Straits Echo, 27 September 1904

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    Masthead
    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, TUESDAY, 27th SEPTEMBER, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents, No. 220.
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    HIGH WATER.
    42 1 \\'(S*k' «11*1 ill" Monday, Sept. 3, 1904. A.fit. P.M. Tuesday, -“tli 2. 225 Wednesday, 28th... 250 2.15 Thursday," 20th 840 450 j- iida\ t ;{otli 4.20 4.55 Sal ur< lav, Ist 5.20 5.45 Si,inlay2u«l ♦>-10 6.25 Monday, 3rd 7. 7.25
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    FIXTURES.
    25 1 To*i»at. |Ht|i |>,iv, hili Moon. X«i»u Baud, Golf Club, 5-30 |).m. To-morrow. loth Day, hi Ii Moon. T<nvn IL IIII I. Esplanade, 5-30 p.in.
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    THE MOON.
    25 1 Last Quarter Oct. 2nd, 2.40 am. X**w Moon 9th, 11.45 a.m. I’Ust Quarter... 16tli, 4.47 am. O Full Moon 24tli, 4 8 p.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    51 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. >1 IWAKI» IIo.MKWAiaiS. iDiimml'l 'ill Scpf N l‘ia l Oct hi Id I-t Oct lie.i /ill /•> ti I xira Service. OUTW AIM'». i 1 0.11 NWAKin. lliHca i Or/ For mom S Oct Vcijlhh IS Ju i'll u 22 1 oi pui ticuiars See
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    War Items.
    1540 1 A Certain Place.” Occasions frequently arose when it was necessary, in the course of Japanese official despatches, to refer to the advanced naval base, but instead of mentioning names the authorities invented the sublimely vague phrase certain place.” So familiar lias the terms become throughout the land, remarks
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  • Money Market.
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      EXCHANGE.
      128 1 Pknano, 27th Skptkmkkk. j (By courtesy nj the Chartered Hank.) London Demand Bank ...1/10}£ 4 months’sight Bank ...1 11, 3 3 Credit ...1/1 If 3 Documentary ...1/11 T 7 9 I Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 143 3 days’ sight Private 145 Boinbav, Demand Bank 143 3 days’ sight Private
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      SHARES
      192 1 Bersawah Gold M iue Co.. LI. I 15. tellers Kauh Australian Gold .Mining Co.. LI t 6. sellers Kedjang l<elM»ng Gold Mining C«*., Lll $192.50 sales KadauaGold Mining!,\»,,l,td. (fully |«iid) lo.— Htnn. Bruseli Tin Mining LI. I 350 sellers Cheudai iang Hydnitiiic Tin Miuiug Co., I.d I«X ho a*.
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      PRODUCE.
      171 1 Tin J 77.Gold leaf 79. B. Pepper W. Coast 311»5.50/..)$ 24. —buyers While Pepper 5 36. —tellers Truug Pepper out of seasou Cloves (picketl) out of season Mace 90 —sellers Mace Pickings 81. —sales Nutmegs 1108 51. —sales C No. 1 6 60 nam 3ugar < 2 uo stock.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      43 1 Cornelia, Br.h b.rj4, Marris, 27th Sept, JL>eli, 26th Sept., Gen., —K. G (Jo. Lanokat, Br. s.s. 149, Liddell, 27th Sept.. Teluk Anson, 26th Sept., Gen., Iv. G. Go. Amberton, Br. s.s. 4,526, Williams, 27th Sept., Manila, 15th Sept., Nil. 11. C. S.
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      DEPARTURES.
      54 1 27th September. Ho Kicei, for Deli, Phlo Bimau, for Port Swetteuhain, Port Dickson and Malacca, Un Peng, for Perl is and Setul. Chan Tai, for Perlis an«l Setul. Pin Seng, for Port Swetteuham, lvuala Lumpur and Singapore. Maha Vajirunkie, for Edie, T. Semawc, Segli, Olehleh and Pulo Well. Lady
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      IN PORT.
      30 1 Cornelia, Br. s.s. 194. Marris, 27th Sept Deli, 26th Sept... Gen.,- IC. G. ('<*. Lanokat, Br. s.s. 149, Liddell, 27th Sept Teluk Anson, 26th Sept., Gen., K. G. Co.
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      EXPECTED.
      64 1 <»>»# I .-1 (/•*«/> bur Tarubii Ilaugi >on iii.ri.Atv •281 li Sept Mam You<» Kan goo u K.ti.Co. 2«th vau Outhoorn Siuguoore i H.L.XLV. 21Hb Light ninjr Calcutta A. A. A .Co. :>OMi J. Nicoll Moiiltiiein F1.Ij.A0o. oULii Uoiiir Moli Si u/-a pore Il l* (Jo. oOtli Bella Kler
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      SAILINGS.
      48 1 Mi 1 ■/fill* Nil!ii Youg V.lll Rangoon Iv.ti.Uo. 29th Sept (hithoorn Pulo WeL H L.itOo, 29th Lightning Singapore. A.A.A.Co. i lieiialJer Singapore S.I».*tCo. i 1st (At. Taroba Singapore H.L.&Co. 1st J, Nieoll Mouhnein H.LA(Jo. 1st Beuinohr Singapore iS.B.&Co. Beuvoriicli Marseilles S.B.&Co. 2ml Hong Moli Singapore H.C.(Jo. •Ird
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      MAILS CLOSE
      30 1 For Teluk Ausou —Per Langkat, to-morrow» 2 p.ui. Port iSuettenhaui —Per Mary Austin. to-morrow, 2 p.in. Deli—Per Cornelia, 29th instant, noon Langkat—Per Jin Hit, 29th instant, 2 p.m
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      122 1 A. E. SKEELS. t^ 0 WHISKIES. Penang Confectionery. No. 22a. Lkith Strkbt, PEN AN a. Public ol Penang are hereby in--1 termed that the alvovc Establishment lia> been opened and solicit the patronage ot his customers. All orders for Cakes, Ico Cream, Ac., will be promptly attended to. Ll-04 G
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      21 1 FOR THE COUGH OF INFLUENZA Stearns’ Wine is the reliable prompt remedy. It soothes and heals the air passages. Sit'uttus Winn.
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      145 1 NOTICE THE usual uiouthly sale of Pawnbrokers Forfeited Pledges for sums exceeding $lO will I** held ut No. 42, Beach Street, at 11 o’clock a.ui. punctually, on Thursday and Friday the Htli and 7tli proximo respectively. The Pledges may be viewed at the Sale Room on the 4th and sth
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      191 1 A. E SKEELS. f ■s, LAGER BEER. THE LONDON OIRECTORV, /CONTAINING over 2,000 pages of condensed commercial matter, enables enterprising traders throughout the Empire to keep in close touch with the trade of the Motherland. Besides being a complete commercial guide to Loudon and its Suburbs, the London Directory contains
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  • Page 1 Miscellaneous
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      31 1 WEATHER 1 hk following report is kimilv supplied In l hr* .Signal DirtHMor »»f Kt*ri Corn wailm: 1 lie rainfall dimin' ili« 1M- hours ended it !t n.m. to-day was nil.
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    Fire Prevention.
    492 2 Val.uk of Übalitk. While it is a fact admitted by those who have much experience with big blazes that there is no such thing as a fire-proof material yet invented, yet modern progress has brought to the front many ideas for producing the only substitute, that is a
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    Gold.
    472 2 Gheat “Find” in Japan. The announcement from Tokio that the newly-discovered goldfields at Iwate are so rich in ore that the Government has reserved t lie fields, is expected to strengthen the tone of Japanese bonds, writes a correspondent of the L. and C. Express. Mr. Arakawa, the Japanese
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      7 2 i! 5U l;N Wl N >>i t.-ni,-„„,1
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      2646 2 ICE! ICE!! Favoured with instructions from Directors of the the Tandjong Pinang Ice Co., Ltd., E beg to inform the Public of Penang that we have been appointed Agents of the above Company, and ICE can be obtained at our Office Store No. 17, Market Lane, between the hours of
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      1659 3 !H IS. N. Co. Kxj>ecte<l arrival and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. 29 s.s. Coromandel connecting 1 with Oceami Oct. «.s. Simla d<v- 27 s.s. Chu*an do/ Nov. 10 s.s. Nubia dy Homewards. 8.8, 8.8. Macedonia 8.8. China 8.8. Moldavia Oct. Nov, 1 8.8. Nubia do s.s. Himalaya 15 8.8. Bengal
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    The Straits Echo.
    86 4 Justice satisfies everybody, and justice alone. —Emerson Established Jnne Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) AT TBS CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 226-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE 4 DAILY, LOCAL til per annum OL'TSTATIONS Postage Extra MAIL KDITION (Post Pree) 15 CAULK ADDKKKK: E c h o—P e
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    The Rent Question in the Federated States.
    759 4 Last Thursday we drew attention to one phase of the much-vexed rent question in the Federated States, pointing out how keenly the deduction of rent fees from their meagre salaries is felt by the lower ranks of the Service, who find it very
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    Commercial Warfare.
    698 4 The effort of the German Government to purchase the Hibernia Colliery against the wish of a large propor" tion of the shareholders points to an interesting state of things (says the Cardiff Journal of Commerce) and must we think, be viewed in connection with other events now passing
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    The Monarch of Yap.
    1215 4 On old frieud of Kiug O’Keefe called at our office to-day to say that lie was much interested iu the sketch of the exciting career of the deceased monarch as published bv us yesterday, and iu course of conversation handed us a couple of letters received
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    Siamese Coming to Penang.
    671 4 The Free Press is our authority for stat- iug that His Excellency Phya Chaknipanee. 1 under Secretary of State for the Ministry of 1 1 Justice, Bangkok, Phra Charanya, Chief Magistrate of the Borispah Court, Bangkok, B Baron Ratsanitisatr, Magistrate of the j Civil Court, Bangkok,
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    The War.
    422 5 {Supplied by Reuter London, 2d Sepfc.—General Kuropatkin reports under date of the 2kb instant that the situation is unchanged and that the health of the troops is good. Reuter’s Cliefoo correspondent wires that a steamer which arrived there from Dalny reports that heavy lighting was resumed at Port
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Railway Accident.
      29 5 34 Killed and 120 Injured. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 26 Sept.—A collision occurred between two passenger ftuns at Newmarket in Tennessee, itty-four were killed and 120 injured.
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      Irish Affairs.
      105 5 A New Home Rule Scheme. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 27 Sept.—The Irish ie 0,1118 Association, a new league wauposed of the leading Irish luonists of which Earl Dunraven I( *sident and which aims at «'eater self-government, has draft- < <i scheme amounting to administ,ve H ?*ne Hide and
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      Australia.
      53 5 The Colour Line Act. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 26 Sept.—The Daily Mail’s Sydney correspondent reports that the Australian Government has decided to relax the Aliens Restriction Act in favour of Japanese merchants, students anc tourists; but those who are desirous of ataying in Australia more than a year will
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      Corea.
      38 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 26 Sept.—Mr. Stevens, Councillor to the Japanese Legation at Washington, who has been appointed adviser to the Corean Foreign Office, leaves Washington to-day for Corea. He had audience of President Roosevelt last Saturday.
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    Tanjong Pagar Dock Co.
    697 5 The half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Co., was held at the general office of the Company at Tanjong Pagar on Thursday last. Among those present were the Hon. W. P. Waddell, chairman, Messrs J. E. Romeuij, Paul Haffter, D. K. Somerville.
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    Manchuria.
    2083 5 Haicheng, Liaoyang and Mukden. Some idea of the country traversed bv Kuropatkin’s army in its retreat to Mukden and the difficulties with which the Japanese advance on that famous city is beset is obT tainable from Mr. Alexander Hosie’s interest3 jug work on Manchuria. Mr. Hosie was in charge
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE MUSLIM TRUSTS.
      754 5 To THE tlil lOR OF THE Sri!AITS LCUO. JJkak Sib, Iu tbeir report on the Muslim Trusts, tl»e Commission of Inquiry recommended the Government to take over the Muslim Trusts and Endowments and suggested that a board should be appointed to supervise them. The Muslim community of
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    Not Taking Any Just Now.
    269 5 Following appears iu a recent issue e the Referee:— My dear Sir, Your pleasant prophecy That I should one day leave Lhasa For a trip to London Is not likely To be fulfilled. I should very much like to conic, But lieiug a foreigner I
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      724 6 apenta The best Natural Aperient Water. Bilious, Dyspeptic, Gouty, Constipated and Obese People Should always use APENTA Of »11 Chemists »n<* Druggists. HUTTENBACH Bros. Co., Sole Agents. MAJNO’S PURE MILK, Sterilized. Absolutely free from germs of disease and fermentation. The only reliable Milk for Children and Invalids. To be obtained
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      1553 7 TEOH JOO MENG, Chop SOON YANG. Tklki’HONK No. 321 HAVING JUST RECEIVED A Portable Improved Wheel Rubbering Machine IS now prepared to undertake promptly repairs of old rubber-tyred wheels w |,j c li are guaranteed to give satisfaction. A'os. 178, 180 182 Penang Road, PENANG. Established 1875. DAVID BROWN Co.,
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    MRKET PRICES.
    166 8 PeNANG, 27TH SEPTEMBER, pHyp Description. Beep— f g«p t*"** 7* Steaks Stew or Curry Meat (llump Steak 0i Jougue Feet Heart Liver per catt y j] Fork Pork Pig’» Head Feet m >x Tongue “V? 10 per lb. Iieiwl each r.ri Jreet T ripe Liver ff Buffalo k
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      1058 8 New Goods! New Styles! New Stocks! WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW l Go., PENANG SATE «TTTST RECEIVED BY s.s. PERU. NEW SOT OF MEETS STRAW MIS. UNDERMENTIONED ARE A FEW SPECIAL ITEMS. Girls Fancy White Hustle Straws —Girls White Rustic Hats, Fancy Crinkled lirim Trimmed with Ribbon, etc. Price $1,65 each, An exceedingly
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      172 8 CHIN JOO Co., 158, Beach Street. General Storekeepers, Provisioned and Commission Agents. STOCK ALWAYS JON HAND ok Every Description ok Highclass European Goods, Provisions, Wines, Spirits, and other Liquors of the Best Brands. Hair lveuewer, au unequalled tonic lot producing and restoring hair. Best Tavoy Cigars. Crushed Pood, etc. Every
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