Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 October 1908

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 245 VOL. LXVI. FRIDAY. 23rd OCTOBER. 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      729 1 THE PINANG_ GAZETTE." WANTED. Peiiang Turf Clllb. PCHaRg Tlltf Club. SUBSCRIPTION. A DRESSER to take charge uf Estate I I ——Hospital. NOTICE. NOTICE. I For Daily Issue, tn Town, per Apply -g mb mm m (MB B or $3O post free. MEDICAL OFFICER, Th e Annual General Meeting 1 A
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1254 2 JANUARY MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 19th, Thursday, the 2lst, and Saturday, the 23rd January, 1909. PROPOSED PROGRAMME To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Friday, 30th October, 1908. NOTICE.No amendments to this Programme will be considered unless due notice is given i
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    PENANG IN 1907.
    3138 3 administration report. Concluded The following is the conclusion of the annual administration report on Penang, 190", by the Hon. R. N. Bland, Resident Councillor Indian Immigration Department. cont. The-average population was 1,916. The percentage of mortality (104 deaths) was 5 43. The highest death-rate was at Sunge*.
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    THE WEEK.
    87 3 Friday. 23rd October. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Saturday, 24th October. Homeward P. <fc. O. Mail. Seaday, 25th October. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity. St. Crispin. Monday. 26th October. Ladies’ Rifle Club, 4 p.m. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Baud, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.sa. Tuesday. 27th
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    40 3 October 23 1837 —Viscount St. Aldwyn born. 1849—58 piratical vessels destroyed by Capts. Hay and Wilcox, H.M.S. Columbine and Fury. 1889—Electric search light first used at Fort Siloso. 1907—Trial begun of Herr Harden, Editor of the Zukunft.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    79 3 Tuesday, Oct. 27.— Lidford Villa,’’ Tanjong Bungah Logan's Buildings 11-30 a.in. J. R McFarlane, auctioneer. Wednesday, Oct. 28.— Land; Logan’s Buildings; I .30 am. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Thmsday, Oct. 29 Land in Province Wellesley Logan’s Buildings 11 a.m. ;J. W. Hallifax, auctioneer. Friday, Oct. 30— Hock Bee
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    TENDERS.
    66 3 F.M.S. Railways.— Loading and Unloading goods (Selangor, Negri Senibilan, and Malacca) tenders close noon, Oct. 31. Johore State Railway.— Uniform clothing tenders close noon, Nov. 15. F.Jf. S. Railways.— Uniform clothing (Perak and Province Wellesley); tenders close noon, Nov. 15. F.Jf.S. Railways.— Uniform clothing (Selangor, Negri Sembilan, and Malacca)
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    15 3 ‘•Clesve.' No. 122, Scotland Road (furnished): apply W. Marsh, 39, Northern Road.
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      50 3 What can’t be cured must be endured, but there is no use of enduring the torture o headaches. Stearns’ Headache Cure gives relief in a very few minutes. Persons who suffer ia thia way should always have a box •f it at hand. Insist on Stearns.” SCALES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      36 3 Oct of Date. —Bad medicines are out of date. Stearns’ Wine of Cod Liver Oil, the tunic and blood builder, is as delicious as tine old port. Makes people strong too. IRON SAFES. McAHtttr »> Co., Ltd.
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      60 3 Hvnyaii JlftOS is the aperient water par excellence. The average dose is a wineglassful taken before breakfast. Nature herself has mingled its chief ingredients, sulphate of magnesia and sulphate of soda, in such ideal proportions that this Watet acts promptly without griping or other discomfort, and may be used for
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      33 3 Feeling Better To-day. —Those people who began taking Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract for a bad cough and general bad health last week are feeling better to-day. Don’t you wish you did
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      496 3 IF YOU SUFFER From any Skin or Blood Disease, auoh ae Eczema, Scrofula, Scurvy, Glandular Swellings, Bad Legs, Ulcers, Abscesses, Tumours, Boils, Sores, Eruptions, Blood Poison, Rheumatism, Gout, Ac., DON’T DELAY but at once start a course of Clarke’s Blood Mixture (the World-famed Blood Purifier), and the experience of thousands
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      61 3 The Tides. High Water. Lew Water. Oct. 23 10.24 p.m. 4.22 p.m. 24 11.13 p.m. 5.11 p.m. 25 12.01 a.m. 603 pm. 26 12.45 a.m. 6.47 p.m 27 1.34 a.m. 7.35 p.m. 28 2.25 a.m. 8.23 pm. 29 3.11 am. 9.10 p.m. The Moon. O New Moen 23 Oct. First
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    BIRTH.
    21 4 Reed.—Oct. Ist, at Lansdowne, India, wife (nee Edith Giles) of Lieut. H. R. B. Heed, 39th Garhwal Rifles, a son.
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    MARRIAGES.
    53 4 Cameron-Rose Down.—Sept. 26, at London, D. G. Cameron-Rose, of Sourabaya, to Mary Dowie. I burg—Roxas-Elio.—Sept. 26, at Paris, Lieut. S. Roxas-Elio, to Emily Louise, daughter of Mrs. J. V. Iburg, nee Towers, late of Shanghai. Keelan—Riach.—Sept. 26, at London. L. B. Keelan, to Emily Constance, daughter of late J.
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    Friday, 23rd October, 1908.
    1187 4 In The Times to hand by yesterday’s mail, mention is made of the fact that the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine has published a highly important report by Major Ronald Ross. F.KB, on the prevention of intermittent fever in the island of Mauritius. Major Ross was
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    THE LOCAL COURTS.
    796 4 THEFT OF WATER TAPS. For some time past brass water taps hare been stolen from buildings, including the Supreme Court and the new F. M.S. Railway Offices no trace of the thieves being found. Yesterday, while a detective was on duty in Seek Chuan Lane, he found
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    736 4 Mr. Justice Belfield is holding the Assize at Raub this week. Mr. B. C. Criswick returned to Penan» yesterday by the P. and O 8 Delhi. Mr. O. Laporte, French Consul at Bangkok, leaves for Home on vacation i n a few weeks’ time. The Rev. Bro.
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      287 4 “THE DISPENSARY” COUGH BALSAM, Or PECTORAL LINSEED BALSAM. A most effectual remedy for Coughs, Colds, and all Affections of the Respiratory System. Allays the Cough, relieves Tightness and Difficult Breathing, and imparts a grateful sense of comfort to the Affected Organs. NO HOUSE SHOULD BE WITHOUT IT. Sold in Bottles,
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      91 4 ESTABLISHED 103. CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed fv The Editor,” written on one tide of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. yfl LL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette” Office, Penang, to the
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    167 5 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS. BULGARIAN ENVOYS’ SUCCESS. [Rkuter’s Sbrvicb.] London, 22nd Oct. The interview between the Bulgarian envoy» and the Grand Vizier of Tuikey, in Constantinople, was most «atisfactory; and an amicable understanding is practically assured. A Warlike Demonstration. London, 23rd Oct. A warlike demonstration has been held in
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    THE UNEMPLOYED.
    103 5 THE GOVERNMENT’S PROPOSALS. Reuter’s Service London, 22nd Oct. The Labour members of Parliament regard the Right Hon. H. H. Asquith’s proposals for dealing with unemployment as inadequate and demand a day for discussion. [The Right Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, in the House of Commons on Wednesday,
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    THE FRENCH CABINET.
    37 5 NEW MINISTER OF MARINE. Reuter’s Service] Loudon, 22nd Oct. M. Alfred ?ic ird, Civil Engineer, who is quite outside Naval circles, has been appointed French Minister of Marine, in -H.'cession to M. Thomson, re-igned.
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    A ROYAL WEDDING.
    34 5 PRINCE AUGUST WILHELM. [Reuters Service] Loudon, 23rd Oct. Prince August Wilhelm, the fourth son t the Kaiser, was mirried in Berlin ecerdav to Princess Alexandria of 3 hies wig-G lucks burg.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    93 5 FRANCF. Berlin, 2 2nd Oct. M. Pic.ud, a Civil Engineer, who is unconnected with n ival affurs, has been appointed French Minister of Marine. This appointment recalls the career of M. Sergius de Witte, formerly Russian Minister for Finance and now President •>f the Committee of Ministers.
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    A Correction.
    101 5 On the 7th inst., in our Kedah Notes, it was stated that during a case in the British Consular Court, it transpired that Mr. Tan Koon Yew, the Interpreter of that Court, was in possession of a power of attorney from the prison©’ to prosecute on the prisoners
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    SECRET SOCIETIES.
    281 5 Mr. W. Cowan, Protector of Chinese, Perak, in his Annual Report writes In May, the British Resident, on nay application, issued 18 warrants under the Banishment Enactment for the arrest of the headmen of a dangerous society called the Hui-lan-kui,” or the Hailam secret society, the headquarters of
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    In Old Penang.
    209 5 From the letter of a Straits correspondent, we (Ceylun Observer) venture to quote as follows We are younger than Ceylon (except Penang which is older, born in 1786) and the pressure of work and climate is such in the Straits that the average man neither reads nor
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    Bowls Tournament
    355 5 The following tie in the P.C.C. Bowls Tournament has been played off Single Handicap. (Final). \V. S Goldie (—2) heat W. Dani a l 6) 21—13. According to a telegram from the Gov-ernor-General of Netherlands India, dated Sept. 25, the Government’s Java coffee crop for this year is
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    MALAYAN INDUSTRIES.
    266 5 The following items appear in the L. <k C. Express of Oct. 2 Sumatra Para Rubber.— Output 4,700 lb. dry rubber in Sept. Ratu Tiga Rubber.— lnterim dividend 5 per cent, per annum (6d. per share) for the half-year. Duff Development.— Gold dredging returns show 7,072 oz. since
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    Japanese Consulate.
    233 5 Mr. K. Kishi, Japanese Consul, Singapore, is a passenger for England by the s.s. Inaba Mam (which arrived here to-day) under direction from the Japanese Foreign Office. Mr. Kishi is to act as Secretary to the Japanese delegates who are to attend the International Conference on the Laws
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    F.M.S. Fisheries.
    187 5 Col. Gordon Reeves, writing to the Ceylon Observer, remarking on the Report on the Fisheries of the Malay States, says It «eems rather an anomaly that thp first Crown Colony should ix* so far behind the time that it should have no Fishery Department. If the Malay States
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    Stolen Letters.
    153 5 Further ccmplaints reach the Malay Mail regarding thefts of correspondence, and, while we know it is difficult for the authorities to stop the practice, it must be admitted that the nuisance is rapidly becoming intoleiable. A cor-espondent sends the M. M. details of seven letters, one containing a
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    THE HERO OF TIBET.
    1061 5 DR. SVEN HEDIN IN PENANG. i Dr. Sven Hedin, the great Swedish explorer, who has just returned from a three years’ tour in Tibet, paid a brief visit to Penang yesterday, on his way through to Hongkong by the P. Jc O ss. Delhi. In the
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    LATEST CHINA WIRES.
    735 6 Peking, October 2. The new Governmental system will shortly be adopted in Chili, Hupeh, and Kiaogsu. Tartar Generals Abolished. Peking, October 2. The post of Tartar General in Foochow has been abolished. Two Secretaries will be appointed on the staff of the iceioy as well as a
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    107 6 To-morrow. For. Per- Clove. Ceylon, Australasia, Delta 11 a.m. India, Aden, Mauri- Regist. 4 p.m. totius, Egypt, and vid day. Brindisi for Europe, Parcels 4 p.m. toetc. day. Deli and Langsa De Kock I p.m. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Asahan Petrel 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Ban Whatt
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    European Mails.
    35 6 Home- Ex- PosiTivui.v To WARD. bIKAMK,< pectkd. Duk Saii.. P. AO. Delta 24/10 B. I. 7’arofta 31/10 N.D.L. Zieten 27/10 Outward. P. AO. Oceana 5/11 B. I. Thongwa 29/10 N.D.L. P. Ludwig 29/10
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    750 6 Per N.D.L. s.s. Prinz Ludwig, from Bremen, Sept. 23, from Southampton Sept. 29, due Penang Oct. 28 —To Penang: Mr H C Carsten, Miss Marguerite Buret, Mr and Mrs Anthony. Mr A A Kiafr, v. Ermel, Mr S H Bossart, Mr J Ch Altona.—To Singapore A.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    131 6 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, October 23, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Calypso, Brit., 339, Bannatyne, October 22, Singapore, ge.i., W. Mansfield A Co. Delhi, Brit., 4783, Andrews, October 22, Bombay, gen., Adamson Gi'Allan Co. De Kock, Dut., 565, Visrnan, October 23, Paneh, gen., Huttenbaeh, Liebert
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    CLEARANCES.
    48 6 Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Malaya for Deli. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Rotorua for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Solfond for Rangoon Signal for Singapore and Hongkong. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    30 6 Name of Steamer, where from, approrimo !•> date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. G. Apcar, S’pore, Oct. 29, Calcutta, A.A.A Sikh. Liverpool, Oct. 26. Japan, S. B.
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    PASSENGERS.
    36 6 ARRIVALS. By Kistna 'October 23) from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Staples, Messrs Boothby, A C Corbetta, Hamerton, R W Harrison, W R T Mackenzie, Teh Seow Teng. Khoo Kheng Wee, and Loke Ah Keng.
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    DEPARTURES.
    29 6 By Takoba (October 22) to Singapore, His Highness the Rajah of Setul. Tunkus Kudin and Abdullah, Mr and Mrs Chan Y'en Soon, Messrs Geo. Harrison and Chu Nam.
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 6 Penang, 23rd October, 1908. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3j 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 24} Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174} 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    173 6 Penang, 23rd October, 1908. Gol'l i*-Hi 65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 5 nu stock. White Pepper sl4} buyers. Trang Pepper $lO num. Mac® $7O nom. Mace Pickings $59 buyers. Cloves (picked) out of season. Nutmegs 11D sl7} buyers. (No I $6 65 sales. 2 x. no stock. Basket $3.32}
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    SHARES.
    1101 6 f I t f I ID eL. i c s I Capital. Snbwribed. Dividends. Name. Ĕ g Q 1 S n I e |I i MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO <lO% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 1906 300,000' 225,000' 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd.
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      40 6 The Aachen and Munich Fire tnsurarice Cd. of Aix la Chapelle. Capital £450,000 Total Assets £1,226,481 The undersigned are authorised to insure almost any property against Fire in Penang or elsewhere. For rates apply to KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Age itsi
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      206 6 CM* Week EM EACirsiMS seincer. I HOWARTH I td to leave Penang for Port Swettenham Llloll ■I W 1 R Hl# every Saturday afternoon, available only > for return per s.s. “PERAK,” or s.s. f CIVIL. ELECTRTCIAI AM Fl PIN SENG,” due to leave Port Swetten- 1 !VrT7nTT a a
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