Straits Echo, 7 March 1908

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    37 1 Straits Echo 10-PAGE EDITION. DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS. CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, SATURDAY, 7th MARCH, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 66-
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      1085 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. Hi H ft! > o 2 3d r M o m vt*n 30 m >v O NOSS •3iv s.ssva BANKS. Oharternd Bank of India, Hongkong Shanghai Australia and Ohina. Banking Corporation. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. £1. 200.000 1,475,000 j61 ,200,000 Paid up Capital Reaerve Fund Reserve Liability of
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      21 1 TH F BEST BEEP IN THE FAR EAST. Hud w *x > -a CD "0 rOKTO TIANQ LEE A Co., S*/# 4|m«.
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    Woman in Japanese Literature.
    1090 2 We are so apt, to associate the women oi Japan with the geishas beloved of comic opera, or with the little pictuies drawn by travellers who have made a longer or shorter stay in the land of flowers, that the thought of them can hardly bear
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      854 2 MUNICIPAL NOTICE IVTOTICE is hereby given that for the lA election of a Municipal Commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dr. I*. V. Locke which will be held on Tuesday, the lOlb instant, Mr, Lin Cheng Teik, Merchant, of 294, Brick Kiln Road, is ibe only
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      1291 2 'H RACHALS AUTOPIANO “A DELIGHTFUL COMPANION.” IS I We invite you to visit our SHOW ROOMS, when it will give us pleasure to play you a selection on it. Easy terms of payment arranged. The ease with which it is manipulated aud the magnificent rendering of each piece, will be
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    39 3 Vetgelr From Agent* Due Benveuua 1 Loudon SB ACo. Hth Mar. A.Apear Singapore jA.A.A.Co. nth Lightning Calcutta 1 A A.A.Co. 14tb Malta Colombo A G ACo. 12th G. Apear .Singapore jA.A.A.Co. 12th Beualder London iS.BACo. 1 20th
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    SAILINGS.
    35 3 r tstelt For Agents Lea vei Beuvenue Singapore S.B.ACo. Mar. A. A pear Lightning Calcutta A.AA.Co. Hongkoug A. A. A.Co. Malta Singapore A.O ACo. 0. A ocai Calcutta A.A A.Co. BeualJei Singapore S.BACo. 1
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      59 3 Avagike. Br. 8 8., 247, Campbell, 6th Mar Tougkab, sth Mar., Tin.—E. S Co.. Ltd. Petrel, Br. 8 s., 124, Edwards, 6th Mar., Brandan, sth Mar, Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Thongwa, Br. hj., 3.428. Herrington, 7th Mar., Singapore, sth Mar., Gen. H. L. <fc Co. Glknoulk. Br. s.s, Larkins,
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      DEPARTURES.
      90 3 7th March. Thongwa, tor Madras taking mails for Europe etc., via Bombay. Quorra, for Langkat. Sree Banka, for Batu Bahra. Jin Ho, for Asahan. Perak, for Deli. Petrel, for Pangkalan Braudau. Padang, for Batu Bahra. Cornelia, for Teluk Anson. Kistna, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Coen, for Langsa, T.
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      80 3 PoR Deli—Per Hebe, 9th instant, 1 p.iu. Asahan—Per Patriu, 9th instant, 2 p.m. Pulau Langkawi and Setul—Per Flying Dragon, 9tb instant, 3 p in. Langsa, T. Seinawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang—Per Pegu, 9th instant, 3 p.m. Calcutta—Per Lai Sang, 9th instant, 3 p.m. Deli—Per Malaya, 9th iustaut, 4
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    436 3 Per P. and U. ss. Himalaya, connecting with the steamer Malta at Colombo, due at Penang on 12th March To Penang (from Loudon, Feb-14) Miss M. v oung, Mr, A. Me Iver, Mr. K. Meanlay (from Marseilles, Feb. 21) Mr. and Mrs. J. Trump. To Singapore
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      996 3 P.&O. Steam Navigation Coy. Kxpeeted Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Mar. 12 Malta connecting with Himalaya 28 Detmnha «to Mongolia Apr. 9 Oceana <lo India 23 Delta do Victoria Homeward THROUGH STEAMER. Mar. 27 s.s. Marmora (calling at Bombay). FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. I»t Claw Sod Class To London
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      325 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINE. PASSENGER SERVICE. By new steamers, Rhenania,” Habsbubo,” Huh ■HSTAuven.” These steamers offer to the public the highest comfort yet attained in Ocean Travelling. They have very large cabins, provided with only lower berths. The Cabins are amidships and fitted with fans. Laundry on board. Doctor and Stewardesses
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      49 3 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. THK b.s. Hoiuj Wan I, Captain Q. Kiughorn, will leave for the above ports on Saturday, the 7tb inst., at 3 p.ui. For freight or passage apply to KOE «UAN Co., Agente for WEE BIN Co. of Singapore Penang. 6th March. 1908. IC<
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    The Straits Echo.
    95 4 Justice satisfies everybody and Justice atone- Emtrtn. Published dally (except Sundays.! AT TBS CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beacli Street, Penang. PRICE: DAILY LOCAL >24 per annum OUTSTATIONB Postage Extra MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) >l5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. N.B. —All business communications should be
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    THE INDIAN FRONTIER.
    770 4 Some days ago Reuter informed us that the British punitive expedition under Major-General Sir James Willcocks, sent against the Zakka Khels, an Afridi tribe, had, to use the words of the telegram, completely smashed the troublesome tribe. The expedition was, as we said in a note to
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    The Most Popular Man in the Straits and the F. M. S.
    582 4 Mr. Lim Eow Hong Heads the Poll. The following list gives the state of the t poll in the Echo'» Most Popular Man Competition up to 3 p.m. to-day. At last Mr. Foo Choo Cboon, who has enjoyed
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    142 4 d ,n H j' lowiug buB inesB in tin has been Penang Petiang Tin Exchange, buyers, no sellers j $65 Straits Tradiug C 0.,) buyers, no sellers 65| Eastern Smelting Co., 20 tons at 05* Singapore: 4 Straits Trading Co., 175 66 T0ta1...195 tons. ‘IT'
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    271 4 Lawn Tknnis Tournament. Id the teuuis championship semi-finals on the Esplanade yesterday evening a very interesting game took place between Hodge and Nicholas. Nicholas, in the first set, flayed a very strong game and won the set without his oppouent taking a single game. In the next
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    The Police Courts.
    571 4 {Before Mr. Scott.) To-day the case was resumed against one of the Directors of Messrs. Graham and Co., Mr. Chia Cheng Liau, who was arraigned on the following charges viz (1) being in possession of more than twelve official doses of a deleterious drug, to wit, cocaine,
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      The Kaiser’s Latest Move.
      306 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Attempt to Influence Britain’s “First Lord.” London, 6th March.—The military correspondent of the Times draws attention to a matter of grave importance. He learns that the Kaiser has written a letter to Lord Tweedmouth, First Lord of the Admiralty on the subject of
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      The American Presidency.
      85 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Declaration for Mr. Bryan. London. 6th March.—The Omaha Populist and National Convention has endorsed the candidacy of Mr. William Jennings Bryan for the Presidency. [Yesterday Iteuter told us that the Ohio State Convention has unanimously adopted Mr. W. H. Taft as their candidate
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      The King’s Holiday.
      45 4 Exchange of Courtesies at Paris. London, 7th March.—The King is breaking his journey at Paris. M. Clemenceau, Premier and Minister of the Interior, and M. Stephen Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, lunched with His Majesty, who afterwards exchanged visits with President Failures.
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      Spain.
      22 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) King Alfouso to Visit Barcelona. London, btfa March.—King Alfonso's departure for Barcelona is filed for the 10th instant.
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    F. M. S. Tin.
    156 4 Output for February. The Managing Director of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd sends us the following returns of output of tin-cre from the Company’s property for the month of February:— Tronoh Mines, Ltd. r Piculs 2105.43, 21 days’ working. Mendrus Mines, Piculs 320.63, 21 days’ working. Sungei
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      580 4 a#v» a NOTICE. Messrs. FRASER NEAVE, limited, heg to call tlic attention ol* Manufacturers of Aerated Waters to the fact that, in accordance with a recent decision- of a Bench Court at Singapore, Manufacturers who sell Aerated Waters of their owu' manufacture in bottles with the name Fraser Neave Limited”
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      73 4 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Ibis medicine is well known for its prompt cures of bowel complaint, which is always more or less prevalent at this season of the year. An attack of diarrhoea is liable to come on without warning, and if a bottle of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
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    ANTI-OPIUM CRUSADE.
    5557 5 The Second Conference. About sixty delegates from seven different countries, brave with multi-coloured rosettes and burning with the fire of eutbusiasm, j attends! the Second Conference of the Auti-Opiutn Association which was held at 72, Love Lane, yesterday afternoon. The premises were very artistically decorated, the front of
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    Church Services.
    153 5 FIRST SUNDAY IN LENT. stli March. !St. George’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins (Choral). 8- a.m.—Holy Communion (Plaiu). 9- a in. —Holy Communion (Tamils). 10- a.m.--Matins (Chinese). 5 pm.— Sunday School. 0 p.in —Evensong and Sermon. Methodist Episcopal English Church. 74, Maxweli. Road. 8- a.m.—Morning Service. 9- a in.--Sunday School.
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    Passengers.
    33 5 Arrived. Pur ss. Thongwa, from Singapore Mr. E. Fisher, Mr. ami Mrs. Wong Keug Soon, Mrs. Chau Kent' Choon, Mrs. Law Chew, Mrs. Kboo Seok Sue aud child, Miss Cbau Piek Kwau.
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    FIXTURES.
    79 5 To-dat oth Day of 2nd Moou. Football Wauderers v* Natioual Union, C. R. C. Ground. Anti-Opium Conference. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road aud Camptiell Street. 7 pm. and It pm. Grand Change of Programme. Japanese Acrobatic Show, Kuala Kangsar Road Theatre, It p.m. Grand Change of P rogranim*-.
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    MAILS DUE.
    17 5 English iMa'ft) ...12th Mar China Delta) ...14th China (Goeben) ...17th German (Print Key. Lnitpold) ...lBth
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    “About a Dog.”
    1203 6 About a Dog. Mary Anu rushed into the dining-room with hysterical shrieks. Oh, mum, there’s a rat in the kitchen —the biggest I’ve ever seen Isn’t it strange that whenever one sees a rat it is of immense size One never sees a ■mall rat, especially servants. It is always
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    Magic in Court.
    726 6 Long Demonstration Given Before Judoe and Jury. Trick Goes Wroug. Feats of modern magic bad au interested audieuce in the judge, jury, and counsel at Clerkenwell County Court on the tJtli ult., the High Bailiff's room being converted into a conjurer's chamber for the occasion. This pleasant
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 6 Pbnaho, 7th March. By touristy o) the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3}s 4 months’ sight Bank ...2/4 3 Credit ...2/4^ 3 Documentary ...2/4$ Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 173$ 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay, Darnaml Bank 173 Mooltnein, Demand Bank 171$ 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    179 6 Fold leaf $65.40 B. Pepper(W.Coast 31b5.5 oz.) no stuck White Pepper $18.50 tellers Trang Pepper 13.75 tales Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers Mace 75. —tellers Mace Pickings 57. —buyers Nutmegs 110 s 24 —sellers C No. 1 5.30 sales Sugar < 2 no stock Basket 3.52$ sales Tapioca Flour 1.80
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    MARKET PRICES.
    193 6 Pknang, 7th Mahch, 1908. 3 Beef— da. Soup per catty 14 r Roast 22 3 Steaks 22 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 22 1 Ox Tail each 25 > Tongue 50 > Feet 13 Heart 25 r Liver per catty 25 f Pork—- Pork per catty
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    SHARES.
    878 6 a I Number of, -f 'I S f I Capital. Stares > Last Dmdend. Kama. J S 3 issued. s ‘5 3 5 J a- I j m ISSjSSo $M0 !o J« «9-50 *®®.000 J* 10 20p.c.foryearending 30/4/07 Bruseb Hydraulic Tin Mining Co..Ltd l!! ***** ml SB& swiooo j
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    Hunting Parsons.
    910 7 (By One of Them The question Should clergyman huut f” would hardly have aroused a discussiou live aud twenty years ago. If the point had been discussed at all the auswer would have been iu the negative. Public opinion m those days was certainly against thepiesence of the
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    Denizens of the Air.
    424 7 (By a Banker.) '1 hk ail of dwelling rooms and even the atmosphere of great overcrowded cities, is the home of innumerable liviug creatures, some comparatively harmless, but some murderous aud homicidal, ever seeking some congenial hum in tenemeut iu which they can thrive and cause
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    Miss Botha's Wedding.
    162 7 Hoer General's Sister’s Arrival in England for the Ceremony, Gknkrai. Botha’s sister. Miss Marie Botha, who was engaged to Mr. R C. Hawkin. barrister, and secretary of the Eighty Club, arrived at Southampton ou the Bth ult. bv the Kddonan Castle, accompanied by her aunt, Mrs. Wolliuter.
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      100 7 He ware of Frequent Colds. A succession of colds or a protract© 1 cold is almost ceitam to eud ill chiomc eitairab, from which few persons ever who'ly recover Give every cold the attention it deserves and you mav avoid this disagreeable disease. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is famous for its
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      116 7 R heimiat ism. N<> external sipplication is equal to Chamberlain's Pain Halm for Rheumatism. Prompt, relief follows its use. A trial will convince you of its supeiior merit. The George Tow n Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. “DE SUMATRA POST. 99 Daily Published at Medan-Dcli, IS THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF SUMATRA. 18
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      858 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. NOTICE. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. RESIDING AT No. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental j Hotel. 6 mth« I mHE undersigned >eg to inform the public of Penang and the neighbouring Native T States
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    The Spinning Top.
    1400 9 The Mystery and Beauty of its Behaviour. Iu our young days most of us have spun a top. without ever thinking, perhaps, of the mystery and beauty of its behaviour. Lying on its side, it seemed a lifeless thing, as dead as the proverbial doornail but. spinning,
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    Grandmother in Breach Case.
    771 9 Amused Audience Hears Story of Strange Courtship. Fifit Pounds Damages. The uuusual spectacle of a man of sixty suing a grandmother for alleged breach of promise to marry was seen in the King’s Bench Division, London, on the 5th ult., the plaintiff being Mr. Walter Lazarus
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    The Tse-Tse Fly in India.
    974 9 H. Maxwell Lefroy, M A., F.E.S.,F.Z.S. t Imperial Entomologist, j The part played by tse-tse flies (Glossina S pp.) iu the dissemination of a sleeping sickness and other diseases in Africa, is now so well ascertained that fears have been expressed that should sleeping sickness
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    The Petticoat Politicians.
    962 9 If, in the case of the lively aud insistent women who are claiming the right to vote, anyone chooses to fancy that ‘‘coming events cast their shadows before,” let him be assured that it is shadow they cast aud not brightness, says the Overland Mail of the
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    Universal Peace.
    1349 9 Dr. Timothy Richard of Chiua issued the following aunouncemeut last Christmas, dated Shanghai, with the desigu of placing before the public some scheme by which each nation may live in peace and free of the burden of military armameuts, wh ch are proving such a strain to-da v
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    TROPICAL HEAT SAPS STRENGTH.
    500 9 THINS THE BLOOD, ENERVATES THE SYSTEM, INDUCES ANAEMIA, SLEEPLESSNESS, DYSPEPSIA, ••NERVES.” Dr. Williams* Pink Pills Build up Body, Braiu aud Nerve; Cure Ailments Caused by Debilitated, Impure Blood are Pre-eminently The Tonic for the Tropics.” An Anaemic Chemist Cured at Macao. Mr. J. B. Xavier, pharmaceutical
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      46 9 Dangers of Influenza. The great danger from influenza is ot its resulting in pneumonia. This can be obviated bv using Chamberlain s Cough Kemed? I 1 not only cures influenzi but counteracts auv tendency of the disease towards pneumonia. The George Town Dispensary, W bolesale Agents.
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    Pixies.
    861 10 Among the many kiuds of fairies iu which our superstitious ancestors had a tirm belief, the pixies were fairly distinct and somewhat locally distributed sprites. The ordinary fairy was a merry little fellow, fond of dancing by moonlight in fairy rings or on “fairy knowes”; brownies were usually dwellers
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      90 10 llow Diphtheria is Contracted. Oue often hears the expression, Mv child caught a severe cold which developed into diphtheria,” when the tiuth was that the cold had sAnply left the little oue particular Iv susceptible t.<> the vrauderiug diphtherial germ. When Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is given it not only cures
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      190 10 JUST RECEIVED JOHANN FABER’S STATIONERY. Paper Fasteners 15 cents per bo,x. New Flat Reversible Pocket Pencils Nickle-platcd Pocket Pencils, X JOHANN FABER 10 to 15 cents each. 30 cents each. Automatic Pocket Pencils )J 30 cents each. mi'i wiiu,w i MML* Blue Pencils, 60 cents per dozen. Ari.ii 'Ill'll Mil
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