Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 January 1908

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 21 VOL. LXVI. MONDAY. 27th JANUARY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      972 1 TO LET. WANTED. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. NOTICE. FOR SALE. NOTICE. N OS V"! 2 i VaB >'r BungaloWS and A N Experienced Well Educated Eurasian THE PUBLIC is informed that a new f)» Monday, U« 3rd Febroary, 1908, at N and arri ed ,r »“> bnilders, W A IN ..Westlands House.
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    1028 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 Chrnderiang Cup. Cap presented by Malcolm Duncan Esq. With s2ou added by the Club of which $5O goes to 2nd Horse. A
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      405 2 N. Y. K. JAPAN MAIL-STEAMShIP Co, Ltd. A regular FORTNIGHTLY service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government, specially designed for the Company's European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and
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      423 2 Shipping. BURNS PHILP LINE.” SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR NEW ZEALAND, TASMANIAN AND QUEENSLAND PORTS. (with transhipment) *as inducement offers. A regular monthly service to above ports is maintained by the British steamers AIRLIE (2,338 tons), (Captain J. Williams) and GUTHRIE (2,338 tons),
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      145 2 HILL'S Badminton (LataMa) Mixture A Mixture of Matchless Merit, in 3 Strengths, Mild, Medium, and Full. Can be had in 1 8 and 1 4 lb. Tins at t tGOON YEN FRIENDS, J PENANG. PERFUMERYWOLFF’S DIVINIA and DEW of VIOLETS. WOLFF’S MUCUET and VIOLACEA. VINOLIA PERFUMERY—Assorted. Toilet Soaps, all kinds.
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR DECEMBER, 1907.
    2415 3 Meetings. 1. Ordinary Meetings of the Commissioners were hdd on the sth and 19’ h of the month and Special Meetings on the sth and 9th At the Special Meetings By-laws to regulate the storage of goods on Weld Quay and Supplemental Budget No.
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    Penang Post Office.
    354 3 The following unclaimed letters and papers are lying at the Penang Post Office Alva, S. Hill, T. H. Balfour, J. F. lonohara Tomisaboro Brown. A. Joachimson, N. Bix> ks, A. C. Koch, Hern K. Boyer, Dr. W. Luxinan H. S. Charle* Capper, Little. Chas. Compere, Franz .Mace,
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    755 3 WFICIAL MINUTKB. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 2nd January, 1908. Present F. J. Hallifax, Esq. (President), Lim Eu Toh, Esq., and J. W. Hallifax, Esq. Absent :—L. H. Clayton, Esq., Quah Beng K*e, E’q., and Dr. P. V. Locke. 1. The
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      61 3 Croup is Imminent. 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. For sale by all Chemists ami Store-keepers. The
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      68 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 Chaid be lain’s Cough Remedy for myself and family and find it to be one »f the best medicines for coughs and colds that I ever
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      142 3 An Indian Nobleman Uses Chamber* lain’s Cough Remedy. You will see by the following that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is a favourite tn 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
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      50 3 No Poison. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy has 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. HARNESS ACCESSORIES. McAlister V Co.. Ltd.
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      256 3 “rRoV»' MU Maj«aty Wmrrmmt Tfc* Ki. ff BOVRIL As a change try a little milk in your hot Bovril. Up-Country Expeditions and shooting parties should never go without a few jars of LEMGO. They take up very little room, and most sportsmen would I no more think of leaving them
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    Monday, 27th Jan., 1908.
    1063 4 It is to be feared that the warning and admonition which The Times recently addressed to ths Chinese Government will fall on deaf ears. The Wai-Wu-pu remains wedded to the traditional and tortuous ways of the old diplomacy of the East and the report that Yuan-Shi-Kai
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    THE WEEK.
    119 4 Monday. 27th January. P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p in. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, p.m. High water 7.29 a in Low water 1 27 p.m. Tuesday. 28th January P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. High water 8.18 am. I<ow water 216 p.m. Wednesday. 29th January. P.C.C.
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    THE VETERANS’ FUND.
    777 4 We have received the following additional subscriptions to the fund which has been opened in London for the Crimean and Indian Mutiny Veterans Mr. W. R Armstrong $5 Mr. R. P. Phillips $5 Mr. F. Duxbury $5 Previous Lists $ll5 $l3O The Anglo-Chinese School football team, Penang,
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    “THE AGRICULTURAL BULLETIN.”
    931 4 We have received the December of The Agricultural Bulletin of the Sfi a jt Settlements and F.M.S. Among the article, are Some Notes on the Acclimatisation of Plants, and an account of the Duchemiu Portable Fibre machii.es (described as a portable cheap and reliable contrivance f Or
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      325 4 SARKIES’HOTELS. *E.& 0. HOTEL Peijang. t CRAG HOTEL penang /(ills. J t RAFFLES HOTEL Singapore. t STRAND HOTEL Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. Pianos| Z Messrs. Chappells’ New London-made Pianos, besides containing Z all the improvements now lequiied in all high giade instruments, have v the additional advantage of possessing a
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    119 4 DEATH. Greig.—At Ledbury Estate, Petaling, Selangor, on 24th in-tant, Norman Greig, aged 29 years. OBITUARY. A WELL-KNOWN NOVELIST. [Reuter’s Skrvick London, 27th Jan. The death is announced of Ouida Mdlle. Loui-e de la Ramĕe), the well known novelist. ["Ouida” (an infantine corruption of Louisa) was born at Bury St. Edmunds
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    RUBBER IN LONDON.
    208 5 A FALL IN PLANTATION. STATE OF THE SHARE MARKET. [From Our Own Correspondent] London, 25th Jan. The rubber market is steady. Hard fine Para rubber is quoted at 3/ 1f per lb. Plantation-grown rubber is from a penny to twopence down. Sheet and biscuits are quoted at
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    90 5 THE PREMIER'S HEALTH. LABOUR AND SOCIALISM. [Rkuticr’b Service London, 26th Jan. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman is confined to his room with a chill. He was unable to attend the meeting of the Privy Council held at Windsor to consider the terms of the King’s Speech at the forthcoming
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    TURKEY AND PERSIA.
    68 5 THE FRONTIER DISPUTE. [Reuter’s Service] London, 26th Jan. A Russian telegram from Tabriz states that the Turkish commander has peremp torily ordered Piince Firman Firma to leave Suj >ulak, Basing that the place is Turkish territory. [A Russian telegram of the 15th inst. from Teheran stated that
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    THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.
    51 5 THE AMERICAN BACKWASH. [Reuter’s Service London, 27th Jan. Mr. Lloyd-George, President of the Board of Trade, in a speech at Cardiff, said that the depression in the United States and Germany is likely to spread to Great Britain, but he was confident that it will not be
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    THE UNEMPLOYED.
    36 5 CONFLICT WITH THE POLICE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 27th Jan. The Manchester unemployed, while marching to London, bad a conflict with the Birmingham Police, who escorted them to the city boundary. Several arrests were made.
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    ASIATICS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    24 5 [Reuter's Service London, 27th Jan. The Johannesburg Municipality is dis-mi-sing all its Indian employees and replacing them by white persons.
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    FRANCS AND MOROCCO.
    258 5 N. DKLCASSE’S POLICY. DEBATE IN THE CHAMBER. [Reuter’s Skrvick.] London, 25th Jan. A telegram from Paris states that, in the Chamber of Deputies, the debate on Morocco W'S notable for the reappearance W. Del cassĕ, formerly Minister of Foreign Affairs, who admitted his full responsibility for rhe
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    THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
    22 5 I Reuter’s Service.] London. 27th Jan. The Lancashire cott »n dispute has ended, the operatives accepting the employers’ terms.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    166 5 FRANCE AND MOROCCO. Berlin, 26th Jan. In the Fi each Chamber of Deputies,’ M Jaures, the Socialist leader, revealed the political relations which had existed between Dr. Mauchamps, the French subject who was kill—cl at Mar.ikesii la-r year, and Muley Hafi 1. who was then Viceroy of
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    Penang Assizes.
    256 5 At the Assizes in the Supreme Court, today, before Mr Justice Braddell and a common jury, Pakir-amy, a ticket collector employed in the Municipal Electric Tramway Department, was charged as a public servant with criminal breach of trust in respect of three cents, the property of the Municipal
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    RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
    795 5 London, Jan. 22. The Central News announces that the underwriting is completed in England and Germany of the forthcoming Chinese 5 per cent. Railway Loan of five millions sterling. Another anti-British boycott movement is at hand in China, in Shansi province. There, certain mining concessions are held
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    KEDAH IN 1906.
    904 5 THE ADVISER’S REPORT. S F.P. Concluded Mr. Hart speaks in very high terms of Mr. Meadows Frost, who was appointed B itish Consul for the Siamese (Western Malay States in December, 1905, and arrived in Alor Star to take up his duties during the following month. He
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      548 5 FOR SALE. Mrs.. Oechsle. '"TURNOUT complete Australian geldp p p, i’ l 7 y r8 15.2, perfectly sound, quiet to ride and drive, has carried a lady and Singapore Rubber Tyred Buggy" (by ws mbmm. Abrams) set of English harness nearly MAN RMIEB NR SAIL hip ic Apply to A
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    LOG BOOK.
    822 6 The Par» edition of the Now 1 ork Herdd states that the Kaiser assured Captain \V. L. Howard, the returning Naval Attache at the American Embassy in Berlin, that he considers the voyage of the American fleet to the Pacific as the greatest enterprise in the history of
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    ARRIVALS.
    98 6 Brasblia, Ger., 4235, Have, January 25, Hamburg, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Clan Macintosh, Brit., 2575, Hacking January 17, Rangoon, gen., Keat Wan A Co. G. G. Jacob, Dut., 1300, Rut, January 27, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert A Co. Hagen, Ger., 2624, Nieolar, January 27, Singapore, gen Behn, Meyer A
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    CLEARANCES.
    42 6 Ban Whatt Soon for Langteat. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Hong Moh for Singapore. Jacoba for Pulo Weh, Olehleh and Padang. Palitana for Singapore. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabartg.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    60 6 To-morrow. For. Per. (’lose. Batu Bahra Leong Ho 10 a.m. DeH Van der Lijn 1 p.»*. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Hye Leong 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Perak (S.S. C0.)4 p.m. Wednesday. Pangkalan Brandan Petrel noon. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.)l p.m.
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    270 6 FOR Taiping, Ipob, Batu Gtijali, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Soremban and Malacca, at 1 p in. ami 5-30 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m 10 a.in., I p.m., an« 4-30 p.m. Prye, at 7-30 a.m., 11 a m., 2-45 p.m., and 4-45 p.m. Bukit
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    30 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benlawers from London, February 3, for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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    PASSENGERS.
    101 6 By Kistna (Jan. 25) to Singapore, Mrs Keys, Mr. and Mrs. L. V. Karl, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Murray and child, Rev. Brothers James and Michael, Dr. Dane, Messrs. J. C. Benson, G. H. Goh, and Ooi Lim Moh. By Perak (Jan. 2’) from Port Swettenham, Messrs. H.
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    SHARES.
    1219 6 o a 1 E Si 8 g *.2 Issue Name. ~-2 SnbKribed. V.ln.. D,vl Sa I mining. j Goia. 1892 £206,000 £191,250 f 18/10 I ..-I •> (Coutrih) 150,000 1 8/10 .Redjang Leboug Gold Mining Co, Ltd. /750 1898 62,000,(MH) Ll,Bo<\(MM) 20,000 (100 <lOO 52| per cent, for 1906
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 6 Penang. 27th January, 1908. {By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank.} London Demand Bank 2 3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 2/4 3 8 3 Documentary 2/4 7/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 1734 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 173| 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras,
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    PRODUCE.
    175 6 Penang 27th January, 1908. Gjlil leaf 65.40 Pepper (W. Const 3 lbs. 5 oz.) 16.75 no stock White Pepper 18.50 seller.*. Trang Pepper small supplies Mac* 65 nominal. Mace Pickings 55 sales Cloves (picked) 29 sales. Nutmegs 110 24 sellers. (No I $5.30 sales Sugar. < 2 x. no
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      53 6 Chamberlain’a Cough Remedy Cures Colds. This remedy acts no nature’s plan, allays the cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secretions, and aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy cnoditiou. For sale by all Ohemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispeus ary, Wholesale Agents. SCALES. McAiiiter V
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      57 6 Sun Insurance Office, London. Insurances effected upon almost every description of property at current rates of Premium. < Total sum insured in 1891 £373,700,000 Total sum insured in 1899 £435,000,000, Total sura insured in 1902 £487,600,000' Claims arranged by the Local Agents and paid with promptitude and liberality. The jwadictiou
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      75 6 THE STANDARD LIFE OFFICE Established 1820 What does a Life Policy Cost? A FEW EXAMPLES. £5OO payable at death will cost: If commenced at age 25 £1.3.7. ner mensem. 30 1.6.10? 35 1.10.2. £5OO payable at death or end of 20 years will cost: If commenced at age 25 2.3.4.
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      8 6 PRIZE MEDAL SAFES. McAlister d 9 Co., Ltd.
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      70 6 MATSUO’S Japanese Cinematograph. New Pictures! New Pictures!! HAVE JUST ARRIVED A Grand Exhibition of New Films will be shown on Saturday Night, inclndinjc one about 1,800 feet long- which will last about an lidur. Come and Reserve Your Seats Early or You will be Disappointed. Briif par Carriages Penaag Road
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      1638 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTrnM*Tir>MZT AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPNJ. india L IM,TED Netherlands Trading Society. 'Netherlands-Indian Discount Bsat) -L22T Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up-Capital ...*10,000,000 Established 1824. E t W D AT BxTA B 7 An Authorised
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      2589 8 Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. P. &0. Steam Navigation Company. Intended Seilinga. 1 Nordtieii istlier Hoy<l, Bremen. HHCTI» AIMVALS AB HMMIMJ. BRITISH INDIA ln\ Imperial German Mail Line. MATT QFRVICF ihl. CTEAII MA If lAATIAII ITA _rrl Ml\W HTHE fast and well-known mail steamers of OUTWARD. Y QIC.AM HAVIbAIIUN GO., LIU.
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