Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 May 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 108 VOL. LXVI. MONDAY. Ilth MAY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      918 1 TO LET. WANTED. NOTICE. GOVERNMENT NOTICE. IMPORTANT SALE. PENANG TURF CLUB. No 5 WELD QUAY, lately T~\RiyER for motor-plough on Rubbei CAMBONNI SCHOOL V» 'THE undersigned has been in-tructed NOTIC-R the occupation offt he Sugar f.sl ales Office. 1 Estate near P. proposed to hold an Old Students" ex,„ T
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      1741 2 e UROWn S’ Co., CRUSHED FOOD. EUROPEAN SYED ABUBAKAR, Shipping. Monumental Sculptors, tndests promptly executed at I Agent for Cargoes ex Steamer, CALCUTTA, NEW STOCK JUST RECEIVED X cash prices for all kinds of British aMrai I Norddeut'icher Lloyd, Hamburg America niinMP mill n I HIE Established A. I). 1852.
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    THE STATE OF KELANTAN.
    1315 3 ANOTHER YEAR’S WORK. The following is an extract from Mr. W. A. Graham’s latest report on the State of Kelantan. This report embraces the period from 24th February, 1906, to 14th February, 1907. In the last report on th? affairs of Kelantan, it was observed that
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    Local Stocks and Shares
    471 3 —S.T. Fraser <fc Co.’s latest Singapore Share Circular states Money still seems extremely scarce and the market remains as difficult to work as ever for there is practically no interest shown in any section. Mining.— Transactions have been very limited and a in good many instances
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    BEVERLAC (SELANGOR) RUBBER CO.
    1360 3 —Ceylon Observer. DIVIDEND OF 10 PER CENT. i The second ordinary general meeting of tlie above Company w«s held at Colombo on April 28, Mr. R. F. S. Hardie in the chair. The Chairman said ;—Gentlemen, I now rise to move the adoption of the Directors
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    238 3 Per P. A O. s.s. Mooltan, from London. April 14, connecting with s.s. Arcadia at Colombo, due May 21 at Penang:—To Penwg: Mr. and Mrs. McNab. To Singapore: Mr. and Mrs P. G. Fish and children. Mr. C. D. Hewan. Per P. <t O. Bs. Sardinia
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      38 3 Worth Rkme m hhring.—There are not nearly so many people coughing now as there were before Stearns’ Wine of Coil Liver Oil was placed on the market. It stops the cough. Beinemlier that. HARNESS ACCESSORIES. McAlister Go., Ltd.
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      162 3 Chamberlain’s Pain Balm. You will hunt a good while before you find a liniment that is equal to Chamberlain's Pain Balm. In cases of rheumatism and sciatica it relieves the intense pain and makes sleep and i est possible. Soreness of the muscles, swellings and lameness are qu ckly relieved
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      361 3 When you for BOVRIL JHPSEmT a cbe *P imitation. BOVKIL is all beef and is dr standardised strength giving food. Always have BOVRIL handy. dsS) The Wamatte Pure I" d its most j. K digestible form. 1 I V “None of the numerous B Cocoas have as yet equalled B
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    THE WEEK.
    51 4 Monday. Ilth May. Band. Esplanade, 6 td 7 p.in.-' i Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.m. High water 8.01 a.m. Low water 2.01 p.m. Tuesday/I2th May. Homeward German Mail. Singapore Races. Band, Golf Club. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 ami 9 p ni. High water 8.40 a.m Low watei 2.48
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    BIRTH.
    28 4 Hoops. —-On 9,th May, 1908, at Alor Star, Kedah, the wife of A. L. Hoops, M d, State Surgeon and Inspector of Prisons, Kedah, of a son.
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    Monday, 11th May, 1908.
    1108 4 A letter from Mr. Hamilton Price, of the Bombay-Burma Trading Corporation, to the Bangkok Times, in which he defended the revision of the AngloSiamese treaty on the basis < f the abolition of extra-territoriality and maintained that in Siam the administrati >n of justice compares very
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      THE ELECTRIC SUPPLY.
      711 4 —ST. I To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. n Dear Sir, i Some years ago I was induced by the representations of the Municipality that they would supply electric current, to substitute electric fans for the old handpulled punkahs in my office in Beach Street. This
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    PENANG HUNT CLUB.
    851 4 YESTERDAY’S RUN. A dozen riders turned out for the early morning run yesterday. Leaving the Parade Ground at 6.45 a.m., the fi e ]d entered the Racecourse, where the usual five flights of hurdles were negotiated by way of preparatory work for the Hunt Club’s Gymkhana on
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      426 4 Penang association. municipal notice. A PUBLIC MEETING of iho above Association will be held in the T.,wu 1™ Meet,n f .“j® Hall, on Wednesdav; I3tl, May, 1908, at Mmtietp»l Commi-noner» will be held 5 IU at the Municipal Office, at 3-30 p.m., on All'British Subjects interested in the Thursday, tho
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      125 4 TRI BUTTONS must be addressed Io 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. LL MONIES must be paid at the (t Pinang 7» Gazette Office, Penang, to the
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      21 4 [All communications intended for insertion in this journal must be authenticated. The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of correspondents.]
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    RUBBER.
    201 5 LAST FRIDAYS SALES. FURTHER ADVANCE IN PRICES. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, 9th May. The price of plantation rubber has gone up sd. per lb. for the first qualities since the last sale. At yesterday’s auction good biscuits fetched from 3s. lOd. to 4s. o|d., pale crepe from 3s.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    131 5 THE DUNDEE BY-ELECTION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th May. At Dumie on Friday, the Suffragettes, with a clanging railway bell and escorted „y a crowd of men, again disturbed an open-air meeting which was being addressed by Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade (the Liberal
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    AVIATION.
    63 5 A NOTEWORTHY PERFORMANCE [Rkujrr’b Service] London, 11th May. It is stated in a telegram from Manteo, North Carolina, that the Wright Brothers, cf Dayton, Ohio, «eroplanei fifteen miles out to sea and back at a height of a thousand feet. T leir a? «•plane was beautifully c introlled, despite
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    RUSSIA AND THE KURDS.
    51 5 ELABO R AT E PR EP AR AT 10 NS. [Reuter’s Srrvicr London, 11th May. A telegram from St. Petersburg states that the Kurds on the Russo-Persian frontier have made elaborate preparations to resist General Snarsky’s punitive expedition which is for the present detained on the
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    THE BALKANS.
    33 5 NEW RAILWAY SURVEY. [Reuter’s Srrvicr.] London, 11th April. The engineers who will survey the UvacMitrovitzr railway have proceeded thither three sq'iadrons of Turkish cavalry have also gone there to maintain order.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    110 5 MOROCCO. Berlin, 9th May. Mulny Hafid’s envoys have been unofficially informed that if their mission proceeds to Berlin one member thereof will be granted an interview at the Foreign Office, but in his private capacity only. JAPAN AND RUSSIAIt is stated in the Press that Japanese agents
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    THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
    831 5 RISING OF THE MOHMANDS. THE AFGHAN INVASION. [Rrutrr’s Service.] London, 10th May. Major-General Sir James Willcocks with two brigades has been ordered to proceed immediately against the Mohmands in view of the failure of the Jirgah to arrange terms. London, 11th May. The Amir of Afghanistan has
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    PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
    877 5 SUCCESSFUL WATER CARNIVAL. The fourth Water Carnival of the Penang Swimming Club took place ou Saturday afternoon at Tanjong Bungah, when the state of the tide and the weather were all that could be desired. The Penang Band was in attendance on the sands, and played at
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    CRICKET.
    165 5 C.R.C. v. M.R.C. A cricket match between the C.R.C and the Mohammedan Recreation Club was played on Victoria Green yesterday, the visitors winning easily by seven wickets and 39 runs. Appended are the scores:— MRC. K. Abdul Rahman, bS. Keat 7 Md. Hoossain c Teik Soon bS. Keat 13
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    The Mozufferpore Outrage.
    244 5 Further Details. The following telegram to Rangoon exchanges throws further light on the outrage recently reported by Reuter Calcutta, May Ist. At nine o'clock last night at Mozufferpore, a tremendous explosion occurred. It was stated that a bomb had been thrown at a carriage in which Mrs.
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    The Municipal Commission.
    118 5 Supplemental Budget. The following is the Supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1908, framed by the President of the Municipal Commissioners of George Town. Penang, and published in accordance with section 76 (2) of “The Municipal Ordinance 1896” Miscellaneous. c. Provident Fund Donations 2,(XMUM) Gratuities to C. C.
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    F.M.S. Mines.
    168 5 The output from Pud jg Lama Tin Mine for the month of April was 420 piculs of an approximate value M $lB,OOO. The following returns for April have also been published &piau 120 piculs Sociĕtĕ des Etains de Kinta 2,740 Rambutan ]4G Kanaboi 186* 24 days. 1, working.
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    A NATIVE STATE IN TRANSITION.
    1572 5 As those who have read his Annual Reports are aware, Mr. W. A. Graham, Resident Commissioner a’nd Adviser of Kelantan, wields a facile pen and possesses a remarkably acute sense of humour. The book which he has just published, Kelantan: A State of the Malay
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    The Penang Impressionists.
    290 5 The following is the result of the popular vote at the Penang Impressionists’ Exhibition held in the Engineers’ Institute on Friday and Saturday Class A.— Watercolours. Exhibit 59 20 votes. Tanjong Tokong,” Mrs. Macintyre.) Exhibit 80 13 votes. Morning on the Hills,” Mrs. Barnard.) Exhibit 62 13
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    LOG BOOK.
    776 6 Capt. Matsumearia and Lieut. Com. M. Kawakami, of the Japanese navy, visited Portsmouth Dockyard on April 14. The Admiralty announce the appointment of G. Price as surgeon to the King Alfred, Mid of Sub-Lieutenant C. E. Wilkins, to the Kinsha. Inspector-General J. Porter has been appointed Director-General of
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    91 6 Cantox, Brit., 106, Gillies, May 9, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing. Devaxha, Brit., 4785, Hide, May 9, Singapore, gen., Adamson, GilfiHan Co. Hebb, Brit., 384, Andrews, May 11, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Namuk, Brit., 4179, Kenrich, May 11, London, gen., Adamson, GilfiHan Co. Pin Seng, Brit., 378,
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    CLEARANCES.
    40 6 Dkli fur Trang and Pang Nga. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Namur for Singapore, China, and Japan. Lightning for Singapore ami Hongkong. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    371 6 To-morrow. For. Per. «'lose. Pangkalan Bfandan Petrel 1 p.m. D e li Perak (E.S. Co.) 1 p.m. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Batu BAhra Sree Banka 1 p in. Batu Balira Padang 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    29 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benlomond, London, May 8, Japan, S. B. Tydeus, Singapore, May 16, Antwerp, W. M.
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    PASSENGERS.
    147 6 By Santhia (May 9) from Singapore, Mr. H. P. Thomas. By Santhia (May 9) to Rangoon, Mrs. Bryson and Miss Dover; to Calcutta, Mr. Valentino Boinicell. By De Kock May 9) to Deli, Mr. A. Sadler. By Kistna (May 9) to Port Swettenham, Mrs. Lee Toon Tock and children,
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    SHARES.
    1247 6 o £3 I 1 c «So f-rfiifl .2 1 j Capital. Subscribed. of Paid up. Dividends. Name 3 2 H r Shares. s? 3 m Q> MINING. Gold. f siHMui £1 £1 i 1/-paid January. 1901 Ranb Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 1892 £200.000 £191,250 50,(KM) t/.
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 6 Pknang, 11th May, 1908. {Hy Courtesy <J the Chartered Hauk.) London Demand Bank 213 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 M 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary ‘l/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank It» 174| 3 «lays’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras. Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    176 6 Pknano, 11th May, 1908. Gold leaf 65.40 Pepper (W. < oast 3 5 nx.) no stock. White Pepper $17.50 sellers. Trang Pepper $ll sellers. Mac» $7O sellers. Mace Pickings $55 buyers. Cloves (picked) 31 buyers. Nutmegs 110 $20.50 sellers. [No 1 $5.30 sales. 2 x. no stock. Basket $3.85
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