Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 December 1907

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESi. LISHED 1833. No. 290 VOL. LXV. MONDAY, 16th DECEMBER, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1361 2 “,T£Si«WroitfMlronTuMFiW. jfe By the German Sternnshii» "HABSBURG," HOHENSTAUFEN“ RHEN ANIA,” Large StOCkS AI Wily 8 Oil Hand. SILESIA’’and “SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service is maintained between Lisbon and the YJUiuni v« Far East The steamers on this Line are of the roost modem type and have splendid accommo- «[JAMSON GILFILLAN
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    THE MOORISH CHARACTER.
    1689 3 by FRANCES CAMPBELL. It was in the train, and two old gentlemen were discussing Morocco, and the things happening there. Said one, with an air of impressive authority They are a treacherous and unreliable peeple. Mark my words —this will be another Indian Mutiny business.” “Just so!
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    385 3 Mr. Walter Hy. Barnard’s latest metal market reports to hand have the following with reference to tin Nov. 18 :—£2 lower for cash at £134 10/- and £1 15/- lower for 3 months at £136 5/-, a good business doing, about 900 tons changing hands with a
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    Swindlers in India.
    460 3 Calcutta, Dec. 4. A large gang of swindlers, who previously purchased an enormous quantity of bronze pice coined this year, scattered all over India, have given out that a quantity of gold by mistake was mixed with the pice in the coinage. As an allurement in the
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    MALAY PLANTING PUPILS.
    186 3 The following appears in the latest Colombo papers to band London, Nov. Ist. Sir, —I enclose about the 7th advertisement I have seen for creepers in Malaya, of this kind. There is no premium charged. They get board free at first for six, months and then salary
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    Asiatics in the Transvaal.
    114 3 London, Dec. 1. The Asiatic Registration Act is now operative in the Transvaal, but there have been only 500 registrations. It is estimated that 7,000 have not registered. It is stated that Government will not hesitate to carry the Act into effect. London, Dec. 3 Reports
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    The Prevention of Plague.
    378 3 London, Dec. 3 Professor Haffaine read a paper liefore the Royal Society of Medicine showing that disinfection was of no avail against plague. The campaign against rats, he said, was mo*t rational, but owing to the rapid multiplication of survivors it was uncertain whether it was
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    THE WEEK.
    4 4 THE WEEK.
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    BIRTH.
    13 4 Pinhorn.—On Dec. 14th, the wife of R. H. Pinhorn, of a daughter.
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    Monday, 16th Dec., 1907.
    1077 4 There are two aspects of the Opium Question in Malaya which the persons locally responsible for the aiiti-opium mpvementsbould be careful tjq keOp in sight; Firstly, they should bear continually in mind the probability—a probability so strong as to amount almost to a certainty—that a very
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    CRICKET.
    769 4 P.O.G. tL H.M.S. “BEDFORD.” In continuation of the series of games between the Penang Cricket Club and H.M.S. Bedford and H.M.S. Kent, a cricket match was played on Saturday on the Esplanade. The P.C.C. won the toss and elected to bat. The outstanding features of the Club innings were
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    62 4 DEATHS. Adams.—At Goodwood,” 'Penang, on the 15th inst., Hilda Isabel Mitchell, .Wife of the Hon. A. R. Adams, aged 39 years. Freunbarg —Very suddenly, ontho lOth inst., at thi Australian. Bakery, Macalister Road, Penang, Rosa Freunbarg, the beloved wife of Moses Freunbirg, aged 50 years. THE WEEK. OBITUARY. Berlin, loth
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    RUBBER.
    73 5 LATEST LOHDOH PRICES. the share market dull. 'From Our Own Correspondent.] London, 14th Dec. Hard fine Para rubber has declined to 3s. s|d. There is a good demand for plantation ci/'pe at full rates. Inve-itors should remember that the manufacturers’ stock-taking will be the main factor governing rubber prices
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    RUSSIA.
    115 5 DEVELOPMENTS IN FINLAND. DRASTIC SENTENCES FOR TREASON. [Reuters Service.] London, 16th Dec. Important developments are imminent in Finland. General Kaulbars, ex-Governor of Odessa, is to be appointed GovernorGeneral, and a strong military force is proceeding to Finland, ostensibly for the purpose of engaging in m inreuvres. The Government is
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    AUSTRALIA’S DEFENCES.
    83 5 PROPOSED UNIVERSAL SERVICE. [Reuter’s Service] London, 14th Dec. A telegram from Melbourne states that, in the House of Representatives, the Hon. Alfred Ddakin, Prime Minister, in outlining the defence policy of the Government said that it was proposed to purchase three submarines and two torpedo destroyers annually for
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    FURIOUS GALES AT HOME.
    69 5 SAD LOSS OF LIFE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 14th Dec. A furious gale has be on blowing since yesterday. There have been many wrecks attended by great loss of life on the South Coast. A seven-masted American schooner was wrecked on the Sciliy Islands yesterday evening. The
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    THE AMERICAN NAVY.
    64 5 ESPIONNAGE BY JAPANESE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 14 th Dec. A telegram from New York states that the newspipers there publish sensational st tries to the effect that all Japanese servants have been linlei Loin the battleships bilonging to the Pacific Fleet in the Hampton Roads, as they
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    121 5 TURKEY AND MONTENEGRO, lutkey and Montenegro have mutually agreed to the concentration of their troops. THE UNITED STATES. It is reported that Mr. G. B. Cortelyou, Secretary of the Treasury, will be a candidate for the United States Presidency. President Roosevelt intends to make a voyage to
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    CRICKET.
    309 5 AUSTRALIA v. EIGUID. THE FIRST TEST MATCH. [Reuter’s Service London, 16th Dec. In the first test match between England and Australia at Sydney the English team made 273 runs in their first innings Australia replied with 300 runs. In their second innings England, up to the ti ne of
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    PERSIA.
    152 5 ANOTHER POLITICAL CRISIS. SCENE AT PARLIAMENT HOUSE. [Reuters Service] London, 16th Dec. A telegram from Teheran stites that the Persian Cabinet resigned yesterdiy in consequence of incidents arising from the murder of two shopkeepers by soldiers, who were imprisoned, but whose immedi ate execution was demanded by the relatives
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    GERMANY AND HOLLAND.
    64 5 THE KAISER AND PEACE. [Reuter’s Service London, 16 th Dec. The Kaiser, speaking at Amsterdim in reply to a toast proposed at a banquet by Queen Wilhelmina, said that he would stake his life on the m lintenance of peace between Germany and Holland. He referred to
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    32 5 NATIVE SEDITION IN ZULULAND. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th Dec. It is reported from Natd that ten of the principal natives are accompanying Dinizulu, having been arrested on suspicion of sedition.
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    Oriental Immigration.
    97 5 London, Dec. 10. Your representative at Rome has had an interview with Mr. Takahira, who goes to Washington as the new Japanese Ambassador in succession to Viscount Aoki, recalled. Mr. Takahira stated that the controversy in regard to the immigration of Japanese into the Western States of North
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    FIRE AT TANJONG TOKONG.
    864 5 As briefly mentioned in our last issue, a destructive fire broke out in the village of Tanjong Tokong on Saturday. At 12.30 p.m. the-sentry on duty at the Police Station there noticed that one of the buildings in the centre of the block of att ip
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1741 5 FRIDAY’S MEETING. Pbesmt. His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g. His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrott, c.B. Hon. Capt. A. H. Young (Colonial Secretary). W. J. Napier (Attorney-General). A. T. Bryant (Act. Colonial Treasurer). F. J. Pigott (Act. Colonial Engineer). W. C. Michell (Act. Auditor-General) H. Fort. Dr.
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    738 5 The series of military manceuvres of the Penang Volunteer Corps in conjunction with the Cadets, the local detachment of the Malay States Guides, and Sikh Police, held under the direction of Captain Colbeck, Staff Officer to the Military Forces, S.S., which commenced with an outpost engagement in the
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      4 5 SCALES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      48 5 Central Sales Room. IMPORT ANLWCIION SALE. Favoured with instructions, The undersigned will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, AT FORT CORNWALLIS, PENANG, On Friday, 2Ctf) IdOT, AT 11 A.M., A LARGE AND VARIED ASSORTMENT OF Unserviceable Stores, etc., Unclaimed Confiscated Property, Gold Watches, etc., etc, CUNNINGHAM, CLARK Co., Licensed Auctioneers.
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    LOG BOOK.
    872 6 At the annual meeting of the P. <fc 0. S. N. Co. on Tuesday, it was stated, the Straits Times's correspondent wires, that the Company has placed contracts for three more steamers of the Moldavia class, and for a fourth steamer, of nineteen knots < speed, to run
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    94 6 Bantam, Dut., 1323, Potjewid, December 16, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, December 16, Langkat, gen., Beng Kee. Canton, Brit., 150, Gillies, December 14, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing. Calypso, Brit., 339, Bannantyne, December 16, Singapore, gen., W Mansfield Co. Hye Leong, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    34 6 Bantam for Sabang, Olehleh and ..Padang. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Malaya for Deli. Padang for Batu Bahra. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    331 6 To-morrow. For. Per. Close. Rangoon Fitzpatrick noon. Trang and Pang Nga Deli 1 p.m Sngapore Palitana Ipm. Deli Van der Lijn 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Hye Leong 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Perak (S.S. C0.)4 p.m. Wednesday. Teluk Anson
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    111 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bvund, and A gents. Achilles from Singapore, December 18, for Marseilles, Havre, and Liverpool, W. Mansfield Co. Arratoon Apcar from Singapore, January 18, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Gregory Apcar from Singapore, December 26, for Calcutta, A.
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    PASSENGERS.
    103 6 By Hye Leong from Teluk Anson, Mr and Mrs. Tan Kian Teong and Mr M. Allan By Perak from Port Swettenham, Mr. and Mrs. Campbell, Messrs: Wootton, E. H. Bratt, and E. Lanham from Singapore, Mr. Sarkies. By Kistna to Port Swettenham, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Schwartz, Capt.
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    SHARES.
    1134 6 H c.pn.t I 8«. v'Xp.u.p. s s 5 MINING. Gold. ,***** «I £1 £4,873 I/-paid January, 1901 Ka.b A... 4, G.. 1.1 Mining O„„ l,t,f Fully 18P2 £200,000 £121,250 -W O 18/10 Itodjing l-Un’i G.. 1.1 Mining .7 1898 £2,000,000 £1,800,000 20,000 /100 HOO S2| per cm. tor 1906
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 6 Penang, 16ih December, 1907. [By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/4 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/2 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173 J 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 173| 3 days’sight Private 17o| Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    178 6 Pknang, 16m December, 1907. Gold leaf $65.50 Pepper (W. Coh*<. 3 lbs. noz 16.75 no stock White Pepper 19 sales. Trang Pepper 3.45 sellers. Mac» 65 nominal. Mace Pickings 55 sales Cloves (picked) 35 sellers. Nutmegs 110 25 sellers. (No I $5.45 sales! Sugar. < 2 x. no stock.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1171 8 JANUARY MEETING, 1908. Tuesday, the 14th, Thursday, the 16th, and Saturday, the 18th January, 1908. Judges— E. H. BRATT, Esq., CECIL GUINNESS, Esq. Handicapper—C. G. VELGE, Esq. Starter A. CAMPBELL, Esq. Racing Stewards— H. BRATT, Esq., Capt. H. L. TALBOT, G. H. STITT, Esq. FIRST DAY. Tuesday,
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      876 8 THE PROPRIETOR OF MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE AUSTRALASIAN BAKERY AND S When Mosquitoes f ANFFf fIANFRY THE Municipal Commissioners of 1 begin to annoy you, I George Town, Penang, hereby invite remcinber HAS REMOVED TO ten iers for the supply of Disinfectant for No 220, MACALISTER ROAD, Full particulars can be
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