The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 15 April 1904

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  • 21 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 515 per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 2. Penang, Friday, 15th April, 1904. No. 15.
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  • 244 1 Births, Marriages, Deaths: Leading Articles: Chines» Labour Physical Culture Malay States Railways The Truth about the Chinese Penang* Post OtHce Our New Governor Leaderettes and other Articles: Current Topics:— The ‘'China Times” Case Chinese L.ihour The Deadly Cigarette Usury Education: u Wise Reform Why Japan opposes Holy Russia Wanted—a
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    • 140 1 TO LET, _l J I THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION TS published the day prior to tlie departure of each mail for Europe, 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 East,
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  • 1682 1 (8 April.) The Urgent Needs of the Malay States and South Africa. 4 Mr. William Cowan, who has done such excellent work in the Federated Malav States in the capacity of Protector of Chinese, was the guest of a number of the leading Chinese and European residents ot
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    • 86 1 »X*ie Straits Echo. m m mu#, j«Uoe«atisfics everybody, and justice alone- Etrur r U Established June Ist, 1903. I’ublifdied daily (except Sundays.) AT THU CRITERION PRESS, Ed., No. 220-232, IJoacli Street, I'lilCE DAILY, LOCAL f2i per annum (Post Free) 27 MAIL KIMTION (Post Free) 15 CAHLH ADDItHSS: Echo —Penang.” Telephone
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  • 880 2 Lord Lamington on Physical Training. The Madras Hindu (18 March) states I that before concluding his recent visit to Alimedabad Lord Lamington, Governor of Bombay Presidency, attended the annual sports in connection with the Ahmedabad Schools Athletic Association, that Lady Lamington handed the prizes to the successful competitors
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  • 37 2 The cricket and football teams returned from Singapore by the Zamauia this morning. Marquis Ito, the Bismarck of Japan,” left Seoul on 28th ult. and is on his way to Japan, hit» mission having i»een successfully terminated.
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  • 716 2 Important Promotions Co» SEw on Retirement of Mr. W a e An upcouutrv correspondent info™ Unit m consequence of the retirement JJ* C. Wagner, the Deputy Commi»/ f3tr Police, Selangor and Negri SemhilTfe following promotions and change, will., place amongst the superior officers to federated
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  • 551 3 To thk Editor of the Straits Echo. Si*—l notice in your issue of the oth inst a letter from “M. I. M.” wherein he contradicts a statement made by the writer of an interesting article on Batu Gautong Cemetery to the effect that “Mai S 01 ship
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  • 1537 3 Audi Alteram Partem. Mr. John Addis asks for space in this journal for his repiy to criticisms of the management of the Tronoli Mines that fell from the lips of the Chairman of the first annual meeting of the Company held in London on 2nd December last. We
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  • 525 4 1 How the English Ship Foxton Hall Left Port Arthur with a Crew of Three. Efforts of thk Skipper to Man the VkkSEI, REJECTED 41V FoRMER CREW. 0 (Njwiiil in The Shanghai, Timex.) Ouefoo, 14 th March, 1001.—One of the most daring exploits of the war lias been
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  • 304 4 .—Shanghai Times, 19th March. Something About its Effectual Blockade by the Japanese. The China Merchant's steamer Fuugshun arrived ironi Chefoo yesterday morning. On l\er outlwnmd voyage she readied Chefoo on March 14. Ou the evening of the 15th a formidable lleet of Japanese warships appeared off the harbour,
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  • 37 4 Ir is reported that Capt. Algernon Sartoris Grant, grandson of Gen. Ulysses Grant, has entered the Roman Catholic Church, preparatory to his marriage with Mile. Cecile Nouffiard, a godchild of the late Couite d«* Paris, in June.
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  • 340 4 The Power to li ESIST omc the Law. A d::licate point arose in t,] lef l the Supreme Court yesterdav 0 f a ln man, who was sent to penal hie for the culpable homicide of a Hi detective at one o'clock in the in January
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  • 895 4 The Oriental Hotel Co. at Kobe has decided to erect a very first class hotel on the Kobe Bund. Major Charles Henry Hale, u. 5.0., of the K.A.M.0., on 9th ult. obtained a decree nisi, with costs, on account of the adultery of his wife with Col. E. K. Murray,
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  • 180 5 (Echo Special.) Shanghai, 8 April.—The Press steamer .seized by the Russians was conveying American war correspondents only. and, upon the American Consul tit Newellwang protesting, the journalists were released. The official explanation of the incident is that the press steamer was communicating with the Japanese and refused to
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  • 73 5 The Imperial Emigration Agent due in Penang Tomorrow. (Echo Special.) Ipoli, 7 April —Mr.W. Cowan, the indefatigable Protector of Chinese, and family leave here for Hongkong via Penang to-morrow, Saturday, 9th inst. Mr. Cowan will be given here a very enthusiastic send-off at the Station and is to
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  • 94 5 Presidential Election Campaign. London, S April.—An excited presidential election campaign has commenced in the United States. The Republicans are certain to nominate President Roosevelt for a second term, while at present there are two Democratic aspirants in the persons of Chief Justice Parker and the millionaire newspaper proprietor
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  • 55 5 Mission Still Advauccs. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 7 April.—Colonel Younghusband sent a reply to the Chinese Amban on the 4th instant sayilig that he would be at Gyangtse in a week’s time and hoped to meet the Amban together with the high Tibetan officials, in order to make a
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  • 46 5 (Supplied by Renter.) London, 8 April.—The Italian foreign Minister leaves to-morrow to meet Count A. Goluchowski, the Austriau Foreign Minister, at Abbazia. The meeting is regarded as being specially noteworthy on account of recent reports of dissensions between Austria and Italy regarding Albania.
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  • 127 5 The Anglo-French Negotiations. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 8 April.—Reuter’s Agen- cy learns that the Anglo-French negotiations have reached the closing stage. Lord Lansdowne, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, andM. Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador, are concluding their conference to-day and a final reference will subsequently be
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  • 125 5 The farewell dinner given to Mr. William Cowan by Chinese and Europeans at the Mining Association, Ipoli, on Wednesday evening was a great success. In the absence of Mr. Foo Choo Clioon (who we regret to say was prevented from attending owing to illness) the chair was taken by Mr.
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  • 500 6 (.9 April.) The Clerical Staff Petition' the Rksident-G exeral. *\Ve have before us a copy of a petition signed by, as we understand it, the whole of the members of the Clerical Staff of the Federated Malay States Railways, which has been forwarded to the Hon.W. 11.
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  • 41 6 Wb hear that the duplicate telegraph line from Penang right through to Sereinban will be completed in about a fortnight's time. This will double the working capacity of the line and add greatly to its utility, lieaidea rendering interruptions leas frequent.
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  • Current Topics.
    • 137 6 History repeats itsel tV’The Straits Ti tries (5 April) says it has reason to believe that the Russian authori- ties, having succeeded in procuring the deportation of Mr. John Cowen, the whilom editor of the China l imes and having also had him booted out of
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    • 317 6 We find the following information relative to the Chinese Labour Question in the L. and C. Express (18 Mar.) received by the Negapatam mail to-day :—lt was officially announced on 12th inst. that the Secretary of State for the Colonies telegraphed last night (lltliinst.) to Lord Milner informing
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  • 61 6 We hear that Mr. S. G. Hobson recently made what we fancy is a record journey in the States by riding through from Kuala Lumpur to Penang on a bicycle. The distance is 2GG miles and Mr. Hobson accomplished it in three days. Such a feat speaks well lor the
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  • 220 6 Fitting Tribute to an 0u) Ik Respected Merchant. This morning the funeral toot Mr. Klioo Kong Mali, who died on tfa? ml. tin was one of the pioneer tnS Penang and limit up a very succenntnlL? ness alter scores ot years of toil q
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  • 276 6 w Yesterday's paper-chase witnessed a return to “010 custom” in two “hares” being chased instead of a line of paper laid previously being followed. Messrs Wallace Jones and A. F. G. Anderson were the hares and were given a, start of fourteen minutes from the Parade Ground.
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  • 116 6 In reply to inquiries from various qu we have to state that Hobsonize J> word imported into the English l 3,1 1? during the Spauish-American war,, result of the attempt made by I* l Hobson, u.s.n., to bottle up” the Spann* fleet in Santiago harbour by sinking steamer Merrimac across
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  • 210 7 To TDK Editor of tub Straits Echo. -In vour issue of 7th inst. the Anthropology says that he has C n *of]p(l c'ctensivelv in Malaya and has seen Svs worlhip knunat stones. This might %i' r L but it could surely not have been i Uv Mala
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  • 389 7 Mr. Lessar, the Russian Minister at Peking, is said to have requested the Chinese Government to recall the Chinese officials at Mukden, Antung-hsien, Feng Huang Chen and other important, places to the west of the Liao River. This impudence is characteristic of Russian bullies the world over. In the Bangkok
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  • 1005 7 The Report of the Commission. The General Report upon the Moslem Trusts and Foundations in Penang bv the Commission appointed to report thereon, consisting of Messrs J. BrombeadMatthews, L M. Woodward and A. H. Lemon, was laid before the Legislative Council at yesterday's meeting. The report is
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  • 205 7 The official return, of imports and exports into the Straits Settlements for the fourth quarter of 1903 has been published. As regards merchandise, the figures come out thus on comparison with the corresponding quarter of 1902. Imports. 4th qr. of 1903 #84,845,014= #7,848,100. 4th qr. of 1902, #89,241,973
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  • 2310 8 26th, 28th and 30th March, 1904. Fob the information of a great many owners and others who follow the turf in the Straits with interest we give further ‘particulars of the alx>ve race meeting, winch was successfully brought to a close a tew davs ago. Our correspondent
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  • 144 9 l***nse of wh Postmaster Boyd Liable for $5,000 Damages. Judgment has been delivered in th« lon the Labuan Postmaster. In case, which was fully reported in our 3 me d a V8 “80. Mr. T. J. O. White, Jjal* ua, i. sought to recover it f
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  • 98 9 ('Jj. A C. Express, IS Mch The Sultan of Johore called at the Colonial Office on lltb iust. to meet Mr. Lyttelton. He was in English morning dress, and with his A. D. CVs went to the Coiomal Office in a smart motor carriage. Ihe Sultan was staying at
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  • 880 9 Ordinary Meeting. There was very little business at the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held yesterday. There were present Mr. J. AV. Hallilax (President), Messrs Clieah Tek Thye, A. R. Adams and Quali Beug Kee. Absent:—Dr. Locke, Mr. i\ S. B. Gaffney, the Municipal Secretary aud Muuicipal Engineer.
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  • 234 9 Likut.-CoI. Nodzu, formerly Japanese Aiilitary Attache at Seoul, liaslteenappointed military adviser to Corea for a term of five years. t The Singapore Times hoars that Mr. Tau Boon Kock, a young gambier merchant of Boat Quay, shot two large tigers at his plantation at Johore during the Easter holidays. Our
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  • 124 10 (Echo Special.) .Chefoo, 7 April. —Admiral AlexiefF reviewed three thousand Kussian troops at Newchwaug on the 6th instant. The mouth of the Liao River, upon which Newellwang is situated, has been mined. Ten merchant steamers are now loading at Newellwang but no more are expected to arrive under
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  • 96 10 (Deli Conrant Service.) The Hague (via Batavia), 5 April, —The Parisian press admits that the defeat of the Russians at Chongju was due to their unprepared ness to meet the Japanese attack. Japanese outposts have advanced far to the north of Anju. The Russian squadron in the Mediterranean
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  • 31 10 (Echo Special.) Singapore, 9 April. —A convention lias been signed at The Hague arranging for the laying of a telegraph cable between Chefoo, Saigon and Pontiauak, in Dutch Borneo.
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  • 49 10 More Warlike Signs (Supplied luj Reulcr.) London, 8 April.—lt is reported at Salonika that eighty battalions .of Redifs have been s mobilized, ostensibly to suppress the Armenian revolt, but are really destined for Macedonia. It is expected that the Ham idie h cavalry will also be mobilized.
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  • 44 10 Deli Cam ant Sendee.) The Hague (via Batavia), 6 April. —The German official organ Die Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung denies that Kaiser lliiam is suffering from a new affection of the throat, and further states that His Majesty is in most excellent health.
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  • 129 10 [Supplied l>>i Reuter.) London, ‘.I April.—The AngloFrench agreements have been signed. It is stated in Paris that under the agreement re Egypt, the functions of the Caisse Egyptian Debt will be reorganized and the present excess of its revenues over the interest upon the loans whereunto tliev are
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  • 277 10 Mu. W. G. Maxwell has arrived at Tailing from Kinta to take up the duties of the Secretary to the Resident of Perak. It is reported at Portsmouth that the Suffolk, first-class cruiser, which has been completed for service, will shortly he commissioned for service on the China Station. 4
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  • (11 April.) Current Topics.
    • 112 10 The Rev. Wilfrid fv j Wickham, vicar of ha in, Elect, Hurt. onouslv U,i,t notoriously i-vowii,,/“S the «'garotte habit, which i« so p uiuung schoolboys m the East as „.'j as in the Croat West, llis remedy is a good and simple one and we hope to
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    • 251 10 Usu JtY has existed from time immemorial and, despite all at tempts on tbe part of Gov- ernmeats to check the evil, it still continues to flourish. Doubtless many men go to the usurer with their eyes open and are therefore entitled to little if any pity, but it
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    • 240 10 There was premature rejoicing in the anti-Chinese camps on the oth March, when an official announcement that the King had decided not to disallow the Transvaal Labour Importation Ordinance was taken to mean that at leas it would be suspended for a pern The Daily Mail promptly detected
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    • 359 11 A State Paper issued on sth .March announced that the* Indian Government have abolished competitive examinations for the public services and substituted a scheme for the selection of candidates on probation. The Daily Telegraph says that since the famous resolution upon Land Revenue, Lord Curzon has
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    • 397 11 Why Japan opposes Russia” is the title of a very interesting, accurate and distinctly timely article contributed by r M ‘“lime contributed by akalura, Japanese Minister at il.o S March number of TA i .American Review. Mr. Ul<l Poi nts the grounds for his that
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  • 116 11 Outbreak at Tongkah. Our Tongkah correspondent, writing under date of the Gth inst., reports an outbreak of bubonic plague in the town of Puket (Tongkah). He says: “One of the victims has been removed to the plague hospital. Only two other cases have been reported since the removal of
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  • 105 11 Re poet has it the battleship Barfieur is to he commissioned for the China station in May. Me. W. Cowan, Imperial Emigration Agent, arrived here yesterday from I poll on his way to Hongkong. v The F.M.B. Railway Department has decided to award six prizes annually for the best kept
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  • 596 11 Interest ino Function Yesterday Morning. The Penaug Swimming Club, in which there lias been evinced so much interest recently, was formally opened by the President, Mr. A. R. Adams, yesterday morning. There were about 80 members, out of aUital number of about 100, at
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  • 568 12 .—Qhiw Mail Cor, The Soldiers Defeated. Wuciiow, 24 March. —For the last Hvo or three months we have continued to hear disturbing reports from the districts of Tseung Chau m Sau Yan and Soli Y r un in the prefecture of Law Chau Fu UPttllff We have
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  • 1480 12 Mr. L. Davidson on Straits Rubber Cultivation. Mr. L. Davidson, who returned to Ceylon from the Straits recently, paid a great deal of attention to the cultivation of rubber and the methods adopted there, and he had naturally much that is exceedingly valuable to us at
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  • 419 13 Fukebal Yesterday of I.ate Municifal Engineer. Mb. Sam Reid, for several years Engineer to the Penang Municipality, died late on Saturday night at the General Hospital. General’ regret is felt by the residents of Penang, Mr. Reid being a most popular and respected member of
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  • 1331 13 1 HE 1 ETITION OF THE CLERICAL Staff. Following is the full text of a petition forwarded to the Resident-General of the h edoi a ted Malay States by the Clerical Staff of the Federated Malay States Railways J hat your petitioners are provided for under a
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  • 496 14 Comparative Statement shewing increases obtained by Selangor Railway Clerks and Clerks on the Selangor Government Regular Clerical Service who drew 480 on 1st January, 1902, the date on which the Schemes came into force. Government. o-S r o a 5 Tl- 2 t j; Name of o a
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  • 54 14 {Ech> Special.) Singapore, 11 April. —An official report from Tokio .states that the Japanese occupied Wiju on the 4th instant and that the Russians will defend the passage of the Yalu to the utmost. Humours emanating from French sources are current to the effect that Japanese transports have
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  • 71 14 Large GoJowns Gutted. (Ec ii i Special.) Singapore, 11 April.—A hig fire broke out at Hongkong yesterday in the Kowloon Godowns, the property of the Hongkong and Kowloon Wharf and Godowu Go. Ltd. Two large godowns were completely gutted. Naval and military contingents from the iieet and
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  • 27 14 (Supplied by lieuter.) London, 10 April. —The Board of Trade Returns show that in March British imports increased by £1,775,751, while exports decreased by £850.398.
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  • 51 14 Fierce Fighting. {Supplied by Renter*) London, 11 April.—The German troops have had a severe hut successful encounter with the Hereros tribe in German South- W est Africa. The Hereros lost ninety-two killed and the Germans an officer and thirty one men killed and an officer and fifteen men
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  • 68 14 {Supplied by 11 eider) London. 1 l April.—The Cape Assembly had a sitting lasting all night and to noon the next day, which was due to the stubborn opposition offered by the Africander Bond to the Representation Bill, increasing the number of members of the Assembly. A motion
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  • 212 14 Farewell at Ipoh. (Echo Special.) l .iilmt, 11 April —At ten o’clock 011 U j'- y moniln f lar ge gathering ot Chinese and Europeans sembled at the I poll Railway Statri to bid farewell to Mr. Cowan, P ro tec tor of Chinese, who proceeds H Hongkong
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  • 464 14 The Anglo-French Agreement. {Supplied by Reuter.) London, J April.—The portion of the Anglo-French agreement regarding Siam provides that France and Great Britain recognise their respective spheres of influence as established by the treaty of 1896, but explicitly guarantee the integrity of Siam and the maintenance of the
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  • 116 15 att ie v Nathan, r. e., k.c.m.g., apeftedT r deS of HoaKkoßg. was U r adl Llver P«ol from West Africa ou the 19th ult. beml k UER J N J—who, it may be rememS~ (1 a few «months ago in innum her of Chinamen from of the acce P
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  • 1523 15 (/2 April.) hie Danger of Flagrant Abuses and their Prevention. Last Friday we drew attention to the important mission of Mr. William Cowan, who is on bis way to Hongkong to superintend the emigration of thousands of Chinese labourers to South Africa. Neither time nor space has yet
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  • 589 16 W ho in the British Army but is familiar with the name of Dr. Miller Maguire? That famous Army coach, most profound of strategists, most learned of military historians, who lias turned out thousands of officers from his school, and had two hundred old pupils
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  • 47 16 The United States Consul at Leipzig reports that the Waffenfabrick, at Steyr, Austria, has received an order for an immense number of modern rifles for the Chinese Government. It will mke the Steyr factory several years to compete tlie order, despite a large force of a<Pstioual employees.
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  • 845 16 In Appellate Jurisdiction. !I^ore Hir Liond Cox, Chief Jmtic,) 'I Pen “g. 12th April. C. Uobixson Appellant So ltc GENERAL ItESPONDENT. In the Supreme Court yesterday rfhr noon the hearing was commenced ~t appeal against tile decision of Mr i Jtryanl, First .Magistrate „1 10 co V P
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  • 1344 17 Historical Facts: Useful Explanations. We are indebted for the following article to Mr. D. Macbeth, Chief Electrical Engineer to Messrs Burn Co., of Calcutta: All statistics gathered on the subject prove most conclusively that since the adrent of artificial lighting in our large towns our morals have improved
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  • 342 17 At Friday’s meeting of the Legislative Council Mr. E. G. Broadrick, Assistant Colonial Secretary, took the oath of office on taking his seat. Mr. Napier moved This Council records its regret that the Rule made by the Governor in Council under 4 The Savings Banks Ordinance 1875 on
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  • 691 18 Extra Special Correspondence. George V. Hobart is the name of the Frisco Examiner’s funny-man, who holds forth about once a week on one or other of the topics of the day. His nom de p)lume is Dinkelspiel and over this really pretty name he writes in a recent
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  • States’ News.
    • 488 18 Straits Times. Kuala Li his. 28 Mar.—lt was recently stated in one of the papers that the new law as regards timlier and fuel for mining purposes in Pahang presses heavily on those companies which have no timber of their own; and, “it seems hard," added the correspondent, ‘’that
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  • 60 18 The British Consul at Pakhoi (Kwangtung province) lias reported that “it is proposed to amalgamate the lines from Saigon to Singapore, and from Singapore to Java, in order to provide direct service to the latter place and enable French ships to participate in the trade with the Dutch Indies, which
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  • 83 18 (Echo Special Singapore, 12 April.—A Si, lmi telegram of today’s S’ states that a report is to hand Chefoo to the effect afternoon of the 11th instant, e large Russian warships were sX ed ten miles from Port Arthurs a steamer bound from Newchwni to Chefoo. The Russians
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  • 50 18 Much Damage Done. {Echo Special.) Singapore, II April (7.80 p.)— A severe storm swept over Singapore to-day. Trees were uprooted, blocking the streets, huts were blown down in all directions, the telephone wires were snapped and sampans were capsized in the harbour. Luckily no lives were lost
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  • 39 18 (Echo Special.) Singapore, 11 April (7.30 p.)—The death is announced of Dato James Meldrum, s.p.mj., f.k.0.5., the wellknown proprietor of the Johore Steam Saw Mills. DatoMeldrura had reached the age of 88. The funeral takes place to-morrow (Tuesday).
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  • 50 18 Further Fierce Fighting. (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 12 April. Renewed fighting is reported from German South-West Africa. A German force lias dispersed three thousand Hereros after eight hours fightingThe German casualties amounted to three officers and twelve men killed and wounded. The losses of the Hereros were heavy.
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  • 54 18 The Fars Incident (Supplied by Reuter.) London, 12 April. —A telegram from Tiflis has been received in Petersburg announcing that Alaeddaurch, the Governor-Genera of Fars, lias been dismissed not going off to Lord Curzon s s l P on the occasion of the Indian *oy’s recent visit to
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  • 579 19 du Tonkin says the Grand L A Ol<- i sister of the Tsar, has started .superintend the work of the Red Cruss With the approval of Her Majesty the the sanction ot the Japanese Q ueen t Miss Ethel McCaul, r. k. c., bv Miss Elaine St. Aubyn, f’Tftfor Japan
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  • (13 April.) Current Topics.
    • 190 19 A correspondent writes:— Major Van Renan having resigned the Trusteeship of the Sikh Gurdwara at Pen- ang, it behoves the Government to fill up the vacancy as speedily as possible. Either Colonel Walker or Mr. W. MacArthur will be most acceptable to the community. It is alleged that
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    • 399 19 A letter appearing in our Public Opinion column to-day draws attention to the probable natural desire of Chinese emigrants to be allowed to have a reasonable number of their own priests to minister to them in South Africa. We think it probable that this important matter has not
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    • 442 19 On the 20th November hist we dealt in a leading article with the gambling nuisance in Johore, pointing out how the wives and daughters of Singapore Babas were in the habit of flocking to Johore in the absence of their husbands and fathers to have a flutter at the
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    • 696 20 The Rev. Thomas B. Gregory writes on this subject in the Frisco Examiner. He says: There is nothing the matter with the cry ot* horror that arises these days when two nations go to war. Xiiat cry is Ml right. It shows that the world has advanced and that
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  • 539 20 In Appellate Jurisdiction. (Before Sir Lionel Cox, Chief Juslic The Noordin Will CaskPenang, 12th April. The attention of the Court was given to the mat ter of the will of Mahomed Noordin deceased. Habib Merican Noordin, trustee and executor under the will, appealed against Mr. Justice Law’s decision
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  • 201 20 10-DAa is the fourteenth lunar a«i«i and the hist, day of the Hiudu year m a* are divided into two sects vi/ Vishnuvites. The former Hindu theology, the followers t u 8t Siva, who is the third of the Hindu mtlie character of destroyer and of things
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  • 374 20 M. Gaston Rouvier writes on the conditions of the new territories that France acquires in the new treaty with Siam in the Temps. He certainly takes a favourable view of their possibilities, and states that they will have for France the advantage of constituting between Saigon and Bangkok a vast
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  • 182 21 tie House of Commons on tlm 1 i w.li Mr. Al’Crae having asked of the Exchequer whetbetnau annual value ot £r» Wi t 0 Britni hl thS *tnf the Chinese war indemnity, rtal amount of .private claims l 1,- British subjects. the total admitted, and further, a
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  • 289 21 i'"Tai political evolution of to-ilay rinses niuoli anxi(tv uto the ultimate fate of those free uml iiHlepemleiit Minifteralists -if such a tleseripliou may pass whose open minds lead them from pillar to post, m search of a standard under which they may 11ml cerUuu clticuinu sanctuary”— Weekly
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  • 536 21 The follow ing items are culled from the Sandakau Herald:— A\ H. Beech, Cadet, who has just arrived from Home has been attached to the Land Office. The Admiralty dredger St Dunstan, which left Malta on the 20tli ult., is expect* en to coal at Lai.man en
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  • 67 21 Air. A. AV. Ron Hedge has been granted 14 months’leave of absence, viz., 2 months on full pay to be followed by 12 months on hjj|p pay, with effect from the 3rd February, Dr. S. Gomes has been granted eight months' sick leave, two months on full 1o lie
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  • 617 21 Aerograms from All sorts of Sauces. \vk find to our utter dismay, disgust and everlasting regret that what we thought was a snug monopoly of more or less confidential aerograms from the war zone is nothing of the kind, for some of our American exchanges have columns of
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  • 316 22 Bangkok Timex. A new law termed the Law of Appeal of the year 123 received the royal sanction on the 25th March. r ilie amble sets fortli that there is a constant press of business in the Appeal Courts, arising largely out of disputes
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  • 73 22 To TDK Editor of thk Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —I have lately read in some Indian vernacular papers of the existence of an aboriginal Hindoo race in two small islets near Java. As the papers do not give the names of the islands in question, I
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  • 336 22 To The Editor of thk Straits Echo. Dear Sir, —I have read with much interest your very interesting and instructive articles on Chinese emigration to South Africa and am convinced that your suggestions deserve the fullest consideration of the authorities concerned, coming as they do
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  • 431 22 The Cape to Cairo Railway will reach the Victoria Falls in the course of April. The Chilian training-ship General Baquedano arrived at Singapore on lltli inst from Valparaiso and will remain there for a few days. Mr. W. Webster has returned to Singapore and established himself as a Consult-* ing
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  • 165 22 (Echo Special) Singapore, 13 April.-Thc Agent of the Russian Foreign Office at tached to Admiral Alexieff’s Staff reports that a Russian scouting party, consisting of tbirty-seveu men and two officers, proceeded on the Bth instant on a reconnaissance to the Corean bank of the Yulu River. Near Wiju
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  • 96 22 (Deli Courant Service.) The Hague (via Batavia), 9 April. —in direct contradiction to reports hitherto received telegrams are now to hand stating that after all the mouth of the Yalu River is blocked by automatic torpedoes and the coast from Takushan to the mouth of the Yalu is
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  • 146 22 (Supplied by Reuter.) ipeli Courant Service.) London, 13 April. The Hon. A. Balfour, the Premier, speaking in the Commons, said that the action taken in Tibet necessitated asking the House to sanction the employment of Indian troops beyon the frontier and he thought there should be no delay in
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  • 1682 23 (14 April.) Is it a Public Scandal? Yes. From time to time during the past te months strong protests have been made in our columns against the mismanagement of the Penang beneral Post Office, and as recently the 2nd illst our local colltem nnrarv came out with
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  • 1328 24 Sir John Anderson Due To-night. 4 EN ROUTE SINGAPORE. Sm John Anderson, who succeeds Sir Frank Swettenhain as Governor and Com in an der-iu-C) lief of the Straits Settlements, and High Commissioner of the Federated Malay States a fid Consul-General ot British North Borneo, is expected to
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  • 289 24 The Grand-dukes Cyril and Boris are tin» first and second sons of the Grand-duke Vladimir, uncle of the Tsar, and were bora in 1876 and 1877, respectively. The British steam dredger St. Duustan arrived at .Singapore last Sunday from Malt a via Aden and Colombo under her own steam. The
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  • 1238 25 By An Observer. It «W good dav for British North JTthen Mr. E. W. Birch, c. m. g„ StoMceptt' l post vacated, through, ■*\a strictlv conscientious motives, by i" H ughCKfford,c. M. o. i sadlv needed a man ot Mi. BiScalibre to profit bv mature opinions,
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  • 78 25 The following Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamers are, according to the Free Press, on their way to Singapore en route to Japan and will take full bunker requirements Sado Maru left Durban 30th March, Kauagawa Maru left Durban Ist April, Binjo Maru left Durban sth April, Kawachi Maru, left Durban 7th
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  • 1348 25 (From Hongkong Telegraph.) (From Shanghai Mercury.) A MAIL WILL CLOSE FOR: Canton—Per Powan, 22nd Mar., 7 30 a.m. Canton—Per Fatshan 22nd Mar.,’ 7.30 a.m. Amoy, Swatow, Straits and Rangoon Per Palamcotta, 22nd Mar., 10 a.m. Europe, Ac., India, via Tuticorin—Per Sydney, 22nd Mar 11 a.m. Iloilo—Per Wuchang
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  • 129 26 A maiiriage is arranged between Mr. Charles Stewart Sharp, of Messrs. Gibb, Livingston, and Co., China, and M. L. C. of Hongkong, eldest surviving son of the late Dr. Hugh Sharp, m. r. c. s. of Eng., of Cullen, Banffshire, and Mrs. Burrows, widow of Mr. Henry Burrows, of Storkholme,
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  • 408 26 (Echo Special.) (Supplied by lleuter.J London, 13 April (6.5 pi., telegram received from St. P e wf burg states that the Russian battle" ship Petropavlovsk struck a nu n while returning to Port Arthur Ot the crew four officers andtwentv’ five men,including the Grand-dub Cjnl, escaped. The rest,
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  • 25 27 (Echo Special) Bangkok, 13 April.— The death is announced to-day of Chow Kl.oon Tan, mother of the Queen of Siam and Princess Devawongse Svasti.
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  • 80 27 (Supplied by lie liter.) London, 13 April.—Speaking in the Reichstag. Count von Bulovv, the Imperial Chancellor, said that Germany had nothing to complain of with reference to the AngloFrench Agreement if only because strained relations between Great Britain and France would imperil the peace of the world. The
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  • 291 27 (Supplied by Renter.) London, I t April. —The Tibet Expedition lias reached its destination atGyanglse without the loss of a single man. The Hon. St. John Brodrick’s motion for the sanctioning of the employment of Indian troops outside India in connection with the Tibet Expedition was adopted by the
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  • 144 27 Royal Bangkok Sports Club. April Meeting, First Day. (Echo Special.) Bangkok, 12 April.—The first day s racing took place in good weather, the results being as under:— The Griffin Stakes. Value 250 ticals. 5 fur. 12.2 to carry 8.11. J Mr. E. G. Golio's b. s. li.
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  • 167 27 The U. S. 8. Missouri is a turret battleship of 12,280 tons and 18 knots speed. She is armed with four 12-iu., sixteen 0-in., six 8-in., eight (J-pdr., six J-pdr., two machine and two light guns. Her crew numbers 551. —4 From the particulars given in the Civil Service Estimates
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  • 431 27 To hi is Editor of the Straits Echo. Sir, —I was glad to read vour comments alient the Post Office, and agree with you in the statment that this department can be made much more useful to the public than it is at present. For instance
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  • 183 27 A Government Gazette Extraordinary notilies that, owing to an outbreak of plague, the port ot Tongkaii is declared infected. The destroyer Teazer, which went ashore off Portsmouth, is a vessel of 320 tons and 4,800 horse-power. She was built at East Cowes in 1895 and is tender to the Warrior,
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  • States’ News.
    • 208 28 Tapah, 13 April.—lnspector Barker, in charge of the Police of Bating Padang. leaves for Kuala Lumpur having received further promotion, and Inspector Hannigan. from Kuala Kubu, comes here to take over from him. Mr. Barker, who has done excellent work here, will be a great loss to the district,
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  • 84 28 Colonel Marchand has been appointed, to the command of the l(Jtli Regiment of Colonial Infantry in lndo-China. The Melbourne Chamber of Commerce has adopted the following resolution: That it is advisable to adopt the metric system of weights and measures for use within the Empire; and that the Prime Minister
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 19 28 On the «sih February, at Bishopton, Lochgilphead, the wife of the Rev. G. R. Veilings, of a sou.
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    • 27 28 On the ills*. Miu’ h. at the Union Church, Hongkong, by the Rev. C. H. Hiokling, Robt. W. Astill. of Shanghai, to Rose Williams, of Birmingham.
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  • 121 28 Pbnano, 15th Arum. (By tourtenj of the Chartered Rank.) London Demand Bank ...l/10i 4- months’ sight Bank 1 /10 T 7 3 Credit ...l/lO, 5 3 Documentary ...1/10$ Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 137$ 3 days’ si edit, Private 130$ Bombay, Demand Bank 137$ 3 days’ sight Private 1301 Madras.
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  • 187 28 BersawahGold Mine Co., Ld. 3 16. sales Raub Australian Gold Mining Co., Ld 8 6.75 buyers Redjaug Lebong Gold Mining Co., Ld s‘2lo. ex-due KadanaGold Mining Co„Ltd. (fully paid) 8 10. nom. Bruseh Tin Mining Co., Ld. 8.25 sellert Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld 20.— sales Karaugau Tin
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  • 152 28 l ,u 78.50 buyers Gold leaf 82. B.Pepper (W. CoastBl bs.soz.)s 26} sellers White Pepper 46} sales Trang Pepper 30} sellers Cloves (picked) 43.—now. Mace sloo.— sales Mace Pickings 80.— sellers Nutmegs 110 s 45.—sellers No. 1 7.50 Sugar j 2 5.20 C Basket 4. —sales Tapioca Flour 1.75
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  • 15 28 Death. On 11th April, at Iskander Hall. Johore, Dato James Moldrum. jj.p.m.j., aged 83 years.
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