Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 April 1903

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS VOL. LXI. WEDNESDAY, 22nd APRIL, 19CB. No. 90
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      2042 1 Motias. norddeutscher lloyd, BREMEN British Nippon Yusen Kaisha. Oriental Steam Negapatam Lines of Steamers. japan mail steamship co., Ltd. Navigation Company. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival oj Steamers. b*— V-' rTIHE mail steamers may Fob Will Sail. Steamer. From Expected on j f 3 1 be expected to arrive //A
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    EXCHANGE.
    109 2 Penang, 22nd Aphil, 1903. Rates close as follows London Demand Bank 1/7| Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 1 8£ Do. 8 Credits 18| Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 124 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 126 Bombay, Demand Bank 124 Do. 8 days’ sight Private 126 Madras, Demand
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    SHARE LIST.
    195 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawtih Gold Mine Co. Ltd...ss. buyers Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd. $8.25 sellers Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. sales Fraser and Neave, Ltd. $96. Do. 6% Debs. par George Town Dispensary $27. buyers Howarth Erskine, Ltd. $l9O. Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $175
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    MARKET PRICES.
    190 2 Tknang, 22nd April, 1903. Description. Beef cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 20 Heart 35 Liver per catty 22 Pork Pork 32 Pig’s Head 18 Feet 24 Tongue 26 Mutton
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    187 2 Pknang, 22nd April, 1903. Ti a $94. —3alos. m i f West Coast Black Lepper 3 )bs 5 O z. S29J sales White Pepper ss3—sellers Trang Pepper season < commencing $85 Cloves (picked) $35.50 Mace No. sl66.—sales Mace Pickings 120. sellers Nutmegs 110« 84. —sellers No. 1
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    THE MAILS.
    52 2 > Mails Close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Langkat ...Deli 1 P’-M. Calcutta Kum Sang 1 p.m. Panijkor and Teluk Anson ...Canton 2 p.m. Frida", 24th. Negapatam, Madras. Fondicherry, Cuddalore and Karical, taking Mails for Europe, etc. via Madras Zaida 1 p.m. Registration up to noon. Parcels to
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    MAILS to ARRIVE.
    29 2 From Steamer T<> Arrive. Raigoon Uinta to-day. Singapore Pentakota 23-4-08 Deli Calypso 23-4-03 Hongkong Onipcnta 23-4-C3 Singapore Glenfalloch 23-3-C3 Calcutta Lai Sang 23-4-03 Suez Bombay 21-4-03
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    SHIPPING.
    175 2 Arrivals. Kum Sang, Brit., str., 2078, Buller, 22-4-03, from Singapore, general, Bostd. Co Deli, Brit., str., 105, Hassan, 21-4 03, from I Deli, general, Koe Guan Taw Tong, Brit., str., 105, Heid, 21-4-03 from Bort Swettenham, general, Koe Guan Canton, Brit., str., 105, Merican, 22-4-03, from Teluk Anson, general,
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      461 2 uo xmb* or For Siiic. Thean, Chee c& Co. Al <l, H HAVE IN STOCK T No. •->(> Beach Sticit. I J A; ly to Brands X OWNER, 0F Al y„ u> >7„r< EGYPT lAN CIGARETTES Packed in Patent Airtight Tins, The Finest Wines in the Market Nuhdi," plain. 100
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      16 2 $2. Monih Per THE Pinang gazelle ENLARGED EDITION. Per Monh For Local Subscribsrs $1 W? 5
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      733 2 MARTIN’S For Sale. a French Ramedy for all Irregularities. Thousandaot taming an area of 84 aCFC'S. 1 rood I- i a box of Martin’s Pills in the house, so that on the I 1 n 1 O polgg tteslsi«not P any Irregularity cf the System a timely dose may Wlttl
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    Earthquake in England.
    954 3 —> SERIOUS DISTURBANCES IN MANY COUNTIES. Widespread Alarm Amongst Inhabitants. Not since December, 1896, was England visited by an earthquake disturbance until Tuesday (March 21) when severe shocks were felt, mainly in the Midland counties, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Cheshire, Nottingham, Leicestershire, and Yorkshire being the counties most affected.
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    Royal Geographical Society.
    284 3 There was a great meeting of the Royal Geographical Society on 23rd ultimo to revive the memories of the first of British ImperiaJists—the great men who in the days of Queen Elizabeth first sailed to the utmost ends of the earth. It was 300 years ago on
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    The Truth about Chinese Labour.
    633 3 Sir Hiram Maxim has a paper on The Chinese and the South African Libiur Question in one of the current month’s reviews, which is penned in a humorous vein The American working men of the imported variety are fair-minded aid noble fellows, an I believe
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      403 3 for the Prevention of Disease The Best, Tl ie Cheapest, The Surest of Disinfectants in the Market. prices: > n Due Q a^on Tiiis $2-25 Per Gallon, in Two .$2-00 in Four £l=9o .in Quart Bottles so-6o Per Bot. Special Quotations for 40 Gallon Casks. n.IRELLA Gpjd Enamel The only
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      57 3 STEARNS’ WINE is accepted by the most delicate stomach- there is no upheaval or repulsion. The best rebuilder of flesh and strength, assist ing as it does in the assimilation of albu minous or reparative food, giving vital and nervous energy, steadily increasing the and making the patient robust and
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      468 3 Graham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS 4 Beach Street, Penang. HALL’S Coca Sleeplessness, Convalescence, Wlllt Nervous and Mit I’g coca Physical 3 S i <□ 'Shss Debility. Hall's Wine has attained a well earned popularity at home constii i p i tutions rim down by the climate, the great restorative and
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    THE WEEK.
    133 4 WKDNKsbAY, 22nd: High-water 8-0 a.m. and 8-25 pan Thursday, 23rd St. George. A Mootin' of all Seotehmon, Chamber of, Commerce, at 4 pan. St. George's Ball. Town Hall. High -water 8 50 a in. and 0-15 pan. Friday, 21th Mail for Europe via MadOs expected to leave. Ordinary
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    WEDNESDAY, 22ND APRIL, 1903.
    2036 4 We would warn our readers that there are spurious British dollars in circulation in the Settlement. They are somewhat difficult of detection, too, being an excellent imitation of the genuine coin and, unlike so many examples of the coiner’s art, ring fairly true. The only place
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    The Pontoon Bridge.
    167 4 (To the E.litor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, With reference to a paragraph which appeared in your issue of yesterday re a pontoon accident on the Prai River, I should like to call the attention of the authorities responsible to the state of the Pontoon Bridge crossing
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    Penang Golf Club.
    101 4 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following are the results of the ties played on Tuesday evening Mixed Doable Handicap. Miss Taylor Mr. E. F. Skertchly Miss Stronach A Mr. J. R. Stronach w.o. Men's Single Handicap. A. F. G. Anderson beat J. B. Aitken +J 6—2, 5 —6,
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    TELEGRAMS.
    190 4 'R EUTE neSaS 1 by the Austrian and li„ ‘»4 bassadors on Friday tan telegraphed for tw’ S,L battahonsofßedifsf rohlAs A J( > TBE KING’S TOffi. Avajer Carnival T m., King Edward water carnival held i„ llia gte,t at Malta and sails in the 1 being escorted out to
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    Oil in Borneo.
    451 4 Important Find near Brunei. Writing from Labuan on Ith instant, a correspondent of the Straits Times says:About four miles up the Brunei river at a p’ace called Buang-Tauer the Rajah ol Sarawak has been hiring a tunnel through the hill side to work the coal deposits under
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      396 4 Pritchard Co., 15 BEACH STREET, PENANG. Suns, RwoVows, Jkmmnttton, ?>c. (OLT’S XE W I’OCK ET KEVOLWI 32 CAL. $15.00. colts Y V ywk CARTRIDGES FOR SAME '^Z =s WK ]>ERico ssso COLT’S N EW POLICE REVOLVER 32 CAL. $50.00. COLT’S FcSra. MU’ CARTRIDGES FOR SAME PER 100 $3.50. ,a GOLT’S
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      90 4 /70NTBIBUTT0NS must be addressed to ‘‘The Editor,” written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer's name and address,not necessarily for insertion, but as a guarantee of good faith. The Editor is not responsible for opinions expressed by his correspondents. ALL business communications should be tub
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      3 4 Paints, Oils, MCALISTER
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    48 4 Death. Chua Yu Kay—On 21st instant, at his residence No. 66 Love Lane, Chua Yu Kay, formerly Managing Owner of Chong Mob and Kong Hock Steamship Company, and owner of Rice Mills at Sungei Pinang. Aged 42, leaving wife, a son and three grandchi'dren to mourn bis loss.
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    China.
    1177 5 the possibility of a renewal OF TROUBLE. (North China Daily News.) Ox the ninth of February last we published the following special telegram under the healing Dr. Coltman as Cassandra ])r. Coltman of Peking, physician to the Imperial Court, who is now visiting Los Angeles in California, predicts another
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    Telegraphic Items.
    570 5 A Guard of Six Warships. The King has left Gibraltar escorted by six warships. The King at Gibraltar. The King has held a grand review of the Gibraltar Garrison. The Crown Prince of Germany at Athens. The German Crown Prince and his brother have arrived at Athens. Somaliland.
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    Penang 49 Years Ago.
    1030 5 < Beiny Extracts from the Pinany Gazette and Straits Chronicle of date 1851. 'Tint paper was then published weekly.) Saturday, Ist April, 1851. A meeting of the friends of the late John Ross was held to-day, and it was resolved on the motion of Mr. P.
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    Police Cou
    540 5 {Before Mr. A. T. A/mjaiit.) f 21st April. Extortion of 2 Cents by a P.C. A Malay police constable was charged by a Marine native sergeant for extorting the sum of 2 cents from a Malay cart boy, by threatening to arrest him in Weld Quay. The sergeant
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    Honolulu-Manila Cable.
    234 5 It seems quite likelythat there Avill be a delay in laying the Pacific cab’c from Honolulu to Manila, says the Manila l imes. It has been found necessary to change the route of the cable for 200 miles e ist of (l uam, in order to avoid the
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      6 5 Avery’s Balances. m calister de co
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      5 5 GREEN ISLAND CEMENT. McAlister Co.
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      47 5 3 Ai RELIABLE HEADACHE CL RE. Stearns’ Headache 'Cure has beeen pro\ etl-to-be a speedy and tellable cure for all kinds of Headaches.- Stearns’ is the original. Stearns 1 is the genuine. <>f all chemists. 'Wholesale from D. GRAHAM Co., Lt(L' 3 Cow ißvsindl Hutter. McAlister co.
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      426 5 CORNFIELD, WANTED immediately, for Byram Estate, ‘efAClef A CIe k A,ply I ailor and For Sale. K LIGHT PONY VICTORIA in good Olltfltter order. Nexvly anived from Singa- pore. Apply to Beach Street» PENANG HORSE REPOSITORY. NOT! CIS. just Deceived again. In the h j 1 of Mk. A Mrs.
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    Odds and Ends.
    704 6 A member did the round of the Golf Links at Tientsin recently in 39, Colonel Bogey’s standard, hitherto unapproached, being 40. The Directors of the Weihaiwei Gold Mining Co., Ld., a concern which has just been started in Shanghai, have the following telegram from their Manager at
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      975 6 VJANTEL'. NOJPZCJE. A STOREKEEPER for the Public ’JVTOTICE is given that dividends Works Department. Salary $7O per JL\ for September—December, 1902, of month on the non-pcnsionable establish- the Tronoh Mines, Limited, will be paid by ment with free unfurm bed quarters. Messrs. S> Ghee Choon Co. to those ShareApplications will
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      179 6 What is Pain Balm. Chamberlain’s Pain Balm is a liniment, and while adapted to all the ordinary uses of a liniment, has qualities which distinguish it from other remedies of this class. Pain Balm is especially beneficial for rheumatism. Thousand's of cases can be cited in which this remedy has
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      839 6 cautxom w yy OYXI7YyY Cf NOTICE is hereby given that an oval /X qJ vi (Hk Q shaped chop, bearing in English, jMf !<■ I 1 111 Il| I Chinese and Malay characters the inscription JL 1 of the chop of the undersigned, Chung Thye VX Yin, having been stolen,
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    129 7 nr,lers bv Captain A. R. Adams, Orders f»b April. I h ills. ,23r1 Recruits Drill and Signalat the Fort at 5-3) p.m. .r’h lass Firing at the Binge >t 3 30 P-* U< ?s 'b Examination of N. C. Os. f:.'K v j others for promotion at the
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    List of Passengers.
    108 7 Passengers Outward. Per p and 0. steamer Mh/te, connecting LTthe steamer Dallaarat, at Colombo, Ehond>n, April 2-Shanghai Mr. and 5 (tfl- Dr.nn-l Mrs. B. llitcbin, Mr. Macle in, Mrs. Fraser. To n b ‘K’n- Mr. Barlow, Mr. D. Forbes, Mrs Brand an I 2 children. Staff4ijorUo>'lb«U,Mr MarkErvrng,
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    Shipping Expected.
    169 7 «/5/7 ‘yorr/m/fon under thi. heading i„ .upD "J 1 Agents oj the various SteaniLhin Hues, and the date» are approximate only. Aprl. 33 s. s. Kujas GorLcltahow from Singapore, for Odesa, Messrs. Gilfillan Wood Co. 26 Outward Imperial German Mail Steamer Zieten from Bremen, for Singapore, China and
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      308 7 Adolf Sternberg. Upholsterer and Furniture Dealer ALSO BEST KIND OF Mattresses and Upholstered Spring Mattress Maker. 430 CH ULI A STREET. Penang Foundry Copiny, (Established 1876) ENGINEERS, MILLWR I G H T 5 BRASS and IRON FOUNDRY SHIPWRIGHTS Blacksmiths, Cop} ersmiths, Plumbers BOILER-MAKE RS BRIDGE BUILDERS and CONTRACTORS for the
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      171 7 EMPIRE TYPEWRITERS. THE IDEAL MACHINE FOR OFFICE WEAR, Being built on principles comprising GREAT STRENGTH AND SIMPLICITY OF CONSTRUCTION Wr?.vvvcTypc’wr\te<- I L y 1 SUPPLIED TO The Admiralty, Board of Trade, Mar Office, Post Office, Crown Agents for the Colonies. Great "Western Railway, North London Railway, L. B. and S.
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      958 7 lOkpp LIPTONS TEAS THE njUVSiy. T GOLD MEDAL z g dripk PARIS EXHIBITION. etF"" -LYr V IY V; v, yd: A^n,s Y -Y'- PATERSON. .SIMONS &_Co L x BUILT UP 071 NATURE’S PLAN. '4 filY MJ i w O TWO GREAFNECESSiTIES jOm Y 1. FAMILY PROVISION, Rgy 5 2. PROVISION
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      1449 8 11 i FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. g*. C* ;■> S 5 3 1 j i Time Table from Ist November, 1902. g WEEK-DAYS. SUNDAYS, do J -2 S STATIONS. T T T r T r T —j i r—r fl <u 55 1 2 8 4 5 6 7 8
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      422 8 ALLAN IRVii^g Engmeer, tll ,d G, C onl r :l lrs Womsi-w WELD q l av Standard Life Ass Urancp THE 76th Annual General \r 4 the Standard Life Assnra^ 6 Dg pany was held at Edinburgh the 22nd of April, 1902 h Tue «ty, 1 J?M f IIOW v
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