Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 June 1903

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    23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. HEW SERIES ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS- VOL. LX I SATURDAY, 13th JUNE, 1903. No. 133.
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      1943 1 litres. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN British Nippon Y Kaisha 'Snsular Oriental Steam >4 K, Negapatam Lines of Steamers. Japan mail steamship c., u«. Navigation Company. zZfi, Intended. Sailing and expected Arrival 0/ I H PrpHE mail steamers may For Will Sail Steamer From Expectkd on g^,,, —J JL bo expected to
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    EXCHANGE.
    112 2 Penang, 13th June, 1908. Rates close as follows London Demand Bank l/8f Do. 4 months’sight Bank 1/9 Do. 8 Credits 1/9| Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 129 Do. 8 days’ sight Private 131 Bombay, Demand Bank 129 Do. 3 days’sight Private 131 Madras, Demand Bank 128| Do.
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    SHARE LIST.
    156 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawnh Gold Mine Co. Ltd...s7-75 Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd. $8.25 sellers Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. sales Eraser and Neave, Ltd. $95. George Town Dispensary $25. sales Howarth Erskine, Ltd. $l9O. sellers Jolebu Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $l5O International Bodega $lOO. buyers
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    MARKET PRICES.
    191 2 Penang, 13 th June, 1903. Description. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks >» 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet n 20 Heart >» 35 Liver per catty 26 Pork Pork 82 Pig’s Head 18 Feet
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    174 2 Penang, 13th June, 1908. Tin... $89.80 nominal. (West Coast Black Popper 8 lba 5 oz $3l sates White Pepper $55 —sales Trang Pepper $37 do Cloves (picked) $35.50 Mace No. sl66.—sales Mace Pickings 140. sellers Nutmegs 110« b 2 No. I 7—sellers Sugar 1,, 2 5.80 do
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    THE MAILS.
    36 2 Mails Close no Monday. For Per str. Time. Calcutta Kum Sang ...11 a m. Deli ...Calypso 1 P-M Pangkor and Teluk Anson ...Canton 2 p.m. Edie. T. Semawe, Segli and Olchleh...Hok Canton 2 p.m.
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    SHIPPING.
    178 2 Arrivals. Kum Sang, Brit., str., 2078, Buller. 13-6-03, from Singapore, general. Bstd. Co. Sumatra, German, str., 407, Klimmett, 12- from Deli, general, B. M. Co. Wursburg, German, ttr., 3246, Binzer, 13- from Hamburg, general, B. M Co. Cornelia, Brit., str., 194, Higgie, 12-6-C3, from Tongkah, general, Koe Guan. Thaiping,
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    Passengers.
    28 2 Arrivals. Per Brit., str., Canton, from Teluk Anson, on 13-6-03 —Miss Griffin, Messrs. Scott and Hill. Per Brit., str., Thaiping, from Port Weld, on 12-6-03 :—Mr. Stark.
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    Shipping Expected.
    65 2 The information under this heading is supplied by the Agents of the various Steamship lines, and the dates are approximate only. Vessels From Agents Due Stcntor Singapore W.M.&Co. 13th inst. Japan London P. &O. 16th Bombay Japan 20th Benmoher Singapore 5.8.&C0. 20th Mogul Glasgow 5.8.&C0. 27 th Intended
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    949 2 FIRST DAYTuesday, 28th July, 1903. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value v5OO. —A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lOst.) An allowance of 141bs. to all ex-Griffins. Entrance $lO. Distance, one mile. 2. First Griffin Race. Value $4OO and $lOO to Second Horse. —A Race for
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      360 2 PENANG BAND. Hl "IVTOTICE is hereby given that from this JL\ date the charges for the services of (‘a'gv 1 the Band will be as follows Dances, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. $4O. Dinners, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. 25. A Garden parties, 5 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. 20. After
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      38 2 GENERAL DEBILITY AND BRAIN FAG. The Effects of Stearns’ Wine is remarkable in the following complaints and functional disorders:—Phthisis, Dyspepsia, Influenza, General Debility, Brain Fag. Antcmia —Sold by all Chemists, and wholesale from D. GRAHAM Co*» Ltd. 18
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      56 2 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on Bromide paper. W. JONES, Photograepher. WHY SUFFER FROM HEADACHE When the first symptoms of Headache appear taken one tasteless catchet of Stearns’ Headache Cure and experience instant relief. Of all Chemists, wholesale
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      567 2 Government of Negri B embHan TENDERS INVITED. REVENUE FARMS. rpENDERS will be received at the nr 1 of the Secretary to > Sembilan, up to noon cf 3i st j n i for the lease of the following 1904 e- aI,S COmmencin 00 Ist Separate tenders should be sent t
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    Why Joe is Loved and Hated.
    1327 3  -  THE STUDY OF CHAMBERLAIN’S PERSONALITY. By Arnold White. (London, Daily Mail.”) At the present moment the following should be of interest:— Ten years ago Mr. Chamberlain was more hated than loved. Even three years ago the best authorities in the House of Commons pronounced
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    The World’s Oil.
    354 3 So vast a portion of even the upper layers of the earth’s crust is still unexplored, that the best estimates that can be formed of the quantity of any particular mineral remaining in them, must needs be largely speculative. It is not very long since it was
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      345 3 Trade g/ 9w?lL> H n JUST RECEIVED A. Very Choice Selection of RIGAUD’S PARIS PERFUMES In great variety and in handsome Bottles. White Violets, White Rose, Mimosa, jjoViil-Loiiis (xv), Jockey Club, &c., &c. -A_ZILjS>C2) Rigaud ’s Famous Eau-de-Cologne Make Your* House Beautiful Mirella enamel Gilds Everything. of all descriptions Looks
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      44 3 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm has no equal as a household liniment. It is the best known remedy for rheumatism, lame back, quinsy and glandular swellings, while for sprains, bruises, burns and scalds it is invaluable. One application gives relief. Try it. All dealers sell it.
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      197 3 TEN BOLD ASSERTIONS. Regarding Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. 1. It affords quick relief in cases of colic, cholera morbus and pains in the stomach. 2. It never fails to effect a cure in the most severe cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. 3. It is a sure cure for
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      708 3 Graham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street, Penang. a. o HALL’S Coc 5* w. WINE 2 A HALL'S c»o. g > WINE O Anti >—j the groat restorative and the finest nervine White-Ant. for influenza, mental and physical fatigue, [neuralgia, Ac. A Valuable .r-4 Q Mixture for des- fij
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    THE WEEK.
    116 4 Saturday, 13th Homeward Mail expected to leave Town Band, Golf Club, at 5-30 p.m. High-water 2-10 a.m. and 2 35 pm. Sunday, 14th Ist Sunday after Trinity. High-water 3-0 a.in. and 3-25 p.m. Monday, 15th Penang Hunt, Meat at Dato Kramat Gardens, at 5 p.m. sharp. Town Band,
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    Birth.
    23 4 Sarkies. —At Grassbank Oxley Road, Singapore, the 9th June, the wife of A. M. Sarkies, of a daughter. Calcutta papers please copy.
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    Saturday, 13th June, 1903.
    2244 4 Considering the very gloomy accounts which are constantly reaching us of the state of famine and revolt in China, it is surprising that we in Penang should be suffering from a dearth of labour. To anyone who has been in China, even if the visit has
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    TELEGRAMS.
    211 4 RE UTE a.,, c S.) THE SERVIAN CRIJij/ Pbkt EKDEB Proclaimed London, ion, t The Servian Army has JUne ecl the pretender Peter v vitch King of Servin' vitch is atpresent at Geneva^T B*’ 8 fesses astonishment at which have taken place in The Death Roll. n official statement
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    The Yacht “Valhalla.”
    334 4 (From a Correspondent) The presence of the VaTudhi, the yacht of the Earl of Crawford, in these waters again, brings to my recollection a pkasing incident which occurred in the English Channel «bout this time last yctir. I think every member of the Coronation Contingent (Penang and
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    91 4 St. George’s Church. First Sunday after Trinity. 8 a.m. Matins.— (Choral.} 8- am. Holy Communion. (P n r 9- a.m. Holy 5 p.m. Sunday School. 6 p.m. Evensong and Sermon. Church of the Assumptk»- First Mass, at 6-15 a.m.; High A a 11 and Vespers and Benediction, at
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    Week by Week.
    1009 5 Friday night. further notice of the recent Straits to the Imperial Service Order, brief telegraphic item which ap--1 1 in y° ur ssne Tuesday, is P ?sri ted- The Order was only established riirra r n iM To', its object being to reward long 1 Meritorious service
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    Treacher Girls’ School, Taiping.
    162 5 A correspondent writes under date of 11th instant: —The monthly test was duly held this morning at 10 a.m. The judges being Miss Ellis and Mr. Myricks. The whole affair was got through, such ns the wand drill, bar, and the 'dumbell exercises admirably. The songs,
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    Police Court.
    158 5 (Bench Court, before Messrs. F'arrer and Talma.) Bukit Mertajam, 12th June Old Offenders Arrested. Low Ah Kuan was sentenced to six month’s bard labour for being in dishonest possession of a gun valued at $l. He had four previous convictions. San tian got one year and in addition
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    Murder by a Foreigner in Shanghai.
    221 5 —xV. C. Daily jX\ics. Quite a sensation was caused in Shanghai on the news that a Chinese had been stabbed to death, apparently without provocation, by a resident foreigner. It seems that shortly before 1 a.m. on Friday, as four native carpenter’s assistants were
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    The Late Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Reardon.
    273 5 A gentleman in Penang received a wire from Malacca earl} 7 yesterday morning saying that Assistant-Surgeon J. A. Reardon died some time the previous night. The deceased passed out of College in Madras in 1879, and after serving in the Indian Civil Medical Department
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    The Colour Question.
    296 5 Australia and the Mail Contracts. The action of the Commonwealth Parliament in regard to the mail contract does not find favour with the whole of the Australian Press. There is the probability,” says the Melbourne Ary us, that we shall have to pay dearly for our policy,
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    The Bullet Question.
    646 5 The recent disaster in Somaliland has given rise to a renewed controversy at Home upon the desirability of employing in savage warfare some bullet that is more efficient for its purpose than most of those used in modern rifles. There seems to be conclusive evidence that the
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    Tod Sloan.
    158 5 The Jockey Club of France has given an adverse decision against Tod Sloan, and the subject is the one topic of conversation in sporting circles. Sloan galloped a mare, Rose of May, on the private training course at Chantilly. In view of the previous decisions against Sloan it
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    The King’s Tour.
    220 5 A Russian View. Referring to the comments made by the French newspapers on the subject of King Edward’s visit to Paris, the Russian Novosti observes that, so far from losing by the Anglo French rapprochement, the FrancoRussian alliance can only profit by it. There are already, says
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    Find of Treasure in Burma.
    538 5 Treasure of great historical interest has been found in one of the four Pagodas built in Shwebo by the Queen of Naungdawgyi. The treasure had laid hidden in a chamber for the last 140 years. At the bottom of the chamber, nearly covered with dust,
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    The Cannibal Tree.
    209 6 The most wonderful forest tree in the world, perhaps, is the cannibal tree,” of Australia. It grows up in the shape of a huge pineapple, and seldom attains a height of more than eleven feet. It has a series of broad, beardlike leaves, growing in a fringe
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    The Reception of Mir. Chamberlain’s New Policy.
    602 6 The Empire-policy declared by Mr. Chamberlain has set the wild echoes flying round the world. It is characteristic of that great statesman that he has lifted the question of the corn duty off the plane of a somewhat sordid squabble as to the
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      1164 6 LET. FOR SALE QMALL BUNGALOW Unfurnished. roomy anJ ~fortable victoria, in O A PPv at good condition. Also an almost new 610 382 UPPER BURMAH ROAD, set of single harness. Apply to R. A. LAW, Municipal Notice. Bon Accord 9th June, 1903. Penang. Applications for the following ap- 521 pointments
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      132 6 Change of Water often brings on diarrhoea. For this reason many experienced travelers carry a bottle of Chamberlain s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with them to be used in case of an emergency. This preparation has no equal as a cure for bowel complaints. It cannot be obtained while
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    207 7 Orders by Captain A. IL Adams, Commandant. Orders for June. Drills. Recruits Drill every Tuesday and Thursthe Fort at 5 30 p.m. 8 Class Firing. Class Firing will bo carried out every Cftturday and Sunday. Firing to commence pin. °n Saturdays and 7-80 a.m. n Sundays. Danc< and
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    List of Passengers.
    124 7 Passengers Outward. Per P. and 0. steamer Japan, from London, May 16. —To Yokohama Mr. M. A. Jackson. To Hong Kong Lieut, and Hrs. J. H. Messenger and child, Engineer Vv. G. Burnett, Sub Lieut. Bashford, SubLieut. C. F. S. Dan by, Sub-Lieut. Down. To Singapore Mrs.
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      1515 8 11 s I FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. a ;g *-i A >®s g J I rfl Time Table from Ist November, 1902. i 1 g g O -WEEK-DAYS. SUNDAYS, "Z 5 Z STATIONS. TTsTs 4 5 6 7|B I 9 10 11 Yl 18 14 15 |l6 I 17 18
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      393 8 Eminem c Works 4O Wf2 Dqu T O NS L ORE r- 81 ?EACH S^EE Standard THE 76th Annual General v the Standard Life A? leeti n» m .."SIXjS, 1 4446 Policies were issued d a POrtel: rug the year, assuring The Total Existing Assurances ill force at 15th November
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