Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 October 1908

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 251 VOL. LXVI. FRIDAY, 30th OCTOBER, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      879 1 the PINANG GAZETTE." Hit Properly igsHroßce to., 11«. notice, SUBSCRIPTION. qr HE undersigned, having been appoint- I TT is hereby notified that tenders will be I I ed Agents of the above Company, are A received in the office of the President f For Daily Issue, in Town, per annum,
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1171 2 JANUARY MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 19th, Thursday, the 21 st, 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
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      1196 2 -BURNS PHILP LINE.” JKT "W" TZ* EUROPEAN AGEJKy. TN DENTS promptly executed at lowest SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS. A W 1 cash prices for aH kinds of British and PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, M m f A T 1 Continental goods, including AND SYDNEY, ALSO J&P&A Mdll OlEaluSlliP v 0«
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    CHRISTMAS ISLAND.
    857 3 —S.F.P. PROCESS OF DEVELOPMENT. In the process of development of those islands and places which go to form the bt rait. Settlements there is not, as a general principle, any ordered sequence of events at any rate no regular landmarks of history easily observable by the public at
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    LORD MILNER’S IMPERIALISM.
    595 3 Standard oj Empire. The thorough character of Lord Milner’s Imperialism is already tolerably well known to our readers. But we make uo apology for referring to the remarkable speech at Lennoxville whichour Montreal correspondent has summarised. During an informal visit to the Bishop’s College and School, the
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    A New Use for Sunshine.
    256 3 The grotesque nature of the latest invention brought out in the Transvaal is only rivalled by the credulity of those who are backing it financially. It is called the sun process,” and if the claims of the inventors are to be believed, stamp mills and
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    THE SITE OF CROSBY HAIL.
    1119 3 3 CHARTERED BANK’S NEW a BUILDING. r fc AN ARTESIAN WELL AND STRONG ROOMS. I Crosby Hall has gone, and on its site is rising a modern building. The old hall has gone, and Bishopsgate will know it no more but its shape will be
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    Marine Telephone.
    162 3 Ihe tests to which Dr. De Forrest’s system of wireless telephony have recently been submitted at Portsmouth are said to have proved most satisfactory. Tn the course of the voyage of the United Stites fleet messages were transmitted from ship to ship over a distance of a hundred
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    THE WEEK.
    103 3 Friday. 30th October. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Penang Turf Club: Annual General Meeting, 4.45 p.m. Hunt Club Gymkhana Entries close. Saturday, 31st October. Hallowe’en. Homeward English (B.I.) Mail. Sunday, Ist November. Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. Monday. 2nd November. All Souls’ Day. Ladies' Rifle Club 4 p.m. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    53 3 October 30. 1808—Dr. John Whitaker, historian, died. 189"—Bukit Timah Road filter beds, Singapore, opened by Governor. 1894—Visit of Lord Randolph Churchill to Singapore. 1906 Tsar granted constitution to Russia. 906—Earl of Cranbrook died 1907 Father Tyrrel excommunicated by the Pope. 1907—Crew of Russian destroyer Skonj mutinied and
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    TENDERS.
    77 3 JT.M.S. Railways.— Loading and Unloading goods (Selangor, Negri Serabilan, and Malacca); tenders close noon, Oct. 31. Kedah Government.— Tenders for Gambling and Spirit Farms; close Nov. 10. Jah ore State Railway.— Uniform clothing tenders close noon, Nov. 15. K.M.S. Railivays.— Uniform clothing (Perak and Province Wellesley); tenders close noon,
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    15 3 “Cleave,” No. 122, Scotland R>ad (furnishad); apply W. Marsh, 39, Northern Road.
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      39 3 Worth Mork tban It Costs. —Medicinr is cheap when it does people good, no mattee what it costs Steams’ Wine of Cod Liver Oil doesn’t cost much and helps everyone that takes it. Stops that coughing. SCALES. Co.. Ltd.
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      42 3 Two heads are better than one unless they ache. There’s little an achi>>g head can do of value to its owner Stearns’ Headache Cure pain quickly and makes one feel that life is worth living. Insist on Stearns’.” SCALES. McAlister 4* Co.,
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      41 3 Loo Ki mo for Trovblb. —When Steams’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract gees down the throat it begins looking for trouble, and when it find the trouble it begins curing it. Makes weak people strong. SCALES. McAlister AP Co.. Lt A.
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      31 3 Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. of Hamburg. Established 1854. The undersigned, having been appointed Agents of the above Company, are ready to accept fire risks at current rates. KATZ BROTHERS, Lt»., Afenls
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      736 3 IF YOU SUFFER Tlie Commercial Sale Rooms. From any Skin or Blood Disease, (XBishep street/ Undertake the Sale by AUCTION or Eczema, Scrofula, Scurvy, Glandular Swellings, Bad LegS, Ulcers, AbSCeSSeS Merchandise (either MM d or damaged Tumours, Boils, Sores, Eruptions, house and landed pkopekty, and Blood Poison, Rheumatism, Gout, <Sc.,’
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      69 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Oat. 30 3.11 a tn. 9.10 pm. 31 401 a.m. 10.02 pm. Nov, 1 447 a m. 10.40 p.ss 3 534 a.m. 11 31 p.m. 3 625 a.m. 12.20 a.m. 4 8 00 a. tn. 2.10 a.m. 5 8 48 a in. 2.43 a
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    Friday, 30th October, 1908.
    1098 4 Iu the Municipal Health Officer’s Department, the expenditure on the establishment for 1909, according to the Estimates, is put down at $27,824, as compared with $26,552 for the current year —an increase of $1,272. There are to be several changes in this staff, while we note
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 2/3⅞.
    65 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $67.85 per picul; buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at *1 /4 ss. spot and £136 three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day -.—Singapore (Straits Trading Co.), buyers, »0 sellers, s6B< Penang
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    IN THE CORONER’S COURT.
    514 4 ALLEGED SUICIDE. The inquest on the body of Lim Peng Lim, who was alleged to have committed suicide on Oct. 26, was concluded by Mr. A. V. Brown, Coroner, to-day. The principal witness was Chu Kek Pin, a shop-keeper, who deposed that on the morning of
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    Public Amusements.
    185 4 Ott’s Circus. Ott's Circus opened a short season in Penang last nigliL Notwithstanding the inclement state of the weather, all parts of the laige tent we<e well filled. The entertainment was opened by Mr. de Grahill with a vaulting act, followed by a turn by the Clown Tommy,
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    The Police Courts.
    171 4 Cruelty to Animals. In the Police Court, this morning, a Kling named Periayah, driver of a scavenging cart, was fined $5 for working a pair of bullocks while in an unfit sta'e the owner ii also to be summoned. The prosecution was at the instance of the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    767 4 Mr. W. H. Tate, of ’Taiping r is in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. H. C. Barnard returned to Taipim, yesterday. Mr. J. P. Harper, Superintendent o f Revenue Surveys, Perak, has gone to Kinta on inspection. Major H. Barry de Hamel Chief Police Officer, Penang, returned from the
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      155 4 FOR A SHORT SEASON ONEY Ott’s Circus, Menagerie, Bioscope. LATEST COMBINATION. EVERYTHING NEW. EVERYTHING NEW. To-night and event Night Great Performance, 9-15 P.M., AT DATO KRAMAT GARDENS. one of tne Bioscope Pictures will >e me Dieppe circuit Motor Race 1908. First Matinee, To-morrow, the 31st October, at 4 p.m. Children
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    THE KAISER’S INTERVIEW.
    245 5 SUBSTARTIALLY CORRECT.” UNIVERSAL COMMENTS. [Riutir’s Service.] London, 29th Oct. The interview with the Kaiser, which was published by the Daily Telegraph yesterday, is officially admitted in Berlin ibe substantially correct. The Kaiser’s statements are universally commented upon. A Parisian View. It is declared in Pat is that
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    94 5 AN APPEAL TO THE DUMA. j Rkutbr’s Sbkvici.] London, 29th Oct. The Servian Narodna-Skupshtina has appealed to the Duma fo~ help to prevent the accomplishment of Austria's aggression in Bosnia. Bulgarian Assurances. Loudon, 30th Oct. At the opening of the Sobranje (National Assembly ot Bulgaria) yesterday, Prince
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    ORANGE RIVER COLONY.
    36 5 GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS FIRE. [Riutmr’a Sbrvicb.] London, 29th Oct. A telegram from Bloemfontein states 1 hat the Government buildings have been practically destroyed. The fire was due to the fusing of an electric wire.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    180 5 THE KAISER'S INTERVIEW. Berlin, 29th Oct. The interview with the Kaiser, published by the Daily Telegraph, took place six weeks ago, and was not intended to reject on present relations between Germany and Great Britain, the object, being to disperse erroneous ideas in England regarding some historic
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    POPULAR CHINESE WEDDING.
    200 5 Both Mr. Chan Kung Choon’s and Mr. Leong l-ee’s palatial residences were en fete last night, on the occasion of dinners given by Mr. Chan Kung Choon, tin miner and merchant, and Mr. Leong Fee, tin miner and merchant, and an ex-Chinese Consul in Penang, in honour
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    The Perak Robbery.
    201 5 Furtiikr Ditails. The following additional details of the robbery of the Sultan of Perak’s State regalia and jewels have been furnished by Mr. Hatchell, Commissioner of Police, to the Times of Malaya It appears that previous to the robbery H. H. the .Sultan had been practically keeping
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    The Price of Tin.
    182 5 Commenting on the tin maiket, the Ironmonger of Oct. 10 says For the moment there are no clear indications as to the future course, but the chances are that prices may not vary much unless America absorbs further appreciable quantities. Increasing requirements in the course of
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    Rifle Shooting.
    88 5 A rifle shooting match has been arranged between the Police of Penang and Perak. It will take place on the King's Birthday, under Bisley conditions, over the 200. 500, an<i 600 yards ranges Teams Pbnang Mr. V. G. Savi, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Chief DetectiveInspect >r R. J.
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    The Homeward Mail.
    222 5 The B. I. contract packet Taroba is expected to arrive here from Singapore at 6 a.m. to-morrow (Saturday), ami is intended to leave for Madras aw* Negapatam at noon on the same day, taking the Ho ueward mail. The Homeward mail closes at the General Post Office
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    IPOH JOTTINGS.
    929 5 [/iron Our Otvn Correspondent.] Ipoh, Oct. 28. The principal topic of conversation here is the robbery at the Sultan of Perak’s palace at Kuala Kangsar, and, of course, everyone is speculating as to the probable capture of the robbers. The Pinang Gazette has had exclusive information over the
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1695 5 ORDINARY MEETING An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon in the Municipal Offices. There were present Mr. F. J. Hallifax (President), Mr. L H. Clayton, Mr. Quah Beug Kee, and Mr. Lim Cheng Teik with Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secietary), Dr. G. W.
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      6 5 CROSSLEY’S OIL ENGINES. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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      29 5 WANTED. FOR General and Timber Stores three Chinese Clerks previous experience in Store-keeping required. Apply stating salary to X Z.,” 809—4-1 1 c/o Pinang Gazette. IRON SAFES. McAlister Ltd,
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    ATHLETIC SPORTS.
    592 6 SINGAPORE RECREATION CLUB’S ANNUAL GATHERING. The annual sports of the Singapore Recreation Club, which were revived last vear after an interval of fourteen years, were held on Saturday. Notwithstanding the fact that the ground was heavy owing to the downfall of rain earlier in the day, the sports
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    Freedom Under the Flag.
    194 6 Colonel Seely, Colonial Under-Secretary, in his annual address to hi* constituents in the Abercromby Division, Liverpool, spoke of Oversea affairs, and said we were on better terms now with the great self-governing States and Dominions across the seas than we had been for many years past.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    105 6 To-morrow. For. Per. Close. Madras, taking mails for Europe etc., rid > Taroba 10 a.in. Bombay J Registration 4 p.m. to-day. Pangkalan Brandan Vidar 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.) 1 p.m. Trang Tong Chay Un 1 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy Glenfalloch 3 p.m. Port Swettenham
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    European Mails.
    35 6 Homß. Ex- Pobitivki.v To wf«D. S™-' 1 PKCTKD. SA..„ P. AU. Assays 7/11 B. I. Taroba 31/10 N.D.L. P. Alice 10/11 Outward. P. «k O. Oceana 5/11 B. I. 12/H N.D.L. Goeben 12/11
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    682 6 P. Jc O. s.s. Himalaya, from London. October 9, connecting with s.s. Oceana at Colombo: —To Penang: Mrs. W. Proudlock, Dr. Kirke, Messrs. F. W. Darby. H. E. Darby, W. Dwncan, E. A. Watson, and G. A. Smith-Steinmetz. To Singapore:—Dr. D. K. McDowell, Mrs. L. Clare,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    73 6 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, October 29, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Harvey, October 29, Dindings, gen., E. S. Co. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont, October 3', Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Pachumba, Brit., 544. Woodgel, October 29, Moulmein, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    50 6 Catherine Apcar for Singapore and Hongkong. Flying Fish for Port Weld and Taiping. Hye Leong for Teluk Anson. Pachumba for Mergui, Tavoy. and Moulmein. Palermo for Singapore, China, and Japan. Rotorua for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sree Bangka for Batu Bahra. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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    PASSENGERS.
    210 6 ARRIVALS. By Kistna (October 30) from Singapore, Miss F Plowright, Dr Annie Barnard from Port Swettenham. Mr C Matthew. By Zieten (October 29.) from Singapore, Miss E Rademacher, Miss Pnolevagg, Major Phra Rajavarindra, Messrs E Lees, M. Schift'mann, E Fisher, R Ross Clunis, Fong Foo Sun, Green from Hongkong,
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 6 Pbnano, SOth Ootobbr, 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 2/4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 j 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174} 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    181 6 Penang, 30th October, 1908. Gohl lent 65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 II». 5 »>«.) no stock. White Pepper $14.50 sales. Trang Pepper $10.95 sales. Mac» $7l s les. Mace Picking* $6l sales. Cloves (picket!) out of season. Nutmegs 110 sl7} buyers. SNo 1 $6 65 sales. 2 x. no
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    SHARES.
    1148 6 o o No IsBUe 3 Dividends. Name. 2 Capital. Subscribed. shareB Value, -w W j Am __L_ W _L W MINING. I I I 1903 $300,000 $300,000. 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year eud. 31-3-08 ...:Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd s7} IQG6 300 000 225 000 22,500 10 10 Bruang,
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      42 6 Commercial Union Assurance Qompafiy. Ltd, i Hkad Office: 25 26 CORN HILL, LONDON, E C. Eabtrrn Branch—SINGAPORE. Funds. Capital Fully Subscribed £2,500,000 Capital Paid-up 250*000 Exceed 5,750,000 tai Annual Income Exceeds 2,000,000 C aims settled with promptitude. HANDILANDB, BUTTERY At Co., Ayente.
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      4 6 IRON SAFES. McAlitltr Ltd,
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      49 6 Ab Eminent Physiciia uys: “I think Hvnyidi Jbbos mineral water a very good aperient for a tropical climate. It seems to me to be one of the best—if not the best—of the mineral waters for restoring an overworked liver to its normal condition. Average dose, a wine-glassful before breakfast.
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      156 6 CHi| Week EM ExcirsiMS it SeltMtr. I HOWAPTH I M < co leave Penang for Port Swettenham IHV 11 /111 11| LIWoIbII XLtt HH 1 every Saturday afternoon, available Only PIN SENG,” due to leave Port Swetten- I CIVIL, ELECTRICAL, AND I I mechanical engineers, I I STRAITS, SIAM, F.M.S.,
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    387 7 ORDYKS BY CAPTAIN Th« HonfMe A. R. ADAMS, COMMANDANT. November, 1908. 3rd, Tuesday, Recruits Drill at Fort, at 5-30 p.m. 4th, Wednesday, Practice for King’* Birthday Parade at Sepoy Lines at 5-45 p.m., with Caps. (All .Members are requested to attend). 7th, Saturday, ReCPUitS ClaflH Firing at 3-30
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