Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 January 1903

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    23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED laily. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LX I. THURSDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1903. No. 6
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      2075 1 Sliippin» »nim. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. Br IPeninsular Oriental /r Negapatam Lines of Steamers* Nederlandsche Handel I Navigationjompany. :,tlended Sailin and ex P ected Arrival °f steams. society. TTHIE mail steamers may I I I I be expected to arrive H FoB WnX SilL Steamer. From Expected on Established 18?4. i
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    EXCHANGE.
    107 2 Penang, Bth January, 1903. Rates close as follows London Demand Bank Do. 4 months’ sight Bank Do. 3 Credits 1 Do. 3 Documentary l;f Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. Do. 3 days’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank ll9| Do. 3 days’ sight Private 12J,£ Madras, Demand Bank 119} Do. 3
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    SHARE LIST.
    184 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawah Gohl Mine Co. $1.50 —nn/n Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ktd. $9.50 sales Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. buyers Fraser and Nea\e, Ltd. $lOO. Do. 6% Debs. par George Town Dispensary $23. sellers Howarth Krskine, Ltd. $147.50 Jelebu Mining and Trading Co.,Ltd. ...$1.25 Karangan
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    MARKET PRICES.
    196 2 Penang, Bth January, 1903. Description. Bf.ef c^9 Soup percatty 16 Boast 28 Steaks 28 Stew or Curry Meat n 18 Blimp Steak >. 28 Ox Tail each 85 Tongue 00 Feet 12 Heart 35 Liver percatty 24 Pork 32 Pig’s Head 18 Feet each 24 Tongue v 26
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    169 2 Penang, Bih January, 1903. T ia sB9.7sbuyers West Coast Black Pepper Jbg soz 3O saleg White Pepper ss6} Cloves (picked) $35.42 Mace No. $l2B. —sales. Mace Pickings sellers. Nutmegs 110« 65 50 buyers i No. 1 7. sellers. Sugar <„ 2 5.30 do Basket 4 50 sellers
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    THE MAILS.
    68 2 Mails Close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Trang Pang Nga...Artsadong ...11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Malacca Langkat 1 PM. Edie, T. Senmwe, Segli Olehleh ..Pegu 2 pm. Teluk Anson Lady Weld 3 p.m. Moulmem ...Unity 3 p.m. Saturd>y, 10th. Rangoon ...Vadala 1 P.M. Deli Ho Kwei 2 p.m
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    MAILS to ARRIVE.
    17 2 From Steamer To Arrive. Liverpool Priam to-day. Singapore C. Apcar 9-1-03 Rangoon litzpatrick 111-03
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    SHIPPING.
    214 2 Arrivals. German, str., 1578, Dinre, 8-1-03, f ISingapore, general, B. Bros., China Jfuity, Norwegian, 930, Ha sen, 7-l-'*3, from Moulmein, general, B. Bros Uncertain I Laurens Pit., Butch, str., 154, Steenberg, 7- from Deli, general, H. L. Co., Deli Langkat, Brit., str., 187, Lingard, 7-1 03, from Malacca, general,
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    Visitors at the Eastern and Oriental Hotel.
    136 2 Mr. E. H. Cater Mrs. Martin P. Z. Creet Mr. Mrs. Tozer Thomas Hartley Mr. and Mrs. Sarkies L. McKie and family Mr.&Mrs.A.M.J.Boldy Nireuheim Mrs. M. Smith and Mr. Mrs. Bjerring child Mrs. A. B. Rodyke Ross Mr. Mrs. Alma Miss Allan Baker
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    812 2 Programme of January Meeting 1903 3rd, sth, and 7 th FEBRUARY. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 3rd February, 1903. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value ?400.—A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of 141bs. to all ex-Griiiins. Entrance $lO. Distance, one mile. 2. The George
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      257 2 raham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS 4 Beach Street, Penang. ITS Cecal Sleeplessness, Convalescence, WINC Nervous ajid Coca Physical J J W» Ml Debility. 7 n <Ta Hull’s Wine has attained a well k 3 earned popularity at home constitutions run down by the climate, native and theHfinest illness or worry
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      39 2 The Finest Wines in the Market GILFILLAN WOOD Co.’s VERY OLD TAWNY PORT FINE PALE SHERRY These are confidently recommended to all who appreciate really high-class Wines. Tc be had retail from all the principal Stores, also at Taiping.
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      478 2 PENANG BAND. NOTICE is hereby given that from this a the charges for the services of the will be as follows Dances, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. |4q Dinners, 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. *2' Garden parties, 5 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. j;q After these hours. $lO per hour or
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    The Situation in Morocco.
    1277 3 BY ONE WHO KNOWS THE LAND. (Morning Leader.) “More haste, less speed is a principle that applies to practical politics as well as in more homely cases, and a new phase of the Morocco problem illustrates its value. Those who have long argued that there is
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    “ Dying Upwards.”
    689 3 Dying Upwards.” Weird Experiences of Sven Hedin in Thibet. REMARKABLE STORY Dr. Sven Hedin, the celebrated Swedish explorer, who has arrived in England, has been interviewed by Reuter’s Agency. The explorer said The hardest part of the expedition was my experiences in Thibet, during my second journey from Charklik to
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      439 3 McAlister Co. Lamps! s P rin s Balances. Lamps! Weighing up to 400 lb. in oz. Kilos and Catties. pest English make Ripppingines J. HiNKS SONS 1 Wall, Verandah, Suspension and UHI otOVCS. Table Lamps 0F Clean! Economical!! Varied Selection. MR oe stock on HWD. Hcat Vast£d,,! Inspection Invited. Ve
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      590 3 A. E. SKEELS. 31BEAQH STREET, PENANG, PORT CHAMPAGNE SHERRIES MALAGA CLARETS MADEIRA CHIANTE J MARSALA GRAVES SAUTERNE ALL SOUND RELIABLE AND WINES. SHIPPED DIRECT FROM THE Bodega and Oriental Wine Companies.. $14.50 $14.50 Per Case jframwh. Per Case of of 4 dozen 4 dozen Quarts. Quarts. Duty Duty Extra. Extra.
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    THE WEEK.
    110 4 Thursday, Bth Dance, Engineers’ Institute at 9 pan. High-water 7-30 p.m and 7 55 a in. Friday, 9th Outward Mail expected to arrive, 8 a.m. St. George’s Church Choir Practice at 6 p.m. nigh-water 8-20 p.m. and 8 45 a.m. Saturday, 10th Homeward Mail expected to leave-High-water 9-10
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    Marriage.
    31 4 Hunter—Rae.—At Hongkong, on Christmas Day, William Hunter, eldest son of the late Rev. Win. Hunter, of Macduff, Aberdeenshire, to Marie Alice Rae, youngest daughter of Alexander Rae, of Culer, Aberdeenshire.
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    Thursday, 8th January, 1903.
    2382 4 Reuter the other day favoured us with the news that Tung Fu-hsiang and Prince Tuan were busily at work preparing another anti-foreign rising, and that the British Consular Authorities had seen lit to warn the missionaries in the affected area that it would be as well
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    TELEGRAMS.
    229 4 (REUTER'S) London, 7th January. RUSSIA. The Afghanistan Question Again. The Novoe Vremya, commenting upon Major MacMahon’s mission to Seistan, declares that private disputes between the Persians and Afghans are no concern of England, and that Russia cannot witness the despatch of the mission unmoved. Mr. CHAMBERLAIN’S TOUR. A Garden
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    The Assize.
    475 4 The last case on the list was heard this morning by Mr. Justice Leach, when Che Lab, a Malay, was charged with forgery on or about April 12th last year at Bukit Mertaj un, where he was a clerk in Mr. Capel’s office. He was alleged to have
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      619 4 PRITCHARD Co., /2 BEACH STREET, PENANG. JUST Charity Chance, Walter Raymond, Loup-Garou! Eden Philpott?, The'Man on the March, Martin Cobbet, Mr. Peters, Riccardo Stephens, RECEIVED The West End, Percy White, The Knights of the Cross, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Chattel or Wife, Claude Bray, The Windsor Bog—Myrtle and Peat, S. R. Crcckett,
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  • Obituary
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    27 4 Deaths. Haskell.—On the 27th December, at Hongkong, Rachel, the w’ife of David Haskell, aged 37 years. Bastien.—On the 22nd December, at Shanghai, Edouard Bastien, aged 69 years.
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    Accident in Perak.
    157 5 Popular European Wounded. q we announced yesterday, rumour has Lnqv in the Town and reports were bce !!,rculation to the effect that an affray in i Lurred at Tapah in which a European J I been shot in the region of the heart, h ftd n sa
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    The Admiralty Court.
    206 5 -Singapore b ree I ress. P „bf the Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, Mm,lav afternoon the case of the owner n I Alexander vs the owners of the 1 //ilt tl an came on again. The plainff rlaimed $63,000 arising out of the loss their boat in
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    Geological Survey of the Malay Peninsula.
    619 5 (Singapore I'rec Press.) In the debate which followed on Mr. Clifford’s paper, Mr. Burkinshaw spoke at some length and blamed the F. M. S. Government'for having failed to take the best means to obtain a full measure of information about the riches of the
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    Selangor Races.
    754 5 The races and winners on the last day of the Selangor races were 1. Ex Griffin Handicap:— Sharaeogue. 2. Extra Race Scheherazade. 8. Scurry Stakes Architect. 4. Galloway Consolation Scheherazade. 5. Champion Stakes Banester. 6. Winners’ Handicap: Yorkshire. 7. Mixed Handicap Bellona. 8. Consolation Marie. According to the
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    The Singapore Mails.
    176 5 Monday's Singapore Bi ee Press says The experiment of getting the mails from London of December 12 for Singapore ria India has proved eminently satisfactory; they arrived here yesterday afternoon, a few hours before those forwarded on Dec. 9 by German Packet, whilst the French Packet which
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    Fashionable Marriage.
    239 5 At the Oratory, Brompton-rd., S. W., on December 9th, says the Evening Standard, the marriage took place of Mr. Frederick Joseph Weld, son of the late Sir Frederick Aloysius Weld, g.c.m.g., late Governor of the Straits Settlements, and Lady Weld, of Chidcock Manor, Dorsetsh re, and Miss Joan
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    South African Permits.
    412 5 A notice to persons intending to visit the Transvaal or Orange River Colony, forwarded to us from the Colonial Secretary’s Office, states It is notified for information that permits to enter the Transvaal or Orange River Colony are still required, except by persons exempted in the terms
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    Extraordinary Adventure with a Whale.
    689 5 It is admitted that a whale may sink a barque, as was done some month» ago, but it is powerless when attacked by an up todate modern steamship. The steel or iron stem, propelled by powerful and massive engines, must win, and the whale, despite
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      158 5 Posada Wine Coy. Continental Bodega Co., Ltd, (Branches over 600) MANILA CIOARS Perfectos. Incomparables, Imperiales, Senovitas, Conime il Fant, Antonio Lopez, Perlas, Esquisitos, Londres, Princesas, Culebras, Monarcas, &c. Prices from $2 to $25 per 100. Egyptian Manila and American Cigarettes, Lambert Bntleis, and Richmond Cavendish Pipe and Cigarette Tobaccos. A.
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      559 5 jlflu AfiblTttr.nncntS. Union Street Sites Room. r 1 ii l ——Ll JLLUUJJBg I JJIH gBILIUB NTED. To bk Sold by Public Auction. On Thursday, 22nd January, 1003, A CLERK. CHINESE At 11 a.m XJk Apply to Ar» I. la. r Watvpd At ASIBOUKNE > Luksiaii Road. n. Di.i.endry. AU th
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    A Daniel in Judgment.
    1529 6 STORIES WISE AND WITTY ABOUT THE LATE Mr. COMMISSIONER KERR. Moke good stories are told of ex-Com-missioner Robert Malcolm Kerr, whose death was announced recently, than of any other man of recent times. He was one of the wittiest, shrewdest, and most fearless men who have
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    Cricket Legislation.
    465 6 A sporting correspondent of the Times of is full of rumour concerning actJTn by the M. C. C. in the matter of experiments with some of the laws of the game next season. lam taking a personal interest in the question of a lighter ball, but it is
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      765 6 Trade IcruFtS r,alk GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, Limited. Wholesale and Retail Druggists, 37a Beach Street, Penang. APPOINTED SOLE AGENTS FOR BERGERS FOOD. Serravallo Tonic A fresh consignment of Bengers Food to Awarded ESS Price per Gold Ow bottle hand, highly used by the medical profession Silver $l-46 w JKR for delicate
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      31 6 TO LET. IMMEDIATE Entry. House No. 220 Macalister Road until lately occupied by Capt. Weber. 2. No-. and 404 Dato Kramat R >ad. Apjily to THE DISPENSARY, So. 2 Bishop Street.
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      305 6 TWO GREAT NECESSITIES 1. FAMILY PROVISION, 2. PROVISION FOR OLD AGE. Easily and Economically mt by a Policy j n THE BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE (ESTABLISHED Chairman The Right Hon’ble Sir JOHN GORST, M p FUNDS-Rs. 420 000 000. CLAIMS PAID—Rs. 450,000,000. Monthly Ratesforeach Rs 5,000 Assured 6 j
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    Shipping Expected.
    131 7 The information under this heading is supplied by the Agents of the various Steamship lines, stttd the dates are approximate only. Jan. 9 Outward P. <fc O. R. M. S. Coromandel from, Bombay and Colombo for Singapore and China, Gilfillan Wood Co 10 Homeward P. <t O. R.
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    List of Passengers.
    779 7 Passengers Outward. Per P. and O. steamer Arcadia, connecting with the steamer Parramatta, at Colombo, from London, Dec. 11. —To Shanghai Mr. W. T. Bidwell, Mr. Bergin, Dr. Hanwell. To Hong Kong Mr. and Mrs. Collett and child. To Singapore Mr. and Mrs: E. C. Davidson, Mr.
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      358 7 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Commandant. Ordkrs for Ensuing Week. n.-’/h—-Recruits drill on Thursday Bth 7 at 5-80 P- m afc the Fort Tl e r s a i r R C1 > S 3“ 1 will meet at the Fort on Thursday Bth at 5-80 p.m.
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      1041 7 Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera Assuranceco Ltd. and Diarrhoea Remed v ESTABLISHED 1821. TTIHE undersigned have been appointed Agents Subscribed Capital £3,000,000 for the above Companies and are open Total Invested Funds up- ‘J F, Risks katz BPomEnq t r ‘7 er ’7 here acknowledged to .be the most successful medicine ia
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      1485 8 11' FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. >§ i t I “h g I I |1 Time Table from Ist November, 1902. s i s fe g s WEEK-DAYS. SUNDAYS. 6 S g STATIONS. 1 j i T 7 7 r- —r 7 j j i j I r—l g«" g 1
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      398 8 Standard Life r lH H A nual Ge °eral Meeting e Standard Life Assurance pany was held at Edinburgh on T, -the 22nd of April, 1902. The following Results for the year enn 15th November, 1901, was reported 4446 Policies were issued during the year, assuring The Total Existing Assurances
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