Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1904

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 174. VOL. LXII. FRIDAY, sth AUGUST, 1904. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      8 1 WHISKY D. C. L. NEW BRAND. MARTYN Co.
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    821 2 Programme. 16th, 18th and 20th August, 1904. Taiping Races, 1904. FIRST DAY» Tuesday', August, 16th. I. The Maiden Plate. Value $4OO for maiden horses Exgriffins allowed 14 lbs. weight as per scale 10 stone distance 1 mile entrance $l5. 2. The Champion Griffin Race. Value $300; a
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      442 2 SBankg. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Capital Paid up £BOO,OOO Reserve Fund £BOO,OOO Reserve Liability of Proprietors £BOO,OOO Head Office HATTON COURT, THREADNEEDLE STREET. AGENCIES AND BRANCHES. Bombay Hamburg Rangoon Bangkok Ipoh Singapore Batavia Kobe Shanghai Calcutta Kuala Lumpur Sourabaya Colombo Medan Saigon Cebu
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      296 2 NOTICE. In the Goods of JOSEPH BOYLE, deceased. PURSUANT to Section 46 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886, Notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands upon or against the Estate of Joseph Boyle, Master Mariner, who died at General
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      705 2 THE FEDERATED SAW MILLS LTD., SUHGKAI. CAN NOW SUPPLY WITH DESPATCH CHENGHAI, IN ANY QUANTITY AND SIZES ALSO MERANTI. Address Orders MANAGER, SAWMILLS, SUNGKAL Head Office, No. 7 Hugh Low Street, Ipoh. 303 8-9 Jno. RABE, D. D. S. American Dentist, Has returned to Penang permanently. Office at RUNNYMEDE,” NORTHAM
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      213 2 TWO GREAT NECESSITIES, I. FAMILY PROVISION, 2. PROVISION FOR OLH AGE, Easily and Economically met by a Policy in THE BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE (ESTABLISHED 1847.) CHAIRMANThe Right Hon’ble Sir JOHN GORST, M P. FUNDS Rs. 420,000,000. CLAIMS PAI DR s. 450,000,000 Monthly Rates for each Rs. 5,000 Assured.
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    A TELEPHONE ISLAND.
    424 3 A SYSTEM WITHOUT AN EXCHANGE. rVERY INHABITANT ON THE TELEPHONE. The Island of M »lokai is now better tapped with telephones to reach every of the island than any other ,]ace in the world, it is Slid. A quisi(Joverninent system of teleph >ne has just H .cn
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    DESPOTISM AT CEBU.
    366 3 CAPTAINS FINED FOR BLOWING STEAMER WHISTLES. Another prominent American Official in the Philippines has been charged with irregular conduct in his official capacity. This is Col. James J. Rafferty, Collector of Customs of Cebu, who has lieen suspended from office pending the hearing of charges filed by
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    PERAK RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
    282 3 TAI Pl NG BRANCH. Ihe Handicap Shoot of the Taiping Branch, Perak Rifle Association, which took place at the Range on Sunday 31st of July was a very successful one. Thirty members took part, and Mr. C, E. Cauldwell’s handsome prize was won by Mr. Young, who
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    RULES FOR ’RIKISHA COOLIES.
    286 3 .—A”. C. Daily News. The following rules should, it is suggested, lie printed on the backs of the riesha licenses in order to train up the riesha coolie in the way he should go. 1. Always run along with your head down and your eyes closed.
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    TAIPING.
    252 3 [From Our Own Correspondent]. August 3rd. Mr. R. F. Stainer, Head master, Central School, Taiping has gone up the Larut Hills to spend his holidays. Mr. C. V. Dyson who only recently recovered from his illness has been medically advised to have a change in the Larut Hills and
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    READERS AND WRITERS.
    1215 3 Mr. Coulson Kernahan introduces an arresting little book, The views of Christopher,” published by Mr. Elkin Mathews. I have a suspicion that Christopher is Mr. Kernahan himself, but I may be quite wrong. In any case, Christopher’s views are worth reading. He is a bit of a
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      89 3 STEARNS’ HEADACHE CURE, Cures “Must be Stearns" and you get the genuine. e Change of Water often brings on diarrhoea. For this reason many experienced travellers carry a bottle of Cliamberlain’s Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy with them to be used in case of an emergency. Jhis preparation has no
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      44 3 STEARNS’ WINE, makes good, redrich blood, imparts youthful strength and vigour. The Great Success of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in the treatment of bowel complaints has made it a standard over the greater part of the civilized world. All dealers sell it.
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      245 3 Attacks of Colic, cholera morbus, pains in the stomach, dysentery, and diarrhoea come on suddenly and so often prove fatal before a physician can be summoned, that a reliable remedy should always to kept at hand. Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy has no equal as a cure for these
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    THE WEEK.
    223 4 Friday, August sth. P. V. Recruit Drill, Fort, 5-30 p. m. Auction Sale 'of Furniture, Marble Hall, 11-30 p. m. Town Band Esplanade 5-30 p. m. High Water 5-9 a. m. 5-45 p. m. Low Water 11-31 a. m. 11-57 p. m. Saturday, August 6th. Band, Golf Club,
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    MARRIAGE.
    22 4 Walter Cecil Payne, of Ipoh, Perak, F.M.S., to Mary Caroline Sarah Hall, London, in St. Georges Church, Penang, on 4th inst.
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    Friday, 5th August, 1904.
    1070 4 The position of the Russians goes from bad to worse never was their outlook more gloomy, and the only silver lining to the dark cloud of their despair is the gallant defence which Port Arthur is making to a ferociously formidable enemy. This morning’s wires shed
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    REMINISCENCES OF EARLY MALAYA.
    1724 4 II PENANG AS IT WAS HALF A CENTURY AGO. Pinang Gazette Special. What was Pinang —or George Town as it was more often called—then, and who were the Pinangites of those days Let us answer the latter question first. There were not many European residents of
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    FROM EAST AND WEST.
    449 4 NOTES AND NOTIONS FROM Tin. WORLD’S PRESS. Rarity of Bridegromns. Men arc get ing so scarce that moth, find it necessary to reverse the old cedurc, and now-a-days throw aw whale of a ball on the chance of catX a sprat of a husband.—“ Vanity Fair
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    London Day By Day.
    357 4 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Fleet Street, July Bth. One would think that the Fishmongers' Hall was hardly the place to hold a musical exhibition in, but the old hall belonging to the Fishmongers’ Company is a very fine one, replete with interesting relics and portraits, and
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    PORT ARTHUR NEWS.
    292 5 JAPANESE REPULSED BUT BY MEANS BEATEN. fierce fighting and heavy losses. RUSSIANS DECLIRE STRONGHOLD WILL NEVER FALL. liaoyang to be evacuated. KUROPATKIN ARRANGES WINTER QUARTERS AT HARBIN. NO HOPE FOR RUSSIANS YET. [Reuter’s Services.] London, 4th August. Reuter wiring from Chifu says that refugees who left Port
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    THE SEIZURE OF SHIPPING.
    62 5 STATEMENT BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT. DETERMINED POLICY. [Reuter’s Special.] London, 4th August. The United States Government is corresponding from Washington with the Russian and other Governments, relative to the Russian seizures of shipping. Under no circumstances will America recede from the doctrine that foodstuffs not directly
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    THE VLADIVOSTOCKERS.
    51 5 ANOTHER SAFE RETURN TO PORT. NO CHASE OFFERED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth August. Reuter’s correspondent at St. Petersburg learns that the Vladivostock fleet has returned to Vladivostock. Admiral Jissen says that he was not followed. The Japanese ships took refuge in Hakodate as they did not purpose an
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    FISCAL REFORM.
    30 5 Mr. CHAMBERLAIN ADDRESSES 12,000 FARMERS. [Reuter’s Special.] London, sth August. Mr. Chamberlain has addressed twelve thousand agriculturists at Welbeck, vigorously advocating protection for agriculture equally with other industries.
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    THE “MALACCA” AFFAIR.
    476 5 AN INTERYIE7I WITH A CAPTURED rASSENGER. P. SECRETARY GIVES THE LIE TO RUSSIA. IMPORTANT LETTER IN THE TIMES.” [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth August. The Secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental steamship company writes to the Times denying the Russian official declaration that the 3/aZacca was seized because
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    THE STAHLEY OPERA COMPANY.
    291 5 FAREWELL PERFORMANCE. The attention of our readers is drawn to an advertisement appearing in this issue regarding the complimentary benefit to be given to Miss Fanny Stanley at the Town Hall tomorrow night. Planquette’s light and tuneful opera, Les Cloches de Corneville will be performed by
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    ST. ANDREW’S SOCIETY.
    398 5 ANNUAL MEETING SHOWS SATISFACTORY STATE OF ORGANIZATION. OUR LOCAL SCOTSMEN. Those who have nestled their knees beneath the hospitable mahogany of Penang or Province Wellesley Caledonians will join with us in a desire for the blood of the Crossland person who perpetrated The Unspeakable Scot.” A verdict
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    218 5 SATISFACTORY BALANCE SHEET. The Committee’s Report of the S. C. C. makes no startling t... .-ments. s:iys the Free Press. The membership has increased and now numbers 560, whilst the finances show a balance of assets over liabilities of no less than nearly eleven thousand dollars. The
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    THE LATE MR. KYNNERSLEY.
    168 5 INQUEST IN ENGLAND. Light is thrown on the death of the late Mr. Charles Walter Sneyd Kynnersley, who was so well known and well liked here, by the subjoined cutting culled from the columns of the London Standard. An inquest was held at Wimbledon, yesterday, touching
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    THE GOVERNOR’S TOUR.
    559 5 HEARTY RECEPTION AT TELUK ANSON. INTERESTING FUNCTIONS. EN ROUTE FOR KUALA LUMPUR. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Teluk Anson, Aug. 4th. On the 3rd instant, long before the appointed time for the arrival of His Excellency the High Commissioner, Sir John Anderson, the P. W. D. Jetty and
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    A WEDDING AT NIGHT.
    223 5 MR. CECIL PAYNE RECEIVES HIS BRIDE BY LAST EVENING’S MAIL. The course of true love never did run smooth” and “all’s well that ends well” are two old saws thatoome tc one’s mind as we record the wedding of Mr. Cecil Payne, a popular Ipohitĕ. His
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    PERAK CHINESE LITERARY AND DEBATING SOCIETY.
    504 5 THE njAUGURATIO.' MEETING A GOOD START. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Last Wednesday night in the Kinta Chinese Club, kindly lent for the occasion, the inauguration meeting of the Perak Chinese Literary and Debiting Society was held. Mr. W. P. Hume, Senior Magistrate Perak, was
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      24 5 SI EARNS’ WINE, is very palatable, An excellent tonic for children, especially if they are pale and thin. Do not delay. Must be Steam’s.”
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      7 5 FAIRBANKS SCA T ES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      5 5 ENGINE OILS. McAlister Co., Ltd
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      186 5 New Beach Street Auction Rooms. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE. Favoured with instructions the undersigned will sell by PUBLIC AUCTION On Saturday, 6th August, At Kenilworth,” No. 32 Perak Road, commencing at 11-15 a.m. punctually, All the Valuable European 8 Country-made Household Furniture, 8c„ COMPRISING Carved and Polished Sideboard with Bevilled Mirror,
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      517 5 Latest Advertisements. TOWN HALL. Tomorrow, Saturday, 6th August,*l9o4. THE STANLEY OPERA COY. Complimentry Benefit Tendered to Miss Fanny Stanley, Who will appear in the favourite and popular character SERPOLETE. Supported by the entire and full strength of the Company, in the most successful. Comic Opera Le Cloces de Corneville.” (BY
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    630 6 sth August 1904. The 3rd class cruiser Asfrwn was set down to leave Malta for Cftina on Wednesday. She will relieve the Eclipse which returns to England. The is of 4,360 tons displacement and carries 2, 6-inch guns, eight 4, 7-inch, eight 6pounders, one 3-pounder, four machine
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    NEARLY BURNT ALIVE.
    165 6 A man of the Sudra caste belonging to a village in British territory recently, says a Madras correspondent to the Friend of India, went to a village in the French territory of Karikal. He was liable to fits, during which he would lose consciousness for hours and
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    Shipping and Commercial Intelligence.
    982 6 ARRIVALS. Sardinia, Brit., 4126, Talbot, Aug 4, Yoko hama, gen., Gilfillan Wood Co. Sam bi a, Ger., 3623 Luning, Aug 5 Hamburg, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Nam Sang, Brit. 4035, Payne, Aug 4, Calcutta, gen, Boustead, Co. Coromandel, Brit., 2783, Montford, Aug 4, Colombo, gen., G.
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    387 6 ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A. B. ADAMS, COMM4YIL4NT. For August, 1904. Friday sth, Recruit Drill at the Fort, at 5-30 p.m. Monday Bth, Recruit Drill at the Fort, at 5-30 p.m. Tuesday 9th, Physical Drill and Gymnastics at 5-30 p.m. Thursday 11th, Physical Drill and Gymnastics at 5-30 p.m.
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      87 6 STEARN’ WINE’ whets the appetite. Aids digestion, improves assimilation, strengthens the stomach so that food does good. Stearns' Wine. Every Community has been benefitted by the introduction of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy into this country. There is scarcely a neighbourhood but that someone can be found whose life
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      113 6 Penang Foundry Company, LIMITED. (ESTABLISHED 1876.) ENGINEERS" MILLWRIGHTS. BRASS and IRON FOUNDRY SHIPWRIGHTS, Blacksmiths, Coppersmiths. Plumbers, BOILER-MAKERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS AND CONTRACTORS. FOR THE SUPPLY AND REPAIR OF STEAMSHIPS, MACHINERY AND Structures of all kinds. ALSO SALVING CONTRACTORS Machinery, Engineering Appliances, Materials, Fittings, Stores, &c., in Stock. Works. 1 Weld Quay
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      107 6 Mrs. IZOLPHE, RZa BeaeA iStareeZ, PENANG. HAS JUST RECEIVED A CHOICE CONSIGNMENT OF Ladies’ Trimmed Uutrimmed Hats THE LATEST STYLES Suitable for the Races; to suit al Purses. ALSO MISCELLANEOUS GOODS IN THE FOLLOWING LINES:— Lace Collarettes, Ribbon Chiffons, Embroideries, Laces, Ribbons, Fancy Handkerchiefs, Long Ostrich Flats in White, Black
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      1057 6 PERAK TURF CLUB. IISHIKt Ntlcts. Race Meeting. l6th, iBth and 20th, August, 1904. The London Assurance By the Kind Permission of the Stewards Corporation. CHARLES ROBINSON, The undersigned having been appoj, lt WILL ATTEND THE ABOVE MEETING A S ents for the Corporation are now pared to accept MARINE and
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      1048 7 The Federorted ihfay States. Small AflyerfiSUWUtS fOT Cash PENANG BAND. HORACE S. MARTIN, Dr. W. MANSON lUlpeerC \A/IP I/O 11 STATE OF PERAK. are received at the offices of the Pinang MOTICE is hereby given that from this Mining and Consulting Engineer. Dental Surgeon, lllvvvlvi WIvKulL a wmwi' Oazntte between
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      1641 8 The Value of an Opportunity DO YOU WISH?? J 1 1 To purchase any ofthe Remedies and Preparations that are advertised RgUANT t<> 1 from time to time in the Pina Hg Gazette. veyancingand Law of prop’J 1 c '’fl| LIES IN THE USE YOU MAKE OF IT! SO?? all
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