Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 December 1907

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. __Z—ZZZ No. 297 VOL. LXV. TUESDAY, 24th DECEMBER. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1183 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. jjgg ALWAYB ~]|THE DISPENSARY Bv the HAIHBDRG-AMERIKA LINIE. U__—"°" Pharmaceutical and DISPENSING CHEMISTS and I J m» REFRESHING. OPTICIANS, r.. ma Steamship. “HABSBURG,” HOHBNSTAUFEN,” RHENAJUA," F ar Superior O BISHOP STREET a•• nd™SCANDIA” a regular monthly service is maintained between Lisbon and
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    KALUMPONG RUBBER CO.
    1370 3 Shanghai Mercury. ANNUAL general meeting. The first annua) general meeting of the Kalurnpong Rub tier Company, Ltd., was held at Shanghai on the 29th ult. Mr. u’ V. Drummond presided. Iu moving the adoption of the annual joit the Chairman said that they had entered into possession
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    Kuala Lumpur Rubber Co.
    316 3 The second oibinary general meeting was held on the22nd ult.at the Holboru Restaurant, London. The H<m. Everard Feilding, who presided, moved the adoption of the report and the declaration of a dividend at the rate of 3 per cent, for the year. He explained that the
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    Christmas Services.
    77 3 St George’s Church. Wednesday, Dec. 25th. 7 30 a.m. —Holy Communion (Plain Service.) 10-30 a.m —Choral Matins and Choral celebration of Holy Communion, Service (Woodward in E) Hymns 59, 62, 61, 322, and 60. There will be no evening service. Carols will be sung at Evens mg on
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    THE LEGEND OF SANTA CLAUS.
    673 3 Nicholas, the son of Epiphanius and Joanna, was born about the year 300 at Patara, a city in the province of Lycia, in Asia Minor. What St. George is to knighthood Saint Nicholas is to the poor. He s called in Russia, of which country
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    Post Office.
    172 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying at the Penang Post Office Allan, Divid Metzger, P. Al’.va, S. Money, L. W. Brisk, Mons. Neefe, Mr. Bunder, S. Noyes, A. H. Balfour, J. F. Neville, Harry Champion, M. Phillip, G A. I’o’tart, A. H. Pen*ng Gas Co. Com
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    THE NOCENT MOSQUITO.
    419 3 Recent reports fton* America seem to show that the connection between mosp quitoes and yellow fever is now as clearly proved as it is in the case of malaria, and that the discovery also promises to be al* most as fruitful in good results. When an American
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    558 3 por P. d: O. s.s. Palawan from London 23 Nov. due at Penang Dec. 2 4 —To Penang Mr. and Mrs. J. C. 11. Macbeth, Me-srs. W. S. Huxley, T. M. Money, and H. G. Trust. To Singapore Mr. and Mrs. G. A. V. Sanderson, Mrs.
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    THE WEEK.
    171 4 Tuesday, 24th December. Christmas Eve. Homeward German Mail. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. High water 3.13 a.m. Low water 9.15 pm. Wednesday, 25th December. Christmas Day. Cricket: Perak r. Penang, at Taiping Public Holiday. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematog'aph, 9 p.m. High water 4.04 a m.
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    Tuesday, 24th Dec., 1907.
    1770 4 Ou the eve of Christmas Diy, it is our pleasant duty once more to wish our readers, in the old phrase of the season, A Merry Christmas The twentieth century has robbed tlie world of many institutions, but still this festal day stands, its vitality practically
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    FOOTBALL.
    897 4 THE THIRD CUP TIE. P.C.C. V. Y.M.C.A. Great interest was taken in football cir. cles in the Cup tie—the second of the semi* finals—between the Penang Cricket Club and the Young Men’s Christian Association, which was played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon. Apart from the fact" that the winners
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      124 4 jewellery; I LEVY HERMANOS.t (PARIS—SINGAPORE). I AN EXCELLENT VARIETY OF JEWELLERY X SUITABLE FOR XMAS and NEW YEAR PRESENTS. I FOR A FEW DAYS ONLY. j Appointments can be made with Mr- A- L- Seth (travelling A J representative) at the K. O. Hotel. new bicycles, »43.25 With Front and
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      123 4 ESTABLISHED 1833. mutt be addrened to C*/ The Editor, written on one tide of the paper only and accompanied by the writer’t name and addrett, not necettarily for intertinu but at a guarantee of good faith. 4LL moniet mutt be paid at the Finang Gaxette 11 Office, Penang, to the
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    JAPAN AND INDIA.
    251 5 COUNT OKUMA’S VIEWS. A s extraordinary speech. [Reuter's Service London, 21th Dec. A remarkable speech by Count Okuma, alleged to have been delivered in Kobe in October, in the course of which he is represented as saying that three hundred iniHi >n Indians oppressed by Europeans ffPl
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    MUSURUS PASHA.
    128 5 H. E. Musurus Pasha, Turkish Am bastador to the Court of St. James, has died. Masurus Pasha, who was born on 28th January 1841, was the son of the late Muturus Pasha, the representative of the Ottoman Empire in Lend n from 1851-85. He married Marie, the daughter
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    CRICKET.
    61 5 THE M.C.C. v. VICTORIA. [Reuter's Service] London, 23r i Dec. In the cricket match between the M. C C. team aud Victoria, at Melbourne, the -'ICC. have scored 321 runs for seven wickets. London, 24th Dec. Ibe M.C.C-. made 503 for nine wickets *td then declared their innings closed.
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    PERSIA.
    67 5 ANGLO-RUSSIAN INFLUENCE. [Reuter’s Service London, 24th Dec. A representative of Reuter’s Agency has ai an interview with a high British on the subject of the situation in “’■'iia. This gentleman said that the best ,’P** for Persia is that Russia and England Hou* an intei ference in the internal
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    THE COTTOM INDUSTRY
    37 5 REDUCTION in output. [Rruter’s Service London, 23rd Dec. k'eneral reduction of 25 per cent, in output from the New England Cotton 5 January and February is regarded j 150,000 operatives will be it}> :cted.
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    BANKRUPTCIES IN PENANG.
    1311 5 The annual report on the working of the Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888, during the has been published. We reproduce e the following as relating more particularly to Penang Mr. D. Beatty acted as Assistant Official Assignee in Penang throughout the year. On the JBth June, Mr. Chin Kok
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    THE INDIAN MUTINY.
    32 5 AN ANNIVERSARY DINNER. i Rruter’s Service.] London. 24th Dec. The dinner of the Indian Mutiny veterans organised by the Daly Tdegrapli took place at th s Albert Hall yesterday.
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    THE LATE LORD KELVIN.
    30 5 FUNERAL AT THE ABBEY. [Reuter’s Service London, 24th Dec. The funeral of the late Lord Kelvin took place afe Westminster Abbey under most impressive circumstances yesterday.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    70 5 PERSIA. Berlin, 23rd Dec. The members of the Diplomatic Corps have advised the Shah to accept the conditions proposed by Parliament and so to avoid a conflict. At tie same time they have recommended the leaders of the Parliamentary party to be moderate in their demands. BELGIUM.
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    The Mails.
    126 5 Home- o Ex- Positively Lo Steamer. o WARD. PECTED. DUE. SAIL. P. O Delta 4/1 81.5. N. Bharata 27/12 N. D.L. Pr. R. Luitpold 24/12* Cutward. P. O. Devanha 2/ 1 8.1. Teesta 26/12 N.D.L. Zieten 25/12f fThe Norddeutscher mail steamer Zeiten having left Colombo at 4 p.m.
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    KEDAH IN 1906.
    828 5 THE ADVISER’S REPORT. Continued). In concluding his remarks on the Police, Mr. Hart says Mr. Hartnell, Commissioner of Police in Tongkah, visited Kedah in July, 1906, and in accordance with his valuable advice an entire change in Police administration is contemplated. Mr. Mitchell, on his return from
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    Korea and Japan.
    40 5 Calcutta, 16th Dec. Reuter telegraphs from Tokio that the Crown Prince of Korea aud Marquis Ito have arrived there. The Government is considering the advisability of increassng t|ie Japanese forces in Korea in view of revolutionary activity.
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      5 5 harness accessories. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      536 5 IT”»™.™ MUNICIPAL notice. PENANG GOLF CLUB. MON THLYME D A L 5. i OTICE is her(jhy at on and Saturday 28tQ and following Slay. IN after Wednesday, the Ist January niti i’■!■!— next, Sungei Pinang Bridge will be closed i to vehicular Traffic until further notice. TO LET FURNISHED. <
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    151 5 OBITUARY. SIR PATRICK HERON WATSON. [Rrutrh’s Sbrvicb.] London, 23rd Dec. The death is announced of Sir Patrick Heron Watson, Kt., LL.D., M.D., F.K.8., FE C 8 K ami 1. [Sir Patrick Watson, son of the late Rev. Charles Watson, D I»., was born in 1832, and was late Surgeon in
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    LOG BOOK.
    820 6 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha repot t for it» last year contains this reference to thq Bombay—Japan service that Sir Thomas Sutherland complained so much of as interfering with the P. 0. sailings between Bombav and Japan Last year Kobe was the terminus of the Bombay Service. Six steamers
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    66 6 Corn, Dut., 823, Viaman, December 24, Sabang, gen., Huttenbacb, Lielfttf CO, Langkat, Biit., 149, M arris, December Teluk Anson, gen., Koe Malaya, Ger.; 248, Loewe, Decqmbtf 23, Deli, gen., Behn, Meyer A Co. Pegu, Brit., 294, Coyah, December 24, Acheen, gen., Ban Ho Hin. ’Unit?, Nor., 929, disen,
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    CLEARANCES.
    74 6 7*’ Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat. Coen for Singapore. Cornelia for Deli. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Hong Moh for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Japan for Singapore,•Chiqp, and Jauari, Langkat for Tefuk Apson Mary Austin for Asalian. Pa dang for Batu Bahra. Perak (S.S. Co.) fox SjwQttpphiun ayd
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    MAILS CLOSE
    294 6 Till RS DAYFor. Per. Close. Deli Van der Lijn 11 a.m. Sineapore, China, and Japau Zieten Ila m. Port Swettenham mid Singapore Teesta 11 a.m. ON WEEK DAYS roR Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Malacca, at I p in. and 5-30 p.m. Kedah,
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    171 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approwgate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Arratoon Arc ar from Singapore, January 18, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Austria from Trieste, January 4, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Schmidt, Kustermann Co. Bencleuch from London, Depeipbqr 28, fpr Singapore, China, and
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    PASSENGERS.
    22 6 By Langkat from Teluk Anson, Messrs. G H. T. Ward, C. V. Stephens, H. Hope, H. L. Cowdy, and Mrs. Gregory.
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    SHARES.
    1086 6 .i.yu i.u Y 1 j ki t I n#l I i i I 2oi *2 kt Issue Name. 5 Oapi^ l Subscribed. «P- 1 L —l MINING. 'I Gold. r6O 000 «I «I January, 1001 Itaub 0..1.1 Mining Co., I.M. Full, l'»i- V-t 1000 £200,000 £191,260 Lnn’ooO 1 »8/10
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, 24th December, 1907. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 3 13/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit ’4/4 I'2 3 Documentary 2/1 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 173| 3 days’sight Private 175{ Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    180 6 Penang, 24th December, 1907. Gold leaf $65.50 Pepper (W. Conni- 3 l|>s. soz 16.75 no stock White Pepper 19 sellers. Trang Pepper 3.45 sellers. Mac« 65 nominal. Mace Pickings 55 sales Cloves (picked) 32 sales. Nutmegs 110 25 sellers. rNo I $5.30 sales Sugar. < 2 x. no stock.
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    1032 8 PROGRAMME FOR 1908, RACE MEETING TO BE HELD On Tuesday, the 11th, Thursday, the 13th and Saturday, the 15th February, 1908. FIRST DAY. 1. The Chenderiang Cup. A Cup presented by Malcolm Duncan, Esq. With s2ou added by the Club of which $5O goes to 2nd Horse.
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      1051 8 THE STRAITS TRADING <•., IM. NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. For a good 1. Notice is hereby given to ail MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. Complexion and clear bearers of share-warrants of the above i Skin USC Company that the subjoined resolution was passed at an extraordinary general meeting stocks always on hand
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