Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 March 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 67 VOL. LXV. MONDAY, 25th MARCH, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1562 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBQH TO THE 1 111 M H—M| lIAWTAPTU UDQIfIOD TIJ By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIK. |H| tl'tll UlWMllfij Lid,, By the German Steamships HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN RHENANIA,” I VTjff M Jft fi 1 W I fjlVll R l fiPltFl Plfl 1 SILESIA,” and SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service is
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR FEBRUARY, 1907.
    1907 3 Meetings 1. Ordinary meetings of the Commissioners were held on the Bth and 22nd of the month. Staff. 2. Sick leave was granted to Mr. J. Pereira, Fitter, Engineer’s Department, from the Bth to the end of the month, and to Mr. C. C.
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    The Royal Commission on Shipping Rings.
    385 3 The Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the operation of shipping rings, hel«l its first sitting O'i 26th ult. Evidence as t the working of the deferred rebate system was given by Mr. W. G. Soper, chairman of the South African Merchants’ Committee. He
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    PROSPEROUS TIN MINING.
    446 3 So far as one can judge from the fullest consideration of the factors influencing the industry, the present prosperity in tin-min-ing is no mere transitory movement. It is a condition of things which has come to stay,at any rate for a considerable time ahead. In weighing the
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    420 3 Per P. O. s.s. Formosa, from London Feb. 16, due at Penang, Mar. 26:To Penang Rev. J. P. Parry, Dr. S. Burns, Messrs. F. G. Finch, H. L. Cowdy, and W. Fox. To Singapore Messis. W. Wright ami P. Simpson. Per P. <fc O. s.s. Victoria
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      888 3 TO LET HOUSE in Ayer Rajah Road, soil able By Order of the -Cx for a mess or family, close to the 1 Race Course And Golf Green. TO BE SOLD BY 1 Co. PI,BUC AUCTION, 4b Logan’s Buildings. m w f 7-4 On Thursday, tfje 281 fj Marefj, 1907,
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    THE WEEK.
    93 4 Monday, 25th March Annunciation. Lady Day. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Hippodrome, 9 p.m. High water 8.15 p.m. Low water 2.13 p.m. Tuesday, 26th March. League. Football: Y.M.C.A. v. Free School, Esplanade. Hippodrome, 9 p.m. High water 9.02 p.m. Low water 3.01 p.m. Wednesday, 27th March. t
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    Monday, 25th March, 1907.
    1805 4 Of the ethics of journalism much has been written of recent years and the ethics of journalism are like a woman’s honour mpinson en parle rnieux ea vaul. In the Americanisation of the English Press h» -having results which, while they are perhaps satisfactory from tlief
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    CRICKET.
    406 4 A cricket match was p’ayed on tho Esplanade on Saturday afternoon betwo/ two teams of the Penang Cricket Chil assisted by four others, the sides beii/’ captained by Messrs. W. Peacock and F. M. Key worth. The match was intended to be a practice game for the Penang Ineil
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    The O'Connor Opera Co.
    152 4 The Cingalee.” There was only a thin attendance at the Town Hall on Saturday evening when the O’Connor Opera Company staged The Cingalee,” a piece well-known in Penang, having been played here on several occasions by the ill-fated Dallas Company, who are now, it is said,
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    The Hippodrome.
    237 4 Saturd iy evening’s performance at The Hippodrome was favoured with a crowded audience, many being turned away. The peiforman e opened with an act on the Triple Bars, and then Black Diamond again reflected credit on his trainer, clearing a f«nce close on two feet higher than himself.
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      227 4 SARKIES HOTELS. SE. &0. HOTEL Penang. CRAG HOTEL penang /(ills. EHES HOTEL- Singapore. AND HOTEL Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, >■•• J SPECIAL AUCTION SALE XSuesday Morning, 2616 AT 6-4® A. AXIJ AT EXHIBITION OF A RARE Hughenden/* Anson' Read, AXIJ The Residence of C. W. BARNETT, Esq. See Catalogues. Excellent Collection
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    THE MONEY MARKET.
    104 5 SITUATION ON THE CONTINENT. FORECAST BY THE TIMES.” Reutkr'r Service Loudon, 24th March. Consols hive fallen to 84|. A general liquidation is proceeding on ail the Stock Markets. The Continental markets are overloaded, and there is a heavy pressure to sell Much anxiety prevails f>r the next
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    MOROCCO.
    101 5 MURDER OF A FRENCH DOCTOR 1 Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th March. M. Mauchamp, a French doctor was shot, and then stoned to death in a street in Marakesh, Morocco. The French cruiser Jeanne fl'Arc has I teen ordered to Morocco. It is believed that France will demand heavy compensation
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    BILLIARDS.
    75 5 A WORLD’S RECORD. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25tli March. In playing against Weiss, the Australian billiard champion, at Thurston’s saloon in Leicester-square, Reece made a break of 4,593 unfinished, including 2,268 anchor cannons. The match was not played under the Billiard Association’s rules, and therefore does not count as a
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    IRELAND.
    66 5 THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION. [Reuter’s Service London, 25th March. Mr. Birrell, Chief Secretary for Ireland, speaking in the House of Commons, disclosed the impending Irish legislation. He mentioned that an itiinu il grant of forty thousand pounds will be given for three years for building of schools, also for encouragement
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    THE WHITELEY MURDER.
    59 5 RESULT or THE TRIAL [Reuter’s Service.] London, 23rd March. The trial of Horace George Rayner, clerk, for the murder of Mr. William Whiteley, the Universal Provider,” at his establishment in Westbourne Grove, London, on the 24th January, was concluded yesterday, ihe jury returned a verdict of wilful
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    PRINCE FUSHIMI.
    62 5 HIS MISSION TO ENGLAND. [Reuter’s Service. j London, 24th March. His Imperial Highness Prince Fushimi who is on his way to England to return the Garter visit of 11. R. 11. Prince Arthur of Connaught, has arrived at Marseilles on hoard the P. steamer Britannia. His .Majesty King
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    CENTRAL AMERICA.
    53 5 THE PERENNIAL WAR. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 23rd March. Mr. Elihu Root, the American Secretary of State, yesterday 7 received the Ministers for Costa Rica and Nicaragua and impressed upon them the necessity of ending tho war with Honduras, as otherwise all Central America might be involved and European
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    THE UNREST IN ROUMANIA.
    30 5 [Reuter’s Service Loudon, 25th March. The agrarian disorders in Rouinania have led to the resignation of the Conservative Cabinet and to a Liberal Ministry being formed.
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    FRANCE AND SIAM.
    93 5 A NEW TREATY SIGNED. TERRI TORI AL CON CESSIONS. [Reuter’s Service London, 2 sth March. A telegram to Paris from Bangkok states that the Franco Siamese negotiations sir# 1 appro iching a termination. They comprise a settlement of all pending difficulties, including the retrocession to Fi ance
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    EGYPT.
    54 5 THE BRITISH ADMINISTRATION. [Reuter’s Service. London, 25tlL_M'arch. Sir Christopher Furness (Liberal M.P.-i for Hartlepool), in a letter to '77w Time*, regrets the unwisdom of Mr. John Robertson, Liberal M.P. for the Tyneside division of Northumberland, in attacking tlie British administration in Egypt and especially abusing Loid Cromer in the
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    RUSSIA.
    53 5 A HOPEFUL AUGURY. [Reuter’s Service. London, 2.5 th March. A considerable sensation has been Craused in the Russian Duma by the Government heartily accepting the proposal of the Constitutional Democrats iq appoint a commission to supervise the famine relief measures in co-operation with the GovernmOnt. This is regarded as
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    RAILWAYS IN AFRICA.
    50 5 THE LABOUR QUESTION. X > Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th March. The Lisbon newspapers state that owing to the delay of Indians in Natal proceeding to work on the Katanga Railway’pending Imperial sanction, the Portuguese. Government will allow the recruiting of, Mozambique natives for the West Coast.. i-JltJl
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    THE TRANSVAAL PARLIAMENT.
    45 5 THE ASIATIC BILL. [Reuter’s. Service’. London, £3t<d..March.’ The Legislative Council the TfatftVaal has passed the Asiatic tihinigratibn Bill. The Earl of Sei borne, High Commissioner* for South Africa, has reserved the King’s approval. 1 The Assembly has adjourned- to Friday, 14tb June.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    8 5 THE PRESIDENT AND THE P.C.C.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    1770 5 Ordinary Meeting, Friday, March 22nd. <■ Present. 3 His Excellency Sthe Sir John Anderson, K.c M.o. His Excellency Mtijot'-'fltedefraiParrot, G.p-c. Hon. Qapt; A. H. Young, c.m.g. (Colonial W; J; Naiunr,.D.c.L..XAt.tprney-General) A, T. Bryant (Acting Auditor-General)’.' J. O. XhthmiisZ’(Aei."CQb treasurer). 'F.,J. Pigott (Act. Colonial Engineer). John AhdersdiL 1 10
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    Penang Harbour.
    200 5 A paper wSs laid-before the Legislative Council on Friday on Penang Harbour ImImprovements. It is a report from Messrs. Coode, Soqs <fc Matthews. All the calculations -£nfl forking details have not yet been (hade, but it is considered desirable to deal with the more urgent works. The recommendations
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    Penang Golf Club.
    80 5 At ujiqiptl general meeting of the Penang Golf Club on Saturday the -following,, office-bearers were elected President?,' J The it&n. E. W. Presgrave; Captain, Mr. D. A. M. Brown Hon. Secretary, 'Jk G- H. -Stut Members of Committee F. J. HaPifax, C. G. Nfay, D. Beatty, and
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      30 5 THE PRESIDENT AND THE P.C.C. EYE-SIGHT. Mk N. LAZARUS IS NOW IN PENANG AND MAY BE PERSONALLY CONSULTED FOR SPECTACLES, AT Messrs. S. SENC Co., FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY.
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      478 5 New Advertisements. NOTICE. expanded~metal. WHEREAS William Brooks Close-and William Henry Pern Stevens both of York Mansion, York St., Westminster, in the County of London, England, Gentlemen, (being duly authorised by an order of His Excellency the Governor of the Straits Settlements in Council), filed on the 27th day of February,
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    32 5 OBITUARY. M. PCBIEDONOSTYĔFF. [Reuter’s Service] London, 24th March. The death is announced of M. Pobie lonostyieff, formerly Procurator of the Holy Synod in Russia and member of the Council of the Empire.
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    LOG BOOK.
    913 6 Not many years have passed (observes the Montreal Star, since Biitish squadrons showed the flag-in every sea. The Little Englander Government now in power is cutting down the Army at home, withdrawing garrisons abroad, and concentrating the Navy, so that when sudden emergencies arise in distant parts of
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    172 6 Ban Whatt Hin, Brit., ld&, Morrell, Mar. 24, Tongkah, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, Mar. 23, Langkat, gen., Beng Kee. Brouwer, Dut., 545, Hut, Mar. 24, Hutten- bach, Liebert Co Canton, Brit., 1“5, Marican, Mar. 23, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing Co. Coen,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    34 6 Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Coen for Pulo Weh, Olehleh, and Padang. Deli for Batu Bahra. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Glenogle for Rangoon. Lai Sang for < alcutta. Malaya for Deli.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    332 6 per Brouwer for Deli, noon, to-morrow. Rotorua for Tongkah, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Ban Whatt Soon for l*angkat, 2 pm. to-morrow. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang, 2 p.m. to moi row. Pin Seng for Port Swettenhain and Singapore, 3 p.m. to-morrow. Perak (Straits S. S.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    147 6 Name of Steamer, where fro >, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Ayents. Formosa from Colomba. Mar. 26, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Adamson, Gilfillau Co. V.v 1 Benalder from Louden, Mar. 23, for Singapore, China, 'and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co. 1 < Montrosk from Glasgow and
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    PASSENGERS.
    63 6 By Lady Wbld from Teluk Anson, Mr. E. J. Koch. By Pachumba for Mergui, Mr. C. E. Frost. By Maetsuijckrr for Sabang, Mr. W. Burger. By Kapurthala for Port Swettenham, Mrs. Fox and 2 children, Miss Woodford, Messrs. Bryans, Catheravaloo, D Graham, R. W. Harrison, L. T. Leonowens, and
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    SHARES.
    1201 6 2 N f Issue I o*s Capital Subscribed. Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividends. Name. n g Shares. Juotationg «-> C 3 MINING. Gold. lw( $.40,000 Ool< c., m t 892 2oo,o«o 91 25 0 7'7* 1898 f. 2,000,000 61,800,000 20,000 HOO <lOO 52| per cent, for 1906 Redjang Gold
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 Penang, 25th March, 1907. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/41 4 months’ sight. Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary 24| Calcutta, Demand Bank lh J 74 3 days’ sight Private 175} Bombay, Deinaml Bank 173 j 3 days’sight Private I7p| Madras, Demand Rank
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    PRODUCE.
    192 6 Penang. 25th March, 1907. Gohl leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Const 3 5 <>a:) 17 no stock. White Pepper 25 sales. Trang Pepper 18.75 buyers. Mace 83 sellers. Mace Picking» 7“.7ĕ sales. Cloves (picked) 42 sales. Nutmegu lIV 29 buyers. !No I 5.20 2 x. no stock. Basket 3.30 sales.
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