Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 January 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ’UBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. I VOL. LXVII. SATURDAY, 2nd JANUARY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      932 1 THE "PINANG GAZETTE. turnout for sale. notice. forsale. t 4 Inn SUBSCRIPTION 4 SEATED Rubber-I'yred Victoria with RAWING to being out of town, the Office ROTO LORIA SEED, Best dlee W AGF nirilUA. T '•trong Australian Horse and Harness, of Dr. C. Henry Hertz, Dentist, is Manure and Weed-Destroyer \f.
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR NOVEMBER, 1908.
    3077 2 M KETINGfI. 1. Ordinary Meetings of the Commis •ioners were held on the 16 1 h and 26th of the month and Special Meetings on the 4th and 6th. 2. The Special Meetings were called for the consideration of the Budget for 1909 This
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    148 2 Second Sunday after Christmas. 3rd January. St. George’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins (No Organ. 8-30 a.m.—-Holy < 'omrnunion Plain). 9 15 a.m.—Holy Communion (Tamil). 13-30 a.m.—Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Children’s Service. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. 9 a.m. and 6 p.m.—Divine Service (Northam Road). The Rev. W. Murray of
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    THE WEEK.
    146 2 Saturday, 2nd January. Cricket: Penang v Perak, Taiping. Football: Y.M.C.A. Wanderers, Esplanade. Homeward P. A O Mail closes 6 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. Sunday. 3rd January. 2nd Sunday after hristmas. Monday, 4ih January. Penang Cup Ties Entries close. Hunt Club Paperchase. Japanese Cinematograph,
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    94 2 January 2. 1727 —General Wolfe bom. 1884 —First election by Hongkong Chamber of Commerce of a member of the Legislative Council. 1886—Keppel (New Harbour) Road, Singapore opened. 18 9 —Sir Hugh Low knighted. 1900—Official landing of H.R.H. Prince Henry of Prussia, at Johnson’s Pier, Singapore. 1903 —Evacuation
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    19 2 Marble Hall,” Kelawei Road apply Kennedy Co. The Towers,” 120 Anson Road, apply 8. E. Arnsberg.
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      38 2 There is no guessing about it. Millions of headaches are cured every yaar by Stearns’ Headache Cure <\t really relieves the pain and gives Ot} ,lhe relief they expect from it. an pills or tablet», and f Stearns’.”
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      49 2 Somb people are loth to believe that a cod liver oil preparation can be mad» pleasant and agreeable in taste and yet possess all the good medicinal qualities of the oil, free from fat. A trial of that grand tonic—Stearns’ Wine of Cod Liver Oil—will convert the most sceptical.
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      573 2 Ihe Commercial Sale Rooms (56, Beach Street) Undertake the Sale by AUCTION of Merchandise (either souud or damaged) HOUSE and LANDED PROFEKTY, and FURNITURE of all descriptions. Advances to a limited extent on the latter to suit customers can be arranged prior to sale, and the payment of the balance
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      76 2 fIU I One little Boy had VAN HOUT F Ifl VAN I HOUTENS THE COCOA I THE CHILDREN I ENJOY. I OJ| I re little BovteiM» I| J J Commercial Union Assurant! Company, Ltd. 1 Head Office: jF 1 25 <fc 26 CORNHILL, LONPOjh E 1 ’Eastern Branch— SlNGA^^® 1
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      72 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Jan. 2 SOI a.m. 3.04 a in. 3 948 am. 3. 7 a.m. 4 10.29 a.m. 4.30 a.m. 5 11.20 a.m. 520 a.m. 6 12 01 p.m. 6.00 a.m. 7 12 48 p in. 6.48 a.m. 8 1.30 p.m. 7.36 a.m. The Moon. O
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      637 3 *>J 0 h the Imperial ■bially desi ued for Service, lighted provided with exFirst and Second ■ed with all the latest ■or their safety and i .s'jo' J ”>V' J '"> r -’f Tons 6,300 6 241 lgp iMaru 6,151 Maru 6,100 Mani Marti a Mani 6,267 XIFIC RAILWAY Co.
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      1096 3 NESE CINEMATOGRAPH. S v > I» •>' u rift jR o o fliw® O NO MORE FLICKERING! q »ffl« I'»WVI) A 8 NEW MACHINE? jĕl u MrfcgW i,i ik O O vflffly/ ft n? u JUST keceived o «/hwWtSlil Ju Ml »i o mil iWflMl T ii/Bhw Steadiness and Clearness
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    BIRTH.
    18 4 Spekrs. —On Dec. 29, at Kuala Muda, Keda <, to Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Speers, a daughter.
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    Saturday, 2nd January, 1909.
    1268 4 About a week ago we referred in these I columns to the disgraceful state of I Prangin Ditch which, owing to the silting I up of the foreshore at its outlet, is I rapidly becoming a danger to the public I health. At the same time
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    The Tin Market.
    99 4 Telegraphic advices state that supply of tin on December amounted to 20,376 tons. The December deliveries were: United Kingdom tons. Continental IJOO United States of America 2,500 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $66.70 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at £l3l
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    468 4 A reminder may be given of the Hunt Club paperchase on Monday next; meet at Dato Kramat at 5 p.m, and finish at Dilwara,” where Miss Buuchie Macintyre will be “at Home to the members of the Hunt Club and their friends. To-day’s exchange rate is 2/3J.
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    THE FRENCH PREMIER.
    67 4 SEQUEL TO PRIVATE GRIEV l. .id extras Total rRuLTEa’s Service London, lat A Corsican lamed Ben p derti f the windows of tie Ministry of the I in Paris, close to the window Clemenceau, the Premier. Nobody m and Benedetti Wis arrested. The incident does. not appear
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    THE GREAT PRIZE FIGHT
    310 4 A BELATED ACCOUNT [Rbutir’s Service] London, 28tk I In the great prize fight at ayl Johnson beat Toanny Bums on pi J fourteen rounds, when the Police s! the fight. There were 18,000 sp oil The fijght was most fierca thi v aJ Johnson was the
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE
    254 4 DISASTER IN ITALY. Berlin, Ijjil The catastrophe in Sicilv is tinually worse. The lo« 8 of life ig A fresh earthquake shock has Messina, and everything is destroy A German Relief Fund been formed, with the Kdserin mX®| A later message estimates tht I life in Italy
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      584 4 *A REBATE is xX paid under 1 1 Fund Ordinance to from with from January 1, 1907, t<»| l2r T.« w .r- IQM 1908. Any employer cl ihying a rebate Ist Janua y, who has not already received s notification Nl(yriCE ig hereby girPU th at William on the subject
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      55 4 the. insertion of good faith. must be paid at the Pinavg Office, Penang, to the General Manager, Mr. D. A. M. Brown, whose receipts alone will be recognised by the Company. ALL BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS should be addressed to the General Manager, Mr. D. A. M. Brown, whose contracts alone will
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    ANARCH SMI RUSSIA.
    58 5 POLIC I SUPERIjkINDENT KILLED Rrutkr’s krvick. J Bandon, 28th Dec. A ti Jgram from B>sc<>w reports that a Bupe mend-rat of slice was killed and t w> <>f *rs wouudedßiring the all-night siege o «villain whiAi »iugie Anarchist had ba ricaded him-ell The Police finally rushed he
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    AMERICA AND CHINA.
    60 5 FAIL’ KE OF A SICREC MISSION. [REUTERS VHViCK London, Ist Jan. The irresp .ndent ot|/7 te Times at New y.>rk s 8 tha r the s«crw mission of H. E Tang *o Yi to «“cire ho ne form of a ]|ianci her ween A"®'» l and China
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    OLLAND AND VENEZUELA.
    105 5 TH DEMONS HP Tl'>N OVER. [RsUTBB’ 8 'BRVICt London, 26'h Dec. I. is <iorted fr/w ihat the lltil'i uliser ed th -rc, t lir f lialiy ter <' t out Vene Sultan of I sB^B' k ye ste i day I BFiu dly to Hh of tin
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    RUSSIA'S FOREIGN POLICY.
    142 5 A SPEECH IN THE DUMA. [Rbutir’s Sbrvici 1 London, 26th Dee. M. Isvolsky, Russian Foreign Minister, in the course of a speech on foreign affairs, in the Duma, expressed him»elf as most optimistic regarding the situation in the Far East, and said that there was nothing to
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    BRITISH FINANCE.
    53 5 STRIKING DECREASE IN REVENUE [Rbutrr’s Srrvics London, Ist Jan. The returns of revenue for the United Kingdom for the quarter end*d D"C->mb r 31 show a dec ease of £610,821, and for ihe nine months a decrease of £5.000,000. as compared with the corresponding quarter and nine months
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    PERSIA.
    41 5 CURIOUS UNOONF RME'J REPORT, [Riutrr’s Skrvick London, 28th Dec. An unconfirmed report has been received in Sr Pete sburg to the effect that two men entered the Shah’s apartment in Teheran and drew their revolvers, but the guard overpowered them.
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    A Motor-Car Accident.
    2287 5 A motor-car accident occurred last evening in Jelutong, and resulted in three persons being injured. It. appears that Mr. P. K Nambayar, his family, and a couple of friends were in a hired motor-car driven by one Kassim, a licensed chauffeur. About 530 p.m when the car
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    Local Share Market.
    329 5 Business has been cnsi lerably restricted I by the Christmas and New Year holidays. In the Tin section attention has been almost entirely confined t" Lahatt which I have advanced from $lO 75 to $11.75 I and close firm at the latter figure. A I few Tronohs
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    663 5 An Interesting Competition. The next shoot by the members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club h«s been deferred to Monday, January 11 (instead of Wednesday, January 6, as announced previously). We learn that the committee of the Pena g Ladies’ R'fle Club hive decided to c -mpete
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    Mining Outputs.
    147 5 —/n Tinland. Telegraphic advice has received fmm Tongkah to-day stating that the output of the Tongkah Harbour Tin Dredging Companv for the month of December was 510 piculs. 'l’he output of the Tronoh Mines, Ltd., for the month of December was 2,860 piculs of dressed ore. Invitations have
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      3 5 STEEL TRUNKS. Iftd.
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      161 5 NCXTJUOB. .a" THE following persons have applied for the renewal of their licences under rhe Auctioneers’ Licensing O'dinance, 1906. Unless there are r eaaonabie objections fresh licences will be issued to them on the 11th January, 1909 Town Licence. J. H Connell. J. de Mello B. Mohamed Hussain. P. E.
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      1611 6 /X KEB VI E Trading Society. paid undnr t Established 1824. isu^^/^‘j^^'^*t^^^^^ r I Capita! A 45,000,UUU OOoIiPH from India wi' h P abt. > Januar v J 907, to 1 F^PP^W^W^^"^' terll,,g Fund fl 5,752,884 <9OB Anv employer cl rebate* >J X 1,500,000 at 2/.==s 15, abt. £479,4(70 has
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    SHARES.
    1175 7 Capital. Subscribed y*™ Dividends. Name. J g I X M 3* B ”1 r“i I “i“ MINING. $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO 1 <lO ‘lO% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 7 ,f 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 j 10 Bruang, Ltd. j 7< 600,000: 600,000 60,00 u 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    244 7 Bri Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, December 31, Tongkah, gen., E. 8. Co. Bin, Swed 2044, Bick, December 30, Durban, Coal, Carlyle, Brit., 331, Treweeke, December 31, Teluk Anson, gen Kwong On Co. Carton, Brit., lu6. Gillies, January 2, Teluk Anscn, gen., Kong Soon. <'ornelia, Brit., 1 '4,
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    CLEARANCES.
    69 7 Ban Whatt for Tongkah. ('ornelia for Teluk Anson. Delta for Ceylon, India, and Europe. DeH for Trang and Pang Nga. G.G Daendels for Deli and Langsa. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Jin Ho for Langkat. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Lindula for Rangoon and Calcutta. Mary Austin for
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    29 7 .Ter»»*, of from, appro-ci ma'e of arrirai. »/>/*<’•» f*onnd.. -md Agoutu E. F. Ferdinand, 8 pore, Jan. 7, Fiume. 8. K. Siiesia. Trieste, Jan. 4, Japan, S. K.
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    PASSENGERS.
    89 7 ARRIVALS. By Ki«txa January I) from Singapore. Mr and Mr» H G Sarwar, Messrs W C Capel, C Gimsburg. and Sergeant Pearce 1 <>m Port Swettenham. Brown, Norean.ith, J P A Singam. Mohd. Sheriff, and Walker. DEPARTURES Bv Thomgwa 1 December 1 ’<• P->tt Swettenham, Mei-srs H Chaffers, Lee
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    PRODUCE.
    196 7 Pbnang, 2nd January, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. soz No stock. White Pepper sl6j buyers. Trang Pepper sll|sales. Mace 3 sellers. Mace Pickings $63 sales. Cloves $37 sellers. Nutmegs 110 $2O sales. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket >3 65 sellers. Tapioca
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    MAILS CLOSE
    43 7 Monday. For Per. <Hoae. P*h Hebe 10 a.m. Singapore, China, and J a P an Silesia 1 p.m Pangkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m Deli Perak (E.stCo.) 1 p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m
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    European Mails.
    35 7 Hoi Stramkr. Ex Pf 7‘TIVKLY To WARD. PKOTED. Dr7R P. <k O. Delta 2/1 B. I. Thongwa 9/1 N.D. L. Ralow 5/1 Outward. P. O. Devamho. 14/1 8.1. 7/1 N D.L. Lutzow 7/1
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    MARKET PRICES.
    209 7 Penang, January 2. Dbbcription. Bbbf ct». Soup per catty 14 Roast 26 Steaks n 26 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak n 26 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 60 Feet 15 Hbabt Heart per catty 30 Tripe Liver per catty 30 Pork: Pork M 36 Pig’s Head
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Pbnang, 2nd January, 1909 (By CowrU»y of the Chartered Bank). Loudon Demand Bank 2 3| 4 months 1 sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4| 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174} 3 days 1 sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 1741 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras
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    Indian Reforms.
    235 7 London, 19th Dec, Reuter wires from Johannesburg that Mr. Gandhi nddressed a meeting of European- on th» A'ia’tc qu s'i«>n, at which a resolution wa« cartierj unanimously approving L rd M rkv ’a reforms and expressing abhorrence of Anarehiot crimes in India. Madras, 21st Dec. At Guntur Sir
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      137 7 C.J< Hiiin >■" W HEALTH >o©CJo©©©o©©o©©©oo©©©©©o©©2 SwIIK IN S 0 NpERFECTION >- I l lls,,r Fr,rts I Bouton Rouge «nd felucca. 8 I I AS A Hand-made by the mo>t expert maker- in the world, under id«-al climatic 7O Years, i pitiousl at Freres Factory in Cairo. Extreme care has
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      40 7 Tn_ Aachen and Munich Fire Insurance Co. of Aix la Chapelle. Capital £450,000 Total Assets £1,226.481 Th»- undersigned are authorised to insure almost any propel ty against Fire in Penang or elsewhere. For rates apply to KATZ BROTHERS Lt I
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      57 7 Sun Insurance Office, London. Insurances effected upon airnost e-erv -escription of property at current rates of Total sum uj-ured in 189! £373.700,000 Total sum insured m 1*99 £435,000,(X>0' Total sum insured in 1902 £487,€30,000 Claims arrang*-d by the Lxx.al Agents and paid with promptitude and liberality. The jurisdiction of local
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      29 7 Wht impose yourself nauseating remedies when there is something better and yet delicious in taste StearuV Cordial of Cod Liver Extract h<s no objectioaable features. SCALES McAHtter Co., Ltd.
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