Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 June 1904

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 144. VOL. LXII. THURSDAY. 30th JUNE, 1904. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1254 2 Progrstmme for Autumn Meeting, FIRST DAY, Tuesday, 26th July, 1904. t. The Maiden Piste. Y alue $5OO.—A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lOst.) An allowance of 141bs. to all ex-Griflins. Entrance, $lO. Distance, one mile. 2. First Griffin Race. 3 alue $lOO ami $lOO
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      450 2 Banks. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital Paid up £BOO,OOO Reserve Fund £BOO,OOO Reserve Liability of Proprietors £BOO,OOO HE M> < >FFICE HATTON COURT, THREADNEEDLE STREET. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES. Bomba v Hamburg Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh Singapore Batavia Kobe Shanghai Calcutta Kuala Lumpur Sourabaya Colombo
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      741 2 to I OMONJ> Bungalow, f roin lGi 1 Apply to ApjijH I 72 I KINTA TIN DIVIDEND Fno. 6. I Al' B l HER dividend of G<l K M has been declared. ;1V ;,|,1 '-v.H on June the 30th, and will 1„. ‘‘"’'kß local Shareholders as soon as tip’ r,.'"
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    CRUDE GUTTA PERCHA TRADE.
    2486 3 RUBBER in the federated MALAY STATES. an interesting review. a most interesting and readable account of the trade in crude gutta-percha is contributed to the “Northern Whig” by a correspondent who has evidently seen a good deal of that sort of life. There are errors in
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    THE BURMAH RUBBER PIONEER.
    203 3 HIS OPINION OF CEYLON PRODUCE. Mr. W. S. Todd, the pioneer of rubber cultivation in Burma, passed through Colombo on his way home. He saw a few of the plantations in Ceylon, and thinks that the growth there is the same as in Burma, perhaps freer.
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    HE WAS-YOU CAN BE.
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      35 3 The Efficacy of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm in the relief of rheumatism is being demonstrated daily. If troubled with this painful disease procure a bottle at once, One application relieves the pain. All dealers sell it.
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    TO-DAY’S SUMMARY.
    78 4 The Japanese have occupied Chikwan, which is another step nearer Port Arthur. Another Russian disaster at home is reported. 21 men have been drowned in an over-loaded submarine. Mr. Balfour is optimistic regarding the Army Reform problem. The difficulties, he says, are only difficulties of detail. A big
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    Thursday, 30th June, 1904.
    1116 4 To the “Nineteenth Century” for June Mr. O. Eltzbacher contributes an article dealing with the question which has been exercising the minds of politicians in Europe for some time, namely, the Yellow Peril. Mr. Eltzbacher does not agree that China will become a military power of
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    MUNICIPAL MEETING.
    170 4 The following are the Agenda for the Municipal Meeting to-morrow- 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. To consider and, if thought fit, pass Supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1904. Business for Ordinary Meeiing. 1. Any special business the President may bring forw-ard. 2.
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    SHAKESPEARE BENGALI-IZED.
    380 4 “CYMBELINE” PLAYED BY PARSEES AT THE TOWN HALL. BENEFIT FOR THE PENANG BAND. The Parsee Curzon Theatrical Company staged a play entitled Zoolme Narawa,” an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Cymbeline,” at the Town Hall last night. Although the Town Hall stage is not considered to offer great facilities for
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    MURDER AT A WAYANG.
    155 4 SCENE AT A CHINESE CLUB. On Sunday afternoon the Chinese Entertainment Club engaged a n-ayang to play in front of the Club House in Club-st. Singapore. There was a big crowd present and while the tea yang was in full swing a Chinese Baba ran out
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    KUALA LUMPUR.
    141 4 27th June, 1904. It is said that Father A. Catesson of Seremban was in the running for the Bishopric of Malacca and lost the nomination by only two votes. lowkay Foo Choo Choon left here yester day morning for Kampar. This liberal Towkay has promised a substantial sum
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    TAIPING.
    117 4 28th June. It is reported that a house w-as broken into on the 23rd instant in Bidor and about two piculs of tin ore, valued at about $7O, stolen. Raja Long, who has been away in Port Dickson, returned to Teluk Anson yesterday by the Esmeralda, and is due
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    THE “AUSTRALIA” DISASTER.
    912 4 SOME DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT. WHERE SHE STRUCK THE ROCKS. Those who knew the good old Australia, cannot but regret the accident which we reported a few days ago with any other feeling than of regret. She w-as one of the favourite boats of the P. O.
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    FROM EAST AND WEST.
    399 4 NOTES AND NOTIONS FR ,u THE WORLD’S PRESS Chinese Punishments A German lawyer has been retains, the Board of Punishments to draw i 7 new Code of Penal Laws for the Cl.; Times,” Pekin. An Oxford Edict. The black coat edict (making obligatory on candidates to
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    London Day By Day.
    322 4 THE GOLF TOURNAMENT. Fleet St. June 4th For the first time in the history of the competition the amateur golf championship has been taken out of the United Kingdom. Mr. Walter J. Travis, the American champion, beating Mr. Edward Blackwell in the final yesterday on the
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    THE LONELY PLANTER.
    87 4 In America, all novelty in the way 0 advertisment seems eagerly caught up, a correspondent of the Times of Ceyh l l How w-ould advertisements in rhyme for a change, such as the following: I am only a lonely planter For alas I have no wife, Will
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    PORT ARTHUR—TO-DAY AND TEN YEAS AGO.
    2288 5 AN INTERESTING COMPARISON. HOW THE CHINESE LOST THE STRONGHOLD. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELF? JAPAN’S GREAT TASK. The Japanese are occupying to-day practically the same positions as they did ten rears ago, during the war with China. Then, as recently, the Second Army landed flt
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    BRITISH ARMY REFORM.
    174 5 SERIOUS NATURE OF THE POSITION THE PROBLEM SOLUBLE. Mr. BALFOUR OPTIMISTIC AS EVER. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th June. In the House of Commons during an Army debate, Mr. Arnold Forster denied that recruiting had fallen off, but said it was difficult to exaggerate the seriousness of the
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    A NEW VIEW OF SABANG.
    98 5 NOT THE COMING PORT AS REPRESENTED. A correspondent of the Sumatra Post who visited Sabang, a few weeks ago, gives a very doleful account of the place. The only advantages the port can boast of are the possession of large stocks of coal and facilities
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    NEARING PORT ARTHUR.
    37 5 SEVERE LAND FIGHTING AROUND THE STRONGHOLD. CHIKWAN OCCUPIED. [Our Exclusive Service.] Kobe, 29th June. The Japanese have occupied Chikwan, another step nearer to Port Arthur. The fighting was severe. There were one hundred casualties.
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    THE FALLEN JAPANESE.
    95 5 TO BE TREATED AS BRAVE FOES. KINDNESS BEGETS KINDNESS. [Reuter’s Service.] L-mdon, 30th June. A semi-official telegram has been received by General Kur >patkin at Liaoyang from St. Petersburg, directing the issue of an army order for the troops to treat fallen captured Japanese with the respect
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    ANOTHER RUSSIAN DISASTER.
    49 5 ACCIDENT TO A SUBMARINE. TWENTY-ONE DROWNED. [Reuter's Service.] London, 30th June. At St. Petersburg yesterday, 32 men entered the submarine vessel Delfin. The normal complement being ten men; this caused the vessel to sink prematurely. A Lieutenant and 20 men were drowned. The Delfin was recovered.
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    BIG FIRE AT KUALA LUMPUR
    106 5 NARROW ESCAPE OF MUNICIPAL BUILDINGS. WOMAN BURNT TO DEATH. [From Our Own Correspondent.] A big fire broke out at half past one o’clock this morning in some workmen s sheds on the bank of the River Gombak, next to the new Municipal Offices nearing completion.
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    JAPANESE OFFICIAL TELEGRAM.
    296 5 The following official telegrams from the Foreign Office at Tokyo have been received by Mr. Tanaka, the Japanese Consul at Singapore. Admiral Togo reports A wireless telegraph message from the picket cruiser off Port Arthur was received at 11 a.m. on the 23rd instant, to the effect
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    TIN IN WEST SUMATRA.
    207 5 A POSSIBLE RIVAL TO MALAYA. In the district of Kampar in West Sumatra, rich tin deposits are reported to be awaiting development. The authorities there only found this out the other day, when an American named Benson suddenly came upon the scene. Benson told them that
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    A SLIGHT UPON SINGAPORE.
    291 5 THE STRAITS TIMES INDIGNANT? Commercial Intelligence, is usually one of the best informed papers of its class that is published, says The Straits Times. In its latest issue, June Ist, it publishes a list of the 60 principal ports in the world all ports, the entered
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    A LION WRESTLER IN PENANG.
    129 5 THE MAN WHO FRIGHTENED SANDOW. Herr Pagel, a strong man who for a year or two past has been showing with Fitzgerald Bros, and with Bros Circus in Australia is passing through Penang to-day cn route for Europe. When Sandow was in Australia, Pagel challenged
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    CHINESE LABOUR IN SAMOA.
    328 5 A COMPLETE SUCCESS.” According to the Annual Report of the German Samoa Company for 1903, the introduction of Chinese coolies into Samoa, during that year, proved a complete success. About three hundred coolies were landed in April. They have proved not only cheaper than the native
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    Shipping and Commercial Intelligence.
    855 6 ARRIVALS. Ujina, Brit., 3426, Boon, June 29, Singapore, gen., H. L. Co. Borneo, Brit.. 2943, Gordon, June 29, Malta, gen.. P. O. S. N. Co. Sbgovia, Ger., 3795, Forck. June 30, Singapore, gen., Belin Meyer, A Co. Lat Sang, Brit., 2229, Tadd, June 30, Singapore, gen.,
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    SELANGOR TURF CLUB.
    780 6 THE LAST DAY OF THE JUNE MEETING. A LOCAL RETROSPECT. Saturday saw the conclusion of our Race Meeting, says the Malay Mail, one w hich in spite of all that the executive could do to make it a success, turnd out to be the poorest we have
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    282 6 June 30, 1904. The Norddeutscher Lloyd s.s. Main 6.582 tons, arrived in Hongkong harbour on Saturday morning, The Main is commanded bv Captain C. von B well. She left Bremen n May 5. h ’.vng b- 'n chartered b-ztlieGeriniiG ve n neiU f r trins >rting e’.ef
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