Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 May 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 104 VOL. LXVI. WEDNESDAY. 6th MAY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      860 1 ™> “y FO LE Pena "g T«rf Club. Penang Turt G-b. w Tlol!i NOTICE. GODOWN and premises No. 21, Glad- No reasonable offer refused. stone Road. Immediate entry. NOTTCJE MA’l’Tf'P *T' HE Public are hereby informed that the Apply A N ESTATE of 430 acres within 10j NUIILK. 1 undersigned
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1158 2 AUTUMN MEETING, 1908. Tuesday, the 28th July. Thursday, the 30th July, and Saturday, the Ist August, 1908. PROPOSED PROGRAMME To be considered and if approved to be passed at a General Meeting to be called for the purpose. NOTICE. —No amendments to this Programme will be considered
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      1160 2 Shipping. J 7 “BURNS JPHILP LINE.” ft SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYDrmniuniun f u NEY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR JAPAN MAIL SIEAMSHIr Co., Ltd, NEW ZEALAND, Tasmanian and 1 QUEENSLAND PORTS. q q (with transhipment) *as inducement offers. A regular monthly service to above ports 8 mß
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      596 2 NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH Stocks always on hand of GELIGNITE. BLASTING GELATINE SEXTUPLE DETONATORS. ELECTRIC DETONATORS SPORTING BALLESTITE CARTRIDGES. Sand Hands, Buttery Co.. Sole Agents for Penang andPPeakr a k Aylesbury Garland, •S’nft-Jgen/s, I'erak EUROPEAN INDENTS promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British
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    INDIAN FRONTIER POLICY.
    1430 3 —Exchange. ]f there is a body of men, if there is a responsible Government in the world that exhibits unwearying patience and pushes that policy to procrastination and almost to weakness it is the Government of India. In the face of almost incessant raids, the Government of
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    Ptomaine Poisoning.
    458 3 poison can be gained— lndian Planter's Gazette. When people speak of ptomaine poisoning they are commonly making use of an expression which conceals an ignoran :e, by no means confined to unscientific circles, of the chemical reidion which has in fact taken place. A paper recently read by
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    A GRUESOME TRADE.
    1025 3  -  weirdest experience of my life.— Louis Becke, in the Westminster Gazette. When I was supercargo of the brig Palestine, we were one day beating along the eastern shore of the great island of Tambara (New Ireland), or, as it is now called by its German possessors, Neu
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    The Rubber Exhibition.
    624 3 Trojncal Life states: As stated last month, the success of the first International Rubber Exhibition was then-already assured, and the only query engag’.ng the attention of the Executive was whether it could possibly be held in the Royal Horticultural Hall, or would have to be taken across
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      84 3 Australian Newspaper Man’s Experience With L)iarrhoea. Mr. S. G. Mathers, publisher of Chronicle, Norm ntown, Que°nsland, says Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoec Remedy completely cured me of chronic dysentery from which I had suffered for years. I feel confident that this remedy also saved the life of my infant daughter,
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    THE WEEK.
    152 4 Wednesday. 6th May. Outward P. O. Mail. P.C.C. Gymkhana: Entries Close. Hunt Club Paperchase, 5 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Corrick Family,” Town Hall, 9.3 d p in. Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, 9’p.th. Matsuo’s cinematograph, 7 and 9 p'.m. High water 4.00 a m. Low
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    Wednesday, 6th May, 1908.
    1164 4 Although Mr. Asquith has managed to obtain the substantial majority of 246 votes for the second reading of the Licensing Bill in the Hou-e of Commons, it is significant to note that nearly a hundred of the Ministry’s usual supporters must have either abstained from voting
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    A Farewell Dinner.
    114 4 A farewell dinner was given last night at the Town Club by the members of the Civil Service and Heads of Departments to the Hon. W. Evans, Acting Resident Councillor, who is leaving the Settlement for Singapore to act for the Colonial Secretary. Tlie fining room was
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    SEQUEL TO A FIRE.
    778 4 CLAIM AGAINST INSURANCE CO. The following is a continuation of the proceedings in the Supreme Court in which Chop Hin Lee Chan claim $12,242.43 against the Phoenix Assurance Co., for luss under a policy of insurance The examination of Tan Hor Sua by the Coui t
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    “ The Marvellous Corricks.”
    183 4 The Marvellous Corricks.” There was a fairly good house at the Town Hall last night when the Corrick Family gave their second entertainment in Penang. Miss Alice Corrick’s rendering of the Jewel Song from Faust was a piece of finished artistic work, but we prefer her in the simple songs
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    RUBBER.
    330 4 THE GLEHSHIEL FLOTATION. PAT A LING’S QUARTERLY CRq P THE VISIBLE SUPPLY OF RUBBER [From Our Oion Correspondent London, sth May. The subscription list for the Glenshiel Rubber Co., Ltd., opened here yesterday The Directors are Mr. Edward Ilamil ton, Mr. Vincent R. Wickwar (a Director of Banteng and
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    THE GOVERNOR’S A.D.C.
    151 4 AN INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, sth May. The engagement is announced of Capt. H. H. F. Stockley, Aide-de-Camp to His Excellency Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g, Governor of the Straits Settlements, and Ismay, daughter of the late Dacre Hamilton, Esq., of Carnassa. County Monaghan, Ireland.
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    THE BUDGET.
    82 4 OLD AGE PENSIONS. THE SUGAR AND TEA DUTIES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, sth May. It is rumoured that the fee for motor licenses will be increased under the new Budget which is to be introduced by Mr. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister (late Chancellor of the Exchequer),
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    GERMAN SHIPPING.
    74 4 THE N. D. L. SUBSIDY REDUCED- [Reuter’s Service London, 6th May. The Reichstag has reduced the furthci subsidy to the Norddeutscher Lloyd—-* 0 maintain a monthly service between Now Guinea, Australia, and Japan— from half a million marks to £115,000, elimina*i nt the amount for a service between
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      161 4 ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦s NOTICE. /\WING to the difficulties of collection on and < 0 after May Ist, all Bills must be settled on J leaving the Eastern and Oriental and Crag < Hotels. J No Bills will be posted for collection to any J outstation. SARKIES BROTHERS, {Proprietary. MINERAL WATERS Fresh from
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      88 4 must be addressed fo The Editor,” written on one side of the paper only, and acccompanied by the writer’s name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. A LL MONIES must be paid at the u Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    533 5 THE LICEMSIKG BILL. WOLVERHAMPTON BY-ELECTION. IRISH AFFAIRS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth May. The second reading of the Licensing Bill has been passed in the House of Commons by 394 votes to 148—a majority of 246. [The first reading was passed on Feb. 27.] Mr. H. H. Asquith,
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    NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
    57 5 AN ATTACK ON THE AFGHANS. IRkuter’s Service] London. sth May. Major-General Sir James Willcocks, with two columns, attacked the Afghans to the west of LuudiKotal, and drove the whole of them back over the frontier. London, 6th May. There are now thirty-one battalions, fifteen squadrons, and sixty-four guns
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    INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH CONFERENCE.
    62 5 [Reuter’s Service London. 6th May. The International Telegraph Conference was opened at Lisbon yesterday. [One of the things to be discussed at the International Telegraph Conference will be the placing of restrictions on the use of unpronounceable code words. The suggestion that only words made up of
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    64 5 THE U. S. FLEET. Berlin, sth May. Half of the United States battleship fleet will call at Amoy instead of Chetoo on its voyage back to the Atlantic rom the Pacific. A COCOA FACTORY’S FINANCES. A Dutch cocoa factory at Bensdorp, Amsterdam, has applied for a moratorium
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    TEN DAYS IN THE “ULU.”
    2802 5 Three Hundred Miles by Road, Rail, River, and Elephant through Upper Perak, Rahman and Kedah. VII. Once the inaugural ceremonies at the Rahman Tin Company’s mine were terminate 1, the gathering, which had been a truly happy one, split up and its members departed in
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    The Late Sister St. Paul.
    243 5 The funeral of the late Sister St. Paul of the Convent of St. Maur, Penang, took place last evening, and was attended by between three and four hundred people. The coffin was conveyed from the chapel by lay sisters and then by pall-bearers to the
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      555 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. TOWN HAI I PRESGRAVE CUPS. J Saturday, 9tfi, and fallowing Stay. PENANG. wanted. LAST NIGHT! LAST NIGHT!! A CLERK for the Golf Club, Penang, Tremendous SaCCCSS must write a good hand. Age not under 30. 0F TUB CORRICKS. HO N 'SECR LAST NIGHT I LAST NIGHT 11
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    LOG BOOK.
    886 6 Preparations have commenced for converting the old German armoured cruiser Deutschland, built in England in 18<1 for £400,000, into a floating target for the heaviest calibre guns of the new battleships. It will be clothed, as was done in the British and French tests, with various kinds of
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    126 6 Anchises, Brit., 1741, Taylor, May 5, Batavia, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Braemar, Brit., 2316, Warrack, May 6, Liverpool, gen., Paterson, Simona Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit, 199, Milne, May 5, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, May 6, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Cornelia, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    59 6 Teesta for Negapatam and’Madras. Padano for Batu Bahra. Vidar for Teluk Anaon. Palmero for Singapore, China and Japan. Hok Canton for Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli Olehleh, and Sabang. Tong Ch ay Un for Pangkor. Cardiganshire for Singapore, China and Japan. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Delhi for
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    MAILS CLOSE
    353 6 To-morrow. For. Per. <’l<w. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Tongkah Ban Whatt Soon I p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E. S. Co.) 1 p.m. Pangkalan Bramlan Petrel 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and I Malacca Cornelia 1 p in. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Singapore, China and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    64 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benlomond, London, May 8, Japan, S. B. Delhi, Colombo, May 7, China, A. G. Memnon, Liverpool, May 7, Japan, W. M. Persia, Singapore, May 7, Fiume, S. K. Palermo, London, May 6, Japan, A. G.
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    PASSENGERS.
    39 6 By Teesta (6th May) from Singapore, Messrs V. Bonicell, E. A. Cader, E. Holloway, J. C. Holmberg, V. M. N. Merican W. Sadler and C. de Souza from Port Swettenham, Messrs. Low Leong Huat and Teoh Chew Thuan.
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    SHARES.
    1203 6 1! Capital. S„b M ril».i. Paid .p. Dividend.. Nan... J S a i sharw. a l MINING. Gold. r niiiMM £1 £1 1/- paid January. 1901 Ranh Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Pai.d IBt>3 £200,00« £191.250- l|| B/10 I/-* Co I ib > I 1898 /,500,000 /2,500,000 25,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Penang, 6th May, 1908. Z/y Courtesy <J the Chavteve-i Hauk.) London Demand Bank 2,3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/13 16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank R» 174} 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras, Demand Bank 174
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    PRODUCE.
    206 6 Pknanu, 6th May, 1908. Gold leaf 65.40 Pepper (W oast 3 0» 5 nr..) no stock. U hite Pepper 18 sellers. Trang Pepper 11.50 sellers. Mac® 75 sellers. Mace Pickings 57 buyers. Cloves (picked) 31 buyers. Nutmegs 110 $21.50 sales. (No I $5.30 sales. Sugar. j,, 2 x no
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