Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 August 1903

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    23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LX I. WEDNESDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1903. No. 187
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      2001 1 Ww fletta. NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, BREMEN Ni PP»“ Yusen Kaisla. "nSnSillar Oriental Steam Afx Negapatam Lines of Steamers. japan mail STEAMSHIP COo Ltd Navigation Company. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival oj Steamers. FfTIHE mail steamers may For Will Sail Steamer From Expected on fl 1 be expected to arrive /1 A
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Penang, 19th August, 1908. Rates close as follows London Demand Bank Do. 4 months* sight Bank 1/llf Do. 8 Credits 1/11$ Do. 8 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 143 f Do. 8 days’ sight Private 145 f Bombay, Demand Bank 148 J Do. 3 days’ sight Private 145 f
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    SHARE LIST.
    166 2 Stocks. Quotation Bersawab Gold Mine Co. Ltd. $l9. buyers Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd. $8.25 sellers. Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $25. Fraser and Neave, Ltd. $lO3. George Town Dispensary $25. Howarth Erskine, Ltd. $l9O. buyer» Jelebu Mining and Trading Co., Ltd. $1. seller» International Bodega $lOO.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    194 2 Penang, 19th August, 1903. Description. Bkef— efe. Soup per catty 16 Roast 28 Steaks h 28 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak 28 Ox Tail each 25 Tongue 75 Feet 20 Heart ,> 35 Liver per catty 26 Pork Pork 32 Pig’s Head 18 Feet n 24
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    167 2 Penang, 19th August, 1903. Tin $7B. —sales f West Coast Black Pepper j g lbg 5 07i $29.40 saleWhite Pepper ssl|. sellers Trang Pepper $B6 do Cloves (picked) $35.50 Mace No. |lBo.—tellers Mace Pickings 126.-—sales. Nutmegs 110« 70. buyers Ro. 1 7. —sellers Sugar 2 5.80 do
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    THE MAILS.
    45 2 Mails Close To-morrow. p'or Per str. Time. Deli Hebe 9 a m. Langkat ...Jin Ho 1 p.m. Deli ...Vidar 2 pm. Pangkor and Teluk Anson ...Cantcn 2 p.m. Singapore ...Glenogle 3 p.m. Rangoon ...Fitzpatrick 5 p.m. Friday, 2 Ist. Tongkah ...Petrel ...il a.m.
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    SHIPPING.
    156 2 Arrivals. Petrel, Brit., str., 158, Murray, 19-8-03, from Tongkah, general, Koe Guan. Haldis, Nor., str.. 1065, Jensen. 19 8-G3, f om Rangoon, general, Sue Thong. Alboin. Brit., str., 619, Curtis, 19-8-03, from Bombay, general, H. L. A Co. Carlyle. Brit., str., 331, Mugford, 19-8-03, from Port Swettenham. Tin-ore. S.
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    Passengers.
    18 2 Arrivals. Per Brit., str., Carlyle, from Port Swettenham, on 19-8-03 Mr. and Mrs, Wm George, Capt. Quine.
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    Shipping Expected.
    125 2 Th« information under this heading is sup{died by the Agents of the various Steamship ines. and the dates are approximate only. Vessels From Agents Due K 1 I f Ballaarat Colombo P. &O. 20thinst. Lindula Singapore H.L.&Co. 20th G. Apcar ,Calcutta A.A.&Co. 21st Hong Moh China B. Bros.
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      377 2 ZOTAL. Die Ideal Disinfectant and Germicide. THE FOLLOWING POINTS IN ITS FAVOUR WILL RECOMMEND IT TO ALL: ZOTAL. The cheapest disiiifectdiit m the maiket. ZOTAL. The pleasantest. ZOTAL. The most powerful du mlectant. ZOTAL. Removes at once ad objectionable odours. ZOTAL. Is non-corrosive and tle least poisonous preparation of its
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      35 2 AVOID SUBSTITUTES. No other remedy is “just as good” as Stearns’ Headache Cure, the original and safest remedy for Headaches. Avoid substitutes. Stearns’ is the original. Of all Chemists, wholesale from D. GRAHAM Co. Ltd.,
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      61 2 Cod Liver Oil is nauseating at any time, but more particularly so in warm weather, hence its use is invariably abandoned at this season. STEARNS’ WINE can be taken all the year round. Palatable, a thoroughly modern preparation, the result of exbaustive research, and an invaluable tonic for those recovering
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      635 2 Dr. WONG I EK, Adolf Stenfe? Lee Chai Di»pen»ary, ‘UCItt Upholsterer and e No SI Treacher Street. De F Urni ALSO BEST Ktnttx IPOH, PERAK. Mattresses and u k P consulting |8 a.m. to 12 noon, Spring Mattress m HOURS. Jl p.m. to 5 p.m. J at any Hour. M
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    Mail Items.
    1069 3 Army Corps Manoeuvres. The Ist Army Corps manoeuvres, which are to be conducted in August next, will be conducted under strict active service conditions. There are to ba no officers’ messes, and soldier serv&nts are to do the cooking. Peerages Revived. The Committee of Privileges of the House
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    REMARKABLE CURE OF DROPSY.
    359 3 5, Yate Street, Camlachie, Glasgow, 2Bth Mat/, 1902. Violent pains in my back were the first symptoms of the disturbed action of my kidneys; and these were quickly followed with dropsical swellings. My legs and feet swelled so much that I could not walk, or get
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      1088 3 jsrojriCE. notice: NOBLE A Co., Dcntiil Surgeons, ttxjttf r n )will be in Pon.nng for n short time Ar. ft J 0 Nd. nt August 2W., 997 28. H ±7’fol -wa fct> D;>h weekly on Thursday. 555 w u c 4 CASHIER for English Firm, must To have good recommendations.
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      159 3 TEN BOLD ASSERTIONS. regarding chamberlain’s colic, cholera AND DIARRHOEA 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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      139 3 Cholera Infantum should be guarded against, and prevented by treating the child at the first unusual looseness of the bowels. Mothers can not be too careful about this, especially in hot weather. They should have medicine ready for such an emergency. No better remedy is prepared than Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera
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      300 3 Graham Co., Ltd., WHOLESALE CHEMISTS, 4 Beach Street, Penang: a. o HALL’S co©» S w. i WINE a HALL’S 8 > WINE kJ Anti the great restorative and the finest nervine White-Ant. for influenza, mental and physical fatigue neuralgia, &c. A. Valuable Q Mixture for des- Jjl troying* white ants
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    THE WEEK
    141 4 WEDNESDAY, 19th:— Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-80 p.m Ceylon Theatrical Company King Street, Theatre. 9 p.m. High-water 9-40 a.m. and 10-05 p.in. Thursday, 20th Outward Mail expected to arrive at 4 p.m. P. V. C. Company Drill, Racecourse, fall in 5-45 p.m. High-water 10-30 a m. and 10-55
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    Wednesday, 19th August, 1903.
    1668 4 The telegrams reporting the progress of events in the Balkans are by no means either reassuring or pleasant reading. The tire of racial hatred, which has been smouldering for so long, now seems to have broken out into a fierce blaze which the Turks cannot extinguish,
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    POLICE COURT.
    901 4 {Before Mr. E. C. Howard.) A PENANG GAMBLING HELL. 19th August. Towkay Escapes Big Penalty for Permitting Gaming on His Premises. At 11 a.m. Towkay Goh Yew Keang, a trader of 286 Beach Street, was placed on trial to answer the charge of that you, being the owner
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    TELEGRAMS.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    67 4 COLLISION OFF AMOY. A Chinese Cruiser Sunk. Erom our own Correspondent.) Singapore, 19th August The Canadian Pacific Company’s steamer Empress of India collided with the Chinese cruiser Kuanytai, off Amoy, at midnight on Monday last. The cruiser sank, the Captain and thirteen of the crew being drowned. The
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    KANG YU WEI.
    101 4 A Visit to Ipoh. Ipoh, 18th Augn’t. Kang Yu Wei, the celebrated Chinese Reformer, arrived here at 10 a.m., by tram from Taiping, and was cordially welcomed by the Chinese and some Europeans, amongst whom was Mr. Cowan, Protector of Chinese. Kang Yu Wei then drove to
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    Big Gambling Raid.
    184 4 Nine Chinese Women Arrested. Gambling, by far the most conimon against the law among Chinese, w er they may be, and a most lucrative, so of revenue to the Government, ,,s sponsible for the arrest of nine we Chinese women on Monday evening. crowd was observed outside
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      372 4 Pritchard Co., 15 BEACH STREET. PENANG. LADIES’ DEPAHTMENT. Just Received. A. Large Shipment of the Newest Goods comprising the following: Lace Ties, Lace Coffee .Jackets, Lace Collar and Fronts, Silk and Lace Chemisettes. The S. P. Straight Fronted Corsets. $4.25, $3.00, $2.00 per pair. The Aupery Ribbon Corset for Tenuis,
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      106 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to •> Tub Editor,” written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the urriter’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 REMINGTON TYPENR' teES McAlister
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    Two Murderers.
    113 5 Tm execution of the Malakoff Estate brer Archnnan, took place this mornseven o’clock in the Prison. The 111! nasseil off without a hitch and V'liii occurred instantly. ,e The sentence of death passed upon Alaga Uanipen at the last Assizes, for the murder f JH wife m a
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    The Band Fund.
    122 5 I', (he Editor of (he Pinang Gazette.") Bear S ,r > In the event of your considering that it bof interest to the readers of your 11 ’<tnper, 1 beg to inform you that I have T ,]iv received from Mr. A. Stephen the 1 0 ss:;l.2(j,
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    Mosquito Plants.
    187 5 C/ the Editor of (he Pinang Gazette.") Diab Sir,— I read with much interest in your j mrnal vH’.erbiv regarding the mosquito plant, and j am almost certain that we have any quantity of it here, in fact that it grows will ii/most gardens—the Mil iy name for
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    Bathing at Tanjong Bungha.
    291 5 I (To the l-Mit- r of (he Pinang Gazette") ISIR, Never before this have 1 realized bow ■much reason for rej licing we have, but Mr. ■Decency's letter, which appeared in your ■yesterday’s issue, Las opened my eyes. “I thank goodness that the great Imijorityof Europeans
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    Why Exchange Goes Up.
    198 5 Ll -S'erm is out! A Shanghai contcinr explains that ‘the liso in silver I ’’tho inevitidleness of wir between I,l lt seems that, ‘despite I "“"iecy, the news of impending L has linked out in certain quartI. 1 ls 11() w re 11 tcted in the
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    Kuala Lumpur.
    1446 5 Kuala Lumpur town impresses one favourably at first sight. It is fairly juvenile in years, and hence the authorities have been able to profit by the mistakes of their elders and avoid them to a very great extent. It is laid out on either side of the Klang
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    The New Dutch Mail Contract.
    189 5 The new mail contract with the Steamship Company Nederlands was received with sympathy by the First Chamber of tbe States General, as the harbour of Sebang was greatly benefited by same, and the trade with North and East Sumatra would be extended. Also the traffic
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    The Poulett Peerage.
    436 5 The Committee of Privileges of the House of Lords has dismissed the claim of William Thomas Poulett, recently a London organgrinder, who was born in 1849, to the Poulett Earldom, and confirmed the present holder, John Lydston Poulett, in the title and estates. It was in January,
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    The Reform of China.
    1234 5 ROLE OF THE STRAITS CHINESE. There was a good attendance at the Chinese Recreation Club last evening, says the Singapore Free Press of Saturday last, when Dr. Lim Boon Keng gave a lecture on tbe position of the Straits Chinese with regard to the development of
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    Noiseless Bridges.
    105 5 Many are the uses of India rubber; daily we hear of some one discovering a new use for this product. The latest is an American notion, and is probably well worth considering in the East. Th s is to render traffic over bridges noiseless. For this purpose, it
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    Along the Queensland Coast.
    1997 6  -  INSIDE THE GREAT BARRIER REEF. By Donald Mac Kay, Perak. 11. At my first visit to Australia some 30 years ago the loudest and bitterest invective was against the squatter and his so-called selfish greed of land, and the reproach was more or less deserved. Now
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      529 6 The Finest Wines in the Market fHUTTENBACH Bros. Co. GILFILLAN WOOD Co.'s SPECIALITIES ALWAYS ON HAND. VERY OLD TAWNY PORT. HUMBER CYCLES. FINO PALE SHERRY. J Gentlemen’s Ladies’ Boys’ and Girl*’ Cycles. These are confidently recommended Highest Grade Machine in the World. to al! who appreciate really MACHINERY. i-i j.
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      43 6 DO NOT NEGLECT HEADACHES. Stearns’ Headache Cure is a prompt and efficient remedy. It is marvellous how u single little water will quickly dispel the most agonizing pain. Stearns’. Of all chemists, wholesale from 1). GRAHAM Co., Ltd. 2 Tool Chests. McALISTER Co,
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      257 6 |A. E. SKEELS, 31 Beadi **<l i Wines, Spirits, Cigaes, Provisions J SOLE AGENT. SOLE 1 roR z z I “BODEGA” “WgaJ and U ’'V V-' I Nn g ORIENTAL °MENTai. f 'VINE WISE s I I Companies. Companies 1 French Xtalien J Clarets Chiatii «1 I I) From $3.50
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    209 7 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Commandant. Orders for August. Drills. Qquad Drill at fche Fort ever y Tuesday ni i Thursday, at 5-80 p.m. Company Parade Tuesday 4th, Fall in at the Gottlieb Tree” at 9 p.m. Dress, Drill r der with caps. Company Drill at the
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      302 7 Crushed Food, NEW STOCK. Try it and You Will be Satisfied. Reduced Prices. 18. BELILIOS begs to inform the public that since inferior Crushed Food is offered female in the Penang Market at low prices, he desires to draw attention to his certificated Crushed Food for Horses, and are prepared,
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      1034 7 Apollinaris LIPTONS TEAS The Queen of Table Waters? Lr/YINvJH IN Ft. ARTRtNG JUT BOTTLED only With ib OWN NATURAL GAS, WERE AWARDED THE- Natural Toilet Preparations. And only ai the APOLLINARIS SPRING GOLD MEDAL I I ‘DARTRING’ TOILET ‘LANOLINE’ in small and Neuenahr, Germany hr f e colla P sib!e
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      1281 8 SUS* TWO GREAT NECESSITIES Mannheim Insurance Lo. jik s k ftJr 2 S Rheumatic Gout l. FAMILY PROVISION, and Gravel. MARINE INSURANCE. THE undersigned Agents will accept Marine 2. PROVISION FOR OLD AGrß* The Universal Remedy for of to? .•jfest and mo>t Risks on Merchandize, Produce and Valu- Stomach, Headache,
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      344 8 ALLAN Engineers and Genmd r Wobks:-40 WELD 0111 be «h sX EEi Standard Lifeft panywas held at the 28th of April, 1903, a Tue ft The following Results f or t h 6vp 15th November, 1902, were Amount proposed for assurance during the year 1902 (5394 Proposals) Amount of assurances
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