Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 August 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 185 VOL. LXV. THURSDAY. 15th AUGUST. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1517 2 DIRECT SERVICE FROM LISBON TO THE FAR EAST. By the HAMBORG-AMERIKA UWE. .gj ,«b& S lllki Sg rixv mK«M Stvmauh, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Safest a H Bv the German Steamships “HABSBURG,” “HOHENSTAUFEN,” “RHENANIA,” r.HM~ ffigf Bour Eructation.,, Bilious Affections. Effective' Ape X SILESIA,” and “SCANDIA,” a regular monthly service is
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    GERMANY AND KIAO-CHAU.
    1634 3 —Angus Hamilton in P.M.G. It is in a high degree improbable that Germany is contemplating, as reported, the ie trocession to China of her protectorate o f Kiao-Chau. As it stands to-day this territory represents to the Fatherland a vast expenditure both of an official and unofficial
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    Japan and India Compared.
    273 3 ,—Statesman. Numerous writers both here and at Home have frequently called attention to the probability that the success of Japan in driving back the white peril that threatened China would create a new fee ing of selfconfidence among all the coloured laces of Art*. There is
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    PORT SAID.
    471 3 Mr. Consul-General Cameron’s Report lon the Trade of Port Said for the year I 1906. just issued by the Foreign Office, I presents a picture of progress and developI meat pleasant to contemplate. Apart from I the commercial movement, which shows I steady increase, the port and ’own
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    Council of India.
    237 3 London, 7th August. The House of Commons has passed the third reading of the Council of India Bill. During the debate Mr. O’Donnell moved that the Council consist of fifteen members of whom not more than eight shou'd have held salaried appointments, the object being to save
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    The Arbuthnot Failure.
    166 3 —Exchange. Madras, 7th August. The Madras Committee of the Arbuthnot Creditors Fund has issued another despairing appeal to the creditors of the firm for funds to enab’e them to carry on their work of realising assets on behalf of the ere litors as a body If the
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    COCONUTS IN MALAYA.
    552 3 Malay Mail. t I His Excellency the High Commissioner is r I reported to have said at Kuala Kangsar that he was glad to see rubl»er was not al- together killing coconuts that In recomi mended people not to put all their money i into one industry
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    265 3 Per P. »fc O. s.s. Manila, from London July 20, due Aug. 20 at Penang:—To Singapore Major J. A. O. McCarthy, Major and Mrs. E. M. Pilcher. Per P. O. 8.3. Borneo, from L »ndon, Aug. 3, due Sept. 3 at Penang :—To Penang: Mr. and
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      569 3 r— PRYĔ RIVER DOCK. Roya •’■rant to The King. are invited for 50,000 cubic r I yards of clean sand for filling required at Prye River Dock. The material to 19 II be deposited and levelled off as directed by r W rl I Im the Manager. J is a
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    THE WEEK.
    166 4 Tkuraday, Isth August. Taiping Races. P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. League Football Butterflies v, Free School, C R.C. Ground. High waler 5 03 p.m. Low wafer 1 l/’O p m. Friday, I6th August. Municipal Commission, 3.30 pm. < P.C.C. Tennis Tournament.. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Lodge Scotia Masonic
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    Thursday, 15th August, 1907.
    971 4 Any city with <i population of neir|y three hundred and fifty tlioumncWnust contain a certain number of bid characters, and Bdfast is no exception to I he rule. There have been fierce fights there between Home Rulers and Orangemen in the past,. and whatever the cause
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    POLICE CHANGES.
    218 4 It will be learned with genuine regret by Captain W. E. tUI lriends in the Colony that-he has i esigned ithe position of Chief Police Officer, an,d lsave£ for England at an early date. For over a week, says the Straits Times, it has been an open, in
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    The Rainfall.
    562 4 The following is a comparative’statement of the r.infall registered in the ’S'ettleitient during the .month- of June- for 1906 and 1907 Jr 1906. 1907. Government Hill 7.53 14 73 The Prisons 5 4.69 8 01Fort Cornwallis 3.16 5 8QBalik Pulau 9.15 1*2.42. PuTau Jerejak 1 5.12 Lu mat’,
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    KINTA TIN CONSOLIDATION.
    218 4 '-P 1 directors of the Kinta Tin ..tsiiirtfea, l>»Va for some -ye a i- 9 pa ß^ d l,, a considerable revenue from wati r Which l> a to work his tin-bearing lands, h situated in the centre of this co UCa y mines. T-bo-Haji’s property ‘pa
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    Cholera Outbreaks.
    263 4 tpteleg. 0,0 received from Kedah, there were six fresh cases of cholera apd f 6 deaths, at A lor Star yesterday Oiie case of cholera is reported from Perlis, which is about 25 miles north t Alor Star? ot ’«lt- is believed that the epidemic in Keiah ,-wil.L,.
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    70 4 Tournament. The results of the tics played yesterday were .-Double Handicap. Final.L. E. P. Wolferstan »fc Dr. Jamieson j!j beat H.C. jsglis &H. A. Neubronner 15) 6—l 6—3. Mixed Double Handicap. Semi-Final. Miss Jones A: W. J. Hodge 1.5.3) beat Nir. ifc Mrs. Cunningham (.*+.3o) 6—4 6—4.
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    Straits Commerce.
    301 4 Statistics published in the Government Gazette show that the total value of imports of merchandise into the Colony during tl |B second quarter of 1907 was $86,366,367, equal* to £10,'76,076, as compared with ..182,386,843, or £9,611,798 in the same quarter in 1906, the increase being $3,979,524, oi £464,278.
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    IRELAND.
    154 5 THE BELFAST LABOUR DISPUTE. BOMB OUXBAJ3E NEAR CLONMEL [Rroter’b Service.] London, 14th August. The Police and military were withdrawn from the disturbed district of Belfast yesterday evening, the piiests and the Orange and labour leaders promising to restrain the different factions. The evening passed off quietly. Sir Antony Macdonnell,
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    ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    102 5 KING EDWARD AND THE KAISER. [Beutrr’s Service London, 14th August. The German Press generally comments in the most friendly manner on the meeting to-day of the King and the Kaiser at Wilhelmshohe. The meeting was attended by much ceremony and is welcomed by the newspapers as evidence of
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    THE MONSOON IN INDIA.
    43 5 HEAVY RAINFALL IN BOMBAY. [Bkuter’s Skrvick] London, 15th August. There is hii unprecedented rainfall in Bombay. Up to the present 92 67 inches have been registered, with another six weeks’ rain coming. The floods are damaging crops and property.
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    PERSIA.
    41 5 THE PROPOSED NATIONAL BANK. [Rkutrr’s Service.] London, 15th August. Reuter’s correspo dent at Teheran cables that Parliam nt has a greed to the immediate engagement of a foreign expert to advise the Government concerning the organization of a National Bank.
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    MOROCCO.
    36 5 THE SITUATION AT CASABLANC V [Rkutrr’s Skrvicb.] London, 15th August. Skirmishing continues jn the neighbourhood of Casablanca. It is thought that the lack of cavalry and artillery is hampering the operations of the Franco-Spanish force.
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    THE MONEY MARKET.
    34 5 THE CRISIS IN AMERICA. [Rkutrr’s Sxrvick] London, 14th August. Mr. Elihu Root, U.S. Secretary of State, conferred yesterd ly with the leading bankers regarding the disorganised conditDOD of the money market.
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    SHIPPING.
    32 5 ELLERMAN LINER LAUNCHED. [Rkutrr’s Skrvick.] London, 14th August The new steamer City of Paris, of the Ellerman lin was launched on Saturday. She sails for tier maiden voyage on October 15tL.
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    35 5 THREE MORE “DREADNOUGHTS.” [Rkutrr’s Skrvicb.] London, 15th August. The Daily Telegraph says that it is understood that the construct! w of three improved warships of the Dreadnought class will be commenced shortly.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    134 5 LORD BOSEBEKT AID THE GOYERIHEIT. SCOTTISH LAND RILL ATTACKED. [Rkutrr’s Skrvick.] I London, 14th August. I In the House of Lords, Lord Rosebery made a vehement attack on the Scottish Land Bill, declaring that England was treated like a self-governing Colony and Scotland like a Crown Colony.
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    CRICKET AT HOME.
    20 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 15th August. Notts County have defeated the South Africans by five wickets, at Nottingham.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    148 5 I THE KING AND THE TSAR. Berlin, 14th August. King Edward, attended by Sir Charles Harding?, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, arrived at Wilhelmshohe to day on a visit to the Kaiser and left for Ischi in the evening. MOROCCO. Looting at Casablanca has l»een prohibited
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    The Eastern Command.
    68 5 London, 10th August. The Birmingham Post learns that the Imperial Government has deckled to make some important and far-reaching changes in the composition of the garrisons in the Far Eastern Colonies. As soon as practicable, it is stated, a new Far Eastern Command will be created, controlling
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    Hongkong Mystery.
    212 5 American Suspkctkd of Murder. A special wire »f the Bth inst. to the Singapore evening paper says The police authorities are investigating what appears to be case of murder, in which the victim is a European woman and the suspect an American. On Sunday n ght, a trunk
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    PAHANG CORPORATION.
    249 5 Mr. A. Giffard, the liquidator, presided I on 22nd ult. at a meeting of the members lof the Pahang Corporation, Limited, held lat Winchester House, Old Broad-street, I London, to receive from him an account of the liquidation. *ln the course of I his statement Mr. Giffard said
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    Municipal Commission.
    98 5 The following is the business to be transacted at the ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. By-laws for the regulation of landing and temporary storage
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    The Mails.
    376 5 Home- o Ex- Positively To Steamer. fA WARD. PECTED. DUK. SAIL P. A U. Deli 11 /8 81.5. N. Tara 23/8 N.D.L. Zieten 20/8 Outward. P. A O. Malta 14,8 9 p in. midnight 8.1.5. N. Thongwa 22/8 N. D.L. Pr. Heinrich 218 The Caulfield Grand National Steeplechase
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    RUBBER SHARES.
    464 5 I I Messrs. J. Russell Grant A Co’s Rubber I I Share Market Report, to hand by the mail, II states London, July 25. I The market for Malay and Ceylon rubber company shares, is very active, and I pretty well the whole list shows advances I in
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    Coaling at Sabang.
    221 5 “Penang” writes to the Singapore Free Press I read Bangan’s letter in your weekly edition of July 11th, and he is not alto gether correct in bis statements about Sabang. He says they need never wait for a berth on arrival. Now four vessels fill all their
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    Sumatra-Deli Rubber Estates, Ltd.
    264 5 This is a new company with a capital of £240,000 in shares of £1 each, the present issue consisting of 85,000 shares. The company acquires the Laut Tador and Mendaris Rubber Plantations, situated on the east coast of Sumatra, containing 8,767 acres or therealmuts. The estates
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    54 5 Obituary. Another By Election London, 7th Augu t. The Marquis of Bristol is dead. Thi< causes a vacancy in the Bury St. EdmundParliamentary Divis’on, the late peer’s heir, Captain F. W. F. Hervey, r.n having lieen returned as Conservative member at the General Ejection when the figures were Hervey (C)
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    LOG BOOK.
    804 6 The s.C Gibraltar, which arrived at Colombo on the 29th 'ult. from Singapore for New York, has a most valuable cargo 1,500 tons of silver-tin valued at £200,000, 10,000 cases (about 900 tons) rubber, tapioca, sago, spices, «foe., all valued at about £120,000. The consignment of rubber is
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    116 6 Cornelia, Brit., 194, Reid, August 14, Port Swettenham, gen., Koe Guan < o. Cheang Chew, Brit., 1213, Russell, August 14, Singapore, gen., Koe Guan. Glenfalloch, Brit., 1434, Harmsworth, August 15, Amoy, gen., Koe Guan Co. Hagen, Ger, 2624, Prohn, August 15,' Adelaide, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Lady Weld,
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    CLEARANCES.
    26 6 Avagyek for Deli. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Leong Ho for Setul. Mary Austin for Asahan. Patiala for Singapore. Petrel for Pangkalan Brand an.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    360 6 pkh:— Coknelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Pkrak (K.G. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 1 p.m. to-morrow Omapere for Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point. Mergui, and Tavoy, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Padang for Batu Bahra, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Solfold for Rangoon, at
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    217 6 V<»me nJ Sleauur, where h <mi, approximate dal* o avvir<d. inhere lumnd, and .4 y*ut*. Antknor from Liverpool, Aug «st 17, for Singapore, Shanghai, and Tientsin, W. Mansfield Co Arratoon Aplmr from Singapore, Aug. 25, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Austria from Singapore, September 12, for Fiume
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    PASSENGERS.
    26 6 By Putiala from Calcutta, Mr. G. C. Harris. By Van der Parra to Deli, Messrs. P. L. Van der Burg and W. G. Van Riemsdyk,
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    SHARES.
    1224 6 1 Z <:«|..ul Bnb.rril..«i. 3 h ar P.W n p.( Rewr.e. Dividend.. N Quotation 20 I MINING. Gold. srt<4MM) «I £1 £4,873 1/. paid January, 1901 Kaub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 5} buy erB 1892 £200,000 £191,250 I;,;, 1 8/10 1/. Co b > H 1
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, U th August, 1907. (Jiy Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 7/' 6 3 Credit 2/4 5/8 3 Documentary ‘2/4 11/1<» Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174} 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    180 6 Pknano, 15th August, 1907. Gold leaf $65.10 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz .16.75 no stock White Pepper 21.87} sellers. Trang Pepper 17.75 sales. Mace 81.50 sales. Maco Pickings 69 sales. Cloves (picked) 51 no sellers. Nutmegs 110 24.50 sales. SNo 1 5.4'»8 Iss. 2 x no stock. Basket
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