Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 February 1903

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  • 23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. V OL. LXI FRIDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 1903. No. 34
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 2130 1 Igljipphtg NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN. Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Peninsular Orisntal Steam Negapatam Lines of Steamers. japan mail steamship co., Ltd. Navigation Company. i Xjjß, Intended Sailing and expected Arrival oj Steamers. ft fa 1 PrilllE mail steamers may For Will Sail. Steamer. f From Expected on If 5 be expected to
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  • 110 2 Penang, 12th February, 1903. Rates close as follows London Demand Bank 1 7| Do. 4 months’sight Bank Do. 3 Credits 1,7/?. Do. 3 Documentary 1,7 i Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 117 J Do. 3 days’ 119| Bombay, Dm^mL Bank r 117 j Do. JJ^ys’sight Private 119 j Demand Bank
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  • 190 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $1. Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ktd. $8.25 Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $2O. selleis Fraser and Neave, Ltd. $lO3. Do. 6°o Debs. par George Town Dispensary $23. seller* Howarth Erskine, Ltd. $l6O. Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $1.25 Karangan Tin
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  • 188 2 Penang. 13th February, 1903. Description. Beef— cts Soup per catty 16 Roast ,i 28 Steaks 28 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 28 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Heart 45 Liver per catty 26 Pork— Pork 36 Pig’s Head 20 Feet each 22 Tongue
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  • 184 2 LATEST MARKET QUOTA TIONS. Penang, 13tii February, 1903 Tm $9B.— buyers, m 1 r> f West Coast Black Lepper 3 |b s 5 oz. $3O sales White Pepper ss7buyers Trang Pepper season commencing $36.50 Cloves (picked) $85.50 Mace No. sl3o.—sa’e-. Mace Pickings 120. sellers. Nutmegs 1 I<m- 85.-buyer* !No. I
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  • 54 2 < Mails Close To-morrow. For Per str. L ime. Deli, Baiu Bahra and Asalian Laurens Pit noon Langkat ...Jin Ho 1 P.M. Port Swettenham ...Mary Aust.ll 2 p.m. Pangkor and Teluk Anson ...Taw Tong 2 p.m. Batu Bahra and Asahan ...R. Halewyn 2 p.m Deli Vidar 3 p.m.
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  • 29 2 From Steamer l<> .4»r/rf. Calcutta Gregory Apcar today. Negapatam Zuma- in 14-2-03 Rangoon Shirala 14-2-C3 Moulmein Mejua 14-2-03 Singapore Hong Bee 15-2-03 Singapore ran Outhocrn 16-2-03
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  • 246 2 Arrivals. Tnrobn. Brit., str., 3657, Wilson. 13-2-03. f from Singapore, general, H. L. A: Co.. Calcutta Manila, Brit., str.. 2711. Peters. 13-2-03. from Singapore, general. G. «fc Co., Antwerp Hamburg, German, str. 6597, Burmeister, 12- from Colombo, general. B. M. C., Singapore Hebe, Brit., str., 345, Inkster. 12-2-03, from
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 468 2 NOTICE Wanted, Dispenser T HE contract of the late Perak General Farm chop Poh On” having expired preference being given to one wim 011 gjgj of December last, NOTICE a knowledge of Chinese, either Kheh or g hereby given that all persons having Cantonese. Apply with copies of tesfci- j
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    • 77 2 North-British and Mercantile Insurance Company. Total Funds at 31st December, 1901. £15,722,693. I.Authorized Capital £8,000,000 Subscribed do. 2,750,000 Paid-up Capital £687,500 0 0 ll.Fire Funds 2,695,548 5 2 lll.—Life and Annuity Funds 12,339,645 4 8 £15,722, 693, 9 10 Revenue Fire Branch 1,732,437 15 5 Do. Life and Annuity Branches
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    • 1118 2 ANTED, about March, a Furnished IMMEDIATE ENTRY n V'V or Unfurnished House, near Town. Maca'.ister Road. Am I°' e 'in Apply O p D KHOO HockU. C/() Pmanq Gazette 23 2 y 30 LET TO LEt IMMEDIATE ENTRY, House No. 15 A LEXAN DBA VILLI York Road. pnrtlv ftunishHl J
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  • 543 3 I eng Fu-iisiang in Touch with Peking. Writing on the 13th ultimo, the Peking correspondent of the A*. C. D. Neu» says:— Of late telegrams have been frequently passing between the principal proteges 0' TungFu-hsiang in Peking and that notorious old Kansu savage, who is
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  • 452 3 Mlle. Helene Vacaresco, writin k Jn i) C Contcniporarjf liecietr, relates an »husng anecdote of her royal mistress, the Ocenol Rouinania, better known in England > r hajs as Carmen Sylva.” The Queen op kOb mania had expressed a desire to visj{ e y
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  • 185 3 It is said that the solution of the rabbit difficulty at the Antipodes has at last been found in the practical application of a recognised biological principlewhich prescribes that polyandry is less favorable to rapid increase of a species than polygamy. Without going further into the
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  • 289 3  -  ed path between hedges.Mr. 11. G. Wells in urtni'ihtl// IPcieir. The very poor infant passes its life in the amily room, there is a going and coming, an interesting activity of domestic work on the part of its mother, the intermittei t presence of the father,
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  • 341 3 I The Manila American discusses the effects I on the Philippine trade should French IndoiCbina take to a gold currency basis. It points out that financiers who are watching currency conditions in the Orient carefully regaid ffie present agitation in France in t j° r r°f a
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 448 3 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. Mouse to Let. TTOMESTEAD,” No. 86 Northam Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, J. JL Road. Immediate entry. ">• I'cbruarii. j Apply to z 7/ s Tuesday 17th, Recruits Drill and 1 AND GUAT CHENG Bros., Sign tiling lass Ao. 7 Church Street. ursday IDth. Recruits Drill. yng
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    • 100 3 R SALE. i BOUT 2 Cocoai es of Land, planted with Üban Penang nd F ru it Trees, at Batu For 4 Logan’s Buildt^BßOWN Co. On Leise 99 y ears Li Lu to J. urchaser». That portion odie G restate, hereafter Corcati. Park situated opposite CoUtt n ed on the
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    • 421 3 For the Prevention of Disease USE ZOTAL The Best, The Cheapest, The Surest of all Disinfectants. Supplied to the Municipality, The Government, and several Sanitary Boards in the Native States. The most powerful Disinfectant in the Market. .Prices: in One Gallon Tins §2-25 Per Gallon. '"Two j 3 1,1 Fol,r
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  • 158 4 Friday, 13th Tai-pusam procession at 9 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. St. George’s Church Choir Practice at 6 pan. High -water 1-2 J a.m. and 1-45 p.m. Saturday, 14th Mail from Europe via Negapatam, expected to arrive. Auction Sale of unserviceable stores, P. W. D. Stores,
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  • 44 4 Mf.ldrum.At Pant Buncar, Perak, on January 14th, 1903, the wife of W. P. Meldrum, B. Sc., M. 8., Ch. 8., of a son. Horley.On the 10th instant, at the Manse, Kuala Lumpur, the wife of the Rev. VV. E. Horley, of a sou.
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  • 1899 4 A correspondent points out that passengers proceeding by railway to Taiping are put to some inconvenience owing to the fact that the only refreshment bar on the journey is at Farit Buntar, where the trains only stop for three minutes,, with the result that it is
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  • 53 4 Members are reminded that the Annual General Meeting of the Club will be held in the Club House on Saturday next, the 14th instant. 'The business to be transacted, in addition to receiving and passing the accounts for the year 1902, includes the election of officers for
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  • 59 4 We bear that the Dallas Dramatic Opera Company will open for a short season at the Town Hall on Wednesday, the 25th instant. The Company has been performing very successfully in many cities in India, and is expected hero from Rangoon. The Dallas Co. are Penang’s
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  • 261 4 Before Mr. Justice Law. In Civil Jurisdiction. 12th February. F> k Peng and Chop Keng Moh Seng Abubakar. This case was concluded after the tiffin adjournment. It was an action to obtain a declaration that an agreement alleged by defendant to have been made with him by plaintiff
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  • 212 4 (RE UTERUS) London, 12th F e br Uan THE VENEZUELAN AFFAIR The Protocols Signed. The Allies have come tn agreement on the enezuelan q Qes t:on, and all three Protocols have been signed simultaneously. n OIIP anticipating the others. The Claims. The claims will be laid before the Hague
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  • 151 4 (To the Editor of the I'iuairi (Twite."] Sir, Will you bti good enough to let me have a space in your valuable paper for the following lines. As regards the above heading, the Municipal Sanitary Inspector is to blame for the dreadful condition of the drainage in Burmah
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  • 244 4 (To the Editor of the Tinvi'J Sir. i. 8 There would appear to be some mn by somebody somewhere or other in i;ulin tion with the following Benter s te^egrii; > published m the Pinang da'.ette o January last: f a I/i<- 'Times, in
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 521 4 PRITCHARD Co., IB Beach Street, Penang. Ironmongery Department. This Department is now replete with a large-Stock of Household Kitchen Utensils. Heavy Iron Saucepans j Light do. do. Sizes from 2 pint to 24 pint. Enamelled do. OVAL BOILING POTS, HAM BOILERS, Fish Kettles Enamelled or Tin Lined. Sizes From 6
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    • 89 4 /JON TUI BUTTONS must be addressed h U Thr Editor,” written onone side of tht paper only, and accompanied by the writer'» name and address, not necessarily for insertion, but as a guarantee of good faith. The Editor is not response for opinion» expressed by his correspondents. ALL business comgfynicatioiis
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  • 2238 5 (T„ th Editor of th, GnzMe The Indian Labour question of n Straits Settlements and the Malay States is a subject of such for the consideration of your lu<lia,i'ubX employing rea lers. *auour Toe' idea so often expressed, and so fully believed m by many, that
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  • 194 5 (Sinya/torc Free Press.) As showing the progress that is being made with the Peninsular Trunk railway line, it may be mentioned that Mr. J. W. B. Maclaren, who has just returned from Penang, made the whole journey from Port Dickson to Prye River practically by rail. 'Phe
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  • 197 5 Singapore Free Press. It will be remembered that in July of last year the announcement was made that the Queensland Meat Export Agency company’ had decided to form a company with a capital of 1'59,033 for the purpose of providing cold storage in Singapore for
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  • 212 5 The following is the report to the ordinary half-yearly general meeting to be held at H mgkong, on Saturday, Feb. 14. The directors have now to submit to you a general statement of the affairs of the Bank and balance-sheet for the half-year ending Dec. 31,
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  • 151 5 A French View. The Paris Matin, the first paper to expose the Humbert frauds, hints at what may prove the closing scenes of this tragicomic adventurethe whole family living happily for the rest of their days upon their illgotten millions. It is extremely likely that the Humberts
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  • 146 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following ties were played off in the Penang Cricket Club Tennis Tournament last Monday, the 9th instant: Double Handicap. V. D. Parsons <t W. I). Proctor beat A. F. G. Anderson A W. Jones, w.o. 8' ing I e Ilan d icap CI
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  • 518 5 The following new books were received at the Penang Library on 6th inst.: The Cambridge Modern History, edited by A. W. Ward, G. AV. Protheroand Stanley Leathers. W ith General French and the Cavalry in South Africa, by C. S. Goldmann. Progress of India, Japan and China in
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    • 63 5 WANTED. BY A EUROPEAN, employment of any description. Fair knowledge of Malay, Unexceptionable Testimonials. Apply to C 16 2 C/O Pinang Gazette. PORTABLE SUSTENANCE. For travellers miners and soldiers no food is as portable as Lemco, the genuine Liebig Company’s Extract. The product of 18,000 bullocks was supplied to the
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    • 1002 5 43 A n 4; 1 AAVID BROWN Co., 4 Logan’s zADbCI HlClltS* Buildings, Estate Agents and Auditors. Reports and Valuations. Sales by AlllllScipai Notice. Auction or private tender of 7 House and Land Property, 1 PLICATIONS arc hereby invited for c the appointment of 7th Clerk and and otock. Ctishiet,
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  • 968 6 SURROUNDED BY WRECKS. The wreck of the American barque Alexander NcNiel took place on the Pratas Shoal recently. A representative of the Hongkong Telegraph has had a talk with Captain W. Jorgensen, who, between the draws from a strong briar pipe, related his experiences. We left
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 410 6 STEAM MOTOR CARS. Penang ke and Industrial Co., Ltd nU rOMOn TT Depof»:— Beach Street. Open on week days from 7-30 to 5 p.m. on Sundays Steam Carriages cbrnarvon street, 32 Penang road OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS. Pitt Street.— -Open at all hours day and night. Prices:—for 1 lb. 3 cts.
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    • 39 6 FOR SALE LAUNCH Jit Seng, length 61 feet, breadth ll'-5", depth s'-0", speed 8 knots. Launch Gnat Seng, length 71'-6", breadth 12 feet, depth 5 feet, speed 8£ knots. Further particulars and prices apply to ALLAN RENNY, Consulting Engineer.
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    • 891 6 NOTICF W rtrtQlMEsri 0 The Fbes win<!B in r V IEWS VlfilSiaVrHlLy. GILFILLAN WOOD Co.S y S e l«n OT r, and Su.’aat, M B 7 DOOT P not °s enlarged, various sizes n VERY OLD TAWNY PORI Gomide paper. Z B U P 3 ft, On Penang Medan. FINO
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  • 281 7 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, /•or February. I h .llls.- Tuesday 17th, Recruits Drill and Sign tiling Class rpimr.-day 19th, Recruits Drill. j' llvS day*24tb, Rercmts Drill and Signal iing Class Inesday 25ib, Company Drill. Dress (Drill order with cap-). Thursday 26Ji, Recruits Drill. \,l prill are
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  • 169 7 Thu in formation under this heading is sup phed by the Agents oj the various Steamship lines, and the dates are approximate only. Feb. 15 s. s. Glcnfarg fr< m London, for Singapore, China and Japan, Boustead X' Co 16 s. s. Kintuck from Liverpool, for Singa pore,
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  • 478 7 Passengers Outward. Per Nippon Yusen Kaisha steamer Atta Main, from London.—To Yokohama: Captain T. Nakamizi. Commander Yamagi, Dr. M. Muira, Mbs Flavelle, Mr and Mrs. H. Waite, Mr. and Mrs. Rentiers and infant, Miss A. Robinson, Mr. Shorbridge. Mr. A. Rebuffet, Mr. E. Oisbi, Mr. T. Harrington,
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 164 7 PENANO BAND. VTOTICE i' hereby given that from this date the charges for the services of the Band will be as follow s Dances. 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. ?40 Dinners, 8 p.m. to 11p.m. J 25 Garden parties, 5 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. $2O After these hours. $lO per
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    • 64 7 ALLAN IRVING. and General Contractors Works :4O Weld Quay. Town Store 3l Beach Street. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co. Wine and Spirit Merchants. SPECIALITIES. Club Whisky. Exsliaw’s Brandy. Bollinger Champagne. Irroy Champagne. Hupper's Beer. I’abst Beer. Coutt’s Gin. PRICE LISTS ON APPLICATION. IN consequence of the fall in Exchange we are compelled
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    • 988 7 Bitsnraitu control clocks. Guardian Fire and Life As supplied trfalt the Banks an 1 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera Assurance Co Ltd. oe oct. .B. zub\ and Diarrhoea-Remedy Subscribed Capital Xa.ooo.qoo As? Total Invested Funds up- everywhere acknowledged to be the most successful medicine in wards of £4,500,0m q -I use f
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    • 1566 8 ji 5 < FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. t-. > s 5 S 1 Time Table from Ist November, 1902. 2 a ft 2" N> IS 1 S ki WEEK-DAYS. SUNDAYS, 8 STATIONS. -r- J 5 ,1 2 3 4 5 8 I 9 10 U!*****4 15 16 17 18 19
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    • 309 8 EROWN Co Mo. umer.tal (Established a. I). i SS2 4 Tombstones in Italian M\rblf 7 Gbamt.:, am, Chosa" orders taken for NAME SLABS f, Gates. CHURCH TABLETS SOLE AGENT to 1110 S traits and Native States; E. J YQUNG ROAD Ilear G ENEPn Hospital. NEr u Wl.O will rcceivs all
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