Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 May 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 120 VOL. LXV. WEDNESDAY, 29th MAY. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      2351 1 Kyr? Intended Sailing*. SKffin9 p. &0. Stean Naviga- -ZVx BRITISH INDIA Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. tion Corr pany. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. jjK imperial Man une. EXPECTED ARRIVALS A D DEPARTURES. 111 r T''HE fast and well-known mail steamers of MAIL SERVICE. a*..».» QRk W I this Company sail fortnightly from
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      1872 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FA. EAST. S ,i I USE SHIV and USE ALWAYS By the HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIE. b, REF X S J J BRITISH JMHF INDIA vFaM■ »T IK Kl®J refr »hi Nq By the German Steamships HABSBURG,” 44 HOHENSTAUFEN,” RHENANIA,” ie A LUXURIOUS StXperiQt» SILESIA,”
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    DIVERGING ISLAM.
    1701 3 THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PANISLAMIC PERIL. Those who are not in a position to understand the constitution of the forces at present nt work in the Mohammedan world have been surprised by the absence of any great fanatical outburst on the occasion of the French occupation of the
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    CANKER IN PARA RUBBER TREES.
    1594 3 Mr. T. Petch writes to the Ceylon papers:l apologise for the delay in replying to Mr. Catnerop’s letter, but as I liave been doing jury service in Kandy work is necessarily in arrears. It is quite possible that infection may be conveyed from one tree
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    218 3 Per P. O. s.s. Mooltan from London, May 10, connecting with s.s. Delta at Colombo, due June 6 at Penang :To Penang: Mr. 'l'. Menzies, Dr. Keun, and Mr. G. E. Stephenson, To Singapore Dr. W. R. C. Middleton, Mr and Mis. A. W. Bean, Messrs.
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      120 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 Diarrhoea Remedy. It has been in general use for over thirty years and each successive epidemic of diarrhoea and dysentery duting this time has tested
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      43 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 Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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      91 3 A Good Suggestion. Mr. C. B. Wainwright of Lemon CityFla., U S.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
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      80 3 Lame Back. This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and may be cured by applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing in the parts vigorously at each application. If this does not afford relief' bind on a piece of flannel slightly dampened
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      836 3 A CASE OF INTEREST TO WOMEN. to let. 15, Miller Street, IMMEDIATE Entry, Belfield,” 2o Coatbridge, Scotland. Cantonment Road. It is many years ago now since I was Apply to first taken with kidney trouble. It began wBU c 9 BEACH STREET, with a dull, grinding pain in the small
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    THE WEEK.
    156 4 Wednesday. 29th May. Golf Club Tennis Tournament Baud, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. High wat< r I 36 a.m. Em» water 7 36 p.»r. ILuisday, 50th May. Corpus Christi. Outward German Mail. Outward B. I. Mail. Golf Club Tennis Tournament. League Football: M.F.T. v G.T.R.R. High water 2.24
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    Wednesday, 29th May, 1907.
    1059 4 In the intervals of dealing with matters of high politics and la haute finance, there are one or two minor questions of importance which might with advantage engage the attention of the authorities. Such for instance are the dealing in futures” which has become such a
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    ROUND THE WORLD.
    370 4 When a gentleman, travel-stained but of cheery countenance, arrives in one’s office and announces himself to be a journalist touring the world on the financial basis of Od, and at the same time smilingly refuses to divulge the name of the journal that has sent him on
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    Penang Golf Club.
    456 4 Thk Monthly Medal The following was the resu’t of the competition for the May Monthly Medal, which was plaved fpr on the 25th and 26th inst.: Mr. D.A.M. Brown 42 42= 84+ I=B* Mr. G.R.K, tyugliston 40 43= 83+ 5 88 Mr. F. J. Hallifax 48 +6l
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    THE STRAITS LOAN.
    409 4 The following are additional comms by the Home Press on the Straits Loan The Daily Mail vf the Ist inst. say g This announcement as to the result"» the Straits Settlements Loan Las beer us for publication We are officially informed that 551 cent, of the Straits
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    European Cyclist’s Experience.
    255 4 Our Kuala Lumpur contemporary has the following in its issue of Monday A very regrettable incident occurred last night. Taking advantage of the full moon Mr. L>awbarn, who is a mining engineer residing on the Circular Road, went out for a short spin on his cycle along
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    Rubber Exports.
    207 4 The following statement of cultivated rubber exported from the Federated Malay States during the year 1907 appears in the Selangor Government Gazette Exported Total during Previously, export April. during the year, lbs. lbs. lbs. Perak 18,338 53,515 71,853 Selangor 111,912 277,872 389,784 Negri Sembilan 45,328 90,945 136,273 Pahang
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      176 4 SARKIES’ HOTELS.) E.4 0. HOTEL ferjang. J CRAG HOTEL Penang Wls- RAFFLES HOTEL Singapore. [STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. I SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. 1 The only Lady’s Bicycle, worth I fl Il J 1 A the name of a LADY’S Bicycle. it PARENTS would only realise tliat they have in the ideal
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      124 4 mutt be address'd to The Editor, written on one «ide of the paper only and accompanied by the writer*!' name and addreu, not necessarily for insertion but at a guarantee of good faith. XI L L monies must be paid at the Pinang m Gazette Office, Penang, to the General
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    105 5 THE SELANGOR CURE. A REFERENCE in parliament. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th May. Tn the House of Commons, on Monday, Mr. Herbert Pike Pearse, Unionist member for Darlington, asked for the appointment of a Committee to investigate the reported discovery of an anti-opium reme ly in Selangor. Mr.
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    THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
    95 5 IN I'ERNATIONAL CONGRESS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th May. The fourth International Cotton Congress was opened in Vienna on Monday, when 350 European delegates attended and American planters were represented. The Congress discussed the efforts that are necessary to check illegitimate speculation on futures.” The Chairman, Mr. Charles
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    76 5 THE STRIKE ON THE RAND. ItgTURN OF GENERAL BOTHA [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th May. The Rand is now completely garrisoned. Many of the white miners who went out on strike are resuming work. London, 29th May. General B itha, the Premier of the Transvaal Colony, has arrived at
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    THE MONEY MARKET.
    82 5 THE DECLINE OF CONSOLS. [Reuter’s Service] London, 29th May. There is renewed weakness on the Stock Exchange, and a firm of jobbers failed yesterday. Lord Rothschild, interviewed with regard to the decline of Consols, said that he did not see any immediate prospect of improvement. With President
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    SHIPPING.
    46 5 EGYPTIAN MAIL SERVICE. [Reuter’s Service London, 29th May. The Egyptian Mail Co.’s steamer Heli~ polls has been launched at Glasgow for service between Marseilles and Alexandria. She will accommodate 500 first-class passengers, and will reduce the journey to Cairo by a day and a half.
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    THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH.
    42 5 WOMEN’S COLLEGES. [Reuter’s Service London, 29th May. Acting under pressure from the British Hierachy, the Vatican has finally assented to the establishment of Roman Catholic Women’s Colleges at Oxford and Cambridge, subject to stringent supervision of the student#.
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    PRINCE FUSHIMI.
    39 5 DINNER AT THE EMBASSY. [Reuter’s Service London, 29th May. Prince Fushimi of Japan gave a dinner at the Japanese Embassy yesterday evening, when Their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught were present.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    200 5 A PARLIAMENTARY VACANCY. Mr. BALFOUR’S COUSIN RESIGNS. [Reuter's Service.] London, 29th May. Captain Charles Barrington Balfour, Unionist M P. for the Hornsey division of Middlesex since 1900, has resigned. I'he result at last General Election was Captain Balfour, Unionist 8,8-59 C. W. Tomkinsou, Liberal 7,289 Unionist majority
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    JAPAN AND AMERICA.
    79 5 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS. [Rcuter’s Service.] London, 29th May. Reuter’s correspon lent in Tokio states that the Japanese Press maintains a calm atti ude regarding the complaints made of the ill-treatment of Japanese restaurantkeepers in San Franjisco, as reported on the 26th inst. The only defence made by the
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    IRELAND.
    56 5 SIR ANTONY MACDONNELL. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th May. It is reporte 1 that Sir Antony Mac Donnell, Under-Secretary to the Lo:d Lieutenant of Ireland, is desirous of retiring in view of the decision of the Irish Nationalist Convention regarding Mr. Birrell’s Irish Bill, but the Government is endeavouring to
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    CHINA.
    57 5 A REBEL ORGANISATION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th May. Chinese rebels to the number of thirty thousand have been organise I by a secret Triad Society. Reuter’s correspondent in Hongkong reports that malcontents are attacking Cheung-lam and Tung-chung, wealthy villages in the Ching-h »i district. The inhabitants are fleeing to
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    172 5 THE GERMAN ARMY. Berlin, 28th May. General Mackensen has been appointed Chief of the Military Csbinet, and General von Huelsen has been made Commander of the Fortieth Army C>rps. THE DUCHY OF BRUNSWICK. The election of Prince Johann Albrecht of Meck'enburg as Regent of Brunswick has been
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    LAND TENURE IN ENGLAND.
    122 5 lEY BILL II THE COIIOIS. ;a contentious clause. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th May. The Right Hon. Lewis Vernon Harcourt, First Commissioner of Works, introduced the Small Holdings Bill (England) in the House of Commons on Monday. He emphasised the grave rural depopulation. The Bill will empower
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    THE DUCHY OF BRUNSWICK.
    21 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th May. The Brunswick Diet has elected Prince Johann Albrecht of Mecklenburg as Regent.
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    The Mails.
    57 5 Home- Ex- Positively To ward. tlamkr p eci ed. Dus. Sail. P. &O. Delhi June 8 8.1.5. N. Taroba May 31 N. D.L. GneisnauJune 11 Outward. P. Jc. O. Malta June 6 8.1.5. N. Thongwa May 30 30/5, 7 a.m. 30/5 5 p m. N. D.L. Roon 29
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    Singapore and the Dragon Flag.
    176 5 The Chinese fast cruisers Haigung and Haicheu have been ordered to visit the islands of the South Pacific, Tongking, and Siam, wherever Chinese congregate, in order to show the lihagon flag to them and convince Chinese in foreign colonies that the paternal Home Government still
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    Javanese Labour.
    358 5 Mr. Theo lore R. Hubback writes from Pertang, Jelebu, to the Malay Mail: Mr. F. G. Harvey of the Petaling Estate, Selangor, writing to the Geylon Observer on the subject of Javanese labour states that it costs an estate in Selangor about $5O a head to obtain Javanese
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    POSTAL AND TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT.
    911 5 A YEAR’S WORK. Concluded.) We give below the conclusion of our excerpts from the Annual Report on the Postal and Telegraph Department of the Straits Settlements for 1906. The decline in the business of the Savings Bank noted in the report for 1905 has not continued.
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    LOG BOOK.
    866 6 According to the report of the Aden Chamber of Commerce, it is proposed to extend the dredging of the inner harbour in order to provide a channel of 600 ft. and an inner harbour of over a mile in length and 1,320 ft. broad, all to be 30ft.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    87 6 Ban Brit, i'.»s, Morrell, May 29, Tongkah, gen., A. Gilfillan Co. Baybrn, Ger., 5033, Miltzlaff. May 28, Japan, gen Behn, Meyer Co. Canton, Brit., 105, Marican, May 29, Teluk Anson, Ah Bin. Elloka, Brit., 1494, Cocklen, May 28, Calcutta, gen., Huttenbach, Lieburt Co., Hebe, Brit., 246, Inkster, May
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    CLEARANCES.
    53 6 Catherine Apcar for Calcutta. Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Flying Dragon for Setul. Hebe for Deli. Hong Bee for Singapore. Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. Langkat for Teluk Anson. Syria for Singapore. China and Japan. Sree Banka for Pangkor. Tong Chay Un for Batu
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    327 6 per Roon for Singapore, China and Japan, at 9 a.in. to-morrow. Van Hojenoorf for Deli and Langsa, at 1 p m. to-morrow. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat, at 2 p.m. to-to-morrow. Malaya for Deli, at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Thongwa for Port Swettenham and Singa'pore, at 4 p.m. to-morrow.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    94 6 A7am« of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. Benartv from London, May 31, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery, Co. Benlarig from London, June 14, for Singapore, China and Japan, Sandilands,. Buttery Co. Glaucus from Japan, June 1, for A’dam, London,
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    PASSENGERS.
    50 6 By Bayern from Hongkong, Mr. Bohowalla, Mr. Chenh Choon Seng, Mr. Mah Heng, and Mr. Lai Chi Foh from Singapore, Mr A. Hoogerweerf, Mr. Fujisaki and Miss Oshirna. To Genoa, Mr. F. A. Zeeun an der Loan to Hamburg, Mr. C. F. Merten to London, Mr. and Mrs. Younger.
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    SHARES.
    1270 6 2 Issue 5 5 Capital. Subscribed. of Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividends. Name. Quotation,, g Shares. s __Z MINING. Gold. rKO 000 £1 £1 £4,873 1/- paid January, 1901 Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co, Ltd. Fully Paid 5} sales. 1892 £200,000 £191,250 18/ L j}. P (Contrib) 5} BaleB
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 6 Penang, 29th May, IJO7. (77y Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 7/16 3 Credit 2/4 9/1«» 3 Documentary 24| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 175 f
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    PRODUCE.
    188 6 Pknang, 20th May, 1907. Gold leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz 16.75 no stock White Pepper 23 3,8 sellers. Trang Pepper 18 buyers. Mace 81.50 sales. Mace Pickings 72 sales. Cloves (picked) 51 buyers Nutmegs 110 2»» sellers. <No 1 5 sal* s. Sugar. < 2 x
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      51 6 Sprained Ankle, Stiff Neck, Lame Shoulder. These 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 with any one of these ailments. For sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale
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      70 6 To Ordinary and Order Bills of Lading Holders.” S.S. SILESIA” has arrived from Hamburg vid ports. BEHN, MEYER Co., Ltd., Agents. SALE OF STEAMER NETHERTON.” Tonnage-Grow «2IT Net 275« T. Vessel to be sold for account of concerned as she now lies at Keppel Harbour, Singapore. OFFERS ARE INVITED. Tenders
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      42 6 To Ordinary and Order Bills of Lading Holders.” S.S. BERLIN” has arrived from Australia rtd ports. BEHN, MEYER Co, Ltd, Agents. To Ordinary and Order Bills of Lading Holders.” S.S. ISCHIA” has arrived from Hongkong vid ports. BEHN, MEYER Co., Ltd, Agents.
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      4 6 HARNESS ACCESSORIES. Co,, Ltd,
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      49 6 FUSSELL’S "BUTTERFLY" BRANDS. Pure Milk and Cream. Obtainable at the following Stores in Penang Messrs. Tong Joo Co., Goon Yen Friends, Thean Chee Co., AND Taik Ho Co., taiping: McAlister Co,, General Representatives for the Proprietors. Wrought IronTubesfi Fittings, Large Stocks Always on Hand. ADAMSON GIDFILL AN Co, LIMITED.
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      1601 7 chartered bank OF INDlAt honckonc and SHANCHA 1 hedcrlahdsche HANDEL Nederlandsch-lndische THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTERNATIONAL BANKING AUSTRALIA AND china. BANKING CORPORATION. «AATSCHAPPU. Escompto-Maatschappi] INDIA, LIMITED CORPORATION. Iflcorporated”bj” Charter. »>0.000.000 Atoiomo Oa M-U Fund. Imubd Capital fl. 45,000,000 Paid-up Capital F 6,000,000. Amenta Paid up £BOO,OOO r1i,, 8 >^«rv. 0.000,0001
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1083 8 AUTUMN MEETING. 1907. Tuesday, 30tfi July, 1967, Thursday, Ist August, 1907, df Saturday, 3rd 3%ugust, 1907. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 30 th July, 1907. I.—The Maiden Plate. Value $6OO. A Race for Maiden Horse Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the Straits or
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      1057 8 NOTICE. NOTICE OF SALE, nytjj t’P -THE undersigned is prepared to book BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE U Eg U LE 5? bj nilft ol t: r »7or ,o \m“;. fr<> ?rir<> tobesold w Llll OwJ 4 manager, by public auction Highlands «nd Lowland, P«r« Rubber Co., Lid. In the
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