Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 May 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 112 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY, 18th MAY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      2027 1 Ht •'MUM GAZEITE." roH SALE NOTICE OF SALE. B2B and 829, ami being the whole of that A subscription. swotow ah i»rm-ikre«« worh Penang Sales Room. 1 $2 7 per annum, EatrMeq Dealers. important T 0 apirAUSTS KX lw| ffi LT H UIO I Inspection cordially invited. 188, Vol. CVI
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    RUBBER PLANTING IN BRAZIL.
    878 2 .l/. (r. Corr. Nothing has been done in the way of rubber-planting in the Amazon Valley beyond a few experiment'*, one where about I 000 trees were planted which in about eight years were about ten inches in diameter. This was, of course, very satisfactory, an
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    Shipping Disasters.
    46 2 London, Bth May. A steamer has been sunk at Lake Superior ami twenty-one persons drowned. The Canadian Pacific liner, Lake Chaplain, from Liverpool, has put in at St. Johns with her bow* stove in by collision with an iceberg. She carries a thousand passengers.
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    RACING AT HOME.
    125 2 The Asian. THE VICTORIA CUP. London, 3rd M ay. The Victoria Cup (Handicap) of 1,250 sovs., being a Gold Cup, value 150 sovs., and 1,000 sovs. to the winner, 75 sovs. to the second, and 25 sovs. to the third. 7 furlongs straight. Mr. A.F. Basset’s br
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    Racing in Australia.
    72 2 Tub Adelaide Cup. Adelaide, sth M ay. The Ade'aida Cup of 1,000 sovs. For th r ee-years-old and upwards 1 mile and 4 furlongs. Mr S J Jacob's br h Kooringa. by Bobadil Lady Augusta, syrs. Bst slbs 1 C L Moorhouse’s b g Willy Wally, by
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    The Indian Deportees.
    156 2 London. 10th May. Replying to a petition signed by 146 Liberal. Labour and Irish members of Parliament. on behalf of the Indian deportees, Mr. Asquith writes Deportation is a preventive and not a punitive measure and has been i esorted to solely foi the purpose of preserving
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    Malaria in India.
    76 2 London, Bth May. Major Ronald Ross, lecturing before the Royal Institution, said the prevalence of malaria in India was appalling. One-third of the army was nearly incapacitated Better sanitation was primarily necessary. Major Ross deplored the non-attainment of the immediate success which was anticipated a decade ago.
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    Russia and China.
    59 2 London, 11 th May. Advices from Peking state that the Russian and Chinese agreement has been signed. The method of government of the Russian Railway zone in Manchuria, while based on the guaranteeing of Chinese sovereignty, fixed the principle of joint administration and provides for Russian and
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    Natal Railway Strike.
    45 2 London, 7th May. Thanks to the firm attitude of the Government the Natal Railway strike, which has dislocated traffic for over a week, has collapsed, except at Durban, where 2,000 men are holding out owing to Government’s refusal to reinstate the leaders.
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    A HERO OF REVOLUTION.
    1246 2 THE GARIBALDI OF PERSIA. Among those men whom the Persian revolution has brought to the front, no figure is more pi eminent than that of Sattar Khan, so strong, even to-day, is the hold that military heroism has upon the popular imagination. He is another Garibaldi
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    THE WEEK.
    103 2 Tuesday, IBth May. Rogation Day. Band. Golf Club. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, I9th May. St. Dunstan. Rogation Day. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Victoria Jubilee R. A. ’hapter. 0.30 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang K<»a<l. Thursday, 20th May. Ascension Day. Outward P. O. Mail. Japanese Cinematograph. Penang
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    53 2 May 18. 1842—City of Chapu taken by British troops. 1877—-Jewellery and money to value of .'SIvU.OOU stolen from house of Sultan Mahdie, Singapore. 1891—Anti-foreign riot at Nanking. 1893 Teluk Anson—Tapah Railway opened. 1894 Whirlwind at Tanjong Pagar. 1899 —First Peace Conference held. 1904—Mr. Justice Hyndman Jones appointed
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    AUCTION SALES.
    169 2 Saturday, May 22.— Land; 1] am.; Logan’s Buildings A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Tuesday, May 2n.— Land at Tanjong Bungah 11-30 a.m.; 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Tuesday, May Ss.— Household furnitures 137 Macalister Road noon Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Wednesday, May 26. Land at 153 Dato
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    TENDERS.
    45 2 Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment Boaidz Lease of coconut trees; tenders close; noon, May 31. Deputy Commissioner, Mergui.— Right to collect pearls and pearl shells, etc. noon, May 31. F.M.S. Railways.— Tenancy of three blocks at Prye for storing coal tenders close noon, May 31.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    25 2 2 Cantonment Road apply 142, Carnarvon Street. 401 Dato Kramat Road; apply Boustead A Co. 33 Perak Road apply Handilands, Buttery Co.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    518 2 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 29th day of April, 1909. Present: Dr. G W. Park (Deputy President), J. W. Hallifax, Esq., Quah Beng Kee, Esq., and Dr. P. V. Locke. Absent:—Lim Cheng Teik, Esq., and L. H. Clayton, Esq.
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      224 2 days work, begin yom dinner with a BOVRIL soup and so ward off indigestion. TOWN ~HALL‘ PENANG. unique Attraction THREE NIGHTS ONLY! Saturday, Monday, and Tuesday,' MAY 22, 24, ami 25. Maurice E. Bandmann presents f or tb first time in Penang The Merry Little Maids Comic Opera Co. 60
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    Tuesday, 18th May, 1909.
    1336 4 It is once more our duty to call the attention of the Municipal authorities to the condition of the roads under their control. We regret this necessity because the Municipal Engineer’s department, which Is primarily responsible and has therefore to bear the odium, is in many
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    306 4 EMPIRE DAY CELEBRATION. [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette.”] Dkar Sir, Will you kindly allow me through the medium of the Pin&ng Gazette to draw the attention of the Empire Day Celebration Committee to the state of affairs which has arisen through the ruling that girls belonging to
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    157 4 At the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, the members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club held a practice shoot yesterday afternoon. Appended are the scores 100 150 [Lino, j Tot»al. yds. yds. Mrs. Furnivall .22 34 28 62 Mrs. Cooper .360 34 27 61 Miss Thornton .22 32
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    Lawn Tennis.
    305 4 The Golf Club’s Tournament. The following was the result of Monday’s play Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Park Brearley beat Mr. Mrs. Martin 6—4 I—6 6 4. Mrs. Dunn <fc Adams v. Miss Jones Hodge (unfinished tie) Ties fixed for Wednesday, 19th Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Dunn «fc Adams v. Miss
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    FREEMASONRY IN PENANG.
    938 4 LODGE SCOTIA’S ANNIVERSaky installation_and banquet. Yesterday witness-d t ie y• sary of the erection of I, j ai ,Ve No 1003, under the Grand Lodgrof^s^' 1 land, the occasion being celebrated I, v h' annual installation of the Ri.,1.1 w the Master followed by a a fairly
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      211 4 PF GARRICKI CIGARETTE o VIRGINIA BLEND O O THESE CIGARETTES ARE MADE BY HAND FROM THE O O CHOICEST SELECTED GROWTHS OF RIPE TOBACCOS. O O WHICH H AVE BEEN BLENDED WITH THE UTMOST CARE. Q 8 2 LAMBERT AND BUTLER, ENGLAND, g X OBTAINABLE AT Q MESSRS. PRITCHARD Co.,
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    LORD ROBERTS.
    592 5 GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION. WO RLI)- WID ECO NGR AT UL AT lON S. Rkutkr’h Skkvick.] London, 17th May. All the newspapers publish moat sympathetic biographies and stories of Field Marshal Earl Roberts of Kandahar on <he occasion of the celebration of his golden wedding to-day. London, latkr. Lord
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    MR. CHAMBERLAIN’S HEALTH.
    45 5 NO MARKED IMPROVEMENT [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, 18th May. The Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, who has been on the Continent, on arrival at Dover walked with assistance and did not seem much improve I in health. He proceeded on his journey to London
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    THE QUESTION OF CRETE.
    49 5 SHORTLY TO BE REVIVED. i Rkutkr» Skkvick I London, 18th May. The Cretan question is sho'tly to be revived It is understood to have been fully discussed during the Kaiser’s visit to Corfu. It is believed that Laly will take the initiative in the matter.
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    ILLNESS OF GEORGE MEREDITH.
    45 5 C A L T SIN G GR\ VE ANXI ET Y Rkui'kks Skrvick.] London, 18’,h May. Mr. Geotg- Meredith, tiie poet and novelist, is seriously ill. His condition is ■»ucli as to cause grave anxiety. [Mr. Meredith was 81 last February.)
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    RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER.
    38 5 I Dkk Ostasi atisohk Lloyd’s Skrvick] Berlin, 17th May. M. Isvolsky, Russian Foreign Minister, who has been on a tour to the Courts of Europe, is expected to return to St. Petersburg on May 28.
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    FRENCH LABOUR TROUBLBS.
    210 5 COLLAPSE OF THE POSTAL STRIKE. SERIOUS SHIPPING DISPUTE. Rkutkr’s Skrvick. London, 17th May. The strike of French Postal employees is practically over now tlieie are only 167 absentees in Paris. In consequence of a strike of the crews of the French trans-Atlantic liners, the Compagnie Generale Trausatlantique
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    MILAN COTTON CONGRESS.
    31 5 [Rkutkr’s Service] London, 18th May. The Cotton Congress has been opened in Milan, Italy, and is attended by 350 delegates. including representatives from Great Britain. India, ami Japan.
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    JAPANESE ROYALTY ABROAD.
    15 5 [Reuter’s Skrvick] London, 17th May. Prince and Princess Nashiiuoto have left Vienna.
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    Government Wharves.
    99 5 Monthly Re «urns. The following returns have been furls’n I by Mr. W. S. L-jeky, Resident Manager General Caroo Month Imports Export* Transhipment Tons. Tons. Tons. July, 1908 10.587 411 August 9,913 504 September... 10,209 1,<*89 1,250 October 11,796 3,534 1,560 November 12,420.17 4,209.2 1.047 December 12,955.10 4,299.17
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    Penang Assizes.
    72 5 At the Assizes, in the Supreme Court, this morning, before Mr. Justice T. de M. L. Biaddell, and a common jury, Kai Kui alias Uin s in was charged with unlawfully returning from banishment. Finger impressions were produced in the course of the evidence to identify the accused.
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    The Navy.
    45 5 London, Bth May. Speaking at Liverpool Lord Charles Beresford extolled the fairness of the subcommittee of National Defence which was appointed to deal with the question of the readiness of the Home Fieet. He advocated putting things right without panic or party recriminations.
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    Gun-Running.
    41 5 A Huge Caravan London, 1 I th May. A telegram received from St. Petersburg states that a caravan of four hundred camels, carrying contraband arms and ammunition for Afghanistan, has traversed Seisfan, but the authorities were powerless to intercept it.
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    Cricket.
    58 5 London. 11th May. Notts beat Marylebone at Lords, by six wickets. We are asked to intimate that the auction sale of household furniture by Mr Koh Eng Hin at 137 Macalister Road has been postponed to Tuesday, the 25th inst., instead of Saturday, 22nd inst., owing to the Hunt
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    IPOH JOTTINGS.
    895 5 From Our Own Correspondent. I Ipoh, May 16th. Thk Tin-Mining Industry. Tin mining ha-* been carried on for some two centuries, more <>r less, in various parts of the Malay Peninsula, and, indeed, it was not long ago that evidences of old Siamese workings far lielow the present
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    MY FRIENDS THE SAVAGES.
    1362 5 Those of us who are familiar with the vigorous personality of Capt. G. B. Cerrati can scarcely fail to observe and feel that vitality with which he is so strongly endowed, when one meets him in the comparative civilisation of Penang after one of bis long
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      226 5 NOTICE OF SALE. 1 'HE Public Auction of Mr Tonku Haji A Abbass’s property situate at Macalister Road in Penang, originally advertised for 18th instant, is adjourned to Ist day of June, 1909. A. M. JOSEPH, Licensed Auctioneer. NOTICE OF SALE. THE Public Auction of Mr. Tonku Hassan Ibrahim’s property
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      1449 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF BROWN 00.. AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. Monumental Sculptors, «1* non non Netherlands Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.) CALCUTTA, Paid-up-Capitalsls,ooo,ooo Established 1824. Established at Batavia, 1857. Authorised Capital £1,500,000. Established A. D.
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    SHARES.
    1235 7 F > Capital. Subscribed. Value Ihv.dand». .Xh.uk S S *Xx M MINING. ■0.3 $300.000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. s7| Ho 6 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 6.} ■noi 600,000 600,000 60,000 •10 10 a 10% year end. 30-4-08...
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    35 7 Malacca, Brit.. 405, Upton, May 17, Tongkah, gen., 8. 8. Co. Menelaus. Brit., 3006, Williams, May 17, Liverpool, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Ornaj»ere. Brit., 340, Bell, May 18, Mergui, gen., E. 8. Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    45 7 De Kock for Deli. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Ipoh for Port Bwettenhi”n and Singapore. Japan for Calcutta Jin Ho for Langkat. Malaya for Deli. Mary Austin for Asahan. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Sree Bangka for Trang.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    200 7 V «>»*«{ o! wher* from, r of arrira l hott,nd,. and. Benledi, London, May 28, Japan, 8. B. Suez. May 29, Japan, B. M. China, Japan, June 7, Fiume, 8. K. C. Apcar, Calcutta. May 19, H’kong, A.A. A. Ciiina, Singapore. June 7, Fiume, 8. K. Derffiinger, S’pore.
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 7 Pknang, 18th May, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered. Bank}. London Demand Bank 2 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 f 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 1/6 Madras Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    188 7 Penang, 18th May, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz) No stock. White Popper $15.50 buyers. Trang Popper $12.32| byrs. Mace $73 buyers. Mace $64 buyers. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $lB 50 sellers. (No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No 2 No stock.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    360 7 To-mokbow. F""’ Per. Negapatam A Madras Taroba 10 a.m Registration 4 p m. to-dav. Tongkah Malacca I p in Trang and Pang Nga Deli 1 p.m. Batn Bhara Padang p.m. 1 Teluk Anson Cornelia 2 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow H<mg Wan I. 3 pm. Singapore and
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    European Mails.
    39 7 Homk- Ex- Posrriv«Cl v Io •Stkamkr WARD. PKCTED. I»U« "All P. «fcO. Delta '22d) 6 a.m. B. I. 29/5 N.D. L. Derflinger 26/5 Outward. P. «fc O. Delhi 20/5 8.1. 27/5 N. D. L. P.R. Luitpold 27/5
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    377 7 Per P «fc O ss China, from London, April 23, and ss Delhi from Colombo, due May 20 —To Penang Dr L P Peart. To Singapore H E Sir John Anderson, k.c.m.g., Misses Anderson, Mrs E H Wellington Mr and Mrs J Murray, Messrs F Tonybee
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    LOG BOOK.
    908 7 I here are rumours iJiat the Japanese are convei ting the Aht and Satsuma into singlecalibre ships. Ihe fire-control advantages «>f single-calibre -.hips are too obvious to need relation but the disadvantages of an altered «I sign are tremendous. So radv-a) a cha-ige other than by substituting one
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      32 7 No se or It. —What’s the use of taking vile-tasting cod liver oil ami emulsions when you can get Stearns Wine of Cod Liver <hl, which is delicious ami does more good.
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