Straits Echo, 16 September 1908

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STRAITS, THE FEDERATET MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum, PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 16th SEPTEMBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. ‘213.
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      26 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE-FAR EAST. igrm" mm m 4 j' T i. ca K -c > P CD •*> /OKTO Tl ANQ LEE A Co., S»le Agents.
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    Java Rubber.
    106 2 An Interesting Album. Among the exhibits sent by the Java Government to the International Rubber Exhibition in London is an album containing a description of the Government gutta percha plantation at Tjipetir. The Government, alarmed by the reckless manner in which the natives in Sumatra and Borneo worked
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    The Finances of the F.M.S.
    217 2 Commenting on the finances of the Federated Malay States, our Kuila Lumpur contemporary points out that the principle is contribution to Federal expenses proportionate to state revenue in the same proportion, with the exception of railway revenue and expenditure, in which Negri Sembilan and Pahang
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    Hongkong’s University.
    249 2 ANOTHER MUNIFICENT GIFT. $330,600 Already Promised. A representative of the South China Morning Post learned the other day that the splendid donation of 3150.0C 0 had been offered to the endowment fund of the proposed Hongkong University, bv Mr. Li Tsz Chiu, his brothers and a few friends.
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    Beauty and Ugliness in Animals.
    663 2 A work on The Esthetics of the Animal World” has just been published bv the literary executors of the late Professor Mobius, director of the great Zoological Museum in Berlin. It consists, as we learn from a review in Nature, of a collec’ion of brief
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      44 2 What Everybody Says Must Be True. Everybody who lias used it says Chamber* berlaiu’s Coiic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to give relief from pains iD the stomach or diarrhoei, which is positive proof of its reliability. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents-
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      337 2 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J. Fuller, J. P. t storekeeper, Rendelsbam, South Australia, writes "I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps aDd who really thought he was past help. I gave him thres uoses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Chi lera and Diarrhoea Remedy, an!
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    35 3 r« uteii Fn-m Agent* Due Deifflinger Singapore B.M ACo. 16tbSept. Zieten Colombo B.M ACo. 17th Keemun Sirgapore W.M.ACo. 18th Ajax Singapore W.M.ACo. !9th Delta Colombo A.G ACo. 24th Malta Singapore A.G. ACo. 26th
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    SAILINGS.
    30 3 Test el For Ajent Lr'vei Deifflinger Colombo B.M ACo. Sept. Zieten Singapore B M ACo. Keenoun Liverpool WM.A^o. Ajax Antwerp W.M ACo. Delta Singapore AG ACo. Malta Colombo A.G.ACo.
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      ARRIVALS.
      113 3 Sumatra, Br. 8 s., 2,976, Bruce, loth Sept, London, 15th Aug., Gen.—A- G <&Co.. Petrel, Br. s.s.. 124, Allan, 15th Sept, Langkat, 14th Sept., Gen.—E. S. Co., Ltd. Cornelia, Br. s.s., 200, Morris, loth Sept, Klang, 14th Sept., Gen.—E- S. Co., Ltd. Hebe, Br. s s., 384, Andrews, 16th
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      DEPARTURES.
      51 3 16th September. Fuhwo, for Langkat. Malacca, for Tongkah. Avagyee, for Tongkah. Hebe, for Deli. Maetsuijcker, for Singapore. Ban Whatt Soon, for Teluk Auson. Mary Austin, for Dindings. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taipiug. DerJ}linger, for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Egypt and via Naples, for Europe etc. Vorwarts, for
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      MAILS CLOSE
      125 3 For Singapore, China and Japan—Per Zieten, to-morrow, 11 a.m. Asahan—Per Petrel, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Langkat—Per Jin Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Trang and Pang Nga—Per Deli, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Deli and Langsa—Per De Koch, tomorrow, Ipm. Port Swettenbaiu, Port Dickson and Malacca Per Cornelia, to morrow, 2 p.m. Port
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    473 3 Per I. G. M. s. s. Zieten (from Hamburg) due at Penaug ou 17th Sept To Penang Mr. F. L. Klein, Mr. and Mrs. S F. Broretou Martin anu children. Dr. 1».. Slotema, Mr. H. v. Gaffrou, Mr. Jobs. Dovormiible, Mrs. Gut. To Singapore Mr. Aiex.
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      448 3 fjO, Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. j 4 Delta connecting with Mooltan M' 8 Atxaye <]° v Delhi do Moldavia Homeward. D*t? SeptOct. Not. Dec. Jan. Feb. 30 13 29 THROUGH STEAMERS TO LONDON. s.B. Malta September 26. Macedonia March 26. FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS.
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      251 3 (S H IP PIN Gr.) Fob INTENDED SAILINGS. British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. Intended to Sail. Stbambe. Negapatam, Madras, Pondicherry, Cuddalore, and Karrical. Rangoon A Calcutta, [Moulmein and Burmese Ports.] Moulmein via Mergui, Tavcy and Yeh. Port Swettenham and Singapore. Singapore. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Tavoy and Mergui.
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      490 3 HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE. Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. 6.8. Spezia for Dunkirk, Antwerp and Hamburg 20tb September, 1908. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, Genoa, Ports in the Levant, Black Sea,
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    The Straits Echo.
    94 4 J nstice satisfies everybody and Justice alone Fnbllshed dally (except Sundays.! AT TH» CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE DAILY LOCAL $2l par annum OUTBTATIONS Postage Kxtra MAIL EDITION (Post Pree) $l5 OAKI.K ADIIRFS4 Echo—Penang.” Telephone No. 343. All buslnes* cororannicatloiw should be addressed
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    THE GERMAN PERIL.
    613 4 The emphatic repudiation by Prince Von Buelow of any aggressive policy towards Great Britain should put an end to the tales of the scaremonger and the mischief-maker who have succeeded only too well iu creating ill-feeling between England and Germany. Much good can be done by plain
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    H. E. Sir John Anderson.
    198 4 PROGRAMME OF THE VISIT TO PERAK. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping. 15th Sept. His Excellency the High Commissioner is expected to arrive at Kuala Kangsar on Sunday the 20tb. On the 22nd His Excellency, in company with His Highness the Sultan, will leave Kuala Kangsar
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    75 4 Thk toilowmg business in tin has l*enn doue to-day Singapore Straits Trading Co., 75 tons at $6O 25 Penang Straits Trading Co., 50 60 25 Penang Tin Exchange, 25 65 80 Eastern Smelting Co., 25 66 25 Total 175 tons Tin is quoted iu London
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    Homeward German Mail.
    478 4 The N.-D L. mail steamer Derfflinger, having left Singapore at 6 p.m. yesterday, is expected to arrive here to-day at 9 p m., and will leave for Colombo, Aden, Suez, Port Slid, Naples. Genoa. Algiers, Gibraltar. Southampton, Antwerp and Hamburg probably at 5 a m to-morrow. Thk
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    The Police Courts.
    815 4 (Before Mr. Scott.) A False Charge* Chu Chin Bin and Tan Ang Non yesterday charged with criminal trust as seivants in respect of eight hi of cement, valued at $36, between the X Juno and 25th July l»„t. The accuil 5 denied the charge, were represented h*
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      552 4 NOTICE Owing to the difficulties of collection, on and after May Ist all Bills must be settled on leaving the Eastern and Oriental and 44 Crag Hotels. No Bills will be posted for collection to any outstation. SARKIES BROTHERS, PROPRIETORS JUST NOW. WE HAVE a SHIPMENT OF JUVENILE BICYCLES,—FOR BOVS.
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      49 4 Whooping Cough. This is a very dangerous disease l n properly treated, but all dancer u avoided by giving Chamberlains 1 Remedy. It liquifies the ♦ouct> making it easier to expectorate, kee 0 f cough loose, and makes the parol.'* coughing less frequent and less George Town Dispeasary,| Wholesale
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      The United States.
      159 5 (Supplied by Renter.) Foreign Relations. Loudon, 15th September.—Mr. Elibu iw the U. S. Secretary of State, presiding the Republican Convention at New y or k, declared that the wild outcries of the sensational Press at home and abroad, had fmled to destroy the good understanding lietff eeu
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      Canadian Forest Fires.
      76 5 (Supplied by Reuter Navigation Impeded. London, 15th September.—The smoke of the forest fires is impeding navigation in the St Lawrence. The liners Corinthian and Malinhead, collided yesterday, the latter sinking before she could be beached. On the 13th inst. Reuter wired London, ldth September.—The Canadian trans-continental traffic
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      The Unemployed Problem.
      56 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Relief* Work. Loudon, 1 Gth September—The Birmingham Municipality are starting relief work for the unemployed. Glasgow Relief Fund. London, 16th September.— At a meeting of the citizens at Glasgow, presided over by the Lord Provost, a relief fuud for the unemployed was opened. A
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      Newspaper Competitions.
      38 5 (Supplied by Reuttr.) Parliamentary Committee’s Recommendation. Loudon, 16th September.—The Parliamentary Committee appoints 1 to enquire into the question of lotteries, recommends hat it should be made illegal for newspapers to charge entrance fees for their competitions.
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      Trade Disputes.
      81 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Permanent Tribunal. London, 15th September.—Mr. Winslon Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, lias prepared a scheme for tho creatiou of •permanent tribunal of arbitration in trade disputes m which labour and capital are equally represented. The Cotton Trade Dispute. London, 16th September.— The
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      Cholera.
      157 5 {Supplied by Reuter.) 3,130 Deatlm. London, loth September.— Eight Russian 'Vikoh have boon declared to lie infected duJ f "i ra ,tr 3.130 deaths from that B BBw Lave taken p'are. Oenir Z*'- Hoad Master of the p a ,7° 'ool- bamt, is a {aisenger by the the l‘»th
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    “Lum Huah Ee” Hospital.
    248 5 A meeting of the Committee of the Hua Ee Hospital was held at 36, Muntn Street, last Sunday. There were present Mr. Goh Taik Chee, President and Hon. Treasurer, Messrs. Yeoh Paik latt, Chan Kai Sook, Looi Wys Fooug, Ooi Kim Kheng, Yeoh Lye Yoon, Yeoh
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    The Chinese Amateur Dramatic Performance at Ipoh.
    693 5 (From Our Oven Correspondent Ipoh, 14th Sept. f On Saturday evening the Chinese Theatre 8 here was crowded with Europeans and Chinese who came from all quarters around l Ipoh to witness the Chinese Amateur 8 Dramatic Performance given in aid of the
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    Planting Interests.
    1841 5 5 GOVERNMENT ENCOURAGEMENT TO PLANTERS. Outspoken Remarks of the High Commissioner. On the occasion of the visit of His Ex cellency the High Commissioner, Sir John Anderson, k.c m.o., to Klang on Saturday, to declare the new bridge open, the planters of the District entertained His Excellency, His
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    F. M. S. Tin.
    147 5 The output of Kanaboi, Limited, for August, was 224.25 oiculs of clean ore, from tribute working only. For want of water, the hydraulic elevator was shut down during the whole of the month. Hydraulicing started on the 6th instant,. Mr. T. L. Crowther has joined the
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
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      QUEUE-CUTTING IN MALACCA.
      329 5 3 TO THE EdIIOB OF THE STRAITS ECHO. 0 Dear Sir, Kindly insert the following news in the column of your valuable paper and oblige Ou the morning of the 11th int., between the relentless blades <Jf a brand-new pair of 1 1 scissors in the ucerring
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    Singapore Training Notes.
    541 5 Monday’s Free Press has the following notes of the training for the forthcoming > Singapore races Trainers in general had nothing to grumble at on Saturday, the weather being all that could be wished and the going, though slightly on the soft side, good. Excelsior with bis
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    Passengers.
    79 5 Arrived. Per ss. Sumatra, 15th Sept., from London Mr. E G. Stevens, Mrs. Stevens, Mr. and Mrs. Parrett and 2 infants. Mr. I. C. Marshall, Mr. and Mrs. H. O. Robinson. Per ss. Malaya, 16th Sept., from Deli Mrs. von Huhn, Mrs. von Gvmnick, Mrs. Chits with children. Miss
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    FIXTURES.
    64 5 To-day 21st Day of Bth Moon. Town Band, Esplanade. 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The Pathescope.” King Street Theatre, 7-30 p.m. and 9-30 p.m. To-morrow. 22nd Dav of Bth Moon. League Football Govt. Service vs. M. R. C-, Esplanade. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 p.m.
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      42 5 Noe 11 Indeed beH»,n' X 8 ler p al application 8 equal to Chamjo a IQ or Bore muB cleB or c*u»e hii* 1 r matter what may be the °«WttTown n mBot wi K‘»e relief. The u ls peuBary, Wholesale Agents.
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      43 5 According to all accounts we have the assurance that Gonosan is one of the most valuable discoveries of modern pharmacology and is far ahead of all preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs, etc. It is the safest and most successful. At all Chemists and Dealers-
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      268 5 For Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. j rilHE s.h. Glen/alloch, Captain J. H. HainsJL worth, is expected to arrive here oo Thursday, and will leave for the above porta on Saturday, the 26th inst., at 3 p.m. For freight or passage apply to KOE GUAN Co., Agents for WEE BIN
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    Army and Navy Notes.
    755 6 (From Our Own Corresjiondent.) London, August 22nd. 1 Drafts for the Far East. Various drafts of Royal Garrison Artillery from the home districts have been ordered to embark in the s. s. Soudan the 15th proz. for conveyance to Ceylon, the Straits Settlements and HongkoDg. Small
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    86 Embraces.
    177 6 Which character of fiction receives th greatest number of kisses According Vo 1 a critic, with a taste for statistics, quote d in 1 1 the Revue des Revues, this distinction rests! 1 with the heroine of William Morris’s “Water 1 I of the Wondrous Isles.” Mt appears
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    The “Mata Mata” at Malacca.
    728 6 Schoolboys’ Yiews of the Guardian of the Peace. Some of the Malacca High School boys! recently wrote an essay on the local police. I The following are some of the choicest I specimens:— By a Kling Boy. The Malacca Police are now Malays. Some of
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    EXCHANGE.
    129 6 Pbnang, 16th SBrrBMBB*. (fly courtesy o) the Chartered Rank.) London Demand Bank I 4 months’sight Bans ..2l4-fy\ 3 Credit -2/4^ n 3 Documentary I I Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 175$ 3 days' sight Private 177 I Bombay. Demand Bank 1754 I I Moulmein, Demand Bank 174| 3 days’ sight
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    PRODUCE.
    188 6 Gold leaf $65. B. Pepper( W.C<*a*t 31b*..’* > no stock White Pepper $l5. buyers Prang Popper 1®- nominal Jiovos (picked) out of season 7O. —nominal Mac*) Picking* 69- nom. Nutmegs 110» 19 50 sales No. 1 6.65 sales Sugar < 2 stock (Ba*k«i 3.32; idles Tapioca K'«»iir I*Bo nomirun
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    MARKET PRICES.
    186 6 I’knang, 16th S»rr«MB«R 1908. Bskk— f Soup o.i m 12 Rou.st 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 3u Tongue 50 Feet 20 Heart 30 Liver per catty 30 Pork— Pork per catty 32 Pig’s llca<i 20 Feet 24 Tongue 30
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    SHARES.
    8 6 ANTHONY AND ANDERSON, Etchant» Z Share Brokert.
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      131 6 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol, a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mexico, it being a part of a lette- to the publisher from a friend: Ou my last trip to my properties on the frontier, my beast fell with me to the grouud, wounding me badly,
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      122 6 Dr. Friedlaender testifies that Gonosan exerts a favorable influence in removing complications and haemorrhage; also more rapid and satisfactory results are obtained by it than bv any other preparation of Sandalwood oil etc. Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class return tickets will be granted per s.s. Kistna,” timed
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    The Trade of China in 1907.
    815 7 All who have been engaged in the foreign trade of China during 1907 will probably echo the remark of Mr. J. L. Chalmers, the Acting Statistical Secretary, that it was a year of only hand-to-mouth transactions. Speculation, which had largely brought about the position
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    Cures for Snake Bites.
    161 7 The experience in the Central Provinces and Berar seems to he that the antiveneoe treatment is most successful in cases of cobra-bite, the permanganate of potash showing the best, results when applied to bites by the krait.daboia bungarus.and echiscarinata. 'I be permanganate lancet has proved efficacious
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      1345 7 BAXTER Co.’s best navy canvas. SANDIUNDS, BUTTERS Co. BAVIP CORSAR SON’S well-known EXTRA piAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANiIIUNDS. BUTTfcHY CoINSURANCES, THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCOUPORA.TED BY ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720. ty Saziey litn Bros.' Portland cement, “LION BRAND.” Saadltsnds, iiuttery Co„ agents. PEN AIMG F. M. S. BURRELL Co.’s BOIUiD
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      43 7 Grimault’s Skin Soap, so .justly renowned for its cleansing and curative properties in removing dhobie’s itch, &c., prevents all skin diseases: it is nice to use, has a most refreshing 6mell and should always be used in hot countries for washing and shaving.
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      908 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, late of Dr. Allen Cv., Pha U.S.A. Charges Mode r ate, Consultation Free. L ..Jlf.O AT /Vo. 2is, Penang Road. A few doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 rath» TEA v TEA SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG, PATERSON, SIMONS Co., Ltd. WONG KIM MUN, No.
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