Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 January 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 6 VOL. LXVII. FRIDAY, Bth JANUARY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1836 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE. *X d-C 1& “ROBEYPHONE”jr\I)cDO IIV 1 1 C I< 1 “ha"™ pa» ■_jjFßx s sELtcTioiis O//V <, VIIMIVB’I B For Daily Issue, in Town, Ml H I TH ill 11 I $27 per annum, ..'.«r”»—» t<Z/THtßoßrm™?*Sl This Old Established House having been 11 SJSS?«, thoroughly Repaired and
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    OPIUM IN THE STRAITS.
    3138 2 THE COMMISSION’S REPORT. Continued.) We publish to-day a second instalment from the report and findings of the Straits Opium Commission SECTION 111. Averagb Yearly Consumption pbr Head of the Population. 54. The evidence given before the Commission points clearly to the fact that the proportion of
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    THE WEEK.
    133 2 Friday. Bth January. St. Lucian. Baud, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Roa<l, 7.30 and 9.10 p.m. Saturday, 9th January. Homeward English (B.I.) Mail. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9.10 p.m. Sunday, 10th January. Ist Sunday after Epiphany. Monday, Ilth January. Ladies’ Rifle Club, 4-30
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    35 2 January 8. 1885 —Singapore Insurance (Company established. 1892—Government Dockyard, Bangkok, opened by King of Siam. 1892—British steamer Namchow sunk off Cup-Chi, near Swatow 350 lives lost. 1905—French evacuation of Chantaboon, Siam, completed.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    26 2 Marble Hall,” Kelawei Road Apply Kennedy Co The Towers,” 120 Anson Road, apply S. E. Arnsberg. 17a Northam Road apply Allen Dennys Co.
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      13 2 You need a good nerve tonic. Take Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Oil.
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      19 2 J Average yield of pure chandu from a ball of opium is estimated at 28 tahils (37| oz. avoir.).
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      52 2 Aching heads made good as new is a sign that might well be displayed by any chemist who sells Stearns’ Headache Cure, for this article quickly banishes pain and leaves the head clear. An aching head can’t do itself justice. Give it a chance by using Stearns’ Headache Cure. Insist
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      15 2 Therb is nothing like Steams’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract for toning the whole system.
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      439 2 U. I am the ON LY Dealer in the World whosellsSWlFTS, PREMIERS, COVENTRYCHALLENGE. TRIUMPHS, V ROVERS. SINGERS. PRO- WM GRESS, HUMBERS and CENTAURS, at pounds below the Makers’ and Agents’ cash prices. RUDGEWHITWORTHS from £3 15s. cash. A Hick GrW. M U C ve made £3 12s. Od. pavable half
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      69 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Jan. 8 1.30 p.m. 7.36 a.m. 9 220 p.m. 8.24 a.m. t 10 3.01 p.m. 9.12 a.m. 11 3.48 p.m. 9.47 a.m. 12 4.30 p.m. 10.35 a.m. 13 520 p.m. 11.15 a.m. 14 6.C0 p.m. 12.01 p.m. The Moon. Last Quarter 2.11 a.m. 15
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1298 3 JANUARY MEETING. 1909. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY. 26th January. 1. THE MAIDEN PLATE. Value $5OO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the Straits or F. M. S. as Subscription Griffins at a price not exceeding $4OO allowed 7
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      884 3 •BURNS PHILP LINE’ljkT SINGAPORE TO ’JAVA PORTS, J, n| R E »>■ >ORT D?.RWIN,THURSDAY ISLAND, Xng a c n argS for other north Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. 1 QUEENSLAND PORTS, BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN NEW ZEALAND PORTS (with transhipment). As inducement offers. IL, X regular monthly service to
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      102 3 The London Assurance Fire Insurance. Mannheim Insurance Co. Corporation. Queen Insurance Company. Mftrine IngurMlce The undersigned, having been appointed Royal Fire Insurance Company. x «1, Agent, for the Corporation, are now pre- The »nder Bl gned aa Agent., will acc.pt pared to accept MARINE end FIRE The undesigned have been
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      458 3 PENANG VOLUNTEERS. ORDERS by captain The Honlile A. R. ADAMS. commandant. January, 1909, 9th, Saturday, Class Firing’Trained Men at 3 p in., Drill Order. 10th, Sunday, Recruits Class Firing at 7 a.m., sharp, Drill Order. 13th, Wednesday, Recruits Drill at Fort at 5-30 p.m. 14th, Thursday, Company Drill at Fort
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    Friday, 8th Jan., 1909.
    1257 4 So many persons in the Straits are financially interested in the Duff Development Company, and the status of that company is a matter of such great political, as well as financial, importance, that we have not hesitated to devote a considerable portion of valuable space in
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    THE SPITTING ORDINANCE.
    933 4 FIRST CASES IN SINGAPORE. There is at any rate one sensible Cadi on the Singapore Bench, for we read in the morning paper of the Southern Settlement The first person charged in Singapore under the Spitting Ordinance was Mwee Ming Chia, a Teochew, of New Market Road.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    743 4 H.E. the Governor is due back in Singapore on Jan. 13. The F.M.S. Government allows the mother of the late Dr. Barrack £5O per annum. Sir William Taylor, K.C.M.G., is again in Taiping and has gone up to the Cottage to recuperate. Mr. J. B. Elcum, Director
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    THE SELANGOR TURF.
    674 4 JANUARY MEETIKG, 1909. THIRD DAY’S RESULTS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 7th Jan. In fine weather and in presence of a fair attendance of the sporting public, the third and concluding day of the Selangor Turf Club’s January Meeting took place here this afternoon. Appended are
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    THE DISASTER IN ITALY.
    140 4 THE WORK OF RESCUE. RESURRECTION OF MESSINA [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Jan. It is reported officially that up to the present 2,300 persons have been rescued from the ruins at Messina. A dozen were saved even yesterday, but there is little hope of rescuing any more.
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    RUSSIAN FINANCE.
    45 4 A FORTHCOMING LOAN. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Jan. A Russian loan of £48,000,000 sterling, bearing interest at 4£ per cent, per annum, will be issued in London, Paris, and St. Petersburg on the 23rd inst., probably at the price of 89 or 90.
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    Rubber Crops.
    124 4 Vallambrosa. Mr. H. Case, Acting Manager, Vallambrosa Rubber Co., Ltd., gives the following crop returns Crop 1908—1909. December 32,242 lb. Previously 169,731 Total *****3 At corresponding period last year 164,814 Malacca Rubber Plantations. The output of dry rubber from the Malacca Rubber Plantations for December was 8,500 lb.,
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    The Homeward Mails.
    118 4 The B. I. Contract Packet Thongwa is expected to arrive here from Singapore tomorrow (Saturday) at 6 a.m., and to leave for Madras and Negapatam at noon taking the Homeward Mails, which close at the General Post Office at 10 a.m. Letters posted at Dato Kiamat SubPost
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    Mining Returns.
    215 4 The following returns of outputs from F.M.S. tin mines are published Salak South piculs 241.81 Serendah Hydraulic 300 Jeher Hydraulic 61 Lahat 1.092 Gopeng 590 Kinta 239 New Gopeng 90 Rambutan 253 Kledang 510 Tekka 320 A motor launch for the F M.S. Forest Department is to be
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      88 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed Io 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. yfl LL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette” Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    CHINA.
    139 5 THE FALL OF YUAN SHI-KAI. AMERICA’S REPRESENTATIONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th Jan. A telegram from Washington states that the American Minister has been instructed to make representations to China with reference to the dismissal of Yuan Shi-kai. Reuter’s correspondent at Peking wires that the British, American and Japanese Ministers
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    THE NEAR-EASTERN CRISIS.
    98 5 AUSTRIAN ATTACK ON GREAT BRITAIN. [Reutkr’s Service.] London, Bth Jan. The attacks of the Vienna newspapers on Great Britain have culminated in an exceptionally violent article in the Ntue Frtie Preue, which complains bitterly that Great Britain has stirred up hostility to Austria both in Servia and
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    THE COLONY AND THE F.M.S.
    62 5 THE RESIDENT GENERALSHIP. RUMOURRD ABOLITION NEXT YEAR. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 6th Jan. It is reported that the post of ResidentGeneral will be abolished next year, and the Federated Malay states administered from Singapore. It is said that this step will be taken owing
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    LAWLESSNESS IN KINTA.
    52 5 ANOTHER GANG ROBBERY. THE LEADER SHOT DEAD. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, Bth J in. A gain» of Chinese robbers attacked the house of a wealthy Malay at Sungei Raia last night. The occupant of the house shot the leader of the gang dead, whereupon the rest
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    GREAT BRITAIN’S TRADE.
    45 5 HEAVY DECREASES. [Reutkr’s Service] London, Bth Jan. Imports for the month of December show an increase of .£840,501 and exports a decrease of £3,340,160. For the twelve months ended December 31 there are decreases of £5'2,667,219 in exports and £48,815,504 in imports.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    116 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, 7th Jan. Austria demands that the Servian Foreign Minister should make a declaration that, in his recent speech in the Servian National Assembly, he had no intention of offending Austria. The matter will be regarded then as settled. PERSIA. I’he Customs revenue at
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    DUFF DEVELOPMENT.
    3349 5 ENGLISH INTERESTS IN KELANTAN. THE CHAIRMAN ON “INEFFICIENT GOVERNMENT.” The sixth annual ordinary general meeting of the Duff Development Company, Ltd., was held on Dec. 16, at Winchester House, London, E.C., Mr. R. W. Duff (managing director) presiding. The Secretary (Mr. A. S. Evens, A. C. A.) read
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    VISITING JUSTICES.
    368 5 In continuation of Government Notification published in the Government Gazette of December 18, it is notified that at a meeting of the Visiting Justices held in Penang on Dec. 16, Mr. Cecil Guinness was elected Chairman of the Board for the year 1909, and the following Roster for
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      315 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. MONTHLY MEDALS. Saturday, 9tb, and Sunday, lot d. ri it r. ,i mn Mr. and Mrs. MACDONALD, Mission House, 35, Farquhar Street, Penang. P. P. C. NOTICE. OTICE is hereby given that Mr. -t- Edward William Presgrave has retired from the firm of Presgrave Matthews and that
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      1325 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF BROWN Co., AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. Monumental Sculptors, j n i Netherlands Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.) Authorised Capital £1,500,000. CALCUTTA, Paid-up-Capital $15,000,000 Established 1824. Established at Batavia, 1857. P Established
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    SHARES.
    1182 7 I ',i i Capital. Subscribed. Dividends. Name. I JI 5 1 I rt 1 IO» j MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 7 7$ 1906 300,000; 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. ‘< I|( i 600,000 i 60,000 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    85 7 Benova, Dut., 170, van Dijk, January 8, I elawan, gen Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Carlyle, Brit., 331, Treweeke, January 7, Teluk Anson, gen., Kwong On Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, January 8, Telnk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. E F. Ferdinand, Aust, 3843, Nitsche, January 8, Kobe, gen., S.
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    CLEARANCES.
    70 7 Ayuthia for Deli and Asahan. Ban Whatt Soon for Tongkah. Carlyle fpr Teluk Anson. E. F. Ferdinand for Colombo and Tuticorin. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Lai Sang for Calcutta. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Perak (S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Padan'g
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    97 7 Nainn oj Stea >tw, where from, ap/tro.r.ima e riat.» of arrival, where hnund, and Agent*. A. Apcar, Singapore, Feb. 4, Calcutta, A.A.A. Assaye, Singapore, Jan. 16, Bombay, A. G. Bencleuch, London, Jan. 13, Japan, S. B. Bintang, S’pore, Jan. 30, Copenhagen, P. S. C. Apcar t Singapore, Jan.
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    PASSENGERS.
    223 7 ARRIVALS. By Pfrak (January 7) from Singapore, Mr Justice Braddell, Mr Justice Fisher, Messrs J W Scott, P W Abbott, A S Morrison, and Nairn from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Trump and Mr Hawley. By Kistna (January 8) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs W S Dunn, Mr and
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    PRODUCE.
    189 7 Penang, Bth January, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $17.50 sales. Trang Pepper $12.50 buyers. Mace s<3 sellers. Mace Pickings $62 sales. Cloves $37 sellers. Nutmegs 110 $19.50 buyers!No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.70 sales. Tapioca
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    MAILS CLOSE
    119 7 To-morrow. Per. Close. Madras, taking mails 'j for Europe etc., vid S Thongwa 10 a.m. Bombay j Registration 4 p.m. to-day. Deli Calypso 11 a.m. Trang and Pang Nga Deli 1 p.m. Pangkalau Brandan Petrel 1 p.m Deli Perak (E.S.Co.) 1 p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Batu
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    European Mails.
    36 7 Home- g TBAMKK PosiTivßi.T To WARD. PKCTRD. Dur. •''All.. P. iO. Aisaye 16/1 B. 1. Thongwa 9/1 6 a.m. noon N.D.L. Derffldnger 19/1 Outward. P. O. Devanha 14/1 8.1. 21/1 N.D L. P.R. Luitpold2\j\
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Penang, Bth January, 1909. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3| 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4 4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 173| 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    413 7 Per N DL as Prim Regent Luitpold, from Bremen, Dec. 16, from Southampton, Dec. 22 due Penang Jan. 21 :—To Singa pore Mrs, Waldahausen. Per P ifc O ss Mooltan, from London, Dec. 18, connecting with ss Devanha at Colombo due Penang Jan. 14 :—To Penang
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    LOG BOOK.
    808 7 The Japan Advertiser states that the Pacific Mail Steamship Cotnpanv has lowered the freight on flour to Japan to $3 per ton, in order to compete with the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, and that it is expected that other freight rates will also be lowered. The Novoe Krernja states
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      61 7 Skin Troubles are often the direct result of digestivh disturbances. Waste products instead of passing off in the way intended by Nature attempt to escape from the body by another route—namely, the skin. To redirect the stream to its proper channel all that is needed is a wine-glassful of Hunyadi
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      57 7 Sun Insurance Office. London. Insurances effected upon almost every description of property at current rates of Premium. Total sum insured in 1891 £373,700,000 Total sum insured in 1899 £435,000,000 Total sum insured in 1902 £487,600,000 Claims arranged by the Local Agents and paid with promptitude and liberality. The jurisdiction of
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      49 7 WANTED. MINING ENOINEKR, Graduate, now managing a property in Malaya, will be at liberty after the New Year and is desirous of obtaining a similar position. Experience in Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, and Tiu Mining, Milling and Smelting, and Hydraulic Mining. Good references. Apply “X,* c/o Pinang Gazette Ofice.
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