Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 August 1903

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS- [vol lxl FRIDAY, 14th AUGUST, 1903. No. 183
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      2082 1 ■WI flrtrn. KORDDEUTSCHEB LLOYD, BREMEN ‘'ipP’U I«a» lW Peninsular 4 Oriental Steam yA Negapatam Lines ot Si earners. japan mail steamship co., Lt<*. I wife 111 Navigation Company. z/fjfe Intended Sailing and expected Arrival oj Steamers. y H. liZT*! K=3 rjITIE mail steamers may vj For Will Sail Steamer From
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 f Penang, 14th August, 1903. Rates close as follows London Demand Bank Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 1/11| Do. 3 Credits 1 Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 142 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 144 Bombay, Demand Bank 142 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 144 Madras, Demand Bank
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    SHARE LIST.
    165 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawah Gold Mine Co. Ltd. $lB. sales Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd. $8.25 Ohendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. Fraser and Neave, Ltd. $lO4. George Town Dispensary $25. Howr.rth Erskine, Ltd. $l9O. Jeleb u Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $1. sellers International Bodega $lOO. buyers
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    168 2 Penang, 14th August, 1903. Tin ...$7B. —sales D 1 D West Coai-t B ack fepprr g Il<o 5 oz §29.40 sale White Pepper $514. sellers Trang Pepper $36 do Cloves (picked) $35.50 Mace No. slBo.—fellers Mace Pickings 126.—sales. Nutnipgs 11G.« 70. buyers I No. 1 7. —sellers
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    THE MAILS.
    74 2 Mails Close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Tongkah ...Petrel ...11 a m. Deli ...Vidar noon. Port Swettenham ...Mary Austin 1 ?-M. Langkat Jin Ho 1 Pangkalan Brandan.. Taw Tong 2 p.m. Teluk Anson ...Avagyee 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore ...Rotorua 3 p.m. Edie, T. Seiuawe. Segli. Pulo
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    SHIPPING.
    292 2 Arrivals. Zaida, Brit., str., 2905. Grier, 14-8-03, from Singapore, general, H. L. Co. Shantung, Ger., str., 1000, Engelhart. 14-8-03, from Singapore, general, K. Bros. Rotorua, Brit., str., 576, Brown, 14-8-03, from Singapore, general, Koe Guan. Kistna, Brit., str., 524, Fletcher, 14-8-03, from S ngapore, general, 11. L. Jc Co.
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    Shipping Expected.
    108 2 T/is i'lformation under this heading is supplied by the Agents oj the various Steamship lines, and the dates are approximate only. Vessels From Agents Due Lightning Calcutta A A.&Co. 14th inst. Nam Sang Singapore B S.&(’o. 15th Sanuki Maru Marseilles 8.5.&C0. 17th Hong Muh 'hina B. Bros. 19th
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    List of Passengers.
    224 2 Passengers Per Messaged.. Mariti w rfon,™ connecting Wlth i he s “'«W.i, at Colombo, from Mar se i I l, ''Ui.' Yokobama: Mr. and v“, ’A'jliJ Hong Kong: Mrs. Walt.,' ir ”>■ Le Cardiner To H»,pho„; Giuliani. To Singapore v family. Per Messagaries Mariti me from Marseilles
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      373 2 ZOTAL. The Ideal Disinfectant and Germicide. THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN ITS FAVOUR WILL RECOMMEND IT TO ALL ZOTAL. The cheapest disinfectant in the market. ZOTAL. The pleasantest. ZOTAL. The most powerful disinfe -taut. ZOTAL. Removes at once all objection»’•'! odours. ZOTAL. Is non-corrosive and the least p isonous preparation of
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      46 2 LUX BROS., Electrical Engineers and Contractors, SOLE AGENTS FOR VERITYS LIMITED, London, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow. Offices: Beach Street, Penang. Do. 8, Change Alley, Singapore. Installation work of every description for connection to Municipal Electricity Supply Mains. Estimates on Application. Telegrams: LUX,” Penang. 639 Do. “LUX,” Singapore,
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      139 2 SANATORIUM for SURGICAL and GYNAECOLOGICAL Patients, especially OPERATIONS Dr. P. Koefoed, TRETTES, one of the favourite Health and Pleasure Resorts of Java. Within easy reach of Sourabaya, at an elevation of 2,500 feet. Detailed Information and Travelling Directions can be obtained on application through the Manager of the Singapore Free
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      518 2 For Sale. THE PRIORY, Northam Road. Apply to PRESGRAVE MATTHEWS, Solicitors, 525 m w f u c Beach Street, Penang. Federated Malay States Railways. NOTICE. ON and from Saturday, the 15th August, a through train service between Perak and Selangor will be instituted. A train will leave Taiping daily at
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      191 2 Dr. WONG I EK, Lee Chai Dispensa, No 51 Treacher Street, IPOH, PERAK. CONSULTING 8 a.m. to 12 noox HOURS. 1 p.m. to 5 p.M. Urgent Cases will be Treated at any Hour. rpHE above Dispensary is kept op; JL 9 o’clock every night, and thus.: very convenient to patients
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    2290 3 august meeting. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, nth August, 1903. The above Club opened their Annual Race Meeting yesterday afternoon at Taiping before a very large and appreciative audience. Although it had been fine all morning, just after the first race had been decided rain commenced to full heavily,
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    The Accident to the "Sultan."
    253 3 Further particulars with reference to the accident to the Sultan are published by the Sinyapore Erce Press. The vessel was on a trip from Derby to Broome when she ran on the Australmd Rock in the Sunda Straits. The vessel was forced right over the
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    Curious Hunting Episode.
    332 3 Pack falls down a Well. The Mhow correspondent of the Times of India writes :—A curious episode that is probably unique in the annals of hunting in India occurred here, and deserves to be recorded in these notes. It should be premised that we are indebted to
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    Arsenic and Poisons in India.
    167 3 In the Viceroy’s Legislative Council one of the most interesting items of business will be the introduction of the Poisons Bill by Sir Denzil Ibbetson. This measure aims specially at controlling the importation, possession and sale of arsenic in India, but it also is framed
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      78 3 F r a Pain in the s-<le or chest there is not:mm b l ter i Irin a piece of 11 innel dampened with Chamb rlain’s Pain Balin an 1 applied to the se;t of pain. Thia same treatment is a sure cure for Lune back. One application gives relief.
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      379 3 FOR SALE. VOLUMES of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Handsomely bound in Morocco. Apply to j. r. McFarlane, Gl9 17-8 m w f 42 Beach Street. OF Pure Malt Whiskies THE Best Blends are Buchanan’s OF ALL DEALERS. Sole Importers: Borneo Company Limited, SINGAPORE. 232 15 8 Fresh Arrivals Regularly. Gianelli Majrio’s
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      351 3 Graham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street, Penang, T g HALL’S coo. S w WINE S A HALL’S coo. 8 WINE 0 Anti ,1 the great restorative and the finest nervine White-Ant. for influenza, mental and physical fatiguel neuralgia, &c. A. Valuable .rj3 O Mixture for des- troying- white
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    THE WEEK.
    136 4 Friday, 14th Ordinary Meeting Municipal Couimis signers, at 3 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water 5-30 a.m. and 5-55 p m. Saturday, 15th Mail from Europe, via Negapatam expe. ted to arrive. Town Band, Golf Club, at 5-30 p.m. High-water 6-20 a m. ami 6 4'»
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    Friday, 14th August, 1903.
    2262 4 Yesterday there passed through Penang Mr. Charles F. Sievwright, the organizing Representative of the British and Indian Empire League of Australia. Mr. Sievwright is now on his way to India, where it is his object tn interest the public generally in the hardships imposed upon British
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    TELEGRAMS.
    233 4 (REUTER’q nit nii (By Submarine Cable.) U. S. FISHING BOAT Flkih UPON Fob Trespassing in Casa Mm Waters. London, 13th Au g< The United States fishing boat SUver Spray was found on the Canadian side of Lake Erie She attempted to escape and was fired upon by a Canadian
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    251 4 TAIPING RACES. SECOND DAY. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, 18th Augasi. The Galloway Handicap. Tbe “B. G. Kongsi’s Hilda j Mr. Clover’s Scheherazade „F.B. B. Gaffney’s Droaleen i Won by five lengths. Time 1-84. end $23. Pari-mutuel $7. T™ was afterwards sold to Ah Yong for The Kuan
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      312 4 Pritchard Co., 15 BEACH STREET, PENANG. SOLE AGENTS FOR the KEYSTONE TYPEWRITER. UHL $lOO DISCOUNTS Points about the Keystone: WORK ALWAYS IN VIEW. PERFECT ALIGNME NT. UNIVERSAL KEY BOARD. INTERCHANGEABLE TYPE. Equal to any Machine at Three Tinies the Price. SEND FOR ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET. PRITCILAIID CO., PENANG. wanted Federated Malay
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      97 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to y Thb 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. iLL business communications should
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      4 4 Avery's Balances. mcalister co.
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    The Municipal Meeting.
    33 5 B ordinary meeting of the Municipal Kissionera which was announced to be K n afternoon was postponed, owing to K"'that the number of gentlemen necesK) form quorum could not attend.
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    BYCICLE COLLISION AND BROKEN LEG.
    331 5 L w. Ward Injured Yesterday. I unfortunate accident befel Mr. W. I Snr yesterday evening, which resulted Lu seriously, a 6000 on fch r *g ht Ling broken. A Chinese (it has not L ire <l who he is) was riding a bicycle f Light
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    AS OTHERS SEE US.
    585 5 apoke Oi'ixi >x on Penang Races. IBkiGUR," writing in the Straits Times, recent Penang meeting seems to have flp a great success, and the races were got flbugh without a hitch. From the close and large ii dds, the handicapper |Kt be congratulated on his work.
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    The Rainfall for July.
    50 5 The following is the recorded lainfall for last month Penano. •The Government Hill 12-90 inches. The Prison 10-27 Balik Pulau 10-01 The Fort 9.70 Pulo Jerajak 7.75 Bindings. Bruas 628 inches. Pangkor 4-40 Lumut 864 Province Wellesley. Butterworth 8-76 inches. Bukit Mertajam 9-88 Sungei Bakup... 563
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    Wholesale Escape of Convicts.
    220 5 Tue Malay Mail reports that about 2 p. 111. on Saturday a storm burst over Kuala Lumpur. At this time a gang of prisoners from the Gaol was at work on tbe ground lielow the prison, near the Seremban line. When the storm was at its
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    Biggs Memorial.
    72 5 (To the Editor of the Pinany Gazette.") Dear Sir, With your permission I should like to inform the many friends of tbe Rev. Louis Courtier Biggs that it is proposed to place a Memorial Brass in St. George’s Church to his memory, and that subscriptions, limited to $5,
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    Bathing at Tanjong Bungha.
    261 5 (To the Editor of the Pinany Gazette.") Dear Sir, On Monday last, the 10th instant, I had a party of friends at ray country house at Tanjong Bungha. About 5.30 p.m. two Europeans trespassed into my land wilh their bikes and deliberately undid their clothes about
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    Good Shooting.
    148 5 A British Record Beaten. A Chefoo despatch, dated July 27‘h, states that the United States fligship Wisconsin has jiist returned fr >m three days’ target practice at sea. Her wonderful record is as follows twenty-three hits, out of thirty-one shots. Target, twenty by seventeen feet in size speed
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    Government and the Cunard Co.
    122 5 The agreement between the Cunard Company and the Government embodies tbe provisions mentioned in the telegrams of Ist October last and others published in the imes of the same date. The Company bolds its whole fleet at the disposal of Government. The officers and three-fourths
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    Telegraphic Items.
    394 5 Quken Alexandra. The Queen has given £5OO to tbe poor of Ireland. Demonstration at Rome. A grand patriotic demonstration took place in Rome on 29th July in memory of King Humbert. Knighthood for a Hard-Working Irishman. The King on Ist inst. knighted the Right Hon’ble Horace Plunkett for
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    English County Cricket.
    360 5 Yorkshire has beaten Surrey by an innings and 97 runs. Middlesex has beaten Essex by seven wickets. Notts has beaten Kent by an innings and 36 runs. Worcester has beaten Sussex by an innings and 176 runs. The match between Lancashire and Gloucestershire had to be drawn
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    SOME NEW BOOKS.
    760 5 “The Lake of Gold,” a Narrative of the Anglo-American Conquest of Europe, by George Griffith, London, George Bell and Sons. From the pen of tbe author of “Tbe Angel of the Revolution one naturally expects a work of a character somewhat out of tbe beaten track, and
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    Chinese Chamber of Commerce.
    235 5 The first general meeting of tbe above body was held in the Chinese Town Hail on Tuesday, Mr. Ong Boon Tan being voted to the chair. Owing to the fact that the meeting was not publicly announced (except by express, which gives but limited publicity), and
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    Exchange in Bangkok.
    129 6 Bangkok Times. Treasury Price of Ticals Advanced. We are informed that intimation has been sent to the Banks that the Government selling rate for ticals will, until further notice be 18 to the pound sterling. The change has been made in consequence of the Government having effected
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    Heavy Rain in the Deccan.
    225 6 Railway Lines Breached. Secunderabad, 29th July. The heavy and persistent rain which has fallen during the past week has caused numerous tanks in the outlying districts to burst, and the Nizam’s railway line is seriously damaged at intervals between Warangal -and Raganathpali. For about forty
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    SOMALILAND.
    307 6 The /7 mes of India correspondent in Somaliland says that preparations for a new expedition are already being made, but it is not likely that extended operations can be planned at present. It is also stated that Burao will be the Headquarters of the Expeditionary Force, as it is
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    TEN BOLD ASSERTIONS.
    159 6 regarding chamberlain’s colic, cholera and diarbhoea remedy. 1. It affords quick relief in cases of colic, cholera morbus and pains in the stomach. 2. It never fails to effect a cure in the most severe cases of dysentery and diarrhoea. 3. It is a sure cure for
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      505 6 The F(ij»sti Wines in the Market HOTTENBACH BfOS. CO. GILFILLAN WOOD-* Co.'s SPECIALITIES ALWAYS ON HAND. VERY OLD TAWNY PORT. HUMBER CYCLES. FINO PALE SHERRY. Gentlemen’s Ladies’ Boys* and Girls’ Cycles. These are confidently recommended Highest Grade Machine in the World, to all who appreciate really MACHINERY. hioh.olAAfl Winoq Steam
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      454 6 Direct Importer of ChoicT> Apply to *****-9 T. GAWTHOBNE. -m- MA ——if ll I IT A D TXTE beg to notify that we have opened M JW VV a new fi rm i Q 56 Beach Street, r g Penang, to deal in wholesale import trade J in the Straits
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    245 7 I Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, I Commandant. I Orders for August. Drills. I Squad Drill at the Fort every Tuesday I and Thursday, at 5-30 p.m. I Company Parade Tuesday 4th, Fall in at I the Gottlieb Tree” at 9 p.m. Dress, Drill I order with
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      201 7 NOTICE. IS hereby given that owing to Selensing Coffee Estate in Perak having been sold and changed hands, any claims, duly vouched, against the Estate, must be made up to or before the 81st day of August, 1903. 11. A. W. AYLESBURY. Taj ah, Perak, Gth July, 1903. 597 tu
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      1287 8 frte. TWO GREAT necessities KWPWSOTaS &sss Mannheim Insurance Co. B 1 k i L I Rheumatic Gout l. FAMILY PROVISION, ftM^rimyn Wn~tZ and Gravd. MARINE INSURANCE. THE undersigned Agents will accept Marine 2. PROVISION FOR OLD AGE. The Universal Remedy for Acidity of the Safest and most «^x» M^ U2o,Pw
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      356 8 ALLAN_& Engineers and General r Lo «^-ac(ar Works :-40 WELD Q UAy TQWNSTOBhi-ai beach STfiEEI Standard THE 77th Annual General M r the Standard Life As sura d pany was held at Edinburgh on Co the 28th of April, 1903. Ues day The following R esu l ts f or
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