Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 February 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. ESTABLISHED 1833. PUBLISHED DAILY. No. 32 VOL. LXV. FRIDAY, Bth FEBRUARY, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1477 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THfc FAR EAST. Straits Steam Ship Co.. Ltd. IN. KANDA< VXTwiniirfki Ilian Tnknn JfrDhHnrfn ~By the HAMBORG-AmiKA LlNii WTOUghtIfOHTUbCS FIttIDgS, By the German Steamships HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN,” RHENANIA,” No. 8, Church Stteet, Penang, Large StocJtfc Always OH Hand. SILESIA," and SCANDIA," a regular monthly service is
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    THE AMIR’S VISIT TO INDIA.
    1728 3 Pall Mall Gazette, A RETROSPECT. With the arrival of the Amir of Afghanistan in India, it becomes desirable to con* aider the circumstances surrounding an invitation the fulfilment of which has been so long delayed. The invitation itself may be said to have been given
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    INDIA RUBBER MARKET.
    842 3 GOW, WILSON 4 STANTON’S REPORT. London, January 18. At to-day’s auction, 494 packages of Ceylon and Malaya Plantation grown rubber were under offer, of which about 481 were sold. The total weight amounted to over 31 tons, Ceylon contributing over 7 and Malaya over 24. There was
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    372 3 Mr. Walter H. Barnard’s daily metal market reports, dated London, 14th to 18th January inclusive, contain the follow'ng with regard to tin Jan. 14 7/6 better for cash at XIB9 and 12/6 better for 3 months at £l9O 10/-, a fair business doing, about 500 tons changing
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    513 3 Per P. 4 O. s.s. Mooltan, from London, Jan. 18, connecting with s.s. Macedonia. at Colombo, due at Penang, Feb. 14:To Penang Messrs. C. B. Maddock and J. J. Fleury. To Singapore Misses A. M. and L. C. Osborne, Mrs. S. H. Hendrick, Mr. and Mrs.
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    THE WEEK.
    111 4 Friday, Bth February. Mnnicipal Commission, 3.30 p.iii. P.C.G. Tenuis Tournament. Homeward B. I. Mail. B&n<l, Esplanade, 6to 7 p.m. < High water 9.01 a.m. Low water 3.02 a.hi, Saturday, .fl.h February. High water 9.14 a.m. Low water 3.45 a.m. -.■•>*■ Sunday, IQthl February. Quinquagesinia-Suhday. Strove Sunday, socn! High
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    Friday, 8th Feb., 1907.
    1806 4 r. r /i. Jwere not a f«?w well-informed and earnest students of politics who believed i -y.n r. -t- 1H? TJa that the elections to the German Reichstag* which have just been con laded would' in the Social Democrats .being rg-j, turned "-as the strongest party
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      A COMPLAINT.
      240 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette 1 Dbah Sir, Some years ago when you drew attention to the precincts of the Armenian Church being used as a drying place for carpenter» materials, prompt action was taken bv the trustees pf that church to prevent any fur. fcher
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      QUARANTINE AGAINST PENANG.
      229 4 [To the Editor of th‘. Pinon/ Gazette T f Dkar Sib, As a passenger by a steamer from Penang to Port Sw'ettenham, a few days ago, I was scmewliat surprised to find quarantine regulati ns in force' against vessels from Penang. There is not at the present
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    Concert at the Masonic Hall.
    307 4 A.high-class concert was given in the Masonic Hall yesterday evening by Madame Alida Loman-Liitkemann, soprano vocalist, Who was assisted by Mr. Evert Cornells, pianist. In view of the large number of entertainments of various kinds iu Penang of late, there was, as could only be
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      197 4 ieah Wood M Various Lengths and Sizes lust Arrived; i For Prices apply to f;Q G. H. SLOT Co. .w ISINFECT YduR-\,.. I Drains >T..-.-* WITH ZOTAL. Thp Rpwt and Cheapest Disinfectant sold in the Straits. Used by the Colonial Government, Penapff Municipality and Sanitary' Boards ;in F. M. States,
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      20 4 [AU commii-Mcatitrnto intended for insertion in this journal must be authenticated The Editor is not responsible for opinions of correspondents.]
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND AMERICA.
    82 5 BANQUET TO NEW AMBASSADOR. THE ANGLO-SAXON DESTINY. [Router’s Sbrvick London, 7th Feb. Lord Roberts presided at the banqaet given hr the Pilgrims Society to Mr. James Brvce. the newly-appointed British Ambassador to the United States. Mr. Whitelaw Rei'i, the United States Ambassador, and Baron Koinura, the
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    JAPAN.
    71 5 MUTINY IN A COPPER MINE [Reuter's Service London. Bth Feb. Reuter's correspondent in Tokio states that a mutiny broke out in the Aihio copper mine, at the instigation of the Socialists. The rioters killed the chief engineer, plundered the store-houso containing intoxicating liquors, and afterward ignited the building. Fifteen
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    FRANCE.
    79 5 THE INCOME TAX BILL. [Reuter's Service] London, Bth Feb. A telegram from Paris states that the French Cabinet have unanimously agree 1 to the Income Tax Bill, which applies ti all incomes, besides a graduated tax on incomes above five thou and francs. It provides for foreign securities to
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    57 5 THE COMING SESSION. [Reuter's Service London. 7ch Feb. Mr. A. J. Balfour and Lord Lansdowne, the Opposition leaders in the House of Commons and House of Lords respectively, in their summonses to their followers in connection with the re-ope <ing of Parliament, state that the Session promises
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    THE CHINESE ARMY.
    52 5 AN INCOMPETENT COMMANDER Reuter’s Service London, Bth Feb. Reuter’s correspondent in Peking states that an incompetent Manchu General has been appointed Commander of four divisions of the army of H E. Yuan-shi Kai. wliose system of regular payment of troops is likely to suffer under a reactionary
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    BRITISH TRADE.
    47 5 SATISFACTORY RETURNS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, Bth Feb. The imports into th* United Kingdom for the month of January amounted to £60,540,508, an increase of =£7,066,175 as compared with the same month last year. The exports amounted to £35.070,607, an increase of £4,204,796 over January, 1906.
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    SPOTTED FEVER.
    31 5 A LARGE MORTALITY. [Reuter'» Service.] London, Bth Feb. The total number of deaths from «potted fever (cerebrospinal meningitis) in the United Kingdom is now 108, including 59 in Glasgow.
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    CHURCH ARD STATE IN FRANCE.
    54 5 PROBABLE SETTLEMENT. f ßeuter's Service.] London, Bth Feb. There is every indication that the French Bishops will agree to the proposals of M Briand, Minister for Public Worship, regarding the administration of the Separation Law of 1907, in which case a peaceful settlement of the
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    THE GERMAN ELECTIONS.
    26 5 PRINCE BUELOW’S MAJORITY. [Reuter's Service.] Loudon, Bth Feb. Prince Bulow, Imperial German Chancellor, now commands a trustworthy’ majority of 43 in the Reichstag.
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    GERMANY AND TURKEY.
    80 5 THE SULTAN’S PROTEGE. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION. [Rrutrr’s Sbrvici.] London, Bth Feb. The special commission ordered to be formed at the Yildir Kioskas the result of th* interview on the 3rd inst. of Baron M ***** hell von Bieberstein, the German Ambassador to Turkey, with the Sultanis conducting
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    THE PENANG POLICE.
    42 5 A POPULAR APPOINTMENT. [From Our Otcn Correspondent.} Ipoh, 7th Feb. Major Hargrave Barry de Hamel, Assist ant Commissioner of Police, Batu Gajah, lias been appointed to succeed Mr. H. O Newland, Chief Po’ice Officer, Penang, from Ist March next.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    239 5 THE REICHSTAG ELECTIONS. Berlin, 7th Feb. The Kaiser will open the Reichstag in person on the 19th inst. The result of the elections in the Kingdom of Saxony, which hu hitherto returned all Socialists to the Reichstag, are satisfactory to the Government. THE HAGUE CONFERENCE. Professor Maartens
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    RACING IN KINTA.
    139 5 FIRST DAY’S ENTRIES. The entries for the Kinta Gv loaiiana Club’s race-meeting to be held on the 19th, 21st, and 23rd in.»’.-; closed at Batu Gajah on Wednesday evening. Those for the first day are as under Thb Maidhn Plat a Warrior, Arara Orara),Kalde, Hercules, and Sunray.
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    The Malay Pantoun.
    286 5 Sir Frank Swetcenham in his book on British Malaya, gives some examples of the Malay pantoun. This is a love ditty in four-lined verse, but does not apparently exhibit the elaborate structure which we associate with that form of composition. In fact, the Malay pantoun is singularly
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    379 5 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The results of the ties played yesterday were Championship. Rev. H. C. Henham w? o from C. C. Roger*. Doublr HandicapClass B. A. Brearley A. H. Ferguson w.o. from O. Griffith-Jones Jt C. Matthew. Single HandicapClass C. D. Duncan 15) beat R. C. Gould
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    CURRENCY IN SIAM.
    956 5 THE TICAL IN PUKET. The London and China Express, in the coarse of an interesting article on Siam, says Another somewhat extraordinary measure on the part of the Finance Department of the Siamese Government was the introduction some months ago of the tical into Puket, whose commercial
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      4 5 SCALES. McAliattr Co.> Ltd.
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      505 5 whiskiesT v. o. 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 Co. k BUFFALO AT LARGE, penanggolfclub The Began Jermal-Tanjong Tokong and T J 8
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    286 5 OBITUARY. VISCOUNT GOSCHEN. [Reuter's Service.] London, Bth Feb. The death has taken place of Viscount Goschen. The cause of death, which was unexpected, was heart failure. [Bom on August 10. 1831, Lord Goschen graduated with first-class honours at Oxford in 1853. and then abandoned academic paths for business, becoming a
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    LOG BOOK.
    923 6 The i eduction of fares to Colombo and back from Australia appears to have been Very popular down south, especially in West Australia. A former Colombo resident and journalist, Mr. E. J, Wayman, writes from Fremantle under date January Bth, giving the following interesting information: ''b. The reduced
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    144 6 lute, Brit, /170, filling, Feb. 7, Moulmein, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Arratoon Apcar, Brit, 2931, Stewart, Feb. 8, Calcutta, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Avagyee Brit., 247, Buchanan, Feb. 8, Deli, gen., Koe Guan Co. Dnt, 7«6, Ko t punhu.i>, Feb. 8, Langea, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert C 0.........
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY
    50 6 Amra for Mergui, Tavoy, and Moulmein. Bhakata for Rangoon and Calcutta taking mails for Europe, etc vid Bombay. Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Flying Dragon for Setul. Lady Weld for Teluk Anson Malaya for Deli. Manila for Singapore, China, and JapanPrinzess Alice for Singapore, China, am Japan.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    319 6 per Avagyee for Deli, I p.m. to-morrow. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, 1 p.m. tomorrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, 1 pm. to-morrow. Deli for Batu Bahra 1 p.m. to-morrow. Arratoon Apcar for Singapore, China, and 'Japan,.2 p.m.. to-morrow. Langkat for Teluk Anson, 2 p.m. to-morrow. Kapurthala for Port Swettenham
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    136 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Bengloe from London, Feb. 9, for Singapore, &c, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Borneo from Singapore, Feb. 9, for Colombo and Europe, Adamßon,Gilfillan Co. China from Singapore, Feb. 10, for Colombo, Bombay, and Trieste, Schmidt, Kustermann Co.
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    PASSENGERS.
    78 6 By Amra from Mergui, Mr. Cama. By Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Mr. Chas. Snow. By Kapurthala from Singapore, MM*» Balfour and Giliardi; from Port Swettenham, Mrs. Macintyre, Mrs Boon Sean. Messrs. Wakefield, Yeoh Faik Keat, Teo Khean Peow, and Gan Chooi Hin, By Thongwa to Singapore, Mr Justice
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    SHARES.
    1246 6 *|lCapitel. Subscribed. Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividend.. Neme. <Jnet.ti on< 2 s c 8 3_. MINING. Gold. U '< I’soo s•<> Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. ss| sellers. 1900 $175,000 $140,000 J io >.. < (Deferred) nom. rKO 000 £1 £1 £4,873 J/. paid January, 1901 Kaub Aust. Gold
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Pknang, Eth February, 1907. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) Lomlnn Demand Bank 2/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/41 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 173| 3 days'sight Private 175| Bombay, Demand Bank 173| 3 days’ sight Private 176| Madras, Deman<l Bank 173| 3 days’
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    PRODUCE.
    174 6 Pknang, Bth February, 1907. Gohl leaf $64 70 Pepper (W. Coant. 3 Ibn. 5 oz.) 1,7 buyers. White Pepper 23f buyers. Trang Pepper 18 buyers. Mace 85 buyers. Maye Pickings 71 sales. Nutmegs lin 27J sales. (Nol 5.10 Sugar. < 2 X. no stock. Basket 3.20 sales. Tapioca Flour
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      9 6 P. MOIR CRANES* Cylinder OH, Sandilands, Buttsry V Co.
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      310 6 The Penang Coach Building Co., Ltd., Coach Builders and Repairers, Bicycle Dealers and Repairers, Commission Agents, etc., will start business From Ist January, 1007, BOS, HUTTON LANE. All kinds of Vehicles and Horse Accessories in Stock, harness, Saddlery, etc., Expected in a Few Days. Horse Food of the Best Quality
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      1257 8 penangvolunteers. Fussell’s Butterfly” Brands. Hardwood Timber. ORDERS BY CAPTAIN A. R. ADAMS. I o,,nr ANn n D L-AAA (BLUE GUM.) commandant. S E F.nP” tor u™’Pedifstate' o£“m PURE MILK AND GKt-AIVI. All sizes of Scantlings, Beams, Planks and Piles February, 1907. Farm for a period of three years from tlie
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