Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 January 1908

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 20 VOL. LXVI. SATURDAY, 25th JANUARY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      758 1 TO T WANTED. NOTICE. NIKKO I NOTICE. 1 THE STRUTS TRADING COMPARY, LlMi! ED. KJOS. 1 «nd 2 W.sttan.ls Bun«»low« and A N Experienced Well Educ«ted Eurasian X XTANTED IMMEDIATELY a Second <AN «»tnrd. r tl.„ on.h ir k ona u 77 “West HIM s” House. /A i e VV
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      1846 2 Shipping’ 1 Hackenschmidt’s Great Rival. N— -BURNS PULP lINE H < Stamina SINGAPORE TO ‘JAVA PORTS, Rfldlllilltilll di fltfllilfll MlXtllFC 1 Afld MuSCIC ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYD- J DUUIHIHIVII |LUIUIIIUJ V I »S' The formidable young wrestle JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. I strengths, QUEENSLAND PORTS. 1 A Mixture Of
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    RAILWAY COMMUNICATION WITH EUROPE.
    1325 3 To the whit** man’s hu dens inseparable from 16'idencH beneath tropical skies ha< recently been added a fresh and exasperating toll of the road in the form of enhanced pas age rates f »r sea-voyages an exaction which is the more bitterly resented because it is
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    MARKET PRICES.
    195 3 Penang, 25th Jan. Dkscription. Beff Cts Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat. 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 25 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart 25 Tripe Liver per catty 28 Pork Pork 33 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 25 Tongue 34 Mutton
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    887 3 —Financier. The individual who, under the pen disguise of Globe-Trotter,” attempted some eighteen months ago to persuade planters that the cultivation of rubber in the Middle East can only end in disaster, has again condescended to play the idle of rubber Jeremiah in the columns of a Sun
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    THE TIN MARKET.
    319 3 Mr. Walter Hy Barnard’s latest metal market reports to hand liave the following regarding the London tin market Dec. 30 :—lO/- better at £123 5/- cash and £124 5/- 3 months, a good business doing, about 300 tons changing hands with a fit m tone. In the
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    117 3 Second Sunday After Epiphany. January 26. St. George’s Church. 8 a.m. Matins (Choral). 8-30 a.m —Holy Communion. (Plain). 10 a in. —Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m. —Sunday School 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. 0-15 a.m.—Divine Service (Prye Dock). 6 p.m.—Divine Service (Northam Road). METHODIST-EriSCOHAL CHURCH. 8-30 a.m.—Sunday School.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    313 3 Per P. dr O. s.s. Moot tan, from London, Jan. 3, connecting with s.s Delta, due at Penang Jan. 30 —To Penang Mrs. 8. Brown, Miss Brow Mis. Ban ess, Messrs J. Fraser, C. 8. Alexander, and E. B. Skinner. To Singapore Mrs Millar, Mr. and
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      63 3 From a Nova Scotia Publisher. Mr. H. 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 tried.”
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      51 3 No Poison. 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 Bor sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. HARNESS ACCESSORIES. McAHaftr V Co..
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      5 3 SCALES. McAMtr V Co., Ltd.
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      402 3 FOR SALE, FEDERATED MALAY STATES. «H WHOaeM. don—a first class shallow draft steam kunch—speciaHy constructed and very a PPLICATIONS will be received up to suitable for river work in the East. 53 feet the 10th February, 1908, for the 4 inches long 7 feet 6 inches beam draft p st
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    THE WEEK.
    143 4 Saturday, 25th January. Conversion of St. Paul. Batu Gajah Races Entries Close, 5 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. High water 549 a. id. Low water 11.47 a.m. Sunday. 26th January. Third Sunday after Epiphany. High water 6.38 a.m. L<>w water 12.02p.m. Monday, 27th January. Band, Esplanade, 6 to
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    BIRTH.
    15 4 Ward.—At Penang, on 25th January, the wife of H. E. Ward, of a daughter.
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    Saturday, 25th Jan., 1908.
    1010 4 We publish to-day in another column a resume of some notes taken at the meeting held during the Governor’s recent visit to Penang when His Excellency discussed the question of the proposed reclamation of land along Weld Quay with a number of representatives of the European
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    BOOK RECEIVED.
    157 4 The Story of an Alpine Winter, by Aubrey lo Blond (London, George Bell S otl —This is a soci ty picure of a winter in St. Mo'itz In would he chi. fl v interesting to those who have done the sort of thin**, or are de-irous <»f doing
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    5 4 F.M.S. Tin.
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    F.M.S. Tin.
    4 4 F.M.S. Tin.
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    The Veterans’ Fuad.
    446 4 We have received the fallowing additional subscription for the Fund which has been opened in London for the Crimean and Indian Mutiny Veterans Mr. W. A. Bicknell 5 Previous lists 110 Total $ll5 There will be a change of programme at Matsuo’s Cinematograph to-night. Orders of banishment
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      257 4 THE HIPPODROME CINEMATOGRAPH Co. WE ARE COMING WHO The King of LIVING Pictures BRANCH OF THE SINGAPORE HIPPODROME, Watch this space for Opening Night and what you will see T EM PO II AIIY LOCATION, KING STREET THEATRE HALL, Until Permanent Theatre is built. The Sole Proprietors of the film
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    ASIATIC IMMIGRATION
    87 5 BRITISH COLUMBIAN BILL. AN EX AMP E FROM NATAL. [Rkutkr's Servick London. 24th Jan. It is reported from Ottawa that Sir Wilfred Laurier, Premier of Canada, speaking in the Canadian Home of Commons, denied that he had instructed the disallowance of the British Columbian Asiatic Registration Bid, which
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    SHIPPING.
    67 5 THE HOOK OF HOLLAND COLLISION [Rkutkr’h Skkvice London, 25th Jan. A telegram from the Hook of Holland s'ates that a Norwegim steamer has brought in the crew and passengers of the missing boit, of t ie GER Co.’s steamer Amsterdam., i wenty-euht persons in all, of whom twenty one
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    THE WEATHER.
    57 5 SHIPPING AT A STANDSTILL. [Rkuter’s Service London, 25th Jan. The most dense and persistent fog known for years continues in the Channel shipping is at a standstill. Owi ig to a blizz trd in New York the railways in many places are at a standstill and the ocean
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    THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
    45 5 THE LANCASHIRE DISPUTE. I Rkutkr’s Skkvick.] London. 24th Jan. The master cotton spinners and th° operatives in Lancashire have resumed direct negotiations on the ques'ion of the ring spinners’ demand for an advance of wsges. This is regarded as a favourable sign.
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    CROSBY HALL.
    43 5 ITS DEMOLITION SUSPENDED. [Reutkk’s Skkvick] London, 24th Jan. The Chartered Bank of India, Australia, ar.d China has suspended operations on Crosby Hall itself until Monday, -the 27th inst although the demolii ion of the modern portion of the building is proceeding.
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    UNEMPLOYED IN AMERICA
    39 5 PITCHED BATTLE IN CHICAGO. [Rkutkr’s Service.] London, 25th Jan. A demonstration of unemployed organised by the Anarchists of Chicago was dispersed by the police with clubs and whips after a regular pitched b'ttle had been fought.
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    33 5 A MISHAP AT PORTSMOUTH. [Rkutkr’s Service.] London, 24th Jan. The torpedo-boat destroyer Quail, while leaving Portsmouth after extrusive repairs, coLided with the gunboat Hazard, which was badly stove in amidships.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    31 5 LABOURITES AND SOCIALISM. Service.] London, 24th Jan. It is stated that a Labour Conference will be held in London shortly with the object of establishing an anti-Socialism organisation.
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    THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.
    56 5 [Reuters Service London, 25th Jan. The Senate of the Australian Commonwealth h-is passed the second reading of the new Tariff Bill. The Sultan of Perak’s Bodyguard lias been sent to Kampar in view of anticipated trouble at the Chinese New Year. An additional European police officer has
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    WELD QUAY RECLAMATION.
    856 5 GOVERNOR AND THE MERCHANTS. We have been furnished with some notes of the meeting, on the 17th inst., between His Excellency the Governor and representatives of the commercial interests of Penang with regard to the proposed reclamation at Weld Quay. There were present besides Sir John Anderson,
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    The Mails.
    34 5 Hove- Ex- Positively To ward. pected. Due. sail. P. O Arcadia 1/2 B. I. Bharata 6/2 N. D.L. Zeiten 4/2 Outward. P. AO. Delta 30/1 B. I. Thongwa 4/’2 N.D.L. Goeben 5/2
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    2348 5 THE CASE OF Mb. TEELING. UNANIMOUS ACQUITTAL. The trial was concluded at a late hour yesterdav afternoon, at the Assizes, of Mr. S. G. Teĕling, advocate and solicitor, who was charged before Mr. Justice Braddell and a special jury, with alleged criminal breach of trust in respect of
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      4 5 SCALES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      376 5 NOTICE. Kinta Gymhhana ciui>. Annual Meeting, llt6, 13t!j, and 15tb February, 19C8. *T* HE following Racp li««i add«»l to 1 the programme Third Day. Ninth Race. Ihe Katnpar Pu se, Value $3OO. A Handicap for all Horses mai fens at time of Entry. Entrance $l5. Distance Race Course. Six Entries
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    LOG BOOK.
    806 6 Tho present fleet of the Norddeutschei Llovd, including vessels now in consti notion, numbers 93 large seagoing steamers of 656.6U2 tons register and 543,050 horsepower. In addition there are 51 steamers of the East India-Chinese cabotage, of 75,220 tons register and 75,510 horsepower, as well as 57 river
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    ARRIVALS.
    175 6 Bax Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, January 2 Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Calypso, Brit, 339, Bannatyne, January 25, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Canton, Brit., 105, Gillies, January 25, Teluk Anson, gen., Hong Soou. Capri, Ital., 2690, Pedone, January 25, Hongkong, gen Behn, Meyer Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194,
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    CLEARANCES.
    79 6 Avagyek for Tongkah. Akkatoon Apuar for Calcutta. Calypso for Deli. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Jin Ho for Asahan. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Kleist lor Singapore, China, and Japan. Malaya for Deli. Nile for Colombo and Tuticorin. i’erak (E.S. Co for Deli. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Sappho for
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    MAILS CLOSE
    36 6 Monday. For. Per. Close. Langkat Ban Whatt Soon 1 p.m. 'ingapore Hong Moh 3 pm. Langasa. T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh. and Sabang Pegu 3 p in. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m.
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    121 6 FOR I'aiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban and Malacca, at 1 p.m. and 5-30 p.m. (edah, at 7 R.m. hittei worth, at 7 a.in., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. ’iye, at. 7-30 a.m., 11 a.m., 2-45 p.m., and 4-45 p.m. Bukit Tambun,
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    31 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. Benlaweks from London, February 3, for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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    PASSENGERS.
    185 6 By Teesta (Jan 23) to Port Swettenham Rev. V. Renard, Mes-rs. C. W Barnett, and Loke Saik Fung to Singapore, Nonia Ge&k ■>ee and children, Mr and Mrs. J. M. Hoover, Mr and Mrs. W. G. Oxley, Tunkoo Mut lewah, Messrs Abramoviteh, J. Christie, lulian Franteo, Geikie, S R.
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    SHARES.
    1197 6 ofl i g g .2 IssUO .j Nnmn. SL GO S® Capital. Bnbwribed. Paid np. Din a 1 L —i —l I mining. I I Gold. Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Pai< JH «00,000 18/ ti T 1898 f. 2,000,000 f. 1,800,000 20,000 /100 7,00 521 per
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 6 Penang, 25th January, 1908. (By Courtesy of lhe Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 2/4 3 8 M 3 Documentary 2/4 7/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 173$ 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 173| M 3 days’sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    183 6 Pknang 25th January. 19”8. Gold leaf 65.40 Pepper (W. Co»*«u. 5 lbs. 5 oz.) 16.75 no stock White Pepper 18 50 sellers. Trang Pepper small supplies Mae» 65 nominal. Mace Pickings 55 sales Cloves (picked) 29 sales. Nutmegs 110 24 sellers. (No I $5.3” sales Sugar. < 2 x
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      61 6 Croup is I mmiuent. No matter how well your children may appear to be, you are never safe with ut a bottle of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy in the house. It never fails to relieve and is perfectly safe to give the little ones. Fot sale by all Chemists ami Store-keepers
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      140 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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      77 6 THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE (Established 1825). What does a Life Policy Cost? A FEW EXAMPLES. £5OO payable at death will cost: If commenced at age 25 £1.3.7. per mensem. >i 30 1.6.10. >i 35 1.10.2, £5OO payable at death or end of 20 years will cost: If commenced at age
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      293 6 Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Cures r tmiac» iifiiTU build up yolk health lh’3 remedy acts no natures plan, allays ana g s n g ft Elg 9 A the cough, relieves the lungs, aids exp< ctor- BjgS 9 Iff a V ation, opens the secretions, and aids nature wH I 1
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