Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 February 1905

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833 No 38 VOL. LXIII. FRIDAY, 17th FEBRUARY, 1905. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1644 2 x— ALLAN IRVING. The China Traders’ incur. THE PRYf RIVER DOCK. Dr. W. MANSON, F= ’“j c».. Lu lM Penang*. t Dental Surgeon, a s Warka •40 AVE I I) QUAY Capital Subscribed jjorn "THE above Dock, situate! in Pr.winc« 17, PENANG ROAD. 1 016 EcOnOltlV. Town Stork 31 BEACH
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    IN LIGHTER VEIN.
    868 3 man The Chicago Aw The Christmas race meeting was on, says th e Australasian and Mr. Gree W() n District Cup with Ins horse Innocent, who started at 15 to 1, and no takers. There wa9 gloom on Mr. Green’s face as he came up the stand
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    AN ADDRESS.
    906 3 —Malay Mail. BY BISHOP OLDHAM. A very interesting Meeting of .the Chinese Society was held at the mansion of Mr. Chow Kit on Saturday last. Mr. Keng ooi was in the chair .and on introducing ie lecturer, Dr. Oldham, remarked that >e reputation of the Doctor ought to
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    A CHINESE INQUISITION SUGGESTED.
    857 3 Hongkong Weekly Press. Professor Jenks, the American Commissioner who recently gave the Chinese some much-needed information and advice about their currency system, has given a provincial governor his opinions on the missionary question. He regards the matter as one of real political importance, as missionary work
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    THE WAR PARTY IN RUSSIA.
    956 3 —The World. The Russians, as a race, are essentially peace-loving they have an instinctive horror of war, an innate shrinking from everything that smacks of bloodshed. Of this the passionate enthusiasm with which they hail Tolstoy as teacher and leader is proof. The great mass
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    INDIAN AFFAIRS.
    1749 3 The Tinies,. THE MISSION TO KABUL. Some time ipust elapse before the results of the British mission to Kabul can be stated, but so far the omens seern good and there are many signs of a real desire to promote the entente cordiale between Great Britain and Afghanistan.
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      122 3 Neglect Always Dangerous.—To the average man it seems childish to doctor a cold, and unless it becomes particularly annoying to him, little or no attention is given it. Often a cold contracted in the winter is allowed to run until the opening of spring. This is a grave mistake, as
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    THE WEEK.
    186 4 y t Friday, February 17th ?r -Town Banll, tb/7 pOt sJ High Water 9.-28 a. in. 10-3 p. m z -diosv Water 3>2 a.,m. 3-4 Q p>-m Saturday, February IBth. t High Watef 10-34 a. m. 11-1 p. m Low Water 4-15 a. in. 4-46>-p- m''‘ Jr. I
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    FRIDAY, 17TH FEBRUARY, 1905.
    663 4 Every week we read in some Far Eastern paper a leader on the Chit system. The opinion expressed is invariably the same the system is rotten and an effort should be made to abolish it. The editor of the t 7'imes of Malaya— a distinguished emimmist—has
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 1/11 13/16.
    324 4 To-day’s tin quotation is $76.10. Buyer.-?, no sellers. > General Sir Arthur Dorward, commanding the troops in Singapore, leaves the Straits in the beginning of March next, probably for good. Mr. Justice Law, Mrs. Law, and Mr. G. Teeling left for Singapore by the
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    Homeward English Mail.
    39 4 The P. O. Royal mail steamer Simla having left Singapore at 5 p.m. yesterday, is expected to arrive here at 3 a.m. tomorrow, and will leave for Colombo and Bombav at 8a m. the same dav.
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    Penang Golf Club.
    44 4 The qualifying round for Mr. Warren’s prize will be played on Saturday, the 25th inst.—Post Entries. The February Monthly Medal will also be played for on that day. The Ladies’ Monthly Spoon will be played for on Tuesday, the 28th inst.
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    The Perak Ladies’ Rifle Association.
    153 4 [From Otir Otvn Taiping, 164 b Feb. The P. L. R. A. shot for a prize given by Mrs. Hale yesterday afternoon. Three of the members were unavoidably absent. Following are the scones with handicaps, 7 shots 1 sighter. Mrs. Tate 33 s 33 Barrett
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    THE COLLISION IN THE HARBOUR.
    990 4 INTERESTING CORRESPONDENCE. We have been handed the following correspondence anent the recent collision in Penang Harbour with a request for its publication in our Columns. From Adams and Allan to 'the Harbour Master, Penang. 22nd December, 1904. Sir, With reference to the collision in the
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    73 4 r Lawn Tennis SJ-’lw ,-r. r- z The following ties. yesterday Chauipioaship. H. A. Neubronner beat. Rev/ H. C. Henham 6—2 4—6 6—l. Double Handicap. A. 8. Anthony ,<t F. O. Hallifax b at D. A. M. Brown <t Dr. Skae 6—2 6 3> Single Handicap. C.*is
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    Billiards at Home.
    195 4 Record Break By Roberts. London, January 27. On a standard table, in an attempt to give J, Duncan 3,500 points in a game-of 10,000, John .Roberts nt Glasgow, on 24th inst., in-rease I an un•finished break of 647 t > 821, and thus belt the World’!'record. Prior
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    Marriage in Siam.
    226 4 At the Royal Courts of Justice at Bangkok on the 6th Feb., Prince Rajburi, the Minister of Justice, gave evidence as an expert on the Siamese law relating to marriage. The suit is ons now pending in tho l Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements .between the
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    158 5 DEBATE IH THE COMMOhS. THE TIBET’ EXPEDITION [Reuters Service.] •’> J Lon^os b i6tii Ffebr Mr. Asquiths amendment to the address (to the effect that the Fiscal policy having discussed for two yfears the time had now come to submit the issue to the country) has been
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    THE BALTIC FLEET.
    24 5 THIRD SQUADRON SAILS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th Feb. The third squadron of the Baltic Fleet has sailed. !te>in J4b a <ii.
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    EXPLOSION ON A SUBMARINE.
    43 5 OFFICER AND* MEN KILLED. Reuters Service.] London, 17th Feb. The Natfal authdfities report that an explosion has occurred on board one of the sub-marines in Queenstown Harbour (Ireland). A sub-Lieutenant and three men were killed, while fourteen were injured.
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    ROYAL BETROTHAL.
    24 5 [Reuter's Service:] London, 17th Feb. The betrothal ot the I hike of Coburg to Princess Victoria AMĕhiide of HolsteinGlucksberg is officially announced.
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    NAIL STEAMER ASHORE.
    46 5 THE “ORIZABA’’ WRECKED. [Reuter's Service.] London, 17th Feb. The Orient mail steamer Orizaba has run ashore to the south of Fremantle, and will probably become a Vital wreck. A warship has gone to her assistance. lie passengers, and nnils h iv.“ been landed.
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    THE GERMAN EMPEROR.
    23 5 i 'London, l‘7f* Feb.'. The Emperor and’ Empress of Lerman? start on their journey to the Me< on March 23rd.
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    Refugees at Shanghai.
    108 5 DJMVV VF*. China Morning Post. 7tl. Feb. 9 000 refugees from There are now over W Port Arthur at S ial here find’ arrived ftp-djvy, a,?d.urovi(le-accommoda-it almost, impossible to p tioa-for.the large crow- 8 j ia d been’ No arrangements •t:eB‘fQr.accommade..by- the Russmn of theffi modating the
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    THE WARL
    112 5 [llEUTklt's SERVICE.] imA* 0, UfWU n K ayalr y which was atteinptSn? C, Tk the Kinl a 'id threatening the Japanese left retired before W eo.^ n nt! !i arrri v d When'tlie 'latter did U J' T' u, s ucd.the ’Rdssiiini, arid lc some damage oil them,.
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    RESIDENCY “AT HOME,” AT TAIPING.
    739 5 ('Protn our Own Govre*ponflwit;)j ~2,’- Va'iping.'Treliy. 15th 1905. /r ,e “btth- cherub 'that sitValoft and coiit i-qls tlie inete'dr'ologist^ 1 < dĕpartihent. Ms in perverse mbod yesteiUiV. The hills in a hiifet,'ibi«l ifKeb it ’did trot actually tain, it kept its ofi HfC yd? tef
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    919 5 j-i’ The Victoria Cross. < London, January,27th. -For ..conspicuous .bravery, in Tibet the King has copfqrred the Victoria Cross upon Lieutenant John Duncan Grant, of the. ftth Gtriklha Rifles: The act of courage winch has been rewarded by the coveted honour was performed at the storming of the,
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    THE CHAGOS ARCHIPELAGO.
    536 5 AN INTERESTING DESCRIPTION. (By a Naval Officer.) The statement that a Japanese squadron has arrived at Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Archipelago, should be accepted at present with a considerable amount of reserve. The island.-, are situated at a distance of 1,380 miles from Madagascar, and half-way
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    138 5 PASSENGERS OUTWARD. Per P. O. steamer .Uarmora connecting with the steamer Nubia a< Colombo, from London Jan 20:—To Singapore: Mr. A. B. Ward, Mi li Conway Belfield, Mr. D. Jack, Mr. H. M. Savill, Miss N. Evans, The Misses Wilding (2), Bev. P. Rees, Capt. and Mrs.
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    90 5 -obituary. [Rkvtkr's Stittviru. London', 17th Feb. The death is announced of Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace, 1.1. d., d.c.l f.k.«-, the well-known lawyer and author o ,nan 7 books, including one qn the a y ,cu pelago published in 1869. The death is annouimed of V ice Admira James Lacon Hammel.
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    SIGNALLING AT SEA.
    348 6 THE ADMIRALTY EXPERIMENT. For florae time the Admiralty, as already announced, have had under consideration the question of the due recognition by the mercantile marine of signalling between His Majesty’s ships and British merchant ▼easels, with special reference to the importance that this matter will assume in
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    A Chinese Way of Stopping Leakage
    205 6 IF. Press. Owing to its having come tp._ tJufknowledge of the Empress Dowager that many of her indigent and officials at Court have been gettmgflarge, and in some cases, regular, from the secret service funds of irndiy of the foreign Powers Peking by the
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    British Officer Murdered.
    262 6 Shot Because He Slept with His Feet Towards Mecca. A Bangalore correspondent of the Delhi Morning Post has obtained some remarkble details as to the recent murder of Capt. Bowring, at Wana, Waziristan. The captain was sleeping one night on the roof of his quarters, and it
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    Shipping and Commercial Intelligence.
    998 6 ARRIVALS. Malta, Brit., 3900, Peters, Feb 17, Colombo, gen., A. Giltillan Co. Montross Brit., 2883, Glegg, Feb 17, Liverpool, gen., S. Buttery Co. Valentyn. Dut., 074, Van Orden, Feb 17, Bajim, gen., H. Liebert Co. Kistna. Brit.. 524, Addenbrooke, Feb 17, Singapore, gen. H. Liebert Co.
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