Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 May 1903

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    23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED daily. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS VOL. LX I. SATURDAY, 30th MAY, 1903. Ji*. 122
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      1907 1 pippins NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN Nippoll Y Kaisliai 0 n i i qZTZ A Negapatam Lines of Steamers. japan mail steamship co., Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam y/a t 8 p Navigation Company. Zjafijk Aw 2 lntended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. 1 I D riYYLuI steamers may WillSab J St.a«E
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    EXCHANGE.
    113 2 Penang, BQth May, 1908. Rates close as follows Loudon Demand Bank 1/81% Do. 4 months’sight Bank 1/8/n Do. 8 Credits 1,8 T% Do. 8 Documentary 1/8| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 126 Do. 8 days’ sight Private 128 Bombay, Demand Bank 126 Do. 8 days’sight Private 128 Madras, Demand Bank
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    SHARE LIST.
    154 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawah Gold Mine Co. Ltd... 57.75 Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd. $8.25 Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. buyers Fraser and Neave, Ltd. $95. George Town Dispensary $27. buyers Howarth Erskine, Ltd. $l9O. sellers Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $1.75 Karangan Tin Mining Co.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    184 2 Penang, 30th May, 1903. Description. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 20 Heart 35 Liver per catty 24 Pork Pork 32 Pig’s Head 18 Feet 24 Tongue 26 Mutton
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    177 2 Penang, 30th May, 1903. Tin ...$89.80 nominal West Coast BUok Peppo 3 lbs. 5 O-Z. «81 sa lo>. White Pepper $55 —sales Trang Pepper $37 do Cloves (picked) $35.50 Mace No. $166. —sales Mace Pickings 140. sellers Nutmegs 1 IG« 82.—sellers No. 1 7. —sellers Sugar 2
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    THE MAILS.
    55 2 4 Mails Close on Monday. For Per str. Tinie. Tongkah ...Cornelia ...11 a,m. Edie, T. Seinawe, Segli, Pulo Weh and Oleh leh ...M. Vajirunhis 1p m. Port Swettenham Mary Austin 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan Betsy 1 p.m. Trang ...Artsadong 1 p.m. Asahan ...R. Halewyn 1 p.m. Pangkor and
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    MAILS to ARRIVE.
    32 2 From Steamer To Arrive. Suez Benvcnue to-day. Olehleh Bantam 1-6-03 Edie van Swoll 1 6-03 Suez Ceylon 1-6-03 Rangoon Lawada 2-6-03 Moulmein Janet Nieoll 2-6 03 Singapore China 3-6-03
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    SHIPPING.
    277 2 Arrivals. Glenlochy, Brit., sts., 2997, Stallard, 29-5-03, from London, general, Bstd. Co. Petrel, Brit., str,, 158, Higgie, 30-5-03, from Tongkah, general, Koe Guan. Thaiping, Brit., str., 160, Wheeler, 29-5-03, from Port Weld, general, H. L. Co. Canton, Brit, str. 105, Merican, 30-5-03, from Teluk Anson, general, Ah Hing. Departures.
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    94 2 St. George’s Church. Whit Sunday. 8 a.m. Matins.—(PZain.) 8- am. Choral Celebration of the Holy Communion. 9- a.m. Holy Communion, Tamil Service. 10- a.m. Service for Chinese. 5 p.m. Sunday School. 6 p.m. Evensong and Sermon Church of the Assumption. First Mass, at 6-15 a.m.; High Mass, at
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      341 2 Eastern Oriental Hotel. The best of Seaside Hotels, EMIL ZOBEL > Watchmaker and Jewellery, bakkies BROS., At Messrs. Graham Co., Ltd. No. 4, Beach Street 74 Proprietors. HAS A WELL SELECTED STOCK OF LIQUEUR Gold Silver Watches and ®Tf?L om H,SKY Jewellery, OF THE LATEST DESIGNS. The Original Liqueur Whisky
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      48 2 YOUR WEIGHT IS INCREASED. Stearns’ Wine promotes the assimilation of food. Increases weight. Renews strength. Builds up the body as no other preparation of Cod Liver Oil will. But ask for Stearns’ Wine. It gives immediate benefit.—Sold by all Chemists, and wholesale from D. GRAHAM Co., Ltd. 18
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      1265 2 MARTIN’S C 4 r. ADAMSON, Licensed Auctioneer, No. 23 Beach Street, is prepared to ip undertake auction sales of all descriptions orl>Rnips?J 1 15 431 4 6 Consuiaat der Ned er I a nd e n martin chemut Penang. N UHO Verlies Van het Nederlanderschap. THE PRVE RIVER DDSX OP
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    Going Out to Tea.
    1273 3 The 1 roubles of Wee Macgreegor.” The process of going out to tea, always a formidable one to little folks in England—until they actually get to close quarters—seems to be even more so in Scotland if the following extract from Wee Macgreegor” (the new book of
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    The Transvaal Loan.
    297 3 Subscribed Many Times Over—Scenes at the Bank of England. The prospectus of the Transvaal loan, issued on 7th inst. at 2 o’clock, was immediately followed by a tremendous rush of applicants. It is computed that it is already subscribed ten times over; and before the lists close
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      386 3 1 H Hark. JUST RECEIVED A Very Choice Selection of RIGAUD’S PARIS PERFUMES In great variety and in handsome Bottles. V liite A folds, AV hite Rose, Mimosa, goyal-Toiiis (xv), Jockey Club, &c,, &c. ALSO Rigaud’s Famous Eau-de-Cologne IVake Youi? House Beautiful MIFCIiO ENAMEL Gilds Everything of al! descriptions Looks
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      37 3 Bicyclists should never start out without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm in their tool bags. This liniment is excellent for all flesh wounds and sprains. One application gives relief. Try it. All dealers sell it, 276
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      181 3 Time and Money. —Sickness causes a loss of both time and money. You lose the time and have the expense of medical attendance, entailing a double loss. This can be avoided by using some reliable remedy at the first stage of the sickness. The purchase of a bottle of Chamberlain’s
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      430 3 Graham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street, Penang. a. o HALL’S C<,ca w WINE S A HALL’S co.. 8 WINE O Anti 2 ,-J the grea) restorative and the finest nervine White-Ant. for influenza, mental and physical fatigue neuralgia, &c. A. Valuable ra £3 for destroying white ants 1
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    THE WEEK.
    198 4 Saturday, 30th Homeward Mail expected to leave. Town Band, Golf Club, at 5-30 p.m. High-water 2 30 p.m. and 2-55 am. Sunday, 31st: Whit Sunday. Pentecost. High-water 3-20 p.m. and 3-45 a.m. Monday, Ist Whit Monday. (Jewish Eestival) Feast of Weeks. Public and Bank Holiday. Pinang Gazette, do
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    Saturday, 30th May, 1903,
    1833 4 The news which we publish to-day from our Singapore Correspondent, to the effect that the Legislative Council has adopted the Currency Reform Scheme as put forward by the Commission lately appointed, should be welcome to our readers. This does not necessarily mean that we are to
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    The Straits Currency Question.
    404 4 (L. d- C. E.r/a-ess.) It will be seen that the scheme proposed by the Straits Currency Commission is simplicity itself, and as presumably the new coin will be exchanged for the existing currencies there will be no injustice to either debtors or creditors, or that a
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    TELEGRAMS.
    279 4 (R EUTE r s Q.) London, 29th M n parliament. Mr. Chamberlain on Protects Mr. Chamberlain, S p ea l i„ the House of Commons, saiA'" although he had not sm,., e te(l entire reverse of our the application of his S u ggesti() would require a new mandate
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    43 4 (From our mtn Correspondent.) CURRENCY REEOItJI. The Commission’s Schumb Adoitw. Singapore, 30lb May. The Straits Settlements Legislative Council has adopted tbe Currency Reform Scheme, the Hon. G. S. Murray (Manager of the Mercantile Bank of India) bein o the only dissentient.
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    A Pleasing Episode.
    162 4 “L’Entente Cordial!'. When tbe outward-bomul I r^ ch steamer Annam left the Borneo Saigon yesterday morning, says be ide of T.1.-lny, she 1- e close to H.M. S.s, fc coaling at Tanjong 1 agm. y [)oart a large number of I rench so )roo p. and for
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    FATAL COLLISION.
    512 5 Small Steamers Collide. SWEE LEOK SINKS NEAR PULAU SAYAK. Nineteen Persons Missing. A collision occurred early yesterday itpr in which, from reports that have 1U rl .d here up to noon to-day, it is ascerthat nineteen people, Malays and 5e men, women, and children, It is possible, however,
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    The Navy League.
    366 5 Thu eighth annual report of the Executive Committee of tbe Navy League has been nsued. During the past year, the Committee states, the progress of the league was steadily maintained at home and oversea, while its organisation had been copied more and more abroad. Spain and the
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    Notes and Comments.
    717 5 Mr. Roberts letter on Malaria has, as the 'm itor says, a certain sonorous ring but, as he also says, I don’t know what he is driving at. wonder if he (Roberts) is the possessor of an Encyclopaedia Britannica (Wisdom While xou Wait) and if his letter
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    Crows.
    172 5 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette." Sir, In rep’y to your inquiry in yesterday’s issue, as to whether any of your readers have suffered in any way from the crows that are to be seen in Penang and the Province, I think I could safely assert that instead
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    News Later than the Mail.
    791 5 St. Bartholomew’s Hospital. Ax anonymous donor has guaranteed the sum of £300,000 for the modernisation and re-building of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London. The Kaiser and the Pope. The pomp which the Kaiser affected on the occasion of his recent visit to the Vatican has
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    St. George’s Ball.
    146 5 A Meeting of Subscribers to the St. George’s Ball was held yesterday afternoon at the Chartered Bank Building. Mr. J. W. Hallifax having been voted to the chair, the accounts for the Ball were presented by Mr. J. R. Gillingham, the Hon. Treasurer. They showed that the
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    A New Mono-Rail System.
    404 5 Mr. R. J. Baldrey, of Ootacamund, gives the following interesting description of his new grip mono-rail system The system is novel in its entirety, and is the<only one to which the term “mono-rail” is strictly and truly applicable. There is no other systen which runs its
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    Doctoring Trees.
    184 5 A new method of feeding trees and plants without the agency of the roots has been discovered by the well-known entomologist M. S. A. Mokrshezki, who has explained his discovery in a lecture before tbe Imperial Botanical Society. He has invented an apparatus by which he can introduce
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      6 5 c °w Brand Butter McAlister co.
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      5 5 Paints, Oils, &c. McAlister co.
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      137 5 Diarrhcea is more to be dreaded than diphtheria. It attacks all ages and is equally fatal to young and old. The great mortality resulting from diarrhoea is to the lack of proper treatment at the first stages of the disease. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a reliable and
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      416 5 W. CORNFIELD, WANTED, C CHINESE BILL collector. Secu- 22 Beach Street. rity required. Apply to D. C 497 c/o Pinang Gazette. “THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE 1888.” JuSt In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. Settlement of* Penang In Bankruptcy No. 2of 1902. A Large Assortment Be M. D. Mistry trading
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    Eastern Extension Telegraph Company.
    869 6 The 59th half-yearly meeting of the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegraph Company (Limited) was held on the 6th inst. at River Plate House, Sir J. Wolfe-Barry presiding, and in moving the adoption of the report said The shareholders, he thought, would consider the report not
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      1606 6 Lathe for Sale. To or For Sale Mutton ONE double geared, self acting screw- Apply to 40 cents per cutting Gab 1 readle Lathe 7 in. OWNER tr axt a c?gt?tt p centres 7 tt. bed without back shaft. One X MANASSEH Co., 12 in. diain. universal 4 jaw chuck.
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      66 6 Consumption which is the most dangerous and fatal disease, has as its first indication a persistent cough, and if properly treated as soon as this cough appears is easily cured. Chairberlain’s Cough remedy has proven wonderfully successful, and gained its wide reputation and extensive sale by its success in curing
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      522 6 A. E. SKEKLS. 31 BEACH STREET. PENANG. Direct Importer of Choice CIGARS ALL SHAPES ALL SIZES ALL PICKED Every Box absolutely Guaranteed Exclusive Agent for “EL COMERCIO” DEL MUNDO. FACTORY, MANILA. HABANA CIGARS From per 100. I 1 ■■■l". i. r “BURMA” CHEROOTS. “EGYPTIAN” CIGARETTES. ~»n i J ■—bbii iwmxaic--
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    258 7 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, i 'ohi mandant. Orders for June. Drills. t 8 Drill every Tuesday and Thursl^';ile r rt at 5.»0 r.m. day» Field Day. univat l’iai Estate, on Tuesday, Dress Field Order. Fall in at the ,n 'r 30 n.m’ sharp. Refreshments will fort
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    List of Passengers.
    101 7 Passengers Outward. Per P- and 0. steamer Oceana from Lindon, 30:h April.—To Shanghai: Mr. r. Fryer. To Hongkong Mrs., Miss, and Mr. Atkinson, jun. To Bangkok Mr. I). McCormick. To Singapore Hon. J. K. and Mrs. Birch, Mr. M. Hellier, Mr. and Mb. X. H. Smith. To
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      128 7 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak. I Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes upto 3 ft. on Bromide paper. W. JONES, 42 Photograepher. SIBERIAN SUTTER. Equal in every respect to the finest Australian Product. -.q«> I's I -5-< a. E2| <^ y /7 CM// lacked in Copenhagen by T.
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      709 7 caution. I LIPTONS TEAS M tor cars Chinese and Malay characters the inscription BY THE FAMOUS FRENCH MAKERS of the chop of the undersigned, Chung Thye W ERE JX W A T> "K r> THF Yin, having been stolen, the public is warned Hi JL> X** E DION BOUTON Co.,
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      1425 8 1 i s r FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. a H a rtj "Ss > 2 a g Time Table from Ist November, 1902. g g fl 525 I g WEEK-DAYS. SUNDAYS* eg STATIONS. ip-— ———————————7 r ——-7 r- —7 r— -i— .I—|ir—pa 1 2 8' 4 5 6 7 8
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      405 8 ALLAN Engineers and Genmd r w Mouk S: _40 WELlxn-... louxSnuu::-,,! BEACH B^ gJ Standard UfeA SSUrilnce; THE 76th Annual General v .the Standard Life A pany was ho d at the 22nd of April, 1902. n Tl The following Results for 15th November, 1901, was r t i «46
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