Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 May 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 118 VOL. LXVI. FRIDAY, 22nd MAY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1086 2 AUTUMN MEETING, 1908. Tuesday, the 28th July, Thursday the 30th July, and Saturday, the Ist August, 1908. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 28th July, 1908. 1. THE MAIDEN PLATE. V»1 ue ssoo A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the
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      616 2 Shipping. VX “BURNS PHILP LINE.” W SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR’ JAPAN MAIL STEAMShIP Co.. Ltd. NEW ZEALAND, Tasmanian and UAI nnHI n QUEENSLAN D PORTS. 5 (with transhipment) *as inducement offers. A&A. A regular monthly service to above port* is maintained by
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      19 2 RILEY, HARGREAVES Co., Ltd., Mechanical, Electrical, Civil Engineers, and Shipboilders, PENANG, SINGAPORE, and IPOH. PENANG BRANCH, 14 BEACH STREET
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      512 2 NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. Stocks always on hand of GELIGNITE. BLASTING GELATINE SEXTUPLE DETONATORS. ELECTRIC DETONATORS. SPORTING BALLESTITE CARTRIDGES. Saudi lands, Buttery Co., Sole Agents for Penang and Perak. Aylesbury Garland, Sub-Agents, Perak. EUROPEAN AGEHCV. INDENTS promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British
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    LIVERPOOL OF TO-DAY.
    2263 3 SOME INTERESTING GLIMPSES. Old Lancastrians in the Straits should be interested in the following extracts from a description of Liverpool from the pen of a Penang resident at present at Home on holiday Liverpool probably acquired its present name during Danish rule over the Kingdom of NorthumbrU
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    Estate Hospitals.
    325 3 From the annual report of the Kapar District Pianteis’ Association, we take the following With reference to the number of beds to be provided which was fixed at 4% of the number of coolies employed, the managers of several estates were notified by the District Surgeon that of
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    Betting Prohibition.
    53 3 London, 12 th May. A telegram from Washington states that Congress has passed a Bill prohibiting betting in the distr ct of Columbia. The prohibition includei dwellings as well as race-courses. Major Logan, who was wounded in the late fighting with the dervishes in the Blue Nile province,
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    TRADE MARKS IN THE EAST.
    577 3 Hong writes to a Home contemporary :—Negotiations for the reciprocal protection of trade marks in China are stated to be proceeding between Great Britain and Japan. If such be the case, a matter of urgency and vital importance to British trade demands wider public interest.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    265 3 Per P. A O. s.s. Sardinia from Loudon, April 25, due May 26 at Penang :—To Penang: Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Whitehead, I Mrs. Houston and children, Mrs. Richards, Misses Vai e', Day, Messrs. W. N. Buckmaster, E. A. Steward, S. Sowdon, F. R. Wright,
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      641 3 Companies Ordinance Y. ol 1889. notice. A MEETING of ihe Board of the Forms for Making Returns jicensing Justices will be held in the Second Police Court, on Wednesday, the Or 17th June, 1908, at 2 p.m., to consider “Capital and Shares” pplie ions for transfer of Public House r
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    THE WEEK.
    211 4 Friday. 22nd May. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.m. High water 5.<’4 a.m. Low water 11.1“ p.m Saturday, 23rd May. Homeward P. O. Mail. Hunt Club Gymkhana, 2.45 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.m. Moon, Last Quarter. High water 5.50 a m. Low water 5t.40 p. m
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    Friday, 22nd May, 1908.
    1010 4 In publishing elsewhere in this issue a further list of local subscriptions to the Singapore Bishopric Fund, we may take the opportunity thereby affuded of once more commending this laud tide oiiject to the hearty support of our readers. We understand that a personal appeal is
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    463 4 GOVT. SERVICE v. FREE SCHOOL Of the trio of matches played under League auspices this week, that between the Government Service and the Free Schoolj on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon, must rank as by far the most interesting from every point of view. The Free School pupils turned
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    Penang Assizes.
    366 4 At the Ass’zes in the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice T. de M. L. Braddell and a common jury, Lee Teng, Yap Chai, and Kua Geng Heng were charged with committing gang robbery at Jelutong. The story of the prose -ution is that the accused entered the
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    TAMIL IMMIGRATION FUND.
    591 4 THE FIRST PROSECUTIONS. Our Taiping contemporary publishes the following account of the first prosecution, under the Tamil Immigration Fund Enact ment, to which we briefly referred yester day:— J On luesday, at Batu Gajah, before Mr G. A. Hereford, the Manager of the Tronoh Mines was fined
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    114 4 To-Morrow’s Gymkhana. We may give a final reminder of the Hunt Club’s Gymkhana, to be held on the Race Course to-morrow, the programme and entries for which have already been published in our columns. No special invitations have been issued, but we are asked to state that
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    The New Bishopric.
    120 4 The following additional suscriptions have been lately paid in to the Singapore Bishopric Fund at the Penang branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank Messrs. Pritchard Co. $250 Mr Justice Braddell 100 Dr. Avetoom 50 W. R. Armstrong, Esq. 50 R. P. Pinhorn, Esq. 25 4 Mr.
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      401 4 NOTICE x-x WING to the difficulties of collection on and after May Ist, all Bills must be settled on J leaving’ the Eastern and Oriental and “Crag” > Hotels. 4 t No Bills will be posted for collection to any < J outstation. J SARKIES BROTHERS, J Proprietors. iCROSSLEY’Sj OIL
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      124 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be t 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 Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    THE EDUCATION BILL.
    90 5 SECOND READING IN THE COMMONS. THE PREMIER AND COMPROMISE. [Rkutrr’s Skrvicb. London, 21st May. The debate on the second reading of the Education Bill was continued in the House of Commons yesterday. Mr. Balfour denounced the measure. Th High saying nothing definitely to exclude a compromise. Mr.
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND JAPAN.
    89 5 THE ALLIANCE AND PEACE. {Rrotrr’ia Skuvick I London, 21st May. Sir Edward Grev, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, was present at the annual dinner of the members of the Japane-e Society in London last night. In the course of a speech, he ®ai 1 that
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    AMERICAN CURRENCY.
    69 5 A COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. [Rkutrr’s Skrvick London, 22nd May. The disagreements between the House of Representatives and the Senate on the currency problem in the Unite! States is causing a deallock. Mr Nelson W. Ahirich (representative for Rhode Isl «.nd in the Senate), whose Currency Bid was re
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    A RAILWAY COLLISION.
    56 5 appalling casualty list. [Rkutkr’? Srryick. 1 London. 22nd May. An express dashed in o the rear of another passenger t ain at C nitich, near Antwerp, yesterday, as a result of which thirty eight persons were killed and seventy-nine injured. Three packed carriages were red iced to
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    TRADE MARKS IN THE FAR EAST.
    63 5 THE AMERICAN TREATY RATIFIED [Rjcutrr’s Sbrvicr.] Loudon, 22nd M <y. It is reporte 1 from Washington that the United States Senate has ratified the treaty with Japan for the protection of trade marks in China and Korea [An interesting article on the subject of
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    IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.
    46 5 DATE OF AUTUMN RECESS. [Rrutrr’s Sbrvicr. 1 London, 22nd May. In the House of Comm ms yesterday Mr. H. H Asquith, Prime Minister, said that he hoped the House wou d be able to rise towards the eid of July for the Autumn recess.
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
    34 5 THE IMPENDING ROYAL MEETING. [Reutbr’s Service] London, 22nd May. Her Majesty Queen Alexand a and Her Royal Highness Princes? Victoria will accompany His Majesty King Edward to Russia next month.
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    MANCHURIAN RAILWAYS.
    61 5 JAPANESE FINANCIAL PROJECTS. [Rkutrr’s Service London, 22nd May. Japan has arranged to place in London two million sterling five per cent. South Manchurian Railway notes, maturing in 1911. The issue price is 98 Mr. Thornhill, the Chief Presidency Magistrate, in India, has been receiving threatening letters, calling upon
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    860 5 SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET. A special meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon in the Municipal Offices, to consider and pass the Supplemental Budget No. 1 of 1908, there being present Mr. F. J. Hallifax (President), Mr. Quah Beng Kee, Mr. L*im Fu Toh, and Mr. Lim Cheng
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    THE M.P.A.A.
    1391 5 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The annual general meeting of the members of the Malay Peninsula Agricultural Association was held in the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, there being present :—The Hon. John Turner (Chairman), Messrs A. Crawford, J. G. Palmer, John Lamb, T. Symons, and J. Sargaut. The notice
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    The Status of a Sultan.
    204 5 The Straits Times (Wednesday) spates Mr. Upcott applied to the Acting Chief Justice, Mr. A. G. Law, at the Supreme Court, on Monday, for service of a writ out of the jurisdiction of the Court on the Sultan of Lingga, claiming that the Sultan was
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    129 5 THE BAGDAD RAILWAY. Berlin. 21st May. The Turkish Ministry has decided upon the immediate construction of the West Bagdad Railway, 840 kilometres long, at a cost of 2,270 million francs. THE U. S. FLEET. The United States battleship fleet will not visit Apia, in the Samoan group
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      7 5 PRIZE MEDAL SAFES. McAlister tc Co., Ltd.
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      828 5 New Advertisements. T 0 THE LADIES 0F penanc. '"THOSE LADIES who desire to assist .JLJUULLUL ..uumum.......i ij u j *'i the formation of a Ladi. Rifl e PENANG GOLF CLUB. Club in Penang are invited to send in MONTHLY MEDALS.! their name® to the undersigned before May 31 st. Saturday,
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    LOG BOOK.
    865 6 Several engineers and about 400 hands of the Baltic shipbuilding yards have left St. Petersburg for the Far East, in order to put together the gunboats which have been built U> act as guardships on the river Amur. The component parts of the gunboats were recently despatched by
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    59 6 Bbnaldeb, Brit., 1958, Thomson, May 21, Singapore, gen., Sandilands, Buttery Co. Janet Nicholl, Brit.. 474, Bell, May 20, Tavoy, gen., E. 8. Co. Kamakura Maru, Jap., 3798, Fraser, May 22, Singapore, gen., Boustead Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Wright, May 21, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co Omapere, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    56 6 Quokka for Langkat. Mary Austin for Asahan. Srkr Banka for Batu Bahra. Omapere for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Janet Nicoll for Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, amt Tavoy. Malaya for Deli. Hye Leong for Tehik Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Nam Sang for Calcutta. Clan Macintosh
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    MAILS CLOSE
    392 6 To-morrow. For. Per. Closr. Ceylon, Australasia, x India. Aden, Mauri- I Oceana noon, tins, Egyptf and ria Registration, 10 a.m. Brindisi for Europe, I Parcels, 10 a.m. etc. J Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Vidar 2 p.m. Deli and Langsa De Kock 2 p.m. Port Swettenham
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    117 6 of Steamer. where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. A. Apcar, S’pore, June 27, Calcutta, A. A. A. Achilles, China, May 30 Antwerp, W. M. Benvorlich, London, May 30, Japan, 8. B. China, Singapore, June 7, Trieste, 8. K. Fook Sang, <’alcutta, May 15, Japan,
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    PASSENGERS.
    48 6 By Kistna (May 22) from Singapore, Messrs. Cannon, Fagg, Fuller, and A. Gal Ladeveze; from Port Swettenham, Messrs. < H. Allen, G. Craig, Pakirisainy, C. Schwartz, F. Sisteron, Janies Stark, and W. Towgood. By Teksta (May 21) to Singapore, Messrs. K. M. Syed Aboobaker and P. K. Modaliar.
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    SHARES.
    1137 6 ©a I <n ‘S mi Issue -j o g Capital. Subscribed. Paid Dividends. Name. s I 5 I OQ MINING. Gold. 180» £200,000 £10.25» *1 IH n,', Aust. Oold Co., 1.1. l IM, 1 ’«H” j■ r• n •> M (Coiilri") «898 /4.5' »11,000 /2,500,000 25,<»<»0 <IOO non '7l
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Pknang, 22np May, I9i»8. (fiy Courtesy oj the Chartered Hauk.) London Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 months’ sight Rank 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 175} Madras, Demand Bank 174
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    PRODUCE.
    192 6 Pkman.4, 22nd May, 1908. (I b 65.40 Pepper (W Coast 3 lb. 5.»«.) no stock. White Pep, e- $l7 sellers. Trang Pepper $10.75 sales. Maca $7O sellers. Mace Pickings $55 buyers. Cloves (picked) 31 buyers. Nutmegs 110 $20.50 sellers. (No I ss.3osales. S”R Hr s 2 x. no stock.
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