Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 August 1907

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    19 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. 1833 No. 191 VOL. LXV. THURSDAY. 22nd AUGUST. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    SIERRA LEONE.
    1800 3 P. M G. Never the lotus closes, never the wildfowl wake, Hut a soul goes out on the East wind, that died for England’s sake.” —Kipling “When are you due for leave This question is invariably the conversational opening at Sierra Leone, replacing the time-honoured remarks upon the
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    JUGRA RUBBER ESTATES, Ltd.
    407 3 REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS. Directors.—Messrs John Wishart, Chairman, William W. Campbell, William W. Maclellan, Lawrence Dougal, Sir William Hood Treacher, k.c.m g and Mr. E. V. Carey, Managing Director. The Directors have pleasure in submitting the first annual balance sheet for the ye ir ended 30th
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    "Old Moore’s Almanack."
    220 3 De it hs and disasters are “Old Moores” main theme in his almanack for 1908 just i-sued. It is most discomfortable reading. 'lhe attempted assassination of the American President is booked for the very first month.and in February, July, and October royal deaths ate hinted at. An
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    The Unrest in India.
    207 3 Calcutta, Aug. 10. A very largely signed appeal has been issued by almost mH th, leading noblemen and native gentlemen in Bengal, including influential Zemin lars, to their countrymen, a set ting their dissociition w th the present discontent, urging them to accept the British rule,
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    COCA CULTIVATION IN JAVA.
    454 3 This important plant Erytkroxylon Coca, from the leaves of which commercial cocaine is prepared, is grown on plantations in Java, Ceylon, and elsewhere in Ceylon, at elevations below 2,000 feet. The German authority, Tropenf.anzer, lately published an article on the plant and its cultivation in Java.
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    Atomic Theory.
    48 3 Lord Kklvin’s Vikws. London, Aug. 2. At the annual meeting of the British Association at Leicester, Lord Kelvin re fened to the atomic theory it seemed almost absolutely ceitain that there were many different kinds of atoms, each eternally invariable, and with its own specific quality.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    337 3 Per P. «fc O. s.s. Borneo, from London, Aug. 3, due Sept. 3 at Penang :—To Penang Mr. and Mrs G. Holden adn child, Mrs. J. Jacques, Miss I. M. Sutton. Messrs. G. S. Crawshaw, J. Hollywood, T. Darcy, T. Goggin, and F. Thome. To Singapore
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      82 3 Bowel Complaint in Children. During the summer months children are subject to disorders of the bowels which should receive careful atten'ion as soon as the first unnatural looseness of the bowels appears. The best medicine in use for bowel c miplaint is Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as it
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      53 3 The Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Th# above Company is prepare»! to ac cept Marine risks at lowest current rates. The Company also accept risks on Specie, Bon«!s, Coupons, Bank Notes and other valuables sent through the Register e«! post, on most favourable terms For full particulars apply to ADAMSON, GILFILLAN
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    THE WEEK.
    151 4 Tbarsday. 22nd August. Homeward German Mail. Outward 8.1. Mail. High water 11 07 p.m. Low water 6.01 p m Friday, 23rd August. Homeward B. I. Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Full Moon. P.A.D.S. She Stoops to Conquer,” Town Hall, 9 p.m. High water 12.<>2 pm Low
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    Thursday, 22nd August, 1907.
    1010 4 sr»~ The letter signed Civis which appealed in our columns on Tuesday, dealing with the question of the election of a successor to the Hon. E. W. Presgrave as representative of the Penang Chamber of Commerce in the Legislative Council of the Colony, brings us back
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    DIVORCE IN THE STRAITS.
    738 4 ■—♦—r— The L. <fc C. Express of the 2nd inst. states: —The New Courts Bill which, with some changes in Committee, will probably become law next year, and to which |ve alluded in a recent issue, promises to be the most important law which has been
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    The Labour Problem.
    94 4 We are informed that at a well-attended meeting of the Negri Sembilan Planters Association, a resolution was carried unanimously, expressing approval of tba steps taken by the Immigration Committee to cope with the labour question in the Straits and F.M.S. A copy of the resolution has been
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    Penang Golf Club.
    99 4 The prizes for the recent lawn tennis tournament will be presented by Mrs. Bland at the Golf Club on Saturday evening at 6 o’clock. Colonel Walter Pike, V.D., Woodland House, Green Bank-road, Plymouth (a Director of the Seremban Tin Mining Company, Limited), left estate entered at £47,166.
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    MOROCCO.
    108 4 A JEW SULTAH.” PENDING FIGHT WITH [Rrutrr’s Service l.oudon, 21 8 t Aagii)t The French at Tangier attach i, nn( ance to the news that Muley Hafil been proclaimed Sultan at Marakesh M It is believed that this means the ation of an organized Moorish armv Cre The Consul
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    THE SOCIALIST CONGRESS.
    106 4 INDIANS AND BRITISH RULE [Reuter’s Service London, 21st August. At the Socialist Congress at Stuttgart the anti-militarist sentiments of Professor Edouard Herve were repudiated by the Frenchmen M. James and M. Vaillant and by the German von Vollmar, who said that the love of humanity would never
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    AUSTRALIA.
    140 4 THE COMMONWEALTH AND N.S.W. A REMARKABLE CONFLICT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 22nd August. A remarkable conflict has arisen between the Government of the State of New South Wales and the Commonwealth Government owing to the former having, with the aid of the State Police, .seized in Sydney a quantity of
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    125 4 EARL OF SEFTON’S SUCCESSOR ANOTHER BILL ABANDONED. [Reuter’s Service London, 22nd August. The Earl of Granard replaces the Earl of Sefton as Master of the Horse. [Bernard Arthur William I’atri k Hasting» Forbes, Bth Earl of Granard, j.p, L > Longford, was born on the 17th SeptPiii
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    KING CHULALONGKORN.
    76 4 A BANQUET AT RAMBOUIL^ 1 [Reuter’s Service London, 21st King Chulalongkorn is a guest at bouillet, where a banquet was given i honour. President Fallieres, in F lO t lS the toast of the King of Siam, sa* French aid would always be at the se of his
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    PRINCE KUNI.
    22 4 [Reuter’s Service London, 22nd Prince Kuni of Japan has been for service in the Second German from Ist October next.
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      345 4 TOWN HALL, PENANG. Friday, 23rd, Jrtonday, Jftig. 26th, AT 9 P.M., OVERTURE AT 8.50 P.M. SHE STOOPS TO CONQUER A COMEDY BY OLIVER GOLDSMITH. Messrs D O Brown, Major de Hamel, F. M. Key worth, O. V. Thomas, L. A. C. Biggs, J. A. Murray, Geo. Teeling, E. A. Swan,
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      126 4 B must be addressed to *4 The Hciitor, written on one side of the paper only and accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. LL monies nyust be paid at the “Tiuang m Gazette" Office, Penang, to the General
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    CRICKET AT HOME.
    138 5 EIGLARD V. SOUTH AFRICANS the county championship. [Reuter’s Service] London, 22nd August In the test match between England and the South Africans, at the Oval, the South Africans were all for 17 8. England scored 138 runs in their second innings. The South Africans made 153 runs
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    THE TRANSVAAL.
    56 5 THE PRESENTATION TO THE KING. Reuter’s Sbrvicb London. 21st August. During the debate in the Transvaal Assembly on General Botha’s motion to m quire the Cullinan diamond for the King, the Progressives opposed the proposal on the ground that it was inopportune. Mr. Smuts, the Colonial Secretary, stigmatised
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    ASIATICS IN VANCOUVER.
    51 5 GOVERNMENT ACTION DEMANDED Reuters Service London, 22ud Augu-t. Owing to the constant influx of Japanese. Chinese, and Hindus, Mr. Macpherson, the meml»er for Vancouver, has wired to Sir VVilfrid Laurier, the Premier, stating that, unless the Government does something, trouble will ensue as matters are reaching a
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    THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.
    35 5 Irkutsk's Sbrvicb] London, 21st August. The House of Commons has pas ed the Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill, and the House of Lords has re »d it a second t ime.
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    PROSPEROUS CANADA.
    23 5 [Reuter’s Service London, 22nd August The oth ;ial estimiteof the wheat ciop iu Western Can i la is 95 000,000 bushels.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    228 5 MOROCCO. Berlin, 2 Ist August. M. Cambon, German Ambassador to tbe Coutt of Berlin, is proceeding on Saturday to Norderney, the country seat of Prince Bulow, to confer with the Imperial C hancellor on the subject of Morocco. An attempt has been made at Tangier to proclaim
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    COURT OF APPEAL.
    3190 5 THE BILLS OF LADING CASE. When the hearing of the above case was resumed after tiffin yesterday afternoon, Mr. Fort, continuing his opening speech for the appellant, the Chartered Bank, next referred to the case of P. Carinjee Moosa v. B. I. S. N. C decided in
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    "She Stoops to Conquer."
    140 5 A dress rehearsal of Goldsmith’s comedy, She Stoops to Conquer —which is to be produced at the Town Hall to-morrow and Monday evenings by the Penang Amateur Dramatic Society—took place at the Town Hall last night and was very successful. The rehearsal was witnessed by a
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    Legislative Council.
    89 5 The following are the Orders of the Day for tlie meeting of the Legislative Council to be held to-morrow—-1. Motion by the Attorney-General That this Council approves the Rule made by the Governor in Cou »cil under ‘The Liquors Ordinance 1906 laid on the table of Council on
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    54 5 Lawn Tknnis Tournamknt. The following was the result of the tie played on Mondav evening Championship. V. D. Parsons beat E. S. Haslam 6—4 4—6 B—6 6—4. The following tie has been fixed for to-morrow Mixed Double Handicap. Mrs. Dunn G. R. K. Muglistun r. Miss Jones
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    The Mails.
    447 5 Home- o Ex- Positively Io WARD. PBCTKD. DUR. ©AIL. P. »fc U. Arcaelia 31 8 B I.S.N. Tara 23 8 6 p.m. 8 p.m. N. D.L. Zieten 22 8 11 a na. 7 p.m. Outward. P. <k O. Delta 29,8 8.1.5. N. Thongtea 22/8 7 p.m. 5 p.m.
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      491 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. MONTHLY MEDALS. Saturday and &ay. M To Ordinary and Order Bills of Lading Holders.” S.S. “RHENANIA” has arrived from Hamburg vid ports. BEHN. MEYER A Co., Ltd., Agentg. “To Ordinary and Order Bills of Lading Holders.” S.S. PRINZ HEINRICH has arrived from Bremen vid ports. BEHN, MEYER
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    LOG BOOK.
    926 6 —p.M.a. The searchlights to be fitted to His Majesty’s battleships now being built on the Clyde are of extraordinary power. It will be possible to read a newspaper by the light of one at a distance of about eighteen miles The projector of these wonderful lights is no
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    60 6 Canton, Brit., 105, Marican, August 21, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Reid, August 21, Port Swettenlunn, gen., Koe Guan-Co. Lady Weld, Brit., 245, Treweeke, August 22, s Teluk Anson, gen., Kwong On Co. Quokka. Brit., 120, Moha ed, August 21, Langkat, oil, Katz Bros. Thonowa,
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    CLEARANCES.
    47 6 Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Hok Canton for Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Leong Ho for Perlis and SetuL Skek Banka for Batu Bahra. Thongwa for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Van der Parra for Deli. Wakamiya Maku for Madras Zi eten for Ceylon.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    377 6 pkr Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca, at 1 p in. to-morrow. Perak (KG. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore, at 1 p m. to-morrow. Rotorua for Tongkah, at 1 p.m. to-morrow Lai>v Weld for Teluk Anson, at 3 p.m. tomorrow Tara for Rangoon, and Calcutta, taking mails
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    205 6 <>J .Stemtinr, inhere >ti>jircx» indie date of <irrir<J, inhere l>ound t and A yenl*. Arratoon Aitau from Singapore, Aug. 25, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. Austria from Singapore, September 12, for Fiume and Trieste, Schmidt, Kustermann Co. Bellerophon from Singapore, September 3, for Genoa, Marseilles, and Liverpool,
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    PASSENGERS.
    14 6 By Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, Messrs. W, Duncan, and Law Ngato Cham.
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    SHARES.
    1271 6 vX P.0..P2 S 3 I MINING. Gold. >*. o-«i ii ii- .1.-» lum Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., l.t«L Fully Paid 51 h IIV e KiiiWH) £1 £1 £4,8»3 I/- paid January, 1901 y'Ws. IBl>2 £300,000 £191,250 1 18/10 1/- Redj’iug l«bo„’g O«>1<1 Co l.hl 00,/ 6 l B9g
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penang, 22nd August, 1907. {liy Courtesy oj the. Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’eight Bank x 2 4 1/2 3 Credit 2/4 11/16 3 Documentary 2/4 3/4 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3/lays’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 1741 3 days’sight Private 175| Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    196 6 Penang, 22nd August, 1907. Gold leaf $65.10 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lbs. soz 16.75 no stock White Pepper 21.87 j sellers. Trang Pepper 17.75 sales. Mace 81.50 sales. Mace Pickings 69 sales. Cloves (picked) 51 no sellers. Nutmegs 110 24.50 sales. CNo 1 5.6 sales. Sugar. s 2 x
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      770 8 for sale. PENANG VOLUNTEERS. RUBBKIC SEED from 10 year OBDBR g B y captain A- R. ADAMS, V Selangor, a... 1 Sumatra” 1 e Per k old trees, $2 per thousand. a arn a ktt Photos enlarged, various sizes up to Al AN AGER COMMANDANT. on Bromide paper. Stlensing Estate,
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