Straits Echo, 21 December 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. T. $24 Ptr Annum PENANG, TUESDAY, 21st DECEMBER, 1909. Sfogle Cony, 10 cents. No. 291.
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      1133 1 OU IN NESS’S STOUT, TIANQ LEE Oo. €HL\ p m v;' O. c TV BP £a SOLE AO ENTS. BASS’S ALE. THE SHANGHAI ilLIFE! INSURANCE CO., LTD. j Head Okvice—Shanghai, China. CAPITAL, TAELS 1,000,000. BANKS $200,000 deposited with the Honfkong Government as a special protection for oar policy holder*. The
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      27 1 HE BEST BEER IN THE FAR EAST. HWd,N u Y cs o 0)\ 3C > "D CD > '’i ft i <&N3 3>*S TIANG LEE A Co., Soto Afent».
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    Lynching of a White Man.
    558 2 (fhoulihli IKhmIh by American Crowd. Will James, a uego wbo was accused of viol&tiug and murdering a ihop Kill, was lynched by the mob at Cairo tliliuois) on tbe iveuing of November 11. An attempt wan first m ide to hang tbe inau but tbe
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    Colonial Outlook.
    536 2 AU3 R ALIAS GREATNESS IN FUIURE DAYS Sir C. Lucas on Ills Tour*' Sir Charles Lucas, who Imh r Coutly concluded a tour lound the world iu tbu interests of the olonial QS'je, duiiuc.’ which he vT?rrrfr-tem iia. New Z *aland, Frj\ and Canada, gave a chatty account
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      55 2 No Opium in Chamberlain's C( ugh Kemed v. in unt ,i particle if opium 01 other narcotic id t h uubei Liu’s Cough R* rneily, u***m has been niLce it was first i ffered to the public It in stfe a medicine for a ch.M a« for du adult. The
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      588 2 According to ali accounts we have the assurance that tionosan 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. CHAPOTEAUTS NO CURATIVE TAvSTE PRINCIPLE NO OF
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      1518 2 FOR NEARLY TWO CENTURIES MARTELL’S BRANDY HAS known but one quality, IJHE BEST. YOU KNOW IT BY THE BLUE AND SILVER LABEL. NOTICE, A Meeting of the Vioiting Justice* of the Peice will fe held in tbe District Judge’s Offijp, on Tuesiay. 28tb inst., at coon Buiiness: (1) To elect
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    VESSELS EXPECTED.
    43 3 Ve i*eU /'Vurn Agent» Due D ffl nger Colombj B M AC o ‘22a’] Dae Bfovorlich l.ondon b B Jo. 24th 1*. Luuwi^ Singapore B.M ACo 24* U D^vaoba .Colombo A O-AGo. dOth DiJti Sngproe 1 AG* '0 I lilt JdO
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    SAILINGS.
    34 3 F*s>e Fnr A Itn’ve Dei ffl>ucer Si^gipore B.M 4 Co. L>t»C fi^Drorhcb Stngapote 3.B A (Jo. Lu wig Colombo B M A Co. l><;v«inh* S ogapote GACo. D^lta Colombo A .G A Jan.
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  • Shipping.
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      ARRIVALS
      112 3 Calypso. Br. a s .339. Bauußtyne. 19th Dec. Singapore. 17th Dc, Oen.—W. M. A Co Thalang, Siam. as, 107 L'ngard. 19b Dec*. Puke», 18ib Dec-, Gob. —Siamese Go»t. Tom) Umg, Br. as 1,314 Williams 20 h Djc Singapore. 18 h Dec., Gen- S Co, Ltd Magnet. Br. r.a, 25
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      DEPARTURES.
      48 3 21st Dbcimbib G'eneam. for Port Swetteuham, Singapore, China and Japau. Sappho, for Ton»:kali. .lfuru Austin, for Pangkalau Brand-». Perak, for Deli. Van dor Cat ell»n for Singapore. Avaijyee, for Port Swetteubam and Singapore. Malacca, for Toluk Ansonloo I for Poit Swetteuham and Singapore Lai Sant, for Calcutta
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      MAILS CLOSE
      168 3 Fo» Kelah Per Tong Chum, tomorrow. 10 B.in Trang—Per Leong Ho, to-morrow, 1 p.m. Pang Nga A Trang—Per De’i. tc-iuorrow, 1 p in leluk Anson—Per Dan Whatt Soon, tc- norrow, 2 p m. li ngaon Per Tong Hong to-morrow. 2 pm. Kmgoon—Per For-iearfi», to-morrow, 2 p.m Deli— Per
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    474 3 Ter P. and O. t'.-Sjinutira, froy,, m, N >v, ‘2 due at Penang on 22nd Dec To Penang Miss Phillip», Mr. R E. Sanders. Mr and Mrs I). Keilich. Mr. J. Cellar. Mr. J. C >rrie. Mr A. M Goodman, Mr K E G Walker. To
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      847 3 P. 0. Steam Navigation Coy. Exported Arrivals and Departure*. Mall 8«rvle«. Outward. D*o. SO Devanha nnnecting with Jan. 13 Arcadia 27 Awye Homeward. Mantua China Mnlvoa THROUGH STEAMER TO LONDON. March 26, Macedonia FAKES BY MAIL STEAMERS. <• IK Olaw SaS Übua I'd liondonby Bea £66 £44 fo Marseille* »r
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      370 3 (SHIPPING.) NORDDIi UTSCHfcR JXOYD, BRKMIiN. IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL LINE. E k&ish J l =>' THE fast and well known *i>«, 1 ran tnto imsCcmpp.cy sail fortn:ghtiy from Bremen, Hamburg na Kottei d im, Antwerp, Southampton, Gibraltar, Algiers, Genoa, Naples, (connection Marseilles, Naples, Alexandria and vice vertex) Port Said, Sue*, Aden,
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    The Straits Echo.
    96 4 i IW Milifli» »wybody and alone "nbll«h«1 d%lty (eacei'i **nnd«y 4» n« CRITERION PRESS, 1.W., Nn. 42f—‘23*2. Reorh Strnnt. P- linn* PRICK: •»AII.V L<H'A 1 |M per OUTSTATIOW» Ko*tnse «atm. «all. minnow (Port rre*» IH OAHI.K AIMIRIHS Fchn —Penang.” r«lapkonr No 343 ail bMIiMM rotcnmnimrion» ahoaid be
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    ADVERSARIA.
    933 4 With his ear to a keyhole yesterday, the Echo man overheard the following conversational scraps. What they mean he really doesn’t know, but would very much like to. “Yes. Wasn’t it mean To go off like that by themselves, without saying a word, my dear took me home first,
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    Tin, Opium and Rice Quotations.
    166 4 The following business in tin has been done to-day Penang Penang Tin Exchange, buyers, no sellers |r0.40 Eastern Smelting Co., 25 tons at 7 85 Straits Trading Co. 175 76.87± Singapore Straits Trading Co., 200 77.12 j Total 400 tons. Tin is quoted in London
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    Penang Rural Board.
    488 4 Ordinary Meeting Au ordinary meeting of the Pemog Rural Board was held, yeeterd iy afternoon, at the Land Office, when there were p»esent Mr. A C ireudisb. Collector of Land Kevenue President), Mr. C G- May. Deputy Colonial En»iineer. Dr F. B Oroucher. Senior Medi ctl Offic
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    Engineers' Institute.
    384 4 Tha annuil general meeting of this Club was hel l tast night, Mr. W. S. Boteler presiding. There was a very small attendance, owing to the sudden alteration of time. The first item on the agenda was to read and confirm tha minutes of the last genera) mee'ing,”
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    M. P. A. A.
    579 4 Kangany Recruiting. A meeting of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held at tbe Chamber of Commerce this morning to dis cuss the question of recruiting by Kangaups. Tbe following geutlrrae*. were present: the Hod. John Turner (Chairman) and M‘Ssrp. T. Wilson, F C E ibe's.
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    P. L. R. C.
    209 4 Dae. 20th, 1909. co n 3 T 3 «j IS 53 O O *y» O G? O CM H Miss Joan Smith 310 29 30 59 Mrs. Hamilton 310 25 27 52 Mrs. Mawley .310 26 25 51 Miss Wemyss 310 24 22 46 Miss Mclntyre
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      685 4 > WANTED IMMEDIATELY. Qualified Europoan Book-keeper with thorough knowledge of Mine accounts App icon's muHt give full particulars of rip(‘iience and salary required, with cop»e* of teat menials. A p pij to Mk£Bß3 Adamson. Gilfillan Co, Ltd. Aq-ntt Rahman Tin Co Limited. 21 12 967 Penang u isr 1SSO” PHOTOGRAPHIC
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      55 4 No Experiment. You are not experimenting when you bay Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. You aie getting a preprration that Iks an established reputation for good lacked by a third of a century’s constant use. It i 9 f im:jo6 for itfi prompt cures of c'ugh*, colds, croup and whooping cough. The
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      33 4 Uoiiosan (in capsules) is well tolerated bv the digestive apparatus; no complication oi any sort occurs, and its action is inost fe /orable in Cystitis, Approved by the reading specialists of the day.
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  • TELEGRAMS.
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      Dutch Bank.
      30 5 (Echo Special.) Claiming $50,000. Singapore, 21st December.—The Deutsch Bank is claiming £50,000 from Ho Yang Peng and Low Tuan Neo as sureties for the compradore Seow Ewe Lim.
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      Leopold’s Estate.
      74 5 {Supplied, by Renter Barones» Yanglian’s Chateau (Seized. London. 20th December—At the inatance of the members of the Belgian Royal Family the French Magistrate has a .zsd Bironefs aughan’s chateau at B.hncourt pendmg development*. Prlncens Louiw’fl Determination. Princess Louiae has uotifiad the btuks that she will oppose the payment
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      The Khedive as Pilgrim.
      55 5 (Supplied by Reuter.) Enters Mecca at Daybreak. London, 20th December.—The Timet correspondent at Mecca states that the Kbedire entered Mecca at daybreak while the in habitants and some 15,000 foreign pilgrims who wore awaiting his arrival were slumber ing. He prayed in the great m tque
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      The British Navy.
      38 5 (Supplied by Reuter Ships for 1912. London, 21st December—The Admiralty last Saturday placed two orders for super Dreadnoughts and one for a battleship cruiser to be laid dowu immediately and to be complete! iu 1912.
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      Sydney in Darkness.
      33 5 (Supplied by Reuter 70,000 Without Gas. London, 21st December.—A telegram from Sydney states that 70.100 persons will bo without gas to night owing to the failure of the coal supply.
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      The Political Campaign.
      349 5 (Suj plud ly lieuLr Subsidy for Free Trade. London. 21st December. —Caird, the Dundee manufacturer, has sent jBIO.OOO to Mr. Winston Churchill to be used for a Fiee Trade campaign. Country Apathetic. A feature of the electioneering is the way in which Christmas his frustrated the effort»
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1182 5 U8T OF ENTRIES i i Firet Dny, Tuenday, 4th Jin., 1910. 1—Th* Maiden Plate. V alue $500. A Race for Maideu Horses Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All Horses imported into the Straits or F. M 8 aa Subscription Griffins at a price not exceeding
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    Training Notes.
    241 5  -  By “Early Bird.” Tuesday morning, Dec 21st. For the first time this season Mr C Velge put m an appearance on the course and the handicaps will be out to morrow With the exception of the Maiden Plate and the Galloway R«ce the entries are good, but 1
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    Ipoh Gossip
    1080 5 From Our thm Corespondent) Jpob, 20» b I>ec. A Perfect Whirl. We are living, f r Ip<»b, in a perfect whirl of gaiety concerts, dinner* at.«I <Iance« East week the Withers Conceit Party ap pared for two nights nt the Club, on Wednesday and Tbu r *day; on
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    Football Fatalities.
    1295 5 p Recent foo'bad fttili ies. and especially p the killing ot Cadet Eugene A. Byrne in tbe match between West Point and Harvard, have dragged the game once more to the bar of public opinion, n taking ith future deveVpmeuf iiu urgent problem for every college i faculty
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    Passengers.
    89 5 A rrivrd Per s.s Ipoh, 20; h Dae., from S’Dgapore Mr Justice Thornton, Mis Thornton, Mr. Justice Woodward, Hon'ble F J. Pigott, Messrs. 1] A. Pan, P. W Abbott, 11. Stigtor, NN de Gough, V. O. Brown and II l<athain, (’ipt.un Dm lus From Port Swtdleuhatn Mr. and Mrs.
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    FIXTURES.
    102 5 To- l»A T. 9' b Dm v of 111 h M oor. 1 wo B ud, Golf Club, 6 to 7 p ni. M. i\ A. A. Special Meeting', Chiinler ot Commerce. 11 3 s.m. Wayaug Kassim, Tek .Soon Theatre. Shula Ally Shnr” »*r The Crafty Son in law
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    MAILS DUE.
    22 5 Ghnm Print Lvdwujt 2l*t D c German IDe JJI ngerj ...22ad English i Devunhai ..,3 th China {Delta) „.l*t J.m
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    THE MOON.
    21 5 O Full Moon Dpc. 27'h f.asf Quarter J iU 3,] O New Moon 11 h First Quarter (i ]3
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    P. & O. SAILINGS.
    38 5 P. O. SAILINGS. Mall Service OotwaßOS. IJoM Kl*' Devaulu 30 Dec. WH 1 PbX Arcadii 13 Jan I Delhi J 6 hxtra Service Outwards Homkwaro. Sumatra 2} D'.c. I N»re 24 D>c Pera 27 I Pa’awm 7 Jan
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      155 5 f TOWN HALL. j “The Liars.” \27th Dec., 1909. j THE GREAT EASTERN LIFE ASSURANCE CO LID. Hkad Office SINGAPORE. Life Assurance and Endowment in All Forms. LIBERAL POLICIES. LOW KVIK8. Financial Agent* for l'cnang. PEHN, MEYER A CO.. LTD. General liepreaentative for Penang. HORACE H JOSEPH Loral Office >
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    Some Professions in Rangoon.
    1001 6 From tbo Rangoon Gazette Putting aside the benefit accruing to justice—a point which in hotly disputed, by the Civil Service—we would lie absolutely lost in Ringoon without our lawyers. The legal profession is the one mbject on which ah other clause* of the c trmunity unite
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    Unclaimed Letters and Telegrams.
    138 6 The following urc'aimed letters, etc, are lying at Ibe General Post Office, Penang Letter» Angus, Percy Lawther, S. S. Coghlan, C. W. Molini, G. Crawford, H. F. M. Mugford, A. Cooper, A. Nicholson. Thom. B Davies, G. Howard Price, W. G. Esmonds, J. G. Royle. J.
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Pika.no, 21st Dbcbmbb* (By courtesy of the Chartered Bank London, Demand Bank 2/4£ 4 months' sight Bank 2/4§ 3 Credit 2/4,% M 3 Documentary.. 2/4f Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs- 174 J 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 174$ Moulmein, Demand Bank 1734 3 daya' sight Private 176
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    PRODUCE.
    205 6 Gold J<eaf s6i.B> 4.1 ej er( W.Coast 31b5.5 oz.) no stock ■Vhite Pepper s2s. —tellers [Yang Pepper >M out of season Cl »ve» M 62. —sales 11 83 sell rs VI Mr** Pifkinr* 75. —sales 110« 19— sales SNo. 1 675 sales 2 ..no stock Basket 450 sales T
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    MARKET PRICES.
    198 6 Pbhaho. 2Ut December, HO9. Bur— rtt Soup per caiti 14 Roast i'4 Steaks 24 Stew or Currv Moat 16 Rump 3‘eak 24 Ox Tail eacl. 30 Tongu* 55 Foe» 15 Heart 30 Diver per cattv 35 Pork— Pork per cat» 32 Pig’s Hmwl 20 Feet 24 Tongu* 32
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    SHARES.
    1513 6 n i i s i I I s3 2 Number of 1 5 .8 5 2 Oip al 3harem !> Dividends Name. ■a e I i '5 ao o -i 5! j 4 I Mining. 1903 300.000 30,000 10 10 12 for year ending Tip Mining Co., L'.d. $5|j
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      66 6 Colds Arc Dangerous. If moie people would ui.ke an attempt to K«*t rid of the cold» f.otn which they are tufftfiiag. ns a result of this changeable thee would he a decided decrease the uumbor of ca,es of pmumonia. A le dof of Ch a ,i,te:laiu*s Cough Remedy CUr >°
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      405 6 A Good Household Liniment. Wbeu a bottle of Chamber la in’b PaiD Biitn is kept in the house the ptius of burns and scalds may lie prtmpily relieved, cuts and bruises quickly healed, swellings prom tly reduced and rheumatism and neuralgia robbed of their terrors. In fact for- the b(
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    Fight with Leopard.
    793 7 Mr. Kooserell’s rictun** of Life on Veldt. With vivid peu ex President 1 heudoro Roosevelt depict* life amongst tbe settlers in British Erst Africa. Tbe ««tilers are manly English and Dutch. Mr. Roosevelt me» no difference lietwten them AH are fine fellow». Mr Roosevelt'* bead-quarters when writing
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    Tide Table for Penang.
    96 7 December, DM)!). H.W. L.W. lI.W. L.W. Date AM. AM. PM. P.M 21*t 7.36, 1.23, 8 02, 140 22nd 827, 2.15 8 53, 2 4" 23rd 9.19, 3.0 G, 9.45, 3 32 21th 1010, 3 57, 10.80, 4 23 25th 1102, 4.49. 11 27. 5.15 26th 1153,
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      1383 7 ihsuh nceb THE LONDONASSURANCE CORPORATION. INCORPORATED BY ROYAL CHARTER A.D. 1720 THE undersigned haring been appointed Agents for the above Corporation are now prepared to accept MARINE ’and FIRE risks at current rates. PATERSON, SIMONS A Co. Ltd. ]2o Guardian Atturanct Company, Llnr.ltod. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital .«2.000,000 Total Invested
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      66 7 Watch for Symptoms of Croup. L> > not allow croup to deveiop Chamber liu’a Remedy will pieveut tbe nl tck Watch for tbe fit at symptom, whic 1 i-» usually uu<l give tbit* reined f t ly. I’ should elways lie k pt iu th bon.e where thete are toung
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      900 8 W. MANSON, American Dentist, Late of Dr. Allen Co., Pha, U.S.A. Charges Moderate, Ccnsullatioa Free. BWRIDIPC AT No. 21a, Penang Hone*. A few doers from the Eastern and Orients 1 Hotel. ♦> mth» TEA FOR SALE. USEFUL TO PLANTERS, ESTATES, ETC. Large Check Holt Books of 200 leaves. Price» $8
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