Straits Echo, 29 September 1904

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    44 1 Straits Echo daily CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATFS AAin THE C c 1 cUbKAI tu MALAY STATES, AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 2. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, THURSDAY, 29th SEPTEMBER, 1904. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 222.
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    Domestic Occurrences.
    37 1 Births. On -4th Sept., at Singapore, the wife of M. 1. Paps, of a (laughter. Os ltith Sept., on board the s. s. Malaya, in mid-ocean, the wife of C. E. Weatherly, of a «laut'liter.
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    HIGH WATER.
    39 1 P..i Week ending Wednesday, Sept. 5, 1904. am. p.m. Tlmrsdav. 29th 3.40 450 Fridav. 30th 4.30 4.55 Saturday, Ist 5.20 5.45 Sunday, 2nd 6.10 6.25 Monday, 3rd 7. 7.25 Tuesday, 4th 7.50 8.15 Wednesday, sth 8.40 9.05
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    FIXTURES.
    24 1 To*i»ay. ‘M), Day, Bth Moon. Town Baud, Golf Club, 5-30 p.m. To-morrow. 21 st Day, Hi h Mood. Town Hand, Esplanade, 5-30 p.m.
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    THE MOON.
    27 1 Last Quarter Oct. 2nd, 3. 44» am. 0 Nf>v Muon 9lh, 11.45 a.m. Find Quarter 16lli, 4.47 AM. 0 Full M<m.»u 24tli, 4 8 h.m.
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    P & O. SAILINGS.
    43 1 P O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Our« Ho.mkwarhs. t 'vromanM 29 Sept Knina l Oct Kiwi" Vi Oct liewjal V» lixtra Service. OUTIVAKIIV. UoJI*: WARMS. lin uca 4 Oct For mom 8 Oct Ceylo* IS j Japan 22 4sT Fui particulars See Page 3.
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    War Items.
    1685 1 Thk Sortie From Port Arthur. The impression prevails in some qtmrters at Tokio, writes J. Gordon Smith, the War Correspondent of the t oimng Post, from Tokio, under date .i U J V I ?T and itis > 1 understand, also the belief of the Minister of Marine—that
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 1 Pbnano, 29th Sei'Tembkr. //iff courtesy of the Chartered Hank.) Dondou Demand Rank ...1/10'* 4 months’ sight, Bank 1/11 >» 3 Credit ...1/1 If >» 3 Documentary ...1 /Up, Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 143 3 days’ sight Private 145 Bombay, Demand Bank J 43 3 days’ sight, Private 145 Madras,
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    SHARES
    196 1 Bertuiwuiiljol.i MiiicO. 1,4. 15— gel/erg Rauh AuKimlinii <].>M Mm. inf? Co., 1,4 (j. tellers Re4j;mg f<eiM»itg Minin- Co., I.<1. S1!>J.5(1 sales Ka4iuuiGol4 Minin*;C*», t |,i.]. (fnilv paid) 5 10.— nniii llnmeii Tin Mining Co.. 1,4. :> 50 sellers OlieinWia-ns? Hydraulic TiltAiming Co., TVl ]<).- noin. Kanuigan 'J'iu Aiming Co.
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    PRODUCE.
    170 1 I»u 5 77. Gold leaf 79. B. Pepper (VV. Coast. Slbs.soz.)s 24 .—buyers White Pepper 36.— teller» Trang Pepper out of season Cloves (picked) out of season Mace 90 —seller» Mace Pickings 81.— sale» Nutmegs 11 Os 51.— gales No. 1 0 00 nam Sugar j 2 no stock.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      117 1 Pkkak, Br. s.s. 297, Bucliacuiu, 28th Sept., Swettenbam, 27th Sept., Gen. lv. Ij. C'u, Malaya, Ger. sk, 348, Block, 23th Sept, I>eli, 28th Sept,, Gen.,— B. M. Co PetchabUlii, Gel’. 8.8. 1 ,G7G, Hillman, 28th Sept., Amoy, 15th Sept,, Geu ,—B. M A Co. Van Outhoorn, Out.. 8.8. 827,
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      DEPARTURES.
      34 1 29th September. Cornelia, for Oeli. Petrel, for Langkat A Pangkalan Brundau Jin JIo, for Laugkat. Canton, for Pangkor and Teltik Anson. ran (hithoorn, for Pnloweh, Olclileh and Padang. Coromandel, for Singapore and China.
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      IN PORT.
      58 1 Perak, Br. s.s. 297, Buchanan, 28th Sept.,, Port Swettenham, 27th Sept., Geu..— K. G. Co. Malaya, Ger. s.s. 348, Block, 29th Sept., Deb, 28th Sept., Gen ,—B. M. A Co. Avauybe, Br. s.s. 247, Heid, 29th Sept Singapore, 27th Sep., Gen.,—K. G. Co. Pegu. Br. s.s. 294. Conway,
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      EXPECTED.
      58 1 i. low 1 ItH-i Light ning Calc ui t.a A. A. A.Co. aotli Sept J. Nicoll Moulniein H.L.&Co. 30th Hong Moll Singapore H.C.Co. 30th Benvoirlich Singapore S.B.&Co. 30th lieu alder tiondou S.B.&Co. 1 st Oct. Bemnohr London S.B.&Co. Slavonia Colombo B.M.&Co. 3rd Bauca Suez P,&0. 1 4-th I*. Alice
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      SAILINGS.
      64 1 r ’essel* 1 For 1 I Ayent Leaves V- -i 417,000) lJenvoirlicli Alarse’FiCK in A mstkkoam. 1 mil'll til iii*v Benalder S n b Agency in Batavia. Sin Taro bst J, Nicoll Beuinohr Hong Moh Singapore, Sliaugliai, Kan* Moi’ (Beli), Samarang, Souragin CWibon, 'legal, Pecalongau rale,.,bang, Olelilel. Slavonia Singapore
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      MAILS CLOSE
      99 1 For Batu Balini and Asahan—Per Hole Chuau Uu, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Malacca —Per Perak, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Avayyce to-morrow, 2 p.m. l>eli—Per Hebe, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Lady Weld, tomorrow, 3 p.m. Batu Bahra A Asahan—Per It. Halewyu, to-morrow, 1
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      PASSENGERS.
      21 1 Inward —Per Malaya” from Deli, Messrs Wetzel and Saxione. Per Avagyee,” from Singapore, Messrs. F. W and H. W. Crane.
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    French Indo-China.
    2555 2 By Mk. Allkyne Ireland, Author of “Tropical Colonization,” Etc. Fifteen vb&i'h ago the evil condition of French Indo-China was the favourite theme of every French writer who found himself out of sympathy with the growing colonial ambitions of France. Even those who advocated a policy of French expansion
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    The Straits Echo.
    74 4 Jngtice satisfies everybody, and justice alone.—Emerson Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.l ST TUI CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 22G-232, Beach Street, Penang. PRIOR: DAILY, LOCAL fit per amnnii OUTSTATIONS Postage Kxtra MAII, KDITION (Poet Free) 15 CAULK Al*l)llKtSS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 188. Editor, Ohksnkt Duncan.
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    The Japanese Censorship.
    1653 4 [London. 12th Sept.—The Daily Telegraph severely criticises the restrictions imposed by the Japanese on war correspondents and military attaches, which it characterises as a profound political error. It declares that the sincere sympathy of the West is not encouraged by such superfluous evidence of distrust.— Reuter. London.
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  • Current Topics.
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      The Revenue Farms.
      351 4 We learn from our Singapore exchanges that since His Excellency the Governor ex- plained to the members of the Legislative Council his reasons for cutting the revenue derivable from the Opium and Spirit Farms some three millions of dollars, great changes have been made in the personnel
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      The Morphine Bill.
      510 4 It seems probable Unit some difficulty will be experienced in passing the Morphine Kill. A correspondent of the Straits Times writes oyer the noin-de-plume “Al- pha on the 2?th jnstaut, protesting Ut topside,«able length against the jpeasuye. He contends that the Chinese dispensaries contain many compositions of
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    The Chartered Bank
    88 4 Larger Dividend for Last Half-year. We are indebted to the courtesy of Mr. J. Armstrong, Manager of the local branch of tlie Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China, for information to the effect that he received .a telegram from his Head Office this morning, stating that
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    Piracy in Penang.
    114 4 A Chinese boatman was charged vesterday lief ore Mr. Bryant by a marine police constable with failing to exhibit lights on his tongkang about 4 a.m. on the 27th. Defendant pleaded that his tongkang had l>een frequently robbed by pirates and oil the night in question, seeing
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    Opium Smuggling.
    441 4 Perak, Smuqoeek Cacout at i PRAI. 1 Auout 5-30 p.m. on the 27th instant i excise officers Nos. 49 and 10 arrested Teo Yew Chee at Pnii as lie was alighting from the last train from Taipiug. He had a cash-box in bis hand and was taken to
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    The War.
    271 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20 Sept.—General Kuropafckin reports that numerous skirmishes have taken place along the Russian front, the Japanese confining themselves to outpost attacks, all of which have been repulsed. Reconnaissances have established that the main Japanese forces are still advancing along the Yeiitai railway, where the
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    Tibetan Affairs.
    74 5 (Supplied by Renter London, 28 Sept.—Renter’s Agent at St. Petersburg telegraphs that it is understood in the Russian capital that M. Benekendorff, the Russian Ambassador at the Court of St. James, has made friendly representations to the British Government regarding the alleged discrepancy in the draft of the
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    Singapore News.
    215 5 Arrival of Governor-General of Netherlands Indies. (Echo Special.) Singapore, 29 Sept.—General '•ui lleutsz, Governor-General of ctherlands Indies, was a pas nger by the Netherlands mail steamer Oranje, but did not land H te on account of the plague quarantine regulations in force in the "tcli Indies. The festivities
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    Agriculture.
    456 5 Appointment of Director of Agriculture F. M. S. The limes of Ceylon announces, authoritatively, that Mr. J. B. Carruthers has refused the Indian appointment of Biological Botanist at Pusa offered to him, and has accepted the post in Malaya of Director of Agriculture and Government Botanist. The place carries
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    Death of Mr. Heang Tuck.
    408 5 We greatly regret to record the fact that private wires received here this morning from Teluk Ansou report the death of Mr. Heang Tuck, Manager of the Opium Farm at that port. We gather from these messages that Mr. Heang Tuck passed away last night,
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE MAINTENANCE CASE.
      857 5 5 Defendant Threatened by Magistrate. F at i To tde Editor of tub Straits Etna. Sir, —I shall be obliged if you «fill grant > space for a complaint respecting the treati ment meted out to me to-day by Mr. Herel ford, third magistrate, who threatened me
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    Attaches Missing.
    842 5 5 Reward Offered for News of ij Port Arthur Refugees. The German Commander Gilgenlieimb aud the French naval attache with a European servant left Port Arthur on the seventeenth last in a junk with the intention to land at Shauhaikuan. Since then there has been no news of
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    Hongkong.
    445 5 On thy 1 -)tli instant His Ex» the Govuroor of Hongkong presetted the Colony’s Buda get for 1905 to the ififeUi tiers of the Leoi s Council. Ihe estimate of revenue e shows an increase of over half a million i aggregating $7,198,611. In this connection the Telegraph points
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    The Water Supply.
    505 5 The Rider-main System. The estimates include a sum of $30,052 for the following items on account of the introduction of the Rider-main system of supply instead of meters, which have been condemned: A sum of 830,052. for the following items on account of the rider main work,
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