Straits Echo, 14 February 1906

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    37 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICI.I 01 EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT Till: STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND THE EAR EAST GENERALLY. YOE 4. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 14ih F. BRU YKY, 1906, Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 34.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
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      1338 1 Corkscrew Brand. 7 he Best Beer on the Market. rQ Light, Sp.irkling and Refreshing. SOLD BY ALL LEADING SHOPS BANKS Chartered Bank of India, Hongkong Shanghai Australia and China. Banking Corporafcion INCORPORATED l!V IM)YAL oh Aim: i.\ Paid- u p-Oa pi ta i. Reserve Fund—$10,000.«“ 0 Capital Paul up Reserve
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      14 1 SOLE AGENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT 3 pi o Sx 3iv s«ssva TiaMC LEE A Civ.
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    Spiritualism.
    163 2 “It there is nothing 1400*1 in .'Spiritual-! 1 ism,’ saiil a widower to the late Bouguereau, the great French painter, “win is il so pop. ular Y Why is it so popular? I'll tell yon,” j said Bouguereau.” A l’rieutl of mine lost Ins wife two vears ago. Last
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    Ministers' Recreation.
    740 2 Ministers Recreation. Sir Eduard Grev, the Foreign Seciviaiy* was oulv the other day amateur champion at tenuis and it would take a very good j l man to beat him at the English game now. (*t recent years Sir Edward has spent more of Ins leisure time iu angling than
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      1665 2 POLISHES 5 CLEANS AND a; ihe c For use on H use Kitchen Utensils. REMOVE i Ft US I, URT. rnc, SPOTS. *'MAKES TIN i.KE Sl’-AER, COPPER LIKE GOLD. MAKES HOh. BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL. A I gj? r wV*' fc-'fl TRADE MARK WP) >. r- ;i r«8 JT NOTICE. Partnership
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      67 3 I'ook Sa*u, Ur. > s 1,|187, Siuv«r. 1 Itli Feb., Singapore, I2rii Feb Gen. B. JL Co. Van Oitihoobn. Dm !t. r >;t. Pot.j*w<l, U>tl» Fob., Singapore. ItHh Feb, Gen., —H. 1 4 «V Co. Si fcviA, Ger. «.s 2 !»♦>:•{. Knailel, I‘itli Feb., Hamburg. 4» li Jan.. Gen.,
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      DEPARTURES
      45 3 bbli Februai v M‘ir/j A for Fort Swettciiliaiii. lan ifa'f Parra, for |_H*li. Ijaiiy/;al. for I'eiiik Anson ffaltwifu, for I ’anchor. Plijukj brayoH. for I’ort Weld au<l l'uiping. Fool; Sony, for Calcutta. A. Aftrar. for Singapore and Hongkong. Van Oulliman. for Olelileh and Padaug.
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    EXPECTED.
    60 3 1 ft h i Dv* ii. A pear Sintra fKitv < oil Mil 1 > A A Co. 15th Fel* Delta A LA Co. 15th A iea«lia Sintra pure O A Co 17»h leueui n Loudon 11 A Co. 18th 1 vi* Main Sintra pu tv 1» iU ‘o
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    SAILINGS.
    48 3 1 Singapore V.liAOo. 15th Ffeb U. A pea I Cillcllttil A As A. Co. 16th A i ciuliit Colombo A C A Co. 17th SiuiTu}H>ip It ACV 18th iv«* Mum C<>'«nitlK» B A Co. 20th Sci«-<>t r,i f")il»i::i po‘ i vV V- o. Ml til lifUcIt’UcIl B.S.Co.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    127 3 I OH Singapore, China and Jispan Pei Deltas to-morrow, ft am. Ueli Per .1 rnyi/rc, to-nnirrow, 1 pm. Pangkalaii Ibandau Per Ponitliu, tomorrow I p in. i ;»ng Per b'lt. to iiion'ow. I p.*n ii ingooti Pei >olrnnil' to morrow, tt p in. Calcutta r <* ,-l f
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      1032 3 (SHIPPI KO.) ns. ii. Co. tfrytcted Arrival* ami Departure*. Mail Service. Outwards. TAKBS KY MAH. STB AM HliS. let Cl»m> Bnd Clhm l'„ |#uduu by Sea A 560 £4O 'fo Marseilles or (Gibraltar £56 £3B extra steamers Intermediate Service. OUT W A ltl>£. in_„. Socotra 2D Feb. Homewards (Jb.h. Poona
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      116 3 Fur Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and *moy. f •>. Wat horn, Captain VV. Brown, JL will leave for the above ports, on Frhlav, the 16th 105 t.., at o pan. For freight or passage apply to KOF OUAN (Jo., Owner*. 12 2 ot> !>7 NIPPON YUSEN KAISHA. THE usual fortnightly sailing
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    The Straits Echo
    116 4 Justio«s wiU«fi«*evorybo.iy I»nd justice alou«.—K>n«rBoH Established June Ist, 1903 Published'daily (except Sundays.' AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 2*2(5—*23*2, Beach Street. Penan z. PRICE DAILY LOCAL It* iper anniiw OOTBTATIONB PostaKe kxtr*. MAH. EDITION (Poet Free* 115 CAULK ADDRESS: Echo —Penang.” TelepllOUC No. 18* Edltor-ih-CUi*f /HKaNKY DUNCAN
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    The Famine Fund.
    336 4 Wk lmve the best authority for stulinjr that, so far, Pen&ug has responde.l in true British style to the Hon’ble J. K. Birch’s appeal for assistance for the inhabitants of the famine-stricken northern provinces of Japan. Up to about noon to-day upwards of $3,500 doilai:» had been
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  • Current Topics.
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      A Useful Circular.
      138 4 Ouk Ipoh contemporary asserts that a circular lias been issued by the Resident to all Magistrates in Perak urging them to be more expeditious in dealing with the cases brought before them, forbidding them to appear on the bench iu a khaki suit, and forbidding their cognizance
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      British and German Shipbuilding Rivalries.
      226 4 Ik we are to believe all that we hear just now from political rplatforhis we should resign ourselves to our fate and shut up oiir shipyards, »a vs the Shipping World. The German shipbuilder, we are told, is earl y in»* all before him and
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      The Cabinet.
      311 4 The average age of the members of Sir Henry Campliel 1-Ban ner- man’s Cabinet is fifty-seven, so that the )oung men in a hurry, who form so large a part of the Radical party, have not had the good fortune or the audacity to press forward into the
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      Misleading Trade Returns.
      400 4 Tifus Da gonet iu the tteferee oil 14tli ultimo :—The Board of Trade Returns are mis- leading. They are not a true guide to the business Great Britain is doing. Millions ot‘ pounds figure in them of which not one farthing goes into a Briton's pocket. If
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    States News.
    752 4 Chap Goh Mkh. {From OnH Own Correg,, o,ule 0 ,ule Kuala’ Lumpur was ea 0„ night, the 10t.li instant, tiie occasion? the celebration hy the local Chinese festival of Chap Gob Meh.” r t( night of the first moon. A rickshap.,? i started at 8 30 p in.
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      366 4 PRITCHARD St CO. Manila Cigars. Brand: Aquila del Mundo asii price. Loiidres 100 $2 43 Cogchas 100 2 43 Brand: o -J -J SINGAPORE O z < 0 < OS O w 35 La Commercial. Cash price. Lu CL •:> 4» THE LEADING HOTELS IN THE STRAITS AND BURMA. x
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      61 4 Be Quick. Not a minute should be lost when a child shows symptoms of croup. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears, will prevent the attack. It never fails, and is pleasant and safe to take. George Town Dispensary,
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      11 4 For ail iuterual complaiuta take Wood» Great Popperniiut Cure. SO ceuts.
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      14 4 For Malarial Fever troubles and PP? tery take Woods’ Great Pepiorimut L 80 ceiils.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      POLITICS.
      146 5 TUE UNIONIST PARTY. Mr. Balfour to be Leader. {Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon. li4tli Pel).—Mr. Balfour was a guest at a banquet given vestenlay evening in liouour of tlih new Members for tin* City and reiterate*! lii*> retaliation policy, for the execution of wiucii, lie said, a general tariff was
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      Morocco.
      38 5 The Tension Relaxing {Su/plied by Reuter.) London, 18th Feb.—The interchange of Franco-German semi-official recriminations continued yesterday, but a telegram seut from Algeciras at midnight says that a real improvement is manifest and that the uneasiness lias disappeared.
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      United States.
      86 5 The “Yellow Peril” Bogey. (Supplied by Reuter London, 13th Feb. —The United States Congress is dis-ussjug a Bil( to exclude alien fishermen from Alaska. The Bill is aimed at checking fishiug Ijv Japanese in Alaskan w^ter». TiOpdoii, 14tli h’ehrparv. —|t is stated in Washington that Mr. Boot, the
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      Prance!
      51 5 Francpr Russian Tre3D- > (Af upp'ittf bn RefHtf Loudon, lath Feb. —The French Chamber has adopted the Fraueo-Russiau Commercial Treaty by 407 to 55 votes. ('Vie Qetaeiaiiecher Lloyd’* Sere ice.) Berlin, 14th Feb.—The French Chamber has accepted the Franco-Buss ran Commercial Treaty after passing a vote of confidence in
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      Germany.
      56 5 Crown Council Called. T lie o*tu*iafitehee Lloyd Service.) llerliu, J4t.h February.—A Crown Council jjas Ijeeu called for to-dav, buf will only «lispus» j’fqssiau avail's and tjie Poljsli quesIjup. Berlin, Ijth F«b. —The Kaiser has dppjjupd to liqhl p political couferpncp with Baron de Oouroel, the French representative at the
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      Princess Ena.
      41 5 Protestant Protests (The o»ta«iati»cher Lloyd Service. Berliu, 14th Feb.—There is opposition upon tlgj part of the Protestauts iu Great Britain ajfaiust Princess Ena of L»atteul>erg changing her religion iu order to euable her to marrv King Alfouso of Spain.
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      china.
      38 5 Mpkitig Reparation. (Supplied by Reuter.) Loudon, 13th Feb. —Reuter’s Peking Correspoudeut wires that the Peking Government has ordered the execution of the ringleader of tiie attack on the Chang-pu-sien Mission aud the punishment of the others concerned.
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      Russia.
      26 5 More Etiles s I Supplied by Reuter.) lamdou, 13th February. —Sixty-five of the Workmen’s Councillors'at St. Petersbuig have lieeu deported to Archaugel, Tobolsk aud Yenisseisk.
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      Austria & Italy.
      33 5 Austria Italy. Conimerical Treaty Signed. (Supplied by Renter Loudon, l'3th Feb.—An Austro-Italian Coinmeric.il Treaty ha» been signed which provides for a spee»al Convention regulating Uie treatment of workmen uu a basis of ippcißCOciCy.
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      Venezuela.
      32 5 Castro s Rival l Sup] lied by Renter.) London, 13th Feb.—The Yice- PresnJen' of Venezuela is reported to l»e plotting against President Castro aud to Ije prepared to assist, the French.
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    Prince Arthur.
    717 5 The British community of Yokohama is to assemble at the pier on the date of Prince Arthur ot Conuau-ht s arrival and pre-ent him with an address of welcome His Royal Highness is due lo arrive ru Yokn- liama on the crursei Diadem <>u February 19th, and is
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    Our Mail Budget.
    1848 5 The General Election. Great Liberal Gains. Reasons» for the Pluiitping for Liberals and Labourites». What of the Future? —i > Excitement at the Liberal Headquarters. From (Jar Own Correap indent > London. 15th Jau.—When 1 predicted, during the last few ilronths in my Budgets, a great Liberal
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    FIXTURES.
    75 5 To-day 2Ut I*. 1«! Al.-m Liwu Tennis Toiler anient. I*. <J. <' I'uwit Ikuml, K-pluumie, 1» iu 7 p hi. Parisian (Jiueuialograph, Horner of Penang lio’.t'l an*i Campbell Street, !> p m Th-mokkow 2'Ju<l l>av, Ist Mooli. Lawu Teuim Tournament, i*. C. t'. Town Kauri. Ohiue.se Recientmu o to
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    MAILS DUE.
    19 5 Eugl'sh 1 I 1011, Feb China I readia) 17~t.1i China i Teen h) -Utli German itlaye.ru) 21st
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    48 5 P. O. SAILINGS. '1 >il <!• m t OUTWARDS. iIoMKW A »t«*S Jtjltu lo /Vi. .1 rcatlia 17 Feb. j Oceana I Mar. Delhi \lnr. i Hxtra Service. Outwards. Ho *:>v.»iiiis. Socotra h'ch. Jufnm Vo /V/. i Pooti'i 0 Mir. Sum Td Mar. T For particulars see Pag i •>.
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      134 5 Travellers Find Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy' Everywhere. Mr, C. W. Gckermau, manager of the Smith-Premier Typewriter Co. at Omaha, Nebraska, U. S. A., who i* a staunch friend of Chamber Iain’s Cough Remedy, says I have takeu particular notice that this remedy seems to be carried by drug stores in all
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      57 5 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Absolutely Harmless Tkh fault of giving children medicine coutaiuiug injurious s>ub»tuuees. is sometimes more disastrous than thedisease from which they may l>e surfering. Every mother should know that C’h:iml>erlain’s Cough Remedy is perfectly safe for children to take, as it contains nothing harmful. George Town Dispensary, General
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      69 5 Another Cast of Rheumatism Cured by Chamberlain’s Paiu Balm. 'l'lie effic*cv of Chaioljerlaiti's Paiu Balm iu the relief of rheumatism is lieiug demonstrated dailv. Parker Triplett, of Grigsby. Virginia, U. S. A says that Cbainlieriaiu’s Paiu Ball» gave him permanent relief from rheumatism in tlie hack when everything else failed,
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      358 5 MUO-CHISESE SCHOOL. OLD boys’ evening, .Saturday. the 1 7tli inst., at 8 p.m. 12-2 Utj l\vk !H* BY SPECIAL RKQUKST, AT I'HK Bastcrn Oriental Hotel, To-morrow fright, 15<h, <■ AT 0 P.M (iRAND KINETOSCOPR SHOW, FEET OI tin* Very Latcxt Parisian Films, Klectric Pans ami Light. Admission *1 only. PLAN
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    Rubber Notes.
    1147 6 ■m'Vhk Lowlands RUBBER C'o. U«k K uala Lumpur correspondent le-r cently announced that the shareholders of the newly-formed dollar company, the Batu Uujor, had uuauituouslv decided to amalgamate with Lowlands and Highlands estate in the proposer! sterling company, but- the terms of the resolution were inadvertent ly UO^
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 6 Penang, 14th February. y/f#/ courtesy of the Chartered Hank London Demand Bank. 2/4 iV 4 months* sight Bml 2 41 3 Credit 2/Hi o Documentary ...2/4* Calcutta. Demand lluiK IU I<4 3 davs" sigin Pr*v**»e 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 3 daysight Private 176 (Madras. Demand Bank 173* 3
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    PRODUCE.
    222 6 l**l*i ieat S 0/ 40 B. Pepper(\V. C*»a*t 31b-. out of stock White Pepper 5 28.— sale* '< I'rautr Pepper 21. —sates Cloves (picked) 38. —sales Vlace 75 —filers j Vlace Pickings 05. —sellers Nutmegs 1 lOs 32. sales No. I 010 stiles Bugat 2 ii*> stock. Basket 3.20
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    SHARES.
    210 6 BelatTin Miuiug Co Ld. ealet Bersawal: Gold Musing Co.. I,«l, >lls** seller it Bnch Rubber Syndicate, Ld. $75 —ftremium buyer* Bruseh Hydraulic Tin Mimin'- < Jo., I ,<t 9 25 salet fluff Development Co. >7. seller* Fraser <& Nwive. Ld $lO2. —buyers George Towii Dispensary t> Howarth Erskine. Ld.
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      405 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. Gieslers’ Champagne. James BUCHANAN Co.’s CELEBRATED RED SEAL AND BLACK AND WHITE WHISKIES. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. SntuWands, Buttery Sr Co. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. BURN Co, Ltd. Electrical Engineers, PENANG. Show Rooms Logan's Buildings ARE now prepared to
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    The Golden Calf.
    849 7 rile girl had Stood silently ;t t (lie a indow f"t soul** few minutes. watching ill** iollg, slanting hues of mm that c-iiiie driving 'loivu from I lie* iliiii coloured clouds iu the sky. With even savage gust of wind the I 'lead leaves eame «willing down,
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      584 7 P. /Wo/r Cranes' CYLINDER OIL. Sandilands. Uuttery Sr Co. Petter's Patent Petroleum Engines. IDE IST PERFECT MOTOR OF THE OUT. I For Quotations and Catalogues APPLY TO SANMLANnS. IUiTTEWY Co Sole Agents, BEN ANO <* fL M. S 4. Jeyes’ Purifier, NOTICE. I Hfc uudm sijjnid lo luforui the public
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      145 7 livery Bottle Guaranteed. I hi» is «.Ion** with Cliatulieilain’» Cough Remedy, and it' you «re not satisfied after ii-iiiL' two third8 ul llie liottle according to iii'-rtnm*. iHsiiii what is left aud your neniey i'l lie refunded. George Town Jiiepenwai v, General Agents, aud for Hale bv all l)l8peiif>arie.s and
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      638 8 Khoo Buan Phuan DENTISTRY. CHOI’ W. MANSON, American Dentist, Lute of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate. Consultation Free. KKSIDINO AT Vo. 2 In, Penang Rond. X few doors from (he Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 65c t> DENTISTRY. Gim Seng Moh, 203, Main Road, Taiping. Tin Miners, Advancers and
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