Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 January 1908

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 22 VOL. LXVI. TUESDAY. 28th JANUARY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      853 1 PORTABLE ENGINES FOR SALE. NOTICE. THE STRAITS TKADIRG COMPANY, LIMITED. > FOR SALrEX FOR SALE}. MUNICIPAL NOTJC&* FIVE good 12-1 I P. Double Cvlinder TXT ANTED IM MEDIATELY a Second Notice to Holders of Bkarkr-Warrantb. XJ EW «nd just arrived from builders, 'T'URNOUT complete Australian geld portable s team Engines
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      1039 2 T ip fX s pm .p LINr BOTTENBACH BROTHERS Co., HOTEL de la PAIX, \T V Bm S PHItP UNt SINGAPORE. y 1 SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, JL Adelaide, Melbourne and Syd- CIECTTICCXr tljgiTieerS. This Old Established House having been 11 da M m ui Fqtpa MQklP Cn ltd ney
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    CHINESE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
    1130 3 standaids of the Empire. Textile World Record. Au imperial edict has recently been issued iu China ordering the Board of Revenue and Commerce to introduce forthwith a uniform system of weights and measuies throughout ihe empire, the standard to be fixed within six months. With the
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    British North Borneo Trade.
    492 3 Ihe British North Borneo Herald in re- viewing the past year, states that the Country has gone forward in many different directions, and there are visible signs iu the year to come of further advancement;. The Government are providing particularly I for better inter-communication and trans
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    THE REFORM MOVEMENT IN CHINA.
    845 3 A most interesting despatch on the present situation in new China is contributed to the Temps by M. Jean Rodes, its special I correspondent at Peking. It is, he says, very difficult not to be sceptical regarding I reforms, in the midst of the incoherence
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    COCONUT PALMS AND RED BEETLES.
    437 3 —Mr. C. A. Lienard, Balticalo, writes to the Times of Ceylon I was very much surprised to note that the Ceylon Government has proclaimed in the Gazette a new Ordinance, compelling proprietors or managers of coconut estates to destroy straight-away any tree on which the
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    454 3 Per P. A: O. ss. Mooltan, from London, Jan. 3, connecting with s.s. Delta, due at Penang Jan. 30 :—To Penang Mrs. 8. Brown, Miss Brown, Mis. Baness, Messrs. V. Leach, J. Fraser, C. 8. Alexander, E. B. Skinner, A. F. Goodrich, and F. A. D
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      877 3 TO LET. the STRAITS TRADING Co.. IM. fa OS. land 2 Westlands Bungalows and 1. Notice is hereby given to all IN Westland. House. bearer. of ahare warra ,L j UC Company that the subjoined resolution was I 1 passed at an extraordinary general meeting t TO LET. f the
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    THE WEEK.
    173 4 Tuesday. 28th January. P C.C. Tennis Tournament. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. High water 8.18 a in. Low water 2.16 p.m. Wednesday. 29th January. P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 9 to 11 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. High water 9.11 a.m. Low water 3.09 p.m. Thursday, 30th January. P.C.C.
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    Tuesday, 28th Jan., 1908.
    1796 4 On the authority of the Daily Teleyruph's correspondent at Johannesburg, it has been stated that the Transvaal Government, realising the seriousness of the situation created by the resistance of the British Indians in that Colony to be registered under the present Asiatic Law Amendment Ordinance, has
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    THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
    323 4 The health returns of the Penang cipality for the week ended the Igtj January show that there were 78 deaths-, 62 males and 16 females—equal to a death rate of 40.17 per inille per annum, com. pared with 34.50 in the preceding Wpe k and with 34.77
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    Lawn Tennis.
    270 4 The P.C.C. Tournament. The results of tl.e ties played yesterday were Double Handicap. B. C. Criswick &O. Griffith Jones btaf, G. Wi ight-Motion dr F. B. Iveus(+ 15 1) 6—2 6—3. M. K. Whitlock dr D Duncan beat T E. Edmett dr J. Jennings 3) 4_6 6 4
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    Cricket.
    185 4 The Colony v. F.M.S. The next cricket match between the Colony and the F.M.S. is to be played at Kuala Lumpur at the Chinese New Year (on Monday and Tuesday, 3rd and 4th Feb.) The full team to represent the Colony baa not yet seb-cted definitely, but nt! believe
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    ASIATICS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    129 5 THE ANTI-REGISTkATION AGITATIOK. A REPORT AND A DENIAL. [Rrutkr’B Service.] London, 27th Jan. The DaJy Telegraph's correspondent at Johannesburg states that the Government is lealising the seriousness of the situation' and has decided to reconsider its wnole attitude towards Asiatics and to appoint a Supreme Court
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    PIRACY IN CHINA.
    77 5 ATTACKS ON THREE LAUNCHES. 'Rruter’s Service.] London, 28th Jan. Reuter s correspondent at Shanghai telegraphs that pirates attacked three launches near killing and wounding thirteen Chinese. The launch traffic between Shanghai and Lang-chow is paralysed. The Times's correspondent at Hongkong states that the British gunboats have been
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    CRICKET.
    57 5 PRO POSED TRI AN GULAR CO N TESTS Reuters Service] London, 28th Jan. The Counties advisory committee is unanimously prepared, subj-ct to considera tion of a detaded scheme, to a-sist the M.C.C. in arranging a visit of Australian and South African cricket teams to Eng Jan I in 1909
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    THE WEATHER.
    43 5 A GALE AT PORT SAID. 'Reuters Service London. 28th Jan. A gale has b >en raging at Port Said since Sundav. Much damage has been done, and the telegraphic communications have been interrupted. The traffic in the Suez Canal is suspended.
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    TURKEY AND PERSIA.
    21 5 [Reuter’s Service London, 27th Jan. A Russian telegram from Tabriz states that Prince Firman Firma has evacuated Sujbulak.
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    Penang Golf Club.
    208 5 The Prrsgravk Cup. The following was the result of the January competition T. B. Peterkin square G R. K Mugliston 1 down C. G. May 1 F. J. Hallifax 2 A. B. Smith 3 C. C. Rogers 6 T. A. Martin 7 The following played but did
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    BATU GAJAH RACES.
    390 5 ENTRIES AND HANDICAPS. The following is the list of entries and first day’s handicaps for the Batu Gajah «ace meeting to be held under the auspices <>f the Kinta Gymkhana Club, on lit", 13lh, and 15th February FIRST DAY. Race 1. Pikat 9.11 Jackeroo 9.8 Starlight 7
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    Penang Assizes.
    84 5 At the Assizes, in the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice Braddell and a common jury, there was an abrupt ending to the trial of Pakirsamy, a ticket collector employed in the Municipal Electric Tramway Department, who was charged as a public servant with criminal breach of
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    THE COLONY’S FINANCES.
    971 5 Semper Vigilans writes to the Singapore Free Press Your strictures on the opinion of the Pinang Gazette as expressed in its review of the year 1907 may or may not be deserved as regards the condition of trade, but as regards the question of the financial position
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    TIN.
    526 5 —lndian Engineering. A complaint comes from the United States to the effect that the Tin Market is controlled by British and Chinese with the result that the United States pays annual tribute of $34,000,000 for pig tin. The fluctuations in the prices of tin are notorious. There is no
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    The Mails.
    44 5 Home- o Ex- Positively lu Steamer. WARD. PECTED DUE SAIL. P. U Arcadia 1/2 B. I. Bharata 6 2 N.D.L. Zeiten 4 2 Outward. P. <fc O. Delta 30 1 6 a.m. 9 a.m. B. I. Thongica 4/2 N.D.L. Goebeu 5 2
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    The Japanese Cabinet.
    257 5 Hongkong, Jan. 24. In the Japanese Diet a vote of want of confidence in Marquis Saonji's Cabinet has been brought forward by the Opposition. It was defeated by nine votes.— S.F.P. Ranjitsinhji has rented sShillinglee Park in Sussex for a year. The German Colonial Society offers a
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      546 5 COPIES OF THE OPENING OF Mrs.. Oechtle. I The Oriental Eastern Smelting Co,, P. P. C. and Penang Hunt Club Group WANTED IMMEDIATELY. PHOTC GRAPHIC STUDIO, AN EXPERIENCED DRESSER for <a/ -x co.. Batu Kawan Estate. jiO. 2T, J" ar qu bar Street. Apply MEDICAL OFFICER, A. KAULFUSS. Butterworth. Penang
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    LOG BOOK.
    784 6 It is said that Captain Fey, of Messrs. Apcar Co’s, line of steamers, and Captain Dawson, of Messrs. Wee Bin *fc Co’s China line of steamers, have been licensed as pilots for Singapore. Whatever else may be done or left undone in the coming year, it is plain
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    ARRIVALS.
    62 6 Cornelia, Brit, 104, Reid, January 28, Deli‘ gen., E. S. Go. Glamorganshirk, Brit., 3629, Norris, January 27, gen., Boustead Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, Loewe, January Behn, Meyer Co. Patriu, Ger., 269, Krebel, January 28, Aeahacx tobacco, Behu, Mpyer AGo. Perak, Brit., 258, Marris, January 21, Deli, gen., Adamson, GilfiUan
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    CLEARANCES.
    42 6 Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Leong Ho for Batu Bahra. Malaya for Deli. Perak (S.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Pin Skng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul. Van dek Lun for Deli.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    58 6 To-morrow. For. Per. Close. Pangkalan Brandan Petrel noon* Deli Perak (E.S. Co.)l p.m« Aeahan Jin Ho 1 p.mTeluk Anson Cornelia 2 p.mDeli Hebe 2 p.m* Pangkor Tong Chay Un 3pm Singapore, China, and Japan Vorwaerts 4 p.m Thursday. Singai>ore, China, and Japan Delta 9 a.m. Rangoon Fitzpatrick noon.
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    274 6 FOR Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Sereinban and Malacca, at 1 p in. and 5-30 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., ami 4-30 p.m. Prye, 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.
    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.
    134 6 By Kliest (Jan. 27) from Antwerp, Mr. John H. Van Oorsohot; from Rotterdam, Mr. \V. Rahder from Geno*, Mr. and Mrs. O. L. Cool, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. H. Siegmund, Messrs. D. S. Lucy, J. Bound, E. Hoore, Otto Kaiser, and Miss J. Hissnik from Aden, Mr. William
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    SHARES.
    1029 6 :.j.« i I h M-2 Issue v Name. o 3 Capital. Subscribed. .Value. I Paid up. S i a mining. Gold. £1 Itanb Au... Gold Mining 6| IW2 £200,000 £191,250 1 18/10 IA £U<»i’lng G«M Mhiing Co. 1.t.1 898 r (.2,000,000 A 1,800,000 20,000 <lOO <lOO (MR per own
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, 28th January, 1908. (liy Cvftrtesy 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. 3 days’sight Private 175} Bombay Demand Bank 173 f 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras, Demand Bank 173}
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    PRODUCE.
    175 6 Pbnang 28th January, 1908. G»ld leaf 65.40 Pepper (W. 0o*«» a lbs. 5 ox.) 16.75 no stock White Pepper 18.50 sellers. Trang Pepper small supplies Mac» 65 nominal. Mace Pickings 55-sales. Cloves (picket!) 29 sales. Nutmegs 110 $25.b0 ssHers. {No 1 36 sates 2 X: no stock. Basket 43.50
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      3 6 PRUE MEDAL SAFES.
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      74 6 MATSUO’S Japanese Cinematograph. New Pictures! New Pictures!! HAVE JUST ARRIVED A Grand Exhibition of New Films will be shown on Saturday Night, including one about 1,800 feet long which will last about an hour. Come and Rescue Your Seats Early or You will be Disappointed, Mir W<r ctrrMfts t« Pouf
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      1691 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, I HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MEBCANTii r ntwu ar AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPMJ3 iNmt T NTER^*° N L BANKING, Netherlands Trading Society. < Netherlands-Indian Discount Bant) ATIONJ C-PIUI «w j pi onn non Qi r i? iinnnntwn abt £3.750,000 Hbad
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      2378 8 Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. P. &0. Steam Navigation Company. Intended Sailings. NtrtttltSClierUtH, Bremen. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. BRITISH INDIA Imperial German Mail Line. MAIL SERVICE, Af OUTWARD. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. Jan. 30 Delta connectg with Mooltan men, Hamburg vid Rotterdam, AND 27 Marmora Moldavia FoB ro Sail Snuuu. AlZandra?
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