Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 April 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 81 VOL. LXVI. TUESDAY. 7th APRIL. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      704 1 TO LET. K. M. H. MARICAN, TO BUILDINC CONTRACTORS. NOTICE. P. S'O. S. N. COMPANY. TO LET UNFURNISHED MONEY CHANGER. nnloncu NTO. 28, LOGAN ROAD. CONTRACTORS desirous of tendering Th. CHEAP RETURN TICKETS TO COLOMBO. THE No. 1 “SANS SOUCI VILLA." IN Apply to T HAVE JUST OPENED a S
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1141 2 AUTUMN MEETING. 1908. Tuesday, the 28th July. Thursday, the 30th July, and Saturday the Ist August. 1908. PROPOSED PROGRAMME To be considered and if approved to be passed at a General Meeting to be called for the purpose 1 NOTICE—No amendments to this Programme will be considered
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      1162 2 Shipping* Mannheim Insurance Co. ■■B.ir Marine Insurance. «k W* BURNS PHILP LINt. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce W SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, and Valuables at current rates. fi tl ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYD- For fuller particulars apply to NICY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR KATZ
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    PORT SWETTENHAM.
    672 3 The first annual report of the Selangor Chamber of Commerce, presented at the recent meeting of the members at Kuala Lumpur, stated, with reference to Port Swettenham, that the Committee have instituted careful enquiries into the present arrangements for the discharge, landing, and forwarding of cargo at Port
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    Charges against a Hospital Staff.
    139 3 Madras, 30th March. The Government of Madras have just issued their order on the report of the Commissioner appointed to inquire into the series of allegations contained in a memorial to Government, submitted by Sam Manikkam, preferring charges against the staff of the Government Ophthalmic
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    ROYAL JOHORE TIN.
    463 3 The annual report of the Directors of the Royal Johore Tin Mining Company Limited, which is signed by Messrs. C. B. Buckley and John Salomon, has been published and will lie submitted to the meeting of the shareholders on the 13th instant. It says:— Your Directors submit
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    Johore State Railway.
    421 3 An appendix to tin Federal Estimates, issued the other day, gives the total amount voted for the J<»hore State Railway f<r 1908 a; $2 727,393, against $2,713,619 provided last year. Expenditure on capital account, for consti uction, is set down at $2,500,000, which, with the similar sum
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    STRAITS ASSOCIATION.
    627 3 The meeting then terminated.— Straits Times. THE SINGAPORE BRANCH. There was a small attendance of members at the annual meeting of the Singapore Branch of the Straits Settlements Association held in the Singapore Exchange on Friday under the presidency of Mr. John Anderson, who was accompanied at the
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    Penang Post Office.
    127 3 The following unclaimed letters, parcels, and telegrams are lying at the Penang Post Office Adams, William Morris, R V. Arabi Brett, Miss Martin, H. J. Bell, S. S. Mrs. Martin, S. F. Crichton, A. M. Mrs. Petiie, H. Gibb, A. M. Pyke, S. D. Garland, J. C.
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    447 3 NEW BOOKS. The following new books have been received at the Library The Cambridge Modern History, The Age of Louis XIV., by A. W. Ward and others. Modern Egypt, 2 Vols., by the Earl of Cromer. Storia Do Mog or or Mogul India, 1653 1708, 3 Vols., by
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    Persia.
    101 3 London, 29th March. Reuter wires from Teheran that the President of the Parliament has resigned in consequence of unpopularity and an accusation of duplicity. His brother, the Minister of Finance, has succeeded him. Loudon, 31 st March. In the House of Lords, Lord Fitzmaurice, replying to Lord Lamington, said
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    American Hops.
    41 3 London, 28th March. Great demonstrations took place to-day at Canterbury and Worcester to protest 1 against dumping of American hops, ruining English growers. A protective duty was demanded. The farmers brought can loads of labourers to join the processions.
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    Armenians Massacred.
    34 3 Loudon, 27th March. A revolutionary at Van attacked and wounded an Armenian informer, whereupon the Bashi Bazuks fell upon the Armenians indiscriminately, killing 33 and wounding eight. Imperial troops stopped, the massacre
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      336 3 Koninklijke Paketvaart JOefIeMELLO, Maatschappij. «RueWoneer, i S.S. DE KOCK. Valuer, Commission Jigent, etc.,, Temporary Address i A b the above steamer is dry dockiug c/o Messrs. Daiid Brown ACo Bhe r wi ll otnit the sailing of 7fch instant to Deli, but will resume her usual 46 Logan's Buildings, Beach
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    THE WEEK.
    163 4 Tuesday. 7th April. Old Lady Day. Football League Entries Close. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.m. High water 4.47 p.m. Low water 10 46 p.m Wednesday. Bth April. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Outward P. O. Mail. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.m. High water 5.54 p.m.
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    Tuesday, 7th April, 1908.
    1056 4 As a result of the drought last autumn, the paddy crop in many districts of Perak was a distinct failure and the ryots are now feeling the pinch of hard times, some being hard pressed to obtain even seed grain for the forthcoming season. In Krian,
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    PENANG SWIMMING CLUB.
    351 4 The annual general meeting of the members of the Penang Swimming Club will be held at the Club Bungalow, Tanjong Bungah, on Sunday, the 12th inst., at 10-15 a.m. Business 1. To receive the Committee’s Repoi t and Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31st March,
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      THE PLANTERS AND THE R.G.A.
      450 4 [7*o the Editor of the Pinang Gazette"] Dear Sir, May I ask you to put in your valuable paper a strong warning to all young men at Home not to sell themselves as slaves to money-grabbing Company Directors. A young man at Home may think
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    LOCAL LANDMARKS.
    974 4 OLD MEMORIES REVIVED (Continued'). There are, in many parts of the tr and suburbs, ruins of old buil<]i nag of old bricks, and blocks of brickwoi masonry detached from some larger tures. If these relics could but speak J. 11 an interesting tale would be unfolV/r the people
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      173 4 tE.& 0. MOTEL -perjang. t CRAG MOTEL penang /(ills. J RAFFLES MOTEL J J STRAHD HOTEL Rangoon. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors. QOQOOOOOOOOOOOOO **********00 WHY? q Allow Rats and Mice to over-run your Houses Q Q and contaminate your Goods with O O Filth and Disease when for 75 cents you can
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      124 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to The Editor," written on one side of the paper only, \and acccompanied by the writer?.: name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. A LL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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      21 4 \All communications intended for insertion in this journal must be authenticated. The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of correspondents.]
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    259 5 PRIME MINISTER’S RESIGNATION. CABINET CHANGES. [Reuter’s Service London, 6th April. Newspapers of all shades of political opinion publish to-day most sympathetic articles with reference to the resignation of Sir Henry Campljell-Bannerman, Prime Minister, hoping that the resignation of his office shall assist his recovery. They also publish
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    THE BRITISH ARMY.
    104 5 A SAI) CATASTROPHE. [Reuter’s Service London, 7th April. A tiie broke out yesterday in the officers mess at the barracks at Mullingar, where the 4>h Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers (City of Loudon Regiment) are stationed. Four privates were frightfully burned in saving the colours one of
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    RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.
    78 5 THE AMUR PROJECT. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 7th April. The Russian Duma is discussing the question of the construction of a railway in the territory of the Amur River. The Committees of National Defence and Communications have recommended the immediate construction of this railway as being of primary importance
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    FREEMASONRY.
    1344 5 ANNIVERSARY OF LODGE KINTA. INSTALLATION AND BANQUET. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Exactly twelve months have passed since we published an account in these columns of the proceedings in connection with the consecration of Lodge Kinta, No. 3212, E. C., at Ipoh, on which occasion we predicted that the further
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    The Bijou Troubadours.
    258 5 Tie many a day since the Penang public have had a treat similar to that which is in store for them on Monday, 13th, to Wednesday. 15th April. The treat is nothing more or less than Tom Liddiard s New Bijou Troubadours at the Town Hall. This
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    207 5 FRANCE AND RUSSIA. Berlin, 6th April. Vice-Admiral Touchard, French Ambassador at St. Petersburg, according to an article in The Times, announces that, in the interests of France, the reorganisation of the Russian army and navy will be undertaken in exchange for a conjoint RussoFrench army reform scheme.
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND SIAM.
    866 5 THE PENDING NEGOTIATIONS. A Siamese correspondent writes to the Bangkok Times One is pleased to note that the Indian British subjects in Bangkok, or some of them, have caused it to be known that they do not object to going under Siamese jurisdiction. Whether in this
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    The Mails.
    152 5 Hom* o Ex- Positivmlt To wabd. TIA,,,R pbctkd. Dub. Sail. P. <fc U. Delhi 11/4 B. I. Thongwa 18/4 N.D.L Prinzess Alice 14/4 Outward. P. &O. Oceana 8/4 6 pm. 10 p.m. B. I. Tara 16/4 N. D.L. P E. Friedrich 15/4 Detective-Inspector Frayne applied to Mr. Green,
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      715 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. THE Saturday, //tfi, and following Slay. ANGLO-CHINESE STORE, 5 «M 7 CHINA STREET FOR SALE. (Round the Corner opposite Tong Joo’s Store) AUSTRALIAN Mare Rubber-Tyred American Sulky; complete Turnout, WE ARE HOLDING *825. A CLEARANCE B. Mertajam. SALE ln Our Ladies Gent s, and TURNOUT, comprising Rubber-Tyred
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    234 5 OBITUARY. GENERAL SIR D. C. DRURY-LOWE. [Reuter's Service.] London, 7th April. The death is announced of Lieut.-Gener-al Sir Drury Curzon Drury-Lowe, g.c.b. [The late General was born in Derbyshire on Jan. 3., 1830, and entered the Army as a Cornet in the 17th Lancers in 1854. He served with the
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    LOG BOOK.
    870 6 Under the presidency of the Duke of Mailborough an English committee is arranging an exhibit to be sent to the first international Fii st Aid and Life Saving Congress at Frankfort during Whit week. The Prince of Wales has purchased for Prince Edward the yacht Corisande, with which
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    36 6 Calypso, Dut., 339, Bannatyne, April 6, Singapore, gen., W. MansfiiyVd. £k>. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Wright, April 7, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co. Pegu, Brit., 294, Taylor, April 7, Tongkah, gen., Ban Ho Hin.
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    CLEARANCES.
    38 6 Avagyek for Tongkah. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi and Setul. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Jin Ho for Tongkah. Pkkak (S.S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sappho for Tongkah.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    404 6 To-morrow. For. Per. (’lose. Negapatam and Madras Tara 10 a m* Registration 4 p.m. to-day-Batu Bahra Sree Banka Ipm Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Vidar 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Sw’atow, and Amoy Chuang Chew 2 p.m. Bangcon Solfond 3 p.m. Pangkor Tong Chay Un 4 p.m
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    108 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. A. Apcar, S’pore, April 11, Calcutta, A. A. Ajax, Sineapore, April 18, Liverpool, W. M. Benavon, London, April 12 Japan, S. B. Borneo, Singapore, April 17, Antwerp, A G. C. Apcai, Calcutta, April 9,
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    PASSENGERS.
    32 6 By Teesta (April 6) to Singapore, Mr* D. K. Somerville. By Maetsuijcker (April 6) to Sabang, Mr. G. W. von Reness-Duivenbru; to Padang, Messrs. F. C. Palmer Lee and H. Levison.
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    SHARES.
    1066 6 Sai I Issue 2 a Capital. Subscribed. Value. I Paid n P Dividends. «me 5 A MINING. Gold. ***** 4’l i’ l paid January, >9Ol Kaub Aust. Gold Mining (Jo., Ltd. Fully Pai. 1892 £200,000 £191,250 350'000 1 18/10 1 1 (Contrib) 1898 2,500,000 2,500,000 25 000 /199 DOO
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, 7th Apkil, 1908. (Hy Courtesy nJ th*. Cltavt*.v*.a Hunk.} London Demand Bank 2.3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bant 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 316 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank It* 174$ 3 days’sight Private 175$ Bumbay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 175| Madras, Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    192 6 I*rnan« 7th April. 1908 G«>l<l leal 63.40 Pepper (W. Com* 3 lbs n ox.) no stock. White Pepper 18 50 sellers. Trang Pepper 12.50 buyers Mac*» 75 sellers. Mace Pickings 57 buyers Cloves (picked) 31 buyers. Nutmegs 110. $23 sellers. [No I ss.3osales 2 x. no stock. Basket $3.75
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