Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 February 1907

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED J 833. No. 38 VOL. LXV. MONDAY, 18th FEBRUARY, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    BLOCK ROBBER.
    332 3 Mr. Francis Pears, manager of the Lanadron Estate, Ltd., writes to the Ceylon Observer ln your issue, January sth, a cable appears stating the size of Block rubber recommended by experts at Home and also a paragraph under Editor’s Notes” mentioning this estate as having to reduce the
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    Hongkong and Shanghai Bank.
    426 3 We have received from the Manager of the local branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation a copy of the annual report and accounts for the half-year ended 31st December, 1906, which were to be submitted to the shareholders at the half-yearly general meeting in
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    JAPAN AND AMERICA.
    523 3 ENGLAND’S POSITION IN THE EVENT OF WAR. In the new number of the North American Review, Mr. Mayo W. Hazeltine discusses the topic, Would England side with Japan against the United States In the event of war between Japan and America, Mr. Hazeltine points out: While most
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    The Amir in Calcutta.
    277 3 Calcutta, Jan. 28. The Amir had an enthusiastic welcome to-day. Enormous crowds lined the streets. His visit is a quiet one, and he desires to receive no addresses. The Corporation had spent R 2,000 on a casket, the address being engraved on gold plate. Lady Minto’s
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    653 3 ANOTHER COMMISSION SUGGESTED. On the 22nd ult. a public meeting was held in the Merchants’ House, Glasgow, for the purpose of hearing an address by Mr. Theodore C. Taylor, M.P., on the present position of Great Britain and India in relation to the Chinese opium trade. Mr.
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    Post Office.
    203 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying at the Penang Post Office Allen, R. W. Kestenbaum, H. Amos, Mrs. S. Kofler, Miss M. Betts, L. B. Liew Sim Teik Bolle, J. C. Martain, Prof. C. Brown, Tom Menasche, G. Cama, S. K. R. Muller MacLean»fc Co. Chaytor,
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    VALUE OF PEACE CONFERENCES.
    634 3 Taken together with Reuter’s telegram on page 5 to-day regarding Professor De Marten’s Mission from the Tsar to the European capitals to make arrangements for the next Peace Conference at The Hague, the dlfdernoted article from Continental Correspondence is of topical interest Some timuago Prince Bulow
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    321 3 Per P. «fc O. s. s. Nile, from London, Jan. 19, due at Penang, Feb. 19 :To Penang Mr. and Mrs. A. Dennys and children, Mrs. Petrie and child, Mrs. Pottey, Misses Smith, H. Taylor, and L. Wilson. Lieut. J. Boston, Messrs. P. Cocke and E.
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    THE WEEK.
    155 4 Monday, IBth February. P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Methodist-Episcopal Conference. High water 4.30 p.m. Low water 10.29 am. Tuesday, I9th February. Visit of Duke of Connaught. Public Holiday. Inspection of M. S. G. At Home at Residency. Methodist-Episcopal Conference. High water 5.14 p.in Low
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    Monday, 18th Feb., 1907.
    990 4 We have had occasion to remark before this that the progress of the anti-opium campaign has been lamentably retarded through the foolishness of the extreme advocates of a cause which we all recognise to be right, at any rate in principle. A striking proof of the
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    MALAY STATES GUIDES.
    108 4 THE ASSAULT-ATrAB-M S r A l !A, W i I 'jii' The Commandant. (Colonel R. F. G. Walker, i p.M.G.) and. ,thn, papers of tire Malays States Guides will be At Home at the Sepoy lines this evening from 5 o’clock. An .aspault-at-arms will take place, the
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    Anglo-Chinese School Union.
    204 4 Anniversary Meeting. The hall of the Anglo-Chinese School presented quite a gala appearance on the occasion of the first annual social meeting of the Anglo-Chinese School Union on Saturday evening. Rev. G. F. Pykett occupied the Chair, and there were present qver forty members and friends. A
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    199 4 Water Carnival. We are informed by Mr. V. Gibbons, the,. Secretary, that it hasbeejn.decided tp hold the Water Carnival atTaujong Buugah on Saturday, 16th- March. entry lists opened yesterday, and will'close on Sunday, 10th March.. v We regret to announcer the death of Mrs. H. B. Woodford,
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    PENANG VOLUNTEER CORPS.
    845 4 TJHE ANNUAL CAMP. A CROWDED PROGRAMME. The members of the Penang Volunteer Corps in Camp at Campong Bharu not been idle dnrihg the last two day S) f Or in addition to mounting guard at nighttime and the Usual routine work during the day, they have been
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      163 4 leak wood in Various lengths and Sizes just Arrived. For Prices apply to G. H. SLOT Co. QUALITY TELLS. :o: In the end it is the Quality that Tells, and that is why, in a comparatively short space of time, tne MASSEY-HARRIS BICYCLE has become recognized here—as in all Countries
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    354 4 Obituary. Mr. John Fraser. The Singapore papers announce the death, on Friday, in Farnham, Surrey, of Mr. John Fraser, of Fraser Co., brokers, Singapore. He came out to Singapore in 1865 to join the local branch of the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India afterward went into business in Shanghai for
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    161 5 OLD KE PEISIOIS. AN IRISH DEVOLUTION BILL. [R.ut.b’. Ssbvicb.] London, 18th Feb. Mr. J. Keir Hardie, M.P., leader of the Labour Party, speaking at a meeting in Cambridge, said that the Labour Party meant to have an Old Age Pensions Bill passed by the present Government this
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    71 5 THE TRANSVAAL ELECTIONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Feb. In connection with the forthcoming elections to the new Legislative Assembly of the Transvaal Colony, a great political demonstration was held in Johannesburg on Friday evening. Sir George Farrar declared that the Progressives are fighting for God and the King
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    THE HAGUE CONFERENCE.
    66 5 A SUCCESSFUL MISSION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th Feb. Professor De Martens, who is on a special mission from the Tsar to the European capitals with the object of arranging for the International Peace Conference at The Hague, had a prolonged audience of His Majesty King Edward on
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    TURKEY.
    68 5 THE SULTAN’S PROTEGE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Feb. Fehim Pasha, the Sultan of Turkey’s protege and Chief of the Secret Police at the Yildiz, Kiosk (whose crimes were made the subject of. a special commission at the instance of the Sultan on the representation of Baron Marschall von Bicherstein,
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    JAPAN AND AMERICA.
    56 5 AMENDED IMMIGRATION BILL. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Jan. It is announced from Washington that the Senate has adopted the amended Immigration Bill without a division. The difficulty with Japan is thereby settled, the Californian school authorities having agreed to admit Japanese children to schools attended by white
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    INDO-CHINA.
    107 5 THE LAO-KAI—TURIIAX-SEI RAILWAY. AGREEMENT SIGNED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 17th Feb. An agreement for the construction of the railway from Lao-kai to Yunnan-oen, in Indo-China, has been signed in Paris by the French Government and the IndoChinese Railway Co. [At present one line runs from Haiphong to Vietri (98 miles),
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    54 5 THE CHANNEL COMMAND. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Feb. Vice-Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who is at present on a visit to Mexico, on being interviewed, said that he had declined to take the command of the Channel Fleet unless some modifications were made, and had accepted it when
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    CHURCH AND STATE IN FRANCE.
    50 5 ALLEGED CABINET DISSENSION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Feb. Despite semi-official denials, the French newspapers publish persistent rumours of a serious dissension between M. .Clemenceau, the Premier, and M. Briand, Minister for Public Worship, on the Church and State question, which may shortly lead to developments.
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    RUSSIA.
    42 5 THE DUMA ELECTIONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 17 th Feb. As a result of the preliminary elections in Russia, the Constitutional Democrats claim to have a large majority in the Duma and they insist, therefore, that M. Stolypin, the Premier, must resign.
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    SERVIA.
    34 5 A REGICIDE OUTRAGE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Feb. Three regicide officers attacked two Deputies with swords in the streets of Belgrade. A fierce fight ensued, and one of the Deputies was seriously wounded.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    119 5 COMMERCIAL RIVALRY. Count Paul Wolff-Metternich, the German Ambassador to Great Britain, at a commercial banquet in Newcastle, spoke against the false doctrine of commercial rivalry between Great Britain and Germany, which was a hindrance to the friendship existing between the two countries. CENTRAL AMERICA. The danger arising
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    Prince Fushimi’s Mission.
    78 5 An Unfortunate Beginning. Hongkong, Feb. 15. The P. O. steamer ZtevanAa, with Prince Fushimi, the Emperor of Japan’s Envoy to England, arrived at Kobe to-day. after being in collioion with <the Shingu Maru, off the COMt of Tosa. She has thrtri holes in her F above the
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    THE ROYAL TOUR.
    823 5 A VISIT TO JOHORE. > <1 1 1 [From Our Own Correspondent.] 1 Singapore, 18th Feb. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught and. Princess Patricia made a private visit to Jphore. The B. I. steadier Dunera, with the Royal party on board, sailed from
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    THE KINGSTON INCIDENT.
    934 5 THE- BWETTENH-AM—D A VIS CORRESPONDENCE- r A Kingston telegram states that the fration between the Governor of Jamaica and Rear-Admiral Davis began on the arrival of the sqadron, when the former objected to the firing of a salute in his honour on the ground that the citizens
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      7 5 WINES AND SPIRITS. McAlhttr V Co., Ltd.
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      518 5 WHISKIES. V. 0. H. B. CLUB WHISKY, VERY OLD SCOTCH, Ai R r J 0 1 Power’s Irish, etc., etc. Aso Black and White, Dewar’s, Crawford’s, Haddow’s, and all Well-known Brands, Kept in Stock. Havana Cigars—Best Brauds Only. Caldbeck, Macgregor Co. PENANG GOLF CLUB. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. MONTHLY MEDAL -THE next
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    LOG BOOK
    772 6 Captain Young, who was mentioned by Reuter as Laving been killed at Kinston during the recent earthquake, was wellknown in Calcutta shipping circles. He commanded the coolie sailing vessel Arno, owned by Messrs. James Nourse Co., whichieft the Hooghly about four months ago w h six hundred coolies
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    177 6 Ban Whatt Hin, Brit., 195, Morrell, Feb., 16, Tongkah, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Bharata, Brit., 1957, Windebank, Feb. 17, Rangoon, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Calypso, Brit., 339, Lowry, Feb. 18, Deh, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Coen, Dut., 823, Steenborg, Feb. 18, Olehleh, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Delta, Brit.,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    48 6 Calypso for Deli. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Coen for Singapore. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Nam Sang for Calcutta. Polyphemus for Singapore and Japan. Riojun Maru for Madras. Rotorua, for Tongkah. Taw Tong for Trang and Pang Nga. Un Peng for Perlis and Setul.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    366 6 per Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, 11 a.m. to-morrow. Avagyee for Deli, Il a.m. to-morrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, 11 am. to-morrow. Resident Halewyn for Batu Bahra, 11 a.m. to-morrow. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore, 11 a.m. to-morrow. Perak (Straits S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    48 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benlawers from London, Feb. 24, for Singapore, &c., Sandilands, Buttery Co. Radnorshire from London, Feb. 16, for Singapore, Boustead Co. Trieste from Colombo, Mar. 5, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Schmidt, Kustermann Co.
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    PASSENGERS.
    35 6 By Rotorua from Tonkah, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan, Messrs. Clunis, Hartnell, Prabanseng. By Nam Sang from Calcutta, Rev. and Mrs Franzin, Mrs. Montia. By Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Mr. B. G. H. Johnson.
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    SHARES.
    1248 6 I•£ N f Issue *5 Capital. Subscribed. Shares. Yalue. Paid up. Reserve. Dividends. Name. Quotations I S I a Q MINING. j Gold. I ionn $175 000 CIAO non 13,500 $lO $lO Bersawah Gold Mining Co., Ltd. ssj sellers. 1900 5175,000 $140,000 4 0 00 10 io (Deferred) 5
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, 18th February, 1907. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/4| 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 r 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta, Demand Bank R*. 173| 3 days’ sight Private 175 J Bombay, Demand Bank 173{ 3 days’ sight Private 175| Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    174 6 Penang, 18 th February, 1907. Gold leaf $64.70 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb«. 50a.) 17 buyer». White Pepper 23} buyers. Trang Pepper 18 buyers. Mace 85 buyers. Mace Pickings 71 sales. Nutmegs 110 27} sale». {No 1 5.10 2 x. no «took. Basket 3.20 sale». Tapioca Flour 1.82} nominal
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      5 6 P. MOIR CRANES' Cylinder Oil.
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