Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 April 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 85 VOL. LXVIi. FRIDAY, 16th APRIL, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1299 1 THE “PIN “i GAZETTE.” ©©QGC-OOOOC 'OOOOQQOOOQQOQ subsca. ption. f o Banking and Trading Corporation, o F° r Dally Issue, in Town, g Naudlll ten CatO CO., Ltd., g “MUI TUA I fl” I OK 2Fgs?ll. rs hu^ q r e s r O PENANG—MEDAN. O I lIIHL I lIUIM E
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    THE STATE OF KEDAH.
    1839 2 MR. HART’S REPORT. Continued). The following is a continuation of Mr. G. C. Hart’s Report on the State of Kedah from Sept., 1906, to Feb., 1908 JAIL DEPARTMENT. Alor Star Central Priton. In 1324. The total of sentenced prisoners remaining from 1323, and imprisoned during 1324
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    By-Election at Home.
    503 2 London, 3rd April. The by-ele*tio i in East Denbighshire ha- resulted as follows Mr. Hemmerde (Liberal), 6.265 Mr. Cunliffe (Unionist), 3,544. [This is not a Liberal gain. E. Denbighshire has, since 1885. which is as far back as our record goes, returned a Liberal by large majorities.]
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    THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
    240 2 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended April 3 there were 71 dea fchs 49 males and 22 females—equal to a deathrate of 36.42 per mille (estimated population, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were -n "O K J| «S 5$ u v A
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    THE WEEK.
    106 2 Friday. 16th April. Japanese Cinematograph. Penang Road. Saturday, I7th April. Homeward English (B.I.) Mail. Golf Club Entries for tennis ties close. Lodge Scotia. 9 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Sunday, IBth April. First Sunday after Easter. Low Sunday. Water Carnival entries close. Swimming Club Annual Meeting. Monday, I9th
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    49 2 April 16. 1746—Battle of Culloden. 1890—King of Siam left Bangkok for Southern Provinces and Singapore. 1899 First sod of Singapore-Johore Railway cut. 1900— First batch of Boer prisoners arrived at St. Helena. 1904—Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g., arrived in >ingapore and assumed duties of Governor, Straits Settlements.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    67 2 Saturday, April 17.— Household furniture 20 Chow Thye Road 11 a.m. J. R. McFarlane, auctioneer. Monday April 19.— Lot Arabian Salt 2-30 p.m. Sungei Pinang Brick Store Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, April 21). Household furniture; “Ascot” Ayer Rajah Road; Joe de Mello and J. W. Hallifax, auctioneers.
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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. No. 2, Cantonment Road apply 142, Carnarvon Street.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    612 2 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 25th March, 1909. Present:— Dr. G. W. Park (Deputy President), Lim Cheng Teik, Esq., L. H. Clayton, Esq., J. W. Hallifax, Esq., and Dr. P. V. Locke. Absent :—Quah Beng Kee, Esq. 1. The
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      158 2 A Cure that Cures There are men and women in every locality who are being racked to death with Rheumatism. Many of them have tried electricity, liniments, Turkish and mineral baths, massage, <fcc., while others have been doctored until thev have lost all hope and patience. Little’s Oriental Balm has,
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      87 2 Any man will tell you his head is worth saving, and yet some men, when they have a headache, will not try to relieve it. One can’t be too good to his head, therefore Steam’s Headache Cure should always be taken to relieve such pains as headache and neuralgia. Insist
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      64 2 A Sluggish Circulation, begotten of sedentary habits, leads to congestion of the brain, liver, and other organs. The best remedy for this undesirable state of affairs is to stimulate the activity of the whole bodily economy by taking a wine-glassful of Hunyadi Janos natural aperient water every morning. At the
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      39 2 In hot weather it’s hard work to take cod liver oil. But Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract is not greasy or oily, and it tastes so good that you wish you had taken mors. Does •very body good!
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      69 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Apr. 16 8.47 p.m. 2.48 p.m. 17 936 p.m. 3.34 p.m. 18 10.24 pm. 420 p.m. 19 11.12 p.m. 5.11 p.m. 20 12.00 a.m. 6.00 p.m. 21 12.47 a.m. 6.48 p.m. 22 136 a.m. 7.34 p.m. The Moon. O New Moon 12.51 pm. 20
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    Friday, 16th April, 1909.
    617 4 It was perhaps scarce in accordance with tradition for the Foreign Office to 1 issue a dementi of the rumours of a rift j in the lute of the Anglo-Japanese Alliance. 1 The Treaty has still some five or six years J to run and had
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    THE JOHORE PIRACY.
    270 4 In Wednesday’s S.F.P. we read The latest development in the atrocious iunk piracy does not offer any further clue for the Police to work on. Indeed it seems doubt ful if the perpetrators will ever be brought to justice; the survivors of the terrible massacre being of
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    The Brom head Matthews Shield.
    74 4 We learn that the Malay States Volunteer Rifle Association made a score of 562 points in the Bromhead Matthews Shield competition yesterday, their team being Capt. H. Redfearn Shaw, Surg. Capt. E.A. O. Travers, Quartermaster-Sergt W. Hay, Sergt. R. F. Grey, Corpl. W. P. de
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    554 4 We are asked to remind members of the Penang Swimming Club of the annual general meeting to be held on Sunday next, at 10 45 a.m., at the Club bungalow, Tanjong Bungah. Entries for the Water Carnival (to be held on Saturday, April 24, at 3-15 p.in.)
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    F.M.S. COMPANIES.
    927 4 The following paragraphs appear in the Home papers to hand by this week mail Damansara (Selangor) Rubber.— Final dividend of 9 per cent, (making 12 per cent, for the year) and £2,219 forward after placing £1,500 to depreciation account. The year’s profit was £15,773. Pataling Rubber.— The report
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    467 4 Mrs. R. Schubert and child Penang by the N.D.L. stea mer zv I Friedrich on Api iI .9. I N N. Gho«. ln liw a leading moderate, died sudden!» 10 I cutta on April 5. y m C\'. I Lord Alexander Kennedy pa id visit to Penang
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    308 4 There was some excellent shooting in lie Lady’s Competition A —teu shots a! 100 yds. 6 in. bulls eye— at the Singapore Bisky meeting on Tuesday. Sixteen ladiei made an average of inners and over, while the closeness of the first four is quire remarkable, says the
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      175 4 QOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO©©OO©®®®°®®P o RUBBER FINANCE, o Some constituents of ours have asked us to submit reasonable proposals to them for O Providing Working Capital ou a large scale for O Rubber Estates g q in the Malay Peninsula, particularly 0 O Estates opened up during the Last O Two or Three
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    THE CRISIS IN TURKEY.
    303 5 CONSTANTINOPLE QUIET AGAIN. iNSERVATIVE cabinet formed. [Reuter’s Service] London, 15th April. 1“ A telegram from Constantinople states tlie report of the murder of Hasnain Iglnni Pasha, Minister of Justice, is conrni'*d he was killed by mistake for the [blister of War, Redjib Pasha, who is a
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    SOCIETY WEDDING.
    77 5 DALMENY—GROSVENOR. [Reuter’s SERVICE London, 16th April. Lord Dalmeny, M.P. for Midlothian and Idest son of Lord Rosebery, was married bsterday, at St. Paul’s Church, Knightsridge, to Mi'S Dorothy Grosvenor, «lighter of Lord Henry Grosvenor, grandla ugh* er if the late Duke of Westminster, lid cousin of the present
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    A MASSACRE OF ARMENIANS.
    89 5 AN APPEAL FOR HELP. Reuter’s SERVICE I London, 16th April. Consular reports from Mersina, in the province of Adana, state that there Ims been a massacre of Armenians owing to the murder of two Moslems. Lie Christian communities are appealing ■or help. [Mersina, a town of
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    THE NATION AND THE NAVY.
    63 5 KA MINISTER’S COMPARISONS. [Reuter’s Service London, 16th April. Hr Winston Churchill, President of the Hd of Trade, has sent a letter to the ■feral organisation of Dundee (which city Represents in Parliament), in which he lists on the absurdity of measuring the in Dreadnoughts only,
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    THE PRICE OF BREAD.
    50 5 SITUATION EXTREMELY GRAVE. [Reuter’s Service] London, 15th April. Ihe price of flour in London is still jibing and the bakers yesterday decided t' l mise the price of bread to 6|d. per oaf. i The position is the most grave that has trisen for twenty years.
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    RUSSIA AND JAPAN.
    45 5 High honour for prince kuni. [Reuter’s Service London, 15th April. [Prince Kuni of Japan and his suite have r®® n received and entertained to luncheon H,*be Tsar at Tsarkoe Selo. The Tsar R* conferred upon Prince Kuni the Order p tIL Andrew.
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    HOLLAND’S HOPES.
    296 5 INCREASED POPULAR TENSION. TWO SPBCIAMSIS SUMMONED. [Reuters Service London, 15th Apiil. The fact that two specialists, one from Amsterdam and the other from Utrecht, were summoned to The Hague yesterday, in addition to the physicians already in attendance on Queen Wilhelmina, has increased the popular tension with which
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    228 5 AN IMPENDING BY-EIECTION. LORD CHARLES BERESFORD ASKED TO STAND [Reuter’s Service London, 16th April. Mr. J B. Langley, Liberal M P. for the Attorclifle division of Sheffield, has re signed on the ground of ill-health. Lord Charles Beresford has been asked to stand for the seat. [Mr.
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    HIS MAJESTY THE KING
    36 5 A MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 16 h April. His Majesty the King has left Biarritz for Paris, whence he will proceed to Genoa on Saturday for a cruise in the Mediterranean.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    175 5 THE CRISIS IN TURKEY. Berlin, 15th April. Constantinople is now quiet again and tlie soldiers are enthusiastically cheering the Sultan, who has quite recovered his former influence and position in the State. The Constitution, however, remains unimpaired, although for the present the Parliament is not capable of
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    OUTWARD BOUND.
    2020 5 ON THE P.L.M. EXPRESS. The P. L. M.” Express—», e., the 7.20 p. m. Paris, Lyons and Marseilles—left Paris punctually on this October day some two years ago, and although one had read a good deal of the immense damage done by floods in the South, so far,
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    THE PRICE OF TIN.
    320 5 The metal markets expert of the Ironmonger, writing before the mail left, said Trade in tin has been rather limited, and price fluctuations have had no special significance. In a general way, people are not disposed just at present to take much active interest in the
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    Indian Deportees.
    74 5 London, April 6. Mr. Mackarness, in the House of Commons this afternoon, asked whether the proposed 'egulations would disqualify deported pei sons who had not been convicted. Mr. Buchanan replied Lord Morley is not yet able to answer the question fully but the fact that a candidate has
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    Slavery in Zanzibar.
    50 5 London, April 7. In the House of Commons Sir Edward Grey, in reply to Mr. J. W. Wilson, said that a decree had been drafted, introducing the East African system with regard to slavery into Zanzibar and Pemba. He hoped that the decree would shortly be issued.
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      133 5 Tepiirosia Purpurea. Seed of this hardy leguminous plant, which will thrive in laliang, FOR SALE At $l.OO per pound. No orders below $50.00 accepted. Apply The JENDARATA RUBBER Co., Ltd Teluk Anson, Perak. 105-24-1-10 m w f FOR SALE. Target Telescope, (By Messrs. IF. IVatson <k Sons, London). Brass Covered
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      390 5 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. Iu Bank) uptcy. No. 30 of 1908. Re YEOH SENG SEANG. Notice is hereby given that a second and final dividend of $2 per centum in the matter of Chop Bee Moh has been declared
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    SHARES.
    1282 7 i 3 Capital. itabtaeibed. Dividend,. Name. g ’3 ►»1=0 !I|&i X O’ I MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd 1 $54 1906 300,000 225,0001 22,500 10 10 J ’’Bruang, Ltd. I 6| 1901 600,000. 600,000 60,000 10 10 a
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    105 7 Atsuta Maru, Jap., 8523, Thomson, April 16, Singapore, gen.. Boustead <fc Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, April 16, Teluk Anson, gen.. E. 8. Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 294, Scott, April 16, Acheen, gen., Ban Ho Hin. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learrnont, April 16, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Maetsuijcker,
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    CLEARANCES.
    59 7 Avagyee for Tongkah. Bhadra for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Carlyle for Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Pachurnba for Mergui, Tavoy, and Moulmein. Padang for Batu Bahra. Rotorua for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sportsman for Batu Bhara. Un Peng for Ptilau Langkawi, Perlis, and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    75 7 Aa»n« oj Steamer, where from, appro.ci aa'e dato of a-rriral, where bound, and .4 <jr«nf«. A. Apcar, S’pore, Apl. 19, Calcutta, A A. A. Benarty, London. April 17, Japan. S. B. Glenogle, Rangoon, April 23, China, E. S. Omapere, Tavoy, April 20, Tavoy, E. S. Sexta, China. April
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    PASSENGERS.
    74 7 ARRIVALS. By Kistna (April 16) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Peterkin, Mrs Khaw Joo Choe and child, Miss Pitt Taylor, Messrs C T Durward, Lee Toon Poon, F Lock Trevor; from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Scandavanam. By Derfflinoer (April 14) from Southampton, Mr and Mrs Barton; from Genoa,
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    DEPARTURES.
    97 7 By De Kock (April 15) to Deli, Mr A Brisk. By Thon<jwa (April 15) to Port Swettenham. Mr and Mrs Drummond Hay, Messrs R C M Kindersley, D C P Kindersley, Mydinsah, and Pekiry to Singapore, Mr C G May. By Derfflingkr (April 15) to Hongkong, Mr and Mrs
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    PRODUCE.
    192 7 Penang, 16th April, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $16.45 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.72| sales. Mace $73 buyers. Mace Pickings $64 buyers. Cloves $3B sellers. Nutmegs 110 $l9 sellers. {No. J $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.65 sales.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    344 7 TO-MOBBOW. or Per. Close. Madras, taking mails') for Europe etc., vid V Tara 10 a.m. Bombay J Registration 4 p.m. to-day. Rangoon and Calcutta Bharata 1] a.m. Registration 4 p.m to-day. Pangkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.)l p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m I'eluk Anson
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    European Mails.
    36 7 Home- u Kx- Pobitivrlv lo Steam kr. WARD. piccted. Dur. Sail P. O. Devanha 24/4 B. I. Tara 17/4 N.D.L. Goeben 28/4 Outward. P. Ji O. Delta 22/4 8.1. Taroba 2'2/4 N.D.L. P.E.Friedrich ‘22/4
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 7 Penang, 15th April, 1909. By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 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 Madras Demand Bank 174
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    182 7 Per P <> s« Victoria, from London, Mar. 27, and ss Delta from Colombo, due Penang April 22 —To Singapore Mr and Mrs J A Webster and child, Mrs G T Hunter, Misses B Thomson, E Carey and Boltan, Messrs R W Pearson, E V Carey,
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    LOG BOOK.
    900 7 The Admiralty announce the appointment of Lieut. R H. K Hope to the Kinq Alfred, on the Bedford paying off, undated, and additional for 12 m-mths’ study of Japanese, to date May 15. VVhen Rear-Admiral Gifford’s period as Superintendent of Chatham Dockyard expires, it is on the earns
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