Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 May 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 105 VOL. LXVI. THURSDAY. 7th MAY. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      798 1 TO LET. FOR SALE. IMPORTANT SALE. NOTICE. NOTICE. WANTED. GODOWN and premises No. 21, Glad- No reasonable Offer refused. 'T'HE undersigned has been instructed CAMBMNE SCHML •f MINES. '"THOROUGHLY-QU ALIFI ED Grindstone Road. Immediate entry. A by the Receiver appointed by the fMCNI lilt ASSUWCt CMIMM er Machineman, must be
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      1325 2 BROWN Co., r* Shipping. Monumental Sculptors, ■■■MBniHßijMytf' CALCUTTA, 3V ,t| d IJ Nwr Y 7 biI RNS PHILP LINE.” jBLMpg b EBTABUBB,dA 185i ]jlj JjHjJjJ-j BL SINGAPORE TO ‘JAVA PORTS, F CROSSES ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYD- A ’■kJ 7 'k-J £-J' u IMMORTELLE WREATHS and CRO. SES I l‘y Ai
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    EDUCATION IN THE STRAITS.
    1779 3 As promised in our issue of Tuesday last w c publish below some excerpts from Mr’ j. B. Elcum’s Report on Education in the Straits in 1907 The total Revenue of the Department rose from $37,675.25 in 1906 to $45,463 69 in 1907. Almost the whole
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    A JOURNALISTIC JUBILEE.
    717 3 We have received the April number of The Indian and Eastern Engineer, published in Calcutta and Bombay. It is just fifty years since its predecessor, The Engineer's Journal, was published. The leading article mainly consists of extracts from the issues of fifty years ago, and the April
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    The North-West Frontier.
    103 3 London, 29th April. Mr. Hobhouse, in the House of Commons, replying to Mr. Sineaton, on behalf of Mr. Buchanan, who is indisposed, said he had no reason to believe that surveys for the railway on the right bank of Kabul River, which is outside the limits of
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    Northern Nigeria.
    28 3 London, 29th April. Preparations are being made for the issue of £400,000 Northern Nigeria 4 per cent stock. The price of the issue will be 99.
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    AN EXPERIENCE OFF HAYTI.
    360 3 During nearly four years' leisure which L spent in the West Indies studying the Negro Question, I early found Hayti to be* admitted by all experienced white observer* as the central plague-spot of West Indian trouble with the negro But it was not until November 16,
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    East Africa.
    48 3 London, 29th April. The Tinies, ’discussing affairs in East Africa, says, whatever legitimate grievances they may have, all white men should stand together and support the Government. If they have coinplaints they should state them reasonably and respectfully instead of openly showing contempt for the authorities.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    319 3 Per P. Jc O. s.s. Namur, from London, April 12, due May 12 at Penang :—To Pkn 1 ang Mrs. Walter Fox and child, Mrs. Law, Mr. and Mrs. Shaw and child, Mrs. C. Barrett, Mr. and M rs. Neal and children, Misses Metcalf, Pitt-Taylor, Messis.
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      32 3 Fehling Better To-day.—Those people who began taking Stearns' Wine of Cod Liver Oil for a bad cough and general bad health last week, are feeling better to-day. Don’t you wish you did
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      772 3 I IN THK SALE OF VALUABLE LAND ;li<h, wholMome, palate-temrtinc ANU £UAD UAH Cl? C Seliciow thick cups AIW OIlvL IlUvwEwa of invigorating boat tea—BOVRIL wi ui, ,0. Acting on inBtruotion reeeiTe(l B e under I U I signed will sell DvzVr>lLi BY PUBLIC AUCTION, £22 kitchen should have BOVRIL.
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    THE WEEK.
    171 4 Thursday, 7th May. Matsuo’s ineinatograph, 7 and 9 p.m. High water 4.49 a in. L”re watei 10.48 p.m Friday. Blh May. Penang Impressionists’ “At Home/’ Engineers’ Institute, 4 to 7 p.m. Band. Esplanade. 6 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 anil 9 p.m. Moon, First Quarter High water
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    MARRIAGE.
    30 4 Donald-W ilson.—At Liverpool, on the 29th April, John. Donald, m.d., n.B\ (Edinburgh), D Ph. (Cantab), of Penang, to Helen, fourth daughter of Walter H. Wilson, of Noyton-ea," Waterloo, LL’trpooL
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    Thursday, 7th May, 1908.
    1810 4 In many respects the report of Mr. J. B. Elcuin on Education’ in the St i aits in 1907 makes pleasant reading, bur in so far aS it deals with female e location it is not altogether satisfactory. Unfortunate! v the Chinese, and, to an even
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    TONGKAH NOTES.
    845 4 [From Our Own Correspondent j Tongkah, May 4 His Majesty King Chulalongkorn ff Siam intends paying a visit to Monti/ 4 Puket in the course of six weeks l/ 0 1 not expected to come to Tongkah, bu/ 18 remain at Trang. It is to be regretted that
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    RACING AT HOME.
    196 5 THE TWO THOUSAND GUINEAS. FIRST OF THE CLASSICS. [Reuter’s Service] Loudon, 7th May. The Newmarket First Spring Meeting commenced yesterday. The following was the result of the first of the classic races of the year The Two Thousand Guineas of 100 sovs. each, h ft., for entire
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    GREAT BRITAIN AND SIAM.
    64 5 THE PENDING NEGOTIATIONS. [Reuter’s Service.! London, 7th May. In the House of Comm >n«, yesterday, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, seated that a modification of the status of British subjects in Siam, with provisions to safeguard their interests, forms part of the
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    THE SHIPBUILDING DISPUTE.
    48 5 EFFORTS AT A SETTLEMENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London. 6th May. Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, has left Dundee to c «lifer with a number of Labour representatives in London, with a view to a settlement of the dispute in the shipbuilding industry.
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    THE FINANCIAL DEPRESSION.
    26 5 [Reuter’s Service] London, 7th May. Owing to the financial depression, two hundred stockbrokers are not renewing their membership of the London Stock Exchange.
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    THE KAISER.
    21 5 Reuter’? Service London. 6th May. The Kaiser has arrived at Pula (the chief naval station of Austria-Hungary) from Corfu.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    69 5 ITALY AND FRANCE. Berlin, 6th May. •Signor Galliena, formerly Italian Minister at Peking, will probably be appointed Ambassador at Paris. FRONTIER AFFAIRS. It is reported that 15,000 Russian troops are concentrated on the Russo Persian frontier with a view to punishing the Kurdish raiders. The Novoe Vreniya
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    Singapore Races.
    271 5 The Handicaps. The following are the handicaps for the first day’s racing at the forthcoming Singapore meeting. There were 18 entries for th a Paddock Stakes and the Committee decided to make two races of it, nine horses in each, on the original conditions and stakes duplicated. One
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    THE NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
    563 5 THE AFGHAN INVASION. QUESTIONS IN PARLIAMENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 6th May. Reutet’s correspondent at Lundi Kotal, on the North-West Frontier, telegraphs that the Sufi Mullah is returning to Afghanistan this probably means an end of the trouble on the Khyber side of the Frontier. Several Indian Princes
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    Malayan Industries.
    263 5 The L. <C* C. Express of April 17 publishes the following: Rambutan Managers advise completion of repairs to boiler and restarting of plant. Hidden Streams Rubber. I’he third ordinary general meeting was held on 14th inst., when the directors’ reports and accounts were adopted. Sumatra Deli Rubber.— Mr.
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    PENANG HUNT GLOB.
    867 5 YESTERDAY’S PAPERCHASE. In response to the notice published in the Pinang Gazette, no fewer than twentytwo riders turned up at the Dato Kramat Gardens at five o’clock yesterday afternoon to sample the good things that the day had in store for them they were not disappointed, for,
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    SEQUEL TO A FIRE.
    971 5 CLAIM AGAINST INSURANCE CO. The following is a continuation of the proceedings in the Supreme Court in which Chop Hin Lee Chan claim $12,242.43 against the Phoenix Assurance Co., for loss under a policy of insurance Yesterday afternoon the examination of Sunder Singh, who was employed
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    LOG BOOK.
    877 6 Germany lias decided to build gigantic dry docks at Brunsbiittelkoog, on the Lower Elbe, to accommodate ships of the Dreadnought and Invincible class. No official news has yet been received about the visit of the French Northern Squadron to Portsmouth. XV ith the inoi* dents of three years
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    69 6 Delhi, Brit., 8900, Andrews, May 6, Bombay, gen., Adamson Giltillan Co. Hye Leong, Brit, 296, Treweeke, May 7, Teluk Aneon, gen., E. S. Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, Ricken, May. 7, Deli, gen., Behn, Meyer A Co. Palermo, Brit, 7597, May 6, London, gen., Adamson, Giltillan Co. Pera, Brit,
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    CLEARANCES.
    76 6 Mary Austin for Asahan. Ban Whatt Soon for Tongkah. Leong Ho for Trang. Perak (E. S. Co.) for Deli. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Cornelia for Port Swettenham and Malacca. Malacca for Tongkah. Canton for Pangkor and Teluk Anson. Arratoon ’Apcar for Singapore, China, and Japan. Clan Macintosh for Rangoon.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    87 6 To-morrow. For. Per. < Port Swettenham and Singapore Omapere 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Sree Banka Ipm. Teluk Anson Hye Leong 3 p.m Deli Calypso 3 p.m. Deli Malaya 4 p.m. Kopah, Renong, Vic-') toria Point, Mergui, I Janet Nicoll 2 p.m and Tavoy Saturday. Colombo Inaba Maru 11
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    307 6 FOR Taiping, I poll, Balti Gajah, Kuala KiiGt, Kuala Lumpur, and Sshmilmn at I p in. and 5-30 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Kuala Mudah, at 7 a.m. Kulim, at 1 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m 10 a.m I p m an i 4-30 p.m. Prye, at
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    43 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where bound, and Agents. Benlomond, London, May 8, Japan, S. B. Memnon, Liverpool, May 7, Japan, W. M. Persia, Singapore, May 7, Fiume, S. K. Tydeus, Singapore, May 16, Antwerp, W. M.
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    PASSENGERS.
    14 6 By Malaya (May. 7) from Deli, Messrs. Freeling Duke,’ Drummond, Griffijn,. Vogel, KeiteL
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    SHARES.
    1164 6 g I g 5 g Capital. Subscribed. PbW Dividend». 3 a? 5 _____i —-X MINING. Gold. an non £f £1 i I/-paid .hmnary, 1901’ Rauh Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid 1892 £200,000 £191,250 j 18/I0 6 1898 f .500,000 /2,500,000 25 ,000 fIOO /100 -71 per cent,
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Prnang, 7th May, 1908. (lig oj Vhttvtewl Hunk.) Loiubm Demaiul Bank 2,3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2'4 3 Credit 2/4 316 M 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank R-». 174| 3 days’sight Private 175$ Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 175} Madras. Demand Bank 174 3
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    PRODUCE.
    175 6 Pknano, 7th May, 1908. Gold h-nf 65.40 Pepper (W 'oast 3 II» 5.,«.) no stock. White Pepper $17.50 sellers. Trang Pepper $H sellers. Mac® s7q sellers. Mace Pickings $55 buyers. Cloves (picked) 31 buyers Nutmegs lln $20.50 sellers. fNo I $5.30 sales. Sugar. z 2 x. no stock. Basket
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