Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 December 1906

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 278 VOL. LXIV. MONDAY, 3rd DECEMBER, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1903 2 TIRE INSURANCE. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurcfrvice FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST I ance Co. of Hamburg. PRE ,T,TkTtr > —l TiTin Clothes last longer when washed with Globus Insurance Company Bv the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. v 2 ofHarnbure Eitab d 1854 J > M W/'• iS Jf!» 58 Foreign Fire Department-.
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    THE FUTURE OF ISLAM.
    1797 3 Pall Mall Gazette BY ASIATICUS. Among the various elements which compose the political problems of the East the political decadence of Mahoinmedanism has long been accepted as axiomatic. It is not seldom, however, that human forecasts of social and political evolution are straiH'elv falsified in the
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    SNOBBISHNESS IN FAR EASTERN COLONIES.
    1207 3 spite of the amusement!—“ Observer ”in Shanghai Times. Thackeray says It is impossible for any Briton, perhaps, not to be a Snob in some degree. If people can be convinced of this fact, an immense point is gained, surely Hence we are all tarred with
    spite of the amusement!—“ Observer ”in Shanghai Times.  -  1,207 words
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    “ Beehive Brandy ”
    320 3 Beehive Brandy End ©f the Case. The action Adet Seward Co. v Messrs. Caldbeck, Macgregor it Co., was continued before the Chief Justice, Sir W. H Hyndman Jones, on Wednesday. Mr. Napier and Mr. Cleaver appeared for the plaintiff and Mr. Emerson for t he defendants. Wednesday was the third
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    Rubber Planting in India.
    243 3 Rubber planting is developing but slowly in India suitable land is very hard to get, and these Madras failures have hit planters very severely. There is plenty of land at 2,500 to 3,500 feet, but all of this is not suitable and, of course, the low
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES.
    591 3 Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Friday, the 16th November, 1906. Present.—F. J. Hallifax, Esq., (President), Gan Teong Tat, Esq., Quah Beng Kee, Esq., W. Peacock, Esq., and R. A. P. Hogan, Esq. Absent. —G. H. Lees, Esq. I. The minutes of the last
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      212 3 WANTED11/ANTEI) for the District Office, DinVV dings, a Chinese Interpreter. He will be required to interpret in the Hokkien, Kheh, Tiechiu and Cantonese dialects, and must be able to speak Malay and to speak and write English. Preference will be given to an applicant who has in addition some knowledge
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      441 3 TO LET. No 14 Scotland Road. -L/ Immediate Entry. Apply to Messrs. CUNNINGHAM; CLARK Co., Central Sales Room. TO LET. 231 BURMAH ROAD, To Let. Large Compound, Moderate Rent. 229 BURMAH ROAD, Small House to let. Immediate Entry. Apply 28-12 BOUSTEAD Co. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. DRAUGHTSMAN, able to make ordinary building
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    THE WEEK.
    103 4 M un.l.y, 3rd December. Town Band, Esplanade, 9 p.iu. High water 1.3'» a.in. Low waler 735 p.m. Tuesday, 4th December. High water 2.23 a.m. L'»w water 8.22 p Wednesday, sth December. High water 3.12 a.m. Low water 9.10 p.m. Thursday, 6th December. St. Nicholas. Les Cloches de Curneville’
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    Monday, 3rd Dec., 1906.
    716 4 Some few weeks back we published as a supplement to this paper a memoiandum addressed by the Penang Association to His Excellency the Governor praying for the revival of the oflice cf LieutenantGovernor of Penang. To-day some. further correspondence which has passed between the President of
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 2/3 15/16.
    362 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin is $97.40; buyers, no sellers." The Band will give a performance on the Esplanade this evening from 9 o’clock. The report of the concluding stage of the Beehive” brandy else in Singapore is reproduced on page 3 to-day. To-day’s
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    THE HUNT CLUB.
    680 4 .SATURDAY'S G 7 The Penang Hunt Club has been decidedly unfortunate with its year The date originally fixed upon could not be adhered to because the course was practically under water owing to the incessant rains of last month, and again on Saturday the weather was most
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    The Board of Licensing Justices.
    104 4 The following is the Board of Licensing Justices for the Settlement of Penang constituted under Sections 60 (2) and 116 of The Liquors Ordinance 1906 The First Magistrate President, Municipal Commissioners fFiceChairmaW), the Assistant Protector* of Chinese (Secretar<y), and Hie Cbfonial Surby His Excellency the
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    THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    794 4 Tl|e follow ing. is, the of our report'of tjie Municipal Commission meeting on Friday, wliich was crowded out of our last issue House Buildisguin Narrow Lanes. The President laid on the table a plan of a dwelliug-hoiise winch it is proposed to erect.-in a lane off Perak
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      145 4 HOTELS, j /E.& 0. HOTEL perjang. CRAG HOTEL /(ills.[ (RAFFLES HOTEL Singapore. STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, WHY NOT? a KODAK FOR A XMAS GIFT. No. 3, Folding’ Pocked Kodak, Plate Size, Price $33. No. 3a, Folding Pocket Kodak, Postcard Size, Price $l5. No. 4, Bull’s Eye Kodak, 4x5 inches,
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    JAPAN AND AMERICA.
    123 5 THE CALIFORNIAN TROUBLE. THE PRESIDENTIAL ATTITUDE. [Rkutkr’b Sbrvicr.] London, 2nd Dec. A despatch from Washington states that it is understood there that President Roosevelt is determined to press Congress to give the Federal Government power to force the individual States of the Union to obey the treaties
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    MOROCCO.
    85 5 THE INTERVENTION OF FRANCE [Reuter’s Service.] London, Ist Dec. The Paris Temps states that M. Pichon French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has sent a circular Note to the Powers justifying the intervention of France and Spain in Morocco, and notifyin» the line of action which it is intended to
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    THE KOPENICK IMPOSTER.
    90 5 VERDICT AND SENTENCE. [Reuter’s Service London, 3rd Dec. Vogt, the German cobbler and ex-convict, who impersonated a captain of a crack guard regiment and, with the aid of some soliders who believed him to hold the Kaiser’s authority, robbed the municipality of Kopenick of several thousand marks,
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    AH ECHO OF THE WAR.
    71 5 [Rruter’B Service London, 3rd Dec. It appears that the Russian prize court sitting at Libau has found in favour of the owners of the British steamship Oldhamia, which was captured and burned- by the Russians during the Ru<so-Japanes war. They claimed £150,000 sterling but the
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    THE FAMINE IN RUSSIA.
    67 5 THE WHEAT SCANDAL. I Reuter's Service.] London, Ist Dec. The Tsar has appointed a committee of enquiry to investigate the Volga wheat scandal. [lt is alleged that M. Gurko, Assistant Minister of the Interior, gave a largo contract for wheat to a firm dealing in toilet
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL AT HOME.
    76 5 WALES v. SOUTH AFRICA. [Reuter’s Service. London, 3rd Dec. At Swansea on Saturday the So«th African Rugby football team defeated Wales by 11 points to 0. Unprecedente I interest was taken in the match and huge crowds were present, eighty long distance special trains being run
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    THE AMERICAN NAVY.
    39 5 >NE PACIFIC FLEET. [Reuter’s Service. London, Ist Dec. It is announced from Washington tha*' the Asiatic and the Pacific squadrons will shortly lie merged in one Pacific Fleet under a flag officer of the highest rank.
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    POLITICS AT SOME.
    152 5 LIBERALS ARD THE LORDS. SPEECHES BY MINISTERS. (Reuter’s Service.] London, 3rd Dec. Mr.R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War speaking at Bedford on Saturday,stated that unless a settlement was effected with regard to the Education Bill a secular system of education must result. The House of
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    THE NOBEL PRIZE.
    95 5 AN ENGLISH WINNER. [Neuter’s Service London, 3rd Dec. Professor J. J. Thomson, of Cambridge University, has been awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics. [Dr. Joseph John Thomson has been Cavendish Professor of Experimental Physics, Cambridge, since 1884. His degrees include D. Sc. Oxon, (hon Dublin, Victoria, Columbia
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    THE NANAL OUTBREAK.
    65 5 AN OFFICER COURT-MARTIALLED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 3r«l Dec. The Admiralty have ordered a courtmartial upon Lieutenant Collard in connection with the recent riots at Portsmouth naval barracks. The nature of the charge against Lieutenant Collard is not stated, but it is understood that it is connected with
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    INTERNATIONAL ROWING.
    38 5 [Reuter's Service.] London, 3rd Dec. The Oxford and Cambridge boat crews have refined an American invitation to attend a regatta in connection with the Jamestown (Virginia) Exhibition, which is to be opened on April 26 next.
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    SPAIN.
    39 5 A NEW CABINET. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 3rd Dec. Signor M met has formed a new Spanish Cabinet, which will pursue the same line of policy with regard to Morocco as its precedessors, but i« less anti-clerical in colour.
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    THE SULTAN OF TURKEY.
    30 5 [Reuter’s Service London, 3rd Dec. The Sultan attended the ceremony of the Selamlik on Friday and afterward granted au iiences to the Russian and Austrian ambassadors.
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    RUSSIA.
    29 5 ANOTHER ASSASSINATION, [Reuter’s Service London, 3rd Dec. The chief of Police of Kagan has been shot dead as he was leaving the theatre. His assassin has been arrested.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    84 5 MOROCCO. Berlin, 2nd Dec. M. Bihouard, the French Ambassador at Berlin, has given an assurance of France’s adherence to the Algeciras Act with regard to the proceedi gs in Tangier. Spain has made a similar declaration through the German Ambassador at Madrid. lhe German Press is quiet
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1311 5 Council adj mined until. Dec 14— Free Press Ordinary Meeting, Friday, Nov. 30. Present. His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, k.c m.g. Hon. Capt. A. H. Young (Col. Secretary). A. T. Bryant (Acting Auditor-General). J. O. Anthonisz (Act. Col. Treasurer). A. Murray, c.e. (Colonial Engineer). W. H.
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    Partnership Registration.
    461 5 A Report at Last. At Friday’s meeting of the Legislative Council an important report by the Select Committee on the Partnerships Registration Bill was laid on the table. Some of the leading paragraphs are appended.— 3. The Committee were unanimous upon the point that, some limitations should l)e
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    LOG BOOK.
    873 6 Some interest Iris been aroused by reports of an uncharted rock-, about four feet high, right in the middle of the Persian Gulf and near the track of steamers running between Bahrein and Bushire. It appears the rock was marked in this position in the early Admiralty Chart,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS
    145 6 Canton, Brit., 105, Marican, Dec. 1, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Campbell, Dec. 1, Langkat, gen., Koe Guan Cd. Petrel, Brit., 124, Edwards, Dec. 1, Brandan, gen., Koe Guan Co. Lady Weld, Brit., 245, Treweeke, Dec. 2, T. Anson, gen., Kwong On &>
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    56 6 Hebe for Deli. Padang for Batu Bahra. Resident Halewyn for Batu Bahra and Asahan. Malaya for Deli. Tries IE for Colombo and Tuticorin. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Kut Sang for Calcutta. Japara for Pulo Weh, Olehleh, and Pad-ng. Deucalion for Colombo and Tuticorin. Flying Dragon for
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    341 6 PER Hok Canton for Edie, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh and Sabang, at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Perak (Straits S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson, at 3 p.m.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    82 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date oj arrival, where bound, and Agents. Amra from Moulmein, Nov. 30, for Moulmein, Mergui, Tavoy, and Yeh, Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Telemach us from Singapore, Doc. 3, for Genoa, Marseilles, and Liverpool, W, Mansfield Co. Sikh from Glasgow, Dec. 6, for Singapore,
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    PASSENGERS.
    110 6 By Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Messrs. G. H. Russell and P. T. Wilson. By Benavon from London, Mr. Laws. By Maetsuycker to T. Semawe, Mr. C. Holthausen. By Dunera from Rangoon, Messrs. E. H. Hooper, R. and H. Petters, Syed Abdul Balei, Syed Md. Balei, Shaik Ahmed Missery,
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    SHARES.
    1052 6 OS wr r Issue T *TV Name. Quotations Capital. Subscribed. g£rw Value. Paid up. Reserve. Last Divi. I S A— MINING. Gold. Bersnwah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. nom. 13,500 $lO $lO v (Deferred) 3 nom. 1909 $175,000 $1400,00 j 4’ooo 10 10 ’‘VriAV R a ub Aust. Gold Mining
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 6 Penang, 3bd December, 1906. By Courtesy of the Chnr teved Bank. 1 London Demand Bank 2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 24} 3 Credit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary 2'4} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 1734 3 days’ sight Private 1741 Bombay, Demand Bank 173, 3 days’ sight Private 174 j
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    PRODUCE.
    182 6 Penang. 3rd December, 1906. Gohl leaf $65 50 Pepper (\V. Coast 3 lbs. 5 <»z.) 19} nominal. White Pepper 23 buyers. Trang Pepper 21.60 nom. Mace 80 sellers. Mace Pickings 67 buyers. Nutmegs 1 Kis 28 sellers. (No 1 5.25 ppi. Sugar. < 2 x. no stock. Basket 3.20
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