Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 May 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. HO VOL. LXVII. SATURDAY, 15th MAY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1389 1 TH! PIINANG GAZETTE.” for sal. I NOTICE OF SALE. NOTICE OF SALE. If= 1 subscription. swit»w An BmnMinM worh BY ORDEK 0F thk M sold bV'pumic AucmJ 8 Property and Commercial Sales Rooms KI 10 BE SOLD BY PUBLIC AUCTION. 10 S U B PtM,t l€rWN (56, BEACH STREET.) For
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    A RUBBER HUNT.
    1443 2  -  civilisation— Frank E. Vernky in the Pall Mall Gazette. It is dawn in the Nigerian village of Ojuka, and shimmering shaft* of sunlight Heam through the scattering mist like swords of light in scabbards of cloud, carving out of the greyness, in bold relief, animated groups of
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    Indian Train Luxuries.
    498 2 A Hint for England A consular report to the Washington Bureau of Manufacture* state* that on the Johore State Railway and the Federated Malay States Railway the Sultan of Johore ha* for his special use a car in which there is a smoking-room and lounge, a sleeping
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    INDIAN LABOUR IN THE COLONIES.
    979 2 could not but be beneficial to India.—Rangoon Gazette. A committee has been appointed by the Home Government to investigate the conditions under which East Indian labour is imported into tropical Colonies. It was suspected at first that this was a move of the Radical wing
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    145 2 Rogation Sunday. May 16. St. George’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins (Choral). 8-30 a.m. —Holy Communion (Plain). 10 a.m.—Holy Communion (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Sunday School. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. 9 a.m. —Divine Service. (Northam Road). 6 p.m.—Divine Service (Northern Road). Preacher :—The Rev. Ernest Lawson, m.a Methodist-Episcopal Mission. 74,
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    THE WEEK.
    102 2 Saturday, 15th May. Cricket: Volunteers P.C.C., Esplanade. Cricket: P.R.C. r. Butterworth, at Butterworth. J apanese Cinematograph, Penang R<*a«l. Sunday, I6th May. Rogation Sunday. Monday, I7th May. Rogation Day. Lodge Scotia Installation and Banquet Japanese Cinematograph. Penang R.. Tuesday. IBth May. Rogation Day. Band, Golf Club. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    55 2 May 1-5. 1874—Light on North Sands, Singapore, first exhibited 1877—Foundation stone of St. Andrew's Mission House, Singapore, laid. 1881—Ratification at Peking of the Amended Treaty between Russia and China. 1891—Anti-foreign riot in the Hochow district, China. LB94—Major-General Vaughan-Jones, g.0.c.. arrived in Singapore. May 16. 1849—Earl of Elgin
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    AUCTION SALES.
    75 2 Tuesday, May 18.— Land in Scotland Road 10-30 a.m. Logan s Buildings; A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Tuesday, May 18 Land in Macalister Road 12-30 p.m. Logan's Buildings; A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Saturday, May 2!.— Household furniture 137 Macalister Road; noon Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, May 22.— Land
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    TENDERS.
    51 2 Public ll' orfc.* Department.— Concrete and masonry work for 16 kitchens at New Quarantine Camp, Pulau Jerejak tenders close noon, May 18. Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment Board Lease of coconut trees; tenders close: noon, May 31. Deputy Commissioner, Meryui.— Right to collect pearls and pear) shells, etc. noon, May
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    24 2 2 Cantonment Road; apply 142, Carnarvon Street. 4<>l Date Kramat Road; apply Boustead Co. 33 Perak Road apply Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      45 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. May 15 8.33 p.m. 2.30 p.m. i, 16 9.25 p.m. 3.23 p.m. 17 10 12 p.m. 4.14 p.m. IS 1106 p.m. 5.05 p.m. 19 12.01 a.m. 6.00 p.m. 20 12.50 a.m. 6.49 p.m. •I 21 1.41 a.m. 7.40 p.m.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1349 3 AUTUMN MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 31 st July, 1909. PROPOSED PROGRAMME. To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7th June, 1909, at the rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at 4«30 p.m. NOTICE.—No
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      557 3 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Co. U. lai FORTNIGHTLY service is inainT between Japan and Europe by the following N [W TWIN SCREW STEAMERS. Mail Contract with the Imperial se Government, specially desi ned for oinpany’s European Service, lighted bout by Electricity, provided with ex- accommodation for First and
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      621 3 A CELEBRATED BEAUTY ■-5,iii' -1t r 'i y/ Hhb V;/ I r- J. K x W '.y llbu- v V Head Pains, Gout, Lassitude Readers see for themselves that those in a position to pick and thoose~whether they are Royal Personages, popular celebrities, experienced doctors, nurses, athletes, &c. without exception
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    BIRTH.
    16 4 Houston.—At Westlands, Penang, on May 14, the wife of W. Houston, P.W.D., of a daughter.
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    Saturday, 15th May, 1909.
    620 4 It is distinctly disappointing to learn that only veiy poor results have attended the circular addressed by the Resident Councillor to the members of the Government service in this Settlement urging them to join either the Penang Volunteer Corps or the Penang Volunteer Rifle Club. Only
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    A MASONIC “SMOKER.”
    805 4 Almost four and a half years have elapsed since a smoking concert was last given under the auspices of Lodge Royal Prince o Wales, but this once popular function was revived last night when the Freemasons’ Hall was well filled with a large company of members of
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    SIAM’S CROWN PRINCE.
    907 4 A VISIT TO TRANG H.R.H.. Somdetch Chao Fa Maha Vijiravuah, the Crown Prince of Siam, who is on a tour of the Siamese Malay States, arrived at Trang on Friday morning (May 7) instead of the previous day as arranged, as he was unavoidably delayed in Tongkah.
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    754 4 THE WALKER CL> B We publish Mo v K fl Walker Cup co.np.tßi,,',, *»e, j, fl TAIPIIh,. I Mrs. Hobson I Mrs. Barnard 35 I Miss Wright 3| I Mrs. Buger 31 I Mrs. Harper 3| I Mrs. Anderson 3 1 I TOW -IB I Singapore. B
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      272 4 THE new Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappii. Japanese houdaf™hs. PinPIYI/ltnoPAnh RETURN TICKETS TOR SINGLE FARES \J 111 V 111 fl L V Ifl Mll will be issued for use between Y 1 the 15th April and 15th July, 1909. foi w trips in the fbl" Netherlands Indian Aichipelago (including y vllllllxlw Mfß
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    THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
    185 5 GEKIAirS HEGEMONT. sTRO-GERMAN ENTHUSIASM. ’Reuters Service.] London, 14th May. i Hr Kaiser has arrived at Pola, the naval station of Austria-Hungary, he received a great popular oration enthusiastic reception is being prepared him in Vienna. tides in the Austrian and German ,> re43 hail the Kaiser ’s
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    FRENCH LABOUR TROUBLES.
    112 5 THE RIGHT TO STRIKE” Reuter s Service. I London, 14th May. |>v an ovei whelming majority the En-ii h Chambei of Deputies has passed a lu’ion refusing to officials the right rine and expressing confidence in the G v» ninent. Wrangling by the Socialists led to an
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    COMPULSORY MILITARY TRAINING.
    75 5 AM PAI GN IN NEW ZEALAND. Reuter s Service j London, 15th May. liif feeling m favour of compulsory military training is growing in New Zealand. Mr. R. McNab, ex-Minister for Defence, who is stumping the country in ’Hvour of the compulsory system, held a f 'wded
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    CHINA'S RAILWAY FINANCES.
    52 5 NO FINAL DECISION YET. Reuter’s Service] London, 15th May. decision has yet been reached at the i' ing at Berlin between representatives f flip German and Anglo-Chinese Banks, a' I'ranco-Chinese Bunks, and the Chinese ‘••ntral Railways, regarding Chinas rail"lV arrangements. Lie conference is expected to continue 'in-
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    THE ACCESSION OATH.
    58 5 'HE DISABILITIES OF CATHOLICS. Reuter’s Service I London, 15th May. file Bill to remove the disabilities of Cs I; .lies and amending the Accession Oath iis read a second time in the Hou-e l oiuiihms by 133 votes to 123 —a major■v "f 10. There is no
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    A UNIVERSITY FOR HONGKONG.
    26 5 APPEAL BY CHINA ASSOCIATION [Rbuters Service London, 15th May. Ih” China Association has issued a ’•rung appeal for a University for Hongioitig
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    AVIATION.
    20 5 OgTAfJI ATItOHB LIOTD’B SIBVICB.] Berlin, 14th May. company has been floated to acquire Patentee rightt of the Wright *F°planei.
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    THE POWERS AND MOROCCO.
    58 5 FURTHER TROUBLE FEARED. [Deb Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 1 4th May. A Madrid telegram reports that great disappointment has be n caused by the fruitless mission of the Spanish Minister to Fez; and rumours are current of pre paratious being made for an armed advance. Paris
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    RUSSIA’S POLICE SYSTEM.
    41 5 j Der Ostasiatische Lloyds Service.] Berlin, 14th May. The trial of M. Lopukhin, ex-Chief of Police, St. Petersburg, has resulted in his being sentenced to five years’ penal servitude and loss of all his civil rights and property.
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    PRINCE KUNI OF JAPAN.
    21 5 Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, 14th May. Prince Kuni of Japan has been visiting the forts at Meta.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    268 5 The following are the orders of the day for the meeting of the Legislative Council on Monday next 1. Motion by the Acting Colonial Secretary That this Council approves a vote of 515,069 for Capital Expenditure in connection with the Government Wharves. Penang, as follows (1) Purchase of
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    Lawn Tennis.
    69 5 The Golf Clubs Tournament The following was the result of yesterday’s play Men's Doubles. Class A. Ho ige «V Jamieson heat Peteikin 4 Haslam 7—9 6—4 12 10. Men's Singles. Class A. Brearley r Neubronner (unfinished tie) Ties fixed for Tuesdav, 18th Men’s Singles. Class A. Neubronner r.
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    COTTON.
    383 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd's Service.] Berlin, 14th May. Cottons is quoted at 5.78 d. Two cases of cruejtv to animals were disposed of by Mr. G. A. Hall at this mornins’s sitting of the Police Court. A Bengali wa« fined $lO for leading a lame inonkev along the streets while,
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    1850 5 IMPORTANT COMMITTEE MEETING. A meeting of the Immigration Committee was held on Sunday, May 9, at Kuala Lumpur. Present. The Superintendent of Indian Immigrants, (Chairman). Honourable John Turner. R. W. Harrison, Esq. M. Cumming, Esq. Eric Maxwell, Esq. Absent. C. E. Spooner, Esq. F. Pears, Esq. The State
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      488 5 NOTICE. A MEETING of the Justices of the 4X Peace is summoned at 12.45 p.m. on Monday, 17th instant, to elect a Licensing Justice vice Mr. Hilton resigned.” R. N. BLAND, Resident Councillor, Penang. 15th May, 1909. Penang Sales Room. The undersigned is instructed to sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, Tie
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    689 5 OBITUARY. MR. C. EDWIN SFOOIER. great loss to the F M.S. Our Special Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 15th May. The death is announced of Mr. Charles Edwin Spooner, C.M.G., Genera! Manager, Federated Malay States Railways. Ihe death of Mr. Spooner will occasion widespread expressions of i egret throughout the Colony and
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      1518 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE the M 5 i *C* N 'J' A' e NK OF BROWN AUSTRALIA, ANP CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMI D. Monumental Scuk>?'’ Paid-up-Capita l»ls,ooo,ooo Hak«teUjjnMta| j Sorfay. Authorised Capital £1,500,000. Incorporated by Royal Charter. FO D8 Capital fl.
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    SHARES.
    1245 7 5 Capital. Subscribed J?°- of IHSU e 3 Shares. Value Dividends. Same t =5 a x O' MINING. mooo 3 Io ?‘f 1901 600,000 600,000 60.000 10 u u *2 r m e IJi 7 71 nnn -a aaa Y 1u 1u a 10/ year end. 30-4-08... Bruseh Hvd.Tin
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    69 7 Avaygee, Brit., 200, Campbell, May 14. Tongkah, gen.. E. 8. Co. Bharata. Brit., 1957, Alexander, May 15, Singajaore. gen., Hottenbach, Liebert A Co. Canton. Brit., 106. Gillies. May 15, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Lawthu, Brit., 2961, Lytolbes. May 14, Singapore, gen.. Paterson. Simons Co. Machaon, Brit.. 4276,
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    CLEARANCES.
    98 7 Avagyee for Tongkah. A. Apcar for Singapore, China and Japan. Bharata for Rangoon and Calcutta. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Hong Moh for Rangoon. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Leong Ho for Trang. Machaon for Colombo and Tuticorin. Maetsuijcker for Langsa, T. Semawe Segli, Olehleh, Pulan Weh, Pad a
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    210 7 A «<»*<! of from, tipprocuti-ie of arriraf, bound, and Ageutn Benledi, London, May *2B, Japan, S. B. Brasilia, Suez. Maj’ 29, Japan, B. M. C. Apcar, Calcutta. May 19, H’kong* A.A.A. China, Singapore. June 7, Fiume, S. K. Derfflinger. S’pore. May ?5, Colombo, B. M. Delhi. Colombo. May
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    PASSENGERS.
    198 7 ARRIVALS By Nubia May 14/ from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Montgomerie and infant. By Teesta May 15) from Singapore, Mrs Gunn. Misses J and M Gunn. Messrs Seah and J Gorman. By Kistna (May 14) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs H 0 Edwards and infant, Mr and Mrs Chotinnall,
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    PRODUCE.
    194 7 I enang. 15th May, 19U9. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 II». soz No stock. White Pepper $15.50 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.32| byrs. Mace $73 buyers. Mace 564 buyers. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs IHr $lB 50 sellers. No. I $6.65 sales. Sugar < No 2 No stock.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    56 7 Monday. For Per. Deli Calypso 9 a.m. Batu Bhara Sportsman I p.m. Calcutta Japan 3 p.m. Registration 2 a.m. Tuesday. Asahan Mary Austin I p.m Trang Sree Bangka 1 p.m Langkat Jin Ho I p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Pulan Langkawi Flying Dragon 3
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    European Mails.
    37 7 Hom»-,. Ea- Posh:» a.» I<> >M*KAMKK WARD. PECTRD. ‘‘ow '>.»!• P. <fc <). 22/5 B. I. Teeata 15/5 N.D. L. Derfflinger 26 5 Outward. P. A O Delhi 20/5 B I. 27/5 ND I. D.R. Luitpold 2>7
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 15th May. 1909. f By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3j 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Docurmntary 2/4 7/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 17b Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras
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    MARKET PRICES.
    212 7 Penang. May 15. Description Beef Ct*. Soup per catty 12 Roast 24 Steaks 24 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Rump Steak 24 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 50 Feet 15 Heart Heart per catty 30 Tripe Liver j>er catty 30 Pork Pork 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet 24
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    LOG BOOK.
    938 7 The net profit of the Austriati-Lloyd for 1908 are said tn amount to about k 1,000,000, and a dividend of k.lO per share, or per eeut., will prooably be declared. Speasmg at a recent public meeting, the Earl of Denbigh -aid it was about time we gave up
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      35 7 Sil Life tf Canada. KHtMbli«he<l INR.S'. Assets exceed t*»i,in»O,<MH>.o.<i SURPMM over all liabilities according to Government Standard 846,265.0.0 Incomb, 1906, £1,428,000.0.0 W. A. WRITE, KENNMWW A Manager. South-Eastern I General Agents, renang. Asia, Singapore. J
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