The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 1 April 1904

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 515 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Viil. 2. Penang, Friday, Ist April, 1904. No. ia.
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  • 232 1 Births, Marriages, Deaths: Leading Articles South Africa's Labour Difficulties The ••Yellow Peril" Bogey Newel» wung Leaderettes and dtiier Articles: Current Topics: Para Rubber East. India Squadron .Japan's < rood Credit Noteworthy Russian Opinion The Eire Inquiry Rights of Neutrals The Chinese Labour (Question Police and Recreation Is Russia Bankrupt
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 137 1 TO LET. THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL. EDITION IS published the day prior to the departure of eurli mail for Furope, and contains the latest local and States News originally published in the daily issue as well as all important news from various parts of the Far Fast, including China, Japan,
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  • 688 1 (25 Mar.) How it Affects the Straits and Malay States. We learn on good authority that Mr. W. Cowan, the Protector of Chinese, Perak, has been offered and accepted the appointment of Emigration Agent for the Transvaal Government for the recruiting of Chinese labour for that
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  • 144 1 The Nipon Yusen Kaisha has chartered nine more foreign steamers, all British except the Emma, which is German-owned. They are the Dunblane 3,746: Ganges 4,177, Sikh 4,369, Bengloe 3,006, Lennox 3,677, Ascot 4,334, Caliph 2,508, Ben Lomond 2,670, Emma 2,639. A very quiet marriage was celebrated at St. George’s Church
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  • 384 1 [From Our Own Correspondent.) Malacca, 19 Mar.—Last week saw the Malacca Volunteers under canvass .for the first time. The camp was at Bukit Sebukor close to the rifle range and about 4 miles from town. On Friday at 4p. m. over 30 men assembled and started to march out,
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  • 231 1 We understand that Mr. Chang Tai Seng, son of the late Mr. Ah Kwei, will be married to-morrow at Edinburgh House to the oldest daughter of Mr. Kaw Cheng Sian and grand daughter of our esteemed fellow-townsman Mr. Kaw Seang Tat. Festivities in connection with the happy event commence this
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    • 83 1 straits Echo, Ms m j*** satisfies everybody, and justice aloue.-Emerson. Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Sundays.) at thk CRITERION PRESS, Ld., No. 220 -232, 15e;tcl» Street., Penang. PIUCE: s2* 27 per an ■urn» daii/t, local (Post Free) MAIL KIUTION (Post Free) 15 CAULK ADDIMCSS;: “E c h o—P
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  • 578 2 From Our Ovm Correspondent.) Tongkah, 21 March.—The preliminary ceremonies of the Siamese Kin Nam Phi Phat festivities were performed at 4-30 pm. on the 18th inst. in the Government offices. There was a large gathering of residents, all Government servants serving either as officials, clerks, “umphers, “kaninans,” or
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  • 54 2 The Siamese gunboat Sucri!) arrived here from Tongk&h this morning and will shortly proceed to the Prye Dock for repairs. Mb. Goon Gan Lock has issued invitations for a dinner and cake party to be held <>ii J hursday in celebration of the inarria (r e i of his son
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  • 142 2 Again Decreasing and to be Cut Off. Owing to the continued dry weather and J consequent lack of water at. the bases of supplv, our main source, that from the Waterfalls, is to be cut off from Bp. m. to 6 a. m. commencing from to-night. The
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  • 196 2 The following lists of the personnel of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company’s local Board of Directors and Loudon Advisory Committee, are inetresting in view of Mr. John Anderson’s remarks at the half yearly general meeting of the Company. Board of Directors. J. Rumney Nicholson, Esq., M. inst.
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  • 758 2 The American Law Review contains an interesting article on this recently much discussed point of Admiralty law —a point which is likely to be kept pretty much in evidence amongst legal and shipping men as long as the International Maritime Conference maintains its present vitality. Mr. James
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  • 153 2 A case of some interest to the lederated Malay States was heard at Malacca on 18U» inst. In November of last year a planter named Tan Sink, who owned extensive tapioca plantations in Negri Sembiiaiian Malacca, sold the Malacca plantations to U Biow. A week after the execution of tM
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  • 205 3 ,u v regret to record the death V* g v H s Charlwood, which oc of 1 this morning. The deceased was cur Xr«eof the shipping department of Sirs Boustead Go. m Penang, and Sfabdominal cancer, being 41 years of r the time of his death.
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  • 202 3 Aberdeen, 18 Feb. g IR _-In your issue of 15th inst. I observe a letter, signed J. P. B. Phillips, in which he repeats the well-worn libels against that much-maligned race, the Chinese. Thirtv years ago he had spent a few weeks in Australia”; seen
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  • 810 3 A Calcutta press despatch to the Pioneer reports that the telegraph authorities recently addressed the Bengal Chamber of Commerce notifying them of a proposal to cancel the existing Rule 28, section 11, of e jL n ban Telegraph Guide, in order that e Telegraph Department may no longer reat abbreviated
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  • 209 3 (Supplied by Reuter.) (From Our Own Correspondents.) Shanghai, 25 Mar.—The Japanese Government is not satisfied with the Russian Government simply disarming the gunboat Mandjour and storing her arms in the Custom House at this port. The Mandjour has been here since the outbreak of the war. The Japanese
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  • The Straits Echo (Special Service.)
    • 54 3 -4 Sails for the Straits. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London, 24 Mar. (2.20 p.)—Sir John Anderson, the newly appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements, has left to join the Marmora at Brindisi. The Hon. Alfred Lyttleton, Secretary of State for the Colonies, saw him off at the
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    • 75 3 More River Gunboats. From Otir Own Correspondent. London, 24 Mar. (2.20 p.)—The Birmingham Post states that the Admiralty is arranging for the construction of a number of flat-bottom-ed river gunboats, for service on the inland waters of China. This step has been taken owing to the repre-
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    • 59 4 Drastic Measures. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 25 Mar. —Drastic measure are being adopted to stamp out the plague at Johannesburg. 360 Indians are being removed from the plague area to temporary residences elected eight miles away. As soon as these people are removed the whole of the Indians’ houses
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    • 39 4 The Exclusion Act Denounced. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 25 Mar. —Despite strong American opposition, China has denounced the treaty providing for the exclusion of Chinese from the United States, which expires on the 27th December next.
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    • 25 4 Two More American Cruisers for the Sultan. (Cablenews Service.) T’hiladelphia, 10 Mar.—The Sultan of Turkey has ordered two first-class cruisers from Cramps.
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    • 77 4 (Rangoon Times Scmice.) Colombo, 10 Mar.—A telegram to the Australian papers, dated London, February 29th, states that the British Admiralty shipbuilding programme provides for the commencement of two new battleships of the Lord Nelson,” class four armoured cruisers, fourteen torpedo destroyers, and ten submarines. Provision has also been
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    • 72 4 (Rangoon Times Service.) Calcutta, 10 Mar.—At 9-30 last night quite a tornado broke over Calcutta accompanied by lightning and then heavy rain. The storm was very sudden. Doors and windows were smashed by scores. Warren’s American Circus tent was blown down, the audiencĕ luckily escaping uninjured. The
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  • (26 Mar.) Current Topic.
    • 222 4 The cultivation of para rubber and the future prospects of the industry in Ceylon continue to absorb the attention of agriculturists and capitalists. Hitherto rubber planting has been regarded as purely a low-country industry and 1,700 feet has been considered as the limit of elevation at which para
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    • 335 4 The Port of Colombo has been brought into considerable prominence in a newspaper discussion being waged in the premier Indiun journal, the Pioneer. Recently it published an article upon the question of India and the Navy, which we quoted the other day, for it ended with the
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    • 294 4 There is a very true con, ment on war in U P*Per, the Box to winch when it sobers <W us all y l‘>ts the nail s Ihe head. It states that the W,7«° n Russia is placed in is just what rfj? serves, for no nation
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    • 438 4 Colonel Count Muravieff Amursky, formerly Military Attache at the Russian Embassy in Paris, who is said to have been removed at the request ©f the French Government for making certain remarks on the French army, writes from St Petersburg to the Gaulois (28 Feb.) He says that
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  • 166 5 Chang—Kaw. A very pretty and interesting wedding was celebrated at Edinburgh House this morning, the contracting parties being Miss Kaw, eldest daughter of Mr. Kaw Cheng Sian, and Mr. Chang Tai Seng, sob of the late Mr. All Kwei, Penang’s multi-millionaire. The ceremony, which occupied about one hour, was
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  • 298 5 An Impressive Ceremony. Yesterday evening the funeral of Mr. V. Charhvood, who died yesterday morning from abdominal cancer, took place. The occasion was productive of widespread sympathy and those connected with him lQ 1,8 3 business were especially* numerous at the graveside. -Jfk® r procession
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  • 120 5 The Port Commissioners of Aden give notice that on and after the 27th day of February 1904, the existing fixed dioptic light exhibited from the lighthouse at Ras Marshag will be increased in power and will exhibit an occulting characteristic as follows: Dark 2 seconds Eight 3
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  • 2415 5 Juliet Jansen v. H. Paton Amusing. FiVIDENCE. The adjourned hearing of the breach of promise case, Juliet Jansen verms If. Patou for SI,OOO damages, was resumed on 22nd instant, in the Supreme Court, Singapore, before Mr. Justice llyudman-Jonc3. De Souza, of the Telephone Company, recalled at the
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  • 314 6 (From Our Own Correspondent») Singapore, 26 Mar. (U a French liner Annam, carrying a! crews of the Russian merchantmen captured by the Japanese fl eet during the war, leaves Shanghai™ Tuesday next, bound for Port Said Singapore, 26 Mar. (2 p British collier Ettrickdale has arm! ed here
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  • 39 6 Warlike Preparations- (Supplied by lleuter.) UjJJJILGW vij London, 26 Mar. —The Government continues its prep**** tions for all emergencies. goth Macedonia and Greece have w lled oat one class of their army reserves, ostensibly for manoeuvres.
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  • 29 7 London, 2b Mar.—Sixty-nine coloured and nine white cases of plague are reported from Johannesbure, where 50 natives and 5 whites have succumbed to that disease. (Supplied by Reuter.)
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  • The Straits Echo (Special Service.)
    • 342 7 The Grand National. 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) The Grand National Steeplechase of 2525 bovs, bv subscription of 25 sovs each, 15 ft., and 5 only if declared; second to receive300 sovs and third 200 sovs; a handicap for five year olds and upwards; winners after January
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    • 62 7 Result of the Adjourned Meeting. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore. 26 Mar. (11.5 a). —At the* adjourned meeting of shareholders in the Tanjong Pagar Dock Company the poll demanded by the supporters of the Loudon Board of Directors upon Mr. John Anderson’s amendment abolishing that
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    • 37 7 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, 26 Mar.—Mr. R. M. W. Swan, f.g.s, f.c.s., f.r.g.s., General Manager of the Malaysian Company, Ltd., Sepan, Pahang, died here to-day, the cause of death being abscess of the liver.
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    • 34 7 Bangkok, 26 Mar.—Hok Chong, Chinese ledger-keeper Chartered Bank has been arrested and charged with forging a cheque for 12,000 ticals. The case is remanded and the defendant released on bail of tcs. *****.
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  • 307 7 Magistrate (sternly).—“ Didn’t I tell you the last time you were here I never wanted you to come before me again?” Prisoner.—“ Yes, sir; but I couldn’t make the policeman believe it.” His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has I)een pleased to appoint Mr. W. A. Hayward to be
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  • (28 Mar.) Current Topics.
    • 206 7 We have received a copy of the Straits Government Gazette (25 March) contain-. ing the finding, dated Penang 17 March, of Mr. J. W. Hallifax, President of the Municipal Commissioners, George Town, who conducted an inquiry into the circumstarfces attending the recent tire at Ah Kwei’s Buildings
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    • 194 7 The Times (1 March) says the Russian regulations as to contraband of war 4< appear to be extremely com- prehensive, and to include several articles, such as coal, railway and telegraph materials, rice, and provisions, which are what international lawyers call rex uncipitis usus and which neutrals
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    • 251 7 Columns of correspondence on the subject of Chinese labour for the Transvaal have appeared in the Times since the debate in Parliament. Sir Henry Fowler wrote to protest against Mr. Lyttelton’s description of his reference to the Episcopal and Nonconformist conscience as nauseous. Mr. Lyttelton replied that
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  • 1582 8 The Vanished Gold” Case. Sensational Conclusion. A Lying Witness Gets Three Months. The case of Tungku Hamzah, who claimed upwards of $8000 on promissory notes from Haji Amin, was called for judgment in the Supreme Court l>efore the Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, this morning. Mr. E. W. Presgrave appeared
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  • 168 8 The Singapore Times notes from the China Times (Tientsin) of the sth inst. that, Mr. J. Cowen lias resigned the editorship of that paper. The Hongkong Hotel Company made a profit of $78,000 during the second half of 1903. A dividend often percent, for the half-year is recommended by the
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  • 860 9 if,,,. —Earl Percy, under Secre* reply to a question putin tar}’ for I»] 1 mino ns by Mr. George Toulthe House 0 said that the Governnun. the action of Sir Ernest ‘ffitish Minister at Peldngt m order“Eg to be taken affainst Mr. Covron, thf China Times,
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  • 1727 9 Long-Hidden Hoards of the Japanese Revealed. 1 Romantic Account of National Sacrifice. Tokio, 26 Feb. —Anyone passing by train between Tokio and Yokohama these last few days canuot have failed to notice the festoons of lanterns and flags, and the cheering crowds which lined the rails. It would
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  • 20 10 The United Provinces Government, India, bus decided to suspend the municipal system in fourteen municipalities from the Jit of April.
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  • 612 10 Constitution and Powers of the Japanese Prize Courts. In a recent issue of tbe Kobe Chronicle we find an interesting article setting forth the principal points of the Japanese Prize Court Law which was promulgated in 1805 at the time of the Japan-China War, and sTll remains in
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  • 184 10 ihe first O'::bird and Cambridge IW Xh.ce look place in 1836 and,® e.weplnm Ot the years 1837, 18«, and IoL this has- been an annual event. I n 1(> out riggers were introduced, the present stylo «.f boat without keel was adopted iii 1857 and sliding seats
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  • 286 10 Mr. Macbeth, chief electrial engineer to Messrs Burn and Co., Ltd., arrived in Penang this morning. “Ever since sho lias been married the has had to s'vnd her own mouey.” “True; hut I understand'her husband has been a great help to her.” The Right Hon. the Secretary of State for
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  • 687 11 (From Our Own Correspondents.) London, 27 Mar. (10-20 p).-It u reported from bt. Petersburg that 1 a m. to-day the Japanese again tried to block the entrance of Port Arthur. By the aul of search-lights the Russians discovered 4 steamers and 6 torpedoboats making for the entrance. The
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  • The Straits Echo (Special Service.)
    • 202 11 Meeting of Influential Chinese at the Federal Capital. Chamber Formally Inaugurated. 4 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Kwala Lumpor, 28 Mar.—At 1 o’clock yesterday afternoon a meeting of influential Chinese merchants, traders and miners was held here at the office of the Mines Association. 1 he
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    • 236 11 Won Easily by the Light Blues. (From Our Own Correspondent.) London 2G Mar.—Cambridge won the’Varsity race. (Supplied by Reuter.) Bombay, 20 Mar. 4.38 p. —Cambridge won by 4 lengths. The names and weights of the crews are given by The Sportsman (4 March) as follows: Cambridge.*
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    • 33 11 British Columbia and the Japanese. {Supplied by Reuter.) London, 20 Mar.—The Dominion Government has disallowed three Acts passed by the British Columbian Legislature on account of their imposing restrictions upon Japanese immigration.
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  • 736 12 (29 Mar.) Australia has suffered at times from various hallucinations with regard to Asiatics in general and the Chinese in particular, but her latest is perhaps the most ludicrous of all, for it amounts to a fear upon the part of Kangaroolanders that our Japanese allies,
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  • 406 12 Thk Hon. C. W. Sneyd-Kynuerslev, who is retiring from the Straits Service, will pass through Penang on the 6th proximo hy the German mail Preussen, when he will be presented with an address by the Chinese community. The silver casket and Chinese gilt scroll will not be ready in time
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  • Current Topics.
    • 331 12 A CORRESPONDENT writ in stating that very th<' members of our P o Wn f, r of what has b-en for some time it only place that is available to then, f outdoor recreation, as being etcl,•? to them. Now, one would 6 think that our hard-workine-should,
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    • 342 12 The contrast between Russia’s prodigal expenditure on armaments and the chronic poverty of her people is well drawn by Mr. 0. Eltzbacher in an article in the Nineteenth Century for March. Russia maintains, he says, an enormous army and a large navy, constructs thousands of miles of
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  • 1206 13 The Assizes. (Before Sir Lionel Cox Chief Justice.) ARMED ROBBERY. Desperate Attack on a Chinese Trader. 29th March. Chew All Chong, Ang Kong, and Pong AhTiap were placed in the dock, the first two being charged with robbery armed with a deadly weapon, the third with abetment of
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  • 466 13 The Chancellor of the Exchequer has (says L. and C. Express) received a cheerful letter from his father, the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who writes that he is thoroughly enjoying his holiday visit to 4 Egypt, and feels greatly improved in health. It is stated at Portsmouth that before long
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  • States’ News.
    • 443 14 Kuala Lipis, 15 Mar.—Mr. E. A. Watson, who ha# acquired a hundred acres of mining" land at Kechau, adjoining the property of the Kechau Goldfields Company, has gone to Singapore on a business trip. Mr. J. 11. Ilu Bois has now left Kechau and has gone to Singapore on
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  • 359 14 To tub Editor of tuk Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —I was much interested to see in your issue of the 25th a letter headed “A Word for the Chinese” by Mr. A Sinclair of Alierdeen. I know Melbourne and I have spent several years in Tasmania.
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  • 140 14 To the Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, —If names of things and persons are intended for the right discrimination and guidance of the public, I am at a loss to understand what the “City Fathers” moan by leaving a public passage at the junction
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  • 235 14 Pakchengan, mentioned iu to-day’s telegrams, is a town situated in Northern Corea to the westward of Anju, and is a post on the line held by the advance guard of tho Japanese Arrnv. It is about midway between Kasan and Gensan, at-both of which points Japanese troops have been landed.
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  • 562 14 Tm: following was circulated im. the Consular Body at NevvcWanv August 7th, 1900 Proclamation ey Russian Admibau. Yingkow, 6 Auouat. -Sir, Ihe hostile behaviour of tt Chinese authorities, who had first couraged the rebellion and then decks!)' that they could not maintain or <W ended m
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  • 366 15 We are informed semi-officially (says the China Times) that the following statement has been forwarded to the Japanese Consulate-General, Tientsin, by Mr. K. Olcada, lately residing at Newell wan g: At about 0 p. m. on the loth inst., two Russian officers, followed by some thirty
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  • 114 15 A» I poll correspondent writes:—Mr. W. L ,?r" ell eave I P° h at ,he «f this tnnfif ol a T in S> to which place he is been I°* Solne time P ast lie lias S c elJlor Magistrate, and the post niK lei T f Such a y°
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  • 901 15 Sir Prank defends the Chinese against their detractors. Speaks Good Words for the Straits Chinese. In a letter to The Times Sir Frank Swettenhnm warns employers that it is not quite an easy thing to use Chinamen to advantage without experience, though they are very easily managed
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  • 240 15 An Australian paper publishes the following:—London, Feb. 26.—The Russians have burnt a large Manchurian village near the Sungari River bridge, and massacred the inhabitants, including the women. We hear that the Penang Swimming Club, at Taujong Bengali, will be formally opened on Sunday, 10th April. The Club is at present
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  • 263 16 From Our Own Correspondents.) Shanghai, 28 Mar. —Although everything is quiet at Newchwang yet martial law lias been proclaimed. Wiring from Mukden on 27th General Flough states: —“A squad of "Cossacks reconnoitring in the vicinity of Packchengan opened lire on a detachment of Japanese cavalry who were guarding
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  • 57 16 (Deli Courant Service.) The Hague (via Batavia) 25 Mar.—The I’sar will proceed to the Far E ast in August to assume supreme command of the army in North-east Asia. Thousands of coolies are employedin the erection of fortifications extending from Anju on the west side of Corea to
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  • 73 16 The Para rubber tree in the Waterfall Gardens—which has, perhaps, been more written about than any other rubber tree in existence, owing to the careful experiments to which it has been subjected—was tapped on 15 occasions last year and gave a daily return of from H to 17{ oz. of
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  • 402 16 (Rangoon Times Service.) Chumbi, 21 Mar.—Eighty yaks arrived at Chumbi to-day in an exhausted condition. They are the remnants of the first and second yak corps purchased from the Nepal Durbar which originally numbered 2.300. vVhen the thiid Yak Corps reached Chumbi on January 23rd, it numbered
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  • 94 16 Calcutta, 17 Mar.—Last week’s plague return shows that the deaths were no less than 33,517 or a rise of 4,000 over the previous vveelfs mortality. There has been a general increase of plague throughout India and the deaths are reported as follows: United Provinces Bombay 7,140. Punjab 0,431. Bengal
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  • 1476 16 (30 Mar.) iijfcj CONTRABAND QUESTIQK Is Russia’s Action Illegal? Yes. Newchwang bis of late come r, rom luentlv before the public in the telegrams, owing, of course, to its beinl ine only Chinese Treaty Port within the war zone, and, as China has declar ed her neutrality and the
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  • Current Topics.
    • 294 17 The well-informed London Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian understands that the. Committee on Chinese Labour Emi- gration, which was sitting at the Foreign Office to frame regulations in the early part of this mouth, worked on the basis of the regulations tor the same purpose framed
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    • 396 17 Writing in Truth on 3rd instant, Lahby states that lie is in receipt of a wire trom his Bangkok corre- spondent reading:— “Tiileke Case.—See Truth, 3 December.—On Appeal to Singapore conviction quashed. Chief Justice thought clear intention of Tiileke to restore property to owner.” His comments on
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  • States’ News.
    • 535 18 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipou, 28 Mar. —Last Saturday, tho 28th inst., at 5 p.m., a large crowd of Europeans and members of other nationalities, principally Chinese, collected opposite the Police Station at Ipoh to witness the public Hoggin# of a well known desperado, named Chin Sam. Punctually as
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  • 471 18 Idol Procession. Annually on the 15th and 16th days of the 2nd moon (the apricot month s 31st March and Ist April, the image of Tye-Peh-Koug, a deified saint of old, with his insignia, is carried in a handsome sedanchair in procession from his temple in King
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  • 174 18 Following is a list of those who passed the Cambridge Local Exams held in Penang in December 1903: BOYS. Senior —Katn Chin Poe, Free School. J. R. Aeria, St. Xavier's. H. Oiiveiro, St Xavier's. H. W. F. King, Central School, Taiping. Junior —Hooi Yip San, Free School. G.
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  • 48 18 A London press despatch of 26 Feb. states:—Forged rouble notes to the extent of £10,000,000 are being circulated in Manchuria. The Rangoon Municipal Committee have recommended the Local Government to accept Messrs Darwoqd and Co.’s tender for electric lighting and traction, instead of that of the Brush Company.
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  • 990 18 The Assizes. (Before Sir Lionel Cox, Chief Another Ahmed Robbery Ma rch 29th. After judgment on the first c&ka delivered, Chan Ah Seng was hroudR and charged with highway robbed 2 armed robbery. J 80 The following jurors were eramn.i led —J. W. Haffenden, C. W. DuR' M.
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  • 1107 19 The Court reserved judgment. —Straits Times. Postmaster Sued for Refund of $5,000. 1 How Departments are Run. The people of Labuan were keenly interested the other day in an action before the acting Judicial Commissioner, Mr. 0. J. Skinner, at the instance of Mr. T. J. C. White, the
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  • 86 19 The Morning Post (29 Feb.) says Mr. Charles B. Buckley has been selected by the Sultan of Johore for theoffice of Financial and General Adviser to the Government of Johore, Judge of the Court of Judicature, and a Magistrate of the first class, as it is understood in the
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  • 80 19 The Manager of the branch of the Chartered Bank of India Australia and China courteously informs us that, he received a telegrem to-day from his Head Office informing him that at the approaching meeting of the shareholders the Directors would recommend a dividend at the rate of
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  • 141 19 Significant Censorship. In the Ceylon Independent(published at Col.ombo) of 11th March we find the following exceedingly interesting and instructive item:— To the Editor Ceylon Independent. Sir, —I have 1 lie honour to forward for your information and guidance copy of a despatch received from tlio Government Telegraph Department
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  • 43 19 The Municipality sent instructions to Messrs Preece and Cardew last month to immediately prepare specifications for the conversion of the Penang tramway to electric traction, call for tenders and push on as quickly us possible with the shipping of the necessary plant, &c\
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  • 115 20 (From Our Gur.i Correspondent.) Chefoo, 29 Mar. —The Japanese are reported to have a force of a hundred thousand troops south ot Anju, in northern Corea. All Japanese troops as they are landed set out on the march for that town and are advancing slowly, establishing alimentation camps
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  • 58 20 Plngue no Obstacle to Chinese labour. (Supplied by Renter.) London, JO Mar.—The Rfc. lion. Alfred Lvttleton. Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated in the House of Commons that, in view of the success met with in dealing wily tlm recent outbreaks of plague in South Africa, he
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  • 34 20 (Supplied by Reuter). Bombay, o() March.—The Indian plague returns show that for the week ended on 19th instant the deaths for the whole of India amounted to 40,527, being an increase of 7,000.
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  • 26 20 Arrives zt Singapore. (Straits Echo Special.) Singapore, JO Mar.—Air. Kang Yu Wei, the famous reformer, scholar and patriot, lias arrived here from Hongkong.
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  • 94 20 Thk Singapore Times gives the result of the Australian Cup as follows Marmont first, Scottish King second, Seaport third. The winner was foaled in 1895 and is by Willington (son of Panic) out of Ladv Gay. It is reported in the columns of the Singapore Times that at Sahang active
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  • (31 Mar.) Current Topics.
    • 176 20 We are indebted to the*couriesy of the Secretary of the Municipality for a copy of the resolution regarding charges for electric energy as passed at yesterday’s special meeting of the Commissioners. It reads as follows 4 Ihe Commissioners go into Committee on lhe question of charges for
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    • 202 20 Mr. J. Stewart Remington, the well-known agricultural chemist and experimenter, writes from The Laboratories, Grange*over-Sands, Lancashire, to the India-rubber Journal:—l have been very interested in the preliminary report on the Para rubber tree seeds. Several things, however, surprise me in this report, especially the remark that Para rubber
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    • 202 20 We find a special in the St. James’s Gazette (4Mar.) which if based on fact is distinctly noteworthy, and if false is a very neat attempt to gloss over the Bear’s failure to float a big war loan. It reads as follows:—The Russian Financial Agent in this country,
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    • 221 20 “Race Suicide” j. headline under which tK Daily Mail (sMar) d«* attention to the IT 1 1 maf N decline in the birthrate of Australia* 1 quotes at some length from <“C! evidence on the subject. ItappS from the Mail’s summary thatfe commission appointed hy the New Soutk
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    • 215 20 Tiie Hongkong Telegraph (19th Mar.) rightly assert» that, the statements made by Count Okuma in his widdress to the Japanese Progressist Party—which will be found in another part of this issue of the Echowill not fail to appeal to the hearts of aliciviiizcd peoples. The importance of
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    • 315 21 Tiik Telegraph continues: Before, and since, the outbreak of the present conflict, the official Russian insult, inuendo and conPp bs UO ou the people whose soldiers, ""•Ur-aild statesmen have already given 1 wMTtliu" lessons ill courage, enter|S and knowledge of their profession f' L officers of
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  • 193 21 The tax .on bikes m Java is 3 guilders per bike per annum. Up to the end of hist mouth there were ’rikishas registered, of this number WO were new ones. Ihe oil mills at Palembang have been completely destroyed by tire. No lives were lost; damage estimated at 3130,000.
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  • 1305 21 •Special Meeting Yesterday. A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday afternoon, principally to deal with the question of the charges to be made for electric energv. Mr. Mr. J. W. Hallifax (President), Messrs Quali Beng Kee, Cheah TekThye, and P. S. B. Gaffney were present.
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  • 2065 22 THE ASSIZES. (Before Sir Lionel Cox, Chiej Justice.) -4 Possession of Counterfeiting Instruments. March 30th. liEE All Chye w.is charged witii being in possession ol! instrument* t<>r counteruniting tin* King’s coin. He plead til not guilty to tile indict went and claimed to lit* tried. TJie following gentlemen
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  • 118 23 Slowness and soreness go together in the operations against the enemy in Acheen. General van Heutsz, the Governor, leaves the enemy no rest and follows them up into their inmost fastnesses. This policy is carried out without slackness. The troops have often to proceed far inland into
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  • 1383 23 A Chinese Reformer's Opinion. The Rangoon Gazette publishes the following report of an interview with a Mr. Chang Clung Cliing:— Chang Cliing Ohiug is a Chinese reformer of the most pronounced type. Ambitious, enthusiastic and patriotic, he would make his mark anywhere. A man of striking personality and
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  • 564 23 At the inaugural meeting held at the Miners’ Association, Kuala Lumpur, at 1 p.in., on Sunday, the 27th iust., there were present about eighty Chinese merchants, traders and miners, including TowkaysChan Sow Lin, m.c., Siew Teng, Chan Ah Yip, Foo Wai Onn, San Ah Wing,
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  • 143 24 (Fnun Our (Jwn Carres pom leu l Shanghai, 30 Mar. (6.15 p.)—An official report from Tokio states that Japanese cavalry scouts encountered the Russians on the 28th instant at Chongju, in northern Corea, and, supported by infantry, repulsed a Russian force of 800 men after an engagement lasting
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  • 24 24 (From Our Oicn Correspondent.) Singapore, 31 Mar.—Mr. Kang Yu Wei, the famous Reformer, is proceeding to Penang at an early date.
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  • 81 24 The heavy rain-storm that passed over this Settlement between 3 and 0 a. lll. today should have added considerably to our water supply, the total fall being 1.23 inches. It has certainly cooled things do\#n woudcrfully, the thermometer registering only 80 lietween noon and 1 p.ui. The Registrar of Hackney
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 123 24 On 2’»th March, at Singapore, the wife of \V. Kellie Smith, of a daughter. On 3rd March, at Canton, the wife of Atlilio Higgle, of a daughter. On 2nd March, at the Agent’s House. Hongkong and Shanghai Bank, Tientsin, the wife of Duncan H. Mackintosh, of a daughter. On
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    • 23 24 Gh tali March, at the German Consulate. Shanghai. Paul Stave, of Hamburg, to Victoria, daughter of the late George Clarke, of Shanghai.
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  • 114 24 Penano, olst March. (My courtesy of the Chartered if auk.) London Demand Bank 1 /10$ 4 months* sight Bank 1 /10f 3 Credit J/10* 3 Documentary ...1/IOJ Calcutta, Demand Bank Us. 138^ 3 days’ sight Private 1401 Bombay, Demand Bank 138. V 3 days’sight Private Ho\ Madras, Demand Bank
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  • 174 24 BersuwahGold Mine Co., Ld. 17sql 1 Rnub Australian Gold Alin 00.. m Reaping Lebong Gold Miniug Co., Ld. KadanaGold MiningCo„Titd (ful v i J,li<l Bruseli Tin Mining Co., Ld. Ohendanaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld. *o n r f v -v.-iaki Jvanuigan l m Mining Co. Kiutu Tiu Mines
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  • 159 24 Tiu 78.75 buym Gold leaf 8 82.— B. Pepper (\Y\ C«»ast811 >s.5o/,.)$ 27.50 telltn While Pepper 47. —tellert Trang Pepper 81. »ellen\ i Cloves (picked) 8. 48.— wm. Mace 125.— mow. 1 Mace Pickings 80.— wlkn Nutmegs 110s 55.— telltn i No. ‘1 7.50 Sugar 3 2 5.20 Basket
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  • 60 24 Heaths. At May held. Penang, on the 2ith instant Victor Henry Sherrington Chari wood. (oi lltli March, at the Victoria Nursing Home. Shanghai. Julia Whaley, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. S. Brockman, aged Iyears. On 29th Feb. at Wiesbaden, W. Krohn, late of Singapore, aged 60. On 27th
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