Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 January 1907

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. ESTABLISHED! M 833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 24 VOL. LXV. WEDNESDAY, 30th JANUARY, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 2419 1 s6w>iiy. Intended Sailings. P. &0. Steam Naviga- 1 NonMeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. tion. Company. BRITISH INDIA Ml\ Imperial German Mall Line. I EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. A this Company sail fortnightly from BreMAIL SERVICE. men, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, South- I Outward» yCaL ampton, Gilbraltar, Genoa, Naples,
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  • 943 2 TO BE HELD On Tuesday 19t6, 21st and Saturday, 23rd February, 1907FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 19th February, 1907. 1. The Maiden Plate, 2.30 p.m. Value $4OO. Race for all Maidens, weight per scale (10 st.) allowance of 14 lb. to all S. R. A. ex-Griffins
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    • 1077 2 "i. i 1 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. By the HAMBURfi-AjftRIKA LINIE. By the German Steamships HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN,” RHENANIA” SILESIA and SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service is maintained between Lisbon and the Far East. The steamers on this Line are of the most modern type and have
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    • 365 2 Notice of Sole of Lond Together with the Machlierg therein. Foreclosure of Charge. ON Friday, the Ist of March, 1907, at 11 o’clock forenoon, the land described below and the machinery upon it (as detailed in the attached list) will be sold by public auction in the Kinta Land Office,
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    • 187 2 FUSSELL'S BUTTERFLY" BRANDS. Pure Milk and Cream. Obtainable at the following Stores in Penang Messrs. Tong Jool& Co., Goon Yen Friends, Thean Chee Co., AND Taik Ho Co., TAIPING. McAlister Co., Ltd., General Representatives for the Proprietors, dunvilleT Special Old Scotch Whisky IN CLEAR WHITE BOTTLES. Messrs ATri<> Dnnville A?
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  • 310 3 Wttnciwa,” in Perak Pioneer. The long desired and necessary definition of the position and responsibility of shipping agents has at last been given in Penang. We now know that a shipping agent is appointed >»y a shipping company with no other authority than that of
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  • 450 3 Drastic Reforms. We understand that Mr. Morley, Secretary of State for India, has issued orders for the immediate preparation of a scheme separating the judicial from the executive services. Probably no reform in the whole range of Indian problems can boast so long and eminent a list of advocates
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  • 474 3 .China Mail. What the ultimate issue of the present official crusade against the use of opium among the officials in China will be cannot at present be foretold with any degree of certainty, it is well known that in the past proclamations have been issued and metaphorical
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  • 445 3 Per. P. O. s.s. Marmora, from London, Jan. 4, connecting at Colombo with s.s. Delhi, due at Penang, Jan. 31.T0 Penang Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker and child, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Voules, Mrs. G. Smith. To Singapore Miss Bridson, Mrs. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs.
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  • 1074 3 SOME FIRST-HAND INFORMATION. From information and particulars, which we have been able to publish from time to time, our readers will have gathered that a real interest is being taken in rubber cultivation in Mexico. Several companies have been at work there for some time and
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  • 380 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying at the Penang Post Office Allen, R. W. Kofler, Miss M. Amos, Mrs. S. Li Kim Koh Betts, L. B. Liew Sim Teik Bolle, J. C. Martain, Prof. C. Brown, Tom Menasche, G. de Castro, F. Muller MacLean<fc Co. Doxau,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 95 3 Speaks Well of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. Mr. John Main, Manager for P. J. Petersen <fc Company, Bloemfontein, South 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
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    • 31 3 When Yon 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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    • 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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    • 125 3 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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    • 896 3 TO LET. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. XJOS. 1 and 4, We.tland« Bungalow.. fAUR Office, and Godown have been Apply to removed to-day to No. 6a, Beach WREFORD THORNTON, Street. w s 27 Beach Street, Penang. Q < Forra er Premises of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation). TO LET. hug Co
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  • 154 4 Wednesday, 30th January. Taipusum. Outward P. O. Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Race Lot'eries Town Hall. 9 p.m. High water 120 a.m. Low water 7.20 p.m. Thursday, 31st January. Penang Races. 2-55 p.m E. O. Hotel Race Dinner. Mestminsier Glee Singers: Engineers’ Institute. Taipusum Fireworks Esplanade.
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  • 1044 4 Touching the bills of lading case, which is still a topic much discussed in mercantile circles, a local merchant of great experience points out to us that, while the defendants asserted that they had contracted themselves out of all liability for the safety of goods entrusted
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  • 768 4 LAST NIGHT’S PERFORMANCE. Considering what an excellent show the Rouge et Noir Minstrels gave when they made their initial appearance before the public in Penang about six months ago, there should have been a better attendance last night when the company again appeared at the
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  • 164 4 SPEECH 3Y CHINESE MINISTER. A DEMOCRATIC TRADITION. SIR E. SATOW ON MISSIONARIES- [Rrutbr’s Servick.] London, 30th Jan. A meeting of the newly-formed China Society was held yesterday, there being a distinguished gathering present. The Chinese Minister delivered an address, in the course of which he said that the popular
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  • 69 4 THE SWETTENHAM INCIDENT." [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th Jan. Mr. James Bryce, the newly-appointed Ambassador to the United States, speaking at a farewell banquet given in his honour in Manchester, said that Anglo-American relations were never so good as at present. This was evidenced by the Swettenham incident
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  • 63 4 INQUEST AND VERDICT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th Jan. At the inquest on the body of Mr. William Whiteley, a verdict of wilful murder was returned against Rayner. London, 30th Jan. Rayner, the murderer of Mr. William Whiteley, is admittedly of illegitimate birth, but his paternity
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  • 60 4 FEMALE SUFFRAGE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th Jan. A conference of the Labour Party in Belfast has rejected Mr. J. Keir Hardie’s motion to grant to women the franchise which men at present possess, although desiring universal suffrage, because the Party considers that the motion would mainly give
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  • 47 4 A BIRTHDAY HONOUR. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 28th Jan. The list of the Kaiser’s Birthday Honours includes the name of Herr Dernburg, the Director of the Colonial Department of the Foreign Office, on whom has been conferred the Star of the Second Class of the Red Eagle.
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  • 48 4 THE NEW UNDER-SECRETARY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 30th Jan. Mr. Charles Edward Henry Hobhouie, Liberal Member for Bristol East, who wau a parliamentary private secretary at the Colonial Office from 1892 to 1895, has been appointed Under-Secretary of State for India in succession to Mr. John E. Ellis.
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  • 35 4 HORRORS OF THE FAMINE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th Jan. The Russian papers are full of the horrors of the famine-stricken provinces. The peasants in Nijninovgorod are selling the clothes off their backs for food.
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  • 24 4 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th Jan. Switzerland has nominated Colonel Muller, of the Swiss Artillery, to be In«. spector-Geueral of the Police in Morocco,
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    • 203 4 j Eastern Hotel,! j SPECIAL RACE DINNER j To-morrow, Thursday, 31st January, 1907. 1 Band in Attendance during and Alter Dinner. SARKIES BROTHERS, 1 I Proprietors, f [westmTnster glee’singers. I It ENGINEERS’ INSTITUTE, I Kindly lent by tfe Members owing to ttje J ire work on tlje Esplanade. 4 Jo-morrow,
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  • 111 5 CATASTROPHE II GERIUY. HEAVY DEATH-ROLL. EXPLOSION IN A FRENCH MINE. [RbUTBR’s SIRVICK.j London, 29th Jan. An explosion has occurred in a colliery in St. Johann, near Saarbrucken, Germany. One hundred and twenty-five corpse* hare been recovered. It is believed that three hundred miners are still entom'»ed. London, 30th
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  • 73 5 COMMERCIAL MORALITY. [Reuter's Service.] London, 30th Jan. The report of the American Inter-State Commission of Commerce on the relations of the railways and the oil production industry comments severely on the methods adopted by the Standard Oil Company for crushing competition. The whole railway system is permeated
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  • 66 5 THE FIRST BALLOTS. [Rioter's Service.] London, 30th Jan. There is a growing realisation in Berlin that the Centre has emerged from the fi-st ballots stronger than ever. The Clerical organ Germania says that Herr Dernburg, Director of the Colonial Department, is doomed to bitter disappointment if he
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  • 58 5 A NOTE TO THE PORTE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 3 Jth Jan. The German Ambassador in Constantinople has sent a Note to the Porte imperatively demanding the punishment of Fehim Pasha, the Sultan’s protege, and the Chief of the Secret Police at the Yildiz Kiosk, on account, of
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  • 49 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, oven j*n. A declaration of the French Bishops, which His Holiness the Pope approves, has been published. It displays a general disposition to accept the benefits of the amended Separation Act of 1907, provided certain prerogatives of the Church are upheld.
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  • 41 5 THE EVACUATION OF MANCHURIA. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 30th Jan. Friendly messages have been exchanged between the Tsar of Russia and the Emperor of China, and also between St. Petersburg and Tokio, with regard to the evacuation of Manchuria.
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  • 26 5 [Reuter’s Service London, 30th Jan. Seventy-two cases of spotted fever (cerebral-spinal meningitis) have occurred in Belfast, twelve of which have been fatal.
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  • 1677 5 JANUARY MEETING, 1907. FIRST DAY’S RESULTS. Under eminently auspicious conditions the January meeting of the Penang Turf Club opened yesterday afternoon, and those who have argued from the last two meetings that racing is losing popularity in this Settlement will hardly continue to hold that opinion if
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  • 264 5 Griffin Handicap. Edwina 10.6 Margrave 9.2 Kettledrum 9.12 Veritas 9.0 Monarch 9.9 Fugisama 9.0 Minstrel 9.5 Old Guard 8.12 The Magician 9.3 Palawan 8.7 Houp-la 8.7 The Try Again Stakes. Petgrave 9.12 Diamond Star 8 5 Sextant 9.5 Sammy 7.12 Sexton 9.0 Kalde 7.10 The Pavilion Stakes.
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  • 1208 5 The first day of our January meeting was held the brightest cf conditions the weather was charming and not too hot and we were favoured with a delightful breeze from the Hill, which some of us found almost too strong for comfort. I noticed many well
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  • 76 5 goyerimeit ISSIsniCE. A SENSIBLE MOVE. [Rbutbr's Sbbvicb.] London, 30th Jan. Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, speaking at Walsall, said that the Government could greatly assist trade, as Germany is now doing. He had arranged with the Foreign Office to have important trade information telegraphed
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  • 267 5 LESE MAJESTE. Berlin, 28th Jan. On the occasion of his birthday the Kaiser has issued an Imperial edict confining punishment for the crime of majeste to most extreme cases. THE GERMAN ELECTIONS. The very heavy defeat of the Socialists in the elections to the Reichstag has made
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  • 73 5 OBITUARY. Dr. J- G. PATON. [Rbutbr’s Sbrvicb.] London, 30th Jan. The death is announced of the Rev. John Gibson Patou. D.D., the father of missionary work in the New Hebrides. [The late Dr. Paton was a native of Kirkmahoe, near Dumfries, where he was born in 1824. He was educated
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  • 858 6 Memories of a painful marine tragedy that happened in the early part of 1902 were revived by the finding of a bottle which has been cast ashore by the waves near the Castle Rock at Londonderry, in the North of Ireland. The Allan liner Huronian, a steel screw
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  • 94 6 Ban Whatt Hin, Brit., 195, Morrell, Jan. 29, Tongkah, gen., A.lamaon, Gilfillan Co. Canton, Brit., 105, Mariean, Jan. 30, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing Co. Fitzfatktok, Brit., 735, Heggre, Jan. 28, Rangoon, gen., Hong Bee. Hok Canton, Brit., 294, Scott Jan. 29, Acheen, gen., Ban Ho Hin Co.
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  • 30 6 Delhi for Singapore, China, and Japan. Deli for Batu Bahia. Fitzpatrick for Rangoon. Glenfalloch for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Langkat for Teluk Anson. Sree Banka for Pangkor.
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  • 441 6 per Avagyee for Deli, noon, to-morrow. Rotorua for Tongkah, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, 1 p.m. tomorrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, 1 p m. to-morrow. Omapere for Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy, 2 p.m. to-morrow Japan for Calcutta, 4 p.m. to-morrow. Cornelia for Bort
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  • 50 6 Name <f Steomer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Japan from Singapore, .lan. 24, for Calcutta, A A. Anthony Co. Arcadia from Singapore, Feb. 1, for Colombo and Bombay, Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Kanagawa Maru from Singapore, Feb. 1, for Colombo and Europe, Boustead Co.
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  • 35 6 By Pin Seng from Singapore, Messrs. P. Holloway, V. Y. Zyleman, and C. DeSouza. By < oen to Siboga, Miss M. Warneck. By Van der Parra to Deli, Messrs. H Jessen and Ho Chye Teong.
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  • 1159 6 2 S XT f Issue TWvlrlanrla Name. Quotations S'l Capital. Subscribed. Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dmdends. §;8 i 2 MINING. Gold. Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. ss| sellers. 13,500 $lO s'" (Deferred) nom. IWIU 517b,000 $140,000 {ono ,0 >« B l bAuel. G o l dMi„ i n gC
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  • 125 6 Pbnang, 30th January, 1907. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4 3/16 4 months’ sight Bank '4/44 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary 24f Calcutta, Lemand Bank II" 173| 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay, Demand Bank I<3| 3 days’ sight Private 175| Madras, Demand Bank
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  • 188 6 Penang, 30th January, 1907. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb«. 5 oz.) 17 buyers. White Pepper 23} buyers. Trang Pepper 18 buyers. Mace 85 buyers. Mace Pickings 71 sales. Nutmegs 110 28 nominal. (No 1 5.10 Sugar. J 2 x. no stock. Basket 3.20 sales. j Tapioca
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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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    • 41 6 aiAKTIhiS PI LLS 4 French Remedy for all Irregularities.. Thouaesdeet tadiea keep a box at Martin's Fills in the house, so that on tkS flrstaign of any Irregularity of the System a Mmalu d«ws Si administered. Those who use them recommend
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    • 37 6 N. KANDA, OF OSAKA, JAPAN. NOW ESTABLISHED AT No. 8, Church Street, Penang, 3rom January, 1907. IMPORTER OF Bighclass Antique and Modern Fine Art Works oi Japan. Inspection is Respectfully Solicited. WINES AND SPIRITS. McAlfater Co,, Ltd,
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    • 5 6 SADDLES. McAlister dt Co., Ltd,
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    • 221 6 FOR SALE. BUILD UP YOUR HEALTH A N Estate of 2,000 acres Wil KINSUN W ill extent, Soil suit- Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JAMAICA able for planting Rub- OMDOADADII IA ber. Government Road OHlivHi HhILLH frontage, and Cheap ren- Prrmmmred t>vthe HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES tai. WONDERFUL PURIFIER r.,
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    • 1394 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA i HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI hederlandsche handel Nederiandsch-lndische THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPU. Escompto-Maatschappi] INDIA LIMITED CORPORATION. Trading Society (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.* incorporated by Royal Charter. -’P-Capital »10, Established 1824. Establish»» at Batavia 1857. Authobisid Capital Al 500 000 the
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    • 1399 8 Z FIRE INSURANCE Mannheim Insurance Co. P. MOIR CRANES’ kwong WOH SENG, The Penang Coach Building Co., Ltd., ino ffo. 2/, ftuekingfjam Street, Cosch Builders and Repairers, Wnm Hnno» Ihe undersigned as Agents, will accept Cylinder Oil. PENANG. Bicycle Dca|ers and Repairers, Commission Agents, etc.. of u Foreign Fire Department’.
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