Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 August 1906

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 198 VOL. LXIV. FRIDAY, 31st AUGUST, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      544 2 THEAN CHEE Co., ui W WERE AWARDED TflE to allow your linen to be rubbed 14, Bishop Street. gZld medal Ef b ced tatlBr upon roua:h \Jk f// stones. Insist upon ARE NOW SHOWING A LARGE ANO VARIED STOCK IN RIS EXHIBITION. ISu 111 ioht It X?«hU, Penang, K I
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    JAPAN’S RACE FOR WEALTH.
    1300 3  -  F. A. McKenzie in the Doily Mail THE METHODS OF MONOPOLY. A long, well-lit room filled with hundreds of girls, each sitting or standing over a machine or by a table. Attired in bright kimonos, with hair quaintly dressed, yellowfaced, slant-eyed, chattering and smiling, they embodied
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    356 3 Per P. O. steamer Mongolia from London. August 17th, connecting at (Colombo with the steamer Dongola, due at Penang, Septemlier 13th -To Penang. Mr. H. F. Bracken. To Singapore. Mr. G. Mac Bain, Miss C. Macgregor, Miss M. Nixon, Miss L. Whaley. Rev. A. J. Gray,
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    RUBBER PLANTATIONS.
    1253 3 GOVERNMENT COMPETITION. At the annual meeting of the United Planters’ Association of South India, onj the 12th inst., at Bangalore, the Hon. Mr. H. P. Hodgson moved a resolution deprecating very strongly the by Government with private enterprise in the matter of rubber planting, and said Among planters
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    Strange Tales of Korea and Japan.
    342 3 An extraordinary story of an incident which is alleged to have taken place in the Ham Heung district of Korea appears in the Kot can Times. The newspaper declares that during the demolition by the Japanese authorities of a building known as Koo Cheum
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    284 3 ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A R. ADAMS. COMMANDANT. SeptembefTlWfr Saturday, Ist inst. P, V. Shooting Club, p. m. Monday, 3rd inst. Recruit Drill, 5-30 p.m. Wednesday, sth inst. Recruit Drill. 5-30 p.m. Saturday. Bth inst P. 11. Shooting Club, p.m. Monday, 10th inst. Recruit Drill, 5-30 p. in. Wednesday,
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      79 3 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful attention as soon as the first unnatural looseness of the bowels appears. The best medicine in use for bowel complaint is Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as it promptly
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      84 3 A Good Rule for the Home.. Make it one of your regular habits to keep Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in your home as a safeguard against a sudden attack of bowel eompl.iint. It is certain to be needed sooner or later, and when that time comes it will
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      573 3 FOR SALE, SIAMESE CATS for Sale; thoroughbreds. Apply FELINE,” 7-9 c/o Pinang Gazette. NOTIOE. JAMES OLDHAM A Co., Rubber Brokers and Agents, 19, St. Dunstan’s Hill, Gt. Tower St.. London, E. C., secure best prices ruling for Rubber of al] grades Rubber Estate wanted for Syndicate. NOTICE. 'pHE CONSUL-GENERAL for
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      274 3 BIRCH MEMORIAL FUND. To Architects and Others. DESIGNS are invited for a Clock-tower to be erected in Ipoh in memory of the late Mr. Birch, first British Resident of Perak. A prize of $5OO will be awarded for the successful design, which TK-to- be_ selected iu open competition. Dc-igns must
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    THE WEEK.
    1264 4 Friday, 31st August. Municipal Commission Special Meeting P.C.C. Lawn Tennis Tournament. Homeward P. O. Mail. E. O. Hotel: Criterion Dinner. High water 10.00 p.m. Low water 6 00 a.m Saturday, Ist September. International Hotel Special Dinner. High water J 0.26 p.m Low water 4.30 a m I Sunday,
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    SUPREME COURT.
    2028 4 THE FIRE INSURANCE CASE. Claim agaiast the Patriotic Assuraaee C«. In the Supreme Court yesterday, as briefly reported already, Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton delivered judgment in the case in which Messrs. Kwong Woh Co. (Chop Kwong AVoh Thong claimed $6,000 from the Patriotic Assurance Co., being the amount
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      130 4 Eastern and Oriental Hotel. CRITERION DINNER To-night at S o'clock. In honour of the Birthday of H. M. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland. £aijd in jUtterjdarjce. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. WAR DECLARED ON RATS AND MICE WITH THE c»mm* seise eat exterminator. THE MOST RELIABLE RAT KILLER EXTANT. Used by Government of
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      112 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addfess, d to The Editor, written on onuPtide of the paper only and accompanied hff the writer’s name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. ALL monies must be paid at the Pinangj ssL Gazette" Office, Penang, to the Secretary,, whose
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    IRELAND.
    99 5 Mr. W. H. LONG AND HOME RULE. AN APPEAL TO IRISH UNIONISTS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 30th August. The newspapers prominently discuss a opeech which has been made by Mr. Walter Long, Unionist M. P. for South Dublin (Secretary for Ireland from March to December, 1905, at a meeting of
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    ANGLO-CHINESE RELATIONS.
    56 5 CHINESE MINISTER’S SUGGESTION. [Reuter’s Service London, 31st August. Reuter’s Agency understands that, in view of the importance of the Anglo Chinese relations, the Chinese Minister at London has suggested to the Chinese Government the advisability in the interests of China herself of her being represented by a Minister
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    INTERESTING ASIATIC COLLECTION.
    59 5 LORD CURZONS INDIAN GIFTS. [Reuter's Service.] London, 31st August. The Asiatic collection made by Lord Curzon during his tenure of office as Vicerov of India is being exhibited at the Bethnal Gieen Museum. Ii includes costly presents to Lord Curzon from Indian personages and Associations, and various
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    TURKEY AND EGYPT.
    48 5 THE TABAH BOUNDARY DISPUTE [Reuter's Service London, 31st August. The Paris Temp» states that the Tin kish members of the Turco-Egyptian delimitation commission, in giving their own interpretation, word it approximately in the delimitation agreement, attempting to encroach on Egyptian territory, despite the Anglo-Egyptian protests.
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    RUSSIA.
    45 5 GOVERNMENT AND THE FAMINE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 31st August. Ukases have been published at St. Petersburg prolonging the minor state of siege f<>r twelve months, ami authorizing the issue of a four per cent, rente of fif:y million roubles to aid the famine-stricken people.
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    SPAIN.
    42 5 GRAVE INCREASE OF STRIKES. [Reuter's Service] London, 31st August. The strikes at Santander and Bilbao, in Spain, are increasing in gravity. Fresh troops have been drafted to these towns, and the military authorities are preparing to cope with the revolutionary movement.
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    ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    43 5 Mr. R. B. HALDANE IN GERMANY. [Reuter’s Service. 1 London, 31st August. M. R. B. Haldane, Sec*et«iy of State for War, who is in Berlin for the purpose of studying the military institutions, will not attend the military mameuvres in oilesia.
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    THE FRENCH NAVY.
    37 5 thb furthcoming manceuvres. [Reuters Service i I ondon, 31st August. e,a s ir John I). French, General vet Cominander-in Chief of the Alder6"t Army Corps, has left England to eu< the French military mameuvres.
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    JAPAN AND KOREA.
    63 5 THE STRAITS OF TSU-SHIII. MEASURES FOR FUTURE DEFENCE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 31st August. Reuter’s correspondent at Tokio says that it is understood that Japan and Korea have arranged to convert Chiensaewan into a guarding entrance of the Straits of Tsushima (between Japan and Korea) ami Yeng-heung and
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    CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
    45 5 THE NEW BISHOP OF TRURO. [Rkutkr's Service.] London, 31st August. The Very Rev. Charles William Stubbs, who has been Dean of Ely since 1894, has lieen appointed Bishop of Truro, succeeding the Right Rev. John Gott, who died on 21st July last.
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    PERU.
    31 5 HEAVY EARTHQUAKE SHOCKS. [Reuter's Service.] London, 31st August. There have been heavy earthquake shocks in the provinces of Tacna and Arica, extending to the frontier, in Peru, causing indescribable panic.
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    RIFLE SHOOTING IN SCHOOLS.
    36 5 PERMISSION FROM Mr. A. BIRRELL. [Reuter’s Service London, 30th August. Mr. A. Birrell, President of the Board of Education, has decbled to permit elementary schools 'O include rifle shooting in their curriculum
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    TURKEY AND FRANCE.
    32 5 THE DJANET BOUNDARY DI PUTE. [Reuter's Service.] London. 31st August. A French expedition of 450 men, with two guns, under a Colonel, has left Teinasserin for Djanet, in Tripoll-in-Barbary.
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    Mysterious Death
    199 5 The dead body of a Chinaman named Cheah Kee Lam, manager and cashier of Chop Sin Lye Hin,” Theatrical Agents, of No. 320, Penang Road, was found this morning in an unfrequented part of the vicinity known as Caunter Hall, near Dhoby Ghaut. The deceased was last seen
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    145 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The result of yesterday’s tie wis rs follows Profession. PairsFinal A. S. Anthony A. F. G. Anderson beat F. O. Hallifax G. R. K. Mugliston 4_6 6—-3 6—2. The Taiping paper of Wednesday says: Mr. Bratt has floated a company in Mincing Laue to
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    PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
    1087 5 LAST YEAR’S WORK. 5 Tlte annual report on the Public Works Department of the Straits Settlements during 1905, signed by the Hon. A. MurrXy, C. E., Colonial Engineer, has just been published. The following information has been extracted from it: The total expenditure in the Public Works
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    Chinese Bankruptcy Case.
    252 5 2L yesterday afternoon, before a Bench Cburt (Messrs. Howard and Hereford) a Chinaman named Lim Kong Luaii, of the defunct- firm of Hin Ixse «k Co., was placed on trial on the fallowing charges: (I) That you. the said Lim Kong Luan, did, within four months before
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    Legislative Council.
    137 5 Orders of the Day. The following are the orders of the day for the meeting of the Legislative Council at Singapore this afternoon .Vagrancy Ordinance Amendment Bill, (Bill To amend The Vagrancy Ordinance 1906 .”)2nd Reading. Currency Note Ordinance 1899 Amendment Ordinance 1906 No. 11l (Bill To amend
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    25 5 OBITUARY. LADY cam P be L l ban NERMAN. > [Rkutku’r Skkvick.] London, 3lot August, p aiu l L’ili-Ri nnermaii, wife of the UU at Marienbad.
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    625 6 The steamer Awaji Maru, built by the Grangemouth and Greenock Dockyard Company, while being launched on 4th inst. stuck on the ways after going about a hundred feet; attempts have been made to tow her oft, but failed. The stern of the vessel extends about 50 ft.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    80 6 Lady W eld, Brit., 245, Quine, Aug. 30, Teluk Anson, gen., Kwong On. Pekak, Brit, 297, Buchanan, Aug. 30, Singapore, gen., Koe Guan Co. Eiphbates. Brit., 4423. Aug. 31, Hongkong, gen., W. M. Co. Makaba Maru, Jap., 3884, Wale, Aug. 31, Yokohama, gen., Boustead Co. Kistna, Brit., 524,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    41 6 Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Perak for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson Hock Chuan Un for Setul. Pahang for Batu Bahra. Gregory Apcar for Calcutta. Delhi for Ceylon, &c., Flying Dragon for Port Weld.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    444 6 PER Wakasa Marc for Colombo, at 11 am. tomoi row. Thongwa for Negapatam Madras, at 1 p m. to-morrow. Registration up to 11 a m. Maky Austin for Teluk Anson, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Ban WhattSoon. for Langkat. at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Persia, for Singapore, Hongkong, Shanghai, and
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    SHIPPING
    28 6 nJ Stea met, where .ipjn nv.fnnU Jul» >! < >»•<./, where ayeul*. Yunnan, from Singapore, Sept. 1, for Colombo and Europe, Boustead Co. Tydeus, from Singapore, Sept. 3, for Genoa,
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED.
    61 6 Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Messrs. J. Stoke, C. Johnson and S. Sabathy. Per s. s. Kistna from Singapore, Dr. Drummond and Mr. Kay Heat from Port Swettenham, Messrs. Brooke, Burke, and Symnous, Mr. and Mrs. Choo Soon Ilir, Mrs. Ward and child. Per s.
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 6 Penang, 31st Awurr, (By Courtesy of the CKartersd Bank.} London Demand Bank 2/4d. 4 month»’ sight Bank 3 Credit 7/16 3 Documentary yn Calcutta, Demand Bank R» li3| 3 days’sight Private 175 Bombay, Demand Bank 173| 3 day»’ sight L 5 Madras, Demand Bank 173| 3 days’ sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    173 6 Pananu. 31st Argust. 190« Gold leaf 81,— Pepper (W Coast 3 lb». 5 vz.) In small supply Jl9 sellers. White Pepper 27.50 buyers. Trang Pepper 21.60 sales. Mace 76 »ale». Mace Picking» 67 sales. B. Nutmeg» 1 I 4» ...31 sales fNol 5.50 Sugar. < 2 x. no stock.
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    SHARES.
    645 6 Year of I Number f p• 1 I For- Capitol. Qnototion. mat ion. Share», j t 1 t J J I 11l MINING. \1903 $300,000; $30,000 $lO j $lO ißelat Tin Mining. Co. L» L $14.25 sales. IUOU I 175,000 13.500 1 10 10 !Bentawch Gohl Min’gCo. Txl. 10
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      25 6 Wanted for Cash or Exchange, KING’S Head Stamps of Hong, koug, and Ceylon. Buying rates on application. a Geo. E. ANTHONISZ, Ska Sprat,** Colpetty, Ceylon.
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      245 6 Union S.S. Go. of N. Z., Limited. Singapore to New Zealand direct. Auckland, Wellington, Lytletton Dunedin ALSO CALLING AT Samarang and Fiji (if imoockmkmt offer») THE Co.’s T. S. S. APARIMA, 5,704 tons, EDWI). STOTT, Commander, maintains a regular four-monthly fast service l>etween Singapore and New Zealand. Excellent saloon accommodation
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      318 6 THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, PENANG. Will be found one of the best appointed and most* up-to-date Hotels in the Straits. Electrically lit and ventilated throughoutAn Electric Fan in every Be,d-room. Cuisine and Catering* undei* Supervision of an European Expert. All Languages Spoken. New separate Bath-room for each Bed-room. Band in attendance
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      534 6 MSIN6 LIMA TIN MMES UMITEI. Dividend No. 6. A DIVIDEND of One Shilling per share lias been declared, payable in London on 15th August, and will be paid to Shareholders in the Federated Malay States and Straits Settlements as soon as the Register of Local Shareholders arrives from home. 1-10
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      731 7 WrooghtlronTubeßSFlttings,£ r s 't“^z S TIVOLI BEER Large Stocks Always on Hand. S L lion Z 1 ±£S lN WHITE GLASS BOTTLES. ADAMSON GII.FII.LAN V Co., LIMITED. BROWN K Co., Sun Insurance Office, London, |K» Monumental Sculptors. I M|l 2, BENTINCK STREET, CALCUTTA. Established. BOUSTEAD <fc Co, < £2,331,090 Wfe*
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      1908 8 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI ««rurmcrs HA»n E i INTERNATIONAL BANKINC E «ERCRRTILE BANK OF NedeHandsch-lridische happjj AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHftPPU. CORPORATION. INDIA, LIMITED. (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.) 1 j Ebtablibhbd at Batavia 1857. Incorporated b, Royal Charter. »K>-<««.ooo I raU Su,n authobibbd CaM £1,500,000. Pa.d-vp Cap.™
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