Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 January 1908

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 3 VOL. LXVI. SATURDAY, 4th JANUARY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 910 1 NOTICE- KI^ A a N NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES. THE 1 MTlf If fl Fire Insurance. 144 and 146, Penang Roa LOHdOH DIPGCtOPV I INlxxxxU X7TEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Established 1869. Established 1869. /PiHiid«dA 11 **Dk Aw < J* Queen Insurance Company. up to 3ft. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. ENABLES
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  • 1030 2 PROGRAMME FOR 1908, RACE MEETING TO BE HELD On Tuesday, the 11th, Thursday, the 13th and Saturday, the 15th February, 1908. FIRST DAY. 1. The Chenderiang Cup. A Cup pres nted by Malcolm Duncan Esq. With $20() added by the Club of which $5O goes to 2nd
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    • 1495 2 Shipping. MADAM FANNY iViUODY. V K mNS UNE K SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, PORT < DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, f®' A. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Q ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW IiRIT- AIN AND NEW ZEALAND PORTS A rliFw V 7^\ (with transhipment) V *As inducement offers.
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    • 17 2 LIPTONS TEAS. WERE AWARDED THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE PARIS EXHIBITION. Agents, Penang, PATERSON, SIMONS Co, Ltd.
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  • 1781 3 EXPANSION OF THE RUBBER INDUSTRY. The annual North Borneo dinner was given on 10th December, at the Hotel Cecil, London, under the presidency of Sir Charles Jewel, Bart., Chairman of the North Borneo C >mpany, who was supported, among others, by the Hon. J. NV. Taverner (Agent-General
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  • 607 3 A O’ O own price for their product.— Permatang, in The Field. After many years’ work and risk to capital on account of uncertainty, the rubber industry of the Malay States may be said to have establislied itself as a practical and remunerative concern. Small acreages were planted
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  • 330 3 Lord Kinnaird presided on the 6th December over the half-yearlv meeting of the National Council of Young Men’s Christian Associations at the George Williams House, Russell squaie, London. There was a large attendance of representatives fiom all parts of the country. At the morning session the
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  • 357 3 The Royal Commission on Shipping Rings and Conferences held another sitting at Winchester House, St. James’s-square, Loudon, W., on 10th Dec., the chairman (Mr. A. Cohen, kc.) presiding. Mr. W. C. Ward (of Messrs. Ward Co.) declared, with reference to Conference steamers engaged in the China and
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  • 198 3 Penang. 4th Jan. Description. Beef Cte Soup per catty 12 Roast 22 Steaks t 22 Stew or Curry Meat. 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 25 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart per catty 25 Tripe Liver each Pork Pork 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 25 Tongue 34
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 45 3 No Poiaon. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has been declared absolutely free from any injurious substance by Government and expert chemists, and mothers need have no hesitancy in giving it to the smallest infant For sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents.
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    • 68 3 From a Nova Scotia Publisher. Mr. 11. G. Harris, publisher of the Advertiser, Kentvile, N. S makes the foil wing statement “I have used Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy for myself and family and find it to be one of the best medicines for coughs and colds that I ever trier!.” For
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    • 4 3 SCALES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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    • 47 3 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy Cures Colds. This remedy acts no nature s plan, ailajs the cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secretions, and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. For sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents
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    • 435 3 for sale. N<*S. 1 2 Westlwds Bmisri.w, SERVICEABLE TURNOUT, Westlands House. a comf ortable 3 seated Victoria with new Rubber Tyres and a strong uc reliable Horse. 1 Apply TNO T R. DKRRY, uc 7, Scotland AVery comfortable Country house situated in a big plantation known as the Cover,” CTrniiirn
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  • 143 4 Saturday, 4th January. Eclipse of the Sun. Football Penang c. Perak, Esplanade. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. Nen Moon: High water 12 < 9 p.na. Lowwater 6.04 p m. Sunday, sth January. Second Sunday after Christmas.High water l.< 7 p.m. Low water 7,»M p.m. Monday, 6th January. Epiphany. Band,
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  • 1610 4 lu the last Goveranient Gazette there appears au Order in Council under Section No. 325 of The Municipal Ordinance 1896 sanctioning the formation of a Rural Board for that portion of Penang Island outside the limits of the Municipality of George Town. The Board ra to
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  • 534 4 The Choral Society gave their annual concert in the Town Hall last night to an audience which was not nearly a 8 ar^ q as the high standard of the concert deserved. It would seem that the regrettable apathy of the public towards choral music has extended
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  • 257 4 To Celebrate “Burns’ Nicut./Yesterday afternoon a general meeting of the members of the Penang St. Andrew’s Society was held in the Chamber of Commerce to consider arrangements for the celebration of Burns’ Nicht on Saturday, 25th inst. There was, unfortunately, a meagre attendance. Mr. D. W. Gilmour,
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  • 38 4 A moonlight fete has been arrange» be given at the Penang Swimm |U Tanjong Bungah, on Saturday nex inst. The Penang Band will p!ay oua 3 to 11.30 p.m.. Sampans will be available a« usual.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 176 4 I KELLY WALSH, Ltdl IMPERIAL I I ENGLISH, MALAY and CHINESE isos. DIARY I9oi. I (Size 122 by 9 inches). ONE WEEK ON AN OPENING. I PRIOR, i KELLY WALSH. Ltd.,! J SINGAPORE. J I I I I. I A* SP E CTA CL E S PINCE-NEZ AND J SUN
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    • 118 4 CONTR1 BUTIONS mutt be to The written on one tide Xtf lh< paper only and. accompanied by the writer't name and addrett, not itecettarily for intertiou but at a guarantee of good faith. 4LL moniet mutt be paid at the riunng Qatette" Penang, tb the Genirai Mr. D. A. M.
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    • 53 4 NOTICE. ON and after January Ist, 1908, the subscription to the daily issue of the Pinang Gazette will be, in Town, $27 per annum, Post free, $3O per annum. The subscription to the Weekly Edition will be $lB per annum. By Order of the Board of Directors. D. A. M.
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  • 92 5 AX IMPROVED SITUATION. F. M.S. COMPANIES’ CROPS. [From Our Own Correspondent] London, 3rd Jan. There have been no sales of rubber this week. Shares show a better tone all round, and enquiries are plentiful, though there is a scarcity of selling orders. Kepitigallas are quoted at 19/3
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  • 81 5 an extraordinary incident. [Rkutkr's Servicb.] London, 4th Jan. It is reported from Vancouver that while three Japanese Canadian) firemen were out walking one of them stumbled and broke the window of a Japanese shop. A mob of Japanese immediately surrounded and overpowered the firemen, who were badly wounded with
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  • 77 5 THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR UNITY. [Rbutbr’s Sbrvicb] London, 3rd Jan. The negotiations between Mr. John Redmond, M.P., leader of the Irish Nationalist Party, and Mr. William O'Brien. M.P. (founder of the United Irish League), for a union of the Irish party, which were reported on the 24th ult. to have
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  • 64 5 verdict and sentence. [Rbutbr’s Service] London, 4th Jan. The trial of Herr Maximilian Harden, Editor of the Zukunfl, for the criminal libel of Count Kuno Moltke and Prince Phillip zu Eulenburg, was conclude 1 on New Year’s Day, the defendant being found guilty and sentenced to four
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  • 61 5 DISCOVERY OF A CONSPIRACY. [Rbutbr’s Service.] London, 4t’h Jan. The Daily Chronicle 9 correspondent at Melbourne states that the Commonwealth Immigration Commissioner has unearthe 1 a huge plot to evade the Immigration Restriction Act for the purpose of smuggling in Chinese. A number of whites were concerned
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  • 53 5 A REASSURING REPORT. [Rkutbk's Skrvick.] London, 4th Jau. As the outcome of an investigation by the Local Govetnment Board it is stated that consumpt'on is being slowly but surely stamped out in Great Bri tain. This result is ascribed to improved public health administration and a higher
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  • 38 5 THE SHACKLETON EXPEDITION. [Riutwb’s S.rvice] London, 3rd Jau. The British Antarctic Expedition, in command of Lieutenant E. H. Shackleton, has left Lyttelton, New Zealand, in the ship Nimrod for King Edward Vll.*s Land for the Antarctic.
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  • 21 5 [Rbutbr’s Skrvicb.] London, 4th Jan. Sir Francis Lascelles, British Ambassador to Germany since 1895, is about to retire.
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  • 193 5 THE SECOID TEST IITCH. ENGLAND’S FIRST INNINGS. [Rbutbr’s Service.] London, 4th Jan. In the second test match at Melbourne between England and Australia, England made 382 runs in their first innings, of which K. L. Hutchings (Kent) scored 126. Up to the time of despatching the cable, Australia had
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  • 27 5 I Rki trr’s Servicb.] London, 3rd Jan. The first Germ in battleship of the Dreadnought type will be launched at the end of February.
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  • 28 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 3rd Jan. Keen frost prevails throughout the United Kingdom, with a fierce east wind. There have bem many deaths from cold.
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  • 127 5 TURKEY. Berlin, 3rd Jan. The c*.mplainte of the German colonists on the Hedjas railway that the local Turkish authorities are hindering the cultivation of their lani at Haifa, are Iteing investigated by the German Embassy at Constantinople. The Poite has promised complete satisfaction, while M. Cambon, the
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  • 152 5 Second Sunday After Christmas. Jaavary 5. St. Georg b’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins (No Organ.) 8- a.m.—Holy Communion. (Plain). 9- a.m.—Holy Communion (Tamils). 10 a.m.—Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Children’s Service. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. 9 a.m.—Divine Service (Northam Road). 6 p.m. Divine Service (Northam Road Methodist-Episcopal Chcrch. 8-30
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  • 352 5 Seven years is the time given when Bangkok residents will be able to reach Penang in two days by train. From the railway terminus at Trang, Penang can be reached by steamer in a few hours. The survey work of the line, we are informed, is being
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  • 297 5 Mr. James Wilson, the Chairman and Manager of i be Ceylon Land A Produce Co., Ltd., which has nine estates in Ceylon, on seven of which rubber is planted, comprising 5,695 acres—and which for the past 15 years has paid 15 percent, annually—sailed for England by the P.
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  • 271 5 The following beautiful Christmas poem was indited by Leyden—the friend of Sir Walter Scott and a true poet —to the first wife of Governor Sir Stamford Raffles who founded Singapore after governing Java for a time. His first wife, the Nona Mrs. Raffles (Olivia) is described as being
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  • 957 5 The fifth annual ordinary general meeting of the Duff Development Company (Limited) was held on the 11th ult. at Winchester House, Old Broad-street, London, E C., Mr. R. W. Duff presiding. Owing to the absence in the East of Mr. Douglas Osborne, who was appointed on February
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  • 845 6 The Amphitrite cruiser, which left England on Oct. 1 with relief crews for Colombo, and was expected in home ports three weeks ago, will again go abroad during January with the crew of the Donegal, who will turn over to the cruiser Monmouth, now on the China Station.
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  • 44 6 Austria, Aust., 4879, Gilharbar, 4, Colombo, gen., Schmidt, Kmtermßnn Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, January 4, Langkat, gen., Beng Kee. Canton, Brit., 105, Gillies, JaMar/%4, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Hing. Tkesta, Brit., 3428,. Willis, January 4, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co.
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  • 79 6 Austria for Singapore, China, and Japsm* Ban Whatt Soon for Langkat. Daisy for Langkat. Delta for Ceylon, India, and Europe. Kanagawa Maru for Colombo. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Langkat for Teluk Anson. Leong Ho for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setel. Omapere for Kopah, Renong, Victoria Poiut, Mergui,
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  • 297 6 Monday. For. Per. Close. Rangoon Calcutta Putiala 3 p.m. Registration 2 pm. Langasa, T. Semawe, Segli, O’ehleh, and Sabang Begu 3 pm. ON WEEK DAYS FOR Taiping, Ipoli, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Serembaii and Malacca, at I p m. and 5-30 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m.
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  • 41 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Arratoon Apcar from Singapore, January 18, for Calcutta, A. A. Anthony Co. E. F. Ferdinand from Kobe, January 6, for Trieste and Fiume, Schmidt, Kustermann Co.
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  • 60 6 By Teesta (Jan. 4.) from Singapore, Mr. and Mrs. Fenn and child, Mr. and Mrs. Shearwood, Mrs. Ong Choon Neo and child, Messrs. V. G. Ezechiel, E. Fenck, C. Heinoldt, F. H. Use, H. Kirwan, Khoo Kheng Pun, Khoo Hock Soo, Khoo Sim Eang, F. C. P. Use, M.
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  • 1173 6 1«.•I i I j o’** N Issue <a S g Capital. Subscribed. Shares, Yalue.i Paid wp. Dividends. Name. JS 3 •5 W 32 I J r 1 i MINING. Gold. 1892 £2OO 000 £l9l 250 f 69,000 £1 £1 1/- paid January, 1901 Kaub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd.
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  • 126 6 Pbnano. 4th Januaky, 1908. {By Courtesy of lhe Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2,3 13/16 4 mouths’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 1/2 3 Documentary 2/4 f/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173| 3 days’ sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 173 j 3 days’eight Private 176 j
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  • 179 6 I’knang, 4th Janvaky, 1908 Gold leaf $65.50 Pepper (W. Coh«i 3 Ihn. b oz.) 16.75 no stock White Pepper 19 sellers. Trang Pepper out of season. Mac*» 65 iraaninal. Mace Pickings 00 sales Cloves (picked) 32 sales. Nutmegs HO 25 sellers. (No I ss.3osales Sugar. < 2 x. no
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 54 6 Croup is Imminent. No matter how well £our children may appear’ to be, you are never safe without a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house. It never fails to relieve and is perfectly safe to give the little ones. For sale by all Chemists and ytore-keepers. lhe George
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    • 199 6 An Indian Nobleman Uses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. You will see by the following that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is a favourite in the palace as well as with the humbler people in India For the past four years I have been getting large supplies of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, not only for
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    • 45 6 The Anstralian Horse Repository, 11, Scotland Sload. (W. B. MAWLEYh TeltpHie NB. 4. Breaker and Dealer. Idvery and Training Stables. MORSES CAREFULLY SHOD. Fodder of the Best Quality Only Supplied. Rubber Tyred Turnouts on Hire. Harness of every description repaired mi< made on the premises.
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    • 8 6 PRIZE MEDAL SAFES. McAliater IP C^ 9 Ltd,
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    • 271 6 In the Court of the Judicial Commissioner BUILD UP YOUR WEALT9 with .„,1) WILKINSONS Civil Sult No. 209 of 1907. Essenee M FloM g llract gjj JMJIC n In the matter ofDaptain Caryl CADO A BA Dll I A Richard Molyneux of Kuala Lumpur by the highest medical authority an
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1754 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTFPM a Tizxa», AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO MAATSCHAPPU. INBIA, LIMITED. wXmN Netherlands Trading Society (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.) Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up-Capital $10,000,000 Esmsushsd 1824. Paid^™ “‘“V6,oZoOO._ Authorial Capital £I,SUV,UUO. A W,S r
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    • 2557 8 Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. P. &0. Steam Navigation Company. Intended Sailing». NtffleatSCfter Bremen. fWM MAIL SERVICE. BRITISH INDIA fl A Imperial German Mail Line. outward. r* STEAM NAVIGATION Co.. LTD." »<» Jan. 2 Devanha wrtb Macedon a I WMTIWMIIVU VW., Ota thia Company sail fortnightly from Bre- AfPflß ttPIMI Uli
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