Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 May 1903

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    24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED x8 33 PRICE 20 CENTS VOL. LX I. FRIDAY, 29th MAY, 1903. No. 121
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      2031 1 pipping HatiwZ NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN British Nippoll Y Kaislia i o n x I ci A Negapatam Lines of Steamers. japan mail steamship co Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam y/l\ 8 p Navigation Company. L Intended Sailing and expected Arrival oj Steamers. r. steamers may Will Sail. Stsamkr. |ZZ [ZZZrZ J
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    EXCHANGE.
    111 2 Penang, 29th May, 1908. Rates close as follows Loudon Demand Bank 1/8| Do. 4 months’sight Bank 1/8| Do. 8 Credits I,B| Do. 8 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 125 j Do. 3 days’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 125| Ljp. 3 days’sight Private 127| Madras, Demand Bank 125 f
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    SHARE LIST.
    152 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawah Gold Mine C0.Ltd...57.75 Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd. $8.25 Ohendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. buyers Fraser and Neave, Ltd. $95. George Town Dispensary s2l.—buyers Howarth Erskine, Ltd. $l9O. selLn Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $1.75 Karangan Tin Mining Co. ?30.— sellers Kelubi
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    MARKET PRICES.
    183 2 Penang, 29th May, 1903. Description. Beef— cts. Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each* 30 Tongue 55 Feet 20 Heart 35 Liver per catty 24 Pork Pork 82 Pig’s Head 18 Feet 24 Tongue 26 Mutton
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    177 2 Penang, 29th May, 1903. Tin ...$89.80 nominal West Coast Black Peppo g |ba 5 m JBl salel White Pepper $55 —sales Trang Pepper $37 do Cloves (picked) $35.50 Mace No. $166. —sales Mace Pickings 140. sellers Nutmegs 1 IGa 82.—sellers I No. 1 7. —sellers Sugar <
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    THE MAILS.
    86 2 Mails Close To-morrow. b'or Per str. Thue. Deli ...Ho Kwei ...10 a.m. Deli ...Sumatra noon. Langkat ...Deli 1 p.m. Port Swettenham ...Taw Toug 1 p.m. Padang Pagarawan...Bri Banka 1 p.m. Teluk Anson ...Avagyec 2 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli. and Olehleh ...Pegu 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Teluk
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    MAILS to ARRIVE.
    10 2 b'rom Steamer T<> Arrir Suez Benvenue 30-5-03
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    SHIPPING.
    396 2 Arrivals. Massilia, Brit., str., ‘2744, Cockman, 28-5-03, from Colombo, general, G. W. Co. Lai Sang, Brit., str., 2225, Courtney, 29-5-03, from Singapore, general, Bstd. Co. M. Vajirunhis, Dutch, str., 1185. Potjenijd, 29-5 03, from Olehleh. general. H. L. Co. Chigwell, Brit. str., 1196, Vnderhay, ‘29-5-03, from Singapore, petroleum, Bstd.
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      352 2 Eastern Oriental Hotel. PENrtN l° NOTICE 18 hereby given that from this date the charges for the services of the Band will be as follows ry-vv-1- p, Dances, 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. $4O The best of JT’r? 111 1 Garden parties, 5 p.m. to 7-30 p.m. 520 After these
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      48 2 YOUR WEIGHT IS INCREASED. Stearns’ Wine promotes the assimilation of food. Increases weight. Renews strength. Builds up the body as no other preparation of Cod Liver Oil will. But ask for Stearns’ Wine. It gives immediate benefit.—Sold by all Chemists, and wholesale from D. GRAHAM Co., Ltd. 18
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      1004 2 fOJRt SAI- lE. to let AN UPRIGHT TRICHORD PIANO, T^FVTWy t Misquith’s Penang Model,” solid x ao. 31 Chuli a Street oak case, full compass seven octaves, perfect Apply to order, excellent tone and almost new. N. M. NOORhiv Apply lo Z 1« 4M 1.6 P. ir. To et op
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    Ihe Labour Question.
    806 3 Ceylon Labour Commissioners’ Preliminary Report. The following is the preliminary Report of the Ceylon Labour Commissioners, Messrs. Turner and Hill, who have lately been visiting the Madras Presidency In accordance with the Resolution passed at the General Meeting of the Planters’ Association held at Kandy on the
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    A Record Tiger Shoot.
    145 3 Mr. W. H. P. Collins, of Neduvatam, gives the following account of his extraordinary shikaring feat in a letter to the Madras Mail:— On Thursday, the 30th April, at about 9-30 a. in., a cooly informed me that a cheetah had killed a pony on the
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    Another Vanderbilt Romance.
    492 3 The Hero Invited to Johore on a Tiger Hunt. According to the Paris edition of the New York Herald some little time ago Mr. W. K. Vanderbilt, the present millionaire head of the great American railway house, was invited by the Sultan of Johore to a tiger
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      364 3 WO n«. JUST RECEIVED A. Very Choice Selection of RIGAUD’S PARIS PERFUMES In great variety and in handsome Bottles. White A iolets, White Rose, Mimosa, goyal-Bouis (xv), Jockey Club, &c,, Ac. ALSO Rigaud’s Famous Eau-de-Cologne Your House Beautiful Mirella L A D MEL Gilds Everything’ of all descriptions Looks like
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      98 3 Diarrhcea is more to be dreaded than diphtheria. It attacks all ages and is equally fatal to young and old. The great mortality resulting from diarrhcea is to the lack of proper treatment at the first stages of the disease. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhcea Remedy 7 is a reliable
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      169 3 Time and Money. —Sickness causes a loss of both time and money. You lose the time and have the expense of medical attendance, entailing a double loss. This can be avoided by using some reliable remedy at the first stage of the sickness. The purchase of a bottle of Chamberlain’s
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      450 3 Graham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street, Penang. a. g HALL’S C M w WINE i I HALL’S c.o. 8 > WINE O Anti 2 j the restorative and the finest nervine White-Ant. -for influenza, mental and physical fatigue neuralgia, Ac. A Valuable M rj Nfixture for des- Oi
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    THE WEEK.
    210 4 Friday, 29rii Meeting of Subscribers, St. George's Ball, Chartered Bank at 4 p in. Town Band, Esplanade, nt 5 30 p.m. High-water 1 40 p.m. and 2 05 am. Saturday, 30th Homeward Mail expected to leave. Town Band. Golf I’lub, at 5-30 p.m. High-water 2 30 p.m. and
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    Friday, 29th May, 1903.
    2208 4 That much maligned bird, the crow, whose advent into Selangor from Ceylon was held up as a perfect nightmare, has not, so far as we are able to see, had any very disastrous effect upon Penang. For the past month we have noted a colony of
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    P. and O. Outward-Bound Mail.
    98 4 The outward-bound royal mail steamer Massilia (Captain Cockman) arrived here from Colombo at six o’clock' yesterday afternoon. She carried 32 saloon passengers, and of these the following landed here Messrs. R. G. Watson, W. A. Luming and J. R. Gray from Marseilles; Mr. Lawrie from
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    TELEGRAMS.
    203 4 reute R S London, 28th INTEBNATIONALCOURT E Sffi 8 Pbesidbxt Loubet to Visit Kino. e The Paris 7',,„ ?s President Loubet will p av avi 11 King Edward in Jn| v afte visit of King Victor Eunnanuel. INDIA. The Plague. The deaths from plague in t le Punjab from
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    62 4 A paper chase will be held on Monday next, Ist June. Meet at Golf Club at 5 p.m. sharp, and finish at Hardwick',” by kind invitation of lhe Hon. Dr. nnd Mrs. Brown, who will lie “at Home” to the members of the Hunt Club and their
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    EASTERN AND ORIENTAL HOTEL.
    422 4 New Premises to be Built. Penang has for a long tune been without a hotel in any way suitably proportionate to its size and importance, and the time baa undoubtedly arrived when we should be able to offer first class hotel facilities to visitors and residents,
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    EDITORIAL NOTES
    607 5 ()sL y OSCE DURING the last fifty years, in j w heii Ladas won, have there been so geven starters for the Derby. In fe tbe field consisted of eight, and in 1886 onlv. But for really big fields one has f "'"heli well into the last century.
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    The Appeal Court.
    266 5 Ehe Chief Justice, Sir Lionel Cox, and Justice A. F. G. Law sat on Tuesday lat he Singapore Supreme Court to hear a PPeah. The list contains 16 cases, eight ’’l'vhich are from Mr. Justice Hyndman six from the Chief Jus--1 hone from Bangkok, and a Magistrates’
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    Lutetia.
    1140 5 {Written Specially for the Pinany Gazette.”) From Crecy to Waterloo-from Edward the Blacic Prince to George HL, tbe Lilies ot Trance were quartered on the English shield, and in faineant heraldry Edward VII. ms iestored them, for he has just achieved a new Conquest of France. Edward the Conqueror
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    The King in Paris.
    444 5 The Effects of the Visit. All the newspapers have devoted articles to His Majesty’s visit. The dominant note is one of satisfaction. The Petit Parisien and the Lanterne rejoice unreservedly at the rapprochement to which the King’s visit has given rise. The Matin says that a
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    Telegraphic Items.
    131 5 Lord Rosebery. The Westminster Gazette makes an authoritative statement that Lord Rosebery is astonished that his speech has been interpreted as supporting Mr. Chamberlain’s zoliverein. Lord Rosebery absolutely adheres to his former statements that the Liberals are bound to free trade, and anything in the nature of an
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    Railway Tickets.
    224 5 {To the Editor of the Pinany Gazette.”) Sir, On Sunday last, the 24th instant, I went to tbe Railway Station, Penang, at 7 a.m., wishing to get a ticket for Bukit Mertajam. I found all the offices still closed, and upon inquiry as to the cause of it,
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    Petroleum Fields of the Far East.
    338 5 At tbe Petroleum Institute, on 30th ult., the principal of the institute (Dr. P. Dvorkovitz) delivered the last of a series of lectures on the world’s petroleum fields, the special subject being “The Fields of the Far East.” Dr. Dvorkovitz mentioned that up to
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    The Late Sir Hector Macdonald.
    240 5 A correspondent sends us the following, culled from a local paper:— A Lament. Macdonald, Macdonald! come back to the Highlands And lay your poor head on your Motherland’s breast. The gorse-covered braesand the ocean-kissed islands Are calling you home in their shelter to rest. The
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      5 5 Li i?a.nd Buttei*. McAlister co.
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      4 5 Tool Chests. mcalister co.
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      124 5 Consumption which is the most dangerous and fatal disease, has as its first indication a persistent cough, and if properly treated as soon as this cough appears is easily cured. Chairberlain’s Cough remedy has proven wonderfully successful, and gained its wide reputation and extensive sale by its success in curing
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      40 5 DO NOT NEGLECT HEADCHES. Stearns’ Headache Cure is a prompt and efficient remedy. It is marvellous how a single little wafer will quickly dispel the most agonizing pain. Stearns’. Of.. all chemists, wholesale from D. GRAHAM A Co., Ltd. 2
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      338 5 Jilfto AHbrrtisrnirnts. ui nnDwEIEI 11 BANK HOLIDAYS UUlllll IuLU, THE undermentioned Banks will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, the 22 DCaCn direct. Ist and 2nd June, 1903 For the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. e.m.janion, j U st Acty. Manayer. For the Hongkong A Shanghai Banking Corporation.
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    Plunkett’s Last Fight.
    908 6 The following is the official despatch relating to the annihilation of Colonel Plunkett’s column Colonel Swann to Secretary of State for War. Bobotle, April 26. April 23. —Following message received from G.O.C. for transmission to you. Begins;— “Galadi, April 20 —Mounted infantry under Kenna reached Cobbe’s zareba
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      1634 6 Business Notice. notice. Mutton 7% fY wife Foo Sin Thye alias Janet of "IVPOW obtainable at the reduced price of P. ADAMSON, Licensed Auctioneer, Balik p ulau havin g e ft my protec- IN 40 cents per lb. t No. 23 Boacli Street .a prepared to sbal > not be
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      37 6 Bicyclists should never start out without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Balm in their tool bags. This liniment is excellent for all flesh wounds and sprains. One application gives relief. Try it. All dealers sell it. 276
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      231 6 A. E. SKEELS. 31 BEACH STREET. PENANG. Direct Importer of Choice CIGARS ALL SHAPES ALL SIZES ALL PICKED Every Box absolutely Guaranteed Exclusive Agent for *‘EL COMERCIO” DEL MUNDO, FACTORY, MANILA. i M wwi-im w --r. r- -j t.wii i.itwhu mmumw,- L 1 itmhii HABANA CIGARS From $2 per 100.
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    246 7 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Commandant. Orders for June. Drills. n-ruits Drill every Tuesday aud Thursj. at the Fort at 5-30 pan. d»?’ Field Day. Veld Day at P'ai Estate, on Tuesday, 1 lune. Dress, Field Order. Fall in at the r at6-J0 a.m. sharp. Refreshments will
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    List of Passengers.
    107 7 Passengers Outward. p v r P. and 0. steamer Oceana from London, 30th April.—To Shanghai: Mr. R, Fiver. To Hongkong Mrs., Miss, and Mr. Atkinson, jun. To Bangkok Mr. D. McCormick. To Singapore Hon. J. K. and Mrs. Birch, Mr. M. Hellier, Mr. and Mrs. N. 11.
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      117 7 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, I Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes upto 3 ft. CD Bromide paper. AV. JONES, 42 Photograepher. SIBERIAN BUTTER. Equal in every respect to the finest Australian Product. < ///X V.'" i backed in Copenhagen by T. S. Plum. Atrial is solicited, Compare
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      1236 7 A Free Book. a r MT M K- wllhout Dru Vafiadpc Fovntian J H gwynne ltd. DK. SANDEN’S Electric Herculex is a CjIIQVIOO Lr V(J11£l I I 81 CAN NON STREET, LON DON, E.C. highgrade home self-treatment with- I out drugs. Worn comfortably about the waist at night, it sends
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      1352 8 11 i FEDERATED MALAY STATES RAILWAYS. H 72 tA »2 £g X sH Time Table from Ist November, 1902. g§ g g O WEEK-DAYS. SUNDAYS. 00 g S LAI lONS. 2181 4 5 6 7 8 9|lol 11 IS 1 18 114 1 1« 1 16 17 IlB| 19 20
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      424 8 ALLAN IRVIMq Works :-40 WELD OUAv _To W!( Stork BI BEAGB BTr Eet Standard Life_A ssurance y THE 76th Annual General AL the Standard Life n g of pany was held at Edinburg m Co, il the 22nd of April, 1902. 011 lles, lay, The following Results for tho v
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