Straits Echo, 12 May 1908

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    36 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STR/ l'S, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, TUESDAY, 12th MAY, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 109.
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      990 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANQ LEE Co 9i Z <4l I o VV2 4<iM3 ErVy* SOL£ AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. NOAH JOHAN, PHOTOGRAPHERS, 307, Chulia Street, Penang. (Corner of Carnarvon Street.) Enlargement to any size. All works on Bromide, P. 0. P., etc* Out-door Photography Undertaken. All work in connection with Photography
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      24 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST, NQdd/N v A 05 > TV CD '.P 6 'r JK$5 rOKTO LEE A Co. t Soh AgtatM*
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    Public Works Department, S.S.
    2357 2 REPORT FOR 1907. The Annual Report on the Public Works Department of the Straits Settlements for the year 1907, signed by Mr. F. J. Pigott, ic i.c.e.. Acting Colonial Engineer and Surveyor General, S.S., has been issued as a supplement to the last number of the
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      53 2 Pain in the Stomach. It is most annoying, as well as disagreeable, to be troubled with pains in the stomach, and there is no need of it, for one dose of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera und Diarrhoea Kemedy ill allay the pain. Try it once and be convinced. The George Town
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      338 2 Gonosan brings about satisfactory results without the aid of any local treatment and is the latest and most scientific Remedy and far superior to combinations of plain Sandalwood oil, Copaiba etc. At all chemists and dealers. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. rPHE next Ordinary Meeting of theMuuiJL cipal Commissioners will be held at
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      915 2 ROBINSON PIANO C 0., T TD. L Hold the FINEST STOCK of Pianos in the East. YACHT, COTTAGE, GRAND AUTOPIANO. Prices from $300. Time payments. i Organs, Gramophones, Records all kinds of small instruments fittings Tunings singly or by contrast. Repairs foj/ Experienced Workmen, THE EASTERN SHIPPING Company, Ltd., (ENGINE
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    30 3 Vestels Front Agents Due York Singapore B.M ACo. 12tbMay. P. Heinrich Colombo B M ACo. 13th Tjdeus Singapore W.M.ACo. IKtb Arcadia Colombo A.G.ACo. 21st Sardinia Colombo A.G.ACo. 26th
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    SAILINGS.
    31 3 I 'rs*el> For Agent* Leum York I Colombo j B.MACo. May. P. Heinrich Singapore B M ACo, Tvdeus iAnfweip W M ACo. Arcadia Singapore lAGACo. Sardinia Singapore lA.G.ACo. 1 1
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      210 3 Andilusia, Ger. s 8., 3.47'/, Block. 9th Mav, Hamburg, 4th Apr., Gen.— B M. Co. aroka, Br. 8 8., 2,565, Shepherd, 9'h May, Bombay, 24th Apr., Gen.— H. L. A Co. Tudor Prince, Br. s.s 2 767, Me Dougall, 9tb Mav, Singapore, 7th May, Gen. B. Co. Putiala, Br.
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      DEPARTURES.
      81 3 12th May. Perak, for Deli. Mary Austin, for Asahan. Leong Ho, for Trang. Sree Banka, for Batu Bahra. Padang, for Batu Bahra. Japara. for Singapore. Warora, for Rangoou. Unity, for SingaporePin Seng, for Port Swetteuhain and Singapore. Hye Leong, for Teluk Anson. Un Peng, for Pulau Langkawi, Setul and
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      MAILS CLOSE.
      99 3 Fo* Tougkah—Per Malacca, to-morrow, 1 p m. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 pin. Tougkah—Per Ban Whatt Soon, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Trang Pang Nga—Per Deli, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Per Vidar, to-morrow, 2 p m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy—Per Gwalior, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Calcutta —Per Japan, to-morrow,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    249 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Mooltan, connecting with the steamer Arcadia at Colombo, due at Penang on 21 St May To Penang (from London, Apr. 24) Mr. and Mrs. Mac Nab. To Singapore (from London) Mr. and Mrs. P. (4. Fish and children (from Marseilles, May
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      688 3 PI 0, Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. May 21 Arcadia connecting with Mooltan Juna 4 Malta do China 18 Devanha do Moldavia July 2 Marmora do Himalaya 16 Delta do Macedonia Homeward. Fob INTENDED SAILINGS. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Intended to Sail. Stbambb.
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      370 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. s.s. Dortmund 23rd May, 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA HONGKONG, STRAITS A COLOMBO. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the Levant, Black Sea, and
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    The Straits Echo.
    95 4 The Straits Echo Justice satisfies everybody and justice alene— Xmerimi. Published dally (except Sundays.) AT THI CRITERION PRESS, Lid., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penarq. PRICE DAILY LOCAL $24 per antiuir. OUTSTATIONS Postage Kitra. MAIL EDITION (Poet Free) »15 CABLE ADDRESS' Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. M.B.— All business communications should be
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    THE SWING OF THE PENDULUM.
    738 4 Mr. "Winston Churchill, after his defeat at North-West Manchester, found a safe seat in Dundee, beating the Unionist candidate by over 2,700 votes. The Liberal majority, though large, does not give any indication that the Government has won fresh adherents in the Scotch city, and
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    THE TAIPING MOSQUE ACCOUNTS.
    259 4 A strongly-worded protest, signed by the chief members of the Mahomedan community in Taiping, has, we understand, been sent to Mr. R. J. Wilkinson, Acting Secretary to the Resident of Perak, with regard to the auditing cf the Taiping Mosque accounts. The signatories to the petition
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    The Penang Association.
    69 4 We would remind our readers that a Public Meeting of the Penang Association will take place at the Town Hall to-mor-row at 5 p.m., when a number of very important matters will be discussed. In the interest of the public welfare it is to be hoped that
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    Homeward German Mail.
    49 4 The N.-D. L. mail steamer Yorck, having left Singapore at 2 p. m. yesterday, is expected to arrive here to-day at 5 p m. and will leave for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port baid, Naples, Genoa, Gibraltar, Southampton, Antwerp and Bremen probably at 8 a. m. to-morrow.
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    50 4 Tin (unrefined) is quoted here to-day at S6P-12L buyers no sellers at Singapore (refined) at $69-50, buyers no sellfrs. and in London at ,£l3B 10s. cash and £137 15s. ihree months’ sight. Opium is quoted to-day at $845 and Rangoon rice at $164 per coyan.
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    SUPREME COURT.
    1797 4 IN CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) The following criminal appeals were disposed of yesterday Chellappah and Katamutu vs. The Crown. The appellants were convicted of assaulting a Brahmin, named Parasurana Iyer, and were fined twenty dollars and five dollars, respectively, by Mr Scott. Further they were
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      202 4 MATSUO’S JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. Location: —Corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road. Grand Programme To-night. NEW PICTURES !JEW PICTURES!! TWO PERFORMANCES EVERY NIGHT. First show, from 7 to 8-30jp.m. Second show, from 9 to 11-30 p.m. T PRICES OF ADMISSION. Ist SHOW. I 2nd SHOW. Ist Class $0.50. I Ist Cls
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Singapore.
      39 5 (Echo Special.) Two Vessels Founder. Singapore, 12th May. —TheNrt 11 ongsi and a Malay brig, Vadeh, foundered off Batu I'aliat in a squall on Sunday morning. ft is believed that all on board the two vessels were saved.
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      The Opium Traffic.
      86 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Alarm at Hongkong. London, 12th May.—The resolution moved by Mr. William Johnson in the House of Commons on the 6th iust., urging the Government to terminate, by the most speedy system, the licensing of opium dens in the Crown Colonies, especially iu Hongkong, the
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      The United States.
      48 5 (Supplied by Reuter President Roosevelt’s Message. London, 12th May.—President Roosevelt has sent a message to the House of Representatives, urging it to vote for the Naval Appropriation Hill and for participation in the International Commission which will investigate the opium traffic in the Far East.
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      China and Japan.
      220 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) The Fakumen Railway. London, 12th May.—The Times correspondent at Peking states that it is expected Japan will withdraw her veto to the Fakumeu railway, provided that China agrees to connect Fakumen with a point on the South Manchurian railway. China will probably accept th
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      An Echo of the By-Elections.
      103 5 An Echo of the ByElections. (Supjdied by Reuter The Irish League’s Manifesto. London, 11th May.—The Executive of the Irish League has issued a manifesto vigorously condemning the Irish support given to the Unionists at the North-West Manchester aud East Wolverhampton by-elections owing to the fear that Roman Catholic schools would
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      Home Politics.
      40 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) An Autumn Session Inevitable. London, 12th May.—Mr. H. H. Asquith, the Premier, speaking iu the House of Commons, said that an Autumn session was inevitable, but he was unable as yet to give the date.
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      The Great Motor Race.
      90 5 (Supplied hy Reuter.) The American Car Proceeds to Yladivostock. London, 12th May—The American mo-tor-car in the New York to Paris race which arrived at Tokio, proceeded to Vladivostock which is the rendezvous for a new start. The Americans claim that it has a leid of 1,200
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    The Police Courts.
    509 5 (Before Mr. Scott.) Gan Keng Sui, a towkay, was this morning summonsed by the Municipal Sanitary Inspector for failing to comply with an abatement of nuisance order served on him in the month of February las*, requiring him to abate a certain nuisance existing at 1 premises
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    Inquest.
    313 5 Mr. Scott held au inquest yesterday afternoon on the death of George Kruger who was found shot at Runnvmede,” 40. Northara Road, during the small hours of the morning of the Bth iust. A revolver was also found lying by the deceased. Medical evidence showed that death was due
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    Kedah Day by Day.
    342 5 (From Our Own Correspondent Monday, 11th May. R. I. P. The funeral of the late Chan Kooi, whose death has been reported by me, took place yesterday at 10 a.m. and was attended by more than six hundred people, the funeral cortege being a very long
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    Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company.
    527 5 The Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co. (no liability) has just completed a contract with the Werf Conrad Co., of Haarlem, Holland, for the construction and delivery of two dredges at Tongkah, one in February aud the other in March, 1909. These dredges will be of
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    Football.
    368 5 P. C. C. vs. Wanderers. Yesterday afternoon a crowd of spectators gathered on the Esplanade to witness a friendly game of soccer between the above teams. Soon after 5-30 p m. the two tetms lined up on the field, being coustituetd as follows P. C. C. Goal, Keyworth Full-backs,
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    “Poologa Ramba.”
    565 5 Poo'oga Ramba is not the name of a desert island or patent food but is the title of a book written by a gentleman iu the F. M. S. Post and Telegraph Department. It has been sent to us for review, aud we will say at once that
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      COMPULSORY RELIGION.
      346 5 To the Ediior of the Straits Echo, Sir, I shall derm it a favour if you will, in the interest of the Mohammedan fublie of Perak, be so good as to dud space for the following in the columns of your interesting and readable journal. There is a
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    Passengers.
    42 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Malaya, 12th May, from Deli Mrs. Ileyiigers, Mr. Wolvekamp, Mr. Cornfield, Mr. aud Mrs. Thiele, Mr. Kester, Mr. and Mrs. Picker, Mr. aud Mrs. Koster, Dr. l’leyte aud family, Mr. van Encel, Mr. Magtee, Mr. lloodeuburg. Miss Paaj.
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    FIXTURES.
    63 5 To-dat. 13th Day of 4th Moon. Singapore Races, Ist Day. Town Band, Golf Club, 6 to 7 p in. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of Penang Road and Campbell Street, 7 p.m. A 9p.m. To-morrow. 14th Day of 4th Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, corner of
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 China York) ...12th May. German (Pnnz Heinrich) ...13th English Arcadia) ...21st China (Oceana > ...23rd
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    P.& O. SAILINGS.
    38 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards. Arcadia 21 May. I Oceana 23 May. Malta l June. I Delta 0 June. Extra Service. Outwards. Homewards. Sardinia 2(1 May. I Nore 14 May. Socotra 9 June. I Japan 29
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      31 5 Gonosan provokes neither discomfort complications, nor nausea. It is the happiest scientific combination of best East Indian Sandalwood oil and Kawa Kawa. Bottles of 40 capsules at all chemists and dealers.
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    Chamberlain’s Pain Balm.
    68 6 You will hunt a good while before you find a liniment that is equal to Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. In cases of rheumatism aud sciatica it relieves the intense pain and makes sleep and rest possible. Soreness of the rauecles, swellings and lameness are quickly relieved by it,
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    EXCHANGE.
    116 6 Pbnano, 12th Mat. (By courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank ..2/3J 4 months’ sight Bank ..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 Nlouiniein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private 175$ ffadras,
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    PRODUCE.
    184 6 iold leaf $(>5.40 B. Popper( W.Coast 31 b*..5 o£.> no stock White Pepper $17.50 sellers Trang Pepper 11. sellers Cloves (picked) 31. —buyers ace 70. —sellers Mace Picking!- 55. —buyers Nutmegs 110& 20-50 sellers No. 1 5.30 sales Sug.t' 2 no stock Basle* 3.85 sales tapioca Ftour 1.80 nominal
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    SHARES.
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      36 6 Have You Rheumatism? If so, apply Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. It has cured others and there is no reason why it should not cure you. One application relievos the pain. The George Town Biapeusary. Wholesale A gems.
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      63 6 Lingering Coughs. Persistent coughs that continue through the spring and summer usually indicate some throat or lung trouble, and it is a serious mistake to neglect them. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is famous for its cures of coughs of this nature and a few doses taken in time may save a
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      9 6 PENANQ. Apply to Lim Cheng: Boon, 53, Beach Street.
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    Sikh Policemen and Chinese Coolies.
    344 7 Alleged Maltreatment. An article which appears in a recent issue of our esteemed contemporary —The Saturday Review (Shanghai)— anent the alleged maltreatment of Chinese cooließ by Sikh policemen at that port, applies as well to some of our Sikh constables in this Colony, (says the
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    Chinese News.
    350 7 The following interesting items are taken from some of the latest issues of the Shanghai Mercury, a j urnal usually well informed on matters Chinese:— It was at first decided to open the Tzuclieugyuau or the Legislative Council on the 30th April but it is now decided to
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      111 7 Australian Newspaper Man’s Experience With Diarrhoea. Mr. S. G. Mathers, publisher of Chronicle, Norinautown, Queensland, says Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy completely cured me of chronic dyseutery from which I had suffered for years. I feel confident that this remedy also saved the life of my iufaut daughter, who
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      744 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen A Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Ccnsultation Free. BBBIDINO AT No. 21a Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern Hotel. and Oriental 6 mths. UPTON’S TEAS WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. iQENTS, PENANG PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd.
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