Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 May 1909

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. H 7 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY. 25th MAY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1715 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” F" I under Eniireiy New Monagemeni. PENTON BANL-2 **RG2, FOR SALE. EUROPE HOTEL, su.vatba. SUBSCRIPTION. Z 11 22, Leith Street Penang. i B 9 Swatow Art Drawn-Tkread work 2,50 c »eet above the sea. a iiBHIII k For Daily Issue, in Town, and T THE UNDERSIGNED beg
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    BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.
    435 2 THE “DANDY DOCTOR” AND “THE GAY GORDONS.” A very fair house on Saturday and a rather better one last night was quite as much as the Bandmann Opera Company could reasonably expect after the unfortuuate chain of circumstances winch caused it twice within the last couple of
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    Penang Cricket Tournament.
    316 2 C.R.C. v. P.C.C. A match in connection with the Penang Cricket Tournament took place on the Esplanade between the P.C.C. and the CR C. on Saturday, and was won by the former. Appended are the scores C.R.C. Cheng Khay b Reid 2 Ah Ming b Cooper 4
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    PENANG HUNT CLUB.
    1854 2 THE MAY GYMKHANA. The May Gymkhana under the auspices of the Penang Hunt Club is usually held on Empire Day, but owing to the local celebration of the latter on a much larger scale this year it was wisely arranged for the Gymkhana to take place on
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    THE WEEK.
    122 2 Tuesday, 25th May. Homeward German Mail. League Football: P.C.C. A.C.S., Esplanade. tSar.d, Golf Club. ».nic Opera Co., Town Hall, 9-30. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, 26th May. St. Augustin. Outward German Mail. League Football: C.R.C. r.Govt. Service, Victoria Green. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    53 2 May 25. 1841 —City of Canton invested by British troops. 1864 —Town of Singapore partially lighted with gas for first time. 1876 —Stone Beacon, Sultan Shoal, destroyed by lightning. 1891—Anti-foreign riot at Nanking. 1895—Formosa Republic declared. 1901—Theft of $272,855 in notes and gold from the Hongkong and
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    AUCTION SALES.
    186 2 Wednesday, May 26.— Land at 153 Dato Kramat Road 11 a.m. 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Wednesday, May 26.— Land in Province Wellesley 12-30 p.m.; Logan’s Buildings; A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Thursday, May 27.— Land in Armenian St., 10 a.m. land in Waterfall Valley, 1 p.m.
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    TENDERS.
    58 2 Municipal Commissioners. Erection of Refuse Destructor, etc. tenders close 3 p.m., May 26. Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment Board 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
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    25 2 2 Cantonment Road apply 142, Carnarvon Street. 401 Dato Kramat Road; apply Boustead co. n 33 Perak Road; apply Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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      92 2 It take two heads to make a bargain—but only one to have an ache. We might also add that it takes but one dose (and that tasteless' of Stearns Headache Cure to drive away the ache. Millions of headaches are cured every year by this remedy—to say nothing of neuralgia
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      65 2 a T ZA Worth More than It Costs. —Medicine Stearns Wins or Cod Liver Oil is th. is cheap when it doeB people dno mattei paragon of purity and perfection. It is a wha t it costs. Stearns’Cordial of Cod Liver XX y BC len t tlfic Bnd f definite
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      213 2 PRITCHARD CO., PENANG. GENTLEMEN’S TAILORS. We have now in Stock a Large and Varied Selection OF Tweeds and Overcoatings suitable tor Sporting, Travelling, etc. u 1 Whipcords, < CMdS| Bomspuis, f Sc tch Cmtoous, I i Donegal s, Flannels, MK®' i SWkar Billiard WM n ft th Cloth. dSr Blazer
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      1399 3 !Z: N. Y. K. TH Property and Commercial Sales Rooms s PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, (56, BEACH STREET.) g T 3 PAKINHCAIWOFOR OTHER north Mail Steamship Co. Id. Undertake the Sale by AUCTION of g 3 f 7 Merchandise (either sound or damaged) HOUSE and LAND- g MlLa S BRITAIN
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    Tuesday, 25th May, 1909.
    597 4 In Friday’s Government Gazette we find a list of officers whom His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has been pleased to appoint to be Coroners for the Settlement of Penang. It comprises The Senior District Officer, Province Wellesley. The Superintendent of Police, Penang. The Second
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    THE BRITISH-SIAMESE TREATY.
    1752 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."} Sir, As solicitors to the Government of Kedah, we are instructed to address you with reference to your leading article of the 7th instant, many passages in which have no foundation in fact, and your deductions from facts, which do
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    873 4 Mr. W. L. B. Tisbury, manager of Isseng Estate, has been on a visit to Penang. Mr. J. R. Nicholson, Chairman, Tanjong Pagar Dock Board, inspected the Prye Dock to-day. Captain Chancellor, Acting InspectorGeneral of Police, S. S proceeded to Province Wellesley this morning on inspection duty.
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    ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    183 4 BERLIX MUNICIPAL GUESTS. THE AIRSHIPS SCARE [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th May. The Burgomaster, Vice-Burgoma t and thirty-three members of tl? e Corporation have arrived as the L'ueX“? the City of Loudon, and elaborate f e< ti ties have been arranged in their honour The German Press, discussing t
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    THE TURKISH ARMY.
    85 4 GERMAN OFFICERS ENGAGED. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, 2.3 rd May. During his visit to Vienna the Kaiser had a long conversation with the Turkish Ambassador to Austria, who mentioned the desire of the Turkish Army that General Baron von der Goltz, who reorgauised the military forces
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    QUEEN WILHELMINA.
    49 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, 24th May. Queen Wilhelmina yesterday went for her first walk since her accouchement. London, 17th May. An official statement issued at the Hague says that Queen Wilhelmina’s progress is most satisfactory. Queen Emma is leaving the Hague on a visit to Germany.
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    THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE.
    61 4 AUSTRO-GE RM AN AMEN IT lE*x [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd's Service., Berlin, 24th May. Telegrams from Vienna state that the visit of the Emperor William has had the effect of impressing upon the Austri.in nation the necessity of a close racial uni »11 with their German cousins and
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    CHINA AND ARBITRATION.
    42 4 “A MASTERLY SPEECH.” [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service] Berlin, 24th May. The Chinese Minister to the United States, who was pi esent at a great peace conference in New York, made a masterly speech on the benefits of ai bitration.
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    GERMANY’S FINANCES.
    27 4 SUCCESSION DUTIES VETOED. [Reuters Service.] London, 23rd May. The Finance Committee of the Reichstag has thrown <>ut the whole of the Government’s Succession Duties Bill.
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    FRANCE AND JAPAN.
    26 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service. Berlin, 24th Maj President Fallieres has received the Japanese Military Commission, headed by General Count Nodzu, at the Eiysee.
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    THE KAISER.
    16 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 24th MayThe Kaiser and Kaiserin have returned to Potsdam.
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    THE BALKANS.
    17 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 24th May. Count Austrian Minister to Servia, has been recalled.
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      404 4 PUBLIC NOTICE. THE SALE of the property of Mr. F. Pierre Suven of Telok Wong, originally advertised for sale on 24th day <>f May. 1909, which was a Public, Holiday is adjourned to 28th day of May, 1909, at Kumong Semong Police Station at 1 p.m. Fresh notices have already
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    THE CASABLANCA INCIDENT.
    474 5 DECISION OF THE HAGUE TRIBUNAL. both sides at fault. [Reuter’s Service London, 23rd May. A telegram from The Hague states that the Tribunal on the Casablanca incident, in its decision, finds that the Secretary of the German Consulate committed a grave and manifest error in endeavouring to
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    CIVIL WAR IN PERSIA.
    111 5 GRAVE SITUATION AT TEHERAN. [Reutrr’b Service Loudon. 24 h May. The I'eheran correspondent of the Novoe Vremya, citing the siege of the Peking Legat ions, insists on the immediate despatch of a strong force of cavalry and artillery from Baku vid the Euzeli-Teherau road. London, later.
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    ROYAL GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY.
    68 5 AWARDS TO EXPLORERS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th May. Tiie Royal Geographical Society has presented the Founders Medal to Dr. M. A. Stein for his research work in Turkestan. The Murchison Grant has been awarded to Captain Rawlings for exploration in Tibet, and the Back Grant to Rai
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    THE FRENCH LABOUR TROUBLES.
    58 5 STRIKE OF NAVAL RESERVISTS. [Reuter’s Service London. 25th May. The Naval reservists in Marseilles have voted in favour of a strike. Two steamers, which were due to sail yesterday, had to be detained owing to the lack of crews. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 24th May.
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    AMERICA AND CHINA.
    306 5 THE lIIISTER AT PEKING. A BUSINESS .MAN WANTED. [Reuter’s Service London, 24 th M ay. According to the New York Herald Mr. John Hays Hammond, mining engineer and financier, who was sentenced to death for being concerned in the Jameson Raid, has been offered the post of
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    THE EMPIRE ARD THE NAVY.
    103 5 AN APPEAL TO THE COLONIES. THE NEED FOR ORGANISATION. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 22nd May. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who was a guest at the Australasian banquet, urged the Colonies to build cruiser» and eventually their own fleets with a view to the creation of a
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    THE SILK INDUSTRY.
    56 5 BONUSES TO MANUFACTURERS. [Reuter’s Service London, 23rd May. The French Chamber has agreed to the clauses in the Bill allowing bonuses to silkworm growers. [Reuter wired on May 21 —The French Chamber is discussing a Bill allowing silkworm growers sixty centimes per kilogramme on raw silk for
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    “LORD LI.”
    42 5 RECEIVED BY KING EDWARD. [Reuter’s Service] London, 23rd May. His Excellency Li Ching-Fong, Chinese Minister to Great Britain, was received in audience by His Majesty rhe King yesterday, when he presented his credentials and a letter from the Emperor Pu-yi.
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    THE LATE SIR DONALD CURRIE.
    43 5 A FORTUNE OF TWO MILLIONS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th May. The late Sir Donal i Currie, head of Messrs. Donald Cm rie di Co., Shipowners, who died recentlv, left a fortune of £2,377,052. There are no charitable bequests.
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    THE AMERICAN NAVY.
    33 5 INCREASE IN DREADNOUGHTS.” [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 24th May. According to a telegram from Washington, the Secretary of the Navy, announces an increase in 1911 of two Dreadnought» and five torpedo-boats.
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    THE FRENCH NAVY.
    22 5 [Dkr Obtasiatibche Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 24th May. The attempted launch of the new French battleship Danton was a failure.
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    EMPIRE DAY.
    171 5 WORLD-WIDE CELEBRATIONS. VICTORIA MEMORIAL OPENED. THE MOTHERLAND AND HER DEPENDENCIES. [Reuter’s Service London, 24tb May. In honour of Empire Day over one hundred Sunday Church Parades of the Territorials took place yesterday, and special sermons were preach d in 6,240 churches. To-day 18,200 schools, representing 4,000,000 scholars throughout
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    CELEBRATIONS IN PENANG.
    3051 5 AN UNQUALIFIED SUCCESS. The Review. From whatever standpoint it is regarded, the review of the Cadet Corps recruited from the English Schools and attached to the Penang Volunteer Corps, held on the Esplanade on Empire Day, must be described as an unqualified success. There is no doubt
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      23 5 THE CRAG HOTEL. SANATORIUM, PENANG HILLS. “As good an Hotel as any in the Straits.” Singapore Free Press,’’ 27th March. SARKIES BROTHERS, Proprietors
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    78 5 Obituary. Tungku Dhia’ Uddin Tungku Dhia’ Uddin, ex-Viceroy of Selangor, who had been ailing for some months past, died last night at his residence at Kelawei Road. He was an uncle of H. H. the Sultan of Kedah and also of Tunku Mahamood, the President of the State Council, who
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    SHARES.
    1245 7 f I a. 3 I Capital. Subscribed Dividends. Name. j 2 O 1 MINING. $300.000 $300.000 30.000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $8 iyu6 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 6$ ;6| 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 a 10% year end. 30-4-08...
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    124 7 Calypso, Brit., 339, Bannatyne, May 24, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Delta, Brit.. 4780, Snow, May 22, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Fook Sang, Brit., 1987, Mitchell, May 24, Calcuctta, gen., Boustead Co. Ipoh, Brit., 528, Olsen, May 24, Singapore gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Malacca. Brit., 405, Upton,
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    CLEARANCES.
    55 7 DertHinger for Ceylon and Europe. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Lightning for Calcutta. Leong Ho for Trang. Malacca for Tongkah. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Perak (E.B. Co.) for Deli. Sportsman for Batu Bahra. Read for Singapore Sappho for Teluk Anson Simla
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    205 7 o/ <s7<!a»/MT. H h a r>> from, Approximate d.At» of arrirai, where bound, and .4 gent* Bhadra. Tongkah. May 26, Tavoy H. L. Beuledi. London, May 28, Japan, 8. B. Brasilia, Suez, May 29, Japan, B. M. China, Japan, June 7, Fiume, S. K. Ciiina, Singapore. June 7.
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    PASSENGERS.
    385 7 ARRIVALS. By Pin Seng 'May 24) from Singapore. Mr Khoo Hun Yeong; from Port Swettenham, Messrs A Brearley and W Marsh. By Simla (May 25) from London, Mrs C H Munn, Mr and Mrs Gowland and two children. Messrs W McDonald and J McDonald. By Delta (May 22) from
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    79 7 To-Morbow. For Per. Pang Nga and Trang Deli 1 p.m. Langkat Jin Ho I p.m. Teluk Anson Cornelia 2 p.m. Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and > Pegu 3 p.m. Sabang j Dindings Tong Chay Un 4 p.m. Thursday. Singapore, China, and Japan P. R. Luitpold 9 am.
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    European Mails.
    40 7 Homk- u Ex- Positlvici.v lu Steamer. WARD. PECTED. Dr» SaIE. P. O. Oceana 5 6 B. I. Tara 29/5 N.D.L. Derfflinger 26/5 3 p.m. 10 p.m Outward. P. «k O. Devanha 3/6 8.1. Teesta 27/5 N.D.L. P.R.Luitpold '27/5
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 25tm May, 1909. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 w 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
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    PRODUCE.
    196 7 Pbnang, 25th May, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $15.50 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.32| byrs. Mace $73 buyers. Mace $64 buyers. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $18.50 sellers. (No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No stock. (.Basket
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    LOG BOOK.
    895 7 An agreement has been concluded between the Administration of the Baltic and Admiralty Shipyards of the Imperial Russian Marine Ministry and John Brown Co., Ltd., of tsheffield and Clydebank, whereby the technical advice and cooperation of the Company in questions connected with warship design and consti uction is
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