Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 October 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 242 VOL. LXVI. TUESDAY, 20th OCTOBER, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      862 1 THE "PINANG GAZETTE.” NOTICE OF SALE. NOTICE. the subscription. by order of the administrator of fAx s»turda y the uti. November, isos, London Directory. B T> If.. <•>. I. niraittniTViXtt the Re l «'ot of Rhio and Depeuden- (Pubhshed Annually.) For Daily Issue, in Town, $~7 per annum, le s
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    PENANG IN 1907.
    1824 3 administration report. The annual administration report on Penang, 1907, has been published, under the signature of the Hou. R. N. Bland, Resi lent Councillor, as a supplement to the Government Gazette Financi. c. s. d 1 Revenue 3,245,« 17 57 378,678 14 3 Expenditure 1,982,795 01 231,326
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    Unclaimed Letters.
    148 3 The following unclaimed letters, parcels, and telegrams are lying at the Penang Post Office Arkins. H. L. Joe, A. J. Blackmore, H. 11. Kinloch, L. Black, H. W. Kisten <fc Co. Baillet, M. Kunster «V Co. Brown, L 8. Kaufman Clough, W. A Martin, R. R. Carter, C.
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    Paper from Cane Refuse.
    150 3 Many sugar planters in Java fancy that the cane refuse, or megass, that remains after crushing, can be profitably turned to account for paper-making. The idea meets with encouragement from reports in the press that paper had successfully been made out of megass in America. A
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    Chinese in Java.
    103 3 The Chinese nationaliti s in Java, who had started schools for their own nationality, relying upon promised help in money from the Emperor of China, now find themselves gi ievcusly disappointed. The Imperial liberty takes the form of a grant of 20,000 guilders once a year,—to be
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    A MOSQUITO TRAP.
    212 3 The following, taken from Chambers's Journal, might be worth a trial in Penang:— All those whose lot unfortunately cast* them in regions where the mosquito thrive* realise the ravages of this pest and the discomfort experienced from their attack*—not taking into consideration any maladies, such as malaria,
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    THE WEEK.
    67 3 Tuesday, 20th October. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Wednesday. 21st October. Trafalgar Day. Victoria Jubilee R. A. Chapter, 6 p.m P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Thursday, 22nd October. Outward P. <t O. Mail. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Friday. 23rd October. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Saturday. 24th October. Homeward P O. Mail. Sunday, 25th October.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    76 3 October 20. 1784—Lord Palmerston born. 1827—Battle of Navarino. 188<—Sir Cecil C. Smith, Governor, arrived in Colony 1890—First Installation Meeting, Read Lodge, Kuala Lumpur. 1894— Exchange compensation. $115.00(1, voted to Civil Servants. 1904 Short service system in Army abolished. 1905 Ashe* of Sir Henry Irving buried in Westminster
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    AUCTION SALES.
    64 3 Wednesday, Oct. 21.— Household furniture 31 Beach Street: 11.30 a.m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Tuesday, Oct. 27.— Lidford Villa,” Tanjong Bungah Logan’s Buildings 11-30 a.m. J. R McFarlane, auctioneer. Thursday, Oct. 29 Land in Province Wellesley Logan’s Buildings; 11 a.m. J. W. Hallifax, auctioneer. Friday, Oct. SO— Hock
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    TENDERS.
    65 3 F..V.N’. 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 close noon, Nov. 15. .M.S Railways.— Uniform clothing (Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Malacca) tenders
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    15 3 Cleeve,’’ No. 122. Scotland Road (furnished); apply W. Marsh, 39, Northam Road.
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      48 3 He that sleeps feels not the toothache,’ according to Shakesj>eare. Similarly it might be said that he that feels the headache does not sleep unless he uses the wise precaution to take Stearns’ Headache Cure which quickly drives away the pain and makes sleep possi- ble. Insiston “Steams.”
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      35 3 One Trial Convinces.- —People who don’t know how pleasant Steam’s Cordial of Cod Extract is to take are easily convinced by taking a dose. And one bottle shows what a good tonic it is too.
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      58 3 Yoe would lilce it at first because of the pleasant taste afterwards, because of the good it would do you. That's Steam’s Wine of < 'od Liver Oil. The London Assurance Corporation. The undersigned, having been appointed Agents for the Corporation, are now prepared to accept MARINE and FIRE risks
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      451 3 CRUSHED FOOD, nobel’S EXPWHIVIES. NEW STOCK JUST RECEIVED. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AN» IPO*. Try it amd You will bb Satisfibd. r R. to the 8t001 h d A public that since inferior Crushed GELIGNITE. Food is offered for sale iu the Penang Market at low prices, he desires to draw
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      63 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. O«t. 20 801 p.m. .7.02 p.m. 21 8.48 p.m. 2.46 p hi. 22 9.36 pm. 3.34 p.m. 23 10 24 pm. 4.22 pm. 24 11.13 p.m 5.11 p.m. 25 12 01 a.m. 6.03 pni. 26 12.45 am. 6.47 pi* The Moon. O New Moon
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    BIRTH.
    23 4 Marsh.—On Aug. 30, at Lonsdale House private hospital, Melbourne, the wife of B. Cecil Marsh, of Singapore and Hongkong, of a son.
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    Tuesday, 2Oth October, 1908.
    1135 4 In the Resident Councillor’s report for 1907 on the administration of Penang, we note the following paragraph under the heading of Police The Superintendent again complains of the constant calls on his men for quarantine duty.” It might be thought that the importance of apparently recurrent
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    SUPREME COURT.
    409 4 AN UNSUCCESSFUL CLAIM. In the Supreme Court, this morning, judgment was delivered by Mr. Justice Fisher in the case of A. Mahomed Ghouse v. R. M. K. M. A. R. Kathirasan Chetty. Tbe plaintiff, who is a clerk in the Registry of Deeds, deposited with the defendant, on
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    Ladies’ Rifle Club.
    398 4 The sixteenth practice shoot by the members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club took place on the Rifle Range at Kampong Bharu, yesterday afternoon, when there were twenty-five members present. Appended are the scores at the 100 and 150 yards range 100 150 m 4. 1 Rifle
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    802 4 Mr. L. H. Woods has been appointed to act as District Officer, Marudu. Mr. John Wardrop has been appointed Vice-Consul of the United States o f America, at Sandakan. Mr. Stuart Donnithorue, b.a., Assistant Secretary, of the Singapore Y M.C.A will leave for Home shortly. Mr. Luis,
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      92 4 ESTABLISHED 1*33. C 1 CONTRIBUTIONS mutt 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 of good faith. yfi LL MONTES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang,
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    199 5 INTERNATIONAL AMENITIES. ANTI AUSTRIAN DEMONSTRATION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 19th Oct. It is reported from Belgrade (the capital of Servia) that, yesterday evening, a mob broke the windows of the Austrian shops, the gendarmerie not interfering. Th* Porte and Bulgaria. The mobilisation of the Anatolian army corps was ordered on
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    84 5 STATEMENT IN THE COMMONS [Reuter’s Service London, 20th Oct. In the House of Commons, Lieut-Col J. E Seely, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to Mr. T. C. Taylor, Liberal member for the Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth division of Lancashire, said that the Earl of Crewe, Secretary of State
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    A REFRACTORY M.P.
    80 5 TOO FORCIBLE EXPRESSIONS. [Reuter’s Service Loudon, 20th Oct. Mr. Victor Grayson, Socialist member for the Colne Valley division of Yorkshire, who raised the question of unemployment in the House of Commons, defied the Chairman, and was suspended for the rest of the session, referred to the Right
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    KING OF GREECE.
    40 5 VISITS BERLIN AND PARIS. [Reuter’s Service London, 19th Oct. King George of Greece visited Prince Bulow, Imperial German Chancellor, and Herr Wilhelm von Schon, German Secretary for Foreign Affairs, on Saturday, and arrived in Paris yesterday evening.
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    THE AMERICAN ARGOSY.
    150 5 THE VISIT TO TOKIO. [Reuter’s Service] London, 20th Oct. At Tokio, Admiral Sperry, the commander of the American battleship fleet, and his flag officers, drove in carriages to the Shiba Palace. A Chinaman was this morning charged before Mr. Hamilton, Third Magistrate, with attempting to commit suicide
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    FORMER STRAITS OFFICIAL.
    333 5 TO BE GOVERNOR OF TRINIDAD. The Free Press of Saturday says We hear that in succession to the late Sir Henry Moore Jackson, Governor of Trinidad, the appointment has been offered to Sir Edward Marsh Merewether, k.c.v.0., C.M.0., Lieutenant Governor and Colonial Secretary of Malta. Naturally the
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    Penang Exports.
    80 5 The following were the expoits from Penang for the fortnight ended Oct. 15: lo United Kingdom. Tin, 1,075 tons Black pepper, 39 tons Tapioca, flour, 176 tons Tapioca, flake, 90 tons Tapioca, pearl, 40 tons Copra, 100 tons To U. S. of America. Tin, 100 tons. Tapioca, flake,
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    4 5 CORRESPONDENCE.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    905 5 [Front Our Own Correspondent.] Monday, 19th Oct. The Hot Spbimgs of Kinta. As you are doubtless aware there are several hot springs in the Kinta Valley, and in the company of a scientific friend I visited one of these last week. I had a bath in it and found
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    938 5 OUR SYCES. [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette.”] Dkar Sir, In reply to your correspondent N’s letter on the subject of syces in your issue of the 10th inst., I would venture a few remarks. Although I hold no brief for the syce class, yet N’s condemnation of
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    LOG BOOK.
    819 6 The battleship Bellerophon, which was laid down at Portsmouth on December 3, 1906, and was launched on July 27, 1907, will begin her steam and gunnery trials on October 26. The trials are expected to last about three weeks. Everyone knows, even the very Ministers, that there can
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    71 6 To-mokkow. For. Per. Cloae. Negapatani Madras Teesta 10 a.m. Registration 4 p.m. to-day. Batu Bahra Sree Bangka 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Calcutta Nam Sang 3 p.m. Registration 4 p.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Hok Canton 3 p.m. Sabang Teluk Anson Ban Whatt Soon
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    European Mails.
    35 6 Humß* El- PosiTlVßia To WARD. bTBAMKK PSCTRD. I>U«. bAII.. P. O. Delta 24/10 B. I. Taroba 31/10 N.D.L. Zieten 27/10 Outward. P. 40. Delhi 22/10 B. I. Thongwa, 29/10 N.D.L. P. Ludwig 29/10
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    736 6 Per P. O. s.s. Moldavia, from London, September 14, connecting with s.s. Delhi at Colombo, due at Penang October 22 —To Prnang Mrs. Kelvey, Mr. B. C. Criswick. To Singapore Sir W. H. and Hvudman-Jones, Mrs. A. Pearce, Mrs. Minto, Misses L. T. Price, M. Moore,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    119 6 Avagyee, Brit., 247, Campbell, October 2<’> Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, October 2 Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Hercules, Dut., Pieper, October 19, P. Soesox, gen., Boustead Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Harvey, October 20, Dindings, gen., E. S. Co. Malacca,
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    CLEARANCES.
    65 6 Bhadra for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. De Kock for Deli and Paneh. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi and Setul. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Hong Moh for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jin Ho for Langkat. Petrel for Asahan.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    28 6 ci/ Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where bound, aud Agents G. Apcar, S’pore, Oct. 29, Calcutta, A.A.A Sikh, Liverpool, Oct. 26, Japan, S. B.
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    PASSENGERS
    38 6 DEPARTURES. By Muttra (October 19) to Singapore, Dr Keith By Maetsuyckeb (October 19) to Seboga, Mr P von der Pfordten. By Pin Seng (October 20) to Singapore, Mr and Mrs Teo Guan Chye and one Siamese lady.
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Pknang, 20th October, 1908. (By Courtesy of the Chartered. Bank.) BoixOid Demand Hank 2 4 months f»i>»ht Kn-il '2 4 1/16 3 Credit 2 4 3/16 3 nocmneniar» 2 Calcutta Demand Bank I <4| 3 <lav>«’ «ight Privs»» 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 «lavs’ sight Privat»- 176 Msdras.
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    PRODUCE.
    191 6 Penang, 20th October, lt*oB. Gol«’ 65 Pepper (W Coast 3 m .»y„) no stock. White Pepper $l5 sellers. Trang Pepper $lO nom. Mac* $7O nom. Mace Picking- $6O nominal. Cloves (picke«<) out of season. Nutmegs IH' $l9 aales. !No i $6 65 sales. 2 x. no stock. Raskei sellers.
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    SHARES.
    1094 6 i a. i —r C.pil»l. Subscribed. yX. Dividends. Name. Ĕ g I I __J I |<B MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. I i 1906 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 64 1901 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 a
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