Straits Echo, 28 April 1908

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    37 1 Straits Echo I DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, TE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, TUESDAY, 28 th APRIL, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 97
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      1031 1 BASS’S ALE. 0 o 4 VI > oi 0» U w .o •-4J -;v •mOIS S,SS3NNIfl9 BANKS. Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. £1,200,000 1.475.000 1.200.000 Pin 1 up Capital Rfiiwrve Fund Ronprve Liability of Proprietor» Head Office: HATTON COURT, THREADNEEDLE
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      27 1 I **qq v an DwvtT 0JLJ/0/ #5 V, Hi Y rc CD it < Q_ F»* .o> <&. <o ll! t® NIPPON MSV3 HV3 3H1 NI H339 IS39 3HI
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    Superstition.
    421 2 The Backing of Horses. The smallest circumstance will sometimes influence people in backing a burse, as, for instance, the man who, on the morning of tUr Derby of 1856, came to the Wellington Arms, and, noticing that the “W” had dropped out, immediately put his inonay on Ellington. Bloomsbury”
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    Why Some Women are Unmarried.
    657 2 If women are to be taught the profound importance of motherhood—which, notwithstanding the prudish silence of their education, most of them realise at present far better and more vividly than their male critics—even more important,” says a writer in the Albany Review, in an article
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      39 2 Prof. Schmidt prefers Gonosau (SantalKawa Riedel s) to any other preparation of Sautalwood oil. Although he used the drug in moie than 20 cases, he has never observed auy s.gus of nausea, aatuleucy usphntic pe.ns, pruritus nor skin eruptions’
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      530 2 Get a Bottle To-day. Colic, pains in the stomach, and diarrhoea are not only painful, but may indicate a serious disorder. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera add Diarrhoea Remedy relieves promptly and cures permanently. The George Town Dispensary. Wholesale Agents MUNICIPAL NOTICE A Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioneis will be held
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      1177 2 c One Moment Please.” Are you looking for a really good piano, at a REASONABLE PRICE? If so, it will pay you to visit our Show Rooms, where you will find all the Best MAKERS represented. Prices terms will astonish you. Has it ever occurred to you, that for $lOO
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    41 3 Yesseh Age el» Due Buelow Colombo Japan Singapore Trieste Colombo Braemar jOlasgow Delhi (Colombo Benlotnond London B M ACo. A A.A.Co. S.K.&Co. S.B Af!o. A O ACo. S B ACo. •29th Ap r 1st May. 3rd 4'h 7th 8tb
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    SAILINGS.
    35 3 YetteU F»r Auml* IjTlVfi Buelow Singapore B M ACo, Apr. Japan Calntta AAA Co. M.«y. Trieste Singapore S K ACo. Braemar I Liverpool S B ACo. Delhi Singapore A G ACo. BenlouiomJ Singapore S.B.ACo.
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    33 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service uu'iWAiia Homkwaro'i. Delhi 7 May. I Devanha 9 May. Arcadia 21 Oceana 23 fcxtra Service. Outwards Homrwards. Ceylon 28 Apr. Nore 15 May. Namur 12 May. Japan 29
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      ARRIVALS.
      121 3 Pei, eds, Br. s.s 4 80), Hannah, 27th Apr., Liverpool, 2,*tb Mar., Gen.— W. M. A Co. Pin Seng, Br. s.s 378, Davidson, 27th Apr., Singapore, 25th Apr., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Malaya, Br. s.s 348, Loewe, 28th Apr., Palawan, 27th Apr., Tobacco. B. M. A Co. Pegu, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      75 3 28th April. Petrel, for Pangkalan Brandan. Perak, for Deli. Mary Austin, for Asahan. Leong Ho, for Trang. Padang, for Batu Babra. Pin Seng, for Port Swettenham A Singapore. Hong Afnh, for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow find Amoy. Hye Leong, for Teluk Anson. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul.
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      208 3 Fob Singapore, China and Japan—Per Brilow, to-morrow, 11 am. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Batu Babra—Per Sree Banka, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Per Vidar, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan—Per Ceylon, to-morrow, 3 p m. Pangkor—Per Tong Chay Un, to-morrow, 4 p ni. Deli—Per Malaya,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    282 3 Per Impel ial German mail steamer Bu’ow. due at Penang on the 29th April To Penang Mr. J. L Simon, Mr. G. L. Mr. K. C. Byleveld, Mr. Graham Tomson, Mr. R. H. Dodgson, Mr. E. W. R. Partridge. To Singapore (from Southampton, Mar. 31) Mr.
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      526 3 P.&O. Steam Navigation Coy Expected Arrival» and Departure». Mail Service. Outward. May 7 Delhi 21 Arcadia Jun* 4 Malta 18 Devanha July 2 Marmora 10 Delta do do do do do Mooltan China Moldavia Homeward. THROUGH STEAMER. (calling at Bombay). FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. lit UlM« and Clan To London
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      431 3 (S HIPPIN O.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. 8.8. Scandia 30th April, 1908. 8.8. Andalusia 9th May, 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA HONGKONG. STRAITS COLOMBO. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen* Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports
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      153 3 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. Special Cheap Return Tickets to Colombo. RETURN TICKETS to Colombo and back available for Three Mouths from date ot departuie to the date ot arrival on return will be issued at the following reduced rates 1st Class from Singapore, $160 30. 2nd Class do. $*****. 1st Class
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    The Straits Echo.
    93 4 Justice satisflee everybody and Justice alene Ĕmernn. Knblishnd daily (except Sundays.) CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penac#. PRICE DAILY LOCAL $24 per annum OUTSTATIONB Postage Extra. MAIL BDITION (Poet Free) *l5 CABLE ADDRESS Echo—Penang." Telephone No. 343. H.B.— All bastness commanications should be addressed to
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    578 4 There was something very pereuiptorv v about the Note in which Japan exacted g an apology from China in regard to the n I Tatsu Maru affair, and in our opinion it 55 goes to show that the idea of China and V Japan uniting against Europe,
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    The Parish Hall.
    929 4 Theatrical Performance. The theatrical performance given by the members at the Parish Hall last night was a distinct success. There was a large attendance and half an hour before tbe curtain went up for the first part of the programme every available seat bad been occupied. The
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    SUPREME COURT.
    320 4 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) Chop Hin Lee hail vs. The Phtenix Assurance Co., Ltd. This morning the further hearing of the above 6Uit was resumed, which, it wil be remembered, was for the recovery of $13,603-25cents, being the value of the loss suffered by
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    The Police Courts.
    723 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) I It will be remembered that Hassan bin i Awang. Sergeant No. 6, was arraigned on the 23rd inst. on the charge of dishouestly i receiving stolen property, to wit, a bicycle valued at $55, the property of one Anamalay of Parit. Buntar, on
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    Cholera in Kedah.
    60 4 The latest advices to hand give the f, n ing particulars about the disease Kuala Muda. 25tb 1«* Aloe Star. 25th o case* There were on the same day rt Cl adjoining villages. the In the villages in Province Weltal. bordering on the frontier there er e
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    775 4 Tin, Opium and Rice Qu otations. n The following business in tin has e done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, buyers, no sellers j s7l* a Eastern Smelting Co., buyers, no sellers —72 J d Straits Irading Co., 75 tons at 72' 3 Singapore e Straits Trading Co., 225 (1
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      266 4 MATSUO’S JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. Location: —Corner of Campbell Street and Penang: Road. Grand Programme To-night. NEW PICTURES! NEW PICTURES!! TWO PERFORMANCES EVERY NIGHT. first show, from 7 to 8-30jp.ni. Second show, from 9 to 11-30 p.m. Ist Class 2nd Claes 3rd Class 4th Class Ist SHOW. PRICES OF ADMISSION. $0 50.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Singapore.
      126 5 (Echo Special.) Battle at Buk it Tim ah. Singapore, 2Htli April.—"An armed jjang Cf forty Ll okieu carpenters attacked a Chinese squatter’s hut at Bukit Tiinah yesterday in revenge for not being allowed to trespaas on the squatter’s ground. The squatter defended his hut with a gun and shot
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      Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman.
      150 5 Sir H. CampbellBannerman. (Supplied by lleuter.) The Abbey Thronged. London,2Bth April.—Westminster Abbey was thronged yesterday, on the occasion of the memorial service for the late Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman. There was an enormous crowd outside, and three carriages, filled with flowers, headed the procession from Downing Street to the Abliey. The
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      Home Politics.
      154 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) By-Election at Kincardineshire. London, 28th April.—The by election at Kincardineshire, occasioned by the death last mouth of Mr. John Crombie, has been won bv Captain Murray (Liberal) who polled 3,661 votes against Mr. S. J. Gammed (Conservative) who got 1,963 votes. Mr. Crombie had represented
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      Rosyth.
      26 5 {Supplied by lieutcr.) Factory for Explosives. London, 28th April.—The Government is purchasing an additional three hundred acres at Kosyth for a large factory for explosives.
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      The Baltic and North Sea Agreements.
      167 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) King Edward’s Views. London, 28th April.—King Edward, replying to his toast at the S'ockholm ban(|upt, said lie entiio'y concurred with King Gustaf’s favourable viows with regard to lie North Sea and Baltic agreements. He "as confident that tliev would materially conduce
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      The United States.
      49 5 (Supplied by Reuter). Great Destruction Wrought by Cyclones. London, 28th April.—Fuller accounts of the cyclones that devastated the States of Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama and Qeorgia «how that three hundred people were killed and a thousand injured in Mississippi alone. Hundreds of towns are appealing for tents.
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    Taiping Notes.
    457 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, 27tb April. A Popular Padre. The Rev. Father Mariette, the priest) in charge of the Roman Catholic Church at Klian Pau, who has been advised by his med'cal adviser to take a trip home to France owing to failing health, left 'laiping to-day
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    Exciting Crocodile Hunt.
    432 5 Huge Saurian Bagged with Pigeon Shot. A rather exciting and unusual incident happened to Mr. F. G. Penny while out pigeon shooting in the Seletar district during the Easter Holidays, says the Singapore Free Frees, for whilst looking for a Pergam that had fallen in some rather
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    Twenty-five Years of Straits History.
    959 5 188*2—1907. [By Southern Cross I (Continued from our issue of April 14th On October 13th Raffles Library and 3 Museum at Singapore was opened by the (Governor, Sir Frederick Weld, who four j I days later left the Colony, Sir Cecil (Clementi Smith relieving him
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    Kuantan Tin Mining Co.
    373 5 Another Satisfactory Year. The Directors’ Report of the Kuantan Tin Mining Company, Ltd., for the year ending December 31, 1907, is as follows:— The total output of Ore from the Company’s Mines during this periol amounted to Piculs 2 876 84 (Singapore weights), an j increase
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    FIXTURES.
    67 5 To-i>at 28th Day of 3rd Moon. Town Band, Golf Club, 6 to 7 p.m Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road and Campbell Street, 7 p.m. aud 9 p.m. The Royal Cinematograph, Kuala Kaugsar Road Theatre. 9 p.m. To-morrow 29th Day of 3rd Moon. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road
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    MAILS DUE.
    22 5 ;mi 'Erin: Rej. Luif old) ...2S:h Apr German I RneloWi 29rb English Ds‘hi) ...7th May China (D° anha 9 h
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      44 5 It has been satisfactorily demonstrated that thousands of persons have to thank Qonosan for restoration to health and happiness. It is astringent and antiseptic and has never beeu known to fail. At all dealers in Patent Medicines and Chemists in bottles of 40 capsules.
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      204 5 Chronic Diarrhoea Cured. Some physicians claim that chronic diarrhoea cannot be cured. Don’t you believe it. There are incurable cases, but none so bad that they cauuot be helped by Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and even temDorary relief means much to one so sorelv affbefed. The George Town
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      352 5 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, LTD. NOTICE. Is hereby given that the Ordinary GeneraJ Meeting of the Shareholders will be held in the Company’s Office, At No. 3<a, Reach Street, Penang, On Monday lltli May, 1908,] AT 3 30 P.M. BUSINESS: 1-—To read and conGrm the minutes of the last Annual General
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    A Dance of Death.
    1643 6 They describe." says Bagebot of the French memoirs, a life unsuitable to such being as man in such a world as the present one in which there are no high aims, «0 severe duties, where some precept of vorals seems not so much to be sometimes
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 6 Prnanq, 28th April. (By courtety oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ...2/3} 4 months’ sight Ban! ..2/4^ 3 Credit ...2/4-X 3 Documentary ...2/4} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 174} 3 days’ sight Private 175} Bombay, Demand Bank 174 MouJmein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private 175} Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    188 6 Gold leaf $65.40 B. Popper( W.Coast Slbs.-*» oz.) no stock White Popper $lB. —sales Trang Pepper 12. —sellers Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers Mace 0 75. —sellers Mace Pickings 57. —buyers Nutmegs 110 s 22- —sales SNo. 1 5.30 sales 2 no stock Basket 3.75 sales Tapioca Flour 1.80 nominal
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    MARKET PRICES.
    190 6 Penang, 28th April, 1908. Bebf cts. Soup per catty 12 Roast 22 Steaks 22 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 22 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 30 Liver per catty 28 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24 Tongue 30
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    SHARES.
    1097 6 Ji. g o•- j Number ofi p ■2 Capital. Shares > Last Dividend. Name. i issued. 1 J Li. X _jr! 1 <y Mining. 1903 300,000 30,000 10 10 {25 for year ending 31/3/07 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $7. 1907 300.000 22,500 10 10 Bruang Ltd. $7. 1901
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      80 6 Don’t Neglect a Cold. Perhaps you believe you will be able to throw off every cold you contract. You rnnj hav* doue so many times before, aud yet the very next cold may develop into pneumonia. You cauuot always tell the condition of vour system, and it is better to
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      169 6 Accidents Will Happen in the Best Regulated Families. The average home is frequently in need of a good liniment, as accidents will happen and slight ailments appear when least expected. For a cut or bruise, a burn or scald, Chamberlain's Pain Balm is excellent. It is also good for sprains
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      105 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. KARTELL'S BRANDY. G/es/ers’ Champagne. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Coagents FOR PENANG F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery Co BORDEN’S PEERLESS BRAND EVAPORATED CREAM. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BDTTERY A Co.. PENANQ. WROUCHT-IRON TUBES
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    Barefoot Dancer.
    924 7 MISS MAUD ALLAN AT THE PALACE. The King’s Appreciation. S. One of those visions of true beauty and pure joy that come rarely enough in the occasionally weary round of theatrical conventionalities, writes the Daily Chronicle, was afforded a distinguished audience of literary and artistic folk at the
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      1044 7 INSURANCES BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR SON'S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No- 0. SANDILANDS. BUTTERY Co John Bazleylliite Bros. PORTLAND CEMENT, LION BRAND.” General Accident Fire and Life Assurance Corporation, Ltd. WE have been appointed Agents for the above Company for Penang Province Wellesley and
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      40 7 When your dealer tries to palm off au imitation of Kananga Water or “any old thing which is not what you waut, then is the time to throw a little hot air into him and keep away from this store.
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      868 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, US.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. BBSIDIHe AT No. 2/a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. G mtha. Liras'; ms 44 IZAL WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. AGENTS, PENANG: PATERSON, SIMONS Co.,
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