Straits Echo, 4 September 1908

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  • 35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY VOL. 0. $24 Per Annum PENANG, FRIDAY, 4th SEPTEMBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 203.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 942 1 GG INNESS’S STOUT. lee Co TIANO 'X 35 'V, SOLE AOEtXTS BASS’S ALE. T H K BANKS. eastern. SHIPPING Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Engineering Appliances Fittings in Stock. Works, I Weld Quay and Stores Offices 1 W ices 37, Beach Street. J. Leith WEMYSS, M.I.N.A.,
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    • 28 1 1 HE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. jSj^HOddlN ST T -fe. 05 Co > CD 3 ft 4 'V Si® *0 roKro TIAWQLEE A C 0 Sole AgiatM.
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  • 963 2 Police Inefficiency. It was confidently predicted that the termination of the war with Russia would be followed by a marked increase of crime throughout Japan. No oue expected that the multitudes of coolies, largely drawn from the very lowest classes that composed the wake of the Japanese
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    • 106 2 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol, a newspaper at Herinosillo, Mexico, it being a part of a letter to the publisher from a friend On my last trip to my properties ou the frontier, my beast fell with .Tie to the ground, wounding me badly,
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    • 547 2 What Everybody Says Must Be True. Everybody who has used !t says Chamberberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to give relief from pains in the stomach or diarrhoea, which is positive proof of its reliability. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. Norddeutscher Lloyd Combined Round Voyage* Penang, Deli
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    • 1837 2 NOTICE OF SALE. THE PENANG ADVERTISING AGENCY, Bill- Posters and General Advertising Contractbrs, No. 7, Church Street, Penang, S. S. Telephone No. 303; Telegrams “PADDY.” Bill-Posting- and Advertising Work of every description nndortaken, and also the delivery and distribution of Circulars, Handbills, Samples etc. Honesty Guaranteed. PROMINENT BILL-POSTING STATIONS in:—Penang,
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  • 38 3 Vessels Front Agents Dus Bendoran London S.B.&Co. 4th Sept. Pathan Glasgow 8.B&C0. 4‘h Oriental Colombo A G.&Co. 10th A. Apear Singapore A.A. A.Co. 11th t> Delhi Singapore A G.&Co '2th Keetnun Sir ga pore VV.M.&Co. 18th
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  • 37 3 Yesseli For 4 wtt‘% Le‘’v*> Bendoran Singapore S B ACo. Sept. Patban Singapore S B ACo. Oriental Smgapore A G ACo. A. A pear Ca'cutta A.A.A Co. Delhi Colt m bo AG ACo. Keeuiuu Liverpool W.M.ACo.
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  • Shipping.
    • 148 3 Cyclops, Br. s.s, 5,747, Harris, 3rd Sept., Yokohama, 6th Aug., Gen.—W. M. &Co. Pachumba, Br. s.s, 544, Woodget, 3rd Sv*pt., Moulmein, 30th Aug, Gen. H L Co. Mary Austin, Br. 5.8., 121, Harvey, 4th Sept., DindingB, 3rd Sept., Gen. E. S. Co., Ltd. Ki*tna, Br. s.s., 524, Learmont, 4th
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    • 43 3 4th September. Syria, for Colombo and Tuticorin. Malacca, for Tongkah. Avagyee, for Tongkah. Rotorua, for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Mye Leong, for Teluk Anson. Pachumba, for Mergui, Tavoy and Moulmein. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Sree Bangka, for Batu Bahra.
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    • 115 3 Fob Madras taking mails for Europe, etc., via Bombay—Per Thongwa, to-morrow, 10 a.m. Colombo and Tuticorin— Per Pak Ling, to-morrow, 11 a.mCalcutta —Per Silesia, to-morrow, noon. Trang—Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Paugkalan Brandan—Per Vidar, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Deli —Per Perak, to morrow, 1 p.m. Batu Bahra and
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  • 366 3 Per P. and O. s.s. Britannia, connecting with the Oriental at. Colombo, due at Penang on 10th Sept. To Penan j: (from London. Aug. 14) Mr. C. Rai. To Singapore (from London) Mr. F. W. King, Mr. F. L. Okell, Mr. G. D. Robertson, Mr. T.
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  • 35 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. OUTWARDS. HoMKWAKDS. Oriental 10 Sept. I Delhi 12 Sept. Delta <4 I Malta 26 I Extra Service. Ootwabds. Hombwards. Sumatra 16 S»pt. I Syria 5 Sept, fwna 29 [Nyanm 19
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    • 956 3 p Coy. rri ,;,N and Departures. H,pfftf‘- ur Mail Service. Outward. connecting with Britannia JO On'# 1 conn do 8 Moot tan ,lo China Oct. A, *V J »1« Moldavia Ih Homeward. Connecting Due with S.S. London. a, jo Or* m IkUa For INTENDED SAILINGS. British India Steam Navigation Co.,
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    • 423 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. 8.8. Suevia 11th September, 1908. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. 6 k. Spezia for Duukirk, Antwerp and Hamburg 20th September, 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste,
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  • 95 4 iagtice satisfies everybody and Jastice atone lf-nman Knbltohwl dally (exc-pt ’«nrnlaye.» 4T TUB CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street. Penang PRICE DAII.T LOCAL *24 per annnn, OUTBTATIONB Postage Rxtra MAIL BIMTION (Poet Free) $l5 OAHLB ADDRKS3 Echo —Penang.” Telephone No. 343 .f.S.—All business communications should be
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  • 714 4 It may not be generally known, but it is nevertheless a fact, that there are many drivers of notoriously fast and high-powered cars on the road to-day who have been steering motor vehicles for very many years, and have never yet come under the ban
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  • 643 4 {Before Mr. Nunn.) Gambling. As the result of a raid made yesterday ou premises No 78, Gladstone Road, eight nkisha-coolies were this morning convicted of the charge of gambling and fined $2 each. Cansing Hurt. Two Chinese, man ami woman, pleaded not guilty to-day to the charge
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  • 191 4 Tub following business in »i*« Iris henn don« to-day Peoaug Eastern Smeltine C0.,1 t buyers, no sellers Penang Tin Exchange, 12£ tons at 65 90 Straits Trading Co., 25 66 37| Singapore Straits Trading Co., 50 66 37^ Total 87£ tons Tin is quoted in
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  • 925 4 Crescents vs. Penang Wanderers. Yesterday afternoon a fair number of i spectators gathered on the Esplanade to see i the Penang Wanderers and the Crescents do i battle in their final League fixture. When < the spectators arrived at 5 o’clock they found i that the cricket net
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  • 157 4 The public will be glad to learn that appears to be a" revival of amateur a in Penang There can be no doubt thaUh g is plenty of latent talent in our town couid be readily developed by sound train"* and experience, coupled with due euro,'
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  • 692 4 The Free Press gives the following lj Bt „f Griffins in training in Singapore for ti approaching races:— 1 Mr. Payne” b g Songster, H. Abram, 2 Hon. T. S. Baker b g Hayakazs H Abrams. E Kun br m P °PPy* 11 Abrams 4 lhe Chanwang
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 473 4 MATSUO’S JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH. Location .-—Corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road. TO-NIGHT NEW PICTDRES! NEW PICTURES!! STRING BAND IN ATTENDANCE. TWO PERFORMANCES^EVERY NIGHT. First show, I'rom < to S-30 p.m. Second show, from 9 to 11-30 p m. Ist Class 2nd Class 3rd Class 4th Class Ist SHOW. PRICES OF
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    • 31 4 Gonosuu is a happy combination o Resins with Oleum Santali in the P rt ’P\ tion of 1 part Kawa Kawa to 4 parts Santal cures easily, no complicationschemists and dealers.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
    • 42 5 (Echo Spec* 1 4 Scrion* Charge. Jth September. —The Singap° r ir0 incensed at the I Chinese cow j Chinese J conipl*" 1 ,j) -i ia t she was out*0W?" Medical Assistant at the Island- The Chinese Pro£«t«ci“ re f^5 theca8e
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    • 402 5 (Suppled by Reuter.) The Policy of Hostility.” London, 3rd September.—Germany’s threatens to revive the Morocco Question which has most acutely disquieted L Paris and Berlin Bourses. The German papers are a chorus of approval the French ropers are uneasy and suspect that it is tbe intention of Germany to
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    • 193 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) American Feeling. London, 4th S^piembor.—President lloosevelt, writiug to Mr. Elihu Root, the t S. Secretary of State, concerning the postponement of the Japanese Exhibition, savs that tbe people of the United States liold Japan in peculiar feelings of regard ‘‘ltd friendship. No other nation
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    • 86 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) An Explanation. turn' 1 1 it 1 1 S3 P twinl) er-—The latest reeordci^!'i firQ,ODt low the vote re tuinn <l ’“estateelection was well above tbe Presa Uln i° w must fall in order to a democratic presidential victory. hi Venn Iu .K
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  • 926 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wednesday, Sept. 2nd. Towkay Saigon’s Estate. Iu the Supreme Court, yesterday, a case of much interest to local Chinese came on for hearing. It was in the matter of the estate of Choo Eug Choon, deceased, between Choo Ang Choo, plaintiff, and Neo Chan
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  • 424 5 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, 2nd Sapt. H.E.’s Expected Visit. There is a rumour current that His Excellency tbe High Commissioner will visit laipiug again shortly, and that he will then take the opportunity of visiting some parts of Krian. Official Movements and Appointments. The British Resident and
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  • 210 5 The Overseas Daily Mail of the loth ult., publishes the following letter on the subject of rubber growing in Malaya, from A. V.,” Ipob, Malay Peninsula:— An idea seeni9 to have got abroad that the pi ice of rubber having dropped from six or seveu shillings
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  • 275 5 The output from the Tronob Miues for the month of August last was Pels. 2,839 90 of e’ean dressed ore. Oa Suuday next there will be Divine Service with Holy Communion at 9 a. m at St. Mark’s, Butterworth. The Rev. Bro. James, Direc’or of St.
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  • 921 5 A Kuala Lumpur Gentleman's Reply to Sir Frank Swetteaham. The followiug letter from Mr. David Freeman, of Messrs. VVreford aud TbomtoD, Kuala Lumpur, dated from the Federal Capital, July 8, appears iu the London Times of tbe 14tb August:— In a recent letter in your columns Sir
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  • 128 5 Arrived. Per s.s. Rotorua, 3rd Sept., from Port Swettenham Messrs. Yeo Heng Cbeoug and Yew Teug Keok. Per ss. Teesta, 4th from Madras Mrs. Feldman and Miss Nadel. Per 8.8 Kutna, 4th S«pt., from Singapore Messrs. W. H. Foster and Kung Tung Tan. From Port Swettenham Rev. Brother James,
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  • 55 5 To-day 9th Day of Bth Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 pm. and 9 p.m. The Patbescope.” King Street Theatre, 7-30 p.m. and 9-30 p.m. Tomorrow, 10th Day of Bth Moon. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Patbescope,” King Street Theatre, 7-30
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 60 5 Whooping Cough. prot«ri., m U ve^* v dangerous disease unless »Toi(le«l hut all danger may ba Remedy V i Klv nt? Chamberlain’s Cough •«iikinJi* liquifies the tough mucus, couahl,, eaBl,!r to expectorate, keeps the coughmuT’ a t U< ma ieB the paroxysms of Georee T< 1 M rw l uent
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    • 381 5 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, The undersigned will sell by 1 PUBLIC AUCTION, I On Wed., 16th Sept., 1908, AT 11 AM., I IN THE COURTYARD OF LOGAN’S BUILDINGS, BEACH STREET, PENANG, The Property of KOO EWE LEONG. All that piece of land and hereditaments, situate in
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    • 242 5 CENTRAL SALES ROOM TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, On Monday, 7th Sept., 1908, AT 11 AM, AT CLOVE HALL ROAD, The Residence of Capt. W. BROWN. Valuable and Artistic Household Furniture. COMPRISING Double and Single Brass Bedsteads, Mirrored Wardrobes and Dressing Tables, Marble-top Washstands, Dining Tables, Dinner Waggons, Rattan
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  • 1456 6 Half-Yearly General Meeting. The Eighty-sixth Ordinary Half-Yearly General Meeting of the Shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held on the 22nd ult., in the City Hall, Hongkong, when theeighty-sixth Report of the Court of Directors was submitted. Mr. E. Shellim (Chairman)
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  • 229 6 What is described as the present painful position in the Dominion is the subject of a petition to the Chinese Government, which has recently been signed by a large number of Chinese residents in New Zealand. The petitioners state that their grievance has been Drought about
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  • 156 6 The South China Morning Post says that fish experts will find a fruitful source of investigation in a curious fish which is caught above Wuchow in the West ltiver by means of fishing nets. A Post representative was shown a live specimen by Captain Page, and found
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  • 121 6 Pena.**», 4th September (By ctnriety of th* Charter*J Hunk.) London De.nand H -u ..2/3|| x months' sigiu fix ..2/4-^ 3 Credit ..2/4 3 Documentary ...2/41 Jaii-iiiia, ueinand Bank Its 175^ J days’ sight Private 17 7 Bombay. Demand Bank 1754 Mouimein, Demand Bank 1744 3 days’ sight Private 17
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  • 193 6 iold ea* $65. B. Poppeiq W.C b*»-. i no stock White Poppet ..$15.25 sellers Trang Pepper 10. —nominal Cloves (picked) onto/season Mace 70.—nominal Mace Pickings 58. —buyers Nutmegs 110« 19 5) safes No. 1 6.65 sales Sugar 2 no stock Ba-ke; 3.50 sellers Tapioca Flour 1-80 nominal Copra 6.70
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  • 193 6 Penang, 4th Sbptember 1908. Bse*— ctt. Soup per ciiiu 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 24 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 3u Tongue ($0 Feet 14 Heart 28 Liver per catty 30 Fork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s Head 2 Feet 24 Tongue 30
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 36 6 A Balm Indeed. No external application is equal to ChambexUmn Pan, Balm for sore muscles or Hwollen joints. No matter wbat may be »he cause, tins liniment will give relief. The George lown Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 96 6 Gonosan capsules contain only the purest East Indian Sandal wood oil and Kawa Kawa. The first dose quickly removes violent inflammatory symptoms, bots of 40 capsules, at. all dealers and Chemists. MARTIN’S &STEEL Ifbr Ladies.! PILLS rmncn Remedy for al: Irregularities, 94 I .adies keep a box <»7 M «rtln'a
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    • 134 6 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. |WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINGS btook Alwnjra on H»nd MABTELL’S BRANDY. ADAMSON, C1LFILLAN CO., LTD. G testers’ Champagne. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. AGENTS FOR PFNANQ F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.’ GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery Co BORDEN'S PEERLESS
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  • 701 7 Farewell Reception and Presentation by the Selangor Anti-Opium Society. The members of the local Anti-Opium Society, says the Malay Mail, held a farewell At Home at the Weld Hill Club on Monday in honour of the Rev. Wm. E Horley, one of their
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  • 532 7 The Marriage Law. Iu an Encyclical Letter, oue of the most important ecclesiastical documents issued for many years, the 241 Bislops of the Anglican Church epitomise the results of their deliberations iu the Lambeth Conference just concluded. The resolutions arrived at, 78 in number, range
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  • 328 7 Toe Times of Ceylon says The Straits and F. M. S. papers have an idea '.hit the question, which elicited a reply in the affirmative in the House of Commons lately, as cabled bv Reuter, as to whether a change in the Sunday Labour Ordinance in the
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  • 254 7 Siam Follows Our Example. Thanks to the energy of the Agricultural Department, Siam is already beginning to emulate the example set by the successful agricultural exhibitions which are organised iu the Straits Sett'ements or the Federated Malay States. So it is no longer with any hopeless feeling of
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1027 7 BAXTER Co.’s best navy canvas. sandiuwps. buttery Co. W VIP CORSAR SON’S BfLL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANim ANDS. BUTTERY Co, White k Bros.’ PORTLAND CEMENT, “LION BRAND.” SanJilands, Buttery Co., AGENTS. PENANG F. M. 8. BURRELL Co.’s UOILKD k RAW LINSEED OILS, PAINTS A TURPENTINE 10 HE n.\l)
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    • 42 7 Grimaldi's Skin Soap, so justly renowned for its cleansing and curative properties n removing dbobie’s itcb. Ac., prevents ail skin diseases: it is nice to use, lias a most refreshing smell and should always Ire'used in hot countries for washing and shaving.
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 775 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. EBSIDINS AT No. 21a, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hote’. 6 mthi TEA V TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG, PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Lid. r (UNDERWOOD j j TYPEWRITERS. j I
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