The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 2 October 1908

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  • 21 1096 THE STRAITS ECHO, MAIL EDITION. ||5 Per Annum. Single Copy 40 cents. Vol. 6. Penang, Friday, 2nd October, 1908. No. 39.
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    • 164 1097 y i 0 THE ST KA STS ECHO i 1 MAIL EDITION. >■■■ Published the day prior to the departure of each mail j for Europe, and contains the latest local and States 'J news originally published in the daily issues, as well as H all important news from various
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  • 600 1098 A petition which was discussed by the Municipal Commissioners at their meeting yesterday afternoon shows the absolute necessity of co-operation between the Sanitary and Engineering Departments of the Municipality. No doubt these two departments have distinct duties to carry out, but, on the other hand, it would not
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  • 16 1098 Executive Engineer, Kuala Kangsar and Upper Perak, arrived in Taiping on Wednesday on duty.
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  • 20 1098 High Commis- sioner, F. M. S., and suite left Kuala Kangsar for Singapore on Wednesday.
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  • 25 1098 is becoming more popular among the Malays. Last, yeir 32,526 persons, o f various nationalities, were vaccinal nd in the Federate 1 Malav Sta'es.
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  • 22 1098 mauv of the Chinese shops in Kuala Lu rpur were illuminated ou Tuesday night.
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  • 31 1098 is announced from home of Sir Edward Noel Walker, father of M’ Nod Walker, the D’putv Public Prosecutor ol Perak. Sir Edward Noel Walker was formerly Lieut.-Governor of Ceylon.
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  • 38 1098 LM s Bombay, arrived by the s.s Delta vesterd >y from Bombay to fill the vacincy of Assistant Surgeon at the District Hosp tai occasionel by the resignation of Mr. R. W. Ho loway.
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  • 39 1098 the special Chinese Ambas- sador to convey the thanks of China to America for the reduction of the Boxer Indemnity, will be accompanied by the second son of Prince Chin, who will act as his first secretary.
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  • 54 1098 who was for many years under the Sungei Cjong Railway Co. at Port Dickson After the taking over of the Company’s railway by the Government, Mr. Estrop "settled in Kuala Lnrnpur. He became ill a few days ago and
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  • 54 1098 Divisional Engineer, F M.S. Railways, paid a final visit of inspec tion to the new Railway building here this morning prior io its being opened to the public on the 1st prox- Mr. Barnard expressed himself as well satisfied with the progress that had been made
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  • 1201 1098 THE ASSIZES. (Dejore Mr Justice Fisher.) Possession of Instruments for Counterfeiting Current Coins. Yesterday afternoon Li Bek, a Chinaman, was arraigned on the charge of being possession of instruments for counterfeiting current coins. The Solicitor-General, la-fore the commeucement of the proceedings, framed a second charge against the accused,
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    • 104 1098 THe Straits Echo if/ r fee WW '7 -feggW Justice ssvtisaos everybody in<l jastaco atom -ifowrim, Published d il’.V (nxC'Htf “nnd.xy»..» *t rr« CRITERION PRESS, U<i„ Mo. 226 —232, Beach Street, Ponai g. PRICE DAILY LOCAI <24 pur Hiuirtrn OUTSTATIONS Postage Kxtra MAIL 8 DITION (Poet Free) $15 CABLE ADDRJS3
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  • 499 1099 (Before Judge Wolfer stan Breach of Bankruptcy Ordinance. It will be remembered that Mohamed Maidin was charged the other day with quitting the Colony with intent to delay and embarrass the bankruptcy proceedings against him and that he was remanded The hearing was resumed yesterday. Mr. R.
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  • 72 1099 left by the Teesta for Singapore yesterday. Three other priests left by the same steamer for Port Swettenham the Revs. L. M. Duvelle, S. Fourgs, and P. Perrisoud. All the above clerical gentlemen came to
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  • 161 1099 (Before Mr. Nunn) Carrying an Offensive Weanen Yio Tiong. a Chinaman, was hi? P charged with carrying an offensive to wit, a big staff, in a kampong oS tong. The prisoner was granted J u till the 2nd prox. g 1 d a re ®and Theft. Three
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  • 122 1099 The Perak Pioneer learns that the Gaming Farm for the next three years has been given to Towkay Tye Kee Yoon, Proprietor of Chop Hen Choon Tong and Chinese ViceConsul at Penang, at a rental of $55,000 per mensem. [Our Taiping correspondent, it will be remembered, yesterday
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  • 72 1099 Athletic sports were held at Tronoh on Tuesday in celebration of Confucius’ Birthday and the whole village was en fe'e The drilling of the boys of the Tronoh Free School by a Sikh Police Sergeant, was highly praised by the crowd of spectators and Police
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  • 205 1099 The Kuala Kangsar correspondent of the Perak Pioneer writes jl ivitwi vYinua Mr. E. L- Brockman, the Acting British Resident, was invested with 1ho insignia of C. M. G. in the Council Chamber to-day (Sept. 22) at 10 a. m. The ceremony of investiture was performed by His Excellency. Sir
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    • 37 1099 A Dal in Indeed. No external application is equal to Chamberlain’s Pain Bahn for sore muscles or swollen joints. No matter what may be the cause, this liniment will give relief. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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  • 348 1100 An Assault Case in the Bindings. (Fron Our Own Correspondent.) Lumut, 23rd Sept. it tbe District Court, Lumut, Dindn g yesterday, before Mr. J. Lcrnio, the D'-trict Officer, Messrs. E. V. Raymond and gp Curtis appeared in answer to a charge fusing criminal force to
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  • 39 1100 one of the Assistants on v* vuu xxoaxaLauis uu bungei VVangie Estate, Sitiawan, is sh( rtly wmg to take up a better appointment in Malacca. Mr. Nichol is a rubb.r planter of a good many years’ experience.
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  • 52 1100 writes to say that r--- —wines io say mat ere was no truth in the statement Freproucedin the E ho of tbe 19th inst.j of the Dorkr^k e *P O i nf eut .°f our Taiping conlemComn ha c Ckinese Amateur Dramatic 'H Kamrar. IP b giveu
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  • 52 1100 Mason Hilher r panted to Mr. Harry Maritime o Conim S8 muer of Chinese licenced CU »l°“ 8 11,8 Majesty’s royal Insignia of aU t l ‘'J t0 acce P t aml wear ’he I)i£n i ll e First C,aS8 ofth Thml Dragin. imperial Order of
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  • 415 1100 Presentation to Mr. and Mrs. Matsuo. lives 6 of’tha't 8 1 rt<b,et!er day in the Lu,ConVn t° r uvenr. ijn tbw invitation of Mrs Matsuo o ne hundred and twuty.fi,,, „f acc panred b nine Sisters. HeT n d h z‘ ?r of tl,e sh "«ai ,i
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  • 44 1100 that Sir William Taylor, the Resident-General, F. M S., Mr. Barnes, Secretary for Chinesi Affairs, and Mr. Oliver Marks will p:iy a visit of inspection to Sitiawan and other Lower Perak districts, in the early part of next month.
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  • 92 1100 at the funeral of the late Mrs. Luard of Ightham Knoll, Kent, ware Col. and Mrs. Stockley, 1 l.e prrents of Capt Stockley, a d. c to the Governor, says our Singapore morning contemporary. Col. Stockley in his younger days was a subaltern
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  • 1818 1100 ORI INARY MEETING. 1 An Ordinary Meeting of tbe Mun’cipal Commissioners was be’1 at the Municipal Offices yesterday afternoon, when tbe following gentlemen were present: Mr. FJ. Hallifax (President), Mr. L. H. Clayton, Mr. Quah Beng Kte and Mr. Lim Cheng Teik, with Mr. L. M. Bell (Mun
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    • 126 1100 Prom Mexico. the El o°^ Dg P ara h ,r aph was dipped from Mexico ith’ a news P a P ar a t Hermosillo, Publisher f emg a part of a lette t0 tDe ‘o»yp r afriend: -On my last trip Wl.itb .Br'i? 3 0 ,!,e frontier my beast
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    • 81 1100 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Rendelsham, South Australia, writes: “I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought ba was past help. I gave him three doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Ditrrbcea Remedy, and in a
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  • 17 1101 Perak’s crack shot,!|has put in for a four months’ well-earned holiday to Europe.
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  • 543 1101 Bandmann s Eastern circuit. The New Baadmann Comedy (;<, Mr Maurice E. Bandmann. the well V entertainment provider, write» L kn0WD lows from the Eccentric Club Ta as date 15th August Lond °Mnde r I beg to send you herewith a f ft culars of my new Bandmann f• who
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  • 50 1102 {Echo Special.) Government Marine Surveyor Sentenced. Singapore, 25th September.—Mr. E. Aitbury, Government Marine Surveyor, Singapore, pleaded guilty last Thursday before Mr. Colman at Malacca, to three charges of cheating. He was sentenced to nine months’ rigorous imprisonment and a fine of §500, or six months’ rigorous imprisonment in addition.
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  • 59 1102 {Supplied by Reuter Suppression Impossible at Present. Loudon, 25th September.—Reuter's correspondent at Bangkok stat» s that the King of S’am, replying to an address, regretted that the suppression of opium in Siam was tit present impossible, but added that measures would be taken with a
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  • 133 1102 {Supplied by Reuter.) Germany Accepts Franco-Spanish Note. I don > 2 4th September.—The German tn F rau co-Spanish note with regard mna Or > occo i 8 most modest in tone and yaccP P ts the proposals stated therein, an it 18 D0W ex P res? «d in Paris
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  • 72 1102 {Supplied by Reuter.) Carnegie’s Munificent Gift. London 25th September.— M r n drew Carnegie has given §1,250,00 > vieldinJ u a™X\ Her t Fun 1 ,or,t in the Unitpl r'-’ °1" D peaceful ’Odious their d king<Jom Rho are >“ their heroic effort to sate human hie
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  • 70 1102 (Supplied by Reuter.') lhe Anglo-Japanese Alliance. London, 25th September.—Yamazi, the new Japanese d’Affaires in London' by R3utPr> gaid that the Ao Japanese adiance was a very real and poweriui nctoi m Japmese national life. He thought he was right in saying that the question of British trade marks in
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  • 121 1102 {Supplied by Reuter.) Prince Ferdinand in Austria. London, 24th September.—Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria and his consort have arrived at Buda Pesth where they were warmly welcomed by the Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria who, in toasting Prince Ferdinand at a banquet given in his honour, dwelt on the excellent
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  • 677 1102 Sir Godfrey Lagden, the late Commissioner for Native Affairs in the Transvaal, has an opportune article in the current number of the Nineteenth Century, entitled “Our Protectorates and Asiatic Immigration.” He takes it for granted that there is profound repugnance on the part of British colonists to
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  • 51 1102 io ensure a more accurate return as regards land under cultivation ni lbe F M.S, forms print© 1 in Chinese are now f-upph<<! to all Ch nose owawis. Failure to res' rt to this system earlier resulted in the returns tor Malacca being mislead
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  • 457 1102 Obituary. Inspector J. Dooley. We regret to announce the death, which occurred early this morning, of Inspector Dooley of the local Police Force. He had been ailing for some weeks past, but it was not suspected that his condition was so serious. The funeral will take place this afternoon. The
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  • 756 1103 Mahomedan Recreation Club vs. Penang Free School. It was wet under foot and raining overhead when the Mahomedan Recreation Club and the Penang Free School played off their final League fixture on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon. 1 he Mahomedans played a good game and their forward line was
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  • 74 1103 We are informed that a variety entertainment concluding with the one-act farce, My Lord in Livery,” will be given at the Parish Hall on October the 2nd, at 9 p.m. The profits will be handed over to the Parish Hall Fund. Several well-known performers will take part, and
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  • 207 1103 The remains of the late Inspector James Dooley were interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery yesterday evening. The procession accompanying the cortege was very large and included, besides many private friends, nearly all the European colleagues of the deceased. Oa arrival at the Cemetpry the
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  • 32 1103 by last night’s storm there will be no show at Matsuo’s Cinematograph for a few nights. A new tent will be put up without delay.
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  • 31 1103 is that Penang is cut off from telegraphic and telephonic communication with the Province. It is hoped that the breakdown will be repaired by to-morrow.
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  • 39 1103 after a three years’ course at the Redruth School of Mines, Cornwall, was to leive for Kuala Lumpur and China on the 1st instant by the N. D. L. Princess Alice.
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  • 509 1103 (Before Mr. Nunn.) m Cruelty to Animals, ibis morning Cheng Wat a ntwas charged with working a'bullock?!, 1 in an unfit state. It was allege' thaML an.nia was limping. The accused 8i the bullock was not limping Bhe hp it. The limping was due to bad „hS
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  • 20 1103 We are S‘' J men will not take tne holiday this year until the oth p
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  • 34 1103 A serious landslip has "Pass” section of the unti l further Taiping. It is noUfi 1 e B d and livestock ca»»» 1 orders perishable goods a be accepted as freight.
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  • 3466 1104 Meetings. i Ordinary Meetings of the C munisgioners were held on the 13th and 28th of Burial By-laws which had been dised at previous meetings and which had TXd a good deal of opposition were again brought up at the meeting on the 13th
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  • 253 1106 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bukit Mertajam, 25lh Sept A Sad End. Tbe charred remains of a Chinaman have been found by the Police in a plantation at PermataugTumbus, near Ata Kuda. The victim, who of late had been shewing symptoms of lunacy, three days ago had occasion
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  • 156 1106 (From Our Own Correspondent A lor Star, 25th Sept. The Attack on the Detectives. The Lower Court was yesterday crowded with people who came to hoar the case of assault on tbe detectives, which occupied the magistrate till very late yesterday evening. Judgment is reserved till to-morrow. Largest
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  • 545 1106 l.staZl remeinl red ’i“t on Tuesday Serai X/ P Q(JeDt wired to Bagan HiM C in C0U, )ecfl ‘H with H. E. Hm H ub visit to Krian.wbiF from S B? ner Q m0t0r Car WdS drivej ff h 8a feerai, 1118 Best House it .an wred-P 5
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  • 7 1106 month, commence:» tomorrow.
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  • 19 1106 Superintendent of Indian Immigrinte, left for Port Swet enbam by the s s. Rotorua yesterday.
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  • 38 1106 the num- ber of Cb'neso :tnmijrants into the State of Perak during the month of July, 1908, was 8,155, and th it of t migrants, 9,417.
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  • 530 1106 Last Night s Gale. Record of Damage. Au Echo mm,who .was sent round this moi ning to find out what damage last, night’s gate had wrought in Penang and over in the 1 rovince, reports as follows lhe heavy we.ither which visited Penang I ist, night and which 'hows every
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  • 17 1106 dividend of 3 per cent. have declared au interim
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  • 50 1106 the State Treasurer. S/l-ngor, is t oing ou leave m*xt month, and h to be succeeded by Mr. F. W. Talbot, Revenu Auditor, Pe k. Mr. E. M D -bon ugh, who is returning fr m leave eirly next mouth, will probiLly act for Mr. Talbot.
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  • 53 1106 of Messrs. Logan and 1Lt», leaves f »r Ipoh to-morrow, to support the appt d of Ng Ah Keang in the case he his brought Towkay Foo Cho > Cl.o u for the administration of his father's estate whicu was decided against him iu the Lower CLuit
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    • 121 1106 From Mexico. thj F/ f01 <°r iag P ara ra P h Wd8 clipped from XL, a newspaper at Hermosillo, Publish/? eiDg a pdfc of a lette t0 tbe to mv n/ r ln a “On my last trip fell wai ieH!e3 on 'b 0 frontier, my beast badly 1
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    • 47 1106 What Everybody Says Must Be True. Evervb >dv who his used it says Cnamberberlain’s Colic. Cho era and Diarrbcei Remedy never fails to give relief from pi ns in the stomach or darrlcei, which is jo-itive p f of its reliability. Tbe Gtorge Town Dispensary, Wholesale /Agents-
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  • 251 1107 With regard to th® rumoured l®cal police changes, a corrnsp «udent from the Dindings wri’e-» that up to the 24'h inst. no official notice bad been received of the transfer of Sergeant Hawkins from there. Our correspondent doubts that the rumoured changes will take place, just
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  • 678 1107 Wednesday’s Free Press has the following notes of the training for the forthcoming Singapore races: The going was on the heavy side yesterday morning Abrams’string were the first Io tike the c mrse. The horses were not extpnded to tlv’ir U' most, the majority galloping at tbrne
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  • 137 1107 An innovation in the regulation o F railwav traffic is now being introduced on ’he F. M. S. Railways, namely the electric tab'et svst* m. Some of the tablets, says the Malay Mai', have already arrived from Europe and are being put up at a
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  • 48 1107 Ipoh Ladies’ Rifle Club. The Ipoh Ladies’ Rifle Club had a, practice shoot on Wednesday last at the 100 yds. range, the following being the scores Mrs. Walter Mate 34 Spinks 31 Kellar 28 Rutledge 27 Valpy 23 Lawrence 22 Hodges 19 Wilson 15 Cidike 14
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  • PUBLIC OPINION.
    • 258 1107 THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE D.-ar Sm,™ Em E P Sm,M Sra The grandest sight in a Fridays is to see the Moh smmpda form their worship to the A mi which ts excee-bnuly lropreMi ei d 6 intense humility anti veneration. an(1 is so grave, so quiet, so
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  • 246 1107 A 'Gory Experience. 9he good citizens of Taiping awoke this morning, say* Thursday’s Perak Pioneer, to find their water for the wash to be of a peculiarly gory red colour, which caused no end of excitement. What bad happened or was happening up in the hills? was ibe query every
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    • 55 1107 Whooping Cough. Thia is a <5a ‘‘«Ja an X'*“»’ properly treated, but all iD s avoided by g.ymg Cb»™» fou( h Remedy. D hqu-fi- 8 keep 8 making it easier to x P ee paroV®’ cough loose, and makes 1 J e Tbs coughing lews lre que»t ‘i u o^|
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  • 188 1108 (Supplied by Reuter.) Reply to the Porte. Tondon, 25tb September—Bulgaria has formed’the P° rte that lhe assum pLon of Rumelian section of the Oriental RailtD i9 a question lobe settled solely by Bulgaria and the railway company. A Fresh Turkish Note. London, 26th September.—During the railway strike Bulgaria placed
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  • 84 1108 (Supplied by Reuter Naval Defence Scheme. London, 25th September.—The Admiralty, in reply to the Hon. Alfred Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, states that it agrees to the Commonwealth providing and maintaining a flotilla of six destroyers, nine submarines and two depot ships, at a cost of XI,259,000, and 1,204
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  • 52 1108 (Supplied by Reuter.) Workhouse Raided. Lmdon, 25th September.—The unemployedquestion is reaching an aoute stage an( i a thousand people raided the Fulham workhouse. Two hundred forced an entrance and refused to leave until they were fed. crowds of unernp'oyed demonstrated at Glasgow and Leeds, demanding work from
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  • 34 1108 (Supphed by Reuter.) s Col. Goro Shiba. it R t dOn 25lh Sp p:ember.—King Edward, SmL fi° r T ,1Q farewell to Col. Goro > Military Attache, invest- of Knight of the Victorian Order.
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  • 77 1108 (Supplied by Reuter;) A Unionist Win. London, 26th September.—The bv-elic’ic n at Newcastle on Tyne, where a vacancy was caused by the death of Mr. Thomas Cairns (Liberal), has resulted in Mr. Renwick (Unionist) being elected by 13,863 vo’es. Mr. Shout. (Liberal) polled 11,720 votes and Mr. Hartley
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  • 44 1108 (Supplied by Reuter.) First Issue of Forms on Thursday. London, 26th September.—The first of the old-age pensions forms will be issued next Thursday and there is a steady procession of applicants to the post offices. 50,000 forms will be issued in London.
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  • 33 1108 tbe average attendance being 16 071 on an enrolment of 19.432 These figures show a considerable increase on those for 1906.
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  • 36 1108 in return for the ex- penditure of $1,600,000 on the Krian irrigation scheme, the people in that district have already been the gainers by about half the total cost of the works.
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  • 45 1108 for quick- firing, won by the M. S. Guides team at the last Bisley Meeting at home, was on view in their marquee at the Taipirg Bisley. It is a splendid piece of workmanship worth over <£200, and was much admired.
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  • 53 1108 he says that cimphor will grow in Malaya at sea-level with the grea'est vigour. The growth of the trees in Batu Tiga and Kuala Lumpur has been so extraordinarily rapid that there is no doubt of the suitability of this climate to the cultivation
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  • 60 1108 for 1'07 contain a vote to meet the outlay on bringing up the sons of Achiue-e headmen to qualify them for the Government Service. Theeducation of the common people will be seen to by the establishment of elementary schools One good sign is that, in Acheen
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  • 65 1108 which shows tbe numbers of mining coolies in the State of SelaJgor employed under the systems of “contract,” “wage” and “share,” affords an indication as to tbe effect of the price ot tin upon tbe tern s of engagement: 19C6. 1907 Contract coolies 18 210 24.165 Wage
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  • 535 1108 lhe evident determination of Bulgaria to keep the control of the Roumelian section of the Oriental railway is •ausing considerable anxiety among the Powers, who have been asked by the Porte to intervene in the matter. Two Turkish Notes, calling upon hor to restore the line in
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    • 75 1108 r Neighbour’s Kindness. 'lehbat? M U1 A ler J P stor ekeeper, Renwrites: "I was from ge Vft ee a who was suffering n rani P s an d who really thought of P I him three noses RemJ/ 111 S Colic Cholera and Diarquite ruorJ and aew hours he
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    • 36 1108 A Balin Indeed. No external application is equal to Chamberlain’s Pain Balm for sore muscles or swollen joints. No matter what may be ’be cause, this liniment will give relief, lhe George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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  • 27 1109 s i y s the Straits Tin c wt I bo glad to Lmu that be has discardrU his iiimip.
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  • 28 1109 iIm bit-; ch in the railway end a kincnl near It.p'ii; has been sufficiently repiin-d t-> allow the mail train to go through this morning.
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  • 32 1109 who came to Iknang to give evidence in the As‘iz)s I-st veer, mid Mrs. Fiavne re* ipned to S ngapo e by the f. s. Kist ii i on Suudiv.
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  • 41 1109 Principal of the Anglo-Chinese School, Penang, whois now on a visit to the United States of America, is expected to return to I ening about Christmas limp. Mrs. Pyke't will probably not return before February next.
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  • 40 1109 are out for the wedding of Mr. Walter James Leonard Kessler, of Singapore, and Miss Edith Constance Rodrigues eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Rodrigues, of Malacca. 'J he ceremony is fixed for S'. Peter’s Church, Malacca.
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  • 43 1109 at Singa- poie from the Native States, and has commenced practice at the Crown Dispensary. His fa'her retired from the Straits Settlements Government service some years ago and sett'ed down in Ceylon, but he is now jeturning to Singapore.
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  • 57 1109 “Yesterday (Thursday) evening Mr. E. C. Hatch, Inspector of Mires here, met with an accident while driving on his motor bicycle, knocking down an old Chinaman who, I hear, had to be sent to hospital. Fortunately Mr. Hatch received but little injury and I
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  • 56 1109 on Sit urday by the P. O s.s Delta were Mr C. M. Phillips, Principal of Raffles Institution, Mr. E. Salzmann, organist of St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Mr, II. J Stocker, a new master for Raffles, and Mr. W. W Robinson, who comes out to Robinson
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  • 80 1109 Mr. F. A- T. McClelland, at. present acting as Revenue Auditor. Selangor. Negri Sembilan ami Pahang, is to act as Magistrate, Kuala Lumnm and that Mr. G. A. Hereford, who is nc'mgin the latter appointment, will be appointed to act as S’cond Magistrate, Kuihi Lumpur
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  • 105 1109 President and Hon. Treasurer of the Penang Chinese Money Changers’ Syndicate, sends for publication lhe following statement of collections of prohibited copper coins made by his Syndicate up to date From 12lh Aug., 1907, to 20th Sept., 1908. Amount forwarded for exchange by 81 3 depositors
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  • 911 1109 THE ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher Murder. T’i is morning L >'> VV.di alias Chong Ah Ti, <* Chinamin, wis placed in the dock arraigned on the charge of muider. The accused claimed to bo tried. Mr. [vens, of the firm of ?d’ssrs. Hogan and Motion, was assigned
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  • 83 1109 Old Fishing Stakes. Before Capt. Macintyre Aung Hun Choo was charged on remand by Capt. Perkins, First Boardirg Officer, with neglect in not removing the poles in old fishing stakes used by him. He was further remanded until 1st prox. Obstructing the Foreshore. Tan Ah Keat and
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  • 188 1109 A Kling tongkang, No. 487, was torn away from its moorings off Swettenham Pier and washed out to sea on Saturday morning with 3 men on board in charge of the cargo consisting of 690 bags of rice and also |d0 ia cash. A vigorous
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  • 13 1109 Mr. Loke Cho>v 'fbye Swettenba m bylbe.«.s.PwiiHb 18 mor
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  • 25 1109 Mr. S C. Ambrose, < of M e8 by and Matthews, returned from S g P° he s. s. Perak this morning-
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  • 23 1109 A daily Clnntse rewspiFej ioKaDgt0n Thea Yit Pee has been st irt «a Tv oexierienced Chinese the at ill.
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  • 502 1110 The Government Gazette of September 25 contains the following items of informa-ti0n-7Excellency the Governor, subject to of the Right Hon’ble the L Q Jrv of S r ate for the Colonies, has been ta ed io grant to Mr. H. W. Firmstoue, Sector of Land Kevenus and officer
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  • 719 1110 (trom Our Own Correspondent Thursday, Sept. 21. Shooting: of Inspector Goularte. Alter a trial lasting four days, Cbiunakarpen, the Kling dogsbooter in the emplov of the Municipality, was, yesterday, found w- V nn rder shooting Inspector 1 ham Goularte of the same department, Wld be remembered tllaton the
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  • 187 1110 Mr. E L- Brockman, Resident of Perak, was invested with the c. M. g. by the High Commissioner, Sir John Anderson, k c- M g in the Council Chamber at Kuala Kangsar at 10 o’clock on Wednesday morning, says the Straits Times. His Highness
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  • 45 1110 Cbendai’s on‘put. for August was 202 pi’uls of c;<‘4' <»’(•. I hero wii> a surplus <it tri ne th in $3,0O > of income over exjemitlure. I .io mine is su 1to be looking very well and t he lode improving at depth.
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  • 19 1110 t he Acting Assistant District Officer at Retnbau, Tampin, goes on long leave this week.
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  • 28 1110 'he new Surveyor General of the F. M. S. who came out from Home by the P. O. s w. Delta, has airived iu Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 46 1110 recently pastor of Bethesda, Singapore, written from 37, Notimuham R »ad, Bristol, informs the Malaysia Message t hat he is prevented by herltli reasons from returning to the Straits, but that he finds ample scope for service wheie he is.
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  • 57 1110 it Las Ixim decided to construct a big channel, 500 ft. long by 50 fr. wide, with a depth of 5 ft. to overcome the difficulty of finding an outlet for tailings from mine-. into the Selangr r river m-ar Serendah, which has l>een accumulating at
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  • 64 1110 A Mass iu parts w a(j ext o-mely well sung and we hear that the B -hop of Malacct was much gratified to find that the little boys aud girls be had kn »wu br fore,
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  • 636 1111 May Visit Penang. We are i jfo»med by Capt. J Neville, rn in ay er for TieUwny, the Uornish Pixie, that this mysterious little man will shortly be passing through Penang, and will probably be on exhibition at one of the hotels here for a week. Trelawny
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  • 706 1111 A Marvellous Entertainment. ‘Carter, the Magician, had very hard luck on S-turdav night. Not only were the weather conditions unfavourab’e to Irs securing a full house, but the P. and O. mail came iu la’e, and it was all that, a band of willing helpers could do
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  • 423 1111 YVe take the following particulars of tie landshp at the •'Pass" section of Rulway hue beyond Taiping, briefly repor ed tn our Saturday’s issue, from our TaE, contemporary r lu S Two slips, though not of a very 8er i nna nature, occurred this (Saturday)
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  • 21 1111 During the week endedI Friday rats were destroyed within the Si g P<> Municipil limits.
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  • 21 1111 Bro. E. Push b„ b«n lec 7°lS ful Master of the Read Lodg Lumpur, for the ensuing year.
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  • 22 1111 Mr. H. W. Firmstone, a Revenue, Malacca, left or j leave, by the s s. Malta on Saturday
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  • 30 1111 The Peking Go verninent Engl« J Excellency Tang sl)a0 ac compl‘ after bis mission to Amer important He is to inquire into connected with a politica q
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  • 32 1111 Mb. James Wibon. tte bas b)6 suiting engineer o£ lp Aj (Mecgle“ bul associated with ma».’ otbe Lode Syndicate, Lt-, Vakcessful mining ventures is on a visit to Penang-
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  • OUR SHORT STORY.
    • 3764 1112  -  [All Rights Reserved j BY OSWALD WILRIDGE, author of Margerv Manesty,” The Plotters,” ••The Doctor’s Diploma,” &c. Little thought of love or lovers had Sun•hine Fletcher in her heart on that grey fternoon in the month of mists when she ventured on the way
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    • 52 1113 Whooping Cough. This is a very dangerous disease unless properly treated, but all danger may ie avoided by giving Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It liquifies the tough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less severe. Thu George Town
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    • 81 1113 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J. Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Rendelsham, South Australia, writes “I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him three doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoei Remedy, and in a
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    • 82 1113 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped fro® the El Sol, a newspaper at Ilermosi o, Mexico, it being a part of alette- to publisher from a friend: “On my hst trip to my properties on the frontier, my fell with me to the ground, woun mg badly, but by
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  • 631 1114 tnrday’s of our Taiping conteinbal t hP following editorial ou the CtoOhe Perak Fanns:-. The decision of Government, in regard to the future letting of the General Farms, was M need by us, in our issue of Thursday iTfrom which it will be seen that a radical
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  • 897 1114 (From (jur Own Corretpondenl.) London, Sept, 4th. Troops for India. whieV J y tUrbiDQ sfearatr Roliilla— IndtVr been s P eCiall J chartered for the f T- ron ping season—left Southampton J"* Karachi with some 1.200 troops on boa <1 f )r lt! K H Art
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  • 145 1114 (Supplied by lleuter.) Porte’s Note to the Powers. London, 26 h Sept.—The Porto has sent a note t<> the Poweis dec’aring th it thj Bulgaliriu occupation of the Oriental Railway is a \b)l.itn>n < f luikey s right and nquesting tLen inter vent iou iu tLo mutter. Serious Situation.
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    • 35 1114 A Balin Indeed. 11 a PP l 'Cition is equal to Cham’’’’'i®11 join nJ v f° r 80re muscles or thin r 'latter what may be the T wil1 givG re,ief Tbe Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 82 1114 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. \X J. duller, J. P., storekeeper, Jtendelsham, South Australia, writes: “I was cti'ed to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him three Jose» of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in a
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  • 32 1115 (Supplied by Reuter Foreign Ministers Confer. London, 26r.h Sept.—M. Isvolsky, Russian Minister for Foreign Affiirs, has had a conference with the German Foreign Minister, Herr von Schoen, at Berichtesgaden.
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  • 129 1115 (Supplied by Reuter.) Mutual Recrimination. London, 27: h September.—The accusations of Mr. W. R. Hearst with regard to the connection of party leaders with the Standard Oil Company, has produced a regular campaign of recrimination between party leaders in which President Roosevelt is vigorously participating. Several Republican
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  • 44 1115 (Supplied by Reuter.) 4. Shares Fall. London, 26th Sept.—There has been much unloading of shares of new spinning companies in south east Lancashire as the result of a lock-out. Some shares for which fifty shillings were paid were sold for ten
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  • 26 1115 (Supprtied by Reuter-) A New Battleship. London, 28th September.—The Hheinlaud, which is the third German battleship of the Dreadnought typo, has been launched at Stettin.
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  • 47 1115 -4 (Supplied by Reuter.) Monster Demonstration Against Licensing Bill. London, 28*h September.—A monster demonstration, attended by 300 000 people, was held at Hyde Park yesterday to protest against the Licensing Bill. Oue hundred and seventy special trains brought deputations from all parts of tho country.
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  • 630 1115 The Singapore Municipal Commissioners have been considering the advisability of municipalising their milk supply which, in spite of by-laws framed with the object of preventing the vendors from systematically defrauding the public and endangering life by their filthy negligence, still leaves much 1o be desired in the way
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  • 319 1115 St. Andrew s Society. Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the Penang St Andrew s Society was held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon, with Mr 1). W. Gilmour, President, in the chair and there was a good attendance of members As our i epresent at ive was informed
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  • 86 1115 The numerous friends of Mr. W H Re* c. m g in the Straits will ba sorry to be that, according to the latest private a received from Home, 1 e is new in a preca state of health. He is now being at the Nursing Home
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  • 92 1115 A correspondent writes 10 Yesterday the local of lies were grieved to bear o the wife of their Catechist, x Tbe attached to St. Xavier s gfnall mournful event occurred du ng hours of the morning, soon a f eBja ]e«. ed bad given birth 10 tW1
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    • 104 1115 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol, a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mexico, it being a part of a letter to tho publisher from a friend "On my last trip to my properties on the Pontier, my beast fell with me to the ground, wounding ma badly,
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  • 2064 1116 THE ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher The Perak Road Murder Case. Yesterdiy afternoon the hearing was resumed of the cas? in which Haji Brahim stood charged with the murder of his wife. Jfr. Scriveo, Assistant Surgeon, Prison Hospital and District Hospital, deposed that. Le been a medical practitioner
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  • 671 1117 (Before Mr. Scott-) Gambling. In consequence of a raid by Mr, V. G. Savi, A. S. P., on bouse No. 34a, Aboo Sittee Lane, on the 26th inst., no less than seven Chinamen were yesterday mulcted in the sum of $25 each for gambling. One of the
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  • 212 1117 Ladies Rifle Club. Yesterday’s Practice Shoot. dhe thirteenth weekly practice shoot of the Ladies’ Rifle Club was held yesterday afternoon, when only fourteen members took part —the paucity of the attendance being, presumably, due to the inclement weather. Mrs. Fisher and Mrs. Jamieson fired with the *360 rifle Mrs. Bland,
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  • 15 1117 Financial Adviser to the Goveunent of Kedah, is paying a visit to Penang.
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  • 23 1117 that no cases of plague or other infectious disease have occurred at Puket since the 8th inst.
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  • 161 1117 who called at the office of the Eastern Shipping Co yesterdav afternoon was courteously supplied with the following current news regarding the Company’s fleet:— The Leong Ho, which left here for Trang on the 24th inst,., had a breakdown in her engine room and had to take
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  • 732 1117 (7 Our Own^Corr e>pondent} Tai P'»g. 28th Sept An Epidemic of Fever 1 here aie as yet no signs nf tk of fever, which is said to be entaPh brMl Oo the contrary, cases are b e in»' daily, and the persons attacked young people. The Stale SurLm
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  • 332 1118 (From Our Own Correspondent.) Alor Star, 27tb Sept. The Weather. At 9 o’clock on Friday night a very severe gale blew over Kedah. A big tree standing near the house of one Toh Haji Munah of Sungei Korok, was uprooted and fell on the bouse, destroying it. At
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  • 12 1118 to have a water supply next year.
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  • 30 1118 who are estab- link- er ana iNeave, who are estaba b ranc b at Ipoh, will, it is said, utacture ice as well as aerated waters.
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  • 23 1118 has contribut- government nas contributor $850 for the erection of a MosUloTtnc’T 1 K,ri m tbe Kul a
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  • 29 1118 that Peonlft b0 ,)aa Kuala Lumpur that henna o eveo their water rates, AppliesH^ 81 ff 6en em h ave had their
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  • 46 1118 Selan- and P-k 1S evftnue Auditor, Selan00 th» fin? 8 ex P ec ted back from leave 19 actino pr 01 when Mr McClelland, who *PPoinfm« 01 lm l )e g* ven a Magisterial nt in the Kuala Lumpur Courts,
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  • 199 1118 Heavy Rains (From Our Own Correspondent T? Monday, Sept. 28. Remarkably heavy rains, accompanied bv tierce winds, have been experienced ic and around the Bindings generally during the last few days. At Lumut on Saturday last the reservoir overflowed its embankment the water rushing headlong over the face
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  • 271 1118 The following notice, bearing the above heading and printed in English and Chinece, was to be issued with yesterday’s Singapore Free Press:— Citizens. Official documents have now been printed which make it plain that much of the bad trade which the Colony is suffering is
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  • 60 1118 of the extent to which rubber planting is now carried on in the Federated Malay States can be gathered from the fact that, at the end of last year, there were no fewer than 287 estates, with close on 20 million trees, while the amount of rubber exported
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  • 61 1118 for the week ended Sept. 19th show 252 deaths, a ratio per mille <f population of 48 ***** w’ere males and 61 females. Malarial fever still heads the list with 43 deaths, closely followed by 40 from phthisis. Dysentery and diarrhaja caused 21 deaths- 1wo
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  • 580 1118 Friday’s dree duress has the following notes of tbe training for the forthcoming Singapore races;— Yesterday morning a mist overhung the course for some time, but this in no wry interfered with tbe training which was of its u-uil interesting character, and was witnessed by a fair
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  • 2253 1119 GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE INDUSTRY. Interesting Experiments in the F.M.S. The history of rubber planting in the Federated Malay States, says the Straits Times, is probably unique in the rapidity with which a new cultivation, found to be specially suited to the climate, has been established.
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  • 156 1120 Two favourite subjects of speculation of late have been the .Residency of Pahang and Mr. Spooner’s successor as General Manager of the F. M. S. Railway, says the Malay Mail, which adds Tne number of gentlemen who hive been mentioned as future Resi lents of Pahing must
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  • 31 1120 at pre- J 14 v Iu” 111 au f cv l I’ i vj“ sent unident.fi->d, wis found early tins mornfluting under Church Street Ghaut.
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  • 19 1120 late A st. Surgeon of General Hospital, Penang, left fcr 8,s Kan Whatl Soon yester-
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  • 48 1120 has been appointed Tr r oauueiey rias been appointed is net Officer, Kuantan, Pahang, a newiyappointment, aud Mr G M Lai(1 Sat present at homo on leave, AuYr 8 Baddele y a8 Assistant Revenue k 0 l an g° r Negri Sembilan and o*
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  • 67 1120 Assistant Accountant, p a. Assistant /accountant, leave Th Badwavs l* as been granted long Procpoi 16 Pioneer Lears that heat first lornp t0 l Q d‘ a w here he intends to spend Prob l J* 16 and while there, he will, in all the tl
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  • 1371 1120 A PLEA FOR GREATE 1 POWERS. Straits and Burma Compared. The Free Press in a leading article says It is nor for the first time, nor the second, that we have expressed a s«nse of regret that in one respect at least the Government of this
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    • 52 1120 Whooping Cough. This is a very dangerous doeaso unless properly treated, but all danger may o avoided by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It liquifies the ‘ough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of c-’Ughiog le«s frequent and les* severe. Tb«» George Town
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  • 123 1121 (Supplied by Reuter.) In Favour of Retaining the Railway. London, 28th S?ptember.—At a meeting, attended by several thousand people at Sofia, a resolution was passed demanding that the Government retain the Roumelian section of the Oriental railway. Bulgaria Stands Firm. London, 29th September.—The German and Austrian representatives at Sofia
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  • 92 1121 (Supplied by lieu!er.) German Consular OHicials Assaulted. London, 28th September. —An incident has ari-en at, Casablanca owing to certain French offi -it’s who were arresting deserters of the Foreign L u gion, assaulting German Consular officials who claimed that the deserters were German subjects. The German Consul at Casablanca
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  • 104 1121 (Supplied by Reuter.) Lord Tweedmouth Resigns. London, 29th September.—Lord Tweedmouth, Lord President of the Council, has resigned office owing to ill-health. His resignation has been accepted. [Lord Tweedmouth was born in 1849and was M. P. for Berwick 1880-94. He was Parliamentary secretary to the Treasury and Liberal Whip
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  • 32 1121 (Supplied by Reuter.) Visit of the Dalai Lama. London, 29th September.—The Dalai Lama who is at Peking was received with Royal honours and was escorted in state to the Yellow Temple.
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  • 82 1121 (Supplied by Reuter Shipping Delayed Owing to Smoke of Forest Fires. London, 28th September.—Twenty ocean steamers are still detained on the St. Lawrence by the smoke of forest fires, which is also retarding the movement of crops towards the coast. [The forest fires, it will be remembered, caused incalculable
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  • 36 1121 (Supplied by Reuter.) F fleets of the Hearst Revelations. London, :29th September—The Hearst revelations and the subsequent developments have produced a prodigious sensation in America which is shaking public confidence in both parties.
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  • 35 1121 (Supplied by Reuter.) Lord Kitchener may Visit Australia. London, 28th September.— The Hon. Alfied Deakin, Prime Minister of Australia, is considering the advisability of inviting Lord Kitchener to visit Australia when he leaves India. <
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  • 610 1121 Premier flotilla of six destroyers ninp.i k a and two depot manned by 1,204 officers and men would be embodied in the Imperial Nat° but would be con trolled by the Common wealth when in Australian waters p some time now the Australian National Defence League has been
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    • 105 1121 From Mexico. The following paragraph was clipped from the El Sol, a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mexico, it being a part of a lette” to the publisher from a friend “Ou my last trip to my properties on the frontier, my beast fell with me to the ground, wounding me badly,
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    • 81 1121 A Neighbour’s Kindness. Mr. W. J. Fuller, J. P., storekeeper, Rendelsbam, South Australia, writes “I was called to see a neighbour who was suffering from severe cramps and who really thought he was past help. I gave him three doses of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and in a
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  • 19 1122 is shortly expected for the F. M. S. Government, for work at Kuala Perak.
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  • 27 1122 has been received from Edinburgh .it. n i r I .vvuituu JiVUJ UUlHUHIHiJ -Hhe birth of a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. ’•Cowan on September 1st.
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  • 26 1122 Dr. F ox has accepted the appointment of n. c< iue appointment ot burgeon, Pahang. Dr. Fletcher holds from C leave iPP01Dtnient Df F X returus
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  • 44 1122 silting of the Assizes VPftfnr 1 Oi. 1 .11(3 /18S1Z6S norm Solicitor-General obtained the £»T’" f Mr Justioe Flsl >er to pay K atteDdin ,be Asslz according by rr p 11 UDce 'l rates recently sanctioned °y M. E, the Governor.
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  • 48 1122 Senior Medinar at Ur E N Graham. Senior tenant in 6r J las b3en a PP oint ed LieuGrabam h i, 1 Volunteers. Dr. ‘““crao'-V a Commission as Captain to the st cor ps and his acquisition very 1 Volunteers is
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  • 61 1122 hive lust v 8 a ft tbo General Hospital UQ iforui 8 ft eU su PpHe<l with distinctive fcatly attir i indoor servants a»e now staff in u livery and the outbraider *q, w *th the Departmental fc 2ected k v J* 1
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  • 2086 1122 the assizes. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher.) The Perak Road Murder Case. The hearing o f the above in which (f 1 0 l jra i 1,n Wa8 ,odlcted for the murder of ns wife, Some alias Fulsome, was concluded yesterday afternoon. Ihe accused gave evidence on oath. He
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  • 604 1123 {Before Mr. Nunn.) The Case Against a Chetty. The hearing of the case against Mutturaman Chetty, charged with mischief by tearing up some receipts for payments made by one Haji Zein to him, was resumed to-day, when two further charges were entered against him viz., (1) wilfully,
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  • 195 1123 Special General Meeting. A special general meeting of the Penan 2 Ladies’ Kifle Club was held at the Resideucy yesterday morning. The main oh* ject of the meeting was to decide which rifle was the most suitable. Three bores were advocated, namely -360, *310, and -220. Mrs.
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  • 26 1123 understands that H. E. the High Commissioner has been pleased to appoint Mr. Lee Kong Lam a member of the Selangor State Council.
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  • 38 1123 the Eye ward in the District Hospital which has cost about J6.000 to construct, half of which amount has been subscribed by the public, is near y completed and will be opened next mon
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  • 82 1123 Inspector Murphy, who has been at tend ing the present Assizes in connection a murder case, left Panang yesterday afte noon bv the Ban Whatl Soon for S |D a P en route for Labuan. where he stationed. During the period f b «s* in Penang Inspector M“
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  • 109 1123 Thus Dr. MacWaiter ar Ireland had a grievance ag achieved in the past, inasmuch as when fortune they forgot their h o have Of the worthy sons of Brio, w helped to remove this re P r0 i f or tune a 8 W. Bai’ey,
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  • 303 1124 (From Our Own Correspondent) Ipoh, 28th Sept. z Government School. The Government School building that is >"cours a of construction on tho Kuala 5‘ 0gga r Road is nearing completion, and is K n»cted to be formally opened on the 1st of November next. Chinese Amateur Dramatic Company.
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  • 170 1124 Bishop Oldham, of the Methodist Mission, has had an interview with Air. AV. J. Bryan, Democratic candidate for the U. S. Presidency. It is thus reported in the New York Sun Bishop W. D. Oldham of the Methodist u io charge of missionaries in the
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  • 240 1124 An Athl *tic Meeting will beheld at Ipoh in Member, under the rules of the L AC open to members of all lubs in the Feder-’ ated Malay States and Straits Settlements. 1t n ,ieS k 1U8t be tna,le not Ia,er t,,au fbe 1st December next,
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  • 12 1124 has been abandoned owing to sea encroachment and floods.
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  • 24 1124 Alagistrate, Seremban, and family left London on the 11th inst. and are due in Singapore on the 10th prox.
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  • 30 1124 of the Queen’s Own (Royal West Kent Regiment) is due to arrive in Singapore from Europe bv the German mail Princess Alice ont he 2nd prox-
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  • 28 1124 has been grantfid to Mr. G. Greig, Acting Asst. AVarden of Mines, Rauh, and Air. F. C- Marshall, returning from leive, takes up these duties.—Jf. AL
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  • 43 1124 left. Alarseilles on the 18T1 inst. and is due in Penang bv the s. s. Assaye on the 8th prox. Air. AV. J. Cromar, Assistant Manager of Caledonia Estate, is also returning to Penang by the same boat.
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  • 67 1124 two Chinese were fined bv the Taiping magistrate, Mr. A. K. Peck. Si50 each, or six months’ rigorous imprisonment in the alternative, for carrying on illegal mining operations on the Larut Hills at an elevation of over 2,000 feet. 1he hills constitute a Forest Reserve, and notwithstanding the
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  • 888 1124 COMMITTEES ANNUAL REPORT. We have to-d.;y received from the Sscretary f the Penang Cricket Club the loll >w. ing Report of the Committee for the year ended 31st August last, which will belaid before the Annual General Meeting of the Club on Monday next To the Members
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    • 51 1124 fi Iood Poison Prevented. •ulti 8 D d an er from blood poison rep^ 1D p frOtna w °und when Chamberlain’s bfiitnen^ 01 3 applied* If i 8 an antiseptic it w i] aQ d un^es8 fbe injury is very severe Te^ not leave a scar. The George Town Wholesale
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    • 52 1124 Whooping Cough. This is a very dangerous di-ease unless properly treated, but all danger may be avoided by giving Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It liquifies the ♦ough mucus, making it easier to expectorate, keeps the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and less severe. 'Ilia George Town
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    • 50 1124 Proper Treatment for Dysentery, 'The great mortality resulting from dysentery is due to a lack of proper treatment. Not one case in a thousand will prove fatal when Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrho i Remedy is given at the first onset of the disease. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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  • 110 1125 (Supplied by Reuter.) Provisions of thj Defence Bill. London, 30th September.—The Commonwealth Government has introduced a Defence Bdl, which provides for peri ids of training, varying from an hour weekly to eighteen days yearly, and for extra periods for nonefficients. At, twenty-six the men enter the reserves, from
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  • 165 1125 (Supplied by Reuter.) Advice to Japan. London, 29th September.—The Times, in a special article on the Fakumenn railway question, states that the feeling exists that the claims arising out of the Japanese position along the Manchurian railway ought to be defined within precise local limits. It ought
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  • 37 1125 (Supplied by Reuter.) Another Successful Flight by Wilbur Wright. L >ndon, 29th September —A telegram from Le Mans states that Mr. Wilbur Wiight travelled 48 kilometres in an aeroplane in 67 minutes and 11 8 seconds.
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  • 43 1125 (Supplied by Reuter.) Prince Ferdinand Summons His < Ministers. London, 30th Sept.—Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, who is on a visit to Vienna, summoned M. Gondeff, his Premier, and M. Ghennadieff, his Minister of Commerce, to Vienna. After an audience they returned to Sofia.
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  • 80 1125 (supplied by Reuter.) French Explanation. London, 29th September.—M Pink trench Foreign Minister. Casablanca incident w.th the French Chare d Affaires in the most conciliatory tone General 1) Amado’s official report of th, mcKient says that he possesses the origin, order or the Consul to his secretary to
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  • 36 1125 (Supplied by Reuter.) Austria and Italy Agree to the I ranco-Spanish Note. London, 30th Septamber.—The Austrian and Italian replies to the Franco-Spanish Note with regard to Morocco substantially concur with what is stated therein. J
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  • 25 1125 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Windfall. London, 30th September.—The millionaire banker, Mr. Samson, has bequeathed <£1,500,000 to the Berlin Academy of Science.
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  • 16 1125 left Penang yester- day afternoon for Teluk Anson by the Hye Leong.
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  • 18 1125 the Inspector of Minos at Bentong, who has been ill recently, is now convalescent.
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  • 19 1125 Director of Posts and Telegraphs, F. M. S., was in Taiping on Monday on duty.
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  • 17 1125 left Port Swetten- ham on Mondav morning for Singapore en route to Hongkong.
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  • 21 1125 M. Louis Heitz will act as Consular Agent of Fiance in Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 32 1125 the Acting Deputy Public Prosecutor, has returned to Ku^ 4 Lumpur from Kuantan, where he has be*n engaged in the preliminary enquiry into 0 murder of Dr. Barrack.
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    • 68 1125 From Canada. Mothers have the snne terror of croup in all countries, but Chamberlain’s Cough Kernedy leads in popularity for a prompt cure of this dreaded disease. Mrs. ThosMatthew of Calelon, East Ontario, says: “I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy several times, and I try to keep it in the
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    • 53 1125 No Danger. Don’t be afiaid to give Chamberlain’s Cough remedy to your children. It is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup and whooping cough, and it is the best mediicine made for these diseases. What makes it safe is that it contains no opium. Children like it. The George Town
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    • 77 1125 Rheumatism. So little confidence has the average nia in the various cures for rheumatism tha often suffers for years without making effort to find relief. H 0 l^ en has become chronic. This is a mista e. the pain can always be relieved, and, in cases a cure effected by
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  • 663 1126 very common assumption with empiric scribblers concerning- China is that real progress is impossible in that empire because it is as a house divided against itself. Minor differences that are common to all nations are seized upon as evidence that any sort of cohesion or unity is
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  • 19 1126 which has been visitin T Uris uecu Visiting Java, is expected in Shiga pore shortly.
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  • 16 1126 will arrive in Singapore i ju Singapore to-morrow and intends making a short stay.
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  • 19 1126 Mr. C. E. M. Des- r JCi. 1U. UPSborough is retiring from the Service.—Jf M
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  • 17 1126 returned to Singapore from Ceylon by the P. and 0. steamer Della on Friday.
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  • 26 1126 brother of the Emperor of r<k- i L -.vuuo. uj B iNnipcror oi China, has been appointed to supervise the organisation of a Navy.
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  • 32 1126 is still in hospital suffering trom the effects of the attack made upon him recently, aud is not expelled to have for another ten days, says Tuesday's Malay Mail
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  • 30 1126 in cmnection with the birthday of His Majesty the King of Siam were commenced at Bangkok on the 19th ult. and were to be continued until the 23rd ult.
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  • 33 1126 which was in Penang harbour recently and is now lying at Taujong Pagar, will be received by Messrs McAlister Co., Singapore, up to Oct. 5th.
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  • 42 1126 is ex- p-eoted to arrive here f-om Singapore on Saturday, the 3rd Inst mt, at. 6 a. m., and is intende i Io leave lor Madras at noon on tin sune day, taking the Homeward Mails.
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  • 74 1126 a disciple of the lale Swami Vivekananda, the Hindu delegate lo the Parliament of Religions held in America some time ago, arrived today l>v the s.s. Hele from Singapore, wheie he had been delivering a series of lectures. lie wis met at Victoria Pier by the Hindu c
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  • 67 1126 returned from Colombo by the German Mail s. s. Printer Alice yesterday. Mr. F. N- Bell, of Messrs. Huttenbach Bros.’ electrical department, also arrived by the same boat. Mr Alfred Vanhoose Brown took his oath as Second Magistrate, Coroner and Asst. District Judge before
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  • 81 1126 at Birmingham Police court on the 8 r .h ub. to the oftenmade assertion that that city is the birthplace of many of the idolsand images which collectors bring from abroad. An auctioneer’s porter was charged with stealing over 100 Japanese images It was state 1 that
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  • 654 1126 THE ASSIZES. (Before Mr. Justice Fisher r Incendiarism. Noordin, a Kling, was this morning aron the charge of mischief bv tire, by setting tire to. with the intention of'destroving, premises N.>s. 2, 4, 6 and 8, Kuala Kangsar Road, and No. 153a. Campbell StrceJ, on the 21st Ju’y.
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  • 42 1127 (Before Judge Wolferstan-) Housebreaking. Wong A Sian and Wong Ah Pong were charged with housebreaking by day in the house of one Lia A Men at Relau on the 20th ult. The case was postponed to the 8th inst.
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  • 519 1127 (Before Mr. Scott.} Resisting a Public Servant. Four women and two men were brought before Mr. R. Scott yesterday evening on a charge of resisting the taking of property by a public servant and also of using criminal force. Mr. Gould defended the accused, while Assistant Bailiff
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  • 27 1127 has been registered in London with a cap ial of 622,500, in Is. shares. The offices are 139, Cannon-Street, London, E.C.
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  • 56 1127 of the s. s. Hebe, which arrived at Singapore from Deli on Monday morning, reports that the old OneFatbom Bank Lighthouse was blown down in a heavy gale, on Saturday, and the new lighthouse was damaged slightly. He picked up six men off a tongkang on
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  • 60 1127 meets on Friday when the 1909 Supply B'H will be read a first time, the Sunday Labour Bill will come up for second reading, and the Petroleum and Netherlands India Labourers Bills will be taken in committee. There will also be a motion by the Colonial Secretary
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  • 91 1127 of Mr. Winston Churohill and Miss Clementine Ifoz'er took place at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, on the 12th ult., and was attended by all the members of the Cabinet and a very large number of members of both Houses of Parliament. Lord Hugh Cecil acted as the best man.
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  • 104 1127 the plans for the Hongkong barracks went astray, and that the Belfast barracks were built in Hongkong and the Hongkong barracks in Belfast, says the Sporting Times. There are to be barracks built in Singapore for the Indian regiment now quartered there, and to prevent
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  • 163 1127 The fo.lowing 9 the programme o f Concert and Dramatic Performance i„ a given at tbe Parish Hall m J be evening:- 1 ’«“«now PART I. 1. OV.BTUBE ...Mr. A. J 2. Song ...The Veteran’s Son 9 ...Mr, J. H. 3. Song ...Jfy dearest Heart... Miss Camp.
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  • 137 1127 The following items are taken from the London and China Express of the 11th ult.: Tronoh Mines. Output for August: 167 tons of dressed ore; estimated value, 6212 000. Linggi Plantations, Limited. Ou’put of rubber from the company’s estates for the month of August amounted to 24 000
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  • 66 1127 The output of dry rubber at the Rubber Plantations, Limited, for A u n u 4, At the last public auction, held on August 21, the Company again realised he g price of tbe sale, namely 4s. 6d- p finest white cepe, and the whcrfe ment of
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  • 48 1127 Tbe Cleveland Bridge amiI E Company, Limited, of Barling V constructor 15 months been engaged in tbe tion of a combined road an secured the Blue Nile at Khartoum, b» the contract for the new ra> gto(M at quired by tbe Federated M Kuala Lumpur.
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  • 551 1128 «ourse of an article in the Diily F A. McKenzie points out tint countries are taking active steps ffhl e voung Chinamen in their mid.t, ,0 r DCO i a ni the Chinese students have been in E n£: much to themselves, being afforded Wt ntle
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  • 65 1128 wr uA? of the Straits I V•< Chine8 P ris oners who kfofthplJ n C0DC 6fned in the murfrom' g,. 6 r -Barrack,have been removed Kuala Pahang gaol, as in fk Q v Su cien t accommodation for «M ot ,t, K antaD P ris arn ff
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  • 6 1128 “WM fouud Vallambroea at a
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  • 542 1128 IritPrnA- n TJ Allowing reference to the which t U i1RubberExb ‘bition at Olympia which has just closed Preparations are being made at Olympia whin ernat,0 al Rubber Exhibition, wh ch will be opened there on Sept. 14 and will remain on view fora fortnight. The
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  • 17 1128 F. M.S, arrived in Taiping from Kuala Lumpur yesterday, accompanied by Col. Jackson, tbe SurveyorGeneral.
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  • 30 1128 were registered in the F. M. S. during 1907, as against 14 in 1906, making a total of 46 registered companies at the end of the year 1907-
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  • PUBLIC OPINION
    • 454 1128 To the Editor ot the Straits Echo. oir, In a pamphlet recent v published I y the «Singapore Free Press the evd results of high freights on the trade of 'he Colony is very convincingly brought forward —but there is a point of vital importance in this
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    • 573 1128 To the Editor of the Siraiib Echo. Derr Sir, Any one observant of tbe moral Lets around him must admit that not only in this city but in ail other cities of the East, things have changed for tbe worse, and that unless the present
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  • 12 1129 of Kuala Lumpur, has gone to Singapore.
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  • 22 1129 who is at present mikug trips through Holland, intends letur nii gto1.is o vu country on Nov. 12.
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  • 103 1129 had the misfortune to lose his bicycle last Tuesday. He lef it at the corner of the Hongkong Bank Buildings, Downing Street, near the electric lift, and when he returned a few minutes later after transiting his business, found to his mortification that
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  • 92 1129 (Supplied ?>// Reuter.) Mr. Haldane’s Remedy. London, 30th September.—The papers give prominence to the suggestion of Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary for War. that 17.000 unemployed ca-> ti -e over the Winter by enlisting in the special reserves. Some Labour Members of Parliament approve of the suggestion
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  • 62 1129 (Supplied by Reuter.) A Miraculous Escape. London, 1st October.—Two German Army ballonists had a miraculous escape at Dusseldorf. The envelope of the balloon burst when it was at a height of 6,000 feet and the balloon dropped downwards for a distance of 2,000 ft. when the torn envelope spread
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  • 31 1129 (Supplied by Reuter.) French Protest. London, 1st October.—France has joined in the protest of the other Powers against the retention of the Roumelian section of the Oriental railway bv Bulgaria.
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  • 54 1129 (Supplied by Reuter.) Identity of Russian and Italian Views. London, 30tb September.—A telegram from Rome states that the semi-official meeting at Dei-io between M. Isvolsky, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Signor Tittoni, Italian Foreign Minister, showed the complete identity of Russian and Italian views with regard to the
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  • 44 1129 (Supplied by Reuter A Fresh Note to Mu lai Halid. London, 30th September.—France and Spain are drafting a fresh note to Mu lai Haiid in which the guarantees demanded aie modified in accordance with the examination of the first note by the Powers.
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  • 24 1129 (Supplied by Reuter.) Trains Withdrawn. London, 30th September —Th. T and Yorkshire ra.lway h M “fe foXTnL U6,nCOD r<|Ue Ce< > f
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  • 29 1129 (Supplied by Reuter.) An Unfounded Report. London, 1st October.—It i 8 stated that be report that Sir Robert Hart is returning to China is unfounded. 8
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  • 21 1129 (Supplied by Reuter) > Reopening. London, 1st October.—The De Beer’s mine, which was closed recently, has been re-opened.
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  • 128 1129 The Rev. Robert Gitties, describing Fairs in North China in China's Millions, says A striking feature at the majority of these fetes is stilt-walking, while it is usual to have a number of girls in fantastic costumes carried aloft in mid-air. The iron frame supporting their bodies
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  • 99 1129 It is reported in Peking that a request has been made to the British Minister, Sir John Jordan, to communicate with the Governor of Singapore asking that Dr. Sun Yat Sen be deported from the Colony. The Bntis Minister refuted their request on the ground that
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  • 20 1129 Mr. Colman arrived in Singapore Malacca on Saturday to see Ibe bna ga in the Colman Shield competition.
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  • Page 1129 Advertisements
    • 69 1129 From Canada. Mothers have the same terror of croup in all countries, but Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy leads in popularity for a prompt cure of this dreaded disease. Mrs. Thos. Matthew of Caledon, East Ontario, says: I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy several times, and I try to keep it in
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    • 77 1129 Rheumatism* So little confidence has the average in the various cures for rheumatism that often suffers for years wittout making effort to find relief. He then finds that' has become chronic. This is a mista the pain can always be relieved, and i cases a cure effected by applying aCQ
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  • 112 1130 f«NANG, -2nd October. curtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bulk 4 months’ Ba.ni-. ..i 3 Credit ..2/4 3 Documentary ..2 Caicutt.% Demand Bank Rs 174J 3 days’ s.gnt f, (> Bombay. Demand Bank 174j Mouimein, Demand Ban k 1 3.| 3 days’ sight Private 17 6 Madras, Demand
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  • 169 1130 Gold leaf $65.20 B. Pepper (W.Coasl 31 bn.5 oz.) no stock. White Pepper $15. sellers Trang Pepper 10.— nominal Cloves (picked) out of season Mace 70.— nominal Mace Pickings 60.— nom. Nutmegs 1108 19.— sales fNo. 1 6.65 sales Sugar 2 no stock Basket 3.32| sales Tapioca Flour 1.50
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    • 12 1130 WS PEERLESS BM EMPORATEO CREAM. Absolut© Uun AGENTS: Wands, buttery co., PENANG.
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    • 534 1130 JOOAUST IN E3IA PROSTRATED by KERVOUS diseases Finds New Energy and Vig ,ur in the Nerve-Building Properties of Bll. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS. Indian l° Urna i8t of 8 reat experience on the H a 7' P 'T A na ne f Mr H (now k the Bombay Gazette) is esteemed
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    • 148 1130 Ins fid the ins wth New, Pur-». R*ch 1 d,and 80 -ut st: > ng’b to the Ntv in Muscular sy.-stuns. They hive cu el Anp," Disorde s ansinj fr< m Impoverished Bood, Indig' nr. Neuralgia, Milana, R leumatism, B ri-Beri, Sciatica and Para- ids > Women’s Aches and Ills.
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    • 187 1131 1903 F.HXALMIRAC, 1S08. A very handy wall almanac f--r referenco and replete with useful *nd absolutely reliable information for every household and business establishment. No home or office should be without it. A unique production of its hind and the first to be published in the F.M.S. It contains, inter
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    • 111 1131 FOR “SUNNY SINGAPORE” BY THE Rev. J. A, BETHUNE COOK, (Demy 8vo., 183 pages, well illustrated.) Price $3. MAY BE HAD AT THE “Straits Echo” Office, FOE*. SALE. JOHN MARTIN, MINER A ROMANCE OF MODERN MALAYA. BY 5 OLIVER ASHWELL, AUTHOR OF Tales oj the Fen," Chronicles Q? the Carburettor
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    • 128 1131 j FOR SALE J “TALES OF MALAYA"! I '‘SOUTHERN CROSS,” I Containing 18 very interesting N short stories dealing „it h n^ 8 I m the Malay Peninsula. I w (241 PAGES DEMI-OCTAVO.) I Price $1. j MAY BE HAD AT THE I ■“Straits Echo” Office.! 1 ALSO AT I
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  • 1075 1132 .*.5 Number of I S I Opta.1. Shares > La i) ivi lp 3 S issued, Name. a k 'X > *J i X Z 3 —i I L |()()3 300 000 30,000 110. 10 .1 for year ending 31 3/08 L)7 300,000 22,500 10 10 811 Itn Mining
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    • 213 1133 The Ltd. I jy? ESTABLISHED 1883. PRINTERS PUBLISHERS. H Proprietors of the “STRAITS ECHO,” “SIN POE,” i “CHAYA PULAU PINANG B The most enterprising and up-to-date printers and y lithographers in the Orient. H Our plant is of the very latest pattern and by con- stantly supplementing our type we
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