Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 31 January 1908

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  • 20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 25 VOL. LXVI. FRIDAY. 31st JANUARY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1119 1 TO LET. WANTED IMMEDIATELY. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. NOTICE. THE STRAITS TRADING COMPANY, LIMITED. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOS 1 and 2 Westlands Bungalows and T7IRST CLASS Hospital Assistant, must i» DT to -nr jxr u Z” T HE Municipal Commissioners of Westlands House. be qualified. Free furnished quarter-» A 1 PLICATIONS will be
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  • 1023 2 PROGRAMME FOR 1908, RACE MEETING TO BE HELD 0/7 Tuesday, the 11th, Thursday, the 13th and Saturday, the 15th February, 1908. FIRST DAY. 1. The Chenderiang Cup. A Cup presented by Malcolm Duncan Esq. With $2OO added by the Club of which $5O goes to 2nd Horse.
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    • 1011 2 Nyr lutNs philp line.” HOWARTH ERSKINE, LM., ■T SINGAPORE TO *J AV A PORTS, PTVTT T7T TC* AT 4 AND JL AD ELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYD- > VIVIL, HaLaEla V HIV AU 5 JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Go., Ltd. n^w y zealand^tasman?an F and MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, < QUEENSLAND PORTS. 1 A
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    • 17 2 LIPTON’S TEAS~ WXKB the GOLD MEDAL AT THL PARIS EXHIBITION. Jgenlt, Psnatag, RATERBON, SIMONS Sl Co., Ltd.
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  • 1633 3 There was some interesting correspondence recently in The Times concerning the price charged to the public for The Letters of Queen Victoria, from which it appeared that the net profit, after allowing for all possible changes, was about two hundred and forty per cent. The
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  • 1196 3 A CANDID CRITICISM. The Malay Mail says in a leading article The Colonial Office rule of these States is carried on by His Excellency the High Commissioner who is also Governor of the Straits Settlements. The appointment of a high official from the Colonial Office to this
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  • 469 3 Mr. Walter H. Barnard’s latest metal market reports—(which, by the way, are usually reproduced from the Pinang Gazette by some of our Malayan contemporaries, who publish them with our modifications) have the following with reference to the tin market in London Jan 6* :—£4 better at £122
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 46 3 Chamberlaiu’s Cough Remedy Cures Colds. This remedy acts no nature’s plan, allays the cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secretions, and aids naturin restoring the system to a healthy cnoe dition. For sale by all Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents
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    • 140 3 An Indian Nobleman Uses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. You will see by the following that Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is a favourite m 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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    • 67 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 <>f the best medicines for coughs and colds that I ever tried.” For
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    • 49 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 aff Chemists and Store-keepers. The George Town Dispensary, Wholesale Agents. SCALES. McAlister Co.. Ltd.
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    • 376 3 NOTICE. NOTICE. rpHE PENANG T H E PENANG VOLUNTEERS VOLUNTEERS will be “At Home,” iH march Camp, Kampong <? am P Bharu, on Tuesday, thc 3lst instant the 4th February, Parade at the Cor--1908, from 4 p.m. to ncr of Racc Course 7 n. m Road, at 5 p.m., in
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  • 234 4 Friday. 31st January. Engineers’ Institute: Special General Meeting, 5 p in P.C.C I ennis Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 9 p.m. High wat*»r !<» 51 a ni. Low water 4.49 p m. Saturday. Ist February. Homeward P. O Mail. Football: Mohammedans r. Wanderers, C
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  • 916 4 It would appear that, in spite of Mr. Smuts’s dementi, the Johannesburg correspondent of the Daily Telegraph was rightly informed when he stated on Monday that the Transvaal Government, realising the seriousness of the situation, had decided to reconsider its whole attitude towards Asiatics at least
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  • 281 4 THE NEW PAVILION. At the annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Cricket Club, on 14th October, the committee undertook to draw up a scheme for the erection of a new Pavilion. Plans have since been called for with the result that designs have been
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  • 481 4 The P.C.C. Tournament. The results of the ties played yesterday were:— Doable Handicap. W. S. Dunn W. S. Goldie g) beat A. G. Anthony H. Waugh 15) 3_6 6—4 6—o. A. F. G. Anderson Jt W. J. Hodge beat Dr. Jamieson &C. C. Rogers 15.3) 6—3 2—6 6—3.
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
    • 196 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazett e yy Dear Sib, The widow of Boarding Officer Howe has been left in very poor circumstances, and the Government cannot in the circumstances grant a compassionate allowance. I have made inquiries and think thj< Mrs. Howe’s case is one
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    • 640 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, It has often occurred to me that the various Turf Clubs in the F.M.S. and Straits would be much better served in the class of Griffins imported from Australia, if they employed a paid official buyer, resident in that country.
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    • 258 4 PENANG CRICKET CLUB, pbnang turf club. NOTICE is hereby given of a Special NOTICE. General Meeting to be held in the Club Pavilion, on .Monday, 10th February, A 1908 t 6i5 p.. uniiins, AUlUfflU li us mess: J 1. To adopt the Sub-Committee’s J A/\F7 Report re New Pavilion. J
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    • 19 4 communications intended for in this journal must be authenticated The Editor is not responsible J or opinions of correspondents.}
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  • 119 5 THE REGISTRATION DEADLOCK. STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 30th Jan. In the House of Commons on Wednesday Mr. H. H. Asquith (Chancellor of the Exchequer), who acted as Liberal leader in the absence of Sir Henry Campbell-Banner-man, deprecated any discu-sion on the question of
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  • 70 5 CANADA AND THE JAPANESE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 30th Jan. The Canadian House of Commons has rejected a motion dissenting from any treaty depriving the Parliament of control over immigration. Sir Wilfred Laurier, the Premier, made a stirring appeal on behalf of Imperial interests, and asked whether the Japanese
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  • 73 5 IMPORTANT QUESTIONS INVOLVED [Reuter’s Service.] London, 31st Jan. In the House of Lords, yesterday, the Marquis of Ripon (Lord Privy Seal), referring to Macedonia, said th it the British Government would use every effort to maintain the concert of Europe. He added that questions were involved
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  • 47 5 THREE NOTABLE ABSENTEES. [Reuter’s Service London, 31st Jan. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman was absent again yesterday from the House of Commons other notable absentees were Mr. A. J. Balfour, who is suffering from influenza, and the Speaker, who has an attack of the gout.
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  • 35 5 TWO MOKE BANKS CLOSED. [Reuter's Service London, 31st Jan. The New Amsterdam National Bank, with liabilities of $4,500,000 (gold), and the Mechanics’ and Traders Bink, with a capital of $2,000,000 (gold), have closed.
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  • 195 5 THE GERMAN NAVY Berlin, 30th Jan. The Reichstag has adopted the proposals for an increase in the Navy. BRITAIN AND GERMANY. At the State opening of the British Parliament the King’s Speech, which was read in the House of Commons, referred in most hearty terms to the
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  • 96 5 DEBATE 111 THE REICHSTAG. “NO CAUSE FOR CONFLICT.” [Reuter’s Service London, 31st Jan. In the Reichstag yesterday the Naval Bill was read a second time. Replying tn Herr Bebel (leader of the Socialists), who protested against the increase in the Navy as being only aimed at
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  • 87 5 The following is the register of the temperature recorded at Fort Cornwallis since the 15th Jan. jc 15th So 86 87 16th 87 86 86 17th 87 89 87 18th 78 82 85 19th 82 85 88 20th 78 86 87 21st 82 88 87 22nd 84 ‘B6
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  • 103 5 A meeting of the B »ard of Trustees of St. George's Girls’ School was held on Wednesday afternoon, the Hon. R. N. Biand. Resident Councillor, presiding. The usual routine business having been concluded, the following resolution was, after some discussion, unanimously agreed to “Tint the Government
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  • 63 5 The Municipal Health Officer (Dr. G. W. Park) and his staff are to be congratulated on the low death rate for 1907. As will be seen from the figures given below it was the lowest for the last six years. 1902 43 09 per mille 1903
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  • 401 5 -P.P. The date of the annual Anti-Opium Conference of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, to be held in Penang this year, has been fixed for February 2lst and 22ud. Delegates from Singapore, Malacca, Perak, Selangor, Pahang, and Negri Sembilan will attend, and it is proposed
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  • 720 5 Pigskin and Petticoat, by Helen Mathers (London, George Bell <fc Sons).—-This is a racy and highly interesting sporting novel. The story is that of a young girl, Pat Surrefiden, left by her father’s death in charge of an important racing stable in Sussex and of her gentleman jockey
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  • 87 5 Hongkong, Jan. 27. Ou Saturday evening two Japanese launches were the objects of a daring piratical attack on the Yang-tse, near Shanghai. The pirates were dressed, some in police uniforms aud some as soldiers, and were armed with magazine rifles. They made a desperate attack on the
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  • 74 5 Home- o Ex- Positively Io WARD. PBCTBD. DUB. SAIL. P. O Arcadia 1/2 B. I. Bharata 6/2 N. D.L. Zeiten 4/2 Outward. P. <fc O. Delhi 13/2 B. I. Thongwa 4/2 N.D.L. Goeben 5/2 The P. O. Royal mail steamer Arcadia, having left Singapore at 8 a. m.
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  • 539 5 HOME PRESS COMMENTS. The following appears in the Notts Guardian of the 9th inst. The modem history of the Malay States, under the transforming hands of Sir Frank Swettenham and other Englishmen who have shared his work, is to those who are acquainted with it more like
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  • 510 5 Some reference has been made on a previous occasion (says The Times of the Bth inst.) to the activity which has recently taken place in the cultivation of rubber trees in the Malay State*, Ceylon, and In lia, and the fear has been expressed in certain
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 6 5 PRIZE MEDAL SAFES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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    • 931 5 NEW ROOFING MATERIAL. for sale. THE ETERNIT.” A FAST BLACK DELI PONY, 4 years There seems to be no end to the making R MW of various kinds of roof coverings. The latest to come to Penang is the Eternit 1 Asbestos Cement slates. The manufacturers TANDLEMUIR. claim that they
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  • 797 6 A great fulling-off has taken place in recent years in shipping traffic at the port of Cadiz. The chief rival port is Seville alongside of wharves at which large steamers can load and discharge while in Cadiz such vessels must remain at anchor in the bay. Seville is
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  • 93 6 Avagykk, Brit., 247, Campbell, January 30, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Delta, Brit., 478'», Daniel, January 30, Bombay, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Hakata Maru, Jap., 3819, Murai, January 31. Japan, gen., Boustead Co. Hong Wan 1., Brit., 296 V, Kinghorn, January 30, Rangoon, gen., Ban Eng Co. Hye
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  • 69 6 Catherine Apcar for Singapore and Hongkong Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Hong Wan I for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow’, and Amoy. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Malaya for Deli. Omapere for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Padang for Batu Bahra. Solfond for Rangoon.
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  • 85 6 To-morrow. For. Per. Close. Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauritius. Egypt, and rid Brindisi for Europe, etc. Arcadia 1(1 a.m. Registration 4 pm, to-day. Parcels 2 p.m. to-day. Colombo Hakata Maru 11 a m. Deli and Langsa Van der Lijn noon. Madras Teesta noon. Registration 11 a.m. Tongkah Avagyee
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  • 242 6 FOR Taiping, Lpoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, Seremban 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., and 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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  • 82 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bvn/nd, and Ayente. Arcadia from Singapore, February 1, for Colombo ami Bombay, Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Benlawers from London, February 3, for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China, and Japan, Sandilands, Buttery Co. Manila from Colombo, February 5, for Singapore, China,
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  • 42 6 By Kistna (Jan. 31) from Singapore, Mr. W. Fox; from Port Swettenham, Messrs. F. S. Evans, F. More, C. Pasqual, G A. Wills, Low Leong Huat, C L Seng, Foo Ah Leong, H. M. de Souza, S Singh, and Keng Hong.
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  • 1162 6 ia -Ir ĕ i a -2 Name. 3 o a Capital. Subscribed. a Value. 1 Paid np. Divide s S-S g g Shares. r W 3Q Eh MINING. Gold. r L, j i iohi i Raub Auet. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 6| W 2 £200.00» £191,«« I»"**
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  • 128 6 Pknang. 31st Janvaky, 1908. liy Conrteny of the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 months' sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit 3,8 3 DfMiuinenlary ‘2/4 7/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Its. 173 j 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 173 j 3 days’sight Private 175$ Madras, Demand
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  • 174 6 Pknang 31st January, 1908. Gold leaf 65.40 Pepper (W. Coast 5 lbs. 5 oz.) 16.75 no stock White Pepper 18.60 sellers. Trang Pepper small supplies Mac» 65 nominal. Mace Pickings 56 mdea. Cloves (picked) 29 sales. Nutmegs 110 $*25.50 sellers. [No 1 $5.30 sales 2 x. no stock. Basket
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 107 6 Croup is Immiuent. No matter how well your 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 Store-keepers. The George
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    • 30 6 Mannheim Insurance Co. Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce and Valuables at current rates. For fuller particulars apply to KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agent*.
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    • 21 6 BANKJOLIDAY. The Exchange Banks will be closed on Monday and Tuesday, the 3rd and 4th February, 1908, same being Public Holidays.
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    • 7 6 PRIZE MEDAL SAFES. McAlitt" V Co., Ltd.
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    • 63 6 HOTEL de la PAIX, SINGAPORE. This Old Established House having been tliorouichly Repaired and Renovated is now Reopened. Good Accommodation for Boarders and Passengers. A Speciality is made of the Table, and only Wines, &c., of the best Quality are supplied. Terms Moderate. Runners meet Steamers Mrs. E. GEORGE, Mr.
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    • 2101 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, I HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI IWDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF INTERNATinMAi AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPU. INDIA LIMITED Neth.rl.ad. Trading Society. <Netteri.a d lßdiao Di^Mt b«E) Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up-Capital $10,000,000 Established 1824. ablishrd at Batavia, 1857. Authorised Capital £1 500 000
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    • 2570 8 Shipping.Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. F. SO. Stem Navigation Company. Intended Sailings. 1 WlWßClff IW|<. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES. BRIT,SH ,ND,A I«npe«”»* Gel> MaU Llne o»™a« b b STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. OCttISIMM Sllßtt., lit., Jan. 30 Delta connectg with Mooltan SegSw Southampton, Gibraltar, Genoa, Naples (connec- AND Feb. 13 Delhi China
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