Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 August 1904

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 184. VOL. LXII. FRIDAY, 19th AUGUST, 1904. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      8 1 WHISKY D. C. L. NEW BRAND. MARTYN Co.
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    INTERESTING LONDON STATISTICS.
    1485 3 Mattino,” Naples. STEADY DECLINE IN THE BIRTH RATE. NEARLY 60 MILLIONS OF DEBT. Over eight hundred pages of closely Ululated statistics, dealing with every hase <»f affecting the six and l half millions of persons who live in London and greater London this is the form of
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    AGRICULTURE IN THE F.M.S.
    878 3 BETTER ORGANIZATION REQUIRED. MR. WILLIS FAVOURS THE FORMATION OF AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. Writing from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon, Mr. J. C. Willis, Director of the Gardens, forwards his report on agriculture in the F. M. 8. Mr. Willis recently toured the States, on behalf
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    295 3 ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A. R. ADAMS, COMMANDANT. For August, 1904. Friday 19th, Recruit Drill at the Fort, at 5-30 p.m. Saturday 2(fth, Bromhead-Matthews Shield Competition Last allowable day for shooting. Morris Tube Competition (for Sections) at 4-30 p.m. Monday 22nd, Recruit Drill at the Fort, at 5-30 p.m.
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      174 3 Change of Water often brings on diar- ■W. For tliia reason many experienced Evbiiy Commun.tv has Imen bene«tte<l trvcllers carry a bottle of Chamberlain’s by the introduct.on of Clmmberlam sCo he, Co ir, Cholera and Diarrhoea Benfedy with Cholera ami Du.rrl.oea Remedy into tins then, to be used in ease
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      395 3 NOTICE. TENDERS are hereby invited for the purchase of the sole right to cut and remove Bakau (Mangrove) and all other trees growing on the areas mentioned hereunder for a period extending from January Ist, 1905, to December 31st, 1905. The tenders will be received in the office of the
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      403 3 FOR SALE. AN ELECTRIC FAN 12 inch diam, by the Edison Manufacturing Co., Orange, H. I. U. S. A. with belting complete. Charge to run for 42 days, nearly new, only used a fortnight, $50.. Apply to MANAGER, 450 21-8 Pinang Gazette. OTAtt WANTED. ALL to know that DaWsen’s for
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    THE WEEK.
    208 4 Friday, August I9th. Town Band Esplanade 5-30 p. m. Warren’s Circus, i. High Water 5-37 a. m. 6-08 p. m. Low Water 11,-49 a. m. Midnight., Saturday, August 20th. Bromhead Matthews Shield Competition Last.allowable Day for Shooting., Taiping Races, Third Day. Warren’s Circus. High Water 6-41 a. m.
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    BIRTH.
    89 4 Dennys.—On the 18th instant, at Avondale,’’ Butterworth, the wife of Allen Dennys of a son. MARRIAGE. On the Bth August at St. Andrews Cathedral, Singapore, by the Revd. W. H. C. Duukerlev, m. a., Archdeacon, Thomas W<il+ i»v’nL,r,i, mi me xeuerareu .uaiay States Civil Service, secoiid son of the
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    TO-DAY’S SUMMARY.
    87 4 The Russians are again interfering with British merchantmen. The British public are doubly indignant, as the situation is more serious 1 than hitherto. The Commandant at Port Arthur Iris refused to surrender, dr deliver up lioncombatants? Two Russian cruisers at Shanghai have not vet dismantled. A Japanese squadron
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    Friday, 19th August, 1904.
    913 4 The news to hand this morning, regarding the further seizure of British ships by the Russians, cannot be regarded as anything but a most serious anti-climaxt. It is bad enough when vessels bound for Japan are stopped by the “pirates of the Red Sea on the
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    A MENAGERIE TAKES A HOLIDAY.
    952 4 TIGERS AND LIONS BOUNDING THROUGH THE FIELDS. THE INVASION OF A VILLAGE. The sensational lion wrestling and animal performances now being given every night at Warren’s Circus, recall to mind an article by Raymond Blathwayt published in the Royal Magazine last year, wherein some thrilling
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    FROM EAST AND WEST.
    361 4 World.” NOTES AND NOTIONS FROM T u I WORLD’S PRESS. I Puzzling Time-Table» It will fling'mdny a good soul intn L' vulsions to learn that there are place London tvhene the railway titne-ta4 )^4 n printed in Hebrew. .4n qu art most people, "they are merely
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    London Day By Day.
    497 4 Our Own Correspondent.] Fleet Street, July 22»d. W. G._ Grace was fifty-six on Monday. The famous cricketer was born at Downend, Gloucestershire in 1848, and riifore he was tweny-one had compiled a.double century for England against Surrey. In “W. G.’s" own opinion his liest .year) was
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      310 4 T,MBER timber i Latest Advertisements. THE undersigned is prepared to sell at reasonable rates. Best Chcnghai, A COMPLIMENTARY. Meranti and Mirbau in the rough. Delivety at Teluk Anson. < CIGARETTE SMOKER Apply CONTRACTOR, t ll r ,r 458 th f s u c 7>7i, Perak. Will be gIVCf! on Tuesday
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      75 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to The Editor,” writtpwo'n one side of the paper only and accompanied by the writers name and address not neccessdrily for insertion but as a guarantee 0f good faith. ALL monies must be paid to the General n» Manager at the “Pinang Gazette Office, Penang. j
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      5 4 METTER’S STOVES. McAlister Up., Ltd-
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    WILL BRITAIN GO TO WAR?
    146 5 MORE INSULTS FROM RUSSIA. peaceful traders held up bt RUSSIAN CRUISERS. ANOTHER collier stopped. BRITISH PUBLIC DOUBLY INDIGNANT. [Reuter’s Services.] London, 18th August. A Russian cruiser circled round the liner off St. Vincent, but did not challenge her. The message regarding the Russian cruiser Ural
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    PORT ARTHUR STILL DEFIANT.
    395 5 COMMANDANT REFUSES TO SURRENDER. JAPAMESE TO ENFORCE DISMANTLING. THE RUSSIAN SHIPS AT SHANGHAI GENERAL JAPANESE ADVANCE. [Reiter’s Services.] London, 18th August. Reuter*s correspondent at Chifu says that since the capture of Sushiyen, reported on the 16th instant, the Japanese have push»*! on over a mile, and
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    THE RACES AT TAIPING.
    1780 5 more surprises on the SECOND DAY. A BRILLIANTLY SUCCESSFUL MEETING. [By ‘-Sefton.’’] Everything was again most favourable for a second day’s racing, and with absolutely King s cather,” capital handicapping, and satisfactory fields, the long programme was once more ably put through by the Executive in
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    MORE TRANSVAAL TROUBLES.
    59 5 THE QUESTION OF IHDIAN IM MIGRATION. LOCAL PROPOSALS REJECTED. [Reuters Special.] London, 18th August. The Hon. A. Lyttleton lias rejected the proposals of the Transvaal with reference to Indian legislation, but is willing to assent to an Immigration Restriction Ordinance similar to that in force in Cape
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    VOLUNTEER CONCERTS.
    524 5 MORE ATTENTION TO THE LADIES. A HINT TO PENANG. In view of the Cigarette Smoking Concert to be given in the Volunteer Drill Hall on Tuesday next by Mr. Will Lansdowne, assisted by local amateurs, and of informal Concerts generally, the following letter addressed to the Editor of
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    PIRACY OFF PENANG.
    534 5 ROBBERY ON A JUNK NEAR PULO JEREJAK. THE CREW BOUND WITH ROPES. That there are some experienced and daring cracksmen in Penang has been amply demonstrated ita the past. They seem to take a delight in setting little problems for the local Police to solve, and now
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    TAIPING.
    329 5 [FrojA Our Own Correspondent.] 17th Aug. It is reported that a Chinese woman in Kota committed suicide on Friday last by swallowing a large quantity of Chandu. Although expert medical assistance was sought the unfortunate woman died in about three hours. There was a Meeting to-day at the Decrepit
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    RANDOM NOTES AND NOTIONS.
    465 6 BY MARK XtJVE. A' France has been recalling her debt to the author of that once famous and still popular tale of Paul and Virginia,” to whose memory she proposes to erect a suitable monument. Bernardin de St. Pierre had an eventful career, but we need
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    432 6 18th August 1904. The Admiralty, having had under consideration the regulations in regard to the study of foreign languages by officers of His Majesty s Navy and Royal Marines and the employment of officers 'as interpreters in foreign languages, have approved of the revision of the regulations.
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    Shipping and Commercial Intelligence.
    984 6 ARRIVALS. ViDAR, Brit., 191, Nichol, Aug 18, Port Swettenham gen., Koe Guan Co. Ho Kwei, Brit., 209, Russell, Aug 19, Deli, gen., H. L. Co. Langkat, Brit., 149, Liddell, Aug 19, Telok Anson, gen., Koe Guan Co. Pegg, Brit., 294, Conway,' Aug 19, Acheen, Ban Ho
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      17 6 A splendid reconstructive Tonic is teams II me. Builds up, renews strength. Iry it, young or old.
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      86 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 IFeltl Quay
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      603 6 Co., Ltd I A Peninsula Sugar Industry Association B J I will be changed to The Malay Peninsula I Agricultural Association.” J J. SARGANT, Secretary. B No 4, Beach Street, Penang I PERAK TURF CLUBI Race Meeting, 16th, 18th and 20th, August, 1904- 1 1 I By the Kind Permission
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      834 7 LIPTONS TFAS PENANG BAND. HORACE S. MARTIN, Dr. W. MANSON MPS. JZOLPHE, «VIXJ I Lfl<J UOTICE is hereby given that from this «nd CmMllmg Engwmr. Dental Surgeon, 27a Beach Street WERE AWARDED THE the Description of Mining properties t «'-“von station PENANG. Dances 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. $5O. Reported
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