Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 August 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 178 VOL. LXV. TUESDAY. 6th AUGUST. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      2309 1 M —r Intended Sailinga. f*?* 1 P. &0. Steam Naviga- dditicu innis H MorJJeutsclwr Lloyd. Bremen. fVP'W tion Company. BRITISH INDIA Ak expected arrivals and departures. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. ffi\ >™PeHa. German Mali Un.. I MAIL SERVICE I k 9 s //Mk\\ fast and well-known mail steamers of x»
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      1657 2 ■■l I I Jigs— N-"" DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO FAR EAST. NOTICE- FJLBE p —~s By the HAMBURG AMERIKA LINIB. V'^U- lnsa&^* w M 9 Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3ft.' I 'on Bromide paper. Foreign Fire Department: Broad Street «uADCDTTDr" AITFFN w “RHFNANTA” W. JONES, Place, London,
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1262 3 The question of preparing plantation rubber in the fashion most acceptable to British and other manufacturers is one of prime importance to the planter, and it is one which calls fora definite decision at the earliest possible moment. That a g «o 1 deal of the rubber which
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    Shipping Rings.
    276 3 Ef t ECT in the Colonies. The Co amission appointed to inquire into the working of shipping rings and their effect on trade had another sitting at Winchester House, St. James’s Square, Loud m. on 9th July, under the chairmanship of Mr A Cohen, KC. Sir Ernest Blake,
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    Post Office.
    125 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying at the Penang Post Oilice Birch, C. W. M. Horne, R. R. Biadley, R. C. I). Howlett, H. Cambel. C Hughe*. P. Clums, R R. Kempster, Colonel Counsel, J. M, Kdemautaski, J. Croning, Dr. G. B. Laidlaw, D. H. Crossman,
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    Constantinople’s Electric Trams.
    91 3 The East seems brought curiously near to the West when we read in the Levant Herald that the Turkidi Government hive prolonged the concession of the •'societe des Tramways de Constantinople until the year 1993, ami the company has undertaken to substitute electric for animal traction, and
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    BRUSEH HYDRAULIC TIN CO.
    698 3 SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING. At the seventh ordinary general meeting of the Bruseh Hydraulic Tin Mining Company, Ltd., held at the company’s office, No. 1, Robinson Road, Singapore, on Wednesday last, there were present: Messrs. W. Patchitt (Chairman), E. F. H. Edlin (Directors), W. L. Watkins, E. C.
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    INDIAN EMIGRATION.
    427 3 —Friend uf India. Now that the emigration of Indian labourers to British and other colonies has become a regularly organised movement it is natural that the annual returns should respond in some degree to the general economic condition of the provinces from which the labourers are drawn. In
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    Electrically-Driven Cranes.
    207 3 An interesting article on modern elect ric-ally-driven cranes, illustrated with a number of photographs, appears in the Electrical Revletc. One of the most remarkable of these structures is a crane adopted for lifting pig-iron by means of magnets, and now in use at Middlesbrough In this case the
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    245 3 Per P. di O. 8.8. Namur, from London, July 6, due Aug. 6 at Penang :—To I’E nang Miss M. Johnson, Messrs. Eckhart, L. J. Gadner, an<l E. Hill. To Singapore Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Mason, Miss L. B. Thorpe, Staft-Sergt. Mackenzie, Messrs R. B.
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      7 3 SPIRITS AND WINES. McAMter V Co.. Ltd.
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      550 3 TO RET, FURMSKt. para rubber seed. HOUSE TO LET in Anson Road, now being looked for new well Furnished. season Crop commencing August Apply Special rates for large orders. DARLTNGHURST,” App,y 1 ?< Av A n V», 634 U e A ndon Road. Sungei Rengam Estate, 282—u e Selangor. TO
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    THE WEEK.
    175 4 Tv«»d«y. 6th AvgustFootball G.C.A. v. A.C.b. High water 9.24 a.m. Low water 3.26 p. in. Wednesday. 7th Avgust. Homeward German Mail. P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, Masonic Hall. 9 p.m. High wate’ 10.16 a.in. Low water 4.18 p.m. Thursday,
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    Tuesday, 6th August, 1907.
    949 4 The debate in the Legislative Council on Friday on the sanitary condition of Singapore, which centred round the second reading of the Municipal Ordimuce Amendment Bill, is decidedly encouraging to those who hope to see the local housing problem taken in hand speedily and energetically. From
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    CRICKET.
    924 4 THE COLONY v. F.M.S. a The fourth of these locally termed test matches came on for discussion yesterday on the Penang Cricket Club’s ground and for the first time since their inauguration the Colony easily came out on top.’ The weather was delightfully cool, the attendance of spectators immense,
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    THE "CRICKET DINNER."
    743 4 A dinner was given last night in Town Club to the cricket teams who played in the match, the Colony v. F.M 8 Covers were laid for forty, and the proceedings commenced shortly after eight o’clock Mr. F. O. Hallifax, President of the Penang Cricket Club, presiding.
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      117 4 BARKIES ’’jfoTELS J ♦E. &0. MOTEL pegctng. J CRAG MOTEL penang/(ills.\ RAFFLES MOTEL Singapore. J ♦STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, a Proprietors. I THE A G. T. D. I ALTERATIVE CONDITION POWDER I I jjyMWW A j“MAKES THEIR COATS SHINE.”! I Try a Tin and note the result. I PRICE,
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      122 4 ftONTRIBUTIONS mutt be addrested to The Editor, written on one tide of the paper only and accompanied by the writer-’e name and addreee, not necettarily for insertion but at a guarantee of good faith. ALL moniet mutt be paid at the Finang m Gazette" Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    THE KAISER AND THE TSAR.
    151 5 the MEETING AT SWINEIUERDE. INTERNATIONAL QUESTIONS. Rkutkr’s Service London, sth August. fiio Tsar and the Kaiser attended a State banquet given on board the German flagship Deutschland. I’he Tsar has presented Prince Bulow, t ]ie Imperial Chancellor, with his portrait ie t in brilliants. The
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    THE BRITISH ARMY.
    84 5 THE MALTA COMMAND. [Rkutkr’r Skrvick.J London, 6th August Lieutenant-General Henry Fane Grant, who has commanded the sth Division of the 2nd Ariuy Corps since 1903, has been appointed Governor of Malta in the place of General Sir Charles Mansfield Clarke. The new Governor will assume office in
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    RAILWAY DISASTER IN FRANCE.
    84 5 HEAVY DEATH-ROLL. I Rkutkr’s Skrvick. I London, sth August. A* a train crowded with holid ty makers was proceeding from Angers to Poitiers it was derailed when approaching a bridge over the River Loire and dashed through the parapet. The engine, a luggage van, and a
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    IRELAND.
    67 5 THE BELFAST STRIKE. [Rkutkr’s Skkviub.J London, 6th August. A telegram from Belfast states that the gtain and flour merchants are sending a memorial to the Viceroy asking for protection for their carters and stating that lawless bands control the streets of the city. A dozen strikers have been sentenced
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    MOROCCO.
    43 5 UNREST ON THE COAST. IRkutkr’s Servick.] London, sth August. I'uur hundred refugees have arrives! in Tangier from Casablanca, where a terrible ’tale of panic prevails.* It is rumoured that there is much unrest different places along the Moroccan Ouast, especially at Rabat.
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    WEI-HAI-WEI.
    26 5 Dk. MORRISON’S VIEWS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 6th August. Hie correspondent of The 'Times at Peku,g strongly pleads for the retention by breat Britain of Wei-Hai-Wei.
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    THE GREAT MOTOR-RACE.
    20 5 [Reutbr’s Service.] London, 6tb August. I rince Scipion Borghese on his 14 horsecar has arrived in Berlin.
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    THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
    136 5 THE SENSATIONAL SENTENCE. SEVERE JUDICIAL STRICTURES. [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, sth August. Sentence on the Standard Oil Company has l>een withheld, pending an Appeal to the United Sta’es Circuit Court. London, Gth August. The judgment in the Standard Oil case has caused a sensation in America owing
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    190 5 FRANCE AND MOROCCO. Berlin, sth August. M. Pichou, French Minister for Foreign Affairs, has communicated to Prince Radolin, German Minister to France, particulars of the action which France intends to take in Morocco as a result of t lie outbreak and murd»-r-of Europeans in Casablanca. It is
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    The Mails.
    84 5 Home- Ex- Positively To ward. ieamek. pKCTgu Duk Sail. P. &O. Deli 11 /8 B 1.8. N. 7’«ro6a 9/8 N.D.L. 20 8 Outward. P. O. Malta 15 8 8.1.5. N. Teesta 8/8 7 a.m 5 p.m. N. D.L. Pr. Et. F'fietlrich 7 8 The 8.1. Contract Packet 7’eada
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    Racing at Home.
    212 5 The Atlantic Stakes Calcutta, July 27. A special cable to Hie .dsitw* gives the following result of the Atlantic Stakes of 2 OvO sovs. for three-year-olds and four-year-olds (one mile and one furlong) at Liverpool on the 26th July Sir J. Robinson s b c Liuacre by
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    PENANG HUNT CLUB.
    197 5 YESTERDAY’S PAPERCHASE. A paperchase was held yesterday morning under the auspices of the Penang Hunt Club The meet was in the paddock of the Penang Turf Club, and the field, after a gallop round the Racecourse, passed out of the paddock gate on to Residency Road, through
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    Rifle-Shooting.
    163 5 Voluntkkrk v. H. M.S. Merlin.” A rifle-shooting match was held at the Rifle Hauge, Catnpong Bahru, on Sunday between the Penang Volunteers and H.M.S. Merlin, the former winning by 114 points. The scores were i Penang Voluntekks. ac x 'E “Z >. v- ‘©©CO o© o H 5, t©
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    312 5 Lawn Tennis Tournamrnt. The following ties have been fixed for to-morrow (Wednesday.);— Mixed Double Handicap. Miss Jones »k W. J. Hddge r. Mr.nfc Mrs. Cunningham. Single Handicap. Class B. Final. W. 8. Dunn r. W P. G. Taggart. Thursday. Bth July Profession Pairs. F. (J Hallifax <V
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    BOOKS RECEIVED.
    870 5 'The Call, by Desmond Cake. (Bell’s Indian and Colonial Library).—This story is built round a vain and egotistical youth, Basil Murchiston. He is the son of a clergyman and an Oxford man when the story opens he is studying to become an architect in the office of a
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    LOG BOOK.
    777 6 The present tension between Japan and America is reflected at Lloyd’s in the fact that the underwriters are now asking from Is. 6d. per cent, to cover war risks on the voyages of the colliers from Great Britain to Manila. It is stated that the subsidy for the
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    88 6 Bam Whatt Soon, Brit., 169, Milne, August 6, Langkat, gen. Beng Kee. Catherine Apcar, Brit., 1739, Thomas, August 6, Calcutta, gen., A A. Anthony Co. Coen, Dut., 323, Steenborg, August 5, Acheen, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Langkat, Brit., 149, Marris, August 6, Teluk Anson, gen., Koe Guan Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    79 6 Avagyee for Deli. Coen for Singapore. Fitzpatrick for Rangoon. Gregory Apcar for Calcutta. Hong Bee for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Lady Weld, for Teluk Anson. Mary Austin for Asahau. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, begii, Olehleh, and Sabang. Petrel for Pangkalan Brand an. Perak (8. S. Co.) for
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    284 6 pkr Prinz Lid wig for Ceylon. Australasia, India, Aden, Egypt, and rid Naples for Europe, etc., at noon, to-morrow. Registration up to 11 a.m. Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Padang for Batu Bahra. at I pm. tomorrow. Catherine Apcak for Singapore and Hongkong,
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    125 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dal» of arrival, where hound, awl Agents. Akratoon Apcar from Singajiore, Aug. 25, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Bknlawers from London. August 10, fur Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Delhi from Singapore, August 16, for < oloinbo, and Bombay,
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    PASSENGERS.
    81 6 By Perak from Port Swettenham, Mr. and Mrs. G. Kester, Mr. and Mrs. Ong Yew Swan and child, Messrs. Mansergh, Chee Bwee 1 im, Adolf A. Tobler, W. C. Smith, S. L. Symonds, Booth, and J. L. Sime; from Singapore, Messrs. F. De Razario, R. S. Steedihan, Bannon, Holloway,
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    SHARES.
    1205 6 2 d i Capital. I Subecri ImmL f VduZ.l Paid up. Reserve. Dividends. Name Quotation, S g I r? MINING. I I Gold. ■I 1.0, £2OOOOO £*****0 fW* 161 ■/-P»»’>9 ’1 h»ub Ami Ji. J.i Mining C,,., Ltd 1892 £200,000 £191,200 1 18/10 I/. •> C 1 buje r
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    EXGHANCE.
    125 6 Penang, 6th August, 1907. {tiy Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 3/8 3 Credit 2/4 17/32 3 Documentary 2/4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’^ight Private 175) Bombay Deniand Bank 173 J 3 days’sight Private 175|
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    PRODUCE.
    191 6 Penang, < th August, 1907. Gold leaf $64.85 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz 16.75 no stock White Pepper A 22.12| sellers. Trang Pepper 17.75 sales. Mace 81.50 sales. Mace Pickings 69 sales. Cloves (picked) 51 no sellers. Nutmegs 110 24 sales. ("No 1 5.30 8« Isa. Sugar. s
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      1451 7 CHARTERED' BANK OF INDIA HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI UEOERLASDSCHE HANDEL Nederlandsch-lndischc THE MERCANTILE BABK Of IMTrtHIATIftMAI HAwriMr. AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. KAATSCHAPPIJ. Escompto-MaaUChafpi) INDIA LIMITED CORPORATION [nnumd Capital fl. 45,000,000 Paid-up Capital F 6,000,000, Astritt n-oital Paid up 000 Sterling Reserve 610,000,0001 s 2 i ©OO,OOO abt. £3,750,000 Hmad OPTwi
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    CORRECTED PROGRAMME.
    894 8 Perak Turf Club. ANNUAL MEETING. 1907. Tuesday, 13th Jlugust, 1907, Thursday, lofli Jlujusf, 1907, and Saturday, 17th JluSust, 1907. ENTRIES CLOSE Jfoon jfiugust. FI RST DAY. Tuesday, AUGUST, 19&7I.—The Maiden Plate. Value $4OO. A race for maiden horses, weiuh 9 Stone 3 lbs., with an allowance of 1U
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      428 8 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A R. ADAMS, COMMANDANT. :(<>)• August 1907. —:o: 6th Tuesday, Recruits Drill at 5-30 p m., at Fort. Sth Thursday, Company Drill at 5-30 p rn nt bort. Plain Clothes. 9th Friday, (Coronation Day.) 13th Tuesday, Recruits Drill at Fort 5-30 p.m. 14th Wednesday, Company
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      53 8 HOTEL de la PAIX, SINGAPORE. This Old Established House having been thoroughly Repaired and Renovated is now Reopened. Good Accommodation for Boarders and Passengers. A Speciality is made of the Table, and only Wines, &c., of the best Quality are supplied. Terms Moderate. Runners meet Steamers. Mrs. E. GEORGE, Mr.
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      764 8 BROWN V Co.. MUNICIPAL X OTIC IL Monumental Sculptors, HE Municipal Commissioners of George »4 N.J’ g f W A 9 RCMTIMPK QTRFFT CALCUTTA. Town Penan g> i»vite tenders 42, BENTINCK olnttl, UALUUII for the construction of Argyll Road drains rg (Established A. D. 1852.) from Transfer Road to Larut
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