Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 March 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 60 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY, 16th MARCH, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1772 1 the “PINANG GAZETTE.” THE NEW tenders invited Central Sales P Reconstriclioß of Railway Slation, > SUBSCRIPTION. IqbQDDQO Kuala lumnur. to be sold by 3 I For Dally ln Town, JdpdllUStJ S> perStniCfre >f StlltlW, OIfiCCS, dt. Ar Vbove 1 |U| AITIIA I H” I $27 per annum, pj 1 'TENDERS
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    CANNING’S CORRESPONDENCE.*
    1783 2 .—Asian, THE THE RHYMED DESPATCH. Captain Bagot, who has the privilege of editing Canning’s long-withheld correspondence, appears to be well piovided with the raw materials from which history may be written or improved. He speaks, for instance, of having in his possession the accounts of the Secret Service
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    446 2 VOLUNTEER COMPETITIONS. At the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, the series of shooting competitions, held in connection with the Penang Volunteers’ Rifle Meeting, was continued on Saturday and Sunday. The brick competition and the vanishing target were fired off on Saturday and the open 500, 800 and I, yards,
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    By-Elections in Scotland.
    230 2 Liberal Seats Retained. London, March 5. The by-election in South Edinburgh necessitated by the appointment of Mr. Arthur Dewar as Solicitor-General for Scotland, has resulted as follows Mr. A. Dewar, (Liberal), 8,185 Mr. Cox (Unionist), 6,964 —Liberal majority, 1,221. [The Liberal majority at the general election was
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    THE R.G.A. AND THE RUBBER EXHIBITION.
    293 2 Mr. Macfayden gets Home with some shrewd blows in the following letter on the above subject to our Kuala Lumpur contemporary Sir, —I am obliged to you for pointing out that in his letter to you of Feb. 12th Mr. Staines Manders has mis-quoted
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    THE WEEK.
    133 2 Tuesday, 16 th March. Hunt Club Paperchase. Victoria Jubilee R. A. Chapter. Band, Golf Club. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wedaesday, I7th March. St. Patrick's Day. St. Patrick’s Dance P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Homeward German Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    40 2 March 16. 1871—King of Siam visited Singapore. 1882— Leon XIII. ease, Singapore; master committed for contempt of Court. 1883— Prospectus of Straits Insurance Co., Ltd., issued 1895—Arrival of sth Fusiliers, Singapore. 1897 First captive balloon ascent, Singapore.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    125 2 Wednesday, March 17.— Land in Campbell St. Logan’s Buildings; 11 a.m., A. B. Smith, auctioneer. BWnesduy, March 17.— Japanese Curios, &c 29 Beach St. 11 am. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Thursday, March 18.— Japanese Curios, Ac. 29 Beach St. 11 a.m. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Friday, March 19.—
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    TENDERS.
    14 2 F.M.S. Government.— Superstructure of Railway Station, Kuala Lumpur tender* close noon, March 29.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    28 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 A Co.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    321 2 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 25th February, 1909. Present: —Dr. G. W. Park (Deputy President), L. H. Clayton, Esq., and Quah Beng Kee, Esq. Absent —J. W. Hallifax, Esq., Lim Cheng Teik, Esq., and Dr. P. V. Locke. 1.
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      24 2 George Canning and His Friends.” Containing hitherto unpublished letters, jeux d’esprit, etc. Edited by Captain Josceline Bagot. Two Volumes. (London: •eon Murray). 30s. not.
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      53 2 Headache dulls the faculties, converts the most even-tempered of persons into an irritable fault-finder. How easily it can be banished, simply by taking Stearns’ Headache Cure. There’s no economy in suffering the agony of headaches when a few pence will buy this sure relief. Insist on M Stearns’. SCALES. McAlister
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      244 2 TO-NIGHT, Grand Change «1 Programme With all the Latest Pictures. The Donkey Skin, Kindly Gendarme, Hate Between the Classes, Mohawk’s Revenge, A Bad Pinch of Snuff 3 Misdeeds of a Sack of Coal, And a host ol other Pictures. BY SPECIAL REQUEST, History of Julius Caesar AND Beautiful Palermo. EXCELLENT
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      72 2 The Tide*. High Water. Tx>w Water. Mar. 16 7.10 p.m. 1.12 p.m. >» 17 8.01 p.m. 2.01 p.m. 18 8.48 p.m. 2.44 p.m. 19 9.34 p.m. 3.36 p.m. h 20 10 23 p.m. 4.24 a.m. 21 11.10 p.m. 5.11 a.m. ii 22 12.01 p.m. 6.02 p.m. The Moon. i O
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    Tuesday, 16th March, 1909.
    1376 4 Since his appointment as District Judge, Penang, Mr. Wolferstan has won golden opinions from the members of the Bar and others whose business takes them to the District Court. He was, of course, recognised as an excellent magistrate when in charge of the First Police Court,
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    265 4 A RECORD ESTABLISHED. The members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club held their twenty-eighth practice at the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, yesterday afternoon. The firing took place once at the 150 yards and twice at the 200 yards ranges. At the former Mrs. Luering made a possible,
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    Lawn Tennis.
    118 4 The P.C.C. Tournament. Quite a large number of members of the Penang Cricket Club assembled yesterday evening to witness the final tie in Class A of the Single Handicap which provided the most exciting game and the best tennis of the current tournament. The handicap seems to have
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    Penang Golf Club.
    338 4 The links were very hard and fast for the competition in the March Presgrave Cup. Mr. Bucklaud’s first round of 36 was a brilliant performance. He had no difficulty in winning with one down for the match and one up on the first round for the Ball
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    558 4 A SPORTS CLUB FOR\ IEb The first general meeting of t} le p Volunteers Spot ts Club was held past five o’clock—the time appoi* t I yesterday evening in the Drill Hall p I Cornwallis. *‘or 9 About forty members were present eluding Captain the Hon. A. R
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    Menglembu Lode Syndicate.
    304 4 Extraordinary General Meeting An extraordinary general meeting t the Menglembu Lode Syndicate, Limited, was held yesterday in the Chamber of Commerce for the purpose of considerin’ and, if thought fit, of passing the followin’ resolutions 1. That the Directors be and they ar? hereby authorised to acquire
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      344 4 THE CRAG HOTEL. WANTED wuiMHTmiM mis. A ”K" A PERFECT H KALTH RESORT and Salary to commence with $6O per month, an ideal spot for «pending holidays F e quarter, provided. and week-ends. Apply with copies of testimonial, to Bungalows foi families, also single and SUPERINTENDENT, dcnbl* rooms Hang E.M'.
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    THE NEAR EASTERN CRISIS.
    51 5 PESSIMISM IN VIENNA. SERVIAN RESERVES ARMING. (Reuter’s Service] London, 15th March. The pessimism existing at Vienna has accentuated owing to the arming of the second and third lines of the Servian Reserves. The Austrian Press is increasingly impatient and demands the prompt clearing up of the
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    CRIME IN KINTA.
    65 5 BURGLARS’ SPOIL RECOVERED. \From Our Own OorrMpondr.nt.y Ipoh, 16th March. The Police have recovered the major portion of the jewellery (valued at $2,000) belonging to Mrs. Kellar, wife of Mr. Robert KelNr, manager of the local branch of Messrs. Howarth, Erskine, Ltd., whose house was burgled on
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    ANOTHER STRIKE IN FRANCE.
    76 5 PARIS CUT OFF FROM LONDON. [Rbutrr’s Service.] London, 16th March Owing to a strike, Paris is telegraphically an 1 telepiionically cut off from London. The strike originated with the mail sorters who are dissatisfied with the system of promotion The telegraphists and postal clerks joined them
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    THE CHURCH AND FOREIGN MISSIONS.
    65 5 ARCHBISHOPS' JOINT APPEAL. I Reuter’s Service. I London, 16th March. The Archbishop of Canterbury and the Archbishop of York have jointly sent a message to the Anglican Church. They urge a more resolute and more continued interest in Missions, especially those in the Far East
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    CHINA’S FINANCES.
    58 5 PROPOSED INTERNATIONAL LOAN. [Reuter's Service] Loudon, 15th Match. The Standard'» correspondent at Parii state» th «t a meeting of English, French, and German bankers, on Saturday, to discuss the proposed international loan to China, was indecisive. Apparently there were differences on the subject of ths control to tie
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    EDUCATION IN THE FAR EAST.
    56 5 A SENSIBLE SUGGESTION. Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th March. 77ie Times in a leader advises the merging of the scheme of the Chinese Emergency Committee, which is appealing for £lOO,OOO to develop the Medical College at Peking and three mission schools elsewhere, with Sir Frederick Lugard’s
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    RENEWED TROUBLES IN PERSIA.
    48 5 RUSSIAN SUBJECTS KILLED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th March. According to the Novo» Vremya, 1,500 Government levies are marching to Julfa, in Azerbijan, Persia, on the Trans-Caucasian frontier. They have burned ten villages, four of which were inhabited by Russian subjects, and massacred the inhabitants.
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    MR. JESSE COLLINGS, M.P.
    42 5 ACCIDENT AT CHARING CROSS. [Rruter’s Service London, 16th March. The Right Hon. Jesse Collings, Unionist Member of Parliament for Bordesley (Birmingham) since 1886, slipped while alighting from a train at Charing Cross Railway Station and broke his thigh.
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    THE AEROPLANE “BOOM.”
    40 5 ORDER FOR AN ENGLISH FIRM. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 15th March. The Wright Brothers have entrusted an English firm with the construction of six •roplanes. A factory is being built at s heppey to turn out one fortnightly.
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    THE SUPREME COURT.
    4341 5 HUGE CLAIM AGAINST TOWKAY FOO CHOO CHOON. FURTHER PROCEEDINGS. In the Supreme C >urt yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice de M. L Braddell, the hearing was continued of the action in which three Chinese, Ong Jin and two others, sue the well-known Towkay Foo Choo Choon for
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    401 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, 15th March. 'Che Servian answer to the Austrian offer to resume negotiations has been hau led over in Vienna. Servia demands that Austria should revive the commercial treaty which she has just denounced before opening negotiations. Austria regards this answer as unsatisfactory. Meanwhle
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    SHARES.
    1195 7 1 I i i ft Capita), I Subscribed. JJ°- of IfJBae s IV H -2 Shares. Value Dividends. Name. 1 2 El* I i L J i |lmi I MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30.000 1 $lO «10 10°' vear end 311(1« R 1«. m- «I 1906 300,000' 225,000 22,500
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    94 7 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, March 16, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Brisgavia, Ger., 4163, March 15, Europe, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Bantam, Dut., 1323, Hut, March 16, Padang, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, March 16, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Calypso, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    43 7 Bantam for Singapore. Capri for Colombo and Tuticorin. Carlyle for Teluk Anson. Leong Ho for Trang. Nubia for Singapore, China, and Japan. Nam Sang for Calcutta. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Deli. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    109 7 /V« ci/ Steamer, where from, approximate <i.atf of aii-ira/, where bound., and Agent*. K. Apcar, S pore, Apl. 19, Calcutta, A. A. A. C. Apcar, Calcutta, Mar. 29, H’kong, A. A. A. China, Trieste, Apl. 4, Japan, S. K Devanha, Bombay, Mar. 25, China, A. G. Glenlogan, London,
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    PASSENGERS.
    60 7 ARRIVALS. By Delta (March 13) from Hongkong, Mr Chan Say Swee from Singapore, Messrs W A Graham and M Traub. DEPARTURES. By Delta (March 13) to Bombay, Mr R G McGowan to Marseilles, Mr and Mrs Steenkamp, and 2 children, Messrs W A Luning, and Luning’s Valet; to London,
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 7 Penang, 16th March, 1909. By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3j 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Docur’entary 2/4 7/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 176 Madrid Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    179 7 Phnang, 16th 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 $73 sales. Mace Pickings $63 buyers. Cloves $3B buyers. Nutmegs 110 $18.50 sellers. [No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.65 sales.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    126 7 To-morrow. Per. Tongkah Avagyee 1 p in Trang and Pang Nga Deli i D m Singapore Vidar Langkat Ji n Ho 1 p ra Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow Glenogle 2p m. leluk Anson Cornelia 2 p.m. Dindings Tong Chay Un 4 p.m. Ceylon, Australasia, A India, Aden,
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    European Mails.
    36 7 Steamer. Ex P Bl nVK, V,o WARD. pkotrd. him P. AO. Macedonia 26/3 B. I. Thongwa 20/3 N.D. L. P. Alice 16/2 Outward. P. A O. Devanha 25/3 8.1. Tara 18/3 N.D.1.. Goeben 18/3
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    279 7 Per P A O 38 Marmora, from London, Feb. 26, and ss Devanha from Colombo due Penang Mar. 25 :—To Phnang Mr and Mrs Harper, Mrs Willes-Douglas, Mrs Bratt, Mr Justice Thornton and Mrs and Miss Ih irnton, Messrs J C Hanson and R Tobutt. To
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    LOG BOOK.
    856 7 While the Channel Fleet was anchored at lorbay on 13th ult. a signalman on the c '«‘ser Diamond suddenly became insane and threw a confidential signal-book in its leaden case into the sea. News of the loss was kept as secret as possible, and divers succeeded in recovering
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      152 7 EUROPEAN AGENCY. INDENTS promptly executed at lowest A cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods, including Books and Stationery. Boots, Shoes and Leather. fIEFhSNS Chemicalsand Druggists’Sundries. B W China, Earthenware and Glassware. Bb 888 Bl M [Br 811 MS B Cycles, Motors and Accessories. Drapery, Millinery and
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      7 7 MACKAY'S LIQUEUR WHISKY. The Whisky of Connoisseurs.
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      187 7 Penang Sales Room. NOTICE of sale. BY ORDER OF THE MORTGAGEE, TO BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT ABOVE SALES ROOM, No. 29, BEACH STREET, (Corner of Church Street Ghaut),' On Friday, 19th March, 1909, AT 11-30 A.M., The property of OO SUAN LOO. All that piece of land messuages
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      42 7 If you are weak, tired, nervous, or run-down, the best thing you can take to recuperate your debilitated system is Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract. No other cod liver oil preparation give» as good results and none is ■icer to take.
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