Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 April 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 91 VOL. LXV. WEDNESDAY. 24th APRIL. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1654 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST."] uj UAWTADTII UDCIZTKW Til By the HAMBDRG-AMERIKA LINIE. M ND|A AKltl BKbKIME, M BR.T.SH INDIA I Bv the German Steamships HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN,” RHENANIA,” VI I llj UIVVII 1 Villa SILESIA,” and SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service is maintained between Lisbon and the
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    THE TRAGEDY OF THE "RAMILLIES COVE.”
    731 3 The spot at which the ill-fated Elder Dempster liner Jebba, from Went Africa, recently met her fate, bears a name that has been head of before as a place of shipwreck It figures in our naval annals as the scene of one of the
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    India and Caste.
    200 3 through in five minutes.—Charles E. RusSell in The Cosmopolitan. Next to the priesthood, the strongest influence that upholds caste and makos it the intolerable burden of India is the British government. Not a priest observes caste Ko re scrupulously nor incu'cates it more «W'iuously. Whatever the government
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    RUBBER IN SOUTH INDIA.
    485 3 Mr. E. G. Windle, the well-known planter of Shevaroys, is on a short visit to Ceylon and in conversation with a local newspaper representative remarked that land was being opened up and planting going on steadily in Southern Indii. Over there they are fortunately not confronted
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    Egyptian Nationalism.
    360 3 As an ins’ance of how the Egyptian Nationalist papers seize upon every little incident for ni'king political capital out of it, the Cairo correspondent of the African World cites the case of M. Grandmoulin, a highly-respected Frenchman, who has unfortunately, laid himself open to the charge of involun
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    PERAK TIN.
    186 3 OUTPUT FOB MARCH. The output of tin was 28,402.59 pikuls against 34,002,20 pikuh in February. The value of «he metal is returned at 12,636,920.17 on which duty amounting to $370,658.52 was collected. The average price of tin was $94 05 per pikul with duty at $39.15 per bhara.
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    Ex-Governors and Publie Companies.
    194 3 I. P. G. Reuter informs us that Lord Elgin has issued a circular to Colonial Governors, with leference to ex-Governors holding shares in companies operating in territories which they had administered. He is of opinion that retired Governors would be well advised in most cases to
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    Railways in Burma.
    364 3 A Limk with Siam. The Lieutenant-Governor of Burma has publicly notified that land is likely to be needed for the construction of a railway from Kawkareik to Myawadi. the frontier station boardering on Siftin. The officer in charge of the Burma Railway Extension Surreys has been authorised
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    CONSOLIDATED MALAY RUBBER ESTATES.
    456 3 The first report of this company, to be published shortly, will show that at least 20 per cent, has been earned upon the 55,000 shares of £1 each now outstanding, and for which the present quotation is 2g. The actual rate of distribution has not yet
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    419 3 Per P. ifc O. s.B. Mongolia, from London, Mar. 28, connecting at Colombo with ss. Delhi, due April 25 at Penang:To Penang: Miss N. Rrigden, Mrs. Stuart Tocque, Mr. and Mrs. Peter kin, Messrs. G. L. Harvey, F. Mager, Bradd, R. C. Edmund and C. S.
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      890 3 THE SYMPTOMS OF KIDNEY to let. DISEASE' A HOUSE in Ayer Rajah Road, suitable f°r a mess or family, dose to the Race Course and Golf Green. If you have to answer yes to any of Apply to the following questions, yon should suspect DAVID BROWN <k Co kidney trouble,
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    THE WEEK.
    155 4 Wednesday. 24th April. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. High water 8 48 p.m. Low water 2.47 p m Thursday, 25th April. St. Mark. Outward P. O. Mail. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. League Football: Govt. Service v. Crescent. Esplanade. P.C.C. Gymkhana Entries close, 7 p.m. High water 9
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    Wednesday, 24th April, 1907.
    1056 4 titraite Times. The announcement made in our columns yesterday with regard to tiie appointment of a local Committee of the Tanjong Pagar Dock Board for the better supervision Prye Dock was received with considerable satisfaction, for it is generally regarded as a step in the right
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    ST. GEORGE’S DAY.
    1563 4 CELEBRATION IN PENANG. A SUCCESSFUL BALL. St. George’s Day was celebrated in timehonoured manner in Penang yesterday by an International football match on the Esplanade and by an enjoyable ball in the Town Hall,, when the local Englishmen crowned themselves with both glory and honour. There, was
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    Penang Cadet Corps.
    195 4 We have received for publication the following list of subscriptions to the Penang Cadet Corps Hon. R. N. Bland 25 Lim Kek Ckuan, E q. Eim Eu Toh, Esq. Khaw Joo-Tok, Esq. 10 Lim Cheng Teik, Esq. Messrs. Sin Khye Bee Co. T’hean Chee Co. Goh Boon
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      242 4 S HOTELS. Penang. Penang /(ills. Singapore. Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. J Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., WINE AND SPIRIT MERCHANTS, London, Glasgow, Hongkong, Shanghai, Tientsin, Singapore, AND PENANG. (Price List on Application). DUTCH CIGARS! Pl.nt.dor P er coMarine Donna Maria Cricket Club Isabella »2.50 Flor de la Vega v Patagonias 'Jj La
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      120 4 must be addressed to The Editor, written on one side of the paper only and accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. 4LL monies must be paid at the Pinang Gazette" Office, Penang, to the General Manager, Mr. D.
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    RACING AT ROME.
    191 5 THE METROPOLITAH STAKES. BETTING ON THE CITY AND SUB.” [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th April. The following was the remit of the Great Metropolitan Stakes run at Epsom yesterday The Great Metropolitan Stakes (handicap) of 1,000 sovs. About 2| miles. (41 entries.) Mr. P. P Peeldes’s ch g
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    CHINA.
    88 5 IMPORTANT APPOINTMENTS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th April. The, Times's correspondent in Peking states that Liang Tung-Yen, who is a graduate of Yale University, will succeed Liang Cheng as Minister to the United States, and the lat ter is expected to replace Tang Shao-yi at the Wai-wu-pu and the Imperial
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    IMPERIAL KNOWLEDGE.
    72 5 AN INFLUENTIAL MEETING. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th April. An influential meeting whs held in the Guildhall yesterday, the Lord Mayor presiding, to consider the inauguration of a fund to promote better knowledge of the Empire in.the scho ds throughout the Empire. The Hou. A. Deakin, Premier of the
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    THE BUDGET.
    73 5 DEBATE IN THE COMMONS. [Reuter's Service.] London, 23rd April. Luiing the debate on the Budget in the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Asquith, Chancellor of the Exchequer, referring to the Fiscal question, said that it wts impossible to have preference for all the Colonies without taxing raw materials
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    SHIPPING.
    65 5 THE BERLIN” DISASTER. [Reuters Service.] London, 24th April. The Board of Trade judgment in connection wi'h the disaster to the Great Eastern Railway Co.’s steamer Berlin, off the Hook of Holland on 21st February, finds that it was due to an error of judgment by Captain Precious failing sufficiently
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    THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
    59 5 THE BRITISH DELEGATES. [Reuter’s Service London, 23rd April. bi the House of Commons yesterday, W. Runciman, Financial Secretary t f| the Ireasury, announced that the British le, to the forthcoming Peace Con*r**hce at The Hague will be Lord Reay, r Liward Fry, Sir Ernest Satow, and Sir
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    THE KING AND QUEEN.
    21 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th April, lheir Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra have left Naples for Palermo.
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    THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
    105 5 IMPERIAL DEFENCE. general staff for the empire. [Kkutbr’s Skrvick. London, 24th April. l*»e Earl of Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, presided at the Colonial yesterday, when all the Premiers and Ministers attended, including Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, and Lord Tweedmouth,
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    FRANCE.
    42 5 SERIOUS FI BE AT TOULON. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th April. A fire at Toulon has destroyed a number of workshops, the torpedo-school, and several storehouses. The damage is estimated at several million francs, and the cause of the conflagration is unknown.
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    BOXING AT HONE.
    34 5 MIDDLE WEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. [Reuters Service.] London, 24th April. In the contest at the National Sporting Club for the Middle-Weight Championship, Langford, the American, knocked out Tiger Smith in the fourth round.
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    CRICKET.
    21 5 [Reuter’s Service London, 24th April. The Marylebone Cricket Club have decided to send a team to Australia in the autumn.
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    SALARIES IN THE STRAITS.
    109 5 OFFICIAL MNDHCEIERT. A LOCAL ALLOWANCE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 24th April. With regard to the salaries of Government Servants in the Straits, it is officially announced that a local allowance of ten per cent, will be made on all salaries not exceeding X 1,020. This
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    The Straits Loan.
    44 5 The Hon. Resident Councillor informs us that he has received the following telegram from the Colonial Secretary Crown Agents advise all lists for loan close on 27th April. Lojal applicants should therefore apply at once through their London agents. Inform public.”
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    "International" Football.
    590 5 England v. The Rest. There was almost a record crowd at the Esplanade yesterday evening to witness the International football match between England and the Rest, and a very good game was the outcome, Hithough, contrary to the expectation of some, it was somewhat one-sided. The teams, after
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    75 5 THE POWERS AND PERSIA. Berlin, 23rd April. It is not yet certain whether a German Bank will be established in Persia. A German hanker named Gutman is making investigations to di-cover whether a conc ssion would be useful to the Commercial Bank. London and St. Petersburg have
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    The Governor of Hongkong.
    247 5 Departure of Sir Matthew Nathan. Hongkong. April 20. His Excellency Sir Matthew Nathan, K.C M G., R E., who is leaving Hongkong to take up the Governorship of Natal, left the Colony to-day for England. The departure of His Excellency was made the occasion of a
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    1686 5 ANNUAL REPORT FOR 1906. The annual report for the year 1906 on Indian Immigration in the Straits Settlements, which appears over the signature of Mr. L. H. Clayton, Acting Superintendent of Indian Immigration, Straits Settlements, has just been published. The whole report contains information of interest to all
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    18 5 OBITUARY. [Reuter's Service London, 24th April. The death is announced of Mr James Epps, the weli-known cocoa manufacturer.
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    LOG BOOK.
    853 6 De Ruyter, after three hundred years, is still a name to conjure with in his native Holland, as well deserves to be the name of the Dutch Admiral who sailed up the Thames, burnt British warships in the meridian of Chathamand got away again. But Michael Adrianszoon acquired
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    106 6 Ba« Whatt Hi*, Brit., 195, Morrell, April 23, Tongkah, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Canton, Brit., 105, Marican, April 24, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing Co. Hohknstaufkn, Ger., 4075, Jaeger, April 22, Hamberg, gen Behn, Meyer Co. Japan, Brit., 3806, Olifaut April 24, Hongkong, gen, A. A. Anthony Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    37 6 Flying Fish for Port Weld. Japan for Ca’cutta. Langkat for Teluk Anson. Nam Sang for Singapore, and Hongkong Pegu for Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh. and Sabang. Resident Halewyn for Batu Bahra. Sree Banka for Pangkor.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    78 6 per Devan ha for Singapore, China, and Japan, 9 a.m. t -morrow. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, 11 a.m. to-morrow. Rotorua for Tongkah, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Avagyee for Deli, 1 p.m. to-morrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, I p.m. to-morrow. Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca, 1 p.m Friday. Delta
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    181 6 FOR Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Malacca, at 1 p tn. and 5-30 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. Prye, at 7-30 a.m., 11 a.m 2-45 p.m., and 4-45 p.m. Bukit Tambun,
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    200 6 Hams of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benlomond from London. May 6. for Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Braemar from Glasgow and Liverpool, May 21, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery <t Co Catherine Apcar from Calcutta, May 1,
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    PASSENGERS.
    50 6 By Perak for Port Swettenham, Messrs. H. P. Clodd, Wong Whie Yeng, F. Heise, Mr. and Mrs. Low Leong Gan, Mr and Mrs. Jan Chiang Ho, Miss Jenkins, and S. W. Ponniah for Singapore, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Lemon, Messrs. Thum, G. Privett, A. Sarkies, and W. Fox.
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    SHARES.
    1191 6 o C 5 Capital. Subscribed. ?I°‘ f Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividends. Name. Quotations. g Shares. a MINING. Gold. ran non £1 £1 £4,87« 1/-paid January, 1901 Rauh Aust. Gold Mining»Co., Lkl. Fully Paid 6 buyers 1892 £200,000 £191,250 j 18/l0 1/- (Contrib) 6 buyers <B9B (.2,000,000 f. 1,800,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 6 Pknang, 24th April, IJO7. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 7/16 3 Credit 2/4 9/J6 3 Documentary 24| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173 J 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank ,1734 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras,
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    PRODUCE.
    186 6 Pknang, 24th April, 1907. Gold leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Cja» l 3 lbs. soz 16.75 sales. White Pepper 24}. Trang Pepper 19}. Mace 81.50 sa'es. Mace Pickings 70 7q selllers. Cloves (picked) 51. Nutmegs 110 29 sellers. 2 No 1 5 sal- s. Sugar. 2 x no stock. (.Basket
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      22 6 To Ordinary and Order Bills of Lading Holders.” S.S. HOHENSTAUFEN has arrived from Hamburg vid ports. BEHN, MEYER A Co., Ltd., Agents.
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      53 6 FUSSELL'S BUTTERFLY BRANDS. Pure Milk and Cream. Obtainable at the following Stores in Penang Messrs. Tong Joo Co., a Goon Yen Friends, 99 Thean Chee Co., AND 99 Taik Ho Co., taiping. McA.lister Co,, Genartsl Rapresantatives for the Proprietors. Wrought Iron Tubes Fittings, Large Stock» Always on Hand. ADAMSON GILFILLAN
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1135 8 PROPOSED PROGRAMME FOR AUTUMN MEETING, 1907. Tauesday, 23 rd July, 1907, Toljursday, 25t6 July, 1907, Saturday, 27t6 July, 1907. To be passed at a General Meeting to be held on Tuesday, 14th May, 1907. Notice— No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is
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