial Advertising on page 2. NOTICE. I THE undersigned Joseph Smith of Perak Road, Penang, publicly acknowledge that the statements made in letters written bv me to The Societe de Anonyme ,le Alina Estate, Paris, and particularly m my letter of the 22nd August 1903 in relation to Messrs Leopold
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      64 5 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow Amoy. THE Company’s Steamship Waihora, Captaiu W. Brown, will be despatched as above, on Saturday, the 3rd September, at 3 p in. For Freight or Passage, apply to KOE GUAN Co., Agent*. 30-8-04 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes
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      64 5 1 FAIRBANKS SCALES. Mo A Co.. Ltd WANTED. BILL COLLECTOR. Security, $10,000. Apply KENNEDY Co., Downing Street. 1-0-04 *>11 EYE-SiaHT. Mr N. LAZARUS may be consulted for Spectacles AT Kuala Lumpur (Rest House) Sep. 1st to 4th. I poll (Rest House) Sept. 5th and 6th. Taiping (Rest House) 7th and
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      32 5 E r ECTRO-PL ATE DWA RE. Me A LISTER Sr Co.. Ltd. TO LET. PREMISES No. 15, York Road. For particulars apply to A. F. HOGAN, X, Logan Buildings, Penang. 538 3-8-U4
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      499 5 To-day’s Advertisements SAILING this «late the s s. Aemjyer will leave Penan»; for Port Swetlenhani every Friday at 3 p.m.,arriving Port Swet tenham about 10 a.hi. on Saturday and leaving that port for Singapore the same «‘veiling after the arrival of the last train from Kuala Lumpur. KOE GUAN Co.,
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      1992 6 CHOOCHUAN KEOK& Co. Ship Chandlers, 23, Beach Street. (Established 1896.) HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LARGE SHIPMENT OF A VARIETY OF GOODS INCLUDING Sheehan’s Patent Kilt er AND Refrigerator Combined. Latest Charts of Penang Harbour, Bay of Bengal, Snmatra, and China Sea. Graham Co.. Ld., Rule Field’s Patent Parallel AND Ebony
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      779 7 siA!m r it FOR PRICKS APPLY TO MARTYN 00. 72c Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, BEACH STREET. IMPORTERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTIONS OF IRONMONGERY, Which are on Sale at specially advantageous rim. w, #ls(Y i%k 12-10-03 FOR SALE. Elephant Brand Kerosene Oil w HICH has passed the Government test showing the
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      1440 8 We Give Sound Value for Cash. WnmWAT. LA1HLAW h Co., PENAHI) JLTLIS ITOW SBOWISTG J. BEFLSTE IwA-lTGIE OS' APENTA The best Natural Aperient Water. Bilious, Dyspeptic, Gouty, Constipated and Obese People Boys Sailors: Suits 0 IN NAVV SERGE OR WHITE DRILL. Boys’ Navy Sailors Suits Boys’ Navy Cloth Caps Like
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