Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 May 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 113 VOL. LXVI. SATURDAY, 16th MAY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1638 1 TO LET. NOTICE. n d-. roV wanted. QpOOO©O©OOOOO©©OO©©OOO©O©O©O no. 5. utdy i.. w olDpa,,ies r a Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappii. 0 the occupation of the Sugar Estates Office. VTIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, FOPmS for Making* Returns must be in g’ood condition O rr 6 fl Could be let in floors
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      2089 2 Shipping. A MATRON of the Y.W.CA. HOME NOBEL 8 explosives. N -OtC L~ /J f f I magazines AT PENANG and ipoh. “BURNS PHILP LINE.” 8^. on t L^7t ■L SINGAPORE TO ’JAVA PORTS, 1 GELIGNITE. ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYD- BLASTING GELATINE fij NEY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR C WiVn
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    JAPAN AND INDIAN TRADE.
    1196 3 requirements of Indian trade.—S. M. Mittra, in the P.M.G. The Anglo-Japanese Alliance has been so loudly belauded that no one is likely to forget it: there is much more fear of Japan’s ambitious in other directions than those which have led to her military and naval
    requirements of Indian trade.—S. M. Mittra, in the P.M.G.  -  1,196 words
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    Grand Assembly of the Empire.
    267 3 Substitute for Imperial Conference At a meeting of the Imperial Federation League, in Melbourne, on April 14, at which Mr. Deakin, Premier of the Commonwealth, presided, Sir John Quick delivered an address in which he outlined a .proposal for a Grand Assembly of the Empire
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    121 3 Fourth Sunday after Easter. May 17 th. St. George's Church. 8 a.m.—Matins (Choral.) 8-30 a.m.—Holy Communion Plain). 10 a.m.—Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Sunday School. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. St. Mark's Church, Butterworth. 5 p.m.—Divine Service. Presbyterian* Church. 9 a.m.—Divine Service (Northam Road). 6 p.m. —Divine Service (Northam R<»ad). Methodist-Episcopal
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    THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
    408 3 Simla, 6th May. It is generally understood here that under orders from home the troops now in the Khyber will withdraw. The decision has been received with considerable comment and surprise in certain circles, and there are many who think further punishment should at any rate have
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    MARKET PRICES.
    222 3 Penang, May 16. Description. Beef: <’#x. Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart Heart 30 Tripe Liver per catty 30 Pork Pork 34 Pig’s Head 22 Feet 24 Tongue 32
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    ANARCHISM IN INDIA.
    587 3 THE CALCUTTA BAIDS. Mozufferpore, 6th May. The Magisterial inquiry into the bomb case commences on the 12th when it is expected important facts will be elicited. Khudiram Bose’s admission that he belongs to Minapore and the fact of arms, chemicals, and appliances for the manufacture of bombs
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    An Arbuthnot Echo.
    111 3 Madras, 6th May. In the High Court to-day on behalf of Rajah V. Kissen Bahadur of Venkatagiri, a suit was file 1 against Rajah Sir S. Ranaasawmy Moodliar for damages assessed at R 3,93,750 in connection with tl»e part he took in inducing Rajah Bissen Bahadur to
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    THE WEEK.
    174 4 Saturday, I6th May f.QC. Gymkhana. Esplanade. i Siikgapore Races. Mateuo’fl Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.n». Full Moon. High water 12,01 p,m. Low water p ffl.J Sunday. 17th May. Fourth Sun,day after Easter. High wate? 12 50p.m. Low water 6.48 p.rti’ Monday IBth May. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7
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    MARRIAGE.
    21 4 Eeunbarg-Fredman. —On th» 14th May, J9OB. at McAlister Road, M. to Mrs. Aster Fredmxn. sigter of the late Rosa Feuubarg.
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    Saturday, 16th May, 1908.
    980 4 A Hpngkoiig contemporary has again drawn attention to the- conditions under which Chinese labourers are shipped from Hongkong to the Straits Settlements. Without imputing any laxity on the part of the Registrar-General and his staff in Hongkong in the matter of endeavouring to make the emigrants
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    F.M.S. Tin Returns.
    683 4 The advance statement of weight of block tin and tin-ore exported from the Federated Malay S ates during January and April, and of duty collected thereon, as compared with the corresponding period of the previous year, shows Exports and the duty collected in Perak, Selangor, and Negri
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    PENANG HUNT CLUB.
    701 4 ENTRIES FOR GYMKHANA. We publish below the list of entries for the Penang Hunt Club’s Gymkhana, to be held on the Racecourse, on Saturday, 23rd inst. Distance Handicap Over Hurdles. Mr. E. Nirrnheim’s Millbrook 12st. 71b. 40 yds. Commander Macintyre’s Sadi lOst. 81b. 65 yds. Mr. H.
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      405 4 NOTICE. bMI d- <? A WING to the difficulties of collection on and > after May Ist, all Bills must be settled oh 4 J, ♦leaving the Eastern and Oriental and -n Crag t Hotels. No Bills will be posted for collection to any < J outstation. J SARKIES BROTHERS,
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      124 4 mmt be adrtreteed Io tf The Editor, written on one side of the paper only, and acccompajiied by the writer 1 j name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. ALL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General
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    210 4 OBITUARY. MR. RICHARD EVANS. 11 We regret to announce the death of Mr. Richard Evans, Chief Engineer, s s. Avaygee, which took place in Singapore last Monday. The late Mr. Evans, who was apparently in good health, left Penang on Saturday last by the s.s. Kistna for Singapore to attend
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    REDUCTION OF ARMAMENTS.
    125 5 GREAT BRITAIN’S POLICY. SPEECH BY SIR EDWARD GREY. [Rrutrr’s Srrvicr.] London, 16th May. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was the guest of the members of the Iron and Steel Institute at their annual dinner in London yesterday evening. In the course of a
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    NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
    106 5 REPRESENTATIONS TO THE AMIR. [Rrutrr’b Srrvicr.] London, 15th May. In the House of Commons yesteiday, Mr. C. E. Hobhouse, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, was asked whether the Amir of Afghanistan bad replied to the representations of the Government of India with reference to the participation of Afghans
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    THE FRANCO-BRITISH EXHIBITION.
    61 5 A LAUDABLE SENTIMENT. [Reuter’s Service London, 15th May. M. Cruppi, French Minister for Commerce, and M. Ruau, French Minister for Agriculture, who were present at the opening of the Franco-British Exhibition, were entertained to a banquet given by the London Chamber of Commerce yesterday evening. They expressed
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    TORNADO IN AMERICA.
    41 5 A TOWNSHIP DESTROYED. [Reuter’s Srrvicr] London, 16th May. A tornado in Western Lousiana, United States, destroyed the township of Gillian, and caused great ion in the oil-fields region. One hundred persons have been killed, and seven hundred injured.
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    CRIMINAL APPEALS.
    15 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th May. The Court of Criminal Appeal was inaugurated yesterday.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    131 5 AMERICAN FINANCE. Berlin, 15th May. The Cleveland Reserve Trust Company has failed its liabilities amount to £2,700,000 (gold) MOROCCO. The Corporation of Tangier has given the contract for the construction of a channel to the firm of Holzmann Co. Muley Hafid’s envoys were not given a reception
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    The Mails.
    41 5 Hour- c Ex- Positivrlv To OTRAMRR. u WARD. PKCTRD. DUK. SAIL. P. O. Oceana 23/5 B. I. Teesta 30/5 N.D. L. P. F. Friedrich 26/5 Outward. P. Jt O. Arcadia 21/5 B. I. Taroba 28/5 N.D.L. Z'r. Kleist 27/5
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    IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
    341 5 SCOTTISH LAUD VALUES BILL CONSIDERABLY MODIFIED.” [Rrutrr’b Srrvicr London, 15th May. The Scottish Land Values Bill has passed through the Committee of the House of Lords considerably modified. The- Committee also made it optional instead of compulsory. [Speaking in the House of Commons, on the second reading of
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    Local Stocks and Shares.
    228 5 Fraser Co.’s latest Singapore Share Circular states:— Owing to Race Week and the general apathy prevailing the amount of business transacted has been nominal." Mining.— The recent steady decline in the price of the metal has caused intending buyers of Tin shares to hold off again,
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    The Rubber Exhibition.
    270 5 Success Assured. London, May 14. The organisation of the International Rubber Exhibition, to be held at Olympia in September next, is remarkably well advanced in the Colonial and Foreign Sections. The Foreign Section is practically complete. A definite idea of the extent of the Malayan exhibit is
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    FREEMASONRY IN PENANG.
    1629 5 LODGE SCOTIA’S ANNIVERSARY; INSTALLATION AND BANQUET. 1 Two years have already taken their flight since Lodge Scotia, No. *****, was formally erected in Penang in accordance with Masonic rites under the Scottish Constitution, the Grand Master of which, by the way, is Sir Thomas Gibson-Carmichael, who was
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    LOG BOOK.
    846 6 —Fairplay. A new steamer has been launched from the dockyard of the Netherlands Shipbuilding Company at Amsterdam, built for the Royal Packet Company, and named Van Hoorn. The dimensions are 240 English ft. long, 40 ft. wide, and 19 ft. deep. The vessel is destined for the traffic
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    193 6 Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, May 16, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing. Calypso, Dut., 339, Bannatyne, May 16, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield &> Co. Chuang Chew, Brit, 1213, Shepherd, May 16, Amoy, gen., Ban Eng Co. Fook Sang, Brit., 1987, Mitchell, May 15, Calcutta, gen., Boustead Co. Jin Ho,
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    CLEARANCES.
    85 6 Calypso for Deli. Hok Canton for Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli Olehleh, and Sabang. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Leong Ho for Trang. Mary Austin for Asahan. Perak (E. S. Co.) for Deli. Pa pang for Batu Bahra. Petrel for Pangkalan B randan. Solfond for Rangoon. Taroba for Madras
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    MAILS CLOSE
    240 6 Monday. For. Per. <M«w. Batu Bahra Sree Banka 1 p m. Deli Malaya 2 p.m. Rangoon and Calcutta Putiala 3 p.m. Registration 2 p.m. Singapore Palitana 3 pm. Singapore, Hongkong, and Amoy Cheang Chew 3 p.m. Calcutta Catherine Apcar 4 p.m. Registration 3 p.m. Tuesday. Langkat Jin Ho
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    164 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. Arcadia, Colombo, May 21, China. A. G. k. Apcar, S pore, June 27, Calcutta, A. A. A. Achilles, China, May 30, Antwerp, W. M. Benahler, Singapore, May 18, London, S. B. Benvorlich, London, May
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    PASSENGERS.
    101 6 By Malaya (May 16) from Deli, Mr. Hans Ziegler. By Taroba (May 16) from Singapore, Mr. and Mrs. Peirera and children, Messrs. W. D. Scott, Mg Chiah Shoon, Chee Jin Kim, E. Watkins, and Mobydin. By Kistna (May 15) from Singapore, Mr. and Mrs. Segboer and child, Rev. J.
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    SHARES.
    1109 6 r 2 «So! 2 Capital. Subscribed. Value. Paid np.' Disnd«nsl*. o S Shares. ffl m MINING. Gold. Fl *1 I/- paid .la,mary. 1991 I ■*"»> A «at. Gold Mining <!».. I.id Fully Po s6| 1892 £300,000 £121.250 5 V-.. o Llj™, Mi g< W' 7 1898 /2,590.n0n /2,500,000 25,000
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 6 Pknang, 16th May, 1908. (Hy Courtesy nJ the Ch<ivtere,l Hauk.) (guidon Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank R* 174| 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private I s| Madras, Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    188 6 Pknano, 16th May, 1908. Gold lent 65.40 Pepper (’.V oast 3 0» 5 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 I $5.30 sales. Sugar. < 2 x. no atqck. Basket
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