Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 August 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 188 VOL. LXV. MONDAY. 19th AUGUST, 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      2339 1 Intended Sailings. P *t?on Com m pan a y ,,e BRITISH INDIA 1 TĔSIS STE< «««mtiot c.„ ltd. B XI “2| MAIL SERVICE. 1 r r Vl Company sail fortnightly from BreOutward. For Imtrhokd to Sail. Stbabbr. \V men, Hamburg via Rotterdam, Antwerp, South- OCCdfl Steal'll SIIID miMjTPnE ampton, Gilbraltar,
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      1921 2 USBOH TO T« FAR OiST. ASK FOR UApMCDV By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE. “GREEN BUTTERFLY” BRAND. obtainable EVERYWHERE. QI L ENGINES S The steamers on th, a_ fSA SSSEiSS“i-A-x- VvijFj T LT. I f SOLE AGENTS. /r^^w»««..>~.Jr nl HOWARTH ERSKINE, Ltd V< X Straits Steam Ship CoJLZ I FUSSELL'S I ELECTRICAL
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    DISTURBED INDIA.
    1557 3 cynical to emphasise it here.— Tau” in the Daily Mail. The v.ews of an Englishman who has seen a great deal of the people of India and who is at the time of writing in intimate contact with them may or may not be accurate with respect to
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    Wide Planting of Para.
    448 3 Mr. Frank J. Holloway, Kepitigalla. Matale, Ceylon writes to the Ceylon Observer I have read with i iterest Mr. Ivor Etherington's article in The Tropical Agriculturist re wide planting of Para rubber. The deductions he has arrived at are in favour of wide planting. Taking his
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    CASTLEWOOD RUBBER CO.
    461 3 11 The first annual general meeting of shareholders of the above company was j held at Gresham House, Singapore on the 12th inkt. The Chairman of Directors, Mr. JA. D. Allan, presided and a number ol > I shareholders were present. I In proposing the adoption of
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    Tin Market.
    336 3 Mr. Walter Hy. Barnard’s daily metal market reports, to hand by last mail, state with reference to tin July 22 —5/- lower for cash at XIB3 10/and 5/- better for 3 months at XlBl, a moderate budness doing, about 250 tons changing hands with an irregular tone, closing
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    INDIA AND SHIPPING "RINGS."
    449 3 lowered or altered.— Indian Planters' Gazette. f Many of us met Mr. Grant Burls, the j Director-General of Stores at the India j Office, when he visited this country for the ostensible purpose of committing official suicide in order that swadeshi manufacturers should flourish. He impressed
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    Aerial Navies.
    167 3 It certainly looks as if the overhead warship had come to stay. Such, at least, is the opinion of the French Budget Committee, which has decided to propose the creation of an airship flotilla for the French army. Of the two airships already afloat, the Kebandy and the
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    285 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. «fc O. s.s. Borneo, from London, Aug. 3, due Sept. 3 at Penang :—To Penan# Mr. and
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      45 3 Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. This is a perfectly reliable medicine for bowel complaints, ami one that has never been known to fail even in the most severe and dangerous cases. For sale by all Chemists ami Store-keepers. The George Toiro PUpeusary, Wholesale Ageots.
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      72 3 A Good Rule for the Home. Make it one of your regular habits to keep Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy in your home as a safeguard against a sudden attack of bowel complaint. It is certain t<s be needed sooner or later, and when that time comes it will
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      6 3 STEEL TRUNKS. McAIMor V Co., Ltd.
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      752 3 TO LET, FURNISHED. By Royal His Majesty Th. KI»,. TTOUSE TO LET in A Ito.d, A A well Furnished. A pp!y D 1/ B I I DARLINGHURST,” Bb I Lh 634 u c 360, Anson Road. is an excellent tonic, T ED*W» bracing the system 4 1 when everything else
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    THE WEEK.
    4 4 THE WEEK.
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    Monday, 19th August, 1907.
    1013 4 It was, perhaps, hardly to be expected that the new scheme for the provL ion of a Fund for the Immigration- of Tamil Labour” would meet unanimous approyaLof the whole of the phuitiug community in the Straits. In his letter tp; this., paper .pubJiidi tq-,day, Mr.
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    316 4 NIGHT MANOEUVRES. The Penang Volunteer Corps, with the Malay States Guides, had a march out and 'matHßUvres on Saturday night. Th* ’general idea of th© operations was that in invading force; oU the south of Jelutong, was marching on the town. The Officer Commanding the Troops, Penang, ordered
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    Health Returns.
    229 4 The health returns for the Penang Municipality during the week ended 3rd August show that there were 82 deaths—--61 males and 21 fomales—equal to a death i ate of 42.55 per mille per annum as coinpnred with 36.33 in the preceding week and with 32.48 in the corresponding
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    Full Court of Appeal.
    305 4 Palmkr v. Oechsle. ■’-I''” 4 -:rv f q. 4 In the Supreme Cquit, to-day, I efofe a, Full Court of Appeal consisting of Chief Justice Sir W. H. Hyndman Jorirs, Mr. Justice Fisher, and Mr. Ju-tire Bradd©]l, the appeal iu the case of Palmer v Oechs’e
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      THE WEEK.
      431 4 [To th? Editor of the Pinang G azfU Dear Sir, i In a previous issue of your n at)Fr print an extract from the Strait, giving; the Hon. W. J. N ap i er s introducing the above Bill affectinJii ‘IOI.S. and Colonies in the LegiL' e Council
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    Cricket.
    313 4 A cricket match was played on Saturday afternoon, on the Esplanade, b tween two sciatch teams captained by Lieut. Edgell of H. M.S. Merlin and Keyworth. It is interesting to note that Neubronner, who opened the play on his side with Wilkinson, was not out.when s-tumps were drawn. Appended
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    MOROCCO.
    102 5 AH ULTIMATUM TO THE FRENCH. th e sultan and the tribesmen. [Rrutrr’s Srrvicr.] London, 18th August. X courier from the tribesmen has arrivl j at Casablanca and presented Genera* pru ie(the officer commanding the French troop") with an ultimatum demanding his surrender, as otherwise a great force of Kabyles
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    THE TRANSVAAL.
    75 5 proposed token ok loyalty. [REUTERS SrrviCß.] London, 19th August. Some of the newspapers enthusiastically commend General Botha’s generous statesmanship regarding his proposal to acquire the famous Cullinan diamond for presentation to His Majesty King Edward as a token of the loyalty of the Transvaal and to commemorate the
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    VENEZUELA.
    66 5 DISPUTE WITH GREAT BRITAIN. [Rrutrr’h Srrvicr.] Loudon, 19th August. Reu er’s correspondent at Georgetown, Biitish Guiana, states that Captain Calder, commanding the frontier force, entered Venezuela and demanded at the point of the revolver a quantity of gum which, he alleged, had been co’lecte l in the British forest.
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    CHINA.
    45 5 ILLNESS OF D >WAGER EMPRESS. [Rrutrr’s Srrvicr London. 19th August. A cablegram' from Tokio states that, according to private advices from Peking, the Dowager Empress of China is incapacitated with an incurable disease. The future is gloomy owing to the unsettled state of politics.
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    JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES.
    57 5 [Reuter’s Service] London, 19th August The New York Herald has interviewed Mr. Taft, the United States Secretary for War, regarding the reports that the Japanese nvght purchase the Philippines Mr. Taft said tha' he knew perfectly well that Japan does not want to purchase them and
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    THE JAPANESE NAVY.
    39 5 [Rrutrr’s Srrvicr] London, 19th August. The Japanese cruisers 7 stikttba and CZtihave arrived at Lisbon. King Carlos of Portugal and Admiral 1-jmn exchanged most cordial toasts at a banquet given in honour of the squadron’s visit.
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    THE FUGUE.
    18 5 [Rrutrr’s Srrvicr.] London, 19 th August Plague has broken out in San Francisco and Soutiiern Manchuria.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    131 5 MOROCCO. Berlin. 18th August The French will rebuild a Mosque at Casablanca which was destroyed during the bombardment. All the Europeans have left Marakesh. Fez is quiet. Ihe French and Spanish Governments have arrived at an understanding regarding the co-operation of their respective troops. THE PLAGUE. Plague
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    743 5 THE AUGUST MEETING. THIRD DAY'S RESULTS. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taiping, Aug. 17. The concluding day of the Perak Turf Club’s August Race Meeting was favoured with splendid weather. There was a good muster of Penang people, including -Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Maxwell, Mrs. Jamieson, Mr*.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1282 5 —S.F.P. ORDINARY MEETING, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16. i Przszkt. His Excellency the Deputy Governor, C»pt. A.-B. Young. His Excellency Major-Gen. T. Perrot, C.B. Hon. W. J. Napier (Attorney-General/ AT. Bryant (Act. Colonial Treasurer). G. A. Hall (Act. Auditor-General). F. J. Pigott (Act. Colonial Engineer). John Anderaon. Dr. D. J.
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    The Mails.
    474 5 Homk- o Ex- Positively Tu WARD. 8lW, PBCTAD. Du« SAIL P. A U. Arcadia 31/8 B I.aLN. Tara 23 8 N. D.L. Zieten 20/8 Outward. P. <k O. Delta 29 8 8.1.5. N. 22/8 7 p.m. 5 p.m. N.D.L. Pr. Heinrich 20/8 6 p.m. 9 p.m. The Norddeutscher
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      723 5 [town HALL, PENANG. I Friday < JYionday, jKug. 23rd 26th. The Penang Amateur Dramatic Society PRESENT OLIVER GOLDSMITH’S COMEDY, “SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER” OR THE “MISTAKES OF A NICUT.” Curtain to rise at 9 p.m. sharp. Box Office open daily IO a.m. to 5 p.m. (Messrs. Cunningham, Clark C 0.,)
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    LOG BOOK.
    796 6 The time is, perhaps, ripe (says the Morning Post) for an effort to hasten the change inevitable at the Admiralty, the transformation of the First Sea Lord s office into that of a chief of the staff —that is to say, the change from a strategical director guided
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    70 6 Delhi, Brit.. 4783, Andrews, August 1?, Shanghai, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan <fc Co. Fitzpatrick, Brit, 730, Williams, August 18, Rangoon, gen, King Bee Co. Perak, Brit., 519, Olsen, August 19, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan <fc Co. Pin Seng, Brit., 378, Davidson, August 19, Singapore, gen., Beng Kee. Tara, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    30 6 Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Deli for Trang. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Patiala for Rangoon and Calcutta. Tara for Singapore Teesta for Negapatam and Madras.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    114 6 PKR Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, at noon, tomorrow. Avagyek for Deli, at 1 p in. to morrow. Mary Austin for Asahan, at 1 p.m. to-mor-row. Padang for Batu Bahra, at 1 p.m. to-morrow. Perak (S.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 3 p.m. to-morrow. Ban Whatt Soon
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    192 6 ton Taiping, I poll, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban ami Malacca, at 1 p m. and 5-30 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m 10 a.m., 1 p in., and 4 30 p.m. Prye, at 7-30 a.m., II ain 2 45 p.m., and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    162 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where hnnwl, awl Agent». Arratoon Apcau from Singapore, Aug. 25, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Austria from Singapore, Septeinl»er 12. for Fiume and Trieste, Schmidt, Kustermann Co. Benvenue from Europe, August 23, for Singapore, China, and Japan, Saudilands,
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    PASSENGERS.
    98 6 By Tara from Rangoon, Messrs. E. Reysa, Wrigley, and H. W. H. Si evens. By Teesta from Singapore, Sir and J ady Hyndman-Jones. Mr. Justice and Mrs. Fisher, Misses C. E. Jackson and C Marteen, Bro. Columba, Messrs J. H. Baldwin,, H Stogg, and Soh Teng Gan. By Kistna
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    SHARES.
    1237 6 5’5 Capital. Subscribed. s h r f Value. I Paid up. Reserve. Dwidodf. Name. Quotation,, p L MINING. Gold. 1 Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid of buyers f5O 000 £1 £1 £4,8« 8 1/-paid January, 1901 51 k ***** £200,000 £191,250 (iko’oimi 1 18/10 1/- i,
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Penang, 19th August, 1907. {By Conrlesy oj lhe Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 24 7/ 6 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary 2/4 3/4 Calcutta Demand Bank Ils. 174} 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’ sight Private 175}
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    PRODUCE.
    200 6 Penang, 19th August, 1907. Gold leaf |6510 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz 16.75 no stock White Pepper 21.87} sellers. Trang Pepper IJJS sales. Mace 8|.50 sales. Mace Pickings 6U, sales. Cloves (picked) s Luo sellers. Nutmegs 110 24.50 sales. <No 1 5.4'» s Iss. Sugar. 2 2 x.
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      115 6 A Reliable Remedy for Dysentery and Diarrhoea. As the season is at hand when diarrhoea and dysentry are prevalent, a reliable remedy should always be kept in the house for immediate use. The success of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhoea Remedy in the treatment of bowel trouble has bi ought
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      80 6 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful attention as soon as the first unnatural looseness of the bowels appears. The best medicine in use for bowel complaint is Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as it promptly
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      1 6 SCALES.
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      91 6 BRINSMEAD PIANOS STILL TO THE FRONT. SPICIAI TROPICAL MODELS. Solid Mahogany Case. Iron Frame. New BRINSMEAD five ply wood, wrest pinni' FRONT Escapement, Check Action. $450 LIBERAL DISCOUNT for CASH $450. SOLE AGENTS, THE ROBINSON PIANO CO., U( HOTEL de la PAIX, SINGAPORE. Tills Old Established House having bt thoroughly
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      1262 8 ..M.<»L MOTTICE/ NOTICE. fV-i NI V K PURE, RICH REFRESHING. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEES. I V IE fX g I Mb to PnOtOiraDhlC \jWfliO» T 0 BE sor,!) Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3ft. remember s.v.Y.W I BY 1-ÜBLW A«CTiON, Calvert's Japanese Artist, from tsokio. Japan A.Jt l|'SvNdF
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