Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 August 1908

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    19 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED’IB33. No. 177 VOL. LXVI. TUESDAY, 4th AUGUST, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      1105 1 THE •PINANG GAZETTE." puRNisHED House to Let, for term FOR SALE. FHtralH M«lq StttfO Milwqs. SUBSCRIPTION. Apply No. 38, RUBBER STUMPS, 10 months ’-pENDERS are invited for the con- f Pinang Gazette Office. old. A veyance of goods by Bullock Carts 99 IS For Daily Issue, inTown, $27 per annum,
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      2014 2 Shipping. gx>oo<x>ooooooaoooooooooo°ooo penang volunteers. -burns whip line xj v K I Japanese Magic Comedy. c SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, Q NIPUTT TH NIQHTH 5 C 2^^ DANT Kitson Lamps A 8 DECT CHAW R ■/»■<€>> "™‘r££S'‘ M /dv&l R utol allvn. 8 “srf&rzwjs?-'. <>—... As inducement offer.. tV g Door
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    PENANG HORSE SHOW.
    929 3 LIST OF WINNERS. Tiie f illowing is the list of winners at the Horse Show yesterday DIVISION I. Hacks. To be shewn in the saddle. To be shewn at walk, trot and canter. Mounting and "dismounting in Classes 1 and 2. Class I—( Gentlemen) Mr.* A. G.
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    The Democracy and India.
    248 3 Lord Morley has been given a far freer hand in India than any Secretary of State in our time,” observes the Spectator, and adds:— “We trust that, what we have said many have some effect m preventing our politicians on both sides from continuing the circulation
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    Legislative Council.
    179 3 The. following are the orders of the day for the meeting of the Legislative Council on Fr day next, August 7 1. Motion by the Colonial Secretary That this Council approve a vote of $13,500 for a tug for use in connection with the Government Wharves. Penang.” 2.
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    THE GUIDES AT BISLEY.
    362 3 On June 24, a team of the North London Rifle Club fired a match with the Malay States Guides, over the Kolapore Cup ranges, thus making a useful rehearsal for the match itself la er on in July. There was a troublesome wind from the tight
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    Vallambrosa Estate.
    331 3 Mr. Herbert Wright says in the India Rubber Journal Mr H M Darby kindle conducted me over every part of this property. 1 had the pleasure of seeing the old tapped trees, the young extensive clearings which will soon be in bearing, and the estate kn w i
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    265 3 Per P. it O ss. India, from London, July 17, connecting with ss. Malta at Colombo, due Aug. 13 at Penang:—l’o Penang: Mr and Mrs J G. Beckles. To Singapore: Mr. and Mrs. A. Jamieson, Mr. and Mrs R. Forrester, Mr. and Mrs W. Main, .Messrs.
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    PENANG BOTANICAL GARDENS.
    283 3 The following regulations for the Botanical Gai dens, Penang, made by the Gardens Committee, Penang, and approved by His Excellency the Governor, appear in the Government Gazette 1. The Botanical Gardens shall be open to the public daily from sunrise to sunset and on nights when the
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    A Wishing Shrine.
    240 3 Queer Japanese Superstition At Aat+ya Machi in the citv of Nagoya, writes the J >pan Times, there stands a hug temple caded the Takakuiamusubi. The temple compound is of great extent, containing more than one inter, sting shrine,, surrounded hv thick, picturesque woods. Within these precincts there
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    THE WEEK.
    168 3 Tuesday, 4th August Band, Golf Club. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Pathescope, 7-30 and 9 p.m Japanese Comedy Co., 9 p.m. Wednesday sth August Homeward German Mail. Ladies’ Rifle Practice. League Football: Govt. Service r N. Union, C.R.C. Ground. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Japanese Comedy
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      49 3 Should be kept in Every Household. As a result of saving my child I regard Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera, and Diarrhma Remedy as a medicine which should be in every household. —John Adams, Merchant, Gold River, Nova Scotia. For sale by all Chemist! Store-keepers. The George Town CfiSpenKary, Wholesale Agents.
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      36 3 Worth More than It Costs. —Medicine is cheap when it does people good, no matter what it costs Stearns’ Wine of Cod Liver Oil doesn’t cost much and helps everyone that takes it. Stops that coughing.
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      821 3 PROFESSIONAL ANNOUNCEMENT. Dr. W. R. LAMB, American Oculist and Optician, Specialist in Examining and Refracting the Eyes and Fitting Glasses, HAS the pleasure of announcing t) the Citizens of Penang that he has opened an Office at No. 32, Eastern and Oriental Hotel, where he will remain until August 6th,—a
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      59 3 The Tides. High Water. Low M ater. Aug. 5 6.23 p.m 12.24 pm. 6 7.11 p.m. 1.12 p.m. 7 8.02 p.m 2.01 am. 8 8.47 p.m. 2.4.' a.m. 9 9.35 p.m. 3.34 a.m. ]0 10 23 p.m. 426 a.m. U 11.10 p.m. 5.14 am. The Moon. First Quarter Aug. O
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    Tuesday, 4th August, 1908.
    599 4 To-day we publish some further telegrams from Hongkong regarding the typhoon which raged there in the early hours of the 28th ultimo. The exact number of fatalities, given as two thousand in an earlier telegram, it will be impossible yet to ascertain, but the damage done
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    736 4 P. C. C. TOURNAMENT. The following ties have been fixed for to-day Championship. W. H. Threlfall v. D. A. M. Brown. Single Handicap. Class A. V. D. Parson v. J. G. Anthony Doable Handicap. Class B. A. Brearley xfc F. B. Ivens v. J. H. Keer H. V.
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    PENANG HORSE SHOW.
    303 4 It may unhesitatingly be said that the organisers of the Penang Horse Show, which was held yesterday at the Race Course, achieved a most triumphant success. The early morning attendance was not very large, but as the hours wore on there was a continuous influx, and later
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    Tin Dredging at Tongkah.
    83 4 Mr. Edward T. Miles, General Manager of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Company, N.L., writes under date Tongkah, August 2 Sin e recovering the ladder on July 17th we have worked 240 hours, and treated 12,000 yards for 200 piculs of clean tin assaying 74%. Yesierday
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    A Bowls Tournament.
    462 4 We are informed by the Secretary of the Penang Cricket Club that entries for a Bowls Tournament are now open, and close on Monday, August 17. Play will commence as soon as the handicaps and drawings are completed. The events will be as follows 1. Championship. 2.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    765 4 —MM, Mr. Maurice Thunder, Fourth Magistrate, Singapore, is gazetted as a Passed Cadet. The Right Rev. E. Barillon, Bishop of Malacca, has arrived in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. D. Kemp, Manager of the Rahman Tin Co Ltd., has left for Java on a health trip. Mrs. Horley
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      498 4 A PENANG GOW CLUB. PRESGRAVE CUPS. Saturday, Btfi, and Pollowing S>ay. 'll r-~-< i THIS is to give notice that the above FOR SALE. Trade Mark is the property of A. S. W.uon and Company, Limited, of Alex- pONY TRAP in excellent repair; newly andra Buildings, Des Voeux Road Central,
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    THE SITUATION IN TURKEY.
    331 5 THE SULTAN AND HIS SUBJECTS. CHANGES IN THE CABINET. [RiUTKR’s SERVICE.] London, 2nd August. Whiie driving to the Selamlik on Friday, the Sultan of Turkey stood up in his carriage the whole way, acknowledging the cheers of the people and troops. Audience to Diplomats. The Sultan
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    BY-ELECTION AT HOME.
    120 5 A THREE-CORNERED FIGHT. another unionist gain. [Reuter’s Service] London, 3rd August. Polling took place on Saturday in the Haggerston division of Shoreditch, where a bv election was necessitated through the death of the Liberal-Labour member, Sir William R. Cremer, the well-known Peace advocate. The candidates were the
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    125 5 CLOSING OF HONGKONG DIVANS. [Rkcter’s Service.] London, 4th August. In a long letter to the Press, Sir Henry Blake, K.c.M.o formerly Governor of Hongkong, criticises severely the action of the Imperial Government with regard to the closing of the opium divans in Hongkong without investigations being made
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    GERMAN BARRACKS BURNED.
    41 5 EXPLOSION OF A MAGAZINE [Reuter’s Service.] London, 3rd August. The barracks attached to the German Legation at Peking have been burned. The magazine exploded, killing two German soldiers and one French, and wounding seventeen German and French soldiers.
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    A LABOUR WAR.
    193 5 THE RIOTS RE4R PARIS. SOCIALISTS AND GOVERNMENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, Ist August. It is reported that during the riots by the strikers at Draveil-Vigneaux, near Paris, on Thursday, sixty-aine soldiers were injured. Rioters Imprisoned. Several rioters have been brought before the Magistrate and sentenced to various terms
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    AN INTERESTING ANNOUNCEMENT.
    40 5 ENGAGEMENT OF MISS ANDERSON [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, 4th August. The engagement is announced here of Miss Anderson, daughter of His Excellency Sir John Anderson, K.c M.G., Governor of the Straits Settlements, to Mr. Geoffrey Farrant.
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    PERSIA’S TROUBLES.
    50 5 A FRESH OUTBREAK FEARED. [Reuter’s SERVICE Loudon, 3rd August. The granting of the Turkish Constiiu tion has caused some excitement in Teheran, where a fresh outbreak is feared. Uver a hundred persons, mostly merchants, have taken refuge at the Turkish Embassy and demand the speedy summoning of Parliament.
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    THE RISING IN TONGKING.
    51 5 FRENCH TROOPS AMBUSCADED. I Reuter’s Service.] London, 3rd August. A French detachment, which was pursuing Chinese rebel bands in Tongking, was caught in an ambush. A captain and a lieutenant were killed. The Chin se losses during the past fortnight were 149 killed and 117 c
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    150 5 FRANCE. Berlin, 3rd August. The ringlead *r of the Confederation ef Labour in Paris has been arrested. A general strike throughout France is expected to-morrow. Only the morning newspapers were issued yesterday. THE KAISER. The Kaiser and Kaiserin have left for Stockholm. The Swedish Press publishes enthusiastic
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    CRICKET.
    490 5 COLOR! I. THE STATES. AN EASY WIN. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Ist August. Play in the cricket match between the Colony and the F. M.S. commenced on the Esplanade here this morning, in fine weather. The States team went to the wicket first but were all dismissed before
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    OLD AGE PENSIONS.
    250 5 LORDS AND THEIR AMENDMENTS. [Reuter’s Service] London, Ist August. The House of Lords has passed the Old Age Pensions Bill but, with a view to preventing the establishment of a precedent, adopted a resolution declining to acquiesce in the ruling by the Speaker of the House of
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    2164 5 AUTUMN MEETING, 1908. THIRD DAY’S RESULTS. > One of the quietest meetings held of recent years under the auspices of the Penang Turf Club came to a conclusion on Saturday when the attendance’ although better than on the two previous days, was still poor compared with what
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    The Hongkong Typhoon.
    314 5 Hongkong, July 29. The mate of the ill-fated Yinking, which was lost in the typhoon, has been found in an exhausted condition. 'The body of Mr. Neumann, who was also missing, has been picked up. The Captain of the Yinking is still missing. As far as the
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    LOG BOOK.
    839 6 The naval relief-* for the China Squadron are now going through tiie inaiiteuvi es preparatory to leaving H<>me for Hongkong to join their new ships. The chief drafts are aboard the cruiser Charybdis. The Chinese merchants in the South Seas are willing to subscribe 15,000,000 Taels towards the
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    116 6 To-MOK ROW. For. Per. Close. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Tongkah Avagyee 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Sree Bangka 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Vidar 2 p.m. Dindings Deli 4 p.m. Thursday. Singapore, China, and Japan Derfflinger 9 a.m Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Port Swettenham,
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    European Mails.
    43 6 Honk Ex- Positi i Ki. v Io S'I'KAM KK. WARD. PRCTKI). I’UK "AIL. P. ifc <). Marmora 15 <8 B. I. Taroba 8 8 N.D. L. Ludwig 5/8 Outward. P. 40. Malta 138 B. I. Thongwa 6/8 N.D. 1.. Derfflinger 6 8
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    249 6 for Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajih, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, an I Seremban at 6 a in. and i p m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Kuala M u lab, at 7 in. Kuliin. at I p.m. Bu'to worth, at 7 a in., 10 a.m 1 p.m., and 4-30
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    138 6 Avagyee, Brit., 247, Campbell, August 3, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Calypso, Dut., 339, Ballantyne, August 3, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. De Kock, Dut., 565, Visman, August 3, Langsa, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Fook Sang, Brit., 1987, Mitchell, August 3, Calcutta, gen.. Boustead <fe Co. Glamorganshire, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    56 6 Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Leong Ho for Trang. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan Perak (E.S. Co.) for Deli. Padang for Batu Bahra. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore Perak (S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Speelman for Deli. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    38 6 Name oj Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. Benlawers, London, August 8, Japan, S. B. Macduff, Liverpool, August 6, Japan, S. B. Titan, Singapore, August 3, L pool, W. M.
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    SHARES.
    1170 6 u, i 1.0 O g J g *5 Capital. Subscribed. Shares. Val ’ie. J Paid h P Dividends. s OQ 5 I 1 MINING. Gold. nj £j 1/. paid January, 1901 Raub Aust. Gold Mining Co., Ltd. Fully Paid ss| 18 92 £m.2 S o 18/ p i IH9B
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Penang, 4th Avgust, 1908. (By Courtesy oj the Charteied Bank.) Lon.lon Demand Bank 2/3 13/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 1/4 1,4 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Ku 174} 3 days’sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’sight Private 176 M» Iras, Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    197 6 Penang, 4th August, 1908. Gohl leal 65.40 Pepper (VV Coast 3 5->z.) no stock. White Pepper $l5 buyers. Trang Pepper $lO buyers for India. Ma c° $7O nom. Mace Pickings $53 sales. Cloves (picked) out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l9 buyers. (No i $6 30 sales. 8u S ar
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      72 6 The Commercial Sale Rooms (88 Bishop Street) Undertake the Sale by AUCTION of Merchandise (either sound or damaged) HOUSE and LANDED PROPEKTY, and FURNITURE of all description. Advances to a limited extent on the latter to suit customers can be arranged prior to sale, and the payment of the balance
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      5 6 STEEL TRUNKS. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      121 6 LIP T O N’S I A Sf ”*o I PENANG AGENTS: 3 Paterson, Simons f> to., ltd.| Wrought IronTubesS Fittings Stocks Always on Hand. AD AMSON, GILFILLAN Co. LIMITED. Mannheim Insurance Co. The Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Marine Insurance. The above Co,n P an y is p« e P ar
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