Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 August 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 179 VOL. LXV. WEDNESDAY, 7th AUGUST. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1914 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. wft I USE CNL y ai d y§E ALWAYS '""'1 By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. a»rS, NC J BRITISH SBMF INDIA F ,N By the German Steamships “HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN,” “RHENANIA,” A L UXUR O US PERFUME SILESIA,” and SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service
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    RUBBER SHARES AND OVERPRODUCTION.
    1426 3 a Member of the Stock Exchange). The attention of investors has of late lieen agiin called to rubber planting companies bv two causes —one a succession of satisfactory reports and dividends (including a of 55 per cent, for the year by l| ie Vallatnbrosa Company) the
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    Indians in the Transvaal.
    229 3 London, July 29. In the House of Commons Mr. Churchill informed Sir William Bull that the Transvaal Government, after careful consideiation of the representations mentioned on 30th May and investigation of other sys terns of identification, have decided that there is no a'ternative to the finger-print
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    THE INDIA COUNCIL
    462 3 'C'- London, July 26, Me. Morley’s Bill does not relate to the appointment of Native Members. It fixes th'e Members of Council at the maximum of fourteen and the minimum of ten, and reduces the possible absence from India, before appointment, to five years makes the salary
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    Siam and Siamese.
    404 3 The Daily Chronicle makes the following excursion in Siamese history Siam was among the last of the nations to feel the civilising influence of the British race. How easy it might have been otherwise in the land of the white elephant is proved from the records of
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    THE SUGAR CONVENTION.
    524 3 APPEALS BY PLANTERS. The papers relating to the Brussels Sugar Convention were issued on 12th July as a White Paper. The document consists of about 27 communications from Colonial organisations, in every case urging the Government to continue the Convention. In most cases the communication contains interesting
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    177 3 Per P. O. s.s. Mongolia from London July 19, connecting with s.s. Malta at Colombo, due Aug. 14 at Penang —To Penang Messrs. G. C. Green and H. D. Kiddle. To Singapore Com. M. H Cobbe, Mr. ami Mrs. Leege and child, Messrs. J. Macleod, N.
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      111 3 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it one of your regular habits to k< ep Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera ami Diarrhoea Remedy in your home as a safeguard against a sudden attack of bowel complaint. It is certain to be needed sooner or later, and when that time comes it
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      579 3 BA NEWLY FURNISHED Ist claw Boarding House, best position in Penang, only 5 minutes from the Jetty, 11 rooms, large Drawing and Sitting Rooms :—Day, Week, or Month. The International Boarding House being taken over by entirely new management extensive alterations are being made in the interior of the house
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    THE WEEK.
    194 4 Wednesday, 7th August. 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 waterlo.l 6 a.m. Low water 4.18 p.m. Thursday. Bth August. Outward B. I Mail. Church Work Association, Chatsworth,” 14’.15I 4 ’.15 a m.
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    Wednesday, 7th August, 1907.
    1709 4 Reuter—with all his faults, we love him still—occasionally, gets hold of the niot juste and when he describes the Hague Conference as petering out in “endless talk” he undoubtedly sums up the situation tersely and succinctly. The great diplomatic picnic was doomed to failure from tlie
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    241 4 .—Ed. P.<7.] [AU communications intended for it in this journal must be authf-nf^ n, E di t or is not opinions of correspondents.] A QUERY. the Editor of the Pinang G IIZPUI Returning from a visit to the Naf States, I have just seen your p aDer !j e
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    Health Returns.
    260 4 The health returns for the Penang M un i. cipality during the week ended 27th July show that there were 70 deaths— 41 ma es and 29 females—equal to a death rate of 36.33 per 1,000 per annum, being a decrease as compared with 39.96 in the precedimjweek
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    League Football.
    298 4 An Absent Team. As stated in our columns yesterday, arrangements had been made for the League football match, Anglo-Chinese School r. Government Clerical Association, to he played on the C R.C. ground last night. The G.C. A., however, failed to turn up, and the Referee (Mr. Jas. T.
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      137 4 B ARKIESV JHOTELS. ♦E. &0. MOTEL ferjang. CRAG MOTEL Penang Kills.* RAffLES MOTEL Singapore. J ♦STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, J a Proprietors. s•&lt;&lt;♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ (THE A C. T. D. ALTERATIVE CONDITION POWDER I I_ w A ftoll T “MAKES THEIR COATS SHINE.”! Try a Tin and note the result. I'
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      123 4 mu«t 6e 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 df good faith. L L monies must be paid at the Finang m Gazette” Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    SINGAPORE.
    148 5 the west KENT REGIMENT. SERIOUS DISAFFECTION. i prom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 7th August. It is reported that there is serious discontent among the rank and file of the 2nd Bai tai ion of the Royal West Kent Regiment (The Queen’s Own), owing, it is allege*!, to the severity
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    122 5 THE KING ON THE “DREADNOUGHT.” accident to a destroyer. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th August The oil-fuel ignited on the twin-screw torpedo-boat destroyer (365 tons, Lieut, and Commander Hugh Seymour) in the Solent. Two stokers were killed and four injured. Their Majesties the King and Queen, accompanied by
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    MOROCCO.
    67 5 CASABLANCA BOMBARDED. FRANCO-SPANISH FORCE LANDED. [Reuter’s Service] London, 7th August After posting guards at the consulates, the French cruiser Galilee bombarded the Moorish quarter and the surroundings of Casablanca. It is believed that 150 Moors were killed by the bombardment. The French and Spanish men-of-war at Casablanca landed a
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    NORTHERN NIGERIA.
    65 5 RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 6th August. In the House of Commons, Mr. Winston Churchill, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced that the Government hail decided to authorize the immediate construction of 400 miles of railway in Northern Nigeria at an estimated cost of £1,230,000. One of
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    PERSIA.
    56 5 INVASION BY TURKS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 6th August. Reuter’s correspondent at Teheran cables that Turkish troops with artillery entered Persia near Urumia. They destroyed the village of Mavaneh, killing eighteen men a,l, i sixty women and children, mostly Christians, and seized the neighbouring Persian camp. Another report states that
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    THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
    61 5 the SENSATIONAL SENTENCE. I Reuter’s Service.] London. 7th August. 1 he Standard Oil Company’s stock has not been affected by the judgment of the Feder“l Court at Chicago fining the Company *29,240,000 (gold) for accepting rebates Oa oil shipments. Iu New York it is believed that
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    THE KAISER AND THE TSAR.
    126 5 THE MEETING AT SWIIEIUEKDE. SEMI-OFFICIAL STATEMENTS. [Reuter’s Service London, 6th August. Semi-official statements published in Berlin and St. Petersburg, respectively, declare that the discussions at the meeting of the Kaiser and the Tsar at Swinemiinde covered all questions of moment. They testified the desire of
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    THE SUGAR CONYENTION.
    56 5 PROPOSED MODIFICATION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 6th August. In the House of Lords yesterday the Earl of Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced that a protocol modifying the Sugar Convention had been drafted by the Brussels Commission and would be signed on the Ist September if
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    YACHTING AT HOME.
    29 5 KAISER’S VICTORY AT COWES. [Reuter's Skrvicr.] London, 7th August. The Kaisei s yacht Meteor, a schooner &lt;&gt;f 412 tons, has won the King’s Cup at Cowes.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    121 5 THE IMPERIAL MEETING. Berlin, 6th August. The German and the Russian newspapers comment on the meeting of the Kaiser and the Tsar in much the same tone. They regard it as a guarantee of the maintenance of peace both in Europe and in Asia and as likely
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    The Mails.
    128 5 Horn!- Stb.mbr Ex Po9,tlvi ly r WARD. &IEA PECTED. DUE. «AIL P. &O. Deli 11/8 8.1.5. N. Taroba 9/8 N.D.L. Pr. Ludwig 7/8 6 p.m. 10 p.m. Outward. P. &lt;fc O. Malta 15/8 8.1.5. N. Teesta 8/8 7 am. 5 p.m. N.D.L. Pr. JZ«twric7t 21/8 The Norddeutscher Lloyd
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    Rubber Shares at Home.
    88 5 London, July 26. The rubber produce market is quiet. The quotation for hard fine Para is 4s. lOd. and plantation prices are unchanged. Rubber shares, however, are steadly advancing and the following are leading quotations: Anglo-Malays, fully-paid, £4| part-paid £3j. Highlands and Lowlands, fully-paid, £3 j
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    1656 5 AUTUMN RACE MEETING. LIST OF ENTRIES. The entries for the forthcoming Race Meeting at Taiping closed yesterday as follows FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 13th August, 1907.. ].—Thb Mxidbn Plate. Value $4OO. A Race for maiden horses, weight 9 stone 3 lbs., with an allowance of 10 lbs to
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    LOG BOOK.
    807 6 H.M.S. Pioneer, Commander C. B. Miller, arrived in Singapore from Australia, via Batavia, on Saturday. She is a cruiser of 2,100 tons and 1,000 horse power. She carries eight guns and a crew of 200 men. The naval authorities have desired to be furnished with a list of
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    24 6 Cantox, Brit., 105, Marican, August 7, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing. Clan Maulntosh, Brit, 4053, Shand, August 7, Rangoon, gen, Beng Kee.
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    CLEARANCES.
    61 6 Catherine Singapore and Hongkong. Clan Macintosh for Singapore. Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. Flying Fish for Port Weld. &gt; Rangoon. Langkat for Teluk Anson. Malaya for Deli. Padang for Batu Bahra. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Prinz Ludwig for Ceylon and Europe. Resident Halbwyn
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    352 6 per Van der Parra for Deli and Langsa, at 1 p.m. to-morrow.. Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Teesta for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 4 a.m to-morrow. Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca, at 4 p.m. to morrow. Perak'(K. K. Co.) for Port Swettenham
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    167 6 Mihm of Steamer, where from, approximate dale o f arrival, where hound, awl A gents. Agamemnon fron Liverpool, August 17, for Singapore, Shanghai, and Tientsin, W. Mansfield Co. Antrnor from Liverpool, August 17, for Singapore, Shanghai and Tientsin, W. Mansfield Co. r Arratoon Apcar from Singapore, Aug. 25,
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    PASSENGERS.
    109 6 By Prinz Eitel Friedrich, from Rotterdam, Mrs. B. v Schermbech, and Mrs. Veldman from Antwerp, Messrs. C. Abrahamson J. B. de Bouve, and jE. van Hengel from Southampton, Mr. and Mrs. C. ‘R, ■Hanson from Genoa» Messrs. P. M. Soeters, J. J. Wytema, P. Sandel, Rich. Habermas»’ and A.
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    SHARES.
    1228 6 2 8 kt r Issue xt o Capital. Subscribed. sha r «g Value.j Paid np. .Reserve. Dividends. Name. Quotation» a areB L I MINING. Gold. pononno no, 50,000 £l’ £4,873 J/. paid January, 1901 Kaub Aust. Gold Mining Co, Ltd. Fully Paid 5} buyers lgll2 £200,000 £191,250 18/w (Contrib)
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Penang, 7th August, 1907. {By 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 9/1 6 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 173} 3 days’sight Private 175}
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    PRODUCE.
    190 6 Penang, 7th August, 1907. Gold leaf |64.85 Pepper (»V. Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz.) 16.75 no stock White Pepper 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. CNo 1 5.30 stlss. Sugar. &lt; 2 x
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      1323 8 T F A Q NOTICE- NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. MUNICIPAL_NOTICK. r ft JI tlj I EL TTIEWS of P-imng, Sii.ip.pv Perak, MAGAZINES ATPENANG AND IPOII. 'T'HE Municipal Commissioners of George 1 Of a B®°&lt;l 3 E"W y Selangor, ano Sumatra. 1 Town, Penang, hereby inv.te tenders Complexion and clear AWARD'D TH Photos
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