Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 April 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 79 VOL. LXV. WEDNESDAY, lOth APRIL. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      2588 2 "if- J- ll 1 1 I. 1 11 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. y g J MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A, KAULFUSS, w-r v wTiTtn >vv n iv-r vr f tittfi B® M I B" '’T'H E Municipal Commissioners of George By the HAMBURG4MERIKA LINIE. L« 2 W,OTOCPP I
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    THE IMPERIAL INSTITUTE.
    699 3 DISCUSSION IN THE COMMONS. In the House of Commons on 6th ult., on the vote for a supplementary sum of £32,470 for sundry Colonial services, including certain grants in aid, Mr. Morton said he was strongly opposed to wasting £1,400 r year for three years upon the
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    India’s Finances.
    143 3 The Opium Traffic Calcutta, March 20 A surplus of 199 lakhs has been announced by the Financial Member in the Legislative Council. He notifies for the third year the reduction of the Salt Tax, by 8 ann»s per maund. As an evidence of the Government’s desire to meet
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    THE ARBUTHNOT FAILURE.
    281 3 Madras, March 20. In re the Arbuthnot insolvency, Mr. Adam, the Public Prosecutor, applied today to Justice Subramaniya Iyer, on behalf of Mr. Cooper, the trustee in the bankruptcy in England, that the official assignee in Madras act as auxiliary to the trustee in the bankruptcy in
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    Cultivation of Ramie.
    368 3 Dr. Willis writes in the latest number of the Tropical Agriculturist (Ceylon): Once again the periodic boom in this fibre is upon us, and enquiries are coming in about it. The position may be summed up briefly thus. The actual fibre of the Rhea, Ramie, or china
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    Royal Colonial Institute.
    82 3 Non-Resident Fellows. South Africa, 1,152; Australia, 567; West Africa, 260 West Indies, <fcc., 188 New Zealand, 187 Canada, 126 Strai s Settlements, 73 Ceylon, 66 Fiji, 42 India, 33 Mauritius, *26 Hongkong, 24 Cyprus, 19; East Africa, 17; British Honduras, 16 British North Borneo, 16 British Central
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    THE AMIR AT THE CIRCUS.
    444 3 Harmston’s Circus will shortly pay a return visit to Penang, being at present in Colombo. While the Circus was in Bombay it was favoured with a visit from the Amir of Afghanistan and the Governor. A Bombay contemporary had the following report on the interesting
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    Free Education for India.
    397 3 In November last the Government of India asked the local Governments for a full expression of their views on the subject of free primary education, at the same time explaining their own position. The Resolution then circulated to the various administrations is now published, and it
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    FOREIGNERS IN CHINA.
    487 3 The various proposals made in Shanghai for preventing a repetition of the recent outrage in the foreign settlement have evoked a lengthy. protest from the Nanfangpao. This Chinese organ condemns strongly each and a'l of the following suggestionsthat all Chinese leave the Settlement at night-time and return
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    364 3 Per P. O. s.s. Malacca, from London, Mar. 9 due at Penang, April 9 :To Penang Mr. D. Mackay, To Singapore Mr. and Mrs. Langham-Carter and child, Capt. G. D. Lister, Mrs. Moulden, and Lieut. A. H. Allen. Per P. Jt O. s.s. India, from London,
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    THE WEEK.
    120 4 Wednesday. 10th April. Hunt Club Paperchase. High water 9.34 a.m. Low water 3.3 J a.m. Thursday, Ilth April. Football: C.R.C v. P.C.C. Outward P. O. Mail. High water 1".23 a in. Low water 5 4.20 a.m Friday, 12th April. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 put High water 11.13
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    Wednesday, 10th April, 1907.
    1634 4 Some little time ago we alluded in these columns to the case of Duncan rs. the Criterion Press. We had no intention to refer to it again, but as the accuracy of tlte statements contained iu our article on the case has been called into question-»
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    Penang Volunteers.
    148 4 Rifle Competitions. A ride shooting competition, under the auspices of the Penang Volunteer Corps took place on Saturday afternoon, and two others on the following morning, the results of which were as under The Bankebs’ Handicap, 600 Yards. Handicap open to efficients and honorary members, recruits of the
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    ANOTHER FIRE.
    637 4 DWELLING-HOUSE BURNT DOWN, Last night, North Beach, near Burmah Lane Ghaut, was the scene of an outbreak of fire, which completely destroyed one of the best dwelling-houses in that neighbourhood, and involved a loss of over $2,000 About twenty minutes before midnight a Chinaman made a report at
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    Penang Operatic Society.
    88 4 La Fille de Madame Angot. Practices for the above opera have been going on for some time, and the choruses are sufficiently advanced for rehearsals to be proceeded with. AU those who were present at the preliminaiy meeting, and all others who wish to tab' part, are
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    F.M.S. Tin.
    118 4 Expout from Perak. The Acting Secretary to the Res ide Perak send us the advance figures, whic are liable to correction, of the export of Uu from Perak for March Tin 7,779 piculs 20 catties Tin Ore 20,623 piculs 39 cat’ll Duty $370,658.52. Tronoh Mines. We are officially
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      181 4 /SARKIES’ HOTELS.) )E.& 0. MOTEL perjang. CRAG MOTEL Penang /(ills. RAFFLES MOTEL Singapore. X (STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. 1 SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors., f CYCLI NG, When you ride a MASSEY-HARRIS, is QUITE ANOTHER MATTER and more particularly so when it is fitted with PAL/MER TYRE S Cash or Terms, Old Machines
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    THE BRITISH ARMY.
    128 5 TERRITORIAL FORCES BILL. debate on second reading. [Rkutrr’s Skrvick] London, 10th April. In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, moved the second reading of the Territorial Forces Bill. Mr. Wyndham moved an amendment regretting the proposal as destroying the
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    CANADA AND AMERICA.
    99 5 A PROJECTED TREATY. [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 10th April. A telegram from Washington says that it has been officially stated that a treaty has been drafted appointing a joint commission to consider all complex questions between Canada and the United States concerning water boundaries and fisheries. Later intelligence
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    CENTRAL RUSSIA.
    84 5 AN APPALLING FAMINE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th April. A letter from a Commissioner of the Society of Friends, who was sent to investigate the Russian famine, dated Samara, 3rd April, says that 750,000 people are starving in Samara alone, of whom 373,000 are receiving bare relief, which must
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    THE THAW TRIAL.
    87 5 CLOSE OF THE EVIDENCE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th April. The hearing of the evidence in the trial of Harry Thaw for the murder of Mr. Stanford White has closed in the New York Court, and the addresses of counsel to the jury have begun. London, 10th April.
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    MOROCCO.
    66 5 FURTHER UNREST. [Reuter’s Service London, 10th April. There is a distinct feeling of unrest among the Europeans at Fez owing to the issue by the Sultan of Morocco of an edict in which he expresses regret at the murder of Dr. Mauchamp, but declares the .occupation of Ujda by
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    THE COLONIAL. CONFERENCE.
    53 5 A MATTER OF EXPEDIENCY. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 10th April. Both the Times and the Standard urge most strongly the expediency of the Premier of Great Britain presiding at the Conference of Colonial Premiers, for the purpose of emphasizing the idea of the equality of the Colonies and
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    41 5 THE TRAFALGAR’S” MISHAP. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th April. It is stated -that the mishap to the battleship Trafalgar, which ran on to the rocks at Devil’s Point, Devonport, was due to the signal from the bridge being mi«under*tood.
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    THE KING AND QUEEN.
    151 5 VISIT TO CARTAGENA. FRIENDSHIP WITH SPAIN. [Reuters Service.] London, 9th April. A banquet was given yesterday on board the Spanish battleship Numacia, in Cartagena, in honour of King Edward and Queen Alexandra. King Alfonso, in proposing the toast of Their Majesties, referred in affectionate terms to
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    574 5 ENGLAND AND SPAIN' Berlin, 9th April. An official Spanish announcement has issued with regard to the meeting of King Alfonso and King Edward at Cartagena. It is stated that no formal alliance has been arranged but an entente cordiale with regard to Morocco, the Hague Conference, and
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    IMPRESSIONS OF IPOH.
    1389 5 (By a Special Correspondent.) The Ipoh of to-day is not the same as that of sixteen months or so ago when the writer first set foot in the business capital bf Kinta. Both visits were of the flying nature a journey from Penang by the 7 a.m.
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    Meteorological Observations.
    65 5 The Temperature. The following are the readings of the thermometer taken in the shade during this mouth at Fort Cornwallis 5S 3 Q £5 1 7,P> 39. 87. 2 80. 88. 87. 3 80. 87. 89. 4 80. 89. 87. 5 79. 90. 85' 6 81. 82. 83.
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    Rubber Prices in London.
    337 5 A telegram of the 22nd ult., says:The rubber market is quiet. The quotation for 1 fine hard Para is ss. Plantation rubber is steady. Another telegram, dated 26th ult., states:The rubber market is quiet on large receipts. The price for fine hard Para is 4s. Plantation
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      359 5 Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, London, Glasgow, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Singapore, AND PENANG. (Price List on Application). EYE-SIGHT. Mr. <k Mrs. .Cremer. pp Mr. N. LAZARUS IS NOW IN NURSERY GOVERNESS or Lady p p jri |K| Help wanted immediately for two boys. 3 and 5 years. AND
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    LOG BOOK.
    836 6 An interesting] correspondence has been proceeding in the Shipping Gazette hs to the age of the oldest ship afloat. It turns out that giddy young things of seventy or eighty years of age, which have given themselves airs by reason of supposed seniority, are really quite juvenile. At
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    81 6 Canton, Brit., 105, Marican, April, 10, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing Co. Lanokat, Brit., 149, Pallett, April, 9, Teluk Anson, Koe Guan Co. Maby Austin, Brit., 121 Campbell, April, 9, Asahan, gen., Koe Guan Co. Ran ek, Ger., 298, Peters, April, I<>, Deli, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Rkichenbach,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    19 6 Flying Fish for Port Weld. Langkat for Teluk Anson. Sbee Banka for Pangkor. Taw Tong tor Trang.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    424 6 per Avagyke for Deli, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Petrel for Pangkalan Brand an, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Malacca for Singapore, China, and Japan, 3 p m to-morrow’. Flying Dragon for Setul, 3 pm. to-mo>row. Delhi for Singapore China, and Japan, 3 p.m. to-morrow.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    153 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where bound, and A gents. Delhi from Colombo, April, 11, for Singapore, and China, Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Malta from Singapore, April, 12, for Colombo, and Bombay, Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Kawachi Maru from Singapore, April 12, for Colombo, Marseilles, and
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    SHARES.
    1206 6 i I Issue «1« Name. Quotations. o‘| Capital. Subscribed. sharel Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividen. MINING. Gold. Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. nom. <l3 500 JlO $lO (Deferred) nom. 1900 $175,000 $140,000 < 4.000 10 10 \qA7 Raub*Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 7 <5O 000 £1 £1
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Penang, 10th April 1907. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) Ijondon Demanfl Bank 4 months’ sight Rank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta, Demand Bank Its 174 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay, Demand Bank 173| 3 days’sight Priva'e 17b| Madras, Demand Bank 173| 3 days’ sight
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    PRODUCE.
    186 6 Penang, 10th April, 1907. Gohl leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz 17 no stock. White Pepper 25 sellers. Trang Pepper 20 sales. Mace 82.75 sales. Mace Picking? 70.75 selllers* Cloves (picked) 42 sales. Nutmegs 110 29 sellers. CNo 1 5 sal»*. Sugar. < 2 x no stock,
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      108 6 The Penang Coach Building. Co., Ltd., Coach Builders and Repairers, Bicycle Dealers and Repairers, Commission Agents, etc.. WILL START BUSINESS From lot 1907, AT 205, HUTTON LANE. All kinds of Vehicles and Horse Accessories in Stock. Harness, Saddlery, etc. Just Unpacked. INSPECTION IS RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED. Horse Food of the Best
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