Straits Echo, 8 May 1906

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1 8 Straits Echo
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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIPCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, TIIF, FEDERATED MALAY STATES, AND TIIE PAM EAST (iENEKALLY VOL 4-. $24 Per Annum, PENANG. TUESDAY, *th MAY, 1900 Single Copy, 10 cents. No 103.
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      922 1 TIANG L E CO., 3 SOLE AG-iNTS. BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Capital Paul up Reserve Fund Reserve Liability of Proprietors 800,000 Jf 975,000 Paid-up-Cafiiai $10,000,000 Resrrvk Fund— Sterling Reserve SfIO.OUO.UUU IQ Silver Reserve 9,500,000 j* 1 000 000
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      5 1 TIAMG LEE Co., SOLE AGENTS.
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    In Facetious Vein.
    754 2 Mali)' lioukh,” says tin* Ctmnoitxrur, which uow go lagging w ill be pearls of great price fifty years hence.’ Hut the average author is inclined to agitate tor a small cheque in advance. A contemporary, reporting the deatli oL a horse which leapt over a bridge aud
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      75 2 A Safe Medicine Mothers of small children need not hesitale to -administer Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It contains no opiate or narcotic in hiiv form and may !>e given to a baby with as much confidence as to an adult. It always cures and cures quickly. George Town Dispensary, General Agents,
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      2199 2 NOTICE. V and after this date, all small advertisements intended for insertion in the Straits Echo must be paid for in advance. LIM SENG HOOI, 25th July 1905 Managing Direcor. NOTICE. "VTOTICE is hereby given that 11 interest _a.N ami responsibility of Khoo Kok Leang, alias Klioo Chiu Tee. in
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS
      48 3 Avac;vkk, Hi s.s. f 247, Crichton, Sth May, Deli, 7th Mav, (Jen.,—K. G. (Jo. IjANukat. I>r. s s., 140, Lvous, Sth May, Teluk .Vii roii, 7tli May, Geo., —K G. Co. De Kock. Dot. 8 8., 338, Hut, 7tli May, Deli, (jtli May, Gen., H. L. Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      53 3 Hrh May. Han Whutt Soon, for Langkat. Pin Se-ny, for Port Swelteuham aud Singapore. Lad;/ Weld for Teluk Anson. Unit;/, for Rangoon. Kut Samj, for Calcutta. Malaya, for Deli Flying Pith, for Port Weld and Taipiug. li. Halev’yu, for Train: and Pang Nga. Huikj Hud l, for Singapore, Hougkoug,
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    EXPECTED.
    52 3 Vestel* r ro m Agents Due Kawachi Mai n Singapore 1» ACo. 1 ltliMav. Lol)gSOll Siuga pore B ACo. lit li < 1 lent-sW Singapore B ACo. lfti.li A mbna Hamburg 1».M ACo. 18tli iieuavou London S. H ACo. 19 th Uheuauia Hamburg 1» M ACo. 24th llenarlv London
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    SAILINGS.
    51 3 1 F..r .1 'Vitl* Ijeitces 1 Kawachi Mai n Europe 15 &(Jo. 12th May OllgSOII Europe 15 &(Jo. 15th <j! lenesk •Silica poie B.&Uo. 15th A mliiia Singapore V, M ACo. 18th ISeuavon Singapore S 15 &(jo. 19th Ithenania Singapore 15 M ifcCo. 24th I’ouartv Singapore S. 15. ACo.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    78 3 For Port Swetteuliain—Per Mary Amtin, to morrow, 1 p.m. Tong kali, Kopali, Reuong, Victoria Point, Mergni A Tavov—Per Ouiayere, to-morroir, 1 p.m. leluk Anson—Per Lunykat, to-iuorrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai aud •lapau—Per Nippon, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, China and Jopau—Per Omnia, 10th instant, S a in. Deli—Per
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      1224 3 (S HIPPIN G.) t. n i S. t Co. INTENDED SAIUNCS. British linliii JSteaiu Navigation Co., Ltd. For Intkndkd to Sail. Megiipauiin, Stbamrr. Madras, Pondicherrv, Cuddalote siudj f I* ,u Karrical. •Sat. 20tli May 2 p.m. Expected Arrirain rtnd Departures. Mail Service. Outwards I Rangoon A. Calcutta, [Mouimeiu aud Burmese
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      275 3 PASSAGES to EUROPE, via MADRAS. PASSAGES <*aii bo hooked per British India Steam Navigation Company's Steamers from Penalise via; Madras, to Port Said, Genoa, Marseilles, Plymouth and HUTTEIMBACH, LIEBERT&Co., AO ENTS. 11 4 Oii 2o2 PRYE RIVER DOCK. PENANQ. Drydock, Slipway, and Berthage for Vessels Undergoing Repairs or Discharging Cargo.
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    The Straits Echo
    107 4 Juki i c- >4U»fl«K«»erjbo(ly and justice alone.- Bmeritor. Established June Ist, 1903 Published daily (except Sundays.) AT Tim CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 22t>—232, I teach Shwi. Penan.; PRICK DAILY LOCAL V. i»»*r amm •> OUTSTATIONS I'wtaue Esin*. MAIL RDITION (Post Kieel «15 CAKLK ADDRESS: Echo—Penang.” Telephone N«*.
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    Education.
    1564 4 i Penang is simply oveiflowing with I school*. at which a very good educati*>ti ran hi* obtained, but. just across jthe water, in Province Welbsley, the case has been otherwise until tjuitc recently, when, on l>t May, 1905. just about a year ago, Mr. W. G. Gray opened Ihe
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    Golf Club.
    121 4 Memliers .ire reminded tint eulrie* f.», the Calcutta Challenge Medal close on Wednesday, 9th iu>t. Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following a e the results of ties played es*erdav J Mena Doube:: E. A. Swau and A. K. Buttery beat G Muglistou and T. IV Nailer 6—3, 4—G,6-> G.
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    Kuala Lumpur.
    185 4 Health Report The following is the report of ihe Health Officer ou the above town for il e mouth ot March The total number of deiths recorded during the month was 191 as compared with 192 in February; of this number 82 weie lesideuts. 131 deaths occurred iu
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    The Birch Memorial.
    506 4 1 llv IJ1I wn AlVUIGl Itllt r in view of the Birch Memorial, for which subscriptions are now being raised iu Perak, the following extracts from Sir Frank Swettenliain’s Malay Sketches” are interesting On the 2ud November 1875, Mr. .lames \Ylmeler Wood fold Birch, British Ke-ideui of
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE HALF-MILE BICYCLE RACE
      250 4 Sl|t Tw TJ,E r>:TOR ME Straits F< ho I su«- e t tint ia all futu.e Race* on the -planad*. the I* permitlvl ,m.|* W < to 5 *-Uewh-i*. -uj «sn.^lTir^ Hon I.ke in horse racing, always with rails to the Icfthand side. By joints in
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    The Mediterranean.
    135 4 Its Waning Importance. 1 lie days of the Mediterranean as tlio eeutie of Europe’s halauce of poyver seem te be numbered. The point of naval strategic importance has shifted to the North Sea Great Britaiu has aheady takeu actiou in this sense, aud France now follows her lead.
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    Food Adulteration.
    470 4 Thb need for strengthening the adulteration laws received some sufficiently remarkable illustrations from the evidence of Mr. Ha ygar*Ti Brown, of the Board of Agricultuie, before the House of Commons Committee on tie Butter Trade. Cases were mentioned, some of the worst at Manchester, of butter containing 25
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      264 4 LIPTON’S WINES SPIRITS. MESSRS.Tkk Tin k ('atiiikavmo, having been appointed sole agents in the Straits Settlements ami Federate»! Malay States for the above well known Wines ami Spirits, which are unrivalled for Quality. Purity and Value, beg to notify their patrons that they have now received a large shipment of
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      84 4 Children When Teething. This is the most dangerous age in the hfe of a child. At this time they have more or less diarrhcei, which weakens the 111 and renders the child more susceptible disease. Any unusual looseness ot t a bowels should be promptly controlled. 11 1 can be
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Natal.
      109 5 lighting Comir.etitts (HufCpbed by Heuier.) L i.kloii, 7*ill M.iv. Colonel Mausel has made a reconnaissance iu force iu the direction ot < ietewayo’g grave. Two hundred Zulus made ii desperate charge on the vanguard, HN tliov were descending a precipitous hdl in siny lie* «nd were but a few
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      Politics.
      87 5 Our Tropical Colonies (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 7tli May.— Mr. Winstou Churchill, speaking at Liverpool, dwelt upon the tropical possessions of Great, Britain and hml that the Government was keenly alive to the importance of developing them. He imped tli.it less money would bo spent on puuitive expeditious and
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      France.
      173 5 The Elections. (Supplied by Renter.) Loudon, 7th May.—Two huudicd of the results in the Freuch elections are now known and there is practically no chauge in the distribution of political parties. The Politico-Labiur Plot. All who were arrested iu connection with the alleged olitico-Labour plot were leIcased yesterday evening.
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      Russia.
      94 5 More Assassin lions (Supplied by Heater.) London, 7th May —A bomb was thrown at Moscow at the Governor-General, A«l--uural Dubassoff, who was returning ti«*m the (da thed ral. Admiral Dubassoff was woundel iu the foot, while his aide-de ramp and a sentry were killed. The assa la lit is
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      Royalty.
      31 5 Home Again. (Supplied by Heater.) 1„. u .i..u, rill M»>. -xi>« l*rin>*o»»-l .ms ..I Wales liav« .rriv.-l al 1 .irt aii.l, .'H 1 1,.. Kcuuxn. aud proceed toSpilWd to day.
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      Turkey.
      23 5 The Naval Demonstration. (Sajip/ied by lituiei Uudou. 7th May— Four British battleships. four cruisers and four destroyers have arrived at the Piraeus.
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      Somaliland.
      30 5 Th* N w Commiss oner. London, 7th May.— Captain li E fcj Corde<uiX, O. M o has U-en appointed Com uiissioner and Commander in Chief of t!« Somaliland Protectorate.
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      United States.
      206 5 Rhode Island Re-floated. (Supplied by /{enter.) Loudon, 7tli May—The Fuited States battleship 1 {bode la and has Ikmii i« H >ale<l. Ilow to Kill Puts. A correspondent writes to ih<* Time* oj India :—Now that it ha? hem roved that plague is disseminated by means of Heas which
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    The French Navy.
    182 5 Reports» Plot to Cripple it. A I lao officer of the French Mediterranean squadron declared iu the course of au interview with a lepreseutative of the Echo d- Pari* that the maritime authorities were constantly receiving threatening letters from sailors of anti-militarist, views. They had also been
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    News from Peking.
    324 5 Currency Reform. Tuan Fa jg and Tai Hung Chi have te e graphed to the Governin**ut at Peking j recoinmemiing that tie services of Pr»»fes>oi Jeuks Ik* engaged iu the event of it lieing lecided to remodel the cuneuey <*f China, j They jHiint out that Professor
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    Our Mail Budget.
    1317 5 The Vesuvian Eruption. Envlish Education. Still the Victim of Denominational Squabbling. Atlantic Wireless Telegraphy. NEW RAILWAYS FOR AFRH.A. RUSSIAN LOANS From Our Om Correupandeu 1 .1 Fleet Street, Goo<l Friday.—After a vicious perio»] of fearfully cold weather we are commencing our Eastertime under a brilliant SUII. Everyth»ug
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    FIXTURES.
    106 5 To-i»av Day, t! 1 1 Ai •»••11. Football Mateh ami T. if t‘ II. C. Parsee New dpliinstoue The itrical Coin pa nv. King Street 'theatre. 0 pin Matsuo's Japanese Cinematograph, Cornel of IVnang iIoa<l ami Camplell StieH. 1* p 111. Wavang Kassim, Dnirv I,me Tbeatie, it p in.
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    THE MOON.
    33 5 0 I \i-..i, May Bth 99 7. pm. t l„.-i •/o n le* 1 Ot.il 2.2.7. I' M. \e \x \i..<o, 23r»l o O.(J pm. I First Quartet »l*i 1.287. pm.
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    MAILS DUE.
    19 5 Euglish (Oceana) Bltli MayChina (Derauha) 12th Geimail (Sach*eu) Pith I it»ban (TeerJa) 17lli China Ifeiu irt) 2!*lh
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    28 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Servlet Jut w a ki>s. H >*i t wa ki*s. Or ran a 10 Way. Dunn ha 12 M>nj Arradia 2-4 Drill i 26
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      17 5 The French Confectionery. 17a, Northern Hoad. TO NIGHT. After Baud. ■tfpeJiul lei* Ciwi'ub au-1 Faucv Ca L.eb.
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      84 5 A Safe Speculation. If vou have an attack of rheumatism an<l Chanibei laiu’s Pain Balm gets you hack to work iu a few days, will it not pay for itself several tunes oveir There is no need of suffering from rheumatism for a mouth or six w<H -ks incurring the
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      70 5 Give Chamberlain’s Pain Balm a Trial. No other linimeut afforils such prompt relief fro o rheumatic pains. No other is so valuable for de“p seated pains like lauie back and pains in the client. Give this liniment a trial ami I ecoine acquainted with its remarkable qualities and you will
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      153 5 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy G.vcs Satisfacioii Kverywhere. “I have lieen sellim: (Jhauiberlain’s Cough Reined v mi inv retail simp of this place tor six veais, mm vs Ailolpli Alnaliauisoii ot I Mirbanville, ("aje t’olonv. I tiu<l it to gi'»‘ satisfaction with I lie people who use it an«l it is the
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      703 5 WANTED. For 1st October a e. VCOMKO' TA ULK Kiimpctni Kesubmiv (uuf lii'nisheii) uot too far from Towu Seash no preferred. Monthly ietil not ;iI*ovh $1 (> Apply to M. tr. < Straits Kc n NOTICE. ICK is lio'oby gi\uu that the paiiXi nersliip wiiicli Inis for some lime past
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    Imaginary Interview.
    1333 6 Eakl Riki.ks, F. M. Ssvekai. years ago, at Waterloo Station, j 1 trod by accideut on the foot of a dapper little gentleman with a tierce and suuburned countenance, who was wearing a military j cloak aud cap. He looked so much moie tierce after the occurrence that
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    EXCHANGE.
    131 6 I Pkvang, Bth May. liy courtesy oj the Chartered Hank London Demand Rank 2/4 g 4 months’ nighi Han* 2/4-j 7 6 j 3 Credit j 3 Documentary .2,4',« Oaleiittn. Demand Bant l*..- 174 A 3 davc’ sigh* Pi *>t'e !77 Bmittiav. Demand K;*m 1741 Mouillieilt. Demand Kan. I">
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    PRODUCE.
    229 6 Hold leaf 65. B. Pepper (W. Coast 3ibs.->o/..) out ol stock White Pepper 29.— sel'ers. Trang Pepper 21. sales Cloves (picked I 42. —sales Mace 81 —buyers Mace Pickings 70. —sellers Nutmegs lids 33. sales C No. 1 6. sales Sugar 2 n** store. Basket 82 05 sales I’apioca
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    SHARES.
    459 6 LclSt Dividend N.lllie Quotations I* l 10 1 10 57' o for l!*03 20 per cell*, during IWo 1 20 per cent. i]uriut( 191*5 Mining Bersawah Gold MiuingCo. Ltd $l3 seller*. Bruseb Hydraulic Tin MiuiugCo. Ltdsl2.so set < s Duff Development Co. Ltd. $5 50 tellers. KaraugmTiu Mining Co.
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      6 6 RUBEROID ROOFING. Adamson, Rilfillan Co.; Ltd
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      111 6 MACKA-rs 1 THE CELEtMTED LIQUEUR WHISKY. “S. B. Co.” Gieslers’ Champagne. GIN James BUCHANAN Co.'s CELEBRATED RED SEAL AND BUCK AND WHITE WHISKIES. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS. PENANG c* PERAK. IN RED OASES. >ftrufilftnri liuttrry < Andrew Usher Co/s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERV Co., AOENJ’S FOR PENANG <*
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      239 6 JOHN TYNDALL Co.’s CELEBRATED PEACOCK *4» brand CEYLON TEAS. Certified hy Pi*. Donald of Penang as follows :—Messrs. Tyndall C > Peacock Brand Tea 1 have used and much appreciate Excellent in flavour and freedom from the vegetable astringents which tend to produce digestive troubles. Arch. Donald, /W. R, C.
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    The Wild Bachelor.
    236 7 llio Decay of Mau is an important teatme of the development of circumstances of the time. The following letters, writes Marmaduke in Truth, that have lieeu uldiessed to the present writer should iu--1 crest many Sir, the processes of capturing a wild bachelor, confining linn iu captivity,
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    The Turco-Egyptian Question.
    322 7 Tiit* following extinct from the Lnnlon j <llobe throws some light ou the Turco1 Egyptian question A trustworthy authority in the Arabic i less discloses an interesting undercurrent j<>f tact ies|>ecting the Sinai frontier difficulty, hitherto oulv dimly suspected on the ictreal of the Ottoman envoys from
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      259 7 P. /W o»r Cranes’ OYUNbEK OIL. CHIN JOO CO., <Hifhlnnd" Hintfri n. I‘etter's Patent Petroleum Engines. THE HOST PERFECT MOTOR OF IHE 95 /5# Reach Street, HA YE JUST RECEIVED For Quotations and Catalogues APPLY TO SANIMLANDS. lUJTTERY li. Sole Agents, PEN ASO F. M. S A Large Consignment of
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      441 7 WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS L«a«*ge Stock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, CILFILLAN CO.. LTD. 3VOTICE. IMI K iindersigicd leg in intm iii liit* public of Penang .mil tii»* ne ighlroui mg Native X states that the\ have l>e;-n appointed Agents, for Monms. Inwall Parsons, ('live Co.. of I oii'liju, an have
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      1125 8 Lim Sun Ho, CM OP titlb'NG IVIOJHL Sc Co, 1t,4. Bench Street, Penung. importers of all kinds of European Cloth and General Commission Agents. t>l<' Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, BEACh SI BEET. dentistry. W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Phn, US. A Charges Moderate, Consultation Free.
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