Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 May 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 106 VOL. LXVI. FRIDAY, Bth MAY, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      798 1 TO LET. GOVERNMENT NOTICE. NOTICE. NOTICE. NOS. 1 and 2 Westlands Bungalows and *l' H E Steam Launch Seabird of Penang f&MRADNF c/BSSI AK MINKE 1 B I ‘•Westlands” House. 1 for sale. Offers may be made to HIVvL VT Ullßtd. fAA ■■HHAI T" i I II I t uc
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1171 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. NOTICE.—No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless
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      602 2 Shipping. N” BURNS PHILP LINE. W SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, ADELAIDE, MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY ALSO TAKING CARGO FOR JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co.. Ltd. new ZEALAND, TASMANIAN AND QUEENSLAND PORTS. q o (with transhipment) *hs inducement offers. A regular monthly service to above ports W is maintained by the British steamers
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    3328 3 Money Market Review. ANNUAL MEETING. The fifty-fourth ordinary general meeting of the shareholders of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China was held on April 15 at the Cannon Street Hotel, E C., Sir Montagu Cornish Turner presiding. The Joint-Manager (Mr. Caleb Lewis) having read the
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    China’s Population and Poverty.
    334 3 Recent statistics show that China has probably 442 millions of people, living on say 1,000,000 square miles, not all of which is by any means ,fer« ile or arable. 'This makes roughly 400 per sq. miles. No doubt the fertile west, if farmed in garden lot»,
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      85 3 Australian Newspaper Man’s Experience With Diarrhoea. Mr. 8. G. Mathers, publisher of Chi onicle, Norm ntown, Queens! »»«d s«ys: Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhcei Remedy completely cured me of chronic dysentery from which I had suffered for years. I feel confident that bis remedy also saved the life of my
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      640 3 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. 1 Leave.— No. 276 Pte. T. P. Nailer granted leave for one year dated 5-4-08. No. 318 Pte. W. P. G Taggart ORDERS BY CAPTAIN 15*54)8. f r DinB monthi dated J. H. G. MARRIOTT M. 8 G Marriott, M. S. Gtffata, umuxx, n. o. U., appointed Adjutant,
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    THE WEEK.
    188 4 Friday. Bth May. Penang Impressionists’ “At Home,” Engineers’ Institute, 4 to 7 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7 and 9 p.m. Moon, First Quarter High water 5.34 a.in. Low water 11.37 p.m Saturday, 9th May. Homeward P. O. Mail, closes 2 p.m. Swimming Club Gala. Tanjong Bungah. Matsuo’s Cinematograph, 7
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    Friday, 8th May, 1908.
    1808 4 According to repoits received yesterday from Kulim, the situation there remains unchanged. It is not anticipated that there will be any rioting, as there aie n >w about a hundred Sikh police in the town ship, but the population has almost entirely disappeared and this attitude
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    THE HISTORY OF MALAYA.
    319 4 We have received from the Fy < Government Press History, Part I. Part 11 in the series of Papers on Malay Subjects published by direction of the Government of the Federated Malay Stat<- s Part I. deals with Events Prior to Briti,)i Ascendancy and Part 11.
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    Sequel to a Fire.
    277 4 Claim Against Insurance Co. The following is a continuation of the proceedings in the Supreme Court to-day in which Chop Hiu Lee Chan claim $12,242.43 against the Phoenix As-urance Co., for loss under a policy of insuiance Sing Tua Bak, locksmith, of “Chop'’Chat Sing, said that
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    Magistrates' Appeals.
    288 4 In the Supreme Court, vester iav. Mr. Justice Fisher heard the appeal of Osman ami Rajah Bi against decisions of a Bench CoU't, consisting of Messrs. Wolferstui and Scott. Rajah Bi was convicted on a charge of criminal bie ch of tiu-t in re-pect of a set of
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      183 4 NOTICE xxWING to the difficulties of collection on and after May Ist, all Bills must be settled on leaving the Eastern and Oriental and Crag Hotels. No. Bills will be posted for collection to any > outstation. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietor;. 5 THE MAITH OF HE TYRES (or vour Motor <
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      123 4 must be addressed lo The Editor, 1 written on one side of the paper only, and acccompanied by the writer 1 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
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    RUBBER.
    119 5 IMPROVED PROSPECTS. F. M. S. COMPANIES’ CROPS. Our Own Correspondent.] Loudon, 7th May. Rubber has become dearer on the gradually improving condition of commerce. Good plantation-grown rubber is expected to fetch over 4/- per lb. on Friday. The crop harvested by the Anglo-Malay Rubber Co., Limited, for the first
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    PORT OF LONDON BILL.
    86 5 THE SECOND READING PASSED. Rjcittrh’s Service.] London, Bth May. The Port of L>n lon Bill has be»n real a second time in t e House of C nnin ms. [On April 2 Mr.Lloyd-George, then President of the Board of Trade, introduced a Bill to establish a
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    THE BUDGET.
    76 5 THE SUGAR DUTY REDUCED. [Reuter’s Service.) London, Bth May. I'he chief feature of Mr 11. H. Asquith's Budget is provision for pensions of five shillings per week t> indigent* over seventy years of ags the cost will not exceed £6,000,000 per annum. He reduces the sugar duty to
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    PORTUGAL.
    65 5 PROCLAMATION OF KING MANUEL [Reuter’s Service.) London, Bth May. King Manuel of Portugal preceded to Parliuncut yesterday, where he took the oath and was proclaimed King. Great pomp was observed on the occasion. London, later. King Manuel has signed a decree according amnest es to all political offenders with
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    AUSTRIAN EMPEROR’S JUBILEE.
    47 5 GER MAN CONGRATULATIONS. [Beutrr’s Skrvicr.] London, Bth May. *he Kaiser and Kaiserin have arrived in Vienna to congratulate, at the head of a dozen Get man Kings and Princes, the Emperor Francis Joseph on the celebration of the sixtieth (Jubilee) year of his reign.
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    THE AMERICAN FLEET.
    42 5 ARRIVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO. [Reuter’s Skrvick London, Bth May. Die Unite! States battleship fleet has arrived at San Francisco, where it was enthusiastically welcomed. Fetes have been arranged in its honour, and will last for the next ten days..
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    NORTH-WEST FRONTIER.
    29 5 movements of British troops. [Rkutrr’s Service] London, 7th May. Major-General Sir James Willcocks second brigade will return to Peshawat to-day his third brigade will proceed to Aliiuusjid.
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    BRITISH TRADE.
    39 5 APRIL EXPORTS AND IMPORTS. [Reuter’s Service.) London, Bth May. Ihe Board of Trade returns for April *how a decrease in imports of £9,682,792 Hl ‘d also a decrease in exports of ■£•1,711,528, as compared with April, 1907.
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    910 5 RESOLUTION IN PARLIAMENT. A REFERENCE TO MALAYA. SHANGHAI AND ITS DENS. [Reuter’s Service.) London, 7th May. In the House of Commons, yesterday, Mr. William Johnson (Liberal-Labour member for the Nuneaton division of Warwickshire) moved a resolution urging the Government to terminate, by the most speedy system, the
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    RUBBER EXPERT’S SUICIDE.
    480 5 Rubber planters and others interested in the rubber industry will regret to hear of the suicide of Mr. R. W. Wickham, details of which are given in Tuesday’s Straits Times as follows: Mr. Reginald W. Wickham, a well-known authority on the rubber industry, has ended his life
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    126 5 THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA. Berlin, 7th May. •The German federal princes have arrived in Vienna f>r the festivities in connection with the jubilee of ihe Emperor of Austria. The Kaiser William 11. made a sppech in which he eulogised the aged Emperor, win was deeply moved in
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    Agri-Horticultural Show.
    99 5 A number of Cups have been presented f»r competition at tho forthcoming AgriHoi ticultural Show, to be held at Kuala Lumpur, as under H. E. Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g. (Governor’s Cup). H. Conway Belfield, Esq. (Resident’s Cup). Vallambrosa Estate (Vallambrosa Cup). E. Lauder Watson, Esq. (Lauderdale Cup). C.
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    F.M.S. Mines.
    47 5 Tue following mining outputs for April are published Kledang 275 piculs Gopeng 62) New Gopeng 247 Kinta 440 Redhills 330 North Tronoh 271 Mendrus 171 The output of 2,190.95 piculs of tin ore from Tronoh, for April, which we reported yesterday, is valued at 190.484,77.
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    P.C.C. GYMKHANA.
    773 5 LIST OF ENTRIES. We publish below the list of entries for the P.C C. Gymkhana, to be held on the Esplanade, on Saturday, 16th inst. 100 Yards Handicap. Prize. Ist Heat 2nd Heat. 1. C. Martin 4 yds. 6. S. Riley 5 yds. 2. H. R. Bell *6
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    LOG BOOK.
    893 6 At the inquest on the victims of the Gladiator disaster, a verdict of Accidental death was returned, nobody being criminally to blame. Captain Lumsden, of the Gladiator, testified that he sighted the St. Paul half-a-mile distant. Vessels meeting end on, he said, should pass port to port. He
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    141 6 Arratoon Apcar, Brit., 2931, Stewart, May 7, Calcutta, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Calypso, Dut., 339, Bannatyne, May 8, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. De Kock, Dut., 565, Visman, May 8, Langsa," gen., Huttenbaeh, Liebert fc Co. Hye Leong, Brit., 296, Treweeke, May 7, Teluk Anson, gen., E.
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    CLEARANCES.
    40 6 Omapere for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Srek Banka for Batu Bahra. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Calypso for Deli. Malaya for Deli. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Janet Nicoll for Kopah, Renong, ictoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy.
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    MAILS CLOSE
    358 6 To-morrow. For. Per. ’lox» Colombo Inaba Maru 11 a.m. Ceylon, Australasia, x India, Aden, Mauri- I Devanha noon, tins, Egypt, and ria Registration, 10 a m. Brindisi for Europe, Parcels, 10 a.m. etc. Deli and Langsa De Kock 1 p.m. langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    44 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where bound, and A gents. 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.
    78 6 By Taroba (May 7) to Port Swettenham, The Hon’ble W. Evans, Rev. E. Brossard, Messrs. Fitzgerald, W. Franciscus and C. Thring to Singapore, Mrs. A. Bowers Smith, Messrs. M. Jelupdin, V. Md. Nina Merican, and Mohyudin. By Kistna (May 8) from Singapore, Mrs. Jones, Dr. P. H. Hennessy, Messrs.
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    SHARES.
    1144 6 o i «I s 1 g Capital Subscribed. Value. Paid p Dividend.. MINING. Gold. r R.XMM) £1 £1 i I/-paid January. 19U1 Raub Au.t. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Pai. 1892 £20(1,000 £191,250 f ißo’ynn 1 18/10 1/- n (Contrih) »898 /.500,000 /2,500,000 25,000 ftOO <lOO 71 per cent.
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 Prnang, Bth May, 1908. (Uy Courtesy oj the Chartered Hank.) Loikloii Demand Bank 2/3 3/4 4 months’ sight Bank 2'4 M 3 Credit */4 316 3 Documentary 2/4 1/4 Calcutta Demand Bank K» 174| 3 days’sight Private 175| Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 «lays’sight Private 175 j Madras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    186 6 Pknano, Bth May, 1908. Gohl leaf 65.40 Pepper (W oast 3 II». h ns.) no stock. White l*ep|>er $17.50 sellers. Trang Pepjmr $n sellers. Mac® $;o sellers. Mace Pickings $55 buyers. Cloves (picked) 31 buyers. Nutmegs lin $20.50 sellers. (No I ss.3o sales. Sugar. < 2 x. no stock.
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