The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 21 October 1904

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  • 20 1 THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION. 515 Per Annum. Single Copy, 40 cents. Vol. 2. Penang, Friday, 2ist October, 1904. N0..^2.
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  • 205 1 r y■• Births, Marriages, Deaths: Leading Articles: Johore’s Blot 1 Straits Medickl College x n 'J’lie Water Tangle Banzai! The Rubber Industry Excelsior! Malay States Railway The Gambling Order \j -*> Farming Difficulties > Leaderettes and other Articles: L /)i vl A Current Topics:— Pope of the Press Our
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 185 1 I Y TO LET. t» 1 1 i THE STRAITS ECHO MAIL EDITION 1 f r~ X r'> v TTS published the day prior to the departure of each mail for Europe, and contains the latest local and States News originally published in the daily issue as well as all
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  • 859 1 Johore’s Blot (14 Oct.) Why Not Erase It? Public opinion among all classes of the community on the latest move by the Straits Government regarding its servants and the Johore gambling hells —as contained in an Echo special in Wednesday’s issue—is of a decidedly favourable and satisfactory nature. In not
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  • 677 1 Notes from the Camp Mr. Evans Leaving. A Deputation from North China. FIRST “CHINESE-WON OOI.IC (From (Jar Own Correspondent.) East Rand, Sept.— l have just heard from a very reliable source that. Air. Evans, the erstwhile Protector of Chinese in the Straits Settlements, but who is
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 84 1 The Straits Echo. TST m} SSJB jartice satisfies everybody, and justice alone.—Emerson Established June Ist, 1903. Published daily (except Mondays.) CRITERION PRESS, Ed., No. 220-232, Bead) Street., Penang. PRIOR: .y DAILY, LOCAL y t'li per annum OUTSTATIONS Postage Extra MAIL KIHTION (Post Free) 15 CAULK ADDItKMM: “E c h o—P
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  • 292 2  -  (By Belvoir). Notwithstanding the threatening aspect of the sky and the fine drenching rain that fell throughout the afternoon, no fewer than seventeen members of the Penang Hunt Club turned up at Dato Kramat gardens to see whatfcsport was offering. At five o’clock punctually the word was given
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  • 190 2 The half-yearly meeting of the Mount Bischoff Tin-mining Company was held recently. The reports presented were very satisfactory. The Directors’ report stated that during the six months ended 30th June £27,000 had been paid in dividends and «£l,OOO added to the reserve fund. We learn by the mail which arrived
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  • 267 2 Oyama’s Despatches. (Echo Special.) Tokio, 14 October. —Field Marshal Oyama reports that near Pensihu the enemy’s counterattacks were repulsed on all sides On AVednesday the Japanese right army sent one detachment to Sliikiaotze, eight miles north of Fensilm, to cut off the enemy’s retreat. The central and left
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  • 59 2 $71,000 Required. (Echo Special.) Singapore, 14 Oct. —Mr. Tan Jiak Kim has issued a circular letter requesting contributions from non-Europeans for the Straits Medical College. The sum of §71,000 is required. The Government agrees to pay $18,200 annually for salaries and upkeep if M i'. Tan Jiak
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  • 628 2 The Manila Cableuews sagclv l-Pn^Ti I f I he present tactics continue m Man i" the only thing that can aave theT? I"** 1 army is to abolish the flanks. ItUSB,IiUI Ust Tuesday Victor Blaine, 1,,,,.™ O the J. rend, steamer U Seyne, was *I,WO. m. m default, suffer three
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  • 666 3 (/•> Oct.) In Sight at Last! A Straits Medical College at last in sight! This is the only possible reading of yesterday’s 'special’ from our Singapore correspondent stating that the Moil. lan Jink Mini, the well-known and universally-respected Chinese member of the Legislative Council, had issued a
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  • 320 3 Whilk Peiiangites are talking and expostulating and Penang Editors are engaged in wading through voluminous reports, piles of letters, and various authorities bearing on the water supply. other Eastern eities are up and doing. We recorded the fact the other day that the Rangoon Municipality is engaged
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  • 91 3 Hongkong tied with Singapore (01 Oj in the luterport Kifle Match. On dit that Mr. Choong Ah Thiuu, Survey Office, Kuala Ivangsar, is shortly to Is* married to Miss Lucia Yjong, the daughter of Towkay Yoong Ah Cbeong of Penang. With reference to Colonel Man-hand's account of his meeting with
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  • 199 3 P>ov,ers«Smith Pluniplon. Our Singapore correspondent informs us by telegraph that the wedding of Air. A. B. .Smith and Miss Plumptoii was celebrated .»t St. Andrew's Cat lied ral, Singapore, yesterday aftertax»!. The bride was given awav by her brother, Mr. M. F. Plunipton, the wellknown Penang cricketer, footballer and
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  • 95 3 Reuter. Fikht Sitting of Arbitration Court. Thk Hague, 17 Sept.—The tirst hitting of the Arbitration Court ou the <piesti >n of the Japanese house tax, in which the pirties an# Japan on the one hand and Great Britain, France, and Germany on the other, will be held
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  • 293 3 A tu’KciAi. wire to the Manila Cablenews announces the death,.on 301 h ultimo, of the Hon. George F. Hoar, the “Father of the United States Senate” an 1 the distinguished lealer of the opposition to the annexation of the Philippine. In an able sketch of his ca.eer the Cablen *ws
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  • 1221 4 That the thermometer is dowu to 70 Th;',t this 4 cold snap reminds us of old times at home. That we onlv require a consignment of snow to fcomplete the severest winter in the memory of the oldest resident. That the water question is still unsolved. That our patieuce
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  • 47 4 Interport Rifle Match. This year’s Interport Rifle Match has resulted in a win for the Sister Settlement The scores are:— Singapore 919 Hongkong 919 Shanghai 99$ Penang—shoot abandoned on account of rain. Singapore, although tying with Hongkong, wins on the score for the 300 yards range.
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  • 192 4 The funeral of the late Mr.TanKiin Keug, whose sad demise was reported in these columns about a mouth ago, took place at noon to-day at the Batu Lauchang Cemetery. The mournful procession started from the residence of the deceased in China Street and was
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  • 213 4 Messrs Stub 1 maun A Co. have this day established themselves at 30, Beach Street, Penang, as merchants and commission agents. Acting upon a recent ruling of the department of Commerce and Labour, at Washington, the Governor of the Philippines has by formal proclamation extended to Chinese residents of all
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  • 191 5 (From Our (hen Oorrespoiidvitt.) London, 14 Octobc*r (4-05. pm.) —My St. Petersburg correspondent wires that unofficial reports are circulating in the Russian capital to the effect that General Kuropatkin’s losses in the attack on his right flank made by the Japanese on Wednesday last (12th inst.) were 1,500
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  • 124 5 Echo Special.) Tokio, 15 Oct. —Field-Marshal Oyairm reports that the enemy’s repeated counter-attacks of Wednesday, in ti.e vicinity of Pensihu, were all repulsed. On Thursday the Japanese force there assumed the offensive, while a flanking movement of a strong force of cavalry, under Major-General Prince lvanin, largely
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  • 56 5 British Warship to the Rescue. (heho Special.) Singapore, 15 Oct. —II. M. Sloop Espiegle, 1,070 tons, 0 j;uns, leaves here to-day to visit the coolies left by the ill-fated steamer Swanley on one of the Natuna Islands. ill os numbly 1 lie* Espiegle is carrying provisions
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  • 30 5 (hroni Our Own Correspondent.) lpoh, 13 Oct,—The output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., from Ist to lOtli inst., was 1,078 piculs and 52 catties, valued at $46,441.07.
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  • 835 5 Funeral of the Late Wor. Bro Lawrence Mallory. We take the following report from tha Hongkong Morning Post (mail edition) of Ist Oct.:— The funeral of the late Wor. Bro. Lawrence Mallory, elected Deputy Grand Master of the District Grand Lodge of Scottish Freemasonry in Hongkong and South China,
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  • 263 5 Mu. C. W. Anderson, Resident Engineer, Penang Harbour Improvements, is gazetted Acting Deputy Colonial Engineer and Sifrveyor-Geueral, Penang. YVho was it said that journalism in Malaysia is not making as rapid strides ae ii might YY hy, only last year the Echo brought glad t idings to the world and
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  • 4231 6 By A Former Straits Resident. Echo Special.) We are indebted to a former Straits resident for an interesting account of a voyage to the Gold Coast of Africa and of life in mining circles in that so-called whiU* man’s grave,” which should be read
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  • 777 8 Would British, or European, or Australian Do as Well {By Veteran" in Sydney Time*) CoufcD, or would, British or Australian soldiers perform the exploits the Japanese soldiers have been performing in the dreadful battles about Liaoyaug Probably nine out of ten of their countrymen would indignantly cry
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  • 767 8 Why not a Monroe Doctrine for Asia? B ands off China should be the Cry or the Treaty Powers. Has not (he time come, asks the Shanghai Daily News, for i lie extension of the Monroe idea to this part, of t he world There are now
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  • 334 8 Mr. L. M. Bell, the new Municipal Engineer, has arrived from Singapore. A London press despatch of 14th Septsays 1 hat General Sir W. F. NieholsoU, British Military Attache with Field Marshal Oyauia, is returning to London owing to rather serious indisposition. An ‘exclusive’ to the Cableuews says that Charles
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  • 566 9 Banzai (17 Oct.) The wonderful successes of the Japanese army during the past week have been viewed with mixed feelings by the Penang public. The vast majority, who are warm friends of our plucky ally, have regarded each brilliant move with the liveliest satisfaction, while the small and very insignificant
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  • 536 9 A Libel on Malaysia. I he field (3 Sept.) publishes excerpts troni a repoit by a Mr. 0. F. Cook to the United States Department of Agriculture, in tlie course of which he says:— Ce\lon has had greater success in cultivation than any other part of the
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  • 23 9 The Hon. F. G. Penney is DeputyGovernor, 8. S. during the absence of His Fv. Sir John Audersoi in the Federated Malav Sla'.et,
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  • Current Topics.
    • 226 9 Pope of the Press.” Mr. Bennet Burleigh does not seem to have the gift of making himself lo\ ed,observes the Bangkok Times. This is the sort of thing that is being said about him :—Mr. Bonnet Burleigh’s latest ineptitude, sheepishly followed by some of the more impressionable ha’penny papers, and
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    • 306 9 In our younger days we were always being confronted by a copybook maxim to the effect that the merciful man is merciful to his beast.” Here one sees the owners of horses acting up to the maxim by the care bestowed upon their valuable animals. But
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  • 29 9 The Russian cruiser Varyag, sunk at Chemulpo in February, has been refloated .tad is to be towed to Japan to lie docked for a thorough overhaul and eUousivo repairs
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  • 404 10 Our Trade Returns. The return of imports, and exports in the Straits Settlements for the second quarter of this rear, which ended on the 30th June last, is as follows Imports. The imports, exclusive of treasure, come out thus on comparison with the correperiod in 1903: 2nd qr.
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  • 151 10 Mr. W. E. U. Grove, who is to act as Chief Police Officer, Penang, during the absence on leave of Mr. Newland, is expected to arrive here on Thursday next. The sailing ship Currenbux, which left this port on the 29th ult., returned here yesterday, being unable to proceed on
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  • 444 10 Postal Delays {Straits Time?, 14th October.) The Straits Echo of the sth inst. had a long article refuting an attempt recently made by the Straits Times to explain that a recent delav in the delivery of the Straits Times at Penang was due to the absence of steamers on the
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  • 186 10 Mr. Bito, aide-de-camp to the Crown Prince of Japau, who has been to Port Arthur to report on the position of affairs there and distribute presents from the Mikado, sjieaks in the highest terms of the desperate coinage shown by the Russians iu defending the impregnable’ fortress. Mr. J. L.
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  • 170 10 The Proposed Registration. At a meeting of the Chinese Colniunil m the Chinese Town Hall last SatuX atteriioou. to consider Mr. Barnes's l e n£ on tlio subject, as published in the Bel on the Ist inst., there were present Kl.or 800 Ann, Wong ChiuCW m
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  • 347 10 New Time-Table. The new Railway Time-table, which may lie expected early in December, will provide for a train leaving Kuala Lumpur at 7 a.m. and arriving at Ipoh about 12-45 p.m., Taipiug at 3-20, and Penang about 6-30 p.m. In the opposite direction, a train will leave
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  • 78 10 As was only to be expected, the Marino Court of Inquiry held at Singapore into the loss of the steamer Abbotsford at Kuala Kemamam absolved the Captain from blame, it being proved that the vessel struck tie submerged wreck of the Tanjong Pinang lyiug at the mouth of the river
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  • 72 11 Sensational Japanese Suit. An ‘exclusive’ to the Shaughai Dailv News, dated Tokio Ist October, reads The Tokio Nichi Nichi which is owned by Baron Jto, lias made charges of fraud against Count Matsukata and Count Inouye in connection with the Imperial Relief Association. The two Counts declare that
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  • 231 11 Clark —St. Clair. {Echo Special.) Due Singapore correspondent informs us by telegraph that a very pretty wedding took place at St. Andrew's Cathedral at Singapore on Saturday, when Lieut. Clark, of the Manchester Regiment, was married to Miss St. Clair, the daughter of Mr. W. G. St. Clair, Editor
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  • 244 11 Mu. ling Bok Hoy, private secretary to the Governor of Reuoug, is here on wellearned furlough, but expects to return to the northern “Garden of Eden in a week or two. Mr. Bok Hoy, who is Penang’s first Queen’s Scholar, fills in his spare time with the tuition of the]
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  • 231 11 The Great Victory. Another Oyama Despatch {Echo Special*.) lokio, 1? Oct.—Field Marshal Oyama, in a despatch of Saturday's date, says that Prince Kanin’s column is now fighting on the left bank of the Taitsena river at a point seven miles east of Pensihu, while the attacks and advance
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  • 58 11 Shanghai, 17 October. —General Kuropatkin’s three reserve divisions are engaged, indicating that he has been reduced to grave straits. Apart from the booty taken, it is estimated that the three Japanese armies killed no less than 10,000 Russians. Russian prisoners say that Kuropatkin’s total available force amounts to
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  • 69 11 We regret to announce 1 lie death, at the age of 45 years, of Mohammed Morad, which took place at his residence, in Jones Road, yesterday evening. Deceased, who was much respected and popular amongst the Muslim community, was agent to H. 11. the Raja Muda of Kedah was a
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  • 432 11 Excelsior (IS Or/.) I hi; ee is one word, and only one, in which the most recent great victories iu Manchuria can be fittingly summed up and it is—outgeneralled. From the outset it has been apparent to all but those who wilfully closed their eyes to the truth underlying Japan’s
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  • 119 11 It has been known for some weeks that. Sir Hiram Shaw Wilkinson contemplated retirement from the onerous duties of Chief Justice of 11. U. M. Supreme Court of China and Corea, says the Shanghai Dailv News. The announcement is now made that Sir Hiram’s resignation has been sent in to
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  • Current Topics.
    • 207 12 During the past month various demands have, according to the Tientsin journal, Eastern Times, j been presented to the Chinese Government by such countries us Russia, France, and Germany. The Russian Minister has declared that, after the conclusion of the war, the Chinese Government will be required
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    • 325 12 Wk have time and again referred to the great lack of efficient control exercised over the traffic in our principal thoroughfares, but it seems hopeless to expect the authorities to pay any attention to complaints of this description, and we suppose that—although we intend to keep pegging
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  • 1142 12 Details of the Scheme. Regarding the ‘special from our Singapore correspondent on 1* relay, regarding the proposed Straits Medical College, we reproduce Ijglow troni the Straits Times Mr. Tan Jiak Kim’s circular, together with the Colonial Secretary’s reply to the petition sent to 11. E. the Governor
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  • 208 12 Tho shades of night were falling fast When through Manchuria there passed A Geuerul wit h Hushing eye. Who bore this banner proudly high— Eyytelzior! A lew days passed, again he strode W it h fierce demeanour up the roud; Another banner now he bore, Changed somewhat from
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  • 647 13 In Bankruptcy Jurisdiction. o {Before the Hon A. F. G. Lav:, Puisne Judge.) He 13. 13. Massa.no. In this case Mr. S bearwood applied this forenoon for the discharge of the bankrupt. Several creditors of the Chetty class appeared and entered objections to the discharge being granted. Bankrupt
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  • 1016 13 (With apologies to the gifted author of JO,OOO Leaguer under the Sea Now that the Singapore races are here and nothing else is talked of but horses and tips, local sports may find somewhat reading in the following, which, although originally appearing in the Siam Observer quile
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  • 262 13 Mu. Edward T. Arnold, the well known mechanical engineer, of Perak, arrived here yesterday from Tinland and is putting up at J'mvkay Foo Choou's picturesque bungalow iu the Province. Mtt. A.l). Neubronner, the Siamese ConsulGeneral,, and Miss Neubronner returned to-day from England by the P. O. s. s. Ceylon. Mrs.
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  • 171 14 To the Editor of tiik Straits Echo. Sir, F notice that a highly commendable move has been made in Colombo to improve the efficiency of the sanitary inspectors of that town. On the recommendation of the Assistant Health Officer, a class is shortly to be
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  • 647 14 Details of the Recent Butchery in New Britain. Members of the German Roman Catholic Mission in New Britain, 30 miles west of Herbert sliose, were attacked by natives on August 13, and the following were, according to the Sydney Times, massacred Father Matthew Rascher, native of Sainback, Bavaria,
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  • 382 14 dccouiit, no petition ioi 1 emission ui owt* tence could then be considered. —Malay Mail Li Chkno-mbi, new Governor of Kwangsi, arrived at Yungchowfu on the 11th Sept., savs the Hongkong Telegraph. Mr. 0. G. May will arrive from Singapore about a fortnight hence to relieve Mr. C. W. Anderson,
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  • 711 14 (19 Oct.) The New Car Scheme. •We reproduced in yesterday’s Echn a par. from the Kuala Lumpur Mail stating that new regulations will short !y be enforced on the F. M. 8. Railway affecting the vexed question as to first, class Chinese and native passengers It was
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  • Current Topic.
    • 294 15 With reference to the return of a number of Russian special correspondents to St. Petersburg from the front and the recent protests of Mr. Beunet Burleigh and other British war correspondents against the Japanese censorship, the Rangoon Times quotes a Calcutta daily in justification of its attitude
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  • 27 15 “Anxious Pole:” All bosh. M. de Plehve left the Eart h weeks ago. The Echo was tbe first to publish news of the killing of tUuj despot,
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  • 177 15 Hi n u Mr Bryant this morning, Mr. p;„ M Brown, General Manager of the -riming Gazette Press, prosecuted a delivery peon for stealing papers and selling them. or tbe prosecution i b r Fox, who stated that lie had n e Gazette on several occasions
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  • 292 15 Three British Admirals to Meet at Singapore. Colombo exchanges state that itear-Ad-miral Atkinson-Willes will sail from the Isle of Spices about the end of the current mouth in his flagship the Hyacinth bound for Singapore, where he wilfmeet Admiral Sir Noel, Commander-iu-Cliief of the China Squadron, and Admiral
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  • 125 15 Pitchay, a respectable Hindu merchant, was this morning charged liefore Mr, Bryant, at the Police Court, with criminal breach of trust iu respect of two gold rings, the property of Kupai Cliettv, Aclieeu Street, on or about the sth May last. Mr. Thornton prosecuted, and Mr. Nambyar appeared for the
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  • States News.
    • 415 15 (From Our Own Corretpomlenl.) Kwala Lumpur, 17 Oct.—The tiisl meeting of the new quarter of the flourishing Chinese Literary and Debating Society of Selangor was held on Saturday evening last. The speaker was the Rev. E. Iloiley and liis subject “An evening with the Confucian Classics.” The attendance was
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  • 171 15 A Simla press despabli of Gill iust. stales Plague mortality continues to rise, owing to ail increase of the disease m Western India. Last week the total for the whole country was 13,633 deaths, of which 8,177 were in the Bombay Presidency and 1,138 iu Central India. The Tokio Jiji
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  • 556 16 Singapore Races. First Day’s Results. (Echo Special.) Singapore, Irftli Oct. —Following are the results of first day’s races which were favoured with splendid weather and a. large attendance, including His Ex. the Governor and Miss Anderson and also an unusual number of ladies for the first dav.
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  • 136 16 —Rangoon Times. Madras, sth Oct.-Mrs. Nicolson, widow of the late Major-General Nicolson, who died recently in Madras, committed suicide yesterday while in a state of temporary insanity. She had been very depressed since her husband’s death, and at about one o’clock yesterday she swallowed some perehloride of mercury,
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  • 419 16 In a leading article, the Russ remarks that the principal cause of the Russian reverses has been the fatal under-estimation of the strength of the Japanese forces. The operations atLiaoyaug,” proceeds the journal, prove that the Japanese successes are not merely, the result of numerical superiority, but that the Japanese
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  • 118 16 To TIIE Editor of tuk Straits Kcjio. Sir,— Having noticed in your Ye Jp,vi issue that a Malay buy was vim u^r t&u attempting lo board a tram-car in and tuat one of his legs was seriously Inay'be'use'ful!' BUgg<>Stio Whv can’t the authorities put un iw;,., to the
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  • 191 16 12 Per Cent Dividend. Following is the text of the 49th annual report of this bauk as presented to the shareholders at a recent meeting at the head office in Yokohama:— t The Directors submit to you the annexed statement'of the Liabilities and Assets of the Bank,
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  • 229 16 Following is t he report for presentation to the shareholders at the twenty-third ordinary general meeting, to be held at the offices of the general agents, on Friday, the 21st- hist. The general agents and consulting committee beg to submit to the shareholders flie filial accounts for
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  • 224 17 Ui'An abominable stench arises from the mudflat oft Weld Quay whenever it is left i.are by the tide.-Offiria 5 port.] I stood on the Quay at midday. When the Town Clock struck the hour, And the sun shone o'er the mudflat With a hundred and ten horse-power; It
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  • 336 17 We regret to announce the death of Mrs. Kain Hong Pliye, mother of our esteemed fellow-townsman Mr. Kam Liang Hock, which occurred at 9 Tye Sin St. on the 16th inst. Deceased, who was much respected, leaves a large circle of sorrowing relatives aud warm friends, to whom we offer
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  • 167 17 The Battle of Shaho. The Lost Guns. (Echo Special.) Tokio, 19 Oct.—Ah official despatch states that on Sunday General Yamada’s column proceeded to reinforce a detachment of the left army, which was attacking the enemy north of Shahopu. It defeated the enemy near Wechialutzu, capturing two guns and
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  • 74 17 German Intrigue. London, 19 Oct. —The Peking correspondent of the Times wires that Germany, which never loses an opportunity of attacking the British position in China, is taking the lead in inducing China to refuse her assent to the Tibet Treaty and is even influencing the Italian and United
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  • 78 17 Supported by Mr Napier. Chamber of Commerce Denounced. (Echo Special.) Singapore, 18 Oct —The Hon. V>\ J. Napier has published a letter, five columns in length, supporting the Harbour Scheme. He is of opinion that in rejecting Mr. Matthews’ scheme when it was proposed at the halfyearly
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  • 36 17 (Supplied by Renter.) London, 18 Oct. —Joe Bowker, representing England, beat the American pugilist Franki Neil in twenty rounds at the National Sporting Club last evening, thus winning the Bantam Weigl>t Championship of the World.
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  • 470 17 Confab with War Minister. The Berlin Goak or Gegeuwart or something or other gives the following imaginary conversation ltetweeu the Tsar and Hi* Imperial Majesty’s War Minister, under the title of Kuropatkin’s Reports”: Tsar: Delightful news! You almost make me forget Konigsberg! 80,000 men, you
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  • 23 17 Despatches from Mukden describe terrible distress among the native population, w ho are half starviug in consequence of tU4 dusUucLou of the crops.
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  • 1087 18 (20 Oct.) 1$ It Just?—Yes! We did not intend to so boon return to the subject of the Johore gambling nuisance and the wise and beneficent order inaTie thereon to the employees of the Government; but we cannot pass over in silence the hypercritical comments of the
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  • 395 18 A “Collapse” in Ceylon. A curious situation has arisen i n Ceylon in respect of the revenue derived by Government from arrack (a native spirit) which is fanned out to ‘renters’ as they are termed in the western colony'. The system of fanning appears to be as antediluvian
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  • 217 18 New Rules and Regulations for the Clerical Service. Become Operative Ist January 1905. Writing on the 18th instant, one of our Taipiug correspondents says The drattoi the new scheme for the Clerical erv of the Federated Malay States has at last been approved and will be put
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  • 177 19 It has lieeu rumoured in town during the week that the long-talked -of night mail service on the Malay States Kail way will be an accomplished fact by the early part of December; but inquiries made by an E>ho representative to-dav failed to confirm this. No
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  • 316 19 According to the Japan Gazette, efforts are still being made by agents to the Russian representatives to buy up foreign newspapers in Japanese ports, as lias been done at Shanghai and some northern ports. Urn-in! A!k. R. M. P. L. Allagapa Chetty, partner in one of the local money-lending firms,
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  • 950 19 (From Our Own Correspondent*.) Rangkok, 6 Oct.—As the time appioacues tor the definitive settlement of the questions at present at issue between France and Siam the delimitation of the frontier and the handing over of the territory ceded o i? lance the French Colonials are becoming uneasy about their
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  • 335 19 A miniature locomotive, weighing oulv 2,500 lbs. and capable of doing the work of two men, is lieiug built in America for use on a narrow gauge coolie railway in Japan. Sir Henry Cotton, k. e. s. i„ who has consented to preside at. the twentieth Indian National Congress to
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  • 697 20 British Sailor Killed by a German. The Hankow correspondent of the Shanghai Gazette writes on the 3rd inst.:— Our aleepy little place has been rudely awakened and stirred to the depths bv a sad tragedy which was enacted in the German Concession last night, the more
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  • 86 20 {Echo Special.) Tokio, 20 Oct- —Field Marshal Oyama, wiring on Tuesday, reports that the forces of the eneinv are y gradually decreasing in front of the right array and only a small detachment remains active. The enemy defeated at Pensiho is retreating to the north-east. Attacks Repulsed. The
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  • Domestic Occurrences.
    • 81 20 On 25th September, at Shaughui. the wife of Eug. Hyndinan, Jr., of a son. On 27th Sept., at Shanghai, the wife of Harry E. Gibson, of a sou. On 28th Sept., at Tientsin, the wife of Guy D. B. Bidwell, of a daughter. On 22nd Sept., at Kobo, the
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    • 65 20 On 28th Sept., at Shanghai Charles Martin Julius Wulff, to Mrs. Maria Graudon, we da Fonseca, widow, both of Shanghai. On 22nd Sept., at Hongkong. Gustav Elirig, to Miss Pauline Schappira. On 24th Sept., at Hongkong, John Scott Hurston, eldest son of George Alfred Harston, of Wentworth House, Harrogate,
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  • 126 20 Penang, 20th October. (By eourti sy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bunk ...1/11| 4 months’ sight Bank ...1/11 7 6 3 Credit ...1/1 l* 9 3 Documentary ...1/11 i Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 143$ 3 days’ sight Private 145$ Bombay, Demand Bank 148 A 3 days’ sight Private
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  • 177 20 BerHiiwahGold Mine Co. Ld «tu-n Raul. Australian Gold M,,,. iug Co., Ld. T 5 seller» Kedjaug Leboug Gold Mining Co., Ld 195 If adanaGold Mining Co„Ltd (fully paid). 10,— nom Bruseli Tm Mining Co.. I,d. 3.50 Cheudariaug Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld. «in Ol.—now. Karangan Tm Mining Co. in
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