Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 November 1906

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 274 VOL. LXIV. WEDNESDAY. 28th NOVEMBER, 1906. PRICE 20 CEnS Ts
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      2466 1 S lipping. jjj ST ’>7 Sailings. pipping moping. р. 0. Steam Naviga- 11 Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. tion, Company. </__ BRITISH INDIA Imperial German Mail Line FXPFCTFD arrivals AND DEPARTURES. J?j\\ MAIL SERVICE. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. T'HE faat and well-known mail atea.nera of 8/ nd Mrk yY A this Company
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      1971 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. J M USE ONLY and USE ALWAYS By the LINIE. ScMOB 190 7. Jg| «-fbi REFRESHING. The German Steamship HABS (6,500 Tons) is just out on her maiden voyage from Far StipCtiot I Europe. She is the pioneer boat of new inonthly
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    “ INDIAN TRADE AND MANDARIN ‘MAKE-BELIEVE.’”
    1928 3  - INDIAN TRADE AND MANDARIN ‘MAKE-BELIEVE.’” BY W. F. When, just before Parliament rose, the Prime Minister was asked if he intended to give effect to the vote of the House of Commons against the opium traffic between India and Chinn,” he replied that “he did not expect that legislation would
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    SEED PEARLS OFF BORNEO.
    1414 3 There is a well-illustrated piper in the Illustrated London News of October 20th of two strange trib s of British North Borneo bv Mr. Cyril C. Pyke and it winds up with what is well worth quoting The seed-pearl shells (selisip) are collected by the Bajaus,
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    559 3 Per. P. A* O. ss. Nubia, from London, Oct. 27, »lue at Penang. Nov. 27 :—To Penang Mrs. Wilson, Messrs. J. S. Ferguson. an»l J. Kyi»!. To Singapore Rt. Bev. The Bi-hop of Sing a pore, Rev. J. Oss, Miss G. lb»-»', Mr. anl Mrs. (4.
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      67 3 Dame Back. This ailment is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles and may be cured bv applying Chamberlain’s Pain Balm two or three times a day and rubbing the parts vigorously at each application. If ti.h does not afford relief, bind on a piece of flannel slightly dampened with
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      1160 3 NOTIOE. WANTED IMMEDIATELY, TENDERS are hereby invited for the jk\RAUGHTSMAN, able to make ordinright to collect Krang .Shells in the ar X building and Engineering plans Territory of the Bindings for a period of Must be good and quick three years from the Ist January, 1906. Sealed lenders should be
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    THE WEEK.
    128 4 Wednesday. 28th November. Outward German Mail. Town Band. Esplanade, 6 t<> 7 p m High water 934 p in. Low water 3 (1 p.in. Thursday, 29th November. Outward B. I. Mail. High water 10.24 p in Low water 4 24 p in Friday 30th November. St. An Irew's
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    BIRTH
    17 4 Stroobach. At The Grmge,” Penang, on November 28, the wife of J. Stroobach, of a son.
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    Wednesday, 28th Nov., 1906
    1119 4 Those interested in the opium problem both here ami in China will find much food for thought in the elaborate report on the foreign trade of Cl>- -i in forwarded to the L--- .Alexander Hosie, Acting Commercial at Peking. With regard to the trade with Great
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    879 4 t THE OPIUM VICE AND IT3 CURE. I All communication» intended for insertion t in this journal must be authenticated. The Editor is not responsibl-e for the 1 opinions of correspondents.] \To the Editor of the Gazette”. I. km, a A number of inte-este 1 persons hive lately made
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    THE ANGLO-EGYPTIAN SOUDAK.
    108 4 THE COMGOLESE EVACUATION. STATEMENT IN THE COMMON- [Reuter’s Service 1 London, 27th Nov. In the House of Commons yesterday Mr. John B. Lonsdale (Unionist Meink for Mid-Arriagh) asked whether the Co/ golese had evacuated the province of Bi'n r el Ghazil, in Anglo-Egyptian Soudan, accordance with the
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    THE BURMAH OIL COMPANY.
    38 4 impobtant contracts Rkuter’s Service.] London, 28th Nov. The Burmah Oil Company has placed contracts with American and Glasgow firms for 275 miles of pipe lines to convey oil from the oil-wells to the sea-board.
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    AERONAUTICS.
    25 4 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th Nov. The French steerable billoon “Patrie” covered 94 kilometres in six and a halt hours, returning to tin stirting point.
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    Curious Currency Note Case.
    166 4 The attention of Mr. E. C. C. Howard was occupied in the First Police Court for part o' Monday and yesterday with a case <»f frau iulent possession against- Low Ah L ’ong and Chin 800 Tiek. The exhibits in the ca-;e were of a somewhat
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    Supreme Court.
    20 4 Cause List. I'he following is the c mse list for to-morrow Soinasundruin Chetty r. Khay Siong and others.
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    The Municipal Commission.
    106 4 Nominations for a Municipal Commissioner for 1907, 1908, and 1909—in the place of Mr. Gan Te mg Tat, who retires bv rotation—close to-morrow at the Municipil Offices. The election has been fixed for Thursday, 7th prox. Mr. Gan I'eong Tat will not offer himself for re-election. We
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    Penang Golf Club.
    219 4 November Monthly Medal. Mr. S. F. 8.. Martin 49 x 47 96 Mr. A. H. Ferguson 43 x 42 85— 3 -82 Dr. I). M. Ford 54 x 49 103—14=89 Mr. G G. Seth 53 x 55 108—14 94 Mr. S. F. B. Martin wins the Medal,
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      277 4 DAHL/S MILK As ii a known branJ^»' the P unt y and quality of this well-known bi i«T,. Muk> attentif)|l is called to the follow by the Government Analyst: The sampl‘d contains in 100 parts Solid Residue 1*2.51% f Fat 3.40% Non Fattv Solids 9.11% Z/ Milk Sugar 4 60%
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      120 4 CON TRI BUTIONS must be addressed to The 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 Tina ng 2tL Gazette” Office, Penang,
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    EGYPT.
    172 5 ANTI-BRITISH MOVEMENT. agitator again in favour. PROPOSED NEWSPAPER CAMPAIGN. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th Nov. The Times, in commenting; upon a letter from its correspondent in Cairo, says that Mustapha Kamel, the well-known antiBritish agitator, is once more in favour at the Palace and is once again in possession of
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    VICTIMS OF SCIENCE.
    59 5 EXPERIMENTS IN PHILIPPINES. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th Nov. Ten out of twenty-four native prisoners in the Philippines, who were inoculated with cholera virus as an experiment, have died. The operators explain that the virus was contaminated with bubonic plague. The Governor-General has exonerated the scientists, and the
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    RUSSIA.
    55 5 SEVASTOP<)L COURT-MARTIAL. [Reuter’s Service London, 27th Nov. As the outcome of the court martial in connection with the last meeting at Sevastopol, 228 of the participants have received sentences varying from terms to be server! with the disciplinary battalions to penal servitude for life two soldiers have been shot;
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    SIR SEYMOUR KING, M. P.
    50 5 PRESENTATION AT HULL [B buyer’s Service London, 28th Nov. The electors of Hull, Central, yesterday presenter! Sir 11. Seymour King, the member of Parliament for tire borough, with an address an l a gold casket to celebrate the twenty-first anniversary of bis election to Parliament.
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    THE UGANDA RAILWAY.
    49 5 THE ESTIMATED PROFIT. [Reuters Service.] London, 28th Nov. Tn the House of Commons yesterday, Mr. Winston Churchill, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, stated that the profit on the Uganda Railway for the half year ended on the 30th September last is estimated at £40,000 sterling.
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    JOURNALISM.
    35 5 A NEWSPAPER FOR THE BLIND. [Reuter's Service.] London, 28th Nov. The Daily Mail will publish on Saturday next, the Ist December, a weekly penny edition for the blind, to be printed in Braille characters.
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    Mr. CHAMBERLAIN.
    32 5 CONDITION IMPROVED. I ItK« ter’» Service London, 28th Nov. Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, M.P., «a markedly improved in health, and hopes >o return to political life after a visit a ioa<
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    RUGBY FOOTBALL AT HOME.
    27 5 SOUTH AFRICANS IN DUBLIN. [Reuters Service.] London, 28th Nov. The South African Rugby football team have defeated Dublin University y points to 3.
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    THE INDIAN BANK FAILURES.
    519 5 DISGRACEFUL DISCLOSURES. At a crowded ineeting of creditors held in tlie Victoria Hall, Madras, Mr. Read, the Official Assignee, gave a short history of Messrs. Arbuthnot’s firm and a resume of its financial position. He also read a report of Messrs. Lovelock Lewis, accountants, of the
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    The Hongkong Dollar.
    74 5 To the sterling man, the vagaries of the dollar are past understanding Yesterday it stood at 2/3|. Are we likely to have a 2 4 dollar in Hongkong too? What is a decided injustice at. present is the manner in which the hotel proprietorsextort money for their
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    The Chinese Customs.
    287 5 It is stated that Sir R >bert Hart has sent a communication to the Waiwupu asking for a statement as to the standing and powers of the present staff of the Imperial Maritime Customs Postal Department vis-a-vis the newly established Ministry, of Posts and Communications. Their Excellencies
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    RUBBER IN TRAVANCORE.
    897 5 GOVERNMENT’S DISCOURAGING ATTITUDE. Among the visitors to Ceylon at present is Mr. H. T. Holder, the well-known Travancore planter. Being asked by a representative of a Colombo paper what was the attitude of the Travancore Government with regard to the granting of land for opening up in
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    THE NAVAL RIOT.
    939 5 THE OUTBREAK AT PORTSMOUTH. A Home paper of the 6th inst. gives the following details regarding the naval riot reported by Reuter, as the outcome of which we w ,j re told yesterday that one of the stokers had been sentenced to five years’ penal servitude The
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      5 5 STEEL TRUNKS. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      432 5 WHIi'KIES. v. 0. H. \L y CLUB WHIS Xt VERY OLD SCO V, Sir John Power’s Irish, et. ql* Whlow’s, aud n Also Black and White, Dewar’s, Crawford’s, Ila Well-known Brands, Kept in Stock. Havana Cigars—Best Brands Caldbeck, Macgregor FOR SALE. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. y A TURNOUT: Powerful Cob, quiet to
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    LOG BOOK.
    873 6 Some of the old-time clipper lin made records which have equalled, These manv cases exceeded that of steam, yr 1 J old ships, however, have mostly gonuT dismanbottom, been turned into hulks oi/O s hi them, tied and broken up for what held by any The most remarkable
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    FROM THE ANTILLES.
    94 6 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Benefits a City Councilman at Kingston, Jamaica. Mr. W. O’Reilly Fogarty, who is a member of the City Council at KingstonJamaica, West Indies,' writes as follows One bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy had good effect on a cough that was giving me trouble and
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    57 6 .Canton, Brit, 105, Marican, Nov. 28, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing <Sr* Co. Johanne, Ger., 952, Tipland, Nov. 28, Swatow, gen., Hock Chong Co. Nubia, Brit., 3884, Fox, Nov. 28, London, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Roon, Ger., 5034, Meiners, Nov. 27, Japan, gen., Behn, Meyers Co. Prinz Eitel
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    46 6 Lanokat for Telnk Anson. Tong Chan Un for Batu Bahra and Asahan. Nubia for Singapore, China, and Japan. Un Peng for Perlis and Setul. Malaya for Deli. Flying Dragon for Port Weld. Prinz Eitel Friedrich for Singapore, China, and Japan. Sree Banka for Pangkor.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    372 6 PER Van der Parra for Deli, Bajan, Edie, and T. Semawe, at noon to-morrow. Padang for Batu Bahra, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Teesta for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 4 p.m. to-morrow Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca, at 1 p.m. on Friday. Taw Tong for Trang and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    269 6 Xante of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Van Outhoorn from Pulau Weh, Nov. 27, for Singapore, Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Teesta from Negapatam, Nov. 29, for Port Swettenham and Singapore, Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Maetsuijcher from Edie, Ac., Nov. 30, for Edie, Segli, &c.,
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    SHARES.
    952 6 1 It' Name. Quotations Capital. Subscribed. vX Paid up.! Reserve. Last Divi’end. 2g. Pj MINING. Gold. c t|< BersawahGold Mining (’o.LtJ 13,500 $lO sl<> i v i?i F„ll v Paid 8 1 sales 190 0 $175,000 $1400,00 4.000 10 10 i p<fcid T66i’ Paul, Ausb Gold Mm.ng 0., 18
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 6 Penang, 28tii November, 190«. By Courtesy of ths Chwt»v*'l Bank. London Demand Bank 2 3 15/16 4 months 1 sight Bank 24J 3 Cre.lit 2/4 9/16 3 Documentary 24| Calcutta, Demand Bank R» 173} 3 days' sight Private 174} Bombay, Demand Bank 173 J, 3 -lays’ sight Private 174}
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    PRODUCE.
    179 6 Penang, 28th November, 1906. Gold leaf $O5 50 Pepper fW Coast 3 lbs. 5 oz.) 19} nominal. i White Pepper 23 buyers. Trang Pepper 21.60 nom. Mace 80 sellers. Ma*'e Pickings 6i buyers Nutmegs 1 Ins 28 sell°rs. CNo 1 5.25 ppi. J Sugar. < 2 x. no stock.
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      289 6 DAVID BROWN Co UP YOUH HEALTH was 4a Logan’s Buildings, Penang. j u* f| Estate Agents, Auditors, and Licensed Auctioneers. X>. Essraee or Enid Extract of O JAMIICI Books> up SfIRSfIPARILLA Pronounced by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIES Private Tender, of or /WONDERFUL PURIFIER Houses and Landed Property. 0F THE HUMAFJ
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