Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 January 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 7 VOL. LXVII. SATURDAY, 9th JANUARY. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    OPIUM IN THE STRAITS.
    3151 2 THE COMMISSION’S REPORT. Continued). We publish to-day a third instalment from the report and findings of the Straits Opium Commission SECTION VI. Uss in Moderation and in Excess. 98. The Commission are of opinion that any attempt to lay down a standard of consumption which could
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    THE WEEK.
    127 2 Saturday, 9th January. 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 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9.10 p.m. Tuesday, 12th January. Football Cup Tie P.C.C. v.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    89 2 January 9. 1869 —Marriage of the Emperor of Japan. 1873—Napoleon 111. died. 1882—Great fire, Battery Road, Singapore. 1888—Sir Andrew Clarke visited Singapore as Inspector-General of Fortifications. 1904—Chino-American Commercial Treaty ratified. January 10. 1816—Public Meeting in Penang re founding of an educational establishment (afterwards called Penang Free School).
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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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      68 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Jan. 9 220 p.m. 8.24 a.m. 10 3.01 p.m. 9.12 am. 11 3.48 p.m. 9.47 a.m. 12 4.30 p.m. 10.35 a.m. 13 5.20 p.m. 11.15 a.m. 14 6.00 p.m. 12.01 p.m. 15 6.47 p.m. 12.43 p.m. The Moon. Last Quarter 2.11 a.m. 15 Jan.
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    BIRTH.
    12 4 Lamb.—On January 8, the wife of John Lamb, of a daughter.
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    Saturday, 9th Jan., 1909.
    1280 4 Every mail from Ceylon brings ua fresh evidence showing how acute the labour problem in that country has become and at the same time bearing out Mr. contention that the tundu systeni and the indebtedness of the coolies are at the root of the trouble. In
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    847 4 In the Tin section Tronohs have been the feature, coming into strong demand at $9 on the satisfactory return of 2,860 piculs for December. Shareholders are, however, anxiously awaiting some announcement as to whether the whole of the profits are to be used for the development of
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    820 4 Mr. R. W. Harrison is expected l > about the end of February. M Mr. J. R. O. Aidworth, Commissioner 1 Trade and Custom*, is now ou a Taiping. Mr. and Mrs. Rose, formerly o f I D left Bangkok for Home for good just bef 1
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    THE DISASTER IN ITALY.
    141 5 MORE VIOLENT SHOCKS. LATEST ESTIMATE OF DEATH-ROLL [Rkutkr’s Service London, Bth Jan. The foreign warships have left the Straits of Messina. The British squadron received a very warm ovation. Violent shocks were felt in Messina and Calabria yesterday. The Mansion House Fund now amounts to £70,000.
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    CHINA.
    104 5 THE FALL OF YUAN SHI-KAI. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th Jan. The Times’s correspondent at Peking says that Russia and Japan are not displeased at the removal of Yuan Shi-Kai, especially Japan because he was the most formidable opponent of her Manchurian policy. Moreover, the influence of the Japanese Legation
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    NATIONAL DEFENCE.
    67 5 MR. R. B. HALDANE ON INVASION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, Bth Jan. The Right Hon. R. B. Haldane, Secretarv of State for War, addressing a meeting of his constituents at Gullane, Haddingtonshire. scouted the fears of a surprise invasion With Reserves, we have now a force of 320,000 Regulars,
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    FIRE IN GOPENG.
    35 5 EUROPEAN HOUSE DESTROYED. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 9th Jan. The residence of Mr. E. D. H. Thomson, of the Gopeng Tin Mining Company, Ltd., Gopeng, was destroyed by fire last night.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    205 5 SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. Berliu, Bth Jan. The Norddtutsche Allgemeine Zeilung (Berlin) lias received information that the German and British forces will co-operate agamst the Hottentots in South-West Africa. MOROCCO. Muley Hafid, the Sultan of Morocco, has received M. Regnault, the French Envoy, at Rabat. THE DISASTER IN ITALY.
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    POLITICS IN AMERICA.
    173 5 PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS. SPECIAL COMMITTEE’S REPORT. [Reuter’s Service. 1 London, 9th Jan. Telegraphic advices from Washington state that the Committee appointed by the House of Representatives on Dec. 12 to consider steps to rebuke President Roosevelt with regard to an offensive passage in his Message to Congress
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    CONFLAGRATION IN NEW YORK.
    65 5 QUARTER OF A MILLION DAMAGE. [Reuter’s Service London, 7th Jan. Three fires occurred simultaneously in the business quarter of New York. The buildings involved included Lipton <fc Co.’s tea-house. Altogether the damage amounts to a quarter of a million sterling. Forty fire engines were called out,
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    AMERICA'S NAVY.
    47 5 PLANS FOR NEW WARSHIPS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, Bth Jrd. A telegram from Washington states that the Government has submitted to Congress plans for four 25,000-ton battleships, four cruisers, and nineteen smaller vessels, to be constructed in eight years at a total cost of $750,000,000 (gold).
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    F.M.S. Survey Department.
    291 5 A Million Dollars to be Spent. Yesterday’s Taiping paper states With the appointment of Col. L. M. Jackson, R. E., as Surveyor-General, the various Survey Departments of the F. M. S. have, by a cohesive process, become one Federal Department. This large Department is to be divided
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    Tin Mining Returns.
    123 5 The following returns of outputs from F.M.S. and Johore tin mines for the month of December are published Bruseh 330 piculs. Sociĕtĕ des Etains de Kinta 1,847 Chenderiang 717 Royal Johore 172 A Native States paper says Dr. Skae’s nursing home for invalids at Ipoh has just
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    175 5 Members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club may be reminded of the shoot on Monday afternoun next, which will also be the first shoot for the Challenge Trophy to which we referred in these columns a week ago. The six highest scores Count for this competition. The
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    Pahang Consolidated Profits.
    327 5 The ordinary general meeting was held in London on Dec. 14 under the presidency of Mr. J. E. Champney, who said that the results shown since the commencement of the working of the new mill was very satisfactory. For the past year the receipts were £37,708, the
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    “ The Tropical Agriculturist.”
    361 5 The Tropical Agriculturist.” We have received The Tropical Agriculturist and Magazine of the Ceylon Agricultural Society for December. The opening article states While its circulation is rising, it is not rising so fast as the amount of planting enterprise in the Tropics, and we should be glad of suggestions from
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    PAPERS ON MALAY SUBJECTS.
    423 5 Law: Part 11. The Ninety-Nine Laws Perak, edited and translated by G. Rigby, Supervisor of Customs, Perak (F.M.S. Government Press, $1). —This pamphlet on the old Perak Code is published to illustrate the adat temenggong or autocratic custom of the river States. The Ninety-Nine Laws (as
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    Opening Up Pahang.
    556 5 The Kuala Lumpur paper says One of the great drawbacks to the eastern portion of our Federation has been, and still is at the present moment, the lack of adequate communication between the chief centres of life in Pahang and its coast. Hitherto all traffic has been
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      790 5 CROTOLARIA SEED, MUNICIPAL NOTICE. FRESH FROM CEYLON. Apply refund of assessment. MANAGER, ALL PERSONS claiming refund of Selinbing Estate, Assessment in respect of dwelling Taipina. houseB va canfc for any portion of the halfyear ended 31st December, 1908 are berel y reiuinded that B«ch claims must be VV AN LED
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    SHARES.
    1195 7 s o n -4 I CL -L j No. of Issue 00 00 I Capital. Subscribed. ghareg Va ue Dividends. Name. I 3 3 CLi ffl m O’ 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
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    57 7 Calypso, Brit., 339, Bannatyne, January 9, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Glenstrae, Brit., 8054, McGillivray, January 9, London, gen., Boustead Co. Jin Ho, Brit., 110, Wright, January 9, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Moyune, Brit., 3212, Milhench, January 8, Japan, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Sicilia, Brit., 4174, Watkins,
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    CLEARANCES.
    76 7 Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Calypso for Deli. Deli for .Trang and Pang Nga. Glenfalloch for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Leong Ho for Trang. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Deli. Palitana for Rangoon and Calcutta. Sree Bangka for Batu Bahra.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    143 7 Natnn oj Steamer, where from, approximate dale of arrival, where bound, and Agents. A. Apcar, Singapore, Feb. 4, Calcutta, A.A.A. Assaye, Singapore, Jan. 16, Bombay, A. G. Bhadra, Tongkah, Jan. 11, Tavoy, H. L. Bencleuch, London, Jan. 13, Japan, S. B. Bintang, S’pore, Jan. 30, Copenhagen, P. S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    83 7 ARRIVALS. By Thongwa (January 9) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Shearwood, Mr and Mrs W Snelling and children, Messrs J H Pearson, Gaston Menasche, H L Tany, Chung Thye Phin, Tan Choo Beng, Chee Kok Beng, J W B’Ahneida, Ong Chee Fong, S A Subiah, J Chong, and Master
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 9th 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 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 173 b 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    193 7 Penang. 9th 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 $73 sellers. Mace Pickings $62 sales. Cloves $37 sellers. Nutmegs 110 $19.50 buyersC No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No stock. (Basket
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    48 7 Monday. For Per. Close. Rangoon Sexta 2 p.m Singapore Putiala 3 p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy Bhadra 3 p.m. Tuesday. Langkat Ji n Ho 1 p.m. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pi n s eng 3 p m
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    European Mails.
    33 7 HOMB Stramkk. Ex Positively To WARD. PECTRD. Dur. SAIL. P. <k<). Atsaye 16/1 B. 1. 23/1 N.D.L. Derfflinger 19/1 Outward. P. O. Devanha 14/1 8.1. 21/1 N.D.L. P.R. Luitpold 21 /1
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    119 7 First Sunday after Epiphany. January 10. St. George’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins (Choral). 8- a.m.—Holy Communion (Plain). 9- a.m.—Holy Communion (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Sunday School. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Prbsbyterian Church. 9.15 a.m. —Divine Service (Prye Dock). 6 p m.—Divine Service (Northern Road.) The Rev. W. Murray, of Singapore, will
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    MARKET PRICES.
    204 7 Penang, January 9. Description. Beef Cts. Soup per catty 14 Roast 26 Steaks 26 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Hump Steak M 26 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue go Feet 15 Heart Heart per catty 30 Tripe Liver per catty 30 Pore: Pork 36 Pig’s Head 20 Feet
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    REGISTRATION OF SERVANTS.
    272 7 In Ceylon there is a law making compulsory the registration of servants in Burma in response to a series of domestic boycotts and other vagaries of the servant question, the Europeans are agitating for registration of their servitois upon lines similar to those laid down in the
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    Anglo-Russian Persian Policy.
    58 7 Allahabad, Jan. 1. A special London cable to the Pioneer says The Times' St. Petersburg correspondent understands that Russia, in full accord with Great Britain, is about to adopt a more active Persian policy. A definite programme of reforms will probably be presented to the Shah and
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    Raja of Ratlam Robbed.
    51 7 Calcutta, Dec. 29. While the Raja of Ratlam was in camp, owing to the occurrence of a few cases of plague, his zenana was broken into and jewellery, precious stones, and cash, to the valuejof six lakhs, were stolen. There is no clue to the r
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    An Exemplary Sentence.
    39 7 Lahore, Dec. 29. A tonga driver who was charged with assaulting a European lady on the MurreeSrenagar road has been sentenced to life imprisonment, and the syce to five years, by R. Mukerjee, Chief Judge, Srinagar.
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    Serious Mill Fires at Calcutta.
    48 7 Calcutta, Dec. 29. Two serious mill fires occurred here. One at Budge Budge jute mill caused loss to tliF extent of four lakhs which was covered by insurance. Another, at Range Laxmi Cotton Mill, Serampore, resulted in the loss of over a lakh.
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    Calcutta Races.
    37 7 Calcutta, Jan. 1. Mr. Tampoe’s Bantock, who ran third in the Viceroy’s Cup, won the Macpherson Cup yesterday by three lengths from Kaffipan. Absentee was third, two lengths behind. Besides these six other horses ran.
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    Russia's Navy.
    35 7 London, Jan. 1. The Defence Committee of the Duma is strongly opposed to a credit of three million roubles towar is the construction of four battleships owing to the non-reform in the administration.
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    The Balkans Conference.
    28 7 London, Jan. 1. Britain and Russia have accepted Austria’s proposals in regard to the preliminary discussion of questions to be considered at the Balkans Conference.
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    American Municipal Scandals.
    98 7 London, Dec. 30. Abraham Ruef, who has been tried in San Francisco for bribery in connection with the municipal scandals, has been sentenced to 14 years. The death of M. de Lucy Fossarien, French Consular Agent in Colombo, took place on Dec. 24 at his residence, Glenaber,
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