Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 220 VOL. LXVL THURSDAY. 24th SEPTEMBER. 1908 PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      680 1 THE PINANG GAZETTE.” NOTICE. WANTED. SUBSCRIPTION. VT O SHOOTING will be allowed ou A QUALIFIED DRESSER for Kalum- ST ■WACIEB <a < Bertam Estate without permission. xx pong Estate, Bagan Serai. 4*l) T MiIDIHUUF < For Daily I»tue. in Town, $27 per annum, JOHN LAMB, Apply to the vKAIrIVr Ovßlt
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      1895 2 v v Dealers in Cycles,/ R •< ‘‘BURNS PHILP LINE” kJ TZ ffLl h tWL The P) ysician s Sewing Machines A?" /pair- ■■IL L S L I Dfi 3h IB ■_vl f) Cure for Gout, /or* rxf J ,1 JL JL Bk»a ■LI k I BL" Ji M MJ|
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    THE KAMPAR TROUBLE.
    905 3 Monday’» Times of Malaya says Elsewhere in to-day’s issue we give a full account of the trouble with the tin-gtealers in the vicinity of Kampar, and we feel sure that ail legitimate miners throughout this State will be pleased to hear that the Mines Department has at
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    KRIAN IRRIGATION.
    546 3 In view of His Excellency the Governor’s visit to the Krian (Perak) Irrigation works, concerning which some discontent is said to exist, the following from the report of the Acting Director of Public Works will be found of interest These works continue to be a success. To understand
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    Shipping Rings.
    347 3 The earlier portions of the discussion of the Colonial Secretary’s report on the Shipping Conference, and o the other statements embodying official facts and figures have reached Hongko<ig and are duly quoted and commented on in the local pre-s of that Colony. The South China Morning Cost, after
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    JOHORE CELEBRATIONS.
    899 3 !—V. M On Saturday night the Officers of the Johore Government gave a banquet, at the Johore Hotel, in honour of the birthday of His Highness the Sultan. The Hon’ble Dato Vlentri received the guests, the arrival of the Sultan being marked by the playing of the Johore
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    SIAM’S NEW PENAL CODE.
    166 3 To-day week (says the Siam Observer of Sept. 14) the new Penal Code will come into operation and the law which has been administered for years past will no longer be known to the Courts of Siam. The Penal Code, we hear, will not be such
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    THE WEEK.
    156 3 Thursday. 24th SeptemberP.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Pathescope, 7-30 and 9 pm. Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Friday, 25th September. Lucknow Day. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Lodge Scotia, 9 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Pathescope, 7-30 and 9 p.m. Saturday, 26th September. St Cyprian. Carter the Magician,” Town Hall. Homeward
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    185 3 September 2Jf.. 1857 —Lucknow Massacre. AB6B—Henry Milman,Dean of St. Paul’s, died. 1868— H.M.S. Battler lost off Japan. 1869 Piratical attack on German barque Apenrade, near Macao. 1877—Satsuma insurrection, Japan, suppressed. 1896—Judicial Commissioner, F.M.S., took his seat for first time. 1905—Bomb thrown at Chinese Commissioners on leaving Peking
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      62 3 Whooping' Cough. This is a very dangerous disease unless propetly treated but all danger may be avoided by giving Chaberlain’s Cough Remedy. It liquifies the tough mucus making it easier to expectorate, ke p« the cough loose, and makes the paroxysms of coughing less frequent and loss severe For sale
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      30 3 Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver J’xtraci is the paragon of purity and perfection. It is a remedy, scientific and of definite value. Its effects are lasting. SCALES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      53 3 The heart can ne’er a transport know, that never feels a pain,” says Lyttleton. Fortune ateiy this is not true of the head. The less headache one has the better off he is. It is well to be provided with Steams’ Headachs Cure, which always cures all sorts of headachequickly.
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      114 3 From Mexico. The following paragaph was clipped from the El Sol,” a newspaper at Hermosillo, Mex co, it bein' a part of a letter t<> the publisher from a friend “On my last trip to ,mv properties on the f on tier, my beast fell with ine to the ground,
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      386 3 TK CONTINENTAL INSURANCE CO. J*** z I HE undersigned, having been appointed II Agents for the above Company, are V BB I Lm prepared to accept Marine Risks at current rates. imitation. The Penano Transhipping Forwarding Co. B DENNYB <fc Co standardised strength giving food. &91 —u Managing Agent Alwajs
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      65 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Sept. 24 11.11 p.m. 5.10 pm. 25 12.02 a.m 6.01 p.m. 26 12 46 a in. 647 p.m 27 1.38 a.m. 7.36 p.m 28 2.24 a.m. 8.23 p in. 29 3.1 3 am. 913 p.m. 30 401 a m 10.02 pm. The Moon. O
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    Thursday, 24th Sept., 1908.
    1291 4 Quite recently a w’ell-known journalistic visitor in the person of the Hon. J. Ferguson, c M G., Senior Editor of the Ceylon Observer, wrote in extremely flattering terms of the administration and progress of the Federated Malay States Railways, especially eulogising the work of the General
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    A BANKRUPTCY CASE.
    359 4 Before District Judge Wolferstan, this morning, Mr. R. D. Acton, Acting Official Assignee, prosecuted T. S. Mohamed Mydin, a partner in the firm of T. S. S. M. Mohamed Mydin, lately trading at 48, Chulia Street, on two charges of Laving the Colony, having been adjudicated bankrupt,
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    Penang's Representation.
    523 4 The London and China Express of Sept. 4 says Our Straits correspondent recalls that the Penang Chamber of Commerce did not intend to utilise their privilege of submitting a candidate for the Legislative Council during the absence of Mr. Adams on the ground that there was no one
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    800 4 Mr. W. D. Scott will shortly proceed to take up the appointment of District Officer, Pekan. Inspector Malley of Matang, who has been ill in hospital for some time, is now convalescent. Prince Chira of Siam, Commander-in-Chief <>f the Siamese. Army, has lef> Berlin for Moscow, whence
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      275 4 LIPTON’S I x*' T I v *> A /A, G I PENANG AGENTS: 3 I Paterson. Simons co., Ltd. iiiiiiIiiUIiUUUHUUHiiUUiUUiUiUiiUUUUUIiUUUUUiiUiUUIiK A FRESH SHIPMENT OF DAHL’S MILK HAS ARRIVED. By preserving nothing whatever is added to the milk to make it absolutely free from all bacteria. Guaranteed to be absolutely pure
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    THE RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    160 5 AH ILLUSTRATED LECTURE. USEFUL HINTS TO PLANTERS. [.From Our Own Correspondent.} London, 23rd Sept. At the Rubber Exhibition at Olympia vesterday, Mr Keiway Bamber’s lecture was well attended, while Sir Henry Blake, Chairman of the Exhibition Committee, presided. Growth and Tapping. Mr. Bamber showed a number of
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    SUMATRA PARA PLANTATIONS.
    30 5 THE FIRST DIVIDEND. From Our Own Correspondent.} London. 23rd Sept. The Directors of the Sumatra Para Rubber Plantations, Limited, have declared a dividend of 10 per cent.
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    THE COTTON CRISIS.
    105 5 THE LANCASHIRE LOCK-OUT. [Reuter s Service London, 23rd Sept. Latest reports from Lancashire state fthat 530 cotton mills are now closed. The opinion is growing that the lock-out will toot be sertled quickly. A Shortage of Cotton. London, 24th Sept. Five weaving mills closed at Bury yesterday,
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    A FRENCH NAVAL DISASTER.
    59 5 FIFTEEN MEN KILLED. I Rrutrh s Skicviok. London, 23rd Sept. It is reported that a premature explosion of a charge occurred on board the French armoured cruiser Latouche-Treville, at I’oulou, which caused the gun to explode, shattering the turret. Fifteen men were killed, two of them
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    INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    46 5 TAXING OWNERS OF LAND. Rku i rr’s Service. 1 London, 23rd Sept. A telegram from Natal states that the H >use of Assembly has passed a Taxation Bill, imposing a quadruple ordinary tax on owners of land let to Indians or natives.
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    SHIPPING DISASTER.
    34 5 A HUNDRED PERSONS DROWNED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Sept. The barque Star of Bengal has been wrecked off the coast of Alaska, nine Whites and 101 Ch inese and Japanese being drowned
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    CRUISERS FOR AUSTRALIA.
    21 5 [Rwoter’r Service.; London, 24th Sept. The Admiralty agrees to lend two up-to--date cruisers to Australia for training purposes.
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    A SACERDOTAL JUBILEE.
    2356 5 CONCLUSION OP FESTIVITIES. ST XAVIER'S INSTITUTION. The festivities in connection with the Sacerdotal Jubilee of the Right Reverend Father J. M. Meneuvrier, Vicar-General, Straits Settlements, and Vicar of the Church of the Assumption, were brought to a brilliant conclusion last night in St Xavier’s Institution, which was
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    The Chartered Bank.
    70 5 Mr. D. W. Gilmour, Manager of the local branch of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, writes: “We beg to inform you that we have to-day received telegraphic advice from our Head Office. London, to the effect that our Directors have declare I an interim
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    234 5 BRITISH FINANCE. Berlin. 23rd Sept. The report of Mr. Lloyd-George. British Chancellor of tiie Exchequer, for the first quarter of the financial year, shows a decrease in the revenue of £16,000,0 )0 as compared with the corresponding quarter of last year. The proposed scheme for the building
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      711 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. I THE MONTHLY MEDALS.! pn. a U nTH Saturday, left), and fallowing Slay.: UtIMU IIU I tL. SANATORIUM, NOTICE. PENANG HILLS. THE Power of Attorney given by me to f Mr. Edward Camidge Williamson is perfect health resort and an withdrawn from date hereof. ideal spot for
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    LATEST CHINA NEWS.
    737 6 INTERMARRIAGE LAWS. Peking, Sept. 4. The Empress Dowager has ordered the Board of Rites to draw up proper laws to bo observed in the case of marriages between Chinese and Manchus. Grand Councillor Resigns. Lu Chuan-iin, a member of the Grand Council, has tendered his resignation on
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    106 6 To-morrow. For. Per. Close. Rangoon Solfond 9 a.m. Kopah, Renong, Vic-') toria Point, Mergui, > Omapere 2 pm. and Tavoy Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Rotorua 2 p.m. Calcutta Fook Sang 3 p.m. Registration 2 p.m. Teluk Anson Hye Leong 3 p.m. Deli Malaya
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    European Mails.
    38 6 Home- Ex- Positively to Steamer. WARD. PRCTED. I’UR S AII. P. U. Malta 26/9 B. I. Teesta 3/10 N.D.L. P. E. Friedrich 29/9 Outward. P. &O. Assaye 8/10 B. 1. Putiala 4/10 N.D.L. P. Alice 1/10
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    676 6 Per N. D.L. s.s. Prinzess Alice, from Bremen, August 24,' from Southampton September 1 due Penang, Sept. 30 :—To Penang: Mr C H Burgeidyk, Mr A de Vries, Director J H Fock, Mr G Overdykiuk jr. Mr Paul Gotze, Mr Ferd Hinnaens, Mrs Meine*z de Weerd,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    82 6 Arratoon Apcar, Brit., 2931, Stewart, September 24, Hongkong, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Delta, Brit., 4780, Snow, September 24, Bombay, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Hebe, Brit., 347, Andrews, September 24, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Hye Leong, Brit., 296, Treweeke, September 24, Teluk Anson, gen., Kwong On. Malaya,
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    CLEARANCES.
    70 6 Aratoon Apcar for Calcutta. Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Cornelia for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson, and Malacca. Delta for Singapore, China and Japan. Hebe for Deli. Leong Ho for Trang. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Deli. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Teesta for Port Swettenham
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    21 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate date of arriraf where hound., aud Agents Glenturret, London, Sept. 29, Japan, B.
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    PASSENGERS.
    14 6 DEPARTURES. By Thongwa (September 23) to Madras, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. McGregor.
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 6 Penang, 24th Septemrer, 1908. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank.) London Demand Bank 2’3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit !/4 5/16 3 Documentary ’2/4 3/8 Calcutta Demand Bank It* 3 days’sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras. Demand Bank 174|
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    PRODUCE.
    191 6 Penang. 24th September, 1908. Gold ieai 65 Pepper (W. Coast 3- I»* o •>«.) no stock. White Pepper $l5 sellers. Trang Pepper $lO nom. Mac® $7O nom. Mace Picking* $6O nominal. Cloves (picked out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l9 sa l eBt 1 $6.65 sales 2 x. no stock.
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    SHARES.
    1153 6 -2 Canil <1 Subscribed 3 Dividends. Name. £l£ t Capital. subscribed., sharea Value. y i I lx 8 IzS I”® S I I 1 i M 5 i i MINING. I 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 1906 300,000 225,000
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