Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1907

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 219 VOL. LXV. TUESDAY. 24th SEPTEMBER. 1907. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      2075 1 T 0,,,.,. P *tion Company ,iea Intended Sailings. It WrMtltStlttr ll*]<, BrtML 7 EXPECTED ARRIVALS ANJ MFARTDWS. BRITISH INDIA Wh\ Imperial German Mail Une. I Outward. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. *ipHE fast and well-known mail steamers of I 1 q..n 25 Delhi connecting with Mooltan this Company sail fortnightly from
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      1218 2 FW usbon to th E ran last. RN r p By the HAMBURG-AMERIKA LIHIE. L.' K. LIU*, Best DutchB i I O*>: > o inc “HABSBURG,” HOHENSTAUFEN “RHENANIA,” I yxoiizi rilr T<! T"1 o*l AFI fl > By the monthly service is maintained between Lisbon and the Utllg lit! IV*.
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    ASIATICS IN REVOLT.
    1733 3 THE TRANSVAAL’S LATEST TROUBLE. Will the Transvaal have to build a new gaol to Rccouimod ite ten thousand Asiatics? (j r will the first law passed by the first elect cd Parliament be successfully defied by the Eastern peoples within her borders? These are the questions South
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    A ROBBER TESTING MACHINE.
    265 3 A Colombo paper recently gave details, in the inventor’s own words, of a machine for testing the elasticity and resilience of raw rubber designed by Mr. J. B. Carruthers, Director of Agriculture, F.M.S. One of these machines was exhibited at the Ceylon Rubber Exhibition last year,
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    EULOGY OF MR. JOHN BURNS.
    302 3 In Mr. John Burns the Spectator discovers the statesman who has most improved his position since the formation of the Government: The qualities which have gained Mr. Burns tha confidence of his country-men, and obtained for him what we may say, without exaggeration, is a
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    Post Office.
    164 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying nt the Penang Post Office Allan, 11. A R. Hughes P. Archily, Poli Hynham, W. H. Bailey, M iss Nana Keinpster, Colonel Bari g, M. Mck»*nzie, D. Becker Co. McKenzie, W. F. Biadley, R. C. D. Nazarain Chapman, F. J.
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    Indian Immigration to Fiji.
    135 3 The report upon Indian immigration in connection with Fiji for the year 1906 has been issued ami shows that 2,500 immigrants were landed in the island during the year, of whom 80 were from Madras and the rest from Calcutta. The Madras ship had an unfortunate
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    China’s Future Ruler.
    132 3 Peking, August 30. The recent report ab >ut the coming abdication of the Empress Douager in favour of Prince P’u-Lun was entirely in iccurate and misleading. Even if the E npre s abdicates the Emperor Kuang H-u ill be reinstated without the slightest d u at—unless he
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    The New Rajah of Bhutan.
    89 3 Calcutta, Sept. 11. Tong<a Penlop is to be proclaimed the hereditary Rnjdi of Bhutan on December 14th at Punakhaya. The Government is sending a Mission, and all Jongpens and minor Barans will attend the ceremony. A London wire of the 9th inst states 12J representatives
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    483 3 Ter P. Jt O. ss. Mooltan, from London, A«»g. 30, connecting with ss. Delhi at Colombo, due Sept. 25 at Penang :—To Penang Messis. C. Drummond and K. Whitlock. To Singapore Mrs. Sanderson and child, Mrs B. Godfrey, Mrs. M. C. Graham, Messrs. E. C. Ward,
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      116 3 Infant Mortality. The attention of the Town Counci, at Johannesburg, Transvaal, was last year directed to the fact that out of eighty-four infants, who died in Decjmber, forty-four of them had died of dysentery. An investigation with a view of tracing the source of the disease, was authorized. Under the
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      74 3 A Good Family Liniment, family should bo supplied with a bottle of Chamberlain’s Pain Bahn. For cute, bruises,burns, scalds, or similar injuries, which are of frequent occurrence in every household, there is nothing so good. It cools and soothes the wound and not only gives instant relief, but brings out
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    THE WEEK.
    173 4 Tuesday, 24th September. 2' i?r. -T' C League -Football G.S, c. G.C.A,' Es-. p’auade, <•• Band, Esplanade, 9 p up High water 1 41 .a m. L<»w waWr.7.-10-a.in.. W<daes4*y. 25th > t Lucknow Day. ..Football: P.G. G.T.R.R., Y.XLC.A ■Ground. < Band, Esjdanade, fi t<» 7; .-’A Outward -P.
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    Tuesday, 24th Sept., 1907.
    1020 4 Our new At’Orney-Gener'd!, fcne .Übn. i W. J. Napier,, ha» not time to elapse before taking' in ha nA tfie 2 KSP? arduous but urgent, ta.-k of revising, consolidating; and amending the latfs of ilie Colony. Oaly a little tiin« baok he gave us a new
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    THE BILES OF LADING CASE.
    175 4 DECISION OF JFULL COURT OF APPEAL. In the Supreme Court this inorfiing the judgments of the Full Court of Appeal in the well known bills of lading case—the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China v. the British India Steam Navigation Co., Ltd.—were delivered by
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      MUNICIPAL MARKETS.
      528 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette”] Dear Sir, I think that it will In admitted by everyone who has occ<sion to frequent the Municipal Markets that they are generally kept as clean as possible. However, wheie there are public bath attached to the market, there is a
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    FOOTBALL.
    245 4 FOOTBALL t.Q.C. v ,C.R,C. The series of football ma t 1 promoted by Me P;C.6* since the coin sion of their—or, League fixtures extremely i (cresting, and it is to be hoped that furtl”' games on Band nights will be arranged under the same auspices Last night the match against
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    The Public Health.
    534 4 The quarterly return of births aud deaths in the Colony for- the-second quarter of 1907, issued by/ authority of the. Registrar-, General, states that_the_nuinbers of births and deaths and .the ratios per mille were as fo lows Births. Deaths. No. Ratio. No. Ratio. Singapore 1,524 23 Q
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      485 4 The Champagne of Table Waters.: 4 I 1 4 a ®R;WgHE Ideal water for mixing with 4 fl Il’l Whisky, Brandy, Wines, or alone, Ask ftf or with a slice of Lemon. With 4 "fl Milk, J uice &c -> &c Perrier I ~W forms a refreshing and invig-4 4
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      128 4 E S TABLI Slie.R 18»,;.; iioiM?.!;/ CONTRIBUTION 8 be The Editor^ n written: ot> one tide' bf thĕ' paper only and accompanied by the 'writer'» name and addreet, nel neettearity for, but M. a guarantee oj good faith. h 4LL moniee must be paid at th* “'JWUtng Gazette” Office, Penang,
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      22 4 [d£Z communications intended jor insertion in this journal must be authenticate I. The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of correspondents.]
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    THE PHILIPPINES.
    80 5 the agitation for their sale. OPINION OF ADMIRAL DEWEY, [Reuter’s Service] London, 24 th Sept. Admiral Dewey strongly condemns the agitation in the American press for the Hale of ’he Philippines. He says that if the Philippines passed to Japan, the latter would command every gateway to the
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    COMMERCIAL MORALITY IN AMERICA.
    78 5 an alleged illegal trust. [Rkutkr’s Srrvior.] London, 23rd Sept. The Chancellor of the State of Mississippi has declared the Gulf Cotton Compiess Company to b’e an illegal trust, and has given the directors of the company one a car in which to wind up the business
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    EGYPT.
    71 5 A MOVEMENT FOR AUTONOMY. [Reutbr’s Service.] London, 22nd Sept. A telegram from Cairo reports that an Arabic paper there states that a meeting <if 126 notables, including the Vice-Pre-sident of the Legislative Council, yesterday fount led the People’s Party with a progiainmo including the development of the existin’ institutions
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    LABOUR AT HOME.
    64 5 RAILWAY SERVANTS’ AGITATION. [Reutbr’s Service.] London, 23rd Sept. Mr. Richard Bell, Secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, ahlressing the railwaymen at Card ff on the 19th inst, said that they must show the companies that they meant business but even if the ballot favoured a
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    MOROCCO.
    57 5 MOVEMENTS OF RIVAL SULTANS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Sept. The Sultan Abdul Aziz has arrived at Kaba t. Muley Hafid, the rival Sultan, who left Marakesh on the 12th inst., has proceeded with six thousand men and guns in the direction of Casablanca, but it is uncertain whether his
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    151 5 THE DEATH OF MORENGA. Berlin, 23rd Sept. The news of the death of the Hottentot Thief Morenga, in an engagement with Britiih troops in Cape Colony, is confirmed by Major Elliot. PERSIA. A despatch from St. Petersburg states that according to reports received there, the situation in
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    THE ANTI-ASIATIC MOVEMENT.
    112 5 JAPAMESE MIIERS lIYUKOS. FORCIBLY EJECTED BY WHITES. [Reuter’s Service] London, 24th Sept. Seventy-seven Japanese miners have l>een arrested at Atlin, in the Yukon district, by three hundred white miners who forcibly put them on board a ship for conveyance to American territory. [A l.ondon wire to the
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    GREAT BRITAIN ARD RUSSIA.
    21 5 [Reuter’s Srrvicb.] London, 24th Sept. Ratifications of the Anglo-Russian convention will be exchanged at St. Petersburg to-day.
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    The Mails.
    294 5 Ho Stkamrb. Kx Po’/tivk.-v To WARD. PECTRD. DUR. SAJL. P. O. Malta 28/9 8.1.5. N. Taroba 4/10 N. D.L. P. Heinrich 1/10 Outward. P. Ji O. Delhi 25/9 6.30 p.m. 9 pm. 8.1.5. N. Teesta 3/10 N. D.L. Roon 2/10 The P. O. Royal mail steamer Delhi, having
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    Riot in a Calcutta Court.
    94 5 Calcutta, Sept. 11. Bepin Chandra Pal was yesterday convict» d of contempt of Court on three charges, and was sentenced to six months’ simple imprisonment on each charge; total, 18 months’ simple. The sentence was received with great consternation among the natives present in the
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    Labuan Administration.
    162 5 Mr. Harvey Chevallier, the Acting Administrator of Labua-i and Resident of Brunei, has been, during his brief period of office, winning golden opinions from all classes. > This feeling has now been given forcible expression to in a spontaneous petition from natives of all classes to His Excellency,
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    THE COST OF LIVING.
    474 5 The prices of the various articles of food, and more especially of fruit, sold in our local markets are, or should be, of interest to our readers in g» neral. Every Saturday we publish a list showing the market rates on that day. It is impossible
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    Malays and Tin-Mining.
    257 5 The following minutes of p* oceedings at a recent meeting of the Perak State Council are given in the latest number of the Perak Government Gazette to liand The Resident announces that the District Office, Kuala Kangsar, h»s asked whether there should be a limit to the
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    Ireland.
    234 5 London, 16th Sept. A telegram fr<>m Longfoid states that Mr. Redmond sai l that a little imprisonment was nothing to Irishmen who are fighting for their country’s freedom. His arty meant to make English Government in Ireland impossible. Their immediate object wag to hasten the General Election and send
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    THE F.M.S.
    926 5 The Singapore Free Press, of Friday, says There has been a certain well-based objection expressed in the States at the tendency to import Straits Settlements legislation automatically into the Federated Malay States, with little discussion beyond what is formally required to sanction that adoption of Colonial laws, apparently
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    LOG BOOK.
    869 6 Two important lines—the Bibby and that of Messrs. P. Henderson Co.—have not so far joined in the agreement to impose a surtax of ten per cent, on passenger rates to the East. These line* start from Rangoon for Europe, and it is quite possible that they might make
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    61 6 Avagyek, Brit., 217, Buchanan, September 24, Deli, gen., Koe Guan Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, September 23, Singapore, gen., Beng Kee. Langkat, Brit., 149, Marris, September 21, Teluk Anson, gen., Koe Guan Co. Perak, Brit., 519, Olsen, September 23, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Van dkr
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    CLEARANCES.
    56 6 Ban Whatt Soon for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Catherine Apcar for Singapore and Hongkong. Hok Canton for Langsa, T. Serna we, Segh, Olehleh, and Sabang. Japan for Calcutta Lady Weld for Teluk Anson. Perak (S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Tong Chay Un for Batu Bahra and
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    329 6 To-morrow. per Deli for Trang, at I p.m. Padang for Batu Bahra, at 1 pm. Langkat for Teluk Anson, at 2 p.m. Sree Banka for Pangkor, at 4 p.m. Delhi for Singapore, China, and Japan, 5 p.m. Thursday. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan, at noon. Avagyek for Deli, at
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    137 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Agamemnon f.om Singapore, October 18, for Marseilles, Havre, and Liverpool, W. Mansfield Co. Antenor from Singapore, October 19, for London, Amsterdam, and Antwerp, W. Mansfield Co. China from Trieste, September 27, for Singapore, China, and
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    PASSENGERS.
    36 6 By Pdrak from Port Swettenham, Mr. Pul'ey, Mrs. Park and 2 children, Miss Leadlietter, Messrs. J. Robertson and J Marteen from Singapore, Messrs. J. Arthur, Tan Cheng Teck, Lim Boon Khim, and Quah Hong Chin.
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    SHARES.
    1243 6 2c* I O *****0 Capital. Subscribed. Shares. Value. Paid up. Reserve. Dividend». Name. Quotations. MINING. w Gold. 1809 £2OO 000 £l9l 250 f B73 •/-P»’d January, 1901 Ranb Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd Fully Paid 1892 £200,000 £191,250 1 *****0 1 18/10 I/- (Contrib) 7» bn 1898 £2,000,000 Al,Boo,
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Penang, 24th September, 1)07. tfiy Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/8 3 Credit 2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2 4 9/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’sight Private 17oj Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    195 6 Penang, 24th September, 1907. Gold leaf $65.10 Pepper (W. Const 3 II»n. .5 oz 16.75 no stock White Pepper 21.87} tellers. Trang Pepper 17. .5 sellers. Mace 76 sellers. Mace Pickings 68 sellers. Cloves (pickml) otit of season. Nutmegs 110 23} sales. CNo 1 5.4 sales. s ”g« r
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      41 6 Commercial Union Assurance Company, Ltd. Head Office 25 26 CORNHILL, LONDON, E. C. Fasts in Branch —SINGAPORE. Funds. Capital Fully Subscribed £2,500,000 Capital Paid-up 250,000 Assets Exceed 5,750,000 Total Annual Income Exceeds 2,000,000 Claims settled with promptitude. SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., Agents,
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      44 6 The Australian Horse Repository Scotland Sload. (W. H. MAWLEYK Rlepliou Ni. 4. Breaker and Dealer. Livery and Training Stables. HORSES CAREFULLY SHOD. Fodder of the Best Quality Only Supplied. Rubber Tyred Turnouts on Hire. Harness of every description repaired and made on the premises.
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      6 6 HARNESS ACCESSORIES. McAlister SP Co., Ltd.
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