Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 January 1906

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 23 VOL. LXIV. TUESDAY, 30th JANUARY, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    Kinta Gymkhana Club.
    1009 2 PROGRAMME. 20th, 22nd and 24th February, 1906. FIRST DAY. 1. 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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      245 2 THEAN CHEE 6 Co., rrr /NZ* and P° lishes p<rt s ana 14, Bishop Street. Pans, Glass and China, II B WK and all metals, but ARE NOW SHOWING NOVELTIES A W T WASH CL THEB, Aaa Will do a thou sand I thing’s to make Home I bright and
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    LOADING OF FOREIGN SHIPS.
    1765 3 regard to passenger vessels— Daily Telegraph, Dec. 30th. GOVERNMENT ACTION. On Monday next an Act comes into operation which will extend the liabilty of British shipowner for injuries to workmen on his vessel to foreign sh ps in British ports. z\t the present time, if an
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    ELEPHANTS AT WORK.
    620 3 PILING TEAK AT RANGOON. The correspondent of a Ceylon contemporary gives the following account of how the Princess and Prince of Wales saw elephants piling teak during their recent visit to Rangoon On the level, sludgy banks of a creek, just below Rangoon, eleven fine elephants awaited
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    Passengers for the Straits.
    204 3 Per P. it O. steamer Mongolia, from London, .January sth, connecting with the Dongola at Colombo —To Penang, Mr. M. W. Grieve, Mr. G. A. Hereford, Mr. W. M. Browell, Prince and Princess Dhuleep Singh. To Singapore, Mr. H. P. Lawrence, Mr. J. M. Maitland Kir
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    TOPICS OF THE HOUR.
    887 3 The other day someone was lecturing on women (which is not a wise thing to do) and said that the men women really love are the mediocrities. To which a woman writer has rather caustically replied that women do not love mediocrities, but merely marry them.
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    THE WEEK.
    117 4 Tuesday. 30th January. Penang Races. Madame Bassett’s Concert, Engiribters v Institute. ,h High water (>.28 p.m.Low water 12.28 a.mr Wednesday. 31st January Assault-at-Arms, Sepoy Lines 4 BO’p.irt. o Town Band, Esplanade, Hto 7 p.m. •t. High water 7.20 p.m. ‘Low water I 20n.‘m. Thursday. Ist February. I t
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    Tuesday, 30th January, 1906.
    1878 4 Our inforinacioli published yesterday with regard to the fixing of the dollar is. confirmed by a telegram from our Sltigapore correspondent which appears in our columns to-day and gives the Government's reasons for deciding to sell dollars at two shillings and four pence. That the rate
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    702 4 TENNIS TOURNAMENT ENTRIES. The following is a list of the entries for the different events in the Pen a noCricket Club Tennis Tournament. \V e have endeavoured to show also, .is far as possible, the drawing for the Ist round, mentioning the cases where players g >
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      109 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed;, to. The Editor,” written on one sidepffhe paper only and accompanied by w name and address not necessarily for, inception but as a guarantee of good faith. monies must be paid to the GefrefgJ,. Manager at the Tinting Gazette” Qffitffj LL business dommitnicatioiis should Jte.gsira dressed
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    156 4 DEATHPetekson. —At 178, Bunuali Road,' Penang, Henry Hilary Peterson, father of H. H. .Peterson. Municipality, Pepaijg,, aged '7-7 years. —S. S. and F. M. >B., paps£s pleasĕ copy. t OBITUARY. •v-' <.? i KING OF DENMARK.- I [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th Jan. The King of Denmark is dead. His Majesty
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    THE MOROCCO QUESTION.
    196 5 I GERMAN AMBASSADOR’S OPTIMISM. I SENSATIONAL UTTERANCE BY ■resident of the REICHSTAG. Irritating effect at algeciras. [Rkuteii’s Skkvicic.] I London, 29th Jan. \t a banquet given in honour of the ■Riser’s birthday, in the German Colony ■n Faris, Prince, yon R idol in. the German Embassador to
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    THE STRAITS DOLLAR
    89 5 FIXED AT,2s. 4d. [From Our Oivu Correspondent.] Singapore, 29th Jan. His Excellency the Governor, speaking at a special meeting of the Legislative Council called this afternoon, said he had decided to fix the value of the dollar at twenty-eight pence. He had decided upon this because he
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    RUSSIA.
    53 5 MUSSULMAN CONGRESS PROHIBITED. [Reuter’s Service.] London. 30th Jan. The meeting of a Pan-Russian Mussulman Congress at St. Petersburg has been prohibited by the authorities, although delegates arrived in St. Petersburg from the most distant parts of the Empire, including Turkestan ami 'Tomsk, to attend it. The delegates have appealed
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    THE BALKANS.
    44 5 TURCO-BULGARIAN FRICTION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 30tb. Jan. The Bulgarian Government, replying to the Turkish objections to the Serbo-Bul-garian Customs Union, which was the original cause of the tariff dispute between Austria and Servia, refuses energetically to tolerate Turkish intervention in the matter.
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    FOOTBALL.
    409 5 STRAITS JOCKEYS ON THE ESPLANADE. Considerable amusement was afforde d yesterday evening when a football match, ‘•Jockeys v. Penang Cricket Club,” was fixed to take place on the Esplanade. As, however, the number of riders was in excess of the required*televen and as the P.C.C.. on the other hand,
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    THE MALAY STATES GUIDES.
    136 5 PROGRAMME FOR TO-MORROW’S. ASS AULT-AT-ARMS. The Assault-at-Arins to be held by the Mplay States Guides to-morrow afternoon at the Parade Ground, Sepoy Lines, promises to be a great success. The proceedings commence at 5 p.m, and the following is the programme 1. Horizontal Bar. Gymnastic Staff.
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    Fatal Stabbing Affray.
    254 5 A fatal affray took place between some Macao Chinese in front of No. 39 Ropewalk shortly after ten o’clotfk this morning. The disturbance is alleged to have been caused over a gambling dispute. Words led to blows and the proceedings terminated in a man named Ng Ah
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    THE INDIA RUBBER MARKET.
    873 5 GOW, WILSON STANTON’S REPORT. London, January sth. At to-day’s auction, 233 packages of Ceylon and Straits Settlements Plantations grown rubber were offered, 183 of which were sold. This was a very interesting offering amounting in all to nearly ten tons, Ceylon contributing about 3} tons and
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    OCCASIONAL NOTES.
    686 5 Before very long I fancy the P. W. D. will have to acknowledge that the seafront off Weld Quay and the new jetty sheds are beyond all reclamation. Whether it is due to faulty construction, lack of intelligent supervision, or merely natural causes, the result is the same.
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    676 6 The big Boston steamship Company liner Shawmut which is due to arrive at Hongkong shortly from Puget Sound by the way of Japan, will bring a battery of guns for use in Philippine fortifications in addition to an immense cargo of miscellaneous freight intended for the Orient.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    94 6 BesiTang, Dut., 251, Liberg, Jan. 29, P. Brandan, Oil., Boustead Co. Idomeneus, Brit, 4250, Nish, Jan. 29, Yokohama, gen,, W. Mansfield Co. Benledi, Brit., 2509 Potter, Jan. 30, London, gen., S. Buttery Co. C. Apcar,Brit., 1730, Stewart, Jan. 30, Calcutta, gen., A. A. Anthony o. Cornelia, Brit., 247,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    51 6 Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. Rotorua for Tongkah. Jin Ho for Langkat. C. Apcar for Singapore and Hongkong. Tong Chay Un Batu Bahra and Asahan. Chan Tai for Perlis and Setul. Ptn Seng for Port Swettenham and S’pore. Lady Weld for Teluk Anaon. Flying Fish for Port
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    68 6 PER:— Mary Austin for Port Swettenham, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Langkat for Teluk Anson, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Solfond for Rangoon, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Resident Halewyn for Pangkor, at 4 p.m to morow. Glentcrref for Colombo, at 4 p.m. to-morrow. Avagyke for Deli, at 1 p.m. on
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    64 6 nf Sleatner, where frnm, uppror.i •>•<!!* •late of arrival, where bmtnti, swl agent». Lightning, from Singapore, Feb. 2, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Persia, from Colombo, Feb. 6, for Singapore China, and Janan, S. Kustermon <fr Co. Dongola, from Colombo, Feb. 1, for Singapore and China, A.
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    21 6 Pers. s. C. Apcar from Calcutta, Mrs. Macar and three children, Messrs, E. M. Gregory and E. A. Manasseh,
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    EXCHANGE.
    129 6 Penang, 30th January, 1906. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank. 1 London Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2 4 11/16 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 172 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay, Demand Bank 172 3 days’ sight Private 176 Madras,
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    PRODUCE.
    181 6 [Penang, 30th Januaiiy, 1906. Gold leaf 81. Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz.) stock. White Pepper 30. sales Trang Pepper 21. buyers. MaCe 75. sellers. Mace Pickings <5. se l-rs. B. 110 31. sellers. /■No. 1 6. Sugar. < 2 x Basket 320 tales. Tapioca Flour 1.90 <«>«.
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    SHARES.
    523 6 Year of Number p; i For- Capital. of Vahie up Stocks. Quotations, mation. Shares. I le MINING. 1903 $300,000 $30,000 $lO $lO IMat Tin Mining. Co. Ltd. $4 rs. 1900 175,000 13,;>00 10 10 Bersawah Gold Min’gCo. Ld. 14. /dr 1901 600, i 00 (»0,000 10 IQ Bruseh Hydraulic
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