Straits Echo, 26 November 1908

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    35 1 Straits Echo DAILY CHRONICLE OF EVENTS, CIRCULATING THROUGHOUT THE STk,.'TS, THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES AND THE FAR EAST GENERALLY. VOL. 6. $24 Per Annum. PENANG, THURSDAY, 26th NOVEMBER, 1908. Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 273.
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      975 1 TIANQ LEE 00. O. Nfc co r p> <r o HVL oo C/a OO f -4fV VO m f\ a SOLE AOF.MTS. T H E E 5 A y# K Si EISTEKN SHIPPINO Bank of India, Australia and China. Hongkong Shanghai Banking CorporationCompany, Lid., (ENGINE WORKS.) INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER.
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      21 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. HOddlN lv m} 4 T 7 -b cs <0 > “O 0' CD >\ Cs rOKTO
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    Buddhism in China.
    1239 2 On the lULh last, at the Wesleyan Church, Wancbai, tbe Ruv. C. lloue gave a popular address on Buddhism in China, its priests and its practices. Mr. R. S. Piercy was in the chair. The lecture was given in connection with tbe literary department of the Wesley
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      40 2 Godohxd bring* about satisfactory results without tlie uni of anv local trent ment ami is the latent ami most scientific UeinmW ami far superior to combinations of plain San<lalaio.il oil. Copall si etc. A f all chemist* «ami ilea lets.
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      602 2 Cheap Week End Excursions to Selangor. First class return tickets will be granted per s.s. Kistna,” timed to leave Penang for Port Swettenham every Saturday afternoon available only for return per as. Ipoh,” or Pin Seng,” due to leave Port Swettenham on the next afternoon and expected to arrive in
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      2032 2 REDUCED FARES-CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS. F or \3S return tickets for single fare*», «70, will be granted available between J December, 1908. and January. 1909, by the undermentioned joint service scheduled to leave Penang as follows: L m s. F«>ok Sang Kum Saog Japan Lightning whilst the return vessels will be: 8.8.
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    32 3 Vestel t Ftotn Agent* Due Delta Oceana P. Ludwig Deifflinger Somali Colombo Singapore Singapore Colombo Singapore A.O AOo. A. B. B.M &Co. A.G&Co. Ird Dec. 5th t 8th 10th 11th
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    SAILINGS.
    24 3 Ve**eh For Ajents Leive> Delta Singapore A.G.&Co. Dec. Oceana Colombo AG.&Co. P. Ludwig Colombo B.M.&Co. Deifflinger Singapore B M &Co. Somali Colombo A.G&Co.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      67 3 Spir, Nor. s.s., 870, Siegwarth, 25th Not., Brooketon, 19th Nov., coal.—H. L. Co. Buelow, Ger. s.s., 5,223, Formes, 26th Not., Bremen, 21st Oct., Gen.—B. M. Co. Peking, Swed. s.s., 2,217, Petterson, 26th Nov., Singapore, 24th Not., Gen.— P. S. Co. Perak, Br. s.s., 519, Quinne, 26th Not., Singapore, 24th
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      DEPARTURES.
      60 3 26tu November. Buloto, for Singapore, China and Japan. Hebe, for Deli. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Sportsman, for Pang Nga. Mary Austin, for Asahan. Vidar, for Port Swettenbam, Port Dickson and Malacca. Canton, for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Flying Dragon, for Pulau Langkawi and Setul. Teesta, for Port Swettenham and
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      MAILS CLOSE
      119 3 Fob Tongkah—Per Sappho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Trang—Per Tong Chay Un, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Batu Babra—Per Sree Bangka, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Tongkah—Per Ban Whatt Soon, tomorrow, 1 p.m. Port Swettenbam and Singapore—Per Perak, to-morrow. 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Rotorua, to-morrow, 2 p.m. Teluk Anson—Per Carlyle, to-morrow, 3
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    453 3 Per P. and O. s.s. India, connecting with the steamer Delta at Colombo, due at Penang on 3rd Dec- To Penang (from London, Nov. 6) Mr. and Mrs. W. Napier, Mr. and Mrs. A. Robertson. To Singapore (from London) Mr. A. J. Cowdrey, Mr. G. W.
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      696 3 Pi 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departures. Mail Service. Outward. Dec. 3 Delta connecting with India 17 Atssaye do Victoria Homeward. THROUGH STEAMER TO LONDON. 8.8. Macedonia March 26. FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. Ut Glass and Clan lY London by Sex £66 £44 I'd Marseilles or Gibraltar £61*12...
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      488 3 (SHIPPING.) HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. FREIGHT SERVICE; Next Sailings for Singapore, China and Japan. Next Sailings Homeward. VIA COLOMBO. s. s. Senegambia, 3rd December. 1908, for Havre and Hamburg. Taking cargo at through Rates to Antwerp, Amsterdam. Rotterdam Copenhagen Lisbon, Oporto, London, Liverpool, Glasgow, Marseilles, Trieste, < enoa, or s in the
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    The Straits Echo.
    96 4 lattice «attufles everybody and justice alene •'nblluhnd dally <exc«pt Monday».» »r TBI CRITERION PRESS, Lid., No. 226 —232, Beach Street, Penang. PRICE: haii.t IjOuai p flr OtITHTATIOKH I'o-taij* Kxtr*. MAll. EDITION (Poet Kree) US OAHI.K ADIIRKBI Echo cnai»J‘. Telephone No. 343 i*.A.— All bnr<lii«r<» cn-nmimicutton» should be
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    A NEW BOOK ON CHINA.
    615 4 M. Albert May bon's book, La Politique Chinoite, which is a review of the political forces that have been at work during the ten years which have elapsed since the late Emperor Kwang Hsu startled his subjects by his series of reforming edicts, is published
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    76 4 This following business iu tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, oq buyers, no sellers Eastern Smelting C 0.,") buyers, no sellers Straits Tradiug Co., 75 tons at 69 37£ Singapore Straits Trading Co., 200 69 50 Total 275 tons. Tin is quoted
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    Penang Nursing Association.
    681 4 Seventeen subscribers attended the meeting of the Penang Nursing Association, which was held at the Town Hall yesterday afternoon, to consider and pass the proposed Constitution aud Rules. The object of the Association is to provide skilled nursing for pitieuts at their residences. At a previous meeting,
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    SUPREME COURT.
    5378 4 IN CIVIL ORIGINAL JURISDICTION. t (Before Mr. Justice RraddcH) Boustead Co. vs. Khoo Gnat Cheng. Yesterday morning, when the hearing of the above action was resumed, Mr. Justice Braddell intimated to Mr. Armstrong, counsel for the defendant, that be was of opinion that the evidence as to the
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    The Police Courts.
    332 5 (Before Mr. Broom.) Disorderly Conduct. A Malay lad and a Chinaman were yesterday mulcted iu the sum of $3 each for punching each other in a Billiard Room at Ayer Etam the previous day. Tampering with a Duelling. Lia Ah Heng and Liong Ah Fook, pork sellers
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    Government Gazette.
    871 5 The Government Gazette of November 20 contains the following items of information His Excellency the Governor, with the approval of the Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State for the Colonies, has been pleased to appoint Mr. A. Cavendish, Passed Cadet, to be District Officer, Nibong Tebal. in Class
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    Penang Library.
    867 5 New Hooks. The following new books have been received at the Penang Library Science Progress in the Twentieth Century, No. 10, October. 1908, by N. H. Alcock and W. G- Freeman. The Revolt in Hindustan, 1857-59, by Sir Evelyn Wood. My Story, by Hall Caine. George Cruikshank. by
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Lord Roberts’ Motion.
      74 5 Supplied, by Reuter.) Creates General Sensation. London, 26th November.—Lord Roberts’ speech in the House of Lords yesterday, on the necessity of an army strong enough to deter the most formidable power from attempting a landing in Great Britain, has created a general sensation and increased the bitterness
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      The Opium Traffic.
      34 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Conference Postponed. London, 26th November.—The Times states that America has agreed, at the request of China, to postpone the opening of the Opium Conference to February 1, 1909.
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      The Balkan Crisis.
      51 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Turco-Bulgarian Negotiations Suspended. London, 25th November.—A telegram from. Constantinople states that the TurcoBulgariau negotiations are suspended owing to the question of signing the protocol. The Bulgarians desire the final act to be signed by the Porte, who declines to do so pending the European
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      Shipping.
      58 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Fire on Board a Liner. London, 26th November.—The Papayanni liner, Sardinia, which was just leaving Malta for Egypt, caught fire and was ablaze one mile outside the harbour. There were 250 souls on board. The passengers and cew, in a panic, jumped overboard and tweufy-three Europeans
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    Selangor Chinese Amateur Dramatic Company.
    818 5 Forthcoming Charity Performance. Mr. Un Ka 1 seung writes to our Kuala Lumpur contemporary as follows: The Selangor Chinese Amateur Dramatic Company, which has been practising lately for a very short period, has now decided to give a public performance on Saturday, December sth, at
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    Passengers.
    171 5 Arrived. Per 8. s. Kleist, 24th Nov., from Singapore: Captain H. O. H. Jones, Mr- J. Tehscb, Mr. W. A. Hirst. From Hongkong; Mr. Cbeong Chit Tsi, Mr. Chew Leng Khee, Mr. and MrsK. Sampul. From Shanghai: Mrs. S. P. Hoean, Mrs. F. C. Macaulay, Mr. and Mrs. C.
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    FIXTURES.
    63 5 To-day 3rd Day of 11th Moon. Municipal Commission. 3-30 p.m. Football: P. C. C. vs- Wanderers, Esplanade. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street and Penang Road, 7-30 p-m. and 9-30 p.m. To-morrow. 4th Day of 11th Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. The New Japanese
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      37 5 An Infallible Remedy. No matter how severe an attack of diarrhoea may be, Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy never fails to give relief. You cannot afford to be without it. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      59 5 IFOH ATHLETIC MEETING, 1908. ENTRIES close December Ist, 1908. §2 each event. $lO all events, to C. E. COCKRAM, Ipoh, 26-11-08 696 Secretary. TOWN HALL. THE BMDHMITcoaEDYOCO. TWO NIOHTB ONLY, Tuesday and Wednesday, December Ist and 2nd, The Two Successes of the London Season, LADY FREDERICK AND THE SCARLET PIMPERNEL.
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  • Obituary
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    74 5 Obituary. (Supplied, by Reuter.) Lord Glenesk. London, 25th November.—The death is announced of Lord Glenesk, proprietor of the Morning Post. [Algernon Borthwick, the son of a former M.P. for Evesham, was born in 1830. He was M.P. for South Kensington, 1885-95, was created a Knight in 1880, a Baronet in
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    Malayan Companies.
    1107 6 The following items are taken from the London and China Express of the 6th inst. Pahang Consolidated. Production October 2,000 piculs (119 torn) from 3,950 tons.” Labat. Output October, 60 tons estimated value, £4,700. Four new puddlers commenced working about October 15. Kledang Tin. The report for the
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    American Invitation to Japanese Journalists.
    253 6 New York. Nov. 4. When in New York early this year, Mr. Asano, President ot tbe Toyo Kisen Kaisha, made overtures for an arrangement to invite the loading Ameiican journalists to visit Jap m and iu turn for Japanese journalists to leciprocate the visit. After
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Pbnanq, 26th November. (By eonrtety of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sarin 4 months’ sight Bant 4 T^ 3 Credit ...2/4$ I y 3 Documentary ...2/4^l Calcutta, Demand Bank R*- l^J 3 clays’ signt Pri I^6 Bombay, Demand Bank l<4f Moot mein, Demand Bank 173$ 1 3 days’ sight.
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    PRODUCE.
    185 6 Gold leaf $66.20 B.Pepper( W.Coani aibi».. 1 oz.) no stock WTiite Pepper $15.50 buyer» Trang Peppei 10 95. tale» I Cloves (picked ou t °f season Mace 71* Mace Picking* 61- «ale» Nutmei-s 11 Us 13 sales N<» 1 6.65 sale» 4u«a< t ..no ttoek Ksxtre 3.65 sellers L’h
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    SHARES.
    645 6 9 n o a GT 1903 1907 1901 1907 liK)3 1901 1907 1901 1899 1906 1907 1905 1906 1904 1906 1907 1907 1904 1907 1905 1905 1892 1907 1907 1906 1907 1907 1906 1902 1905 1904 1905 1903 1906 1904 1905 1906 1905 1906 1906 1906 1906 1906 1907
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      94 6 An Inquiry Answered. A gentleman at Bembesi, Rhodesia, writes to irquue where Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy osn be procured. He says be has I at nod of the good effects resulting from its use. and ns children iu that locality are often subject to coughs, he desired to give it a
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      273 6 According to all accounts we have the assurance that Gonosan is one of the most valuable discoveries of modern pharmacology ard is far ahead of all preparations of Copaiba, Cubebs, etc. It is tbe safest aud most successful. At all Chemists and Dealers PRITCHARD CO, We are Daily Unpacking Further
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      48 6 MAC’SAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY. The Aome of Quality. Andrew Usher Co.’s SPECIAL RESERVE O.V.G. Whisky. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Go. AGENTS FOE PENANG F. M. S. THE CELEBRATED “S. B. Co.” GIN IN RED CASES. Sandilands, Buttery <£ Cn BORDEN'S PEERLESS BRAKE EVAPORATED CREAKS. Absolute Purity Guaranteed, AGENTS: SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co.. PENANQ.
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      80 6 WROUCHT-IRON TUBES AND FITTINCS. Large Stock Always on Hand. ADAMSON, GILFILLAN CO„ LTD. IF YOU WANT TO DRINK THE BEST BEE R> ORDER “ASAHI,” UjAtHEDAI NIPPON BREWERY/ Vfiy CP. LID TOK Y O.JA p AN. pjthe beer that wins immense popuSarity in the Far East. It pleases the most fastidious
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    Tongkah Tin Dredging.
    964 7 A recent number of the Australian Mining Standard has the following interesting article on the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co.: Mr. A. H. Ashcroft, a director of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Co., registered in Hobart (T.), which has a Tin dredging concession on the west coast
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      1049 7 BAXTER Co.’s BEST NAVY CANVAS. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co. DAVID CORSAR fi SON’S WELL-KNOWN EXTRA NAVY CANVAS, No. 0. SANDIUNDS. BUTTERY Co John Baziey finite k Bros,’ PORTLAND- CEMENT, “LION BRAND.”’ INSURANCES. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C 0 L TD. (Registered in Singapore under “The Companies Ordinance, 1889.”) Mead Office
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      63 7 Something for the Children The purity of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has long been an established fact. Give it to the little ones. It contains no opium or other harmful drug and will cure their coughs, colds and croup. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. Hi gaud’s Bocool Extract is an
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      1074 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, late of Dr AUen A 6b., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Consultation Free. •MIDI** AT No. 21a, Penang Road. A lew doors from the Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 6 mtba TEA A, V tea SOLE AGENTS FOK PENANG. PATERSON, SIMONS Co.. Ltd THE PENANG Bill-Posters and ADVERTISING
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