Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 May 1907

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED J 833. No. 108 VOL. LXV. TUESDAY, 14th MAY. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      2184 1 lntended Sailings. p. &0. Steam Naviga- BRITISH INDIA Noddeutscher Lloyd. Bremen. tion Company. p STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. ttk lmpww Man Line. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. *T'HE fast and well-known mail steamers of 1/ MAIL SERVICE. a /bwHlxX I this Company sail fortnightly from Bre- V Ouiwarrf. R Istmdsd to
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      1665 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. PENANG VOLUNTEERS. been granted leave for one year from I I l|| By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. om»m:by > P to 4 tho M. S. V. R., Kuala Lumpur J COMMANDANT. dated 23rd April, 1907. Transfer.— No. 269 Corpl. J. M. Penny- \f
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    LABOUR FOR THE F.M.S.
    875 3 Mr. Frank G. Harvey, Fatal ing Estate, g e |nng<»r, writes to the Colombo papers After reading the Chairman’s speech 1 t the meeting of the Beverlac Rubber Co., J should like to point out a few of the diffiu'ties and drawbacks attached to the recruiting
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    CHINATOWN IN NEW YORK.
    886 3 Pall Mall Gazette. A bright smiling Mongolian, sans pigtail ie is probably a Christian my American fi iend and guide informs mereceives us and*conducts us to a vacant table his short, sleek black hair is brushed like a European’s, his manner a very good imitation of
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    LORD CROMER’S SUCCESSOR.
    1086 3 SIR ELDON GORST’S WORK IN EGYPT Of thejgroap’of brilliant young men by whom Sir Evelyn Baring was surrounded when the administration of Egypt under British auspices began to be an established fact, Sir Eldon Gorst, as he is now known to distinguish him from his father, Sir
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    Post Office.
    163 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying at the Penang Post Office Barnes, Mrs. J. H. S.Nachimovitz Brownlow, E. O. O’Conner, D. B. Chater, T. L. O’Connor Opera Coy. Charter, T. L. Phelps, S. G. Counsel, J. M. Pratt, Miss Day, E. H. F. Ross, E. Dayes,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    303 3 Per P. O. s.s. Marmora, from London, April 20, connecting with ss. Malta at Colombo, due May 23 at Penang To Pknang Miss Fr- st, Dr. A. T. Stanton, and Mr. G. A. Millington To Singapore: Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Wood and children, Mr. and
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES.
    812 3 Minutes of a Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Friday the 26th April, 1907. Present.—F. J. Hallifax, Esq., (President), L. H. Clayton, Estj. Lim Eu Toh, Esq J. W. Hallifax, Esq., and Dr. P. V. Locke. Absent.Quah Beng Kee, Esq. 1. The minutes of the last
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      68 3 JLame Back. I his ailment is usually caused by rheumatls,n of the muscles ami may bs cured by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing in the parts v 'gorously at each application. If this does n afford relief bind on a piece of flannel
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      82 3 A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Wainwright of Lemon CityFl*., US.A., has written the manufac, turers that much better results are obtained from the use of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy in cases of pains in the stomach, colic, and cholera morbus by taking it in water as hot
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      113 3 An American Remedy. There is probably no medicine manufactured that can be found in more homes in the United States than Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrlioea Remedy. It has been in general use for over thirty years and each successive epidemic of diarrhoea and dysentery dui ing this time has
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      40 3 Economy in the End. A few doses of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy will cure your cold and perhaps save a doctor’s bill later on. It always cures and cures quickly. For sale by all Dealers. WINES AND SPIRITS. McAlitttr Co,, Ltd.
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      372 3 TO LET, IMMEDIATE Entry, Belfield,” 2q Cantonment Road. Apply to uc 9 BEACH STREET. FOR SALE. RUBBER SEEDfrom IO yr. old trees. Price $4.00 per 1,000. MANAGER, Selensing Estate, Simpang Railway Station, 8-6 Taiping. FOR SALE. ONE Fairbank’s Waggon Weighbridge, with double beam. Weighing pounds and catties up to 5
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    THE WEEK.
    212 4 Tuesday, I4th May aJ Homeward German Mail. Turf Club General Meeting, 4.15 p.m; Golf Club Tennis Tournament. League Football: A.C.H. v. GS, -,o Harmeton’s Circus, 9.15 p.m. High water 1.36 p.m. Low water 7.36 a.m< Wednesday, Isth May. Outward German Mail. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6
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    Tuesday, 14th May, 1907.
    987 4 The’Bill for the Registration of Mĕdical Practitioners,in the Colony and in the Federated Malay States,” which’ was ih1 troduced and read a first.time in the Legfe J: lative Council Oh Friday, represents, a, useful piece of legislation and one winch’ the European members of the local
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    FIRE IN PITT STREET.
    269 4 A fire broke out in a draper’s shop in Pitt street last night, and had it not been for the prompt action of Ĕ. P. C. Henderson in extinguishing the flames a serious conflagration, involving the loss of thousands of dollars, might have occurred. Shortly after
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    Harmston’s Circus.
    133 4 With the season fast drawing to a close, greater crowds than ever are attending Harmston’s Circus. The performance last night was one of the best yet given, and the special featuresthe acrobatic feats by the popular Frantz Troupe and the act by the tigers and bearevoked well-merited applause.
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    Penang Golf Club.
    90 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The results of the ties played yesterday were Men's Doubles Handicap. B. C. Criswick «fc O. P. Griffith-Jones bent J. W. Barrett <fc D. Duncan 6—2; 6—l. Men's Open Singles. E. S. Haslam beat A. F. G. Anderson 6—l 6—4. V. D. Parsons v.
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    114 4 The Forthcoming Gymkhana. Members of the Penang Hunt Club may be reminded that entries and nominations for the various events at the Gymkhana on Friday, ,24th May (Empire Day), close on Saturday next with the Hon. Secretary, Mr. H Starr. We are informed that the tent-pegging competition
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    Supreme Court.
    123 4 A Conviction Quashed. Jln the Supreme Court yesterday Mr. Justice Leslie Thornton heard an appeal against the decision of a Bench Court, consisting of Messrs. Lemon and Hereford, who convicted Shokalingam Chetty on two charges r (1) That he caused a decree for $55 to be executed against
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    NOTES FROM KEDAH.
    190 4 Alor Star, May 13 Judge Skinner Turner, of H.B.M. Court for Siam, held his Assize here last Tuesd Wednesday, an i Thursday. In a case of alleged murder of a China man at Kulim, the jury of British subject brought in a verdict of manslaughter” and the
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    The Military Contribution.
    632 4 The following statement of the Military Contribution and the cost of the Garrison was laid before the Legislative Council ou Friday Year. Military.* Contribution. c. 1896 729,829.85 1897 729,985.29 1898 875,493.00 1899 964,372.92 1900 952,947.69 1901 1,273,844.22 1902 1,443,233.91 1903 1,494,611.34 1904 2,087,696.72 1905 1,863,152.56 1906 1,841,41'1.00
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      224 4 1 s ARKIEsTĔOTELSJ SE.& 0. MOTEL Penang. J CRAG MOTEL flenang /(ills. A RAFFLES MOTEL (STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. f J SARKIES BROTHERS, .1. Proprietors. DAHL’S MILK. As a «uaTantce of-;!he purity and quality of this well-known Brand of Milk, attention is called, to the following analysis by the Government Analyst:
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    LORD CROMER.
    194 5 ARRIVAL IN LONDON. ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION. [Rkutkr’s Sbrvick.] London, 14th May. Tlicre was a lai go and distinguishe I thrung at Victoria Station yesterday when j ir j Cromer a'ighted from the train on his arrival from Egypt. His Royal HighDftSS the Prince of Wales advanced bare;,eaded and warmly
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    RUSSIA.
    89 5 A GRAND DUKE’S MARRIAGE. A CONGRESS IN LONDON. [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, 13th May. The Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia has married the divorced wife of the Duke of Leuchtenberg and sister of the Queen of Italy. London, 14th May. Three hundred Russian revolutionaries, including half a dozen members of
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    THE UNITED STATES.
    43 5 DISTINGUISHED VISITORS. [Rkutkr’s Sbrvick.] London, 13th May. President Roosevelt and Mrs. R>osevelt gave a banquet yesterday evening to General Baron Kuroki ami tho Duke of the Abruzzi. It was one of the most brilliant functions ever given at White House.
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    MEXICO.
    42 5 A MINING CATASTROPHE. [Rkutkr’s Sbrvick.] London, 14th May. It is reported that 107 miners have been entombed in a copper mine at Velardega, in Mexico. Seventeen men succeeded in effecting their escape, but the prospect ol saving the remainder is hopeless.
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    QUEEN ALEXANDRA.
    35 5 A VISIT TO ATHENS. [Rkutkr’s Sbrvick.] London, 14th May. Her Majesty Queen Alexandra, who is cruising in the Mediterranean, has been in Athens siuce Wednesday attending the gymnastic meeting of the Pan-Hellenic Scholars.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    94 5 THE GERMAN NAVY. Berlin, 13th May. The annual meeting of the German League at Cologne" was a great success. Resolutions were passed call in» for the German Fleet to be increased at an accelerated rate. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE. General Hazendprf, the Chief of the Austrian General Staff,
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    RAILWAYMEN’S DEMANDS.
    118 5 HOGE DEMONSTRATIONS. GENERAL STRIKE THREATENED.' [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, 13th May.One hundred and fifty demonstrations of railway servants were held throughout Great Britain yesterday. They endorsed the demand formulated by the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants last November for a reduction in hours of labour and increased wages, and
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    VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS.
    36 5 ETN A AND STROM BOLT. [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, 13th May. The activity of Mount Etna and Mount Stromboli is increasing daily. New craters are opening and the inhabitants of the adjacent villages are fleeing.
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    THE ITALIAN BUDGET.
    29 5 AN ESTIMATED SUH PLUS. f*K [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, 14th May* It is anticipated that the current Italian Budget will show a surplus of fifty-five million lire.
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    Penang Turf Club.
    60 5 It is announced elsewhere in our columns to-dav that the Race Course will be officially open for training on and after Monday next. Hacking will not be allowed on the C >urse during training hours, namely, 6 am. to 7.30 a.m. Under no circumstance will any horse
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    Rubber Company Notes.
    504 5 T. of C. Corr. The Bukif Rajab crop has turned out 116,000 pounds of dry rubber. This is an. excellent result, though at one time it looked as if the crop would have befeh even larger. The concluding months of the financial year, however, which ends on
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    THE SINGAPORE OUTRAGE.
    413 5 In connection with the recent attack on a gharry, which was supposed to contain tire Hou. Dr. Galloway, in Singapore,-—as reported by our correspondent by telegraph, the Free Press says that tire Chief Police Officer, gave this story of the affair Dr. Galloway was called out early
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    A New Straits Product.
    518 5 The London correspondent of the q/ Ceylon writes with regard to the Sanseveira fibre I hear from the Federate! Stages that., this ne w product is attracting some attention there, and on one well-known property at leaJ some acreage has been planted out and is coming
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    SALE OF MEDICATED VINES.
    940 5 INTERESTING TEST CASE. On Thursday, ia Singapore, before Mr. Michell, the First Magistrate, Mr. James McKenzie, Manager of the Singapore Dispensaryi responded to a summons charging him with keeping dutiable liquors without a licence and selling alcohol without a Kf mi<M. 51 rThet Hon. Hugh Fort
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    LOG BOOK.
    854 6 The Cape Town Chamber of Commerce intends to urge the Royal Commission on Shippers’ Rebates to send a commissioner to South Africa to take the evidence of merchants. mmn r It is reported that Sekijiro Yazawa, of Yokohama, has invented a new automatic life-buoy and has had it
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    66 6 Baw|Whatt Soon, Brit., 169, Mitne, May 14, Langkat, gen., Beng Kee. Cobn, Dut., 823, Steenborg, May 14, Sabang, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Hyson, Brit., 4232, Davies, May 14, Liverpool, gen., W Mansfield Co. Langkat, Brit., 149, Marris, May 14, Teluk Anson, gen., Koe Guan Co. Malaya, Ger, 348,
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    CLEARANCES.
    62 6 Avagyeb for Deli. Bbaemar for Singapore, China,'and Japan. Coen for Singapore. Japan for Singapore, China, and Japan. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson. Mary Austin for Asahan. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Perak (Straits S.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Prinz Eitbl Friedrich
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    79 6 per Miike Maru for Madras, at noon to-morrow. Taw Tong for Trang, 1 p.m. to-morrow Langkat for Teluk Anson, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, S *gull, Olehleh, and Sabang, at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Scharnhorst for Singapore, China, and Japan, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Sree
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    185 6 FOR Taiping, Ipoii, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Serein ban and Malacca, at 1 p in. 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
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    246 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benavon from London, May 20, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Catherine Apcar from Hongkong, May 27, for Calcu t A. A. Anthony Co. Delhi from Singapore, May 24, for Colombo and Bombay,
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    PASSENGERS.
    21 6 By Palitawa to Rangoon, Mrs. Cabanagh, Mrs. Jacks, ahd Mra. Mower, Messrs.' B Cabanagh, F. R. Mann, and H. Wilkinson.
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    SHARES.
    1275 6 Capital. Subscribed. sharel v »hie. Paid wp. Reftrvv. Dividends. Name. Quotations. 2 8 -J MINING. Gold. OAAAAA no, 50,000 £1 £1 £4,873 I/- paid January, 1901 Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd Fully Paid 6| Ra eB 1802 £200,000 £191,250 |6O(HX 1 tg/10 1/ (Contrib) 8} 1898 £2,000,01’0 <1,800,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 Penang, 14th May, 1907. (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 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4f Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173| 3 days’ sight Private 175 j Bombay Demand Bank 173 j 3 days’ sight
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    PRODUCE
    188 6 Pbnang, 14tit May, 1907. Gold leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Coact 3 lbs. soz 16.75n0 stock White-Pepper -y). 24 sellers. Trang Pepper 18.50 sales. Mace 81.50 sales. Mace Pickings 72 Bales. Cloves (picked) 51 buyers Nutmegs HO 27 sales, fNo 1 5 sabs. Sugar. J n 2 xno stock. (.Basket
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      51 6 I 1— Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck, Lame Shoulder. picse are three common ailments for which Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is especially valuable. If promptly applied it will save you time, money, and suffering when troubled "‘tb any one of these ailments. For sale by all Dealers. RACING SADDLES. McAlittar 4» Co.,
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      24 6 KHlUHtke NketVMil MMtsdMfril. .la, PENANG—DELI—LANGSA LINK l2th inst., the s.s. Van Hogendorp will replace s.s. Brouwer on thff above line. HUTTENBACH, LIEBERT Co., Agents,
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      45 6 The Australian Horse Repository. 11, Scotland Stood, (W. I. HAWLEY). TeieHtie Nt. 4. Breaker and Dealer. Livery and Training Stables. HORSES CAREFULLY SHOD. Fodder of the Best Quality Only Supplied. Rubber Tyred Turnouts on Hire. Harness of every description repaired and made on the prenMaes.
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      6 6 STEEL TRUNKS. McAUittr ST Go., LU.
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      132 6 «ATSQO’S BRAND JAPANESE CINEMATOGRAPH, Corner of Penang Road and Campbell Street, TONIGHT! AND EVERY NIGHT! GRAND BANZAI PROGRAMME, The Rage of the Season. Latest, Freshest, and Longest Coloured Films SHOWS THE WHOLE WORLD BEFORE YOU. LAUGH! SMILE!! ROAR!! COME! ENJOY!! COME!!! Change of Programme Every Wednesday and Saturday. Performance, 9
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      1819 8 Mannheim Insurance Co. Fire Insurance. The London Assurance NOTIOID. PARA RUBBER SEED. M>rinu~lnsurano. Quean Insurance Company. Corporation. OTICE is hereby given that we the QRDEBS now being booked for new marine insurant*. r J > ji u IN undersigned have from the 4th day season Crop commencing August Sfi Z
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