Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 February 1904

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILTY. NEW SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. VOL. LXII. 20 Cents. WEDNESDAY, 10th FEBRUARY, 1904. 20 Cents. No. 32
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 2083 1 for PRICES apply to KA.RWM Ac Co. Xotitocto ttaji, WPon Yusen Kaisha. Peninsular Oriental Steam 11 Negapatam Lines of Steamers. nKUII IMPERIAL GERMAN MAIL. -i Nav t gation_bompany. The fast and well-known Mail Steamers of this line wait IntM “pan mail c. P B (Sc O. andDepartoes 4lB fl leave
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    • 6 1 WHSKY D. 0. L MARTYN Co,
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    • 1645 2 ConsulatefortheNetherlands. WANTED j. M TWO GREAT NECESSITIES no,.ce O™»A° o K'* branaiTl CO, Ltd 1 FAMILY PROVISION I a. proven roa oia> AOS h J B WHOLESALE Street P« M I Easily and Economically met oy y and gel j op j um j n Government of The European Confectionery,
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  • Shipping. Markets. Exchange. Volunteer Notices.
    • 69 3 Arrival*. Agamemnon, Brit., str 4461, Day 9-2-04 from Liverpool, general, W.M. Co Cheang Chew, Brit., str., 1213, Frampton Singapore, general, Sui Thong Sachsen, Ger., str., 5026, Pesch, 9-2-04 from Singapore, general, B.M. Co. Asahan, Ger., str., 161, Peters 9-2-04, from Asahan, tobacco, B.M. Co. Carlyle, Brit., str., 331, Quine
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    • 22 3 To-day. Cornelia for Tongkah. Resident Halewyn, for B. Bahra and Asahan. Agamemnon, for Singapore, China and Japan. Avagyee, for T. Anson.
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    • 28 3 Mails Close To-Morrow, For P er B t r Time. Deli ...HoKwei, ...2 p.m. Asahan, ...Asahan, ...2 Pangkor and T. Anson, Canton, ...2 Deli, ...Sumatra, 3
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    • 117 3 The information under thia heading is supplied by the Agent» of the various Steamship ivj««, and the dates are approximate only. Vessels From Agents Due Java London P.&O. 12th Feb. G. A pear Calcutta A. A &Co. 12th Diomed Singapore W.M&Co. 13th Glenlogan London Boustead 13th Palermo Singapore
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    • 119 3 Penang, 10th February, 1904. r a RATES AT NOON. London Demand Bank l/10f Do. 4 months* sight Bank 1 11A Do. 8 Credits 1/11J ni 8 Documentary ...1/111 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rg. 141 Do. 8 days’ si ht Private 143 Bombay, Demand Bank 141 Do. 8 days’ sight Private
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    • 156 3 Penang, 10th February 1904. Bhok Pepper f I 8 lbs. fi oz. s2Bf. —sellers White Pepper $5O. Trang Pepper s32.—sales. Cloves (picked) 45.—buyers Mace No. I 140. Maae Pickings ...115.—sellers Nutmegs 110« 67.—sellers No. 1 74. Sugar I 2 5.30. «Basket.. s4.buyers Tapioca Flour 2.05. sellers Copra.
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    • 206 3 ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A. R. ADAMS, Commandant. Orders for February 1904. Drills. Recruits Drill at the Fort Ist, 2nd, 4tb, Bth and 9th, at 5. 30 p.m. Company Drill and Guard mounting at the Fort on the 3rd, sth and 10th, at 5*30 p.m. (Dress, Drill Order.) Friday
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    • 169 3 PRICES AT NOON. Penang, 10th February, 1904. Stocks. Quotations. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. Ltd $15.50. Bruseh Tin Mining Co. Ltd.... B.2s— sellers Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 25.— sellers Fraser and Neave, Ltd. 103.— sales George Town Dispensary 25. sales Howarth Erskine, Ltd. 205 buyers International Bodega...
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  • 2525 3  -  SOME OF THE COLONIAL EXHIBITS. [By Walter Williams.] Richtefest at St. Louis.” St. Louis, U. S. A., —An old German custom was observed in St. Louis, December 9th, when the Richtefest,” or construction festival to celebrate the installation of the topmost beam of the German
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  • 229 3 Straits people who are thinking of going Home this spring via America will be interested to learn that the World’s Fair at St. Louis open on 30th April and closes Ist December, 1901, and that during that time all Saloon Passengers to Europe booked throughout via Canadian
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 548 3 Apollinaris The Queen of Table Waters." BOTTLED only with its OWN NATURAL GAd And only at the APOLLINARIS SPRING, Neuenahr, Germany. ROYAL PRUSSIAN STATE MEDAL, 1902. GOLD MEDAL. DUSSELDORF EXHIBITION, 1902. WHEN YOU HAVE A BAD COLD, You want a remedy that will give quick relief and effect a permanent
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  • 83 4 Wednesday, 10th P.V.C. Company Drill. Highwater 8-00 a.m and 8 25 p.m. Thursday, 11th St. George’s Girls’ School Prize Distribu tion, Town Hall, 6 p.m. Highwater 8-50 a.m. and 19-15 p.m. Friday, 12th: P. V. March into Camp. Ordinary Meeting, Municipal Commissioners, 3 pm. Highwater 9 40 a.m.
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  • 678 4 The worst has happened. War has broken out. The long-dreaded explosion has occurred, and the resultant conflagration may engulf half the civilized world. There is no joy of battle in a catastrophe so serious no elation in the knowledge that either side is fighting for the
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  • 753 4 Tin is quoted to-day at $75 —Business done. Mr. F. Robinson, Cadet, has passed bis final examination in Malay. On page 3 will be found an article on The Great St. Louis Exhibition.” The Mail from Home is expected to arrive here on Saturday morning. Babji Mohomed Husain
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  • 370 4 ATTEMPTED MURDER. An attempt to murder a detective was made this morning. It appears that at "about two o’clock while two detectives were on rounds in Tek Soon Street they met two suspicious looking Chinese, and went up to them to make enquiries. As soon as they
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  • 319 4 The Path of Empire.” A book entitled the Path of Empire written by the celebrated war correspondent and author, Mr. George Lynch, who was in Penang a few days ago, is a w’onderfully instructive work, and is dedicated by the author to his wife. At the present juncture
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  • 190 4 A paper chase has been arranged for Saturday next the 13th instant. Meet at the junction of Ayer Rajah and Gottlieb Roa is 5 p.m and finish at the camp. The officers of the mess will be At Home” to the Hunt Club and their friends. Surgical
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  • 736 4 ELECTRIFICATION OF PENANG. The following Bill is about to be introduced into the Legislative Council: An Ordinance to enable the Municipality of George Town to borrow certain sums from Government in excess of their statutory borrowing powers for the maintenance of the Prince of Wales Island Tramways
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  • 162 4 The Lancashire Cotton Crisis, about which we wrote last week, continues to engage very serious attention. The ViceConsul for Brazil in Manchester suggests the development of Brazil as a cotton growing area. The areas of land in that country, he says, are sufficiently extensive, were they only
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  • 233 4 (F-w. our SELANGOR. Kuala Lumpur, Bth Febm o Robbery and Murder:— l ary x 904. state that in connection with tl with murder committed at Aim? r S particulars of which were sent t Chinese are now under arrest X property in their possession. This
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  • 687 4 February 7th 1904, K am ar House Building.—Houses are still eo n up in the Main street, the last block of J houses being now demolished and Replaced by second class bouses (brick and tiles) o f Q very good type, 2 are already finisbedand others are being started.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 641 4 rlu A dbrrt isemrnts.. NOTICE. I HEREBY give notice that the Power of Attorney granted by me on the 15th day of July, 1901, to Nana Avana Abdtll Rahman and Nana Avana Ahamadsah has been cancelled as from this date and that they are no longer authorised to act or
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    • 80 4 ONTIiIBUTIONS mutt be addressed to 1 “Thb Editor,” written on one tide of the paper only, and accompanied J>y the writer’s name and address, not necestarxly for insertion bu as a guarantee of good faith. JLL business communication» should be ad- dressed to the Gwnural Manager, Mr D. A. M.
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    • 5 4 REMINGTON YPEWRITERS. McAlister Co. Ltd-
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    • 5 4 AMERICAN CARTS. McAlister co., ltd.
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  • 296 5 JAPAN’S FIRST BLOW. Her Midnight Torpedo Attack. RUSSIAN WARSHIPS CRIPPLED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th Feb. Alexeieff telegraphs that Japanese torpedo boats attacked his squadron in the outer road of Port Arthur at midnight on February Bth. The battleships Reti'isan, Tsarevitch, and the cruiser Pallada were damaged. [The
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  • 83 5 THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S PATRIOTIC APPEAL. [R'. liter's Service.] London, 9th Feb. The Duke of Devonshire at a great meeting held in the Guild Hall, London, to consider Mr. Chamberlain s scheme of Fiscal reform, stated that whatever might be the differences of those who ranged themselves
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  • 141 5 RUSSIAN AGGRESSION—HOME OPINION. [South China Morning Post.] London, Ist Feb. Tae Liverpool Chamber of Commerce has addressed to the Foreign Office a memorial on the subject of the effects of the Russian aggression in Manchuria. The memorial states that the British interests in Manchuria are affected, especially in
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  • 179 5 INCENDIARY PLACARDS. MOB TO BURN AND SLAY. [Hongkong Telegraph Service.] Canton, 30th Jany. Great excitement was caused this morning when it was discovered that, during t e night placards had been posted throughout city, calling on all Chinese inhabitants to attack and burn Sbarmen and kill the European
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  • 224 5 GREAT BRITAIN’S FIRM FRONT TO RUSSIA. LORD LANSDOWNE’S ADMONITION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th Feb. The Russian memorandum of Feb. ‘2nd, 1903, threatened that the Government at St. Petersburg would take certain steps to protect Russian interests which were involved in consequence of Britain’s action in despatching
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  • 230 5 THE LIBERAL AGITATION. [South China Morning Post.] London, 30th Jany. The leaders of the Opposition are fomenting a violent agitation against the Labour Ordinance proposed by Sir George Farrar, and passed by the Legislative Council of the Transvaal Colony. The Liberals are evoking strong popular hostility
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  • 347 5 THE NEW MILITARY SCHEME. [Rangoon Times Serrice.] London, Ist Feb. The establishment of a permanent nucleus is intended to enable the defence Committee to fulfil the duties of the Imperial General Staff, serve as the commencement of a scientific body of expert opinion, and to supply
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  • 1455 5 FORTHCOMING RACING AT HOME. The last Racing Calendar to hand from England contains the entries for the principal Spring Handicaps. Included are the Lincolnshire Handicap, the Liverpool Spring Cup, the Great Metropolitan Stakes, the City and Suburban Handicap at Epsom, the Chester Cup, the Kempton Park Great Jubilee
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  • 469 5 The report of the United Lankat Plantations Company, (Ltd.) for the year ending Dec. 31, 1903, slates that after writing off £BB5, and interest £416 (together £1,301), for depreciation of leases, the net profit on the year’s operations is, including £5,244 carried forward, a total of £27,308. The dividend
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    • 1165 6 “Give me an Ounee of Civet W** Garland, I' Good Apothecary, to sweeten my imagination. IPOH t M |A, E. SKEELS, 31 BCaCII S,recl Pc a 't.| There’s money for thee” King Lear. Patent Medicines, Wines, Spirits, Cigars, Provisions. I ffl High Class Perfumery, Toilet Requisites, etc., WINES I WINES!!)
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  • 1191 7 Programme 1904 Meeting. 23rd, 25th 27th Feb, 1904. FIRST DAY. 1. The Maiden Plate, 2-30 p.m. Value $6OO out of which $lOO goes to Second Horsp.—A Race for all Maidens. Weight per scale (10 st.): with an allowance of 14 lbs. to all S. R. A. ex-Griffins.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1137 7 Th® Finest Wines in the Market rjKADmr? Messrs. IA Trial GILFILLAN wood 4 Co.’s TVPRWDTTBDC Danville 111 I I I I" VERY OLD TAWNY PORT 1 YFUWKI. i EKS. II I b FINO PALE SHERRY. the l.eal machine for Co. B Ml These are confidently recommended OFFICE WEAR, to all
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    • 116 7 FOR SALE. DAWSON’S CRUSHED FOOD for Horses, guaranteed excellent quality being most carefully prepared under expert supervision from the best cereals obtainable. Price moderate. Proprietors Apply to DAW, SEN Co., Mr. G. IL HAN MAN, CALCUTTA. Kelawei Road, Penang. Messrs. TIANG LEE Co., 53 Beach Street, Penang. BbbWARK Of „ATION
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1275 8 Jnsuraittt Notices. COPBAH, SPICES, c CL: POTOT3CHNIG FRANKEL, TRIESTE, (AU3TR A.) Guardian Assurance Co., Ltd. OliperD OkIH Agentsaod Proi«e. Broker, «poi.uiy tor o .hshipper, h«m oa»on rj the Continent, wish to have VERY energetic an I VERY reliable Representitives ESTABLISHED 1821 is obtained and maintained by using in Europe. Pototschnig
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    • 438 8 I Mannheim MARINE INS URANfP 0 I /TUIE undersigned Agents w ii fl JL Risks on Merchandize pJoi^ fl ables at current rates. ro,llJc e and v' 11 P or full particulars apply t 0 I brothers ltD I I Hamburg-Bremen Firein I ance Co. of I mHE underXned I
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