Straits Echo, 14 April 1909

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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* 7* $24 Per Annum. PJENANG, WEDNESDAY, 14-th APRIL, 190». Single Copy, 10 cents. No. 83
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      937 1 GUINNESS’S STOUT. TIANQ lee a Oo. Y>\ v\f U r° <2 SOLE AGENTS. BASS’S ALB. T H K B A N K B EASTERN SHIPPING Company, Ltd., (ENGINE WORKS.) Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER. Engineers, Shipbuilders, Brass Iron Founders. Paid up Capital Reserve Fund
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      19 1 THE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. T C5 O > CD f>7 rOKTO TIAWO LEE A Co,, Sole Ajenti,
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    Compensation.
    879 2 Opium Question in Hongkong. It is certainly refreshing, says the S. CMorning Pott of 2nd inst.., after so much < Outcrj about the colony’s depleted finances, to learn from the Colonial Secretary’s lips that we are not so hard up yet that we need squabble about a trifle of
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    Municipal Commission.
    612 2 Official Minutes. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 25th March, 1909. Present. Dr. G. W. Park (Deputy President.) Lim Cheng Teik, Esq. L. H. Clayton, Esq. J. W. Hallifax, Esq. Dr. P. V. Locke. Absent. Quab Beng Kee, Esq. 1. The minutes
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      95 2 The Sickly Season in Burma. One of the most effect'™ remedies Icdowd for diarrboei and bowel com pi out is Cham berlain’s Col'C. Cholera and D.ai rl oe i K medy, and every home should be suppled with it during the warm weather. Mr H. J D Wilkinson, propi ietor
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      70 2 NOTICE. ME W. PREEDY having left my employment, he is no longer authorised to collect moi ey or monies on my l>ehalf as from this date. The Property C jmmercial Sales Room, Jok db MELLO. 13 4 09 28) NOTICE. Factories, Firms, Planters &c., who desire to increase their business
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      1711 2 WR0UCHT-1R0N TUBES AND FITTINGS. Stock Alwayi on Hand. ADAMSON, GILFIL.L.AN CO., LTD. PROM 1715 TO 1908. MARTELL’S HAS INVARIABLY REPRESENTED THE HIGHEST QUALITY IN BRANDY. YOU KNOW IT BY THE BLUE AND SILVER LABEL. %m/ M o S ±t o o o o o o e 1 03 03 -•TRUE'*
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    49 3 y*.etf'u i y* fft A.jtri s D*6 De< ff inger Co'ombo R.M ACo 15th Apr Beuarty Londou 3 B A< lo. 17th Delta Colombo G ACo. 22nd P».tban Glasgow S B ACo. 23 rd Davao b a -iingapore X G ACo. 24th Doe ben Singapore B.M.ACo. 28tb
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    SAILINGS.
    35 3 V *is$ei» For A ’tent I>etff'inger 3 D2ipore B.M ACo. Apr. Beoarty 3 m/apore 3.B ACo. Delra S Dgap^re A ft. ACo. Patban 3 nvapore 3 B 'o. Davauhu. Colombo A.O.&Co. Ooeben Colombo B.M.ACo.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS.
      44 3 Prinz Ludwig, Qer. ss., 9,630, Binzer, 13th Apr., Yokohama, 27th Mar., Gen.—B. M. Co. Somali, Br. s s., 4.225, Peter*. 13th Apr., Colombo, Bth Apr., Gen.—A. G.AOo. Vorwaerts, Aus. a s., 3,727. Bednarz. 14th Apr, Singapore. 12th Apr., Gen.— S. K. A Co.
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      DEPARTURES.
      52 3 14th Apbil Deli, for Trang and Pang Nga. Jin Ho, for Langkat. Vorwaerts, for Colombo and Tuticorin. Cornelia, for Teluk Anson. Pegu, for Langsa, T. Semawe, Begli, Olehleh and Sabang. Tong Chay Un, for Dindinga. Flying Fish, for Port Weld and Taiping. Derjdinger, for Singapore. China add Japan. Jacoba,
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      MAILS CLOSE
      248 3 Fob Afaahan—Per Jfary Austin, to-morrow, 1 pm. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca—Per Ban Whatt Soon, to morrow, 1 p-m. Dali and Langsa—Per De Kocle, tomorrow, 1 pm. l^®li—Por Calypso, to morrow, 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore—Per Thonywa, to-morrow, 3 pm. Pulau Langkawi—Per Flying Dragon, to-morrow, 3
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    256 3 Per I. G. M. s.s. Derfjlinger, due at Penang on 15th Apr. To Penang (from Southampton, Mar. 16) Mr. and Mrs. Batten and children from ftenoa, Mar. 25) Mr. and Mrs. H. Meyer Mr. C. D Sturter. 1 To Singapore (from Southampton) Mr. and Mrs. F.
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    38 3 P. O. SAILINGS. Mail Service. Outwards. Homewards. Delta 22 Apr. I Devanha 24 Apr. Oceana 6 May Attaye 8 May Extra Service. Outwakds Homewards. Poona 27 A f r. I Sumatra 20 Apr. Namur 11 May. Palma 29
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      558 3 BRITISH INDIA P, 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Expected Arrivals and Departores. Mail 8arvlc«. Outward. STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. Fob IXTBNDBD TO SAIL. Stbambb. Singapore. (Three times a week). FARES BY MAIL STEAMERS. 1st Class To London by Set £66 To Marseilles or Gibraltar £61*12. EXTRA STEAMER8; intermediate Service. v*)iTH excellent
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      504 3 (SHIPPIN NORDDLUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. IMPERIAL. GERMAN MAIL. LINE. c l H ■nil i aAJ* §a*es: t THE fast and we known ina.; sieiaa-so 1 this Companv sail for!n ghtly from Bremen Hamburg via fioi le. dam, Antwerp, Sol tbampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples,’ (connection Marsei ps, Naples, Alexandra aD«i vice
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    The straits Echo.
    94 4 Jictlrt ntliflN everybody end Jtmlre alene I'nbllihMl dally (eirapl enn<tay«.l AT 1) 1 CRITERION PRESS, Ltd., No. 226—232, Beach Street. Penamj. PRICK: OAILT LOCAL pet klllltll. OUT8TAT10H8 FoiMgt Kitra WAIT. ■niTTON (Poet Tree) SIB OAKI.K ADDRISS Fcho— Penang.’* T#!ephone No. 343 S.3. —All bnelnes» rommnnlcmtlonH should be
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    CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
    1259 4 From the annual draft report, without appendices, of the Penang (European) Chamber of Commerce, a copy of which came casually into our hands too late to receive attention yesterday, we gather that it would not have mattered very much if it had never been printed. A great
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    268 4 The following business iu tiu has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, 25 tons at $67 52£ Eastern Smelting Co., 53 67 85 Straits Trading Co, 50 67 90 Singapore Straits Trading Co, 75 67 90 Total 200 tons. Tiu is quoted in London
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    317 4 The Comnii'tee’s Rpport for the year ended 31st March, 1909, contains the following Membership. —68 New members joined during the year, and the number now on the active list is 207 including 19 Country members. Committee.— The following have acted on the Committee during the greater part
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    Sale of Forfeited Pledges.
    556 4 A Case Uuder 1 lie Pawn-brokers’ Ordinance. A case of some interest, under the Pawnbrokers’ Ordinance, has been pending before the Third Magistrate’s Court for some time past The complainant iB a Kling named Gh> use Merican aud the accused is the manager of a piwn-broker’s
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      The Cunard Liners.
      52 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Bud Year. London, 13th April.—ln the report. 0 f the Cunard Steamship Company for tlm 19 8 a sum of ,03.582 Z Ltd TodZ as compared with .£109.882 in 1907. No dividend was paid. The decrease in West 78l”o} ,hlrd ClaBB pa&Ben erB
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      Prince Nashimoto.
      43 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Arrival in Madrid. Loudon, 13th April.-Prince Nasbimoto ot Japan, who was attached to the Staff of General Oku during tbe Russo-Japanese War, has arrived in Madrid. He was received in audience by the King and Oueeu of Spain.
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      Rifle Shooting.
      41 4 (Supplied by Reuter Lawrence Brings off a Double Event. Loudon, 13th April.—Lawrence, of the Military Asylum, ludia, won both the Prince of Wales Cup aud the Natal Shield for Schools of tbe Empire in the shooting competition of 1908-9.
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      The British Navy.
      39 4 (Supplied by Renter.) Lord Charles Beresford’s Report. London, 13th April—lt, is understood that Mr. H- U. Asquith, the Premier, lias received Lord Charles Beresford’s report on the defects of the Navy aud his proposals for reform.
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      Independent Labour Party.
      55 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Split in the Camp. London, 14fb Apiil —The following members of the Hou«e of Commons have resigned from the Independent Labour Executive because the Conference supported what is described as the chimerical and irresponsible policy of Mr. Victor Grayson: Messrs J. Keir Hardie,
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      The New Spanish Navy.
      48 4 (Supplied by Reuter Vickers Maxim Awarded the Contrael. London, 14’h April —The Vickers Maxim Company have been definitely awarded the contracts for modernising the Navv yards at Fenrol and Cartbagenu ami the building of the new Spanish Navy. The three contiacts amount to .£7,000,000.
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      H. E. Tang Shao-yi.
      23 4 (Supplied by Reuter Arrival at St, Petersburg. London, 14th April.—H E. Tang Shao-yi is at present at St. Petersburg.
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      The Anglo-Japanese Alliance.
      56 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) An Emphatic Denial. London, 14th April.—M Takaakira Kato. Japanese Ambassador in London, has issue an emphatic denial to tbe rumour w 1,111 has been spread by tbe Berlin and Vienna Press that Japan intends to terminate tbe alliance with Great Britain, owmg to ri
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      Turkey.
      80 4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Trouble Ahead. London. 14th April.-A military retol baa broken out at Constantinople, battalions surrounded tbe parliament l,u at dawn yesterda? and demanded the Uismiaaal of the Grand Vizier, tbe President oi the Chamber, and the Minister of war. The situation ia extremely strained owintf the bitterness
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      Prince Kuni.
      19 5 (Supplied by lleuter.) At St. Petersburg. London, 14th April—Priuce Kuui of Japan has arrived at St. Petersburg.
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      302 4 GOOD-VALUE PIANOS. We have sold a very fair number of CHAPPELL’S “STYLE E PIANOS, and in every case they have given thoroughly good satisfaction up to date. For those not wanting to lay out very much on a New Piano there is nothing better —or as good— as a CHAPPELL’S
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      32 4 Gonosan (in capsules) is well tolerated by the digestive apparatus no complication of any sort occurs, and its action is most favorable in Cystitis, Approved by the leading specialists of the day.
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  • Obituary
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    55 4 Obituary. (Supplied by Reuter.) Sir Donald Currie. London, 14th April.—The death is announced, at the age of 84, of Sir Donald Currie, o cm.q., head of the firm of Donald Currie Co shipowners. [The deceased who was born at Belfast was M.P. for Perthshire from 1880-5 and M. P. for
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    The F.M.S. Port.
    154 5 Commenting on an article in the Malay Mail with regard to a suitable port for the F.M.S-, the Perak Pioneer states Our contemporary’s efforts to demonstrate the central position of Port Swettenham. by eliminating a large portion of the Malayan seaboard from his calculation, will not, we
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    Chinese Lawyers.
    174 5 In view of the fact that the revision of Chinese laws has been urged by Imperial E lict and as, according to the programme of necessary measures to be carried out this year in preparation for constitutional government, Courts of different grades are to be organized in all
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    Lumut v. Port Swettenham.
    491 5 The difference between the merits of Lumut and Port Swettenham. [which are both claimed as the best place to make tbe F. M. S. port] is obvious. In the case t»t the former a port actually exists where there is sufficient depth of water, even at
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    Penang Hills Railway.
    1224 5 Singapon* Paper Helps Things A lout'. We have to thank the Singapore Free Pres for helping to keep the Government awake to the fact that the Penang Hills Railway is not one of the undertakings that it can afford to shelve. Oar contemporary says tho matter is
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    Farewells and Au Revoirs.
    925 5 The air is full of them at the present time, when so many people a e going to Europe, i either for a time or on retirement. Tbe i yeir 1909 will see a good many well-known figures away from the Straits, says the < Singapore
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    The Piracy off Johore.
    1572 5 inquest and Further Details. The Straps Echo of Monday evening gave f the story of the shocking piracy of a junk in 1 Johore waters on Good Friday. The Singa pore Free Press is the first to reach us with J an'account of the inquest It
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    The “Netherton.”
    558 5 Feather in Riley Hargreaves’ Cap. Writing about the steamer Nttherton, which left Singapore on Sunday afternoon, liter being so long a w~eck. the Free Press says the case of ihi3 slop is almost unique mil the repairs executed certainly uuique locally, that the work done by Riley Hargreaves
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    Passengers.
    82 5 Arrived. Per s s. Somali, 14'h Apr., from London: Mr. and Mrs. Liston, Miss Mobler, Miss Martin, Dr. Elton Bell, Mr. and Mrs- Bowes, M isB M. Palmer, Mr- A. Mackenzie, Mr. A. I). Duncan, and Miss Stephens. Departed. Per s s Perak. 13th Apr., for Deli Messrs. M.
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    FIXTURES.
    64 5 To-day. 24*li Day of Intercalary 2nd Moon. Penang Chamber of Commerce: General Meeting, 3 p.ra. Town Baud, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. The New Japanese Cinematograph, corner of Campbell Street aud Penaug Road, 7-30 p.m. and 9 10 p.m. To-morrow. 25th Day of Intercalary 2nd Moon. The New Japanese
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    MAILS DUE.
    16 5 German (Derjftinger) ...15th Apr. English (Delta) ...22 d China Devanha) ...24th China Goeben) ...28th
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      48 5 Lingering Colds. The longer a cold bangs on, the more it weakens the system. Do not run the risk *u attack of pneumonia bv neglecting it Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will cure your ®°ld and all danger from this disease will be «voided. The George Town Dispensary. holesale Agents.
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      35 5 KecpThisin Mind. Powe! rnmpU nt i* hu b to prtva'pnt du ntr tl>P fruit ‘p«s d. Chambprli'n’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Femely e res prompt relief. The George Town Dispt nsii jr, j Wholesale Agents.
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      237 5 I NOTICE. WE i he undersigned have bpeu appointed Agents for Messrs. Wm. Younger Co.’s Ales Stout. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY CO. 14 4 09 283 SITUATION REQUIRED. OLD Dulwich College Boy, age 20, 18 n.ouths’ experience planting in Ceylou, desires billet on Rubber Estate in F.M S.. Penang District preferred. Qood
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    Crown Agents’ Ways.
    3393 6 Remarkable Evidence by Sir Frank Swettenham. Sir Frank Swettenham was one of the witnesses examined by the Committee on tbe Crown Agents Office, over which Col. Seely (Under Secretary for the Colonies) presided. Examined by the Chairman, Sir F. A Swettenbam said: —I think the quality of
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 6 Pbha.h«, 14th April (By cmrteey of th« Chartered Bank.) London Demand Sank ...2/3^ 4 months* sight Bank ...2/4/ 3 Credit ...2/4/, 3 Documentary ...2/4/ Jaicutta, Demand Bank Rs. 174) 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay. Demand Bank 174 Mouimein, Demand Bank 173 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    198 6 Gold Leaf $64.60 8 B. Pepj er(W.Coast 31bs.5 oz.) no stock White Pepper $16 45 buyers Prang Pepper 12 72\ sales Claves 38.— setters Mice 73. —buyers Vface Piclrimr» 64. —buyers *1 Nutmegs 110s 19. —sellers is (No 1 6.65 sales n Sugar < 2 no stock j 8
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    SHARES.
    1212 6 p ®J Number of ‘*s cT 3 to 5 I Capital. Shares I > Dividends Name. J *J L S issued. a T> 2 l y h Is c? 1903 300.000 30.000 10 10 10 for year ending 31/3/08 Belat Tin MinmgCo! *’td. 475 550 $5 .907 300.000 22.500
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      59 6 Lame Shoulder. This is a common form of muscular rheumatism. No lufe’Da* t eitmenf is needed. Apply Chamberlain’s Pj!u Balm fiee’v four times a day and a qu ck cuie is cet la'u. Tb s liniment has proven espec a!ly va’uable for muscular and chronic rheumatism and is certain to
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      71 6 How to Cure a Cold. Ba as careful as you can you will occasionally take cold, and when you do, get a medicine of known reliability, one that bas an established reputation and that is certain to effect a quick cure. Such a med cine is Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It
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      1255 7 insurances. The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd. H>ap owes Mo. SI, Hiach SrmssT. H»»a»«. BOARD OF DIRKCTORX. THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE C°' L m (Registered in Singapore under “The Companies Ordinance, 1889 Head Office —Winchester House, Collyer Quay, Singapore. Mr. Cheah Choo Yew Quah Beng Kee Kbaw Joo
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      19 7 inland 'h Bocool Extract is an exact reproduction of this sweat jet powerful Indian perfume and is very popular.
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