Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 May 1906

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY- ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 117 VOL. LXIV. FRIDAY, 25th MAY, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1980 1 Sailings. sapping. P tion^cVrnpany V a BRITISH INDIA STEAMHIAVIGATION.Co., LTD. Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. HPFCTID ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. For Intrnpid TO Sail. Stkamkr. F/lX I MAIL SERVICE. Negapatam. t- MaAX i o„ t ..r.U, Madr»», Pomlicherry, Cuddalore and 2 h M»y «t 2 p.m.' Teesta Ok\\ Imperial German Mail Line. V
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      621 2 GRAHAM Co., Ltd,, HOWARTH ERSKINE, IS®?'“Sir' 'StruMvral DENTIST. 4, Beach Street, Penang. Engineers- No 32 nobtham road. b ,at^r re Hoars 9 a.tn. to 4 p.in. or by appointment. 10 13-1-05 jj ol .j ls by Akroyd Patent Oil Engines, Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. 1 Having Just Unpacked
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    THE COST OF LIVING IN BANGKOK.
    780 3 The following from a Bangkok exchange is equally applicable to Pen mg During the past ten years or ho tho newspapers throughout the Far E ist, that is from Yokohama to Singapore, have, at more or less repeated intervals, c died attention to the
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    The Chief Judgeship at Rangoon/
    141 3 The special Calcutta correspondent of the Rangoon I'irnes telegraphs on the 16th inst.:—J The Committee of the Bengal Chamber ”f Commerce have supported a representation made by the Rangoon Chambei of Commerce to the Government of India in favour of appointing a barrister to the
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    TIN MINING IN CORNWALL.
    1064 3 770! Daily Record, London. THE COMING BOOM. It cannot be too widely recognised that the present improvement iu the prospects I of tin-mining in Cornwall is based upon < sound economical and commercial principles, and that therefore the recoverv >s not of momentary importance only, but
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    A New Paper for Calcutta.
    601 3 There continues to be some slight interest taken in the proj«*ct for giving Calcutta a first class evening paper, says a correspondent. Most people woiH»! be glad to see it firmly established an»l wish the plucky projector and those wh»> are backing hmi all the
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    THE DOOM OF THE BURMESE.
    325 3 The Time» of India has melancholy article upon the doom <rf the Burmese. The, result of the annexation of Burma, according to this writer, is that wealth accumulates aiyd the Burmese decay. He says The materal prosperity of Burma mu>t grow,Tfor its foundations are buiit
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    Passengers for the Straits.
    299 3 Per P. A* O. steamer Japan, from London, April 28 :—To Singapore, Mr. H Crittien, Mr. Von der Pforden, Lieut. L. K. Ijbssft»n, Mr. T. Muir, Mr. Ibirrison, Miss I, Phillips, Mr. F. Nicholls. Mr. G. E. C<dib. To Penang, Mr. F. R Howlett, Mr. C.
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      86 3 A Safe Speculation. If you have an attack of rheumatism and Chamberlain s Pa n Balm gets you back to work in a few days, will it not pay for itself several tunes over? There is no need of suffering fro*» rheumatism for a month or six weeks, incurring the
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      68 3 Give Chamberlain*» Pain Balm a Trial. No otluH* liniment aff >rds such prompt relief from rheumatic pains. No other is so valuable for deep seated pains like lame back and pains in the chest. Give this liniment a trial an»! become acquainted with its remarkable qualities and you will never
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      218 3 Children When Teething. This is the most dangerous age in the life of a chilli. At. this tim°» they have more or lew diarrhoea, which weakens the system ami renders the child more susceptible to ilisease. Any unusual looseness of the bowels should be promptly controlled, which can be done
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      865 3 l- L 1 II IW r H .1 k cS‘XaT” ipoh exchange. Bithop Street, 41, Chung Thye Phin’s Buildings. Has Removed to No. 100, Pitt Street. wanted. Important Q ui hLnes^~ horse for auction sale Apply to A. Z.” op 21 23 25-5 c/o This Paper. V^4 NTED Valuable Mining
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    THE WEEK.
    102 4 Friday, 25th May, Municipal Commiasiun Special Meeting, 4.30 p.m. Penang Volunteers Annual Danco:' High water 1 40 p in Low water 7.40 a.tn. Saturday, 2«th May. Homeward P. AO. Mail. High, water 2.35 p.n*. Low water 8.30 a m. Suaday, 27th May. Sunday after Ascension. High water 3,15
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    BIRTHS.
    37 4 Gkove—On May 30th, nt> Mnticca, the tfi|e of Mr. W. E. U. («rove, S.S. Policv. of a sou. IICBbK.'—On the 22ud inat.,* at Rarn--butan Villa, Bagan Jerrhal Roa the wife of J. Hue.se, Of a daughter.
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    Friday, 25th May, l906.
    1045 4 The annouiiceuiĕnt in anotheg pirt of our coluiuu< to-dav of the flotation and registration of the Straits Developmeut Compeiif, Ltd., m Australia will ptdliably lie regarded i* one of the signs of the times in regard tv the agricultural iu the Federated Malay States. Australians an*
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    FOOTBALL
    881 4 P. C. C. r. GUIDES. •j ’Fhe soccĕr match between the Penang Cricket Club and the Malay States Guides on the Esplanade ground on Wednesday evening partook more or less of a burlesque exhibition. The heavy raimhad made the field extreme’y sodden, while the P. C. 0. had rFn?
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    453 4 SECOND DAY’S RESULTS. [M-dm Our Own Corr,.f, o d nt Singapore, 25tl> Ibe second day,of the Smg apoie I took place yesterday. The weather hue, and the attendance good Tl. t n 3 ing are the results e L Th? First Griffin Handic*» .V ah. 6 $4OO, uml
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    Masonic.
    281 4 The half-yearly meeting of the District Giand Lodge uf the Eastern Archipelago was .held on Monday last, in Singapore, under tlie presidency of Rt. Won Bo the lion ble W. J. Napier, net. District Grand Master. Among other business the appointment of the following D. C». Lodge Officers, which
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    The Tronoh Mines, Limited.
    27 4 We are officially informed that put from Tronoh Mines for the iu oll April was Dressed Tin Ore produced F |3 Amount realized
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      2 4 THE WEEK.
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      110 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be Address d to The Editor, wiiiien onoite sldl’of the paper only ayd accompanied by the writer’ name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as'a guarantee of good faith4LL monies must be paid »t the Pinang Gazette Office* Penang, to the Secretary, whose receipts wi’l alo-c be
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    GERMANY AND THE POWERS.
    207 5 SPEECH BY FOREIGN MINISTER. ANGLO-RUSSIAN UNDERST ADDING REFERENCE TO TRIPLE ALLIANCE, I Rmu i eh’b Skilvice.] -London, >241 If May.' In U»o -course of a’ speech in th > Reichstag, Herr von Tschirschky, Foreign Minister for Germany, sii«l tint he h isstrong grounds for a&sumrng that
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    THE SPANISH MARRIAGE.
    177 5 KING’S FAREWELL TO PRINCESS ENA,. I f I. -t< PREPARATIONS AT MADRID.' I-.-J Reuter’s Hrrvick.] London, 24th May. His Majesty King Edward gave a banquet at Buckingham Palace last night in honour of H. R. H. Princess Ena of Battenberg. His Majesty will bid farewell to H
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND RUSSIA.
    102 5 ENCOURAGING THE ENTENTE. 1 STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. [Reuter’s Service London, 25th May. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of-State for Foreign Affiir*, speaking in the House of Commons, said that no agreement exists with Russia, but there has been an increasing tendency on tfie part of Great
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    RUSSIA.
    70 5 FULL AMNESTY IMPOSSIBLE. BILL FOR UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE- [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th May. An official’ communication, which has been published in St. Petersburg, states that in view of the recent political -assassinations and the consequent public excitement, a full amnesty of political prisoners and a revision of abrogation of exceptional
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    POLITICS IN ITALY.
    23 5 London, 24th May. Signor Giolitti, who his on several ocCasioiu been Premier of Italy, will form the new Italian Ministry.
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    THE EDUCATION BILL.
    176 5 SCENE 18 /COMITTEE. s u ~ti‘ 1 n Mr. CHAMBERtATX ANp THE PREMIER,’ -<n:rg« nk > i Ft a I —rr. a AN INTERESTING AMENDMENT; >• [Rkutbr’s Servicb.] -'‘London, 23rd May. A scene was -Witriessed in the House of Commons yesterday, arising from apassage-at-arms between Sic-- Joseph
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    JAPANESE TRAINING SQUADRON.
    65 5 BANQUET’AT SYDNEY. f *> Uoii/IoH, 23rd I -i A telegram from Sydney states tlij»«- the Lord Mayor entertained the ’officers of the Japanese Training•Squadr'typ at a banquet. Lord. Nortbaote. g c m.g., th» Governor-General of the Austrd&n Commonweaftli, and His Ex. Sir Harry. Rawson, K e. 8.,
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    UNITED STATES AND CANADA.
    61 5 AD.rUSTTNG’ DISPUTES. IRKUT It r’r SMR VICK.,] 1 Rxhvlom, 25th May. Th<* United St ites Senate Committee on Foreign Relations have-agreed to the suggestion Hou.. E. -Root, Secretary of State, to proceed by diplomatic means to obtain ‘an adjustment on various questions at issue between the
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    MACEDONIA.
    50 5 BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. [Rkutrr's Skilvick.] Jxnidon, 24rtrMay. Speaking in the Housb of Commons, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, said tint, the Government would followthe policy of Lord Lulul >w»ie (Foreign Secretary in the late Unionist Government) in Macedonia by co-operating with the other Powers thereunent.
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    RUSSIA AUSTRIA, AND GERMANY.
    53 5 POSSIBLE MILITARY CONVEN’TION. [Rku mil’s Srrvick.] r < Loitloni 23rd May. Tn connection with tlie impending visit, to Vienna of General Papitzjn, tlie Chief of the' Russian General Staff, there ii a possibility that the feasibility of holding a military ennventiort between Ruisii, G«ripujiy, and Austria
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    THE CHINESE COMMISSIONERS.
    35 5 CAMBRIDGE FOLLOWS OXFORD. [RkyTtkr’s Service']' 2sth May. Cambridge University conferred degrees upon the Chinese Commissioners fDuke Tsai Tz«, Shang Cire-lung, and Li Sheng-to) who are now on a visit to England.' V’
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    MOROCCO.
    34 5 THE BRIGANDS’ OUTRAGE. I Reuter's- Service.] London. 23rd May. The M*M**wii brigands have the three of Gibraltar whom they were i»Ming for ransom after -seizing ami looting a Bi itisii fehicca (sailing bpat.)
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    PENANG HUNT CLUB.
    1621 5 A SUCCESSFUL r-GYMKHANA. n 'Beautifully fine weather favoured the Penang Hunt Club-yesterday afternoon pu the occasion of.tceir annual. Victoria D«y Gymkhana. Overnight there ..was heavy rain* whipli rendered the going very soft, an<f during the day the &ky. was overcast, but' When tiib appointed time arrlved..tl}ing< cleared
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    THE LOG BOOK.
    853 6 The story comes from Melbourne, that, the Hon. J. G. Aikman, member-of the Legislative Council of Victoria,who bought the wrecked P. and O. Australia and her cargo for <£3so, has already realised more than <£200,000 for it. It is understood that the cruiser Z»W/*<»n7, of the County
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    199 6 Awa Maru, Jap., 6304, Trenut, May 25, Yokohama, gen., Boustead Co. Hong Bee, Brit, 2056, Hams worth, May 24, Amoy, gen.. Koe Guan Co. Ischia, Dal., 2784, Cogliolo, May 25, Hongkong, gen., Behn M*»yer Co. Ischia, from Singapore, May 24, for Bombay Behn Meyer Co. Kistna, Brit., 524,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    27 6 Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Perak for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson. Fitzpatrick for Rangoon. Flying Dragon for Port Weld.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    134 6 PICK Teesta for Negapatam and Madras. Rt 1 pm. to-morrow Registration up to 11 a ni. Ban WhattSoon. for l-angkat. at 2 p.m tomorrow. Langkat for Pangkor and Teluk Anson, at J p.m. to-morrow. Pegv for Edie, T. Seinawe, Segli, OlehMi and Sabang. at 2 p.m. to-morrow. Hong
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    191 6 «<» ir-al, /•<»»»»«•/. •»»«</ Glknoglf, from Hamburg, May 28, for SingajK»re, Hongkong, and Amoy, Chin Ho <fc Son. Stentor, from Liverpool, May 29. for Sings* por- Hongkong Japan and Pacific ports W Mansfield A Co. Prinz Heinrich, from Singapore, May 29, for Hamburg, via ports, B M. A
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    PASSENGERS ARRIVED
    126 6 Per s. s. Kistna from Singapore: Mr. and Mrs. Lee Tiang Cliye, Messrs. R. A. Monter io, G. S. D. Hamel, C. W. Dull, Arozoo; from Port Swetteiilia»n Mr. and Mrs. Mendes ami child. Messrs. Prior, Jen«en, Li in I’eik Soon, Tan Khem Oon, Khoo Chy»* Goh. ami
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 6 Furano, 25th Mat, 4506. (By Ctntrlety of Aa Cha/rterod Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4| 4 month*’ sight Bank i.,4 7/16 3 Credit i/4J S Documentary 3/411/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Re 174| 3 days’ sight Private 177 Bombay, Demand Bank 174 j 3 days* sight Private 177 Madras, Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    171 6 Psnano, 25th May, 190*. Gold leaf 81 Pepper (W. Comul 3 lbs. 5 os.) o'» stock White Pepper 31.—sellers Trang Pepper 31.87} sales. Mace w 81 Mace Pickings 88} s B. Nutmegs 110 SB| sales. fNo. I 81— sales. 2 x. no stock. Basket 2 87|sales Tapioca Flour I
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    SHARES.
    553 6 Number T For- Capital. hp. Stocks. Quotations, snation. Shares. MINING. 1903 $300,000 $30,000 $lO s|o Belat Tin Mining. Co. Ltd. $4 htyer*. 1900 175,000 13.500 ]0 10 Bersawah Gold Min’g Co. Ld. 12} sellers. 1901 600,000 60,000 10 10 Hydraulic Tin Min buyers ing Co. -Ld. 1903 £400,000 400.000
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      58 6 A Safe Medicine. Mothers of small children need not hesitate to administer Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. It contains no opiate or narcotic in any form ami may be given to a baby with as much confidence as to an adult. It always cures and cures quickly George Town Dispensary, General AgenU
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      96 6 Satisfaction Everywhere. I have been selling Chamberlain's Cough Remedy in my retail shop of this place for six years, says Adolph Abrahamson of Durbanville, Cape Colony. I find it to give satisfaction with the people who use it and it is the best seller of any cough remedy I handle.”
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      231 6 The Aachen and Munich Fire Insurance Co. of Aii La Chapolle. Capital £4-* 9,000 Total Assets £1,226,481 The undorsigned wre sathorixi d to insarw > almost any property against,Fire in Penang or elsewhere. For rates apply tn KATZ BROTHERS. Ltd. 92 1-1-05 AgeuU. Commercial Union Assurance Co.. Ltd. HEAD OFFICE
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      146 6 The French Confectionery, ZZa, Jfortham 7{oad. No Branches in Penang. French Breakfast and Dinner Rolls, at 50 cts. per dozen. Large Variety of French Assorted Fancy Cakes daily, at 60 cts. per <K»4en. Birthday, Wedding, and Christening Cakes nicely decorated, at Moderate Prices. Tea, Chocolate, and Ices, daily. Attention is
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      719 6 Nine Month* Raton with Rheumatism and Kidney Disease. Mr. J. H. Thomas, whose full ar i r i,. a Brook Terrace, Panty Bach Road d”.* 8 grove, Whitchurch, near Cu-diff,’ wrote us on December 31st, lyo? j cribing his terrible illness aid tl?„ Doan's Backache Kidney Pills hid him. When
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      1612 7 Ladies’ Bicycles, 111 fl lIP lIP January, 1906, the. charge», for the Selangor, and Sumatra. for Ladies! JUIm UULU 11 111 Mil f I ervjces of the Band will be as follows Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3ft. M rpeßeh Remedy t«* >n Thousand» z>. i z>. i Mances,
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