Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 March 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 55 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY, 10th MARCH, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    Kinta Gymkhana Meeting.
    906 1 PROGRAMME FOR 1009. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 30th March. 1. Maiden Plate. 2.30 p.m. Value $3OO. A Race for Maidens, Weight 9 st. 7 lb. Ex-Griffins imported at $4OO or under allowed 14 lb., over $4OO 7 lb. Entrance $l5. Distance 1 mile. 2. The Champion Griffin Race.
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      721 1 the “Pinang gazette.” Ttie Property and subscription. Commercial Sales Rooms. For Daily Issue, in Town, ACTION SALES. $27 per annum, 0R At “Goodwood” Macalister Road $3O post free. Penang, Monthly Subscription, $2.25. Tftc Well-kept ArllStlC «4 Valuable For the Weekly Issue, Household Furniture $lB per annum, 0F Advertising Rates on
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      96 1 READ THIS TO-NIGHT, AT 8-30 P.M. SHARP, Another Grand Change of Programme, COMPRISING NO LESS THAN 15 New Pictures which have proved very popular when shown at the “ALHAMBRA” IN SINGAPORE, including Moscow under Snow, The Hoeket, Kid’s Strike, A Criminal Guardian, The Evil Spirit in a Girl’s Boarding House
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      323 1 INTENDED SAILINGS. Straits Steam Ship co., Ltd. For Intended to Sail. Steamer. Port Swettenham and Singapore. Every Tuesday, at 5 p.m. Ipoh. Telok Anson. Every Tuesday, at 4 p.m. Carlyle. Friday, at 4 p.m. Carlyle. Tongkah. Ever y 6 «ext- Sappho. Sailing 14th March at 2 p.m For particulars as
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    INDIA REFORMS.
    2232 2 SPEECH BY LORD MORLEY. LORD CURZON S CRITICISMS. London, February 23. In the House of Lords to-night Lord Morley, in moving the second reading of the India Councils Bill, after reviewing the reception of the reforms in India, said he thought that the situation wai less formidable and
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    Singapore Pineapples.
    330 2 From the report of Mr. R. J. Fairer, the acting collector of land revenue, Singapore, for the year 1908. it is seen that the increase under the heading of land ients would have been greater but for the fall in the price of pineapples. Lands sold in 1903
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    AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY.
    168 2 Consul-General John Van A. Mac Murray (America), writing from Bangkok, says that there seems to be an opportunity for the introduction into Siam of agricultural machinery adapted to the conditions under which rice is grown there. He depicts present conditions an needs as follows 80 far, even the
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    THE WEEK.
    167 2 Wednesday, 10th March. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday. Ilth March. Outward P. O. Mail. Municipal Meeting. 3-30 p.m. Kinta Races Entries close. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    54 2 March 10. 1842—12,000 Chinese troops attacked the British at Ningpo and Chinhai, and were repulsed with great slaughter. 1863—Marriage of King Edward VII. 1871—Kampong Glam Masonic Hall consecrated. 1892 First sod of Korat Railway cut. 1893 Raid by Kelantan Malays into Kuantan, Pahang. 1905—Japanese occupied Mukden and
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    AUCTION SALES.
    156 2 Thursday, March 11.— Land at Bukit Mertajam Logan's Buildings 10-30 a.in.; A. M Joseph, auctioneer. Thursday and Friday, March 11 and 12. Household furniture Goodwood Macalister Road 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Joe de Mello and J. W. Hallifax, auctioneers. Saturday, March 13.— Coconut plantation Bukit Tambun, P.
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    TENDERS.
    14 2 F.M.S. Government.— Superstructure of Railway Station, Kuala Lumpur tenders close noon, March 29.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    27 2 18 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin’s office. “Ascot,” facing Race Course; apply J. W. Hallifax. Highbury,” 23 Perak Road apply Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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      70 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Mar. 10 2.25 p.m. 8.23 a. m. 11 3.10 p.m. 9.11 a.m. 12 4.01 p.m. 10.02 a.m. 13 447 p.m. 10.48 a.m. 14 5.34 p.m. 11.36 a.m. 15 6.23 p.m. 12.23 p.m. 16 7.10 p.m. 1.12 p.m. The Moon. Last Quarter 10.42 a.m. 16
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    Wednesday, 10th March, 1909.
    1428 4 -Indian Public Health. In Hongkong on February 25 the Chinese members of the Legislative Council pressed the third reading of the Magistrates Ordinance Amendment Bill to a division on account of the clause empowering the Governor-in-Council to make regulations for the prohibition of spitting in public
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    SHIPPING IN PENANG.
    179 4 COMPETITION AT AN END. The departure of the three vessels, belonging to the Straits Steamship Company, Limited, from these waters, and their return to Singapore, constitutes one of the conditions of the agreement whereby the competition between that line and the Eastern Shipping Company has ceased. The
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    Lawn Tennis.
    57 4 The P. C. C. Tournament. The following ties have been played off Siegle Handicap. Class B. M. K. Whitlock —15.4) beat A. Stronach —15.2) 6—2 6—2. Championship. H. A. Neubronner beat H. Waugh 6—o; 6—4. Double Handicap. Class B. J. T. Donald A. Dennys (scr.) beat J. G.
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    The Agri-Horticultural Show.
    462 4 Mr. D. W. Gilmour, the Hon. Treasurer of the Agri-Horticultural Show, acknowledges with thanks the following subscriptions to the forthcoming Agri-Horticultural Show to be held in Penang on August 9, 10, and 11 this year Balance received from last Show 748.65 Straits Settlements Government 2,000. Federated Malay
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    855 4 President Taft has been initiated ini Freemasonry. Dr. W. Fletcher is the new pathologic at the Institute for Medical ResearV Kuala Lumpur. Mr. H. M. Hatchell has returned t Kuala Lumpur from Ipoh, and resum/i duty as C.P.O. Mr. and Mrs. A. Y. Gahagau are p aB
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      186 4 I LIP T O N’S 8= IT* I A eSf »N G 3 V ~r* -7-* H PENANG AGENTS: 3 Paterson, Simons i> Co., Ltd. g JUST ARRIVED A SHIPMENT OF DAHL'S MILK. Price $7 per case of 48 tins. G. H. SLOT Co., AGENTS. PRITCHARD CO. CP* We have
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      89 4 must be addressed to 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. j 4 BL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
    105 5 BRITISH IHTERESTS JEOPARDISED. A STARTLING EXPOSURE. [Reuter’s Service London, 10th March. The Time» gives prominence to a letter from its Peking correspondent (Dr. G. E. Morrison) condemning the conditions prevailing on the Shanghai-llangchau-Ningpo Railway. The terms of the British loan have been violated, the funds are being
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    GUM WORKS IN JAPAN.
    79 5 ORDER FOR BRITISH FIRM. [Reuter’s Service] London, 9th March. It is stated that Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth i Co., of Newcastle, have received an order to erect large gun works in Japan. [Mr. John Noble of Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth Co., and Mr. Douglas
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    THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
    72 5 U.S. AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN. NEW DUTCH MINISTER AT PEKING. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th March. It is reported from Washington that Mr. Oscar B. Straus, Secretary for Commerce and Labour in ex-President Roosevelt’s Ministry, has been offered the post of Ambassador to Japan, and that he will probably
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    THE NEAR EASTERN CRISIS.
    58 5 THE ATTITUDE OF RUSSIA. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th March. M. Stolypin, the Russian Premier, and M. Isvolsky, Foreign Minister, have convinced the leaders of the respective parties in the Duma that a discussion of the Balkans question would be inopportune and dangerous owing to the violent
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    GERMAN SHIPPING.
    45 5 EFFECTS OF CUN ARD RECORDS. [Reuter’s Service] London, 10th March. The Hamburg-America Shipping Co. will not declare any dividend for the past year. The Directors attribute this partly to the disastrous effects of the recordbreaking performances by the Cunard liners Lusitania and Jfawreiama
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    ASIATICS IN CANADA.
    41 5 AUTHORITIES SUED BY HINDUS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th March. Eleven Hindus are suing the Canadian authorities at Vancouver for $20,000 (gold) for wrongful detention in March, 1908, under the immigration regulations that were subsequently adjudged to be illegal.
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    THE DALAI LAMA.
    35 5 ENVOY RECEIVED BY THE TSAR. [Reutrr’s Service] London, 9th March. At Tsarskoye Selo, the Tsar received Oham-boag-wan, the envoy of the Dalai Lama, and suite, who offered him a number of presents.
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    AEROPLANES IN WARFARE.
    31 5 PROPOSED DEMONSTRATIONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th March. The British Government is arranging with the Wright Brothers to give a series of demonstrations with aeroplanes before War Office experts.
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    F.M.S. TIN.
    110 5 HEAVY DECREASE FOR FEBRUARY. THE EXPORT FROM PERAK. From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 10th March. The output of tin from the Federated Malay States during the month of February is reported to have decreased by 40,000 piculs as compared with the corresponding month of last year. The following
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    IPOH.
    36 5 A RIDING MISHAP. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 10th March. Mr. C. G. Ogilvie was riding his horse Flea, on the Race Course, this morning, when he was thrown off and broke his collar bone.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    150 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, 9th March. To meet the wishes of the Duma a meeting of the Russian Ministry has been held to consider the situation in the Balkans. M. Isvolsky deprecated any immediate discussion in the Duma on the ground that it would ba likely to
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    Municipal Commission.
    214 5 The following is the business for the meeting of the Municipal Commission to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Some bills to be passed. 5. Tenders for Cattle Pass Bridge. 6. Tenders
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    961 5 HUGE CLAIM AGAINST TOWKAY FOO CHOO CHOON. In the Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr. Justice de M. L. Braddell, an important action was commenced in which three Chinese, Ong Jin and two others, sue the well-known Towkay Foo Choo Choon for heavy damages in connection with his
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    466 5 A rather quaint letter bearing on the Opium Problem appears in the Pall Mall Gazette Sir, —My letters on behalf of the ryot are more often rejected than accepted by the editors of London newspapers and as for the India Office, the authorities of that institution do
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    European Statesmen and Japan.
    203 5 The Saturday Review, discussing Baron Komura’s recent speech, says We shall not be exaggerating if we define the attitude of European statesmen towards Japan as one of vigilant suspicion. There is a kind of uneasy feeling that, though it is impossible to dispute her right to
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    The Bagdad Railway.
    85 5 London, February 28. Telegrams from Constantinople report that in the Chamber the Minister of Works, replying to an interpellation, said that the terminus of the Bagdad Railway had not been fixed, but that it would possibly be Koweit or Basra but in view of the importance of
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    Irish Affairs.
    34 5 London, March 1. Mr. Devlin has been summoned for disturbing the Nationalist Convention in Dublin last» month. This is the first case under the new Act for punishing disturbances at public meetings.
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    The French Navy.
    44 5 London, February 26. M. Picard, Minister for Marine, has conceded reductions, amounting to thirty million fiancs, on the amount required for the reform of the Navy. It is probable that an agreement will be reached with the Cabinet on the subject.
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    The French Tariff.
    63 5 London, 27th February. The French Government refuses to agree to the increases in the duties on linen, cotton, jute, threads and textiles proposed by the Customs Committee, which is apparently convinced by the arguments of the Government. In the Punjab it has been discovered that a seditious
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      520 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. FOR SALE. MONTHLY MEDALS. AT a great reduction the remaining Saturday, I3t(j, and Sunday Btock of the dissolved firm of Allan <fc Irving. For particulars apply to NOTICE. j irving, is HIS Britmic Msjesti's cisiMr PENANG GOLF CLUB. "M" OTICE is hereby given that the attachment against
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    SHARES.
    1241 7 I I Capital. Subwribed. r f J."’™ Dividends. Name. j s s fid QQ O’ MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd Is 6 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 j 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. sjl 5| 1901 1 600,000 600,000 60,000
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    113 7 Canton, Brit., 106,. Gillies, March 10, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Hebe, Brit., 347, Woodget, March 10, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield «t Co. Headley, Brit., 2711, Bntler, March 10, Singapore, gen., Hutter.bach, Liebert Co Monmouthshire. Brit., 3,000, Warner, March 9, London, gen., Boustead Co. Omapere, Brit., 340, Bell,
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    CLEARANCES.
    30 7 Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Deli for Pang Nga and Trang. Flying Fish for Port Weld. He he for Deli. Tong Chay Un for Dindings. Thongwa for Negapatam and Madras.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    38 7 Ta 4« o/ where from, 'ipproxi tn.'t/e riat» of arrival, where bov-nd. and I gents Delhi, Colombo, Mar. 11, < hina, A. G. Delta, Singapore, Mar. 13, Bombay, A. G. Glenogle, Rangoon, Mar. 15, China, E. S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    36 7 ARRIVALS. By Thong w a (March 10) from Port Swettenham, Mr W Weiner from Singapore, Messrs Ed Holloway, J C Holmberg, and L R Lazaroo. DEPARTURES. By Rrael (March 8) to Baros, Mrs Chor Orh.
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 7 Pknang, 10th March, 1909. 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 2/4 7/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank 174
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    PRODUCE.
    187 7 Pknang, 10th March. 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $17.75 nom. Trang Pepper $12.50 buyers Mace $7 3 sales. Mace Pickings $63 buyers. Cloves $3B buyers. Nutmegs 110 $18.50 sellers. C No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    87 7 To-morrow. ,ror Per. Clone. Singapore, China, and Japan Delhi 11 a.m. Pangkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.)l p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, Port Dickson, and S B. Whatt Soon 1 p.m. Malacca J Colombo and Tuticorin Silesia 1 p.m. Tongkah Avagyee 1
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    European Mails.
    43 7 Homb- u Lx- PosiTivici.v to Stkamkr. ward. pkctkd. Duk -<\i i. P. 40. Delta 13/3 B. I. Thongwa 20/3 N.D.L. P. Alice 16/2 Outward. P. «k O. Delhi 11/3 6 a.m. 10 a.m. 8.1. Tara 18/3 N. I>. L. Goeben 18/3
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    445 7 Per P O ss Mongolia, from London, Feb. 2, and s s Delhi from Colombo, due Penang Mar. 11:—To Pknang: Miss E Weaver and Messrs H N L Watts, C Drummond, and H W Darby. To Singapore Mr and Mrs H S Hauxwell and children, Mrs
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    LOG BOOK.
    907 7 Counsel for the Oceanic Steam Navi, gation Company, the owners of the White Star liner Republic has filed a claim in the United States District Court against the owners <>f the Florida for 1,000,000 for the sunken ship and $5,000,000 for her cargo. As previously reported, the hull
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      152 7 EUROPEAN AGENCVINDENTS promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods, including Books and Stationery. Boots, Shoes and Leather. Chemicals and Druggists’ Sundries. China, Earthenware and Glassware. Cycles, Motors and Accessories. Drapery, Millinery and Piece Goods. Fancy Goods and Perfumery. Hardware, Machinery and vletais. Jewellery,
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