Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 January 1906

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 20 VOL. LXIV. WEDNESDAY, 24th JANUARY, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1343 2 PRYE BIVER DOCK LAUNCHES. PBHANG VOLUNTEERS. n m f f 1 1 17,111,11 D V Eng C and C tbe Wp" ORDEES BY CAPTAIN A R ADAMS TAN GY L S LI MIIL U. Il W W WTfc U W I*> I a double launch will be run instead of
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    EDUCATION IN TAIPING.
    1823 3 OPENING OF KING EDWARD VII SCHOOL. [From Our Otvn Correspondent Taiping, 22nd Jan. The 19 th instant was a red-letter day here, and one that will live in the annals of Perak history. The new schod buildings, which I mentioned in a. former repoi t as doing
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    HUMAN SEXUAL SELECTION.
    483 3 PROFESSORS AT PLAY. When a blue-eyed man is attracted by a blue-eyed woman, he may as well marry her at once and have it done with. It will be useless for him to flee from his fate. Statistics have him in their grip. For in spite of
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      1118 3 Anglo Chinese SCHOOL. Strength after illness can be built 4 mt ah n up rapidly with LEMCO.* The Old Boys Social Even- it gives tone, energy ing will be held on Saturday, an^ v e *concentrated the 27th, from 8 p.m. at the X school. All desirous ol attending value
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    THE WEEK.
    136 4 WedarJiJAy, 241 R. Proclamation. z Town Barnk-TL-idaiuide, 6 to 7-p.ijK, High water 1.16 [>. in. Low water 7 llia.m. 1 'l.hqr*«iay. 251 h January. Ndw Mo'qu. ,/Clpnese jctf'Year. <* z-.,y,n Public Holifiav. 1 r >‘ r t < CricketHm'ah’? r. Perak;; *<: H igh xva€er 2 1 ,<iw
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    Wednesday, 24th January, 1906.
    1095 4 One of those curiosities in law that crop hip now and agtin. giving the averngu lav mind -fooil for furious thought, is reported in the Singapore papers. The’ other day, Mr. Low'd, on behalf of, the Opium Fanner, charged Poll Pang with possession of two bottles
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    APPEAL COURT.
    289 4 THE BILLS OF LADING CASE. In the Supreme Court, the appeal in the bills of lading case engaged the attention of the Full Court of Appeal (Chief Justice Sir Lionel Cox; Mr. Justice Law, Mr. Justice Thorpton, and Mr. Justice. Fisher) for the whole of Monday and yesterday.
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      THE VISIT OF PRINCE ARTHUR.
      376 4 To The Editor of the “Pinaug Gazette".] Sir, There would appear to be a considerable amojntof misconception as to t lisappr a ‘hing function, if function it mav in tiuth be termed. Vials of journalistic wrath have bsen outpoured upon those responsible for the arrangements
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    CRICKET.
    132 4 PENANG r>. PERAK. rii.i The cricket niJitch" against Perak commences on the Esplanade to-morrow forenoon. The following will probably represent Perak —Col. Walker, Capt. Barrett, Messrs. Haynes, Dunsford, Murray, Faithfull, Stronach, MacKenzie, Grenier, Woodford, and Neubronner. Our Taiping contemporary considers the above team deplorably weak. The Penang representatives will
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    929 4 P. C. C. v. FREE SCHOOL. The recent improved form shown by the Penang Free School footballers gave risei to a hope that in their League match against the Penang Cricket Club, thev would give the prenner team a hard run for victory and, consequently, a very largg'
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      605 4 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. RACE WEEK. SPECIAL DINNER, Tuesday 301 h January, Thursday Ist February, Saturday '3rd February.- SPECIAL TIFFIN, .ON 4' Monday 29th January, :4? h> Wednesday 31st January, Friday 2nd February. BAND. SARKIES BROTHERS, fiPrejudetars.. International Hotel. RACE WEEK. SPECIAL TIFFINS and DINNERS, ON TUESDAY 30th JANUARY. WEDNESDAY 31st
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      113 4 P&P-P&NS must be addressed, tp. Editor, 1 Wintteii on one.side paper only [ahd vecbmpanied by the name and address not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. Jfl LL monies iA'hst b'e paid to the.. General at the Pinang.Gazette" Penang. LL business.cominunications shout’d heauL jfC*- d^esysed'to tlie
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    THE GENERAL ELECTION.
    153 5 STATE OF THE PARTIES. the liberals and the LABOURITES. If CHAMBERLAIN on the situation. [Reuters Sei*vice London, 24th Jan. Tiie following is now .the state of the unties Liberals, '286 Labourites, 35 Nationilists, 79 Unionists, 121. The election at East Worcester has •esulted as follows \lr. Austen
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    70 5 VIEWS OF BOER IRRECONCILABLES. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Jan. Mr. Steyn, Ex-President of the Orange Fiee State, speaking at Dewetsdorp, on the occasion of the re-interment of the remains of some burghers who fell in the war, urged the avoidance of foreign ways and appealed to mothers to
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    THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
    59 5 RUMOURED NEGOTIATIONS FOR SALE TO JAPAN. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Jan. There are persistent rumours in New York thjtt Mr. L. E. Wright, the new American Ambassador to Japan, has been empowered to discuss at Tokio the question of the sale of the Phillipine Islands, as America
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    THE EXPLOSION ON AN IRONCLAD.
    47 5 NUMBER OF SAVED AND DROWNED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Jan. The number of persons who perished on boir.l the Brazilian ironclad which sunk near Rio de Janeiro as the result of the explosion of her magazine, is 212. Ninety-eight men were saved.
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    FRENCH GOVERNMENT DEFEATED.
    28 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Jan. The French Government has been defeated on the estimates for the Ministry of the Interior by 300 votes to 219.
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    THE MOROCCO CONFERENCE.
    25 5 [Rrutkr’s Service.] London, 23rd Jan. The Morocco Conference his agreed to five clauses dealing with the suppression of contraband arms in Morocco.
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    TARIFF WAR IN AUSTRIA AND SERVIA.
    28 5 [Reuter’s Service.] I «oiidoii, 21th J an. An acute tariff war has begun between Austria and Servia, and is causing great ill-feeling.
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    THE ROYAL FAMILY.
    18 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Jan. Princess Alexander of Teck has been delivered of a daughter.
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    RUSSIA.
    16 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 23rd Jan. The anniversary of R«d Sunday passed off quietly throughout Russia.
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    THE “ROKEBY VENUS. ”
    251 5 THE “ROKEBY VENUS. PURCHASED FOR THE lATIOI. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 23rd Jan. An anonymous donor has come forward and guaranteed the purchase, on behalf of the nation, of Velasquez’s celebrated painting Venus with the Mirror.” The price is between forty and forty five thousand pounds. [This painting, which had until
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    STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
    163 5 NEW COLONIAL SECRETARY'. [A’ro/n Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 24th Jan. Captain Arthur Henderson Young, c.m.g Chief Secretary to the Government of Cyprus since 1894, has been appointed Colonial Secretary of the Straits Settlements. [Capt. Young was born in 1854, his father being the late Colonel Keith Young, c.
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    FARNHAM, BOYD & CO.
    37 5 FARNHAM, BOYD CO. RECONSTRUCTION OF FIRM. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Shanghai, 24th Jan. The engineering firm of Messrs. F .rnham, Boyd Co., Ltd., has been re-constructed under th style of the Shangh li Dock Engineering Co Ltd.
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    CHINO-JAPAN TREATY.
    23 5 RATIFIED AT PEKING. [From Our Oum Correspondent.] Shanghai, 24th Jan. The treaty between China and Japan his been ratified at Peking.
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    Penang Races.
    217 5 Essington Scratched. We are sorrv to announce that the well-known rac# horse Essington lias been scratched for all events. will, therefore, be out of the big races for the Club Handicap and the New Year Stakes at next Penang Meeting. In the Club Handicap, in consequence of this
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    THE DIOCESE OF SINGAPORE. AND SARAWAK.
    1115 5 PROPOSED DIVISION. Yesterday evening, the Lord Bishop of the Diocese of Singapore, Labuan, and Sarawak, met a number of gentlemen at the Residency to further an object he has very much at heart, namely, the proposed division of his diocese, whick was establishod nearly
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    THE GENERAL ELECTION.
    629 5 FURTHER RESULTS. From Rangoon exchanges, we find the following election results, supplementary to those already wired to Penang by Reuter London Boroughs. Haggerston, Mr. W. R. Cremer (Lib.); St. Pancras South, Mr. P. Wilson (L'b.), gain; St. Pancras West, Mr. Collins (Lib.), gain; St. Pancras East, Mr.
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    Kinta Gymkhana Club.
    1010 5 PROGRAMME. 20th, 22nd and 24th February, 1906. FIRST DAY. I. The Maiden Plate. Value $4OO. For all Maidens. Weight per scale (10 st.) Allowance of 14 lbs. to all S. R. A. Ex-Griffins imported at $4OO or less and 5 lbs. to those imported at a higher
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    625 6 The iron ship Troop 1,526 tons register, carries 2,246 tons deadweight, built by Messrs. A. M ‘Millan and Son, Dumbarton, has been sold to Norwegians for about £3,800. The flagship was in communication with the warships in harbour by wireless telegraphy some time before her approach was
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    111 6 Gnelsenau, Ger., 50 '3, Bolte, Jan. 23, Yokohama, gen., Behn Meyer < o. Lai Sang, Brit., 3460, Lake, Jan. 24, Calcutta, gen., Boustead o. Ischia, Ital., 278 t, < ojliolo, Jan. 21, Hongkong, gen., Behn Meyer <Sr o. Ban Wnatt Soon, Brit 199, Glerd.iy, Jan, 24, Singapore, gen
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    30 6 Rotorua for Tongkah. Lai Sang for Singapore and Hongkong. Asahan for Asa han. Nubia for Singapore, China, and Japan. Malaya for Deli. Zieten for Singapore, China, and Japan.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    86 6 PER:— Teksta for Singapore, at 11 a.m tomorrow. Perak for Port Swettenham and Malacca, at at 1 p.m on Friday. Jin Ho for Langkat, at. 1 p.m. on Friday. Ban Whatt Soon for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 2 p.m. on Friday. Tong Cray Un for Batu Bahra
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    101 6 .Vann of Steamer, where from, <>/>/>> o t fdate of arrival, inhere /»<>»<„./, agent*. Bknleoi, from London, Jan. 27. for Singapore, China, and Japan S. Buttery Co. Kit Sang, from Singapore, Jan. 25, for < alcutta. Boustead 1 <». Saxon ia, from Hambu-g, Jan. 26, for SingsChina and
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    50 6 Per s. s. Ban Whatt Soon, from Singapore, Mr. Williams from Port Swettenham, Mrs Burke, and family. Pers s. Tara fro inßangoon. Messis. J. Wallace, Greenwood, Paul Becker,Schmidt, midt. Ah Khew and Ah 1 bin. Per s. s. Van der Pari a from Deli, Mr. and Mrs. Kehding.
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 6 Penang, 24th January, 1906. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3g 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 2/4 J 3 Documentary 2'4 9/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 17J. 3 days’ sight Private liT4 Bombay, Demand Bank 171 3 days’ sight Private 174 Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    173 6 Penang, 24th January, 1906. Gold leaf 81 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz.) slock White Pepi»er 30. sales Trang Pepper 21. buyers. Mace 75. sellers. Mace Pickings 60. sellers. B. Nutmegs 110 31 sales. I* No. 1 6.10 Sugar. ~2 x •>< I Basket 320 sales. Tupioea Flour
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    SHARES.
    515 6 rOf r Nun ber PaW For- Capital. of j Value up. Stocks. Quotation», mation. Shares. I I MINING. 1903 $300,000 $30,000 $lO 0 Belat Tin Mining. Co. Ltd. $4 1900 175,000 13,500 10 10 Bersawah Gold Ming Co. Ld. 14. sir'. 1901 600,C00 60,000 10 10 Bruseh Hydraulic Tin
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES.
    818 6 MiHMtes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Friday, the 12th January, 1906. Present. J. W. Hallifax, Esq., {President), A. R. Adams, Esq., Dr. P. V. Locke, Lim Eu Toh, Esq., L. H. Clayton, Esq., and Lo Beng Quang, Esq. I. The minutes of the last
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