Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 January 1907

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 4 VOL. LXV. SATURDAY, sth JANUARY, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 2303 1 s s" ,,n Intended Sailings. sty**. __________supping. 11 P. &0. Steam Naviga- 71 Norddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. tion. Company. BRITISH INDIA /Imperia! German Mai. Line. EXPECTEB ARRIVALS ANS DEPARTURES. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. T this Company sail.-fortnightly from Bre- I MAIL SERVICE. men, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, SouthOutwards. ampton, Gibraltar, Genoa,
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 2065 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. Straits Steam Ship Co.. Ltd. p, MOIR CRANES* TJAIIT A DHRU UDCVIKTU T4J By He hamburg-amerika lihie. cylinder on. nUnAnln LnoMlw, Liu., J SAILINGS FROM PENANG. The German Steamship HABSBURG” (6,500 Tons) is just out on her maiden voyage-from Sand Hands, Bit
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  • 470 3 Tiie following interesting reference is from Referee, the well-known London journal, of the 9th-Dec. During the week we have received from Mr Jas. Dobbie, the [late] hon. sec. of the Penang Association Football League, a copy of the Pinanjl Gazette, which contains an extensive report of the
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  • 556 3 A Home paper of the 14th December says The recent arrival of 32 Chinamen in Liverpool has been much resented by residents of the city, and there have been rumours of a terrible condition of affairs’ prevailing in the Chinese quarter of Ihe city. It became
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  • 713 3 QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. On December 10th Sir E. Sassoon asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies from what source the cost of the recently created Residency at Brunei was found; if from the Federated Malay States and Brunei, in what proportions whether the Secretary of State had had before
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  • 77 3 A Question fop the Colonies. Mr. Sydney Buxton (Postmaster-General) has announced that he is about to submit for the consideration of the colonial Governments a proposal, to the effect that when the Postal Union Convention becomes operative the ounce unit of international postage shall also apply to Imperial
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  • 485 3 BY A BANKER. To some tiie very acme and zenith of I their ambition, for the attainment of which i they are willing to endure the most terrible I privation, to live for months together in almost perpetual darkness, and to risk a slow and
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  • 394 3 Per P. «fc O. s.s. Nyanza, from London Dec. 8, due at Penang, Jan. 8:To Penang Mrs. Brown and family, Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Mauldon, Mr. and Mrs. P. 11. Gibbs, Capt. and .Mrs. W. E. Long, and Mr. C. IL Jenkins. To Singapore Mr.
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  • 260 3 The Daily Report of the Bth ult. says The market remains firm, and business has been on a very large scale during the last week. The declaration of a dividend at the rate of 30 per cent, per annum by the Vallambrosa Rubber Company, and the fact that
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  • 196 3 Penang, sth January. Description. Beef: Cis, Soup per catty 6 Roast 20 Steaks 16 Stew or Curry Meat 14 Rump Steak 18 Ox Tail each 20 Tongue 45 Feet 12 Heart 20 Tripe per catty 12 Liver 15 Pork Pork 34 Pig’s Head 30 Feet 30 Tongue 25
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 97 3 A Habit to Be Encouraged. The mother who has acquired the habit of keeping on hand a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy, saves herself a great amount of uneasiness and anxiety. Coughs, colds and croup, to which children are susceptible are quickly cured- by its use. It counteracts any tendency
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    • 94 3 Speaks Well of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Mr. John Main, Manager for P. J. Petersen Company, Bloemfontein, So. Africa, makes the following statement for the benefit of the public: Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has a big sale here and as we have been handling it for several years, we can confidently say
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    • 83 3 An Eminent Physician says: I think Hunyadi Janos mineral water a very good aperient for a tropical climate. It seems to me to be one of the bestif not the bestof the mineral waters for restoring an overworked liver to its normal condition. Average dose, a wine-glassful before breakfast. VINOLIA
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    • 479 3 STORE-KEEPER. VAT ANTED BY IMPORT FIRM. V V Apply X. X.” c/o Pinang Gazette. OFFICES TO LET. i'"l''WO Commodious Offices on first floor A No. 6 and 6a, Beach Street, (formerly Hongkong Shanghai Bank Offices). Apply to PRITCHARD Co. Tq Let Furnished. A RNVILLE,” Anson Road, Penang, with entry from
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    • 636 3 WHY THE BOERS HELD OUT. A SECRET REVEALED. A homeopathic doctor, Mr. John Schmidt of Nylstroom, Transvaal, who was attending doctor on the Nylstroom commando under Commandant Grobblaar, throws some interesting light on inside conditions in the Boer camps. It may surprise many people,” he said in an interview, to
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  • 131 4 Saturday, January.. High water 4.30 a.m. Low water 10.30 p.in. Sunday, 6th January. Twelfth Day. Epiphany. High water 5.20 a.in. Low water lLlBp.m Monday, 7th January, P.C.C. Lawn Tenn s Tournament ,Enj; tries Close, 7 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. High water 6.10 a.in. Low water
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  • 1041 4 Publicists at Home who preach the sound doctrine of Imperialism and advocate the 'i -k tI'Vnecessity for imparting instruction in Imperial Geography,” cannot but find a most useful object lesson in British Malaya. Time was, not so very long ago, indeed, when the vast agricultural and
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  • 1579 4 A GREAT SUCCESS... The fancy dress ball given.by the Veterans of Penang at the Town Hall last night will long rank as the most successful of the social functions which have taken place in.this Settlement. The presence of His Excellency the Governor, the beautiful anil varied costumes
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 181 4 jSARKIES’ HOTELS. I£.& 0. HOTEL Penang. /CRAG HOTEL Penang 3{ills. I RAFFLES HOTEL Singapore. (STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. f SARKIES BROTHERS, I Proprietors. J REVISED PRICES OF T PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATES AND PAPERS, 4® from January Ist, 1907. PAPERS. ets. PLATES. efc. Ilford P. O. P. pl. 0.60 Ilford Empress Plates pl.
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    • 132 4 'A 7/1 -'u IPl NANG GAZETTE. f ESTABLISHED 1833. ,K J "i, b* > h.«n CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to The Editor, written on one side, of the paper only and accompanied by the writer’» name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. ALL
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  • 102 5 COMMERCIAL RELATIORS. THE PORTSMOUTH TREATY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Jan. A despatch from St. Petersburg to the states that during the absence in Paris of Mr. Motono, the Japanese Minister to Russia, a special commission has been investigating the exact significance of the term rivers and inlets”
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  • 65 5 A SHOOTING RECORD. [Rrutrr’s Sbrvicb] London, sth Jan. His Majesty the King, with a large house party, has been staying with the Duke and'Ducliess of Devonshire at Chatsworth. Two thousand head of game fell to eight guns yesterday. The King, who is in excellent health, has never been
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  • 55 5 NEW SOCIETY IN LONDON. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Jan. A China Society has been formed in London to encourage tho study of the Chinese language, literature, and history. A series of lectures will be held and the Chinese Minister to the Court of St. James will read the opening
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  • 49 5 THE COTTON INDUSTRY. [Reuter’s Service] London, sth Jan. Tl>e large cotton mills at Lodz still regain closed the owners are determined to transfer their factories to the interior unless the workmen submit. On the other hand the terrorists declare that they will murder any men who resume work.
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  • 46 5 A SPECIAL BENEDICTION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Jan. A telegram from Rome states that Lord Aberdeen, Viceroy of Ireland, has had an audience of His Holiness the Pope, who eulogised the Irish Catholics and gave a special benediction to the Irish nation.
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  • 33 5 THE GERMAN DISPUTE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Jan. The officers of the German mercantile marine at Hamburg have generally withdrawn from the Marine Association in accordance with the demands of their companies.
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  • 36 5 RAILWAYMEN’S STRIKE. [Reuter’s Service.] i v.-/--. London, 4th Jan. AH the railwaymen in Bulgaria have struck work, delaying international traffic but, Engineer Reservists, they will be called out to day to take their own places.
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  • 40 5 A CARNEGIE GIFT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Jan. It is announced that Mr. Andrew Carnegie has given 150,000 (g°ld) or the construction of a building at Washington to lie used as a central bureau for t ie American Republics.
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  • 45 5 THE SEIZURE OF DOCUMENTS. [Rbutbr’b Sbrviob.] f> London, sth Jan. It is stated that the French Government intends to publish a part of the documen ts seized recently at the residence in hi is of Monsignor Montagnini, the Papal envoy.
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  • 88 5 THE FORTHCOMING ELECTIONS. PRINCE BUELOW’S MANIFESTO. [Reuter’s Skrvicb.] London, sth Jan. Prince Bulow’* manifesto to the German electors ha* been unfavourably received and criticised in the German Press. The Conservatives are pnrticularly bitter and object to being invited to ally themselves with the Radicals, and the latter are equally
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  • 117 5 THE NEW ATTORNEY-GENERAL. [From Our Oton Correspondent,] sth Jan. Mr. William Rees Davies, 8.A., who has been King’* Advocate at Cyprus since 1902, has been appointed Attorney-General at Hongkong. [Mr. W. Rees Davies is the eldest son of the late Sir William Davies, Scoveston, Pembrokeshire, and was educated at
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  • 27 5 FIRE AT McALISTE? CO’S. [From Our Oton Correspondent.] Singapore, sth Jan. There was a trifling outbreak of fire at Me*sr*. McAlister Co.’s warehouse here this morning.
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  • 21 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 4th Jan. Tho Amir of Afghanistan has made his State entry into Peshawar (India).
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  • 64 5 MOROCCO. < Berlin, 4th Jan. The Sttlt'an’s troops are surrounding Raisuii. It is reported from Tangier that the town is quiet. RUSSIA. General Von der Launitz, the Prefect of St. Petersburg, has befcn shot. General Kuropatkin haS| been received in audience by the Tsar. SERVIA. There are
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  • 283 5 Rumoured Increase. The Straits Times says We understand that it is the intention of the Governor to announce on an early date very early date, it is sai l in some quarters, but the use of superlatives is not usually wise in money matters, where the payment is
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  • 1975 5 ALLEGED THEFT OF TAPIOCA. I'** i r 1' ~z BENCH COURT’S VERDICT. In the First Police Court yesterday morning before a -Bench. Court consisting of Messrs. Howard and Nathan, Oh Thian Sin, lately manager of the Hock Bee Estate, Kulim, Kedah, was charged with the theft
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 5 5 SADDLES. McAlitttr V Co., Ltd.
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    • 415 5 New-Advertisements. Vacuum Oil Co., WANTED. PENANG. A GOOD CLERK, must wrrto% 7 Cylinder Oils, Apply by letter to u c < pritchard co. Engine Oils* TO LET. Miscellaneous Oils, f ALWA V,” Tanjong Bungha, from Vacuum Marine Oils. VJ -q s t April next, for a term. .MOUNT EDGCUMBE,” Penang
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  • 866 6 A Port Said telegram of 13th Dec. Ba id .—Lowther Castle (British steamer), New York for Singapore, aground in the Canal section Kabret, but does not obstruct the traffic. Attempts to get her off have been unsuccessful. Is being lightened. An interesting ceremony took place on 7th ult.,
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  • 95 6 Hebe, Brit., 346, Inkster, Jan. 5, Singapore, g-n., W. Mansfield A Co. Arratoon Apcar, Brit, 2831, Gurths, Jan 5, Hongkong, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Lai Sang, Brit., 3460, Lake, Dec. 14, Calcutta, g p n., Boustead Co. Pegu, Brit., 294, Coysh, Jan. 5, Olehleh, gen., Ban Ho
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  • 42 6 Kamakura Maru for Colombo. Tbksta for Negapatam and Madras. Deli for Asahan. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat. LANGKATfor Telnk Anson. Srbe Banka for Pangkor. Hebe for Deli. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Arratoon Apcar for Calcutta, Bharata, for Singapore.
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  • 406 6 PER Rotorua, for Tongkah, 1 p.m. on Monday Resident Halewyn for Asahan, 1 p.m. on Monday. Padang for Batu Bahra, 1 p.m. on Monday. Lindula for Rangoon, and Calcutta, 3 p.m. on Monday. Avagyee for Deli, 1 p.m on Tuesday. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, 1 p.m. on Tuesday.
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  • 136 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. E. F. Ferdinand from Singapore, Jan. 5, for Trieste, via Colombo, and Bombay, Schmidt, Kustermann Co. Nyanza from Suez, Jan. 7, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Austria from Colombo, Jan. 9, for
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  • 1113 6 O fl y fl Cpital Subscribed. Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividend.. c 8 Q MINING. Gold. c n Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. $3 nom, 1960 $175,000 $1400,00 f )o 10 T o S U m £1 £1 £4,873 1/-paid January, 1901 Kaub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully
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  • 125 6 Penang, sth January, 19< 7. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 i 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4| 3 Documentary 2 4 13/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 172| 3 dayii’ sight Private 174$ Bombay, Demand Bank 172£ 3 days’ sight Private 174| Madras,
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  • 179 6 Pknang, sth January, 1907. Gold leaf $65. Popper (W. Coast 3 Iba. 5 oz.) $l7 buyers. White Pepper 23.25 sales buyers. Trang Pepper 21.60 nom. Mace 85 buyers. Mace Pickings 69 buyers. Nutmegs Ilb 28 sal°s. CNo 1 5.25 ppi. Sugar. < 2 x. no stock. Basket 3.20 sales.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 52 6 Colds. Colds are quickly cured by Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It acts on nature’s plan, loosens the cough, relieves the lungs and opens the secretions, effecting a permanent cure. It counteracts any tendency of a cold to result in pneumonia. It is pleasant to take. Children like it. For sale by
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    • 65 6 Croup. A reliable medicine and one that should always be kept in the home for immediate use is Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It will prevent the attack if given as soon as the child becomes hoarse, or even after the croupy cough appears. There is no danger in giving it to
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    • 29 6 PIANOS I PIANOS 1 PIAKOS! BY ALL THE BEST MAKERS. Note ßuilt lor Extreme Climates. Our easy payment system applies to All Instruments. Robinson Piano Company, Ltd., Bettch Street,
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    • 31 6 When You Have a Bad Cold You want a remedy that will give you prompt relief. Get Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It always cures and cures quickly. For sale by all Dealers.
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    • 245 6 DAVID BROWN Co., BU’LU UP YOUH HEALTH w«i 4a Logan’» Building», Penang. 10 g a 07 BE gi A ||’ft Estate Agents, Auditors, and glsßililvUll V Licensed Auctioneers. Essence or Fiuld Extract of RED JAMAICA Books, Accounts, &c., made up, OADOADADII I A adjusted, or audited. uRII vHinlllLLH Valuations and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 2400 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL Nederlan isch-lndlsche THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTERNATIONA. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. Es lomptO-MaatSChappiJ D Paid-up-Capital 110,000,000 Netherlands Trading Society. (Natherla dg-Indian Discount Bank? incorporated by Royal Charter. Bbtablinhbd 1824. Ebtab ishbd at Batavia 1857. ri Fiscal for the United
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  • 1146 8 PROGRAMME FOR JANUARY MEETING, 1907. Cuesday 29t6 January 1907, Cbursday 31st tanuary 1967 <§■ Saturday 2nd February 1907. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 29th Jan. 1907. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $6OO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 907 8 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. THE WORLD’S GREATEST TENOR ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A. R ADAMS COMMANDANT. 1 January, 1907. Saturday, sth iust., P. V. Shooting Club, p- m Monday, 7th inst., Recruit Drill, /U 5-30 p.m at Fort. W Wednesday, 9th inst., Company Drill, m| r* 5-30 p.m., at Fort, Dress, Drill Order,
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