Straits Echo, 26 September 1907

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  • Title Section
    Masthead
    34 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE GENERALLY. VOL. 5. $24 I’cr Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 26th SEPTEMBER, ISO 7. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 221.
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      1184 1 tiger brand cement. 4*. N. 258 4: 4 4 oc: &\>* IN ro REST FOR ALL PURPOSLS. BANKS. Oharl«red Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Hongkong: Shanghai Banking Corporation. Capital Paid up Reservo Fund Reserve Liability of Prcp-ietors 11 ea< I £BOO,OOO £1,075,000 £Boo,ooo Otfk’o: HATTON
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      20 1 SOLE AGENTS. GUINNESS’S STOUT. cAVU io ft 5 2 O rn 33 3« £3 NO *HTV s.ssva TIANG LEE Co.
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    Sale of Dutch Colonies Advised.
    118 2 The Socialist party in Holland fiud no advantage in colonial posB“saious. One of their spokesmen. Van Kol by name, lately visited Netherlands India, to see for himself how tho colony stood. He has published an article in a magazine giving the result of the tour.
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    China’s Future Ruler.
    127 2 A Peking correspondent, wiiting on August 30, states The receut report about the coming abdication of the Einpresf-Dowager in favour of Prince Pu Luu was entirely inaccurate and misleading. Kveu if the Empress abdicates, the Emperor Kuang Hsu will be reinstated without the slightest doubt —unless he
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    Photographic Ingenuity.
    178 2 Many ways have been devised for taking bird’s-eye views of the face of the country, such as from balloons, parachutes, and kites. I now hear,” says Mr. Hector Maclean, in the Morning Pod, that a Carman inventor, Herr Marie, has designed a projectile which will take a snapshot
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    The Duke of Connaught's Staff.
    204 2 When tho Duke of Connaught goes to the Mediterranean be will bo allowed ouly the ordinary personal staff for an officer of his rauk and status in the Service. His Koval Highness will, as a general rule, reside for the best part of eight months
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    An Asiatic Prophecy.
    234 2 Japanese to OTerrnn the World! Tub Cromerisation” of Korea is, as one would expect of the Japauese, effected with a logical completeness that was never to be traced in tho development of the highly successful muddle-through that is called the British occupation of Egypt, says a writer
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      87 2 A Shilling Saved Represents Tne Earned. The averuge man does uot save to exceed tm per cent, of his earnings. He must spend nine shillings in*living expenses for every out* saved. Sometimes a few pence properly invested, like buying seeds for Lis garden, will save several tunes the amount later
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      622 2 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This is a medicine of great worth and merit. Try it when you have a cough or cold and you are certain to be pleased with the quick relief which it affords. It is p’easaut to take and can always be depended upon. The George Town Dispensary,
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      1062 2 Piano For Your Drawing Room. fc EAAEE SABI GRAND. Specially built for this climate. ITS TONE IS SETBERB ITS TOUCH PERFECTION ITS PRICE MODERATE. YOU ARE INVITED TO CULL AND TRY IT. THE ROBINSON "COMPANY, LTD. WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS. Large Stock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO., LTD. WANTED
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      179 3 Malaya, Ger. s.s 348, Loewe, 2t> h 8 pt., Deli, 25th Sept., Geu.— B. M. Co. Van oer Parka. Dut. s 8., 331, Hut, 2G h Sept., Deli, 25th Sept., Geu.— H. L. <fe Co. Kotorua, Br. 8.8,555, Lingard, 26th Sept, Tong kali, 25tli Sept., Geu.— K. G. Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      23 3 26rn Settem her. ('Juurra lor Laugkat. Petrel, for Paugkalau Braudau. Avagyee, for Deli. Canton, for Pangkor and Teluk Anson Glenogle, for liaugoou.
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    EXPECTED.
    33 3 Vessels From A ij fills Due China Lightning Ningchow Telemacbus <i. A pear lYieste Singapore Singapore Singapore Singapore S.K.&Co. A.A. A.Co. VV.M.&Co. VV.M.&Co. A. A. A.Co. 27thSept J7ih 3rd Oct 5th 14th
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    SAILINGS.
    33 3 I esselx For A tjent* Leaves China Singapore S.K.ACo. Sept. Lightning Calcutta A.A.A Co. Ningchow Marseilles W.M &Co Oct. Teleinach us j London W M &Co. 0. Apcar Calcutta A. A. A.Co
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    108 3 For Singapore, China aud Japau—Per China, to-morrow, noou. Port S Aretteuham and Malacca—Per Cornelia, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Perak, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Asahan Per J lxry Austin, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Tongkak, Kopali, Reuong, Victoria Point, Mergui lavoy—Per Omajtere, to morrow, 2 p.m. leluk Anson—Per Lady
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    267 3 lei I. aud O. s.s. Norc, duo at Pouati" ou Ist October lo Penang (from London, Aug. 3!) Mrs. J. Cross and children, Mrs. I. Steveu.-, Miss N. Steveus, Mr. Ross, Mr. J. P. Mead’ Mr. O. Brown, Mr. A. S. Davies, Mr R p* Phillips.
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      1531 3 -(SHIPPING.) A A* Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outwards. Oct. Ok.s. it rcadia connecting with s.s. China 23 s.s. Dr ran ha «lo s.s. Himalaya Homewards. Sept. 28 s.s. Malta connecting with s.H. Mongolia Oct. 12 8.8. Delta (lo 8 8. Victoria 26 8.8. Oceana do s.s. Britannia FAKES
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    The Straits Echo.
    101 4 J art ice satipfle* everybody and justice alone..— Publlnhed dally (except Sandayi.) AT TH CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 220—232, Beach Street, Peuaug. PRICE DAII.Y LOCAL $2l per auuuni OUTBTATIONS Postage Extra. MAIL EDITION (Post Free) $l5 .V CABLE ADDRESS Echo— Penang.” Telephone No. 343. A’./?. All business
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    “MUDDIED OAFS."
    987 4 To-morrow will see the end of our second League season and football reporters will, for a sp;ice, cease from troubling,and critics of football Referees will, it is to be hoped, be at rest. On the whole, it has been a very successful season it led to the discovery
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    Proposed Penang Chinese Volunteer Corps.
    323 4 Wanted, Only 21 More Recruits. No more names have Ixeu received, since our last issue, for the proposed Penang-born i Cbine-e Volnuteer Corps, the total still standing at 71*: I l.iiu <'h-e Saing »> Klioo Pens Liang TanChooSoay 41 I'liait ChMig Gim a Tail Hun
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    Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China.
    177 4 We are cmrteous’y iuformed by the Manager of the local branch of the Chartered Bank that he has tr-day received telegraphic advice from his Head Office in London to the effect that the Directors of the Bank have declared an interim dividend for
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1719 4 CIVIL APPEALS. Hiiji Puteh vs. William Alexander Seaton and An ana Eusoot' Gunny. Our readers will remember that wheu the Full Court of Appeal sat here last month the above was one of the appeils heard, i judgment being theu reserved. After the judgment in the Bills of
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    The Police Courts.
    324 4 (Before Messrs. Wolf erslan and Codrinyton 1 his morning Tan Kan Leoug, a pupil of. the Free School, was arraigned dn the charge of riding his bicycle in such a way as to endanger human life. It was alleged by the prosecution that on the day in
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      359 4 X a We Have Just Received SHIPMENT OF THE FOLLOWING:WHISKY, BRANDY WINE BOTTLES DECANTERS, in Silver and Crystal, ALSO COLOGNE GLASSES, in Crystal and Silver, AND AMERICAN WHITE CANVAS BOOTS. INSPECTION SOLICITED. THE ANGLO=CHINESE STORE, 5, CHINA STREET. I I THE ROYAL CINEMATOGRAPH. We receive every week a fresh consignment
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Anglo-Russian Convention.
      223 5 fhed by Beider.) Eulogised by the English Press. London, 25tb beptemlier.—The Text of the Auglo-Russi tu Couveuliou confirms the fore cast of the 20th instant. The English papers generally praise the Convention. [On Sept 2oth Reuter wired that it was stated at bt. Petersburg that the Russian
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      America.
      69 5 (Supplied by Renter.) The Coif on Industry. lioudou, 25th September—The New York Census Bureau reports that during the yean 1906/7 all American manufacturers took 5,296,783 bales of cotton compared with 4,820,090 in the years ]{tos fl. The stock held by the manufacturers ou the 31st of August was 996,271»
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      The Antwerp Strike.
      32 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A .Settlement at Last. London, 25th September,—The Antwerp dockers have decided to resume work on Jhurgday (to-day) on condition their wages aie iucieased withiu a fortnight.
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      The Arbuthnot Bank Case.
      30 5 (Supplied by Ifeyler.) 1 Mir George Arlmtbiiof linden. 25th Sept.—Sir George ArbutLr not of Arbutbnol's Hank, Madras, has been sentenced to eighteen months’ rigorcus mi. prisonment.
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    The Japanese Stage.
    233 5 The Japauese are aloptiug Western ideas aud uietboils in connection with their national drama, aud the uew national theatre at Tokyo will be built on Western lines. The report that the Mikado has given a grant of .£100,000 for the construction of the national theatre is not
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    Arrest of Gamblers.
    153 5 1 h eke wore mauy BtQiled Straits-born Chinese at the Police Courts, says Tuesday’s h'rrr Press, when two batclies of wealthy balias were arraigned on allegations of gambling. I Captain CKpncellor, Chief Police Officer, Detective Inspector Frayne capiured sixteen men for gambling in a Chinese club m
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    HOMEWARD BOUND.
    441 5 Aden-The Soldiers* “Paradise.” {h'.oin Our Special Correspondent Peri in, 4lb September, 11*07. I hk Xn/tn coaled in Aden. Aden (Arabia) '0 British from the Arabs in j* au 18 u, »d« r the Bomiwy P.esideucv. Ihe city is built at the base ot' a mouutaiii on which it
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    Taiping Notes.
    457 5 (trout Our Otrn Correspondent laiping, 22ud September. Taipiug’s Beauty Spot» 1 lie prettiest part of Taiping is, as is well known tbe Gardens, situtted at the foot of Birch Hill, and the lake adjoining. The gardens were laid out mauy years ago, aud the lake is the remains
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      THE PENA FREE SCHOOL.
      2033 5 Iu reply to what he says about the Cambridge Local results of 1905, I sav we were total failu»es that year not through any fault of the masters but through our owa indolence. As for the Cimbndge Locals of 1906, allow me to remind your correspondent,’
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    Municipal Commission.
    155 5 Followino are the Agenda for to-morrow's meeting of tfcc Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of list meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward 3. Questions. 4. paper re Band. o. Petition from contractors supplying firewood to Electric Station. b Teuders for
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    Passengers.
    91 5 Arrived. I’er s.s. Delhi from London Hr (J D.umimmd. From Marseilles Mr. K. Wbitlock. from Fremantle Mr. Feicv Mvlnll. From Melbourne Mr. Campbell I-tom C l-mho Mr. E. L. Watson. Mr. J. Brjaut, Mr. J. A<l*msoD, Mr. Ken oy burgh, Mr. A. lyres, Mr. H. Mantle, Mr. A. Williams.
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    FIXTURES.
    98 5 To-dat. iHlh Day of Bth Moon. League Football: Y. M. C. A. v« G. T. K. R Esplanade. Koval Cinematograph, King Street Theatre, 9 p m. The Besan Cinematograph Co.. Ltd., corner of Penaug Road and Campbell Street, 9 p.m. f To-morrow 20th Day of Bth Moon. Municipal Commission,
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    MAILS DUE.
    17 5 Uima (Malta) ...afthih.pt China {Prim Heinrich) ...Ist Oct Germau (lioon) ...2ud E iglish (Arcadia) ...9,h
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      486 5 B. I. S. N. Coy., Ltd. s.s. KIST.W. I N consequence of some repairs beiiq. jJ- necessary, tlie above steamer will ounl tbe sailing ot 28 Ji .usl. fur i‘o.t Swetteui bain and Siugapoie, but will sail as usual ou olh October. HUTTE.NBACH, LIEDERT Co., 007 Ayeiils For Singapore, Hongkong,
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    The Size of the Steamship.
    470 6 There is no feature of international commerce which has given rise to more comment than has the growth in recent years in the average individual steamship tonnage. The limit of size has probably beeu very closely approached, if it 1ms not actually been reached, for
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    Marie Corelli and Idle Men.
    688 6 Marie Corelli makes one of the most ferocious of her many savage attacks on mere men iu the short story she has just beeu writing. The heroine, a beautiful novelist, marries a worthless earl of aucieut lineage. The purpose of the story, she declares, is
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penang, 26th September (If if courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/4 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4$ 8 Credit 2/4 3 Documentary ...2/4,* 8 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs 174 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bomoay. Demand Bank 174 Mouimein, Demand Bank I'. 2 3 days’ sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    181 6 Gold leaf $65.10 B. Pepper( W.Coast*3lt)«.s oz.) I6f —no slock White Pepper 21. tellers Trang Pepper 17$. se'ters Cloves (picked out of seas ju Mace 76. —sellers Maoe Pickings 6 k —sellers Nutmegs llOs 23. —sales f No. 1 5.40 sales Sugar < 2 no stock Basket 3 80
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    MARKET PRICES.
    158 6 Penang, 26th September, 1907. Beef cts. Soup per cal tv 14 Roast S 24 Steak» 24 Ste%v or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 25 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 28 Liver 25 Pork— Pork per catty 40 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 26 Tongue 32
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    SHARES.
    777 6 L- b Number of 5 1 u Cap-tal. Shares Lasl Dividend. Name. g, Jj 2 issued. s a b, £0- oo 1903 300,000 30.000 10 10 25 for year ending 31/3/07 Belat Tin Mining Ltd. ..J 14 25 *l4 >5 it 300.000 22.500 10 10 Bruang Ltd. ...I *8
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      28 6 Agreeably Surprised. M.iuy sufferers from rheumatism Imve agreeably surprised at tbo prompt reImf ufforded by applying Chamberlain's I aiu Halm. Tin* George Town Dispeusary, 'V bo eaale AgOfe*s.'
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      16 6 Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., AGENTS FOB PENANd F. At. S.
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      154 6 cts. V 14 24 24 16 24 25 50 15 28 25 40 20 26 32 28 30 45 30 MACKAY’S LIQUOR WHISKY, KARTELL'S BRANDY. Ce/sJers’ Champagne, THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery it Cn BORDEN'S PEERLESS BRAID EVAPORATED CREAM. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS,
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    Mastery of the Pacific.
    991 7 Why the Talk of Dominance. A writer in a recent number of the Skinjhni Mercury says :—Possibly the Americans who protested against the annexation of the Philippines,and who still protest, will feel that circumstances are shaping themselves in such a manner as to give them an
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      652 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANUIIANDS. BIITTI-.BV Co. John Bazley White Bros.’ PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” Sandi/ands, Buttery <£* Co., AGENTS. PENANG A F. M. 8. PENANG BAND. 90c THE IDEAL PERFUME FOR YOUR WIFE, YOUR SISTER, YOUR
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      66 7 Take the Postmaster’s Word for It. Mr. F. M. Hamilton, po-dinaskr at Cberryvale. Indiana, U. S. A., keeps also a stock of general merchandise and patent medicines. He says Cb uniter Iain’s Col e Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is standard here iu its line. It never fails to gite satisfaction
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      1028 8 NOTICE. 'Y'IEWS of Peuang, Singapore. Perak. Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft., on Bromide paper. W. JONES, King Street, Penang. Photographer 16c Kim Keng Leong Co., 127, REACH STREET. IMPORTERS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co Pha. U.S.A. NOTICE.
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