Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 October 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1835. No. 237 VOL. LXVI. WEDNESDAY, Mth OCTOBER, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    SHIPPING RINGS.
    756 3 —B.F.P. “THE MIRROR OF TRUTH.” The eridenoe of Mr. R. D. Holt before the Royal Commieaion on Shipping Ring, contains much curious information. He is responsible for the assertion that why tin ruled so low in the freight lists in the old days was because it was taken
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    Masonic.
    127 3 The following were recently installed as Principals or invested as officers of St. Andrew’s Chapter, No. 218, S.C., Hongkong, for the ensuing year. Ex. Comp. A. O’D. Goundin, P.Z performed the installation ceremony, assisted by Ex. Comp. II B. Bridge», P Z M. E. Z. M. E. Comp. J
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    MOTOR NOTES.
    666 3 I, 5‘ e roa,| |lo K still roil. hi. meiry atld huggwh course st Home, «nd, f rom wt f a twe 'Th t ,ere no,lli "8 dearer than that they are yet wholly without any u.Uou.l code either of l a r of ma ners for the
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    Epidemic of Malarial Fever.
    148 3 An extraordinary outbreak of malarial fever is reported among the staff of the North. Western Railway in the Punjab. Europeans and Indians are affected, and as the epidemic has practically spread all over the line the movement of traffic is being carried out with the greatest
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    Japan and China
    47 3 London, 6th October. A telegram to The Times from Peking says that Japan’s notification of her intention to reduce the Japanese force in China bv upwards of one half has gratified China The intimation is regarded as evidence of a change in Japanese policy.
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    COOLIE MORTALITY.
    261 3 Mr. Grey, the Acting British Resident o Negri Sembilan, in commenting upon the regrettable increase in the death rate among state coolies which rose from 9.11 to 11.8 per cent., remarks It is obvious that the object to be aimed at is the prevention of sickness among the
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    Indo-China’s Policy.
    323 3 M. Klobukowski, the newlv appointed Governor General of Indo China, arrived at Saigon on September 24. His Excellency landed amid an imposing display of honours military and otherwise, and was welcomed I heartily by the vast crowd in attendance One hour afterwards. His Excellency took the oath of
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    Postal Rates.
    132 3 In pursuance of the powers conferred by section 19 of “The Post Office Ordinance 1905,” His Excellency the Governor in Council has been pleased to direct that on and after the Ist January, 1909, the maximum limit for which a single Money Order may be issued in the
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    Siamese Malaya.
    141 3 In the course of His reply to an address from the Princes and officials on the occasion of His birthday anniversary celebrations on Sept. 23, His Majesty the King of Siam said Two new telegraph lines have been constructed during the year one between Trang and Situl, and
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    PAHANG CONSOLIDATED.
    225 3 t The mines of the Pahang Consolidated Company, Limited, (capital £250,000), at s Sungei Lem bing, under the able managel ment of Mr W. D. O’Brien, are, in my opinion, the most interesting in the State,” 1 says the Acting Resident of Pahang, in his report for last
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    The Indian Situation.
    51 3 London, 3rd October. Mr. Buchanan, speaking at Blairgowrie said it was England’s bouden duty to eneavour to Bafc,sf y tl,e legitimate aspiiations ot India s intelligent men, numbering hun- i reds of thousands if not millions. The peasants should have justice administered by kindly, sympathetic and intelligent
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    THE WEEK.
    105 3 Wednesday I4th October. Homeward German Mail. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Thursday. Istb October. Outward B. I. Mail. Outward German Mail P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Municipal Commission, 3.30 p.m. Friday. I6th October. Lodge Scotia. 9 p.m, P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Saturday. I7th October. Homeward B. I. Mail. Entertainment, Parish Hall, 9 p.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    48 3 Thursday, Oct. 15. Hock Bee and Chin Bee Estates, Kedah; Logan’s Buildings; 11 a.m J. W. Hallifax, auctioneer. Friday Oct. 16. —Stock-in-trade; 95 Beach St.; 11 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark A* Co., auctioneers. Friday, Oct. 16.— Land at Weld Quay; 11.30 a. in. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer.
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    TENDERS.
    109 3 Straits Government.— loo tons timber; for Swettenham Pier Extension tenders close: noon. Oct. 16. F.M.S. Railways.— Loading and Unloading goods (Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Malacca); tenders close noon, Oct. 31. Johore State Railway.— Uniform clothing tenders close noon, Nov. 15. F.M.S. Railways.— Uniform clothing (Perak and Province Wellesley) tenders
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      62 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Watar. Oct. 14 3.11 p.m. 9.10 am. 15 4.01 pm. 10.04 a.m. 16 447 p in. 10,48 am. 17 5.36 p.m. 11.34 am. 18 6.24 p.m. 12 22 p.m. 19 711 p.m. 1.10 p.m 20 801 p.m. 7.02 p.m. The Moon. Last Quarter 16 Oct.
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    Wednesday, 14th October, 1908.
    1120 4 The reshuffling of the cards in the Ministry continues apace, and it will soon be necessary to publish a new edition of Who’s Who” in the Liberal Administration. A day or two ago, we were told that the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State for the
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 2/3 7/8.
    192 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $67.25 per picul; business done. J 8 qUOted Rfc X 132 B P° fc xioo Izs. 6d. three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day Singapore (Straits Trading Co.), 7o tons, s67| Penang (Straits
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    142 4 THE BOYANESE [To the Editor of the Pinang G’azeWe. Dear Sir, j I was much interested to read in your Saturday’ issue some particulars about the Boyanese. But I should like to know more about them their language (which appears so different from the other languages),about their habits, and
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    Theft of a Bicycle.
    367 4 Chau Yow, a Cantonese, was charged by Sergt. Dunne before Mr. A. W. B. Hamilton, Third Magistrate, yesterday, with the tlieft of a bicycle valued at $75, belonging to Pow Ah Kum, on Sept. 21, in Downing Street. The facts of the case were that on
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    906 4 Mr. D. A. M. Brown -left by the s.s. Perak yesterday for Singapore. Mr. P. H. Henshaw, Acting Traffic Manager, F.M.S.R., arrived in Taiping on Monday by the last train from Penang, where he had been on a tour of inspection. Mr. Balfour, while golfing at St.
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      159 4 T, IP T O N’S I X T A EE PENANG AGENTS: 3 I Paterson, Simons t co., LW.g apenta apenta the best natural aperient water. innniDWT’ UIITVD Bottled at the Springs, Budapest, natural aperient water. Hungar) ••A course of Apenta ta«cen GOLD MEDAL, before breakfast is useful, as Louis,
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      94 4 Pl NANG GAZETTE. ESTABLISH Ell Contributions must be addressed to The Editor," written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer’s name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee oj good faith. A LL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette" Office,
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    177 4 DEATH. McKenzie. —Of enteric fever on Oct. 11, at Taiping, Perak, F.M.S., Alice Mabel, the beloved wife of Fred. N. McKenzie, aged 26 years. —F.M.S. and S.S. papers please copy. OBITUARY. i MR. JAMES KENT. We regret to announce the death o f Mr James Kent, a planter of Ipoh,
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    THE SINGAPORE TURF.
    613 5 AUTUMM MEETING. FIRST DAY’S RESULTS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 14th Oct. The Autumn Race Meeting under the auspices of the Singapore Sporting Club ipened here yesterday afternoon, but the ent lies were disappointing. The attendance of the public was poor, although the weather was excellent. Appended
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    HIGHLANDS AND LOWLANDS.
    35 5 AN INTERIM DIVIDEND. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, 13th Oct. The Directors of the Highlands and Lowlands Para Rubber Company, Limited, have declared an interim dividend of five per cent, for 1908.
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    213 5 THE INTERNATIONAL SITUATION. NECESSITY FOR A CONFERENCE. [Reuter’s Service London, 13th Oct. It is understood that Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and M. Is volsky, Russian Foreign Minister, are agreed as to the necessity for a Conference of the Powers, which will probably
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    FEDERAL SOUTH AFRICA.
    70 5 DURABLE SCHEME WANTED. Reuter’s Service London, 13th Oct. The Right Hou. Sir John Henry De Villiers, k.c m g., p.< Chief Justice, and President of the Legislative Council, Cape of Good Hope, presiding at the South African Convention, yesterday, declared that it would not dissolve till it
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    CABINET RECONSTRUCTION.
    41 5 TWO ADDITIONAL CHANGES. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 14th Oct. Viscount Wolverhampton has been appointed Lord President of the Council, and will be succeeded as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by Baron Fitzmaurice, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Aia its.
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    TROPICAL MEDICINE.
    44 5 A MISSION TO THE EAST. |Reufrr’s Service London, 14th Oct. Sir Francis Lovell, Dean of the London School of Tropical Medicine, proceeds shortly on a special mission on behalf of his institution, and will visit Cejlon, India, the Straits Settlements, and Hongkong.
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    SIR ROBERT HART.
    33 5 THE FREEDOM OF BELFAST. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th Oct. The freedom of the city of Belfast was conferred on Sir Robert Hart, InspectorGeneral of Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, yesterday evening.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    84 5 AVIATION. Berlin. 13th Oct. The American balloon Saint Louis, belonging to Mr. Alan R. Hawley, burst while flying over the Baltic Sea, but the occupants have been saved THE NEAR EAST. Russia, Great Britain, and Italy have agreed to a Conference with reference to the Near East.
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    DR. BARRACK’S MURDER.
    144 5 M M. THE TRIAL AT KUANTAN. EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH. Kuantan, Oct. 11. The trial of the twelve accused, charged with being implicated in the murder of Dr. Barrack, came to an end her* on Saturday night. Eight of the accused were sentenced to death. Among the
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    Joint Stock Companies.
    170 5 Case against a Managing Director. Mr. D Graham appeared before Mr. B. Nunn, this morning, on a summons issued by Mr. R. Edmunds, Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, on the following charges (1) That he being Managing Director of Graham and Nicholson, Limited, did, between April and
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    Penang Assizes.
    141 5 At the Assize<, in the Supreme Court to-day, before Mr. Justice W. W Fisher, and a common jury, the trial was concluded of Satha Pillay, who was charged with using as genuine a forged document—a receipt for $l2O due on a promissory note. The jury brought in a
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    The Colony's Revenue.
    115 5 Penang’s Contribution. In the Colonial Estimates for 1909 appears a table showing the comparative statement of estimated revenue for the years 1908 and 1909 for each Settlement, that for Penang being as follows 1908 1909 Land revenue (exclusive of land sales) 127,500 127,725 Rents, exclusive of land
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    Municipal Commission.
    127 5 The following is the business for the meeting of the Municipal Commission tomorrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2 Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Appointment of Engineer for Nightsoil pumping 5. Applications to join Provident Fund. 6.
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    STRAITS PUBLICATIONS.
    663 5 Agricultural Bulletin.— The October number of the Agricultural Bulletin of the Straits and Federated Malay States, which has been published with commendable promptitude, is more than usually interesting in that it contains a greater variety of matter than is the case at times, not the least important item
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    Bowls Tournament
    149 5 I’he following ties in the P.C.C. Bowls Tournament were played off last evening Championship. W. S. Dunn beat H. Starr 21 16. Double Handicap. W. Hamilton A- W. Daniel 2) beat S. Riley C. P. Buckell 3) 21—20. The following ties have been fixed Wednesday. Teams of Four.*
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    PHOTOGRAPHIC NOTES.
    970 6 A writer in a Home paper says, “if you want to find out what a lot of interesting things there are in life, get a camera. You will realise the fascination of photography directly, and will wonder why on earth you never started picture-making before.” I give this
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    MAILS CLOSE
    102 6 To-mokbow. for. Per. Ck*e. Singapore, China, and Japan Kleist 11 a.m. Langkat Jin He 1 p.m. Aaahan Petrel 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, ’j Port Dickson, and > Cornelia 1 p.m. Malacca Deli and Langsa De Kock 2 p.m. Rangoon Solfond 2 p.m. Deli Malaya 2 p.m. Fort Swettenham
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    European Mails.
    35 6 Home- Ex- Positively To WARD. SIKAMKK PICCTKD. Du* «AI».. P. O. D'lta 24/10 B. I. Thongwa 17/10 N.D.L. Zieten 27/10 Outward. P. <fc O. Delhi 22/10 B. I. Teesta 15/10 N.D.L. Kleist 15/10
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    697 6 Per N.D.L. ss. Kleist, from Hamburg, Sept. 10, from Southampton, September 15, due Penang Oct. 15 To Pknang Mrs Gawthorne and children, Mr Carl Schmitz, Mr S H Nierstrasz, Mr H* Timmer, Mr H J A Wesseling, Dr Robert Brunhuber, and Mr and Mrs H WC
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    68 6 Avagyee, Brit., 247, Campbell, October 14, Tongkah, gen., E. 8. Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Marris, October 13, Malacca, gen., E. 8. Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, October 14, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Heng. Malacca, Brit., 405, Upton, October 14, Tongkah, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Pegu, Brit., 294, Coysh,
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    CLEARANCES.
    24 6 Ban Whatt Soon for Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Lutzow for Ceylon, India, and Europe. Mary Austin for Dindings.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    38 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approximate dat? of arrival, where hound, and Agents. Benarty, London, Oct. IG, Japan, S. B. G. Apcar, S’poce, Oct. 29, Calcutta, A. A. A Sikh, Liverpool, Oct. 26, Japan, S. B.
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    PASSENGERS.
    13 6 DEPARTURES. By Maetsuijcker (October 13) to Singapore", Mrs. J. Huese and infant.
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    EXCHANGE.
    115 6 Penang, 14th October, 1908. (Bg Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank.) London Dernau»! Bank 4 months’ sight ,274. 1/16 3 Credit "2 4’3/16 3 ‘•Docuinenlarv 2 Calcutta Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Frivat*- 176 Bombay Demand Rank 174 j 3 «lays’sight Privai- 176 Madras. Demand Bank 3 days’ sight Private
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    PRODUCE.
    184 6 Penang, 14th October, 1908. GoM lea» 65 Pepper ’A Coast 3 II» r. no stock. White Pepper $l5 sellers. Trang Peppe- lio .Tiad«c s<o nom. Mace Pickings $6O nominal. Cloves (picke«l) out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l9 sales. fNo $6 65 sales. Sugar. < 2 x. no stock, t
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    SHARES.
    1093 6 QD fl Capita). Subscribed VaiuV 3 Dividends. Name. J g cu m az o* MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd $7 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 6| 1901 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 a 10% year
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