Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 February 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY No. 36 VOL. LXV. FRIDAY. 15th FEBRUARY, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1792 2 n WC cr st< .»o M us.™ to the far sast MHr F 'l Hardwood Timber. By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. Dirt or Tarmsh, dean* I (blue gum.) By the German Steamships -HABSBURG,” "HOHENSTAUFEN,” RHENANIA,» t P She AI iSI ZCS O f Sf 3 *****11 US. BC3 HIS, PI 311
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    ANNALS OF A HILL STATION.
    1196 3 OUR VICES. If a man’s worx is to be worth anything, it must l>e congenial also it must be familiar to him. Put a raw coolie in charge of a dynamo, and rather sooner than later, you will l>e able to watch the burning sparks
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    The Traffic in Japanese Women.
    453 3 The Kushin publishes a pitiable letter which it has received from seven Japanese girls who are now in Ipoh, Perak, in the Malav Peninsula. The letter, which is vouched for by two members of the Japanese Ladies’ Patriotic Association who happened to meet the girls
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    PARA RUBBER.
    251 3 DISTANCE AND INTERPLATING This is the subject of an important contribution by Mr. Herbert Wright to the current Tropical Agriculturist, and should be closely studied by all planters in Ceylon, India. Malaya, and the East generally. Mr. Wright definitely states at the outset I am not in favour
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    462 3 Per P. O. s. s. Xil j from London, Jan. 19, due at Penang, Feb. 19 :To Penang: Mr. and Mrs. A. Dennys and children, Mrs. Petrie and child, Mrs. Pottey, Misses Smith, H. Taylor, and L. Wilson. Lieut J. Boston, Messrs. P. Cocke and E.
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    THE WEEK.
    90 4 Friday, Is(h February. High water 2.13 p.m. Low water 8 15 a.m Saturday, I6lh February. Homeward P. O. Mail. High water 3.01 p.m. Low water 9.02 a.m. Sunday, I7th February. First Sunday in Lent. Ember Week. High water 3.45 p.in. Low water 941 a.m. Monday, IBtb February. High
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    MARRIAGE.
    59 4 MartinDockland.On the 12th Feb., 1907, in St. George’s Church, Penang, by the Rev. Frank Haines, Colonial Chaplain, Thomas Archibald Martin, Esq., seventh son of the late Alexander Al. Martin, Esq., of Blackheath, to Effie Alice Buckland, only daughter of R. G. S. Buckland. Esq. (Superintendent Eastern Extension Telegraph Co.,
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    Friday, 15th Feb., 1907.
    1064 4 That a spirit of discontent, not to say unrest, prevails in India at the present moment will not be denied by all earnest students of Indian politics and Indian affairs. To exactly what source this feeling of dissatisfaction with the existing regime should be ascribed, it
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    WEDDING IN PENANG.
    1128 4 MARTIN—BUCKLAN D. The marriage of Mr. Thomas Archibald Martin, Assistant in the firm of-Messrs. Paterson, Simons Co., son of the late MrAlexander Martin (one of the mercantile pioneers in the Straits Settlements)with Miss Effie Buckland, only daughter of Mr. R. G. S. Buckland (Superintendent of the Eastern
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    The Royal Visit.
    89 4 We have been to publish the undernoted Notice. Inspection of the Malay States Guides by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught. A certain space near the Stand on the Parade Ground will be reserved for Europeans, but only those h iving tickets will be admitted to the Stand,
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    Penang Volunteer Corps.
    543 4 The Annual Camp. The annual Camp of the Penang Volunteer Corps, which is usually held during the Chinese New Year holidays at the Rifle Hauge, Kampong Bharu, commenced on Tuesday. Thirty-nine members of tlie Corps assembled at the Penang Club ou Tuesday at 6 p.m. and marched
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    816 5 OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. SPEECH FROM THE THRONE. THE WORK OF THE SESSION. [Beutbk’s Service] London, 13th Fab. The newspapers dwell on the momentous nature of the new Session of Parliament. Speculation is extremely rife as to the tactics that will be adopted by the Government toward the
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    RUSSIA.
    143 5 THE DUMA ELECTIONS. SUCCESS OF THE OPPOSITION. ROBBERIES OF BULLION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th Feb. In the preliminary elections to the Duma the Advanced Parti s have swept many important towns, including Moscow, Odessa, Saratov, Astrakhan, Tiflis, Tashkent, Omsk, and Vladivostock. On Saturday, the Police of St. Petersburg, being
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    AMERICA AND ASIATICS.
    127 5 AN AMENDED BILL. [Reuter’s Sbrvicb.] London, 13th Jan. A telegram from Washington says that the Hon Elihu Root, Secretary of State, is preparing an amendment to the Asiatic Immigration Bill excluding from America any Asiatics who land from the Philippines, and the Hawaiian Islands, from which Japanese
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    THE THAW MURDER TRIAL.
    103 5 WARNING TO THE YELLOW PRESS. [Reuter’s Servicr.l London, 13th Feb. At the instance of President Roosevelt, Mr. Henry L. Burnett, the Federal District Attorney, has notified the newspapers of New York of the intenti >n of the Government to criminally prosecute in any cases of violations
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    THE JAMAICA EARTHQUAKE.
    70 5 EFFECT ON COLONY’S FINANCES. [Reuter’s Sbrvicb London, 13th Feb. At the opening of the Legislative Council of Jamaica, Sir Alexander Swettenham, K.C.M.G, the Governor, in the course of his speech stated that the damage done by the recent earthquake would exhaust the estimated surplus, and that he
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    PERSIA.
    50 5 AN IMPERIAL MESSAGE. [Rkuter’s Sbrvicb.] London, 14th Feb. Reuter’s correspondent in Teheran states that the Shah, in a message to Parliament, grants all popular demands, including a formal recognition of constitutional government. This was telegraphed to Tabriz, where the people had seized the arsenal and closed the Government Offices.
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    ANTARCTIC EXPLORATION.
    40 5 A BRITISH EXPEDITION. [RsuTsn’s Sbrvicb.] London, 12th Feb. A British Antarctic expedition starts in October. It will be commanded by Capt. Shackleton of the Discovery expedition and takes an automobile and a number of Siberian ponies besides sleigh-dogs.
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    THE RUSSO-JAPANESE WAR.
    191 5 KUROPATKIN'S HISTORY A REMARKABLE INDICTMENT: OUTSPOKEN CRITICISM. [Reuter’s Service London, 15th Feb.; Reuter’s Agency publishes full extracts from General Kuropatkin’s History of the Russo Japanese War,” which was confiscated in Russia immediately on its appearance. It gives a dismal retrospect of mud-, die, unpreparedness, and disorganisation. Again
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    JAPAN AND ENGLAND.
    118 5 PRINCE FUSHIMI’S MISSION. [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 14th Feb. H.I.H. P rince Fushimi has started from Yokohama on his mission to England to return the courtesy of King Edward in despatching the Order of the Garter to the Emperor of Japan. Prince Fushimi is travelling by the P.
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    A SUFFRAGETTES’ DEMONSTRATION.
    56 5 HOUSE OF COMMONS ATTACKED llkutkk'r Service. London, 16th Feb. Eight hundred suffragettes twice attacked the House of Commons, the conflict with the Police lasting nearly six hours. Twenty-five have been arrested, including Mrs. Despard, General French’s sister. Those who have been arrested allege that the Police treated
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    THE NETHERLANDS.
    47 5 RESIGNATION OF CABINET. [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 1 3th Feb. The Dutch Cabinet has resigned ewinar to the First Chamber of the States-General rejecting the Military Estimates, under which the long service term of the Militia would be abolished with a view to reducing the expenditure.
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    TURKEY.
    48 5 MUTINY ON A TRANSPORT. [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 15th Feb. While some Turkish transports, with 1,290 troops on board for Hodeida, were passing through the Suez Canal on Wednesday, 177 soldiers jumped overboard at different points. The troops on board fired on them, killing five. The rest escaped
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    THE JAPANESE BUDGET.
    38 5 [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 14 th Feb. Reuter’s correspondent in Tokio states that the Budget has passed the House of Representatives without the slightest curtailmentan unprecedented occurrence since the Diet was first opened seven years ago.
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    MOROCCO
    34 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th Feb. The whole of the nominal capital of the State Bank of Morocco has been subscribed. A band of Moorish tribesmen attacked Mogador (Suerra) and burnt the AngloFrench Club.
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    186 5 <ffttTLESHI?S 111 COLIISIOH. THE CHANNEL COMMAND. CORD CHARLES BERESFORD'S POSITION h J [Rbutbr’s Sbrvicb.] London, 13th Feb. H.M.S. Albemarle and H.M S. Commonwealth collided on Monday night when both vessels were steaming at a speed of 12 knots per hour. They went to Gibraltar for repairs, but
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    THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
    36 5 HONOUR FOR Mb BRYCE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th Feb. The King received in audience Mr. James Bryce, the new British Ambassador to the United States, and conferred on him the Order of Merit.
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    VALUABLE ART COLLECTION STOLEN.
    32 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 14th Feb. Mr. Wertheimer’s house at Parkland has been burgled. Objects of art valued at £50,000 have been stolen, including paintings by Gainsborough and Reynolds.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    209 5 THE AMERICAN NAVYBerlin, 12th Feb. Mr. C. H. Bonaparte, U.S. Naval Minister, characterises a strong war fleet as the safest guarantee for peace. RUSSIA. In the elections to the Russian Duma, Government Cadets have gained seats in Odessa and Moscow. GERMANY AND RUSSIA. Berlin, 13th Feb. The
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    SHIPPING.
    163 5 A SERIES OF DISASTERS. THRILLING EXPERIENCES. SINGAPORE STEAMER ASHORE. [Reuter’s Sbrvicb London, 12th Feb. The Messageries Maritimes steamer Laos, laden with rice from Indo-China, has gone ashore and become a total wreck near Saint Nazaire. The crew were saved. London, 14th Feb. The s.s. Larchmont has been sunk in
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    THE LATE LORD GOSCHEN.
    29 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 12th Feb. The funeral of the late Lord Goschen, which took place at Hawkhurst, the deceased Peer’s country seat, was most impressive.
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    THE MUSIC HALL STRIKE.
    30 5 [Reuter’s Sbrvicb.] London, 14th Feb. The dispute between the London music hall artistes and their employers has been referred to the Board of Trade for arbitration.
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    593 5 OBITUARY. LORD ALLENDALE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 14th Feb. The death is announced of Lord Allendale (better known as Mr. Wenth worth Blackett Beaumont, M.P. for the Tyneside Division from *****892, having been created a Peer in August last). He is succeeded by his eldest son Mr. Wentworth Canning Blackett Beaumont,
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    LOG BOOK.
    614 6 The sth Order White Light with red sectors exhibited on Pulau Katak has been discontinued and has been replaced by a 4th Order Fixed White Light visible in clear weather 15 miles. Something of a novelty has just been issued from Whitehall. This takes the form of an
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    167 6 Ayuthia, Brit., 694, Curtis, Feb. 13, Bombay, gen., Huttenbach Bros. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, Feb. 14, Langkat, gen., Beng Kee. Cornelia, Brit.» 194, Heid, Feb. 13, Port Swettenham, gen., Koe Guan Co. Hebe, Brit., 346, Inkster, Feb. 14, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield A Co. Itzehoe, Ger.,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    33 6 Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Kut Sang for Singapore, and Hongkong. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson. Mary Austin for Asahan. Resident Halewyn for Batu Bahra.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    340 6 per Wakasa Maru for Colombo, 11 a.m. tomorrow. Thongwa for Nagapatam, and Madras I p.m. to-morrow. Registration up to 11 a.m. to-morrow. Delta for Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauiitius, Egypt, and vid Brindisi for Europe, etc ,Ipm. tomorrow Registration up to 11 a.m. to-morrow. Parcels up to 11
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    60 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Polyphemus from Liverpool, Feb. 14, for Shanghai and Japan, W. Mansfield Co. Benlawers from London, Feb. 24, for Singapore, &c., Sandilands, Buttery Co. Radnorshire from London, Feb. 1«*; for Singapore, Boustead Co. Trieste from Colombo,
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    PASSENGERS.
    123 6 By Cohnelia from Port Swettenham, Messrs. E. Harris and P. Russell. By Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Messrs. C. J. Irving. L. Cistemes, and P. Mathon By Macedonia from London, Messrs. J. J. Floury and C. B. Murdoch from Sydney, Miss N. Osborne from Melbourne. Messrs. R. and J.
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    SHARES.
    1250 6 N f Issue o*» Capital. Subscribed. Shares. Yalue. Paid up. Reserve. Dividends. Name. Quotations S 5 MINING. Gold. 1900 $115,000 $140,000 (13,50° $lO $lO Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. ss} sellers. < 4.000 10 H’ (Deferred) 5 nom. 1892 £2OOOOO £l9l 250 50,000 £1 £1 £4,873 I/-paid January, 1901
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Pknang. 15th February, 1907. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4} 4 months’ sight Batik 3 Credit 2/4 H/16 3 Documentary 24J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 173} 3 days’ sight Private J7s} Bombay, Demand Bank M 173} 3 days’ sight Private 17« Madras, Demand Bank 173}
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    PRODUCE.
    171 6 Penang, 15th February, 1907. Gold leaf $64 70 Pepper (W. Coast. 3 11»,. 5 ox.) 17 buyers. White Pepper 23} buyers. Trang Pepper 18 buyer*. Mace 85 buyers. Mace Pickings 71 sales. Nutmegs 110 27} sales. JNo 1 5.10 2 x. no stock. Basket 3.30 sales I’apioca Flour 1.82}
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