Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 November 1906

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 264 VOL. LXIV. FRIDAY, 16th NOVEMBER, 1906. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1933 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. H omew ard Passenger fV I J V/ C By the HAMBDRG-AMERIKA Season 1907 U U ,N V 0 J \>V(I3VII 17V1. lands situated xx^thin the Municipality of C npr Old SCOtCtl WhISKV The German Steamship HABSBURG (6,500 Tons) is just out
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    TOPICS OF THE HOUR.
    950 3 Changing clothes freshens the body, rives a gentle stimulus to the wearied hand and head, aud a brighter view of things j s thereby engendered.” Thus the expounding the virtue of dressing for dinner, and observing sedately that the changing of clothes may even favourably affect
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    COLONIES AND PREFERENCE.
    955 3 The British Trade Journal for October says The Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the Empire, held in July last, p issed a resolution in favour of pieferential trade. The Associated Chamber of Commerce of the United Kingdom was invited the other day to endorse the resolution.
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    TIN MARKET.
    371 3 LATEST LONDON EJtoqRT. The following is Jffr. Walter H. Barnard’s daily metal reports, dated London, 22nd to 26th < inclusive October 22 Xetter for cash at <£l9B 5/- and IG letter for 3 months at £l9B, a good rbusijne«s doing, about 750 tons changing hands with an ir
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    English Borough Elections.
    360 3 London, Nov. 2. Elections for the Borough Councils in England took place yesterday. The results are still incomplete, but most surprising is that Progressives and Labourites aie being everywhere defeated. Ihe fight has been keenest in London where the Conservative element, self-stvled Municipal Reformers, have been campaigning
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    THE BUSH CASE.
    382 3 Bangkok exchanges to hand contain the judgment given in the British Court for Siam by His Honour Acting Judge Vincent in the suit, Hon. John Anderson versus the Trustees of the Estate of the late Captain (Admiral) John Bush. Hjs Honour proceeded to give an extremely lengthy
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    590 3 Per. P. «fe’O. s.s. Victoria, from London, Oct. 26. connecting at Colombo with ss Delhi, due at Penang, Nov. 21 I o Penang: Mrs. E. Burnside, Messrs. W. F. Stonor, E. L Hamilton. A. Young. L H Clayton, J. W. Elswortli. ij. B. Betton, and P.
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      46 3 A Word to Travellers. 1 he excitement incident to travelling andi change of food and water often brings on diarrhoea, ami for this reason no one should leave home without a bottle of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by all Dispensaries aud Dealers.
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      127 3 Obesity is the sign of an imperfect balance between the input and the output of the system. The digestion is always at fan t ami may be remedied by a brisk aperient every second or third day. I’he most efficient agent of the kind is a wine glassful of Huny&di
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      971 3 TO BET, NOTICE,. Op URE KA," No 14 Scotland Road., q- ENDERS wiH u rMeived at x-/ Dn&edjjite Eutry. A dent Councillor’s Office, up to noon Apply to of the 20th November, 190«, for the sole MksBßB. CUNNINGHAM, CLARK <fc Co., right of quarrying and disposing of stone n j
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    THE WEEK.
    123 4 Friday, I6th November. Municipal Commission, 3-30 p.m. Homeward B. I. Mail. High water 12 01 p m Low water 6 01 a.m. Saturday, I7th November. Les Cloches de Corneville: Town Hall. E. Hotol Special Supper. High water 12.47 p.m L*»w water 6.48 a m Sunday, 18th November. High
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    BIRTH.
    18 4 Hoops.—On November 15, at Alor Star, Kedah, the wife of Dr. A. L. Hoops, of a son.
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    MARRIAGE.
    63 4 Milrs—Daniel—O.i 15th November, at St. George’s Church, Penang, by the Rev. Frank W. Haines, nv, Colonial Chaplain, Edward Leslie Reynold (of Messrs. Huttenbach Brothers), son of Captain E. J. Miles (former!v Minister of Lands and Works, Tasmania), of Hobart, 'l' ismania, to Ethel, the youngest daughter of Mr. Edwin
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    Friday, 16th Nov., 1906.
    1003 4 At their last meeting the Municipal Commissioners adopted tin Budget for 1907 and it has now been sent down to Singapore for the approval of the Governor. It is open to doubt whether His Excellency will see his way to approve of the budget in its
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    THE RESIDENT-COUNCILLOR.
    246 4 A FAREWELL TIFFIN. A farewell tiffin to the Hon. J. K. Birch, retiring Resident-Councillor of Penang, and Mrs. Birch, was given at the Penang Club vesterday by the Civil Servants stationed in Penang and Province Wellesley. About sixty persons sat down to an excellent repast, the company including
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    The Forged Will Case.
    81 4 This morning in the First Police Court, Mr. G. A. Hereford commenced the preliminary enquiry into the Kedah forged will case,proceedings in which were instituted by the Deputy Public Prosecutor by the direction of Mr. Justice Thornton. The counsel engaged in the case are Mr. A.
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    Siamese Malaya.
    496 4 We hear on good authority that Khaw Sim Bee, the Siamese High Connnis>io*ier for the Monthon of Puk»*t, will resign th it post at no very distant date. The P. O. steamer NUe, having left Singapore at 5 p.m. yesterday, is expected to arrive here at 3 a.m.
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    WEDDING AT St. GEORGE’S
    723 4 MILES—DANIEL. St. George’s Church was yesterday noon the scene of a very prettv 7 a when Mr. Edward Leslie Reynold (of Messrs. Huttenbach Brothers! es Captain E. J. Miles (formerly Mi.; 8 11 Lands and Works, Tasmania), o f u' r of Tasmania, was married to
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    The Colonial Engineer.
    153 4 The H-.n, A. Murray, Colonial K'g*^ 1 and Surveyor-General, who arrived here the 2nd inst., has been very busy inspect various works and going over nuinerou plans and other papers with Mr. 1* J- U'l.'" 1 the Deputy Colonial Engineer. week, accompanied by Mr. Pigott, he visite
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      196 4 /EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. SPECIAL SUPPER after the performance AT THE TOWN HALL. SARKIES BROTHERS, I Proprietors. <-.1. T s |£..you WANT A CAMERA BUY A KODAK! I Tofeket-Moilak, Plate Size, Price $33», No. 3a, Folding Pocket. Kodak, Postpaid Size, Nj>. ,4, Bull’s Eye Kodak,4 X 5 inches, No. 4, Cartridge
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      119 4 CONTRI LUTIONS must be addressed to TTie Editor, written on one side of the paper only and accompanied by the writer s name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. ALL monies must be paid at the Finang FU. Gazette" Office, Penang, to the
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    78 5 THE FREEBOOTERS’ RAIDS. hand labour question. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 15th Nov. General Botha has offered to give the Cape Government assistance against Ferreira. London, 16th Nov. Three of Ferreira’s freebooting party, including two of his own brothers, and a native spy, have been captured. The Earl of Elgin.
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    LAND TENURE BILL.
    50 5 RADICAL AND LABOUR REVOLT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th Nov. The Government’s acceptance of an amendment to the Land Tenure Bill, which was moved by a ineinb'i* of the Opposition, caused a revolt am mg the Radicals and Labourites On a division, the Government’s majority fell to 74.
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    THE NEW HEBRIDES.
    52 5 THE ANGLO-FRENCH CONTROL. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th Nov. A telegram from Melbourne states that Mr. A. Detkin, the Federal Premier, intoi med a deputation that it was the attitude adopted by a third Power which had compelled a hutried declaration of an AngloFrench dual control over the
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    THE UNITED STATES.
    42 5 SAN FRANCISCO RELIEF FUND. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16’h Nov. President Riosevelt is investigating the disappearance of the -um of a million dollars (gold) that fumed part of the relief fund in connection with the disastrous earthquake at San Francisco.
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    THE JAPANESE NAVY.
    38 5 A .MAMMOTH BATTLESHIP. Reuters Service.] London, loth Nov. The Japanese battleship S.,tnima, of 19,200 tons disp'acem *nt the largest in the world—has been launched at Yokohama. She follows th'* Lues of the British battleship Dreadnought.
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    39 5 TWO ROYAL CADETS. [Reui re’s Service.] London, 16th Nov. Prince Edward Albert mid Prince Albert Frederick, sons of H.R.H. the Prince of Wales, will enter the Royal Naval College at Osborne as Nava! Cadets next Eister.
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    ITALY.
    28 5 A BOMB EXPLOSION [Rku i eic’s Service.! L mdon, 1 6th Nov. A bomb outrage was perpetrated at tie* Aragow Cafe, in Rome. I’wo persons were injured.
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    THE PANAMA CANAL.
    29 5 [Rkuier’s Service Lorn lon, I 6th Nov. President Roosevelt has arrived at Colon to inspect the work in connection with the construction of the Panama Canal.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    119 5 SOUTH AFRICA. Berlin, loth Nov. A number of armed Boers who have cressed from Cape Colony into Ge man Afiici have been disarmed at tl,e frontier by the German authorities. GERMANY. Prince Bulow’s speed, in reply to the Wterpellation in the Reichstag lasted for hours and was
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    GERMANY.
    79 5 AIMS IN THE FAR EAST. RELATIONS WITH JAPAN. [Rkutrr’s Service.] London, 15th Nov. Prince Billow, Imperial German Chancello»*, in the course of his speech at the re-opening of the Reichstag yesterday, said that Germany would carefully cultivate relations with Japan. The aims of Germany in the Far East were
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    Kedah Notes
    732 5 Alor Star, Nov. 15. We have been having heavy rains here lately and soma of the country around Alor Star is under water. Here is a table of the rainfall for the last tlree months Month. Inches. August 15 31 September 569 October 12*92 I am afraid that
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    “LES CLOCHES DE CORNEVILLE.”
    923 5 THE ARGUMENT.' For the benefit of those who will be present at the Town Hall to-morrow evening, we publish the argument of this most interesting operetta, as follows The Comte De Lucenay, attainted for political reasons, flies from France leaving his infant daughter Lucienne and considerable
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    HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS RUBBER Co.
    581 5 SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING. The statutory meeting took place on the 17th ult. at the London Commercial Sale Rotoms, Mincing Lane, E.C. Sir F. A. Swettenham, k.c.m.G., presiding, said Gentlemen, —We are here to hold the statutory meeting of the Highlands and Lowlands Paia Rubber Company, called
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    Block Rubber.
    390 5 By the courtesy of Mr. Fraqcis Pears we are enabled to publish an interesting account of the methods of manufacture an 1 pi'r-pai at ion of block rubb *1 as carried out on Lanadron Estate, Johore, says the Cryl nt Observer. This rubber has been getting a premium
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      508 5 WHISKIES. V. 0. H. B. CLUB WHISKY, VERY OLD SCOTCH, Sir John Power’s Irish, etc., etc. Also Black and White, Dewar’s, Crawford’s, Haddow’s, and all Well-known Brands, Kept in Stock. Havana Cigars—Best Brands Only. Caldbeck, Macgregor €O. The French Confectionery announce in our advertising columns that the first delivery of
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    LOGBOOK.
    806 6 1 lu February next the Channel, Atlantic, and Mediterranean Fleets are to combine for a series of tactical exercises. As is usual nowadays, these will be of a confidential nature. The fleets will assefnble-in Arosa Bay. Altogether there will be some forty-two first-class ships engaged in them, besides the
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    103 6 Terrier, Nor., 1008, Williamson, Nov. 15, Tuticorin, salt, Huttenbach Bros. Amra, Brit., 170, Lima, Nov. 16, Moulmein, gen.', H. Liebert Co. Lai Sang, Brit., 3460, Lake, Nov. 16, Calcutta, g‘n., Boustead Co. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont Nov. 16, Singapore, gen., H. Liebert Co. Satsuma, Brit., 2690, Chubb, Nov.
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    41 6 Cornelia for Port Swetteuhim and Malacca. Lady \Veli> for Teluk Anson. Un Peng for Perlis and Setul. Bhakata f r Rangoon and Calcutta, taking mails for Europe, etc., vid Bombay. Flying Dragon for Port Weld. Kum Sang for Calcutta.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    438 6 PER Amra for Mergui, Tavoy, and Mouhne n, at 1 p.m. to-morrow’. Padang for Batu Bahra, at 1 p.m. to-m rrow. Mary Austin for Langkat, at 1 p.m. tomorrow. Petrel for Pangkalan Biand.m, at 1 p.m. torn» irrow. Avagyee for Deli, at 1 p in. tomorrow. Langkat for
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    111 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate •late of arrival, where bound, and A gents. Darhanus from Singapore, Nov. 17, f r London, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, W. Mansfield Co. Benavon from London, Nov. 30, for Singapore, China, and Jap n, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Deucalion from Singapore, Dec. 1, for
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    PASSENGERS
    42 6 By Kistna from Singapore, Mrs., and Miss Holloway, Dr. Edith Boomgardt, Mrs. John and child, Messrs. Holloway, Iselcowitz and Mawley; frojn Port Swettenham, Mr. Thran Swee. By Montgomeryshire from London, Messrs. Gillispie, Bank, and Willcocks. By Avagyee from Deli, Mr. Darby.
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    SHARES.
    1155 6 «2 o r Issue Reserve. Last Dividend. Name. Quotations •8-f Capital. Subscribed. rr Value. Paul G i -g c w “V MINING. I '"-J ,,L j I I Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. H'6 P.HH. $175,000 $11 „,,X,»{ ,0 paiil Gold Mining Co., JP""* /XZ Tin. oaaog »id <1(1
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    EXCHANGE.
    134 6 Penang, 16th November, I'.h*6 /it/ (Jourtesy of th* (Jhwteved Hank. I Ltm<lon Demand Bank 2 3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank ’t>4i 3 Credit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary *"*l Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 1734 3 days’ sight. Private 174 1 Bombay, Demand Bank 173J,- 3 days’ sight Private 174»
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    PRODUCE.
    182 6 Penang. 16th November, 1906. (•old leaf $65 50 Pepper (W Coast 3 lbs. s«>z.) 19J sellers. White Pepper 25} sales Trang Pepper 21.60 nom. 80 sellers. Mace Pickings 67 buvers Nutmegs IK s 28 sell-rs. I" N»> I 5.25 ppi. Sugar. j 2 x. no stock. Basket 3.17} sales.
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      292 6 DAVID BROWN A Co., B,RCH memorial fund. 4a Logan’s Buildings, Penang. To Architects and Others. Estate Agents, Auditors, and TA ESIGNS are invited for n Clock;.t"* Licensed Auctioneers. to erected in Ipoh in n*?n*" r y DooLe A j# J tI,H late Mr. Birch, first British Books, Accounts, &c., made
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1065 8 PROGRAMME FOR JANUARY MEETING, 1907. Tuesday 29t6 January 1907, 31st January 1967 Saturday 2nd February 1967, FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 29th Jan. 1907. 1 —The Maiden Plate. Value $6OO. A Race for Maiilen Horses, j Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All animals imported into the Stra
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      684 8 »r. frank. a. moffatt, R. b. Mackay’s PENANG VOLUNTEERS. SURGICAL AND MECHANICAL ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A. R. ADAMS, dentist. Liqueur wnisKy, Ipoh Kuala Giesler’s Champagne. November, 1906. TinTALPC WIAirC 0 Saturday, 17th fa.t, P. Y. W. ooling Club, Ur lONS WINtS FOR SALE. M n )9th inst., Company Drill, SPIRITS.
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