Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 April 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 83 VOL. LXV. MONDAY, 15th APRIL. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1710 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. MMSgSSBSBSSMt 7[ DTI! I f J By the HAHBURG-AHERIKA LINIE. [T LRUUIW, Bv the German Steamships HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN RHENANIA/. I *H, A I Civil, Electrical. SILESIA,” and SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service is maintained between Lisbon and the II Far East. The
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    SABANG BAY.
    1330 3 PENANG’S DUTCH RIVAL. The March number of 77*« Far Eastern Review contains a very interesting article on Sabang Bay. The illustrations convey a very good idea of the progress which that port has made of late. Up to eljout 1893, Sabang Bay, and indeed the Island of Pulo
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    Shelford Rubber Estate, Ltd.
    545 3 Fihst Annual Report. Directors.Sir John Ure Primrose, Bart, ll d (Chairman), Messrs L T. Boustead, I W. \V. Campbell, L. Dougal, B H. A. 5 Hankey, William W. Magellan, and W. F. de B. MacLaren. The Directors hive pleasure in submitting the first annual balance sheet
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    FOG.
    1208 3 J/. G. The huge liner was four days out when the fog, white and languid, drifted slowly down upon her like the dead vapours from a witch’s caldron. In vast shapeless masses it writhed over the decks, leaving on bright brass and ironwork a clammy film, dulling the polished
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    Shipping Rings.
    189 3 At a further sitting of the Royal .Commission on Shipping Rings on the 19th ult. evidence was given by Mr. 'l’. Hall Sissons, president of the Hull Chamber of Commerce. He considered that tho system of deferred rebates prevented English merchants from availing themselves of cheap competing rates
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    339 3 Per P. Jc O. s.s. Nore from London, Mar. 16, duo April 16 at Penang :To Penang Miss Jackson, Miss Mills, Messrs. K. Macleod and R. S. Stewart. To Singapore Mr. and Mrs. S. Smith, Staff-Se”gt. Coppin, Quartermasfcer-Sergt. and Mrs. Mills, and chihirer., Staff Sergt. and
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    THE WEEK.
    147 4 Monday. Isth April. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. High water 1.36 p m Low water 7.30 a.m Tuesday, Iflth April. League Football: G. S. v. P. B. Homeward German Mail. High water 2.24 p.m. Low water 8.27 a.»n. Wednesday. I7th April. Outward German Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6
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    Monday, 15th April, 1907.
    1776 4 We are glad to learn from the Friend of India that the question of shipping rings and rebates is attracting attention iu Calcutta, for, as our contemporary points out, and as we have remarked ourselves on several occasions, the opportunity given by the Royal Commission is
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    279 4 SHOOTING COMPETITIONS The following competitions on the gramme of the seventh annual rifle meer°’ of the Penang Volunteer Corps were d* 7? ed on Saturday and yesterday at the M range at Campong Bahru Cobps Prizr. Presented by Penang Volunteers Io Cad Corpse 150 yards target, 2nd-class Bidey
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    Seremban Races
    137 4 The following were the winners on the first day of the Seremban Gymkhana Club's meeting The Maiden Plate. (For all Horses). Mr. J. I. Philips Kia Ora, 8 7, Holley I The Resident's Ccp (For Seremban 1907 Griflios). Mr. G. Hughes’s Susan, 9.12, T. Southall I The Planters’
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    The Outward English Mail.
    237 4 The B. I. Contract Packet Teesta, with the Outward Mails, is expected to arrive here on Thursday, the 18th inst, at < aJI and to leave for Port Swettenhaiu Singapore at about 5 p.m. on the same At Alor Star on Wednesday, H- HRaja Muda of
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      233 4 )SARKIES TIOTELSj /E. &0. HOTEL Y CRAG HOTEL Penang Mis. (RAFFLES HOTEL Singapore. (STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. 1 SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. 1 CYCLI NG, When you ride a MASSEY'-HARK IS, is QUITE ANOTHER MATTER and more particularly so when it is fitted with P A "L M E R TYRES. Cash
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    EGYPT.
    131 5 LORD CROMER'S RESIGI4TIOI. FOREIGN PRESS COMMENTS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th April. Both the French and the German Press offer the most sympathetic comments on the resignation of Lord Cromer. London, 15th April. The Paris Temps, commenting on Lord Cromer’s resignation, says that after his departure, as hitherto, no spokes
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    RUSSIA.
    78 5 MUTINY IN A PRISON. [Reuter’s Service Loudon, 15th April. A mutiny having broken out in the prison at Riga, the troops were summoned and tired on the mutineers, nineteen of whom were killed and wounded. Niue soldiers were wounded. The Congress of Nobles at St. Petersburg intend to petition
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    THE BRITISH DRAMA.
    73 5 Mr. TREE IN BERLIN. [Reuter’s Service] London, 15th April. Mr. Beerbohm Tree, with the whole of his company from His Majesty’s Theatre, London, has paid a visit to Berlin to give a performance of Richard the Second He was accorded an enthusiastic reception. The Emperor was present
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    GENERAL BOTHA.
    62 5 ARRIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON. [Reuter’s Service London, 14th April. General Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, who is visiting England to attend the Conference of Colonial Premiers, has landed at Southampton. The Mayor and Corporation drove in state to the docks and presented him with an address on board the
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    THE "JENA” EXPLOSION.
    40 5 THE COMMISSION’S REPORT- [Reuters Service.] London, 13th April. The Senatorial Commission appointed to enquire into the explosion on board the French battleship Jena at Toulon has reported that the catastrophe was due to the so-called B powder.
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    THE KING AND QUEEN.
    40 5 A VISIT TO MALTA. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 15th April. Their Majesties King Edward and Queen Alexandra have arrived at Malta, where they were heartily chee»ed on landing. Their Majesties will remain at Malta for several days.
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    CENTRAL AMERICA.
    31 5 HOSTILITIES ENDED: [Rrutrr’s Skrvicr] London, 13th April. The war in Central America has come to an end, M. Bonilla, the President of Honduras, having surrend red to the Nicaraguans.
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    THE THAW TRIAL.
    26 5 JURY DISCHARGED. I Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th April. The Jury in the Thaw trial at New York have disagreed and have been discharged.
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    THE COLONIAL CONFERENCE.
    111 5 Al OFFICIAL AIIOUICEIEIT. INDIA’S REPRESENTATIVE. [Reutmr’s Service] London, 15th April. It is officially announced that the opening of the Colonial Conference will be private. Lord Elgin, Secretary of State for the Colonies, will preside, and the Premier, Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, will deliver an address. London, Inter. Sir
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    THE KING OF ITALY.
    57 5 TO MEET KING EDWARD. [Reuter's Service London, 15th April. King Edward and King Emmanuel of Italy will meet at Gaeta, the Italian naval port in Campania, on the 18th inst Queen Alexandra and Queen Helena of Italy will also be present. The British and the Italian
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    THE STANDARD OIL COMPANY.
    40 5 A CONVICTION. [Reuter's Service.] London, 15th April. A telegram from Chicago announces that the Standard Oil Company lias been convicted in the United States District Court of receiving rebates. No penalty was impose 1, pending appeal.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    42 5 A BYE-ELECTION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 15th April. Sir Walter Nugent, Nationalist, has been returned unopposed for South Westmeath, in the place of the late Mr. D. Sullivan, Nationalist, who was also return -d unopposed at the last General Election.
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    THE CONNAUGHTS' TOUR.
    37 5 ARRIVAL AT MARSEILLES. [Reuter’s Service] London. 15th April. Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess ami Princess Patricia of Connaught have arrived at Marseil es. They will stay for a few days in Paris.
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    PERSIA.
    32 5 A MINISTERIAL RESIGNATION. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 15th April. Reuter’s correspondent in Teheran wires that the Minister of the Interior, who has been severely criticised in Parliament for his inactivity, has resigned.
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    INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    38 5 WORK ON PORTUGUESE RAILWAY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 15th April. Two thousand, two hundred, and fifty Indians from Durban, including women and children, have sailed to work on the Benguella railway, Angola, Portuguese West Africa.
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    LORD WILLIAM NEVILL
    166 5 SENTENCED TO HARD LABOUR. [Rruter’s Service rJ 1 Jal London, 14th April. Lord William Nevill has been sentenced to a year’s hard labour. [The charge against Lord William Nevill was that of stealing jewellery, value £4OO, by means of a trick. He showed the head of a
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    56 5 DESTROYERS IN COLLISION NEW CRUISER LAUNCHED- [Reuter's Service.] London, 14th April. The destroyers Ferret and Osprey have collided in the English Channel. Both are damaged, the Osprey seriously. London, 15th April.' The new cruiser Invincible has been launched at Elswick. Great secrecy is being observed with regard
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    98 5 RUSSIA. Berlin, 14th Apiil. The Tsar has expressed his thanks officially to M. Kokovtsov, the Minister for Finance, for the manner io which he has intervened in the debates in the Duma. The estimates foreshadow a loan of two hundred million roubles this year. THE BRITISH NAVY.
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    Labour in the F.M.S.
    349 5 j Tims* of Ceylon. The systematic recruiting of lab >ur in South India for both this country and Malaya is established and Malaya has a decided advantage over Ceylon in that it is free from the system of coast advances which in this IJand has developed
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    Sumatra Para Rubber Plantations.
    260 5 Subscriptions were invited at Home on 21st ult. for 50,000 shares of the al>ove company, which ha« been formed, with a capital of £lOO,OOO, to require the Pangkattan Estate, on the east coast of the Island of Sumatra. The property is held under lease for 75
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    CRICKET.
    549 5 P.C.C. V. C.R.C. A cricket match was played on the Esplanade on Saturday afternoon between the Penang Cricket Club and the Chinese Recreation Club. The P.C C. won the toss and elected to bat. The C.R.C. contained several good batsmen, but, with the exception. of *Lim Swee, Ee Gan
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    Meteorological Observations.
    163 5 The Rainfall. We have give below a comparative statement of the rainfall registered in the Settlement of Penang for the month of March from 1905 to 1907. IO to t—- o Xlovernment Hill 398 193 869 «For.t Cornwallis 2.11 2.09 6.50 Criminal Prison 357 2.20 6.43 Pulau Jerejak
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    LOG BOOK.
    772 6 According to an authoritative writer in the Berliner Tageblatt, the new German armoured cruiser will have a displacement of 19JOO tons, and will be the largest vessel of its class afloat, the biggest German cruiser hitherto being only 11,600 tons. Her speed will be 25 knots, her Parsons
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    200 6 Av Ao yer, Brit., 217, Buchanan, AprH it, Deli, gen., Koe Guan Co. Bharata, Brit., 1957, Windebank, April 14 Rangoon, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. Calypso, Brit., 339, Lowry, April 15, Singapore, gen., IV. Mansfield Co. Coen, Dut, 823, Steenborg, April 15, Sabang, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Habsbbrg, Ger,
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    DEPARTURES TO-DAY.
    65 6 Calypso for Deli. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Coen for Singapore. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Palitana for Rangoon, and Calcutta. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh. and Sabang. Resident Halewyn for Batu Bahra. Taw Tong for Trang and Pang Nga. Thongwa for Negapatam and Madras.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    131 6 per Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, noon, tomorrow. Avagyee for Deli, 1 p.m. w-morrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, 1 p in. to-u.orrow. Omapere for Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy, t p.m. to-morrow. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore, 3 p.m. to-morrow. Perak (Straits S. S. Co.)
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    92 6 Xante of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Glenavon from London, April, 19, for Singapore, Boustead A* Co. Benlkdi from London, April, 21, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Iyo Maru from Singapore, April 26, for Colombo, Boustead Co. Yangtsze from
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    PASSENGERS.
    272 6 By Malta, bom Singapore Mr. and Mrs. Gan Teong Teik, Mrs. A. B. Smith, and Mr. H. C. Murdock. For Colombo, Mr Tilsley, Mr. and Mrs. Sinclair; for Marseilles, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Chappel, Mr. and Mrs. Trump, Mr. R. M. Latham, Mr. G. Forbes, Mr. A. F.
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    SHARES.
    1152 6 if CpitaL S.UcriUd. vX M.p. Rw... Bi.id.na. Quorum., i a MINING. Gold. rKO 000 £1 £1 P.M J--a. lUnb A».t.Oohl Mining Co., i.M Fnlly Paid 1892 £200,000 £«1,290 1 1/. Gold Mining 005 1898 /--2,000,000 <1,800,000 20,000 GOO HOO 52} j*r oen* foe 190« J’*l K R Ti n
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 6 Penang, 15th Aprig. 1307. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank') London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 7/16 3 Credit 2/4 9/1«, 3 Documentary 2/4f Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173} 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 173 j 3 days’sight Private n 175}
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    PRODUCE.
    179 6 Penang, 15th April, 1907. Gold leaf $64.60 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz 17 no stock. White Pepper 24}. Trang Pepper 19}. Mace 81. Mace Pickings 70.75 aelllers. Cloves (picked) 51. Nutmegs 110 29 sel'ers. No 1 ssai*e. Sugar. < 2 x no stock. (Basket 3.15 sales. Topioca Flower
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