Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 May 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 120 VOL. LXVII. FRIDAY, 28th MAY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1548 1 HE “PINANG GAZETTEDII FOR SALE THE NEW wmu r tisSUBSCRIPTION. i M f 1» Sw«t.w AH Brewi-Tlrwd w.rt lunonnon AY-?«M’"I W® 11 FOP D s27 TOWn ’i fk -f M J “MAI TVOIh” I $2, per annum. Embroidery Dealers. W j Ivl MLI fl OIU B $3O post free. In.peetion
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    RUBBER NOTES.
    1535 2 .—financier. SELANGOR, BUNGEI WAY, AND TENOM (BORNEO) REPORTS. Selangor Results. In a recent is*uo wo gave the Selangor Rubber Company’s dividend for 1908—namely, 75 per cent, which compares with 41.6 per cent, for 1907, 40 per cent, for 1906 and 20 per cent for 1905. The report just
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    The Public Health.
    245 2 In the Penang Municipality for rhe week ended May 15 there were 69 deaths 50 males ami 19 females—equal to a deathrate of 35.39 per mille (estimated population, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were "8 T 3 ~O "O 5? 5? 5S {J Jjao
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    FRENCH LABOUR TROUBLES.
    270 2 STATUS OF CIVIL SERVANTS. The Paris Journal publishes the provisional text of the law defining the status of Civil Servants, which, according to a semi-official note, is to be regarded as “an advance propos’d, which is s rving at present as a basis for discussion between the
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    The Budget.
    178 2 London, 15th May. A letter has been sent to Mr. Asquith signed by thirty-five bankers and merchants, including Messrs. Rothschild and Baring, Lord Avebury, Sir Felix Schuster, and Lord Goschen, protesting against the Budget, and expressing alarm at the increasing disproportion of burdens on a small class. Loudon,
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    Racing in Australia.
    289 2 The Goodwood Handicap. Adelaide, Bth May. The Good wood Handicap o f 500 sovs six furlongs. Mr. J. Rowen's ch h True Scot, by Wallace—Fildes. (> yrs, 9st 101 b 1 Mr. Simms’s ch c Glucose, by Gluten Gossamer, 4yis, 7st 51b 2 Messrs P. W. Mitchell’s
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    THE WEEK.
    127 2 Friday. 28th May. Golf Club Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Saturday, 29th May. Homeward English (B.I.) Mail. Eastern Smelting Co.: General Meeting, 3 p.m Cricket: Butterworth v. C.R.C., Butterworth. Cricket: P.R.C. v. P.C.C., Esplanade. Golf Club Tennis Ties and Presentation of
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    42 2 May ZS. 1759—William Pitt bom. 1882—Steamer Stirling Castle called at Singapore on her record tea trip. 1891—Maxim guns presented to Singapore Volunteer Artillery at the Queen’s Birthday Parade. 1895 Anti-foreign riots in Szechuen. 1896 Queen Victoria’s Statue, Hongkong, unveiled.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    127 2 Saturday, May 29.— Stock at Madame Izolphe's, corner of Beach St. and Union St. 11 a.m. Cunningham Clark Co., auctioneers. Saturday, May 29.— Turnout and Almirah 1" a.m. 38 Beach St Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, May 29.— Hock Bee and Chin Bee Estates, Kedah; 11 am Logan’s
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    TENDERS.
    56 2 Public Works Department.— Four wooden pontoons tenders close noon, May 29. 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 for storing
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    26 2 2 Cantonment Road apply 142, Carnarvon Street. 401 Dato K rani at Road; apply Boustead Co. 33 Perak Road apply Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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      49 2 11 He that sleeps feels not the toothache,” according to Shakespeare. Similarly it might be said that he that feels the headache does not sleep unless he uses the wise precaution to take Stearns’ Headache Cure which quickly drives away the pain and makes sleep possible. Insist on Stearns.”
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      695 2 I will deliver to you J “ROBDPHONE” YOU SUFFER Fwn any Ski n uo h r 810 In charming tints ■lto— Mr- n n as for AS Usual shop tCZema, Scrofula Scnrw ri P LreuTrauo», Swellings, Bad Legs, Ulcers ii anilll ar VTrnnourl Boils, Sores SS2SS’ Bl(,cd Rheumatism, Gott KUNGSOR,
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      74 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. May 28 7.40 a in. 1.41 a.m. 29 8.31 a.m. 2.32 a.m. ii 30 9.24 a.m. 3.23 a.m. n 31 10 12 am. 4.18 a.m. June 1 9.27 a.m. 328 a.m. n 2 10.18 a.m. 4.20 a.m. h 3 11.09 a.m. 5.10 a.m. The
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1344 3 AUTUMN MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 31 st July, 1909. proposedlrogramme. 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«3o p.m. NOTICE. —No amendments
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      558 3 Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. vVYx'M Tw > re-mlar services are maintained tween JAPAN’ and EUROPE by the mjpany s well-known TWIN-SCREW STEAMERS. te Mail Contract with the Imperial laj snese Government, specially desi ned for the Company’s European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent acco nrnodation for
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      245 3 RU N NYM EDE BOARDING HOUSE. SEA SIDE SEA SIDE 40 Northam Road, Penang. A few single and double bedrooms aie now available, (each with special bathroom attached), for single ladies and gentlemen, married couples, or families. Excellently situated near sea side; pleasantly cool and bracing. Sea bathing. Cuisine unexcelled.
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    Friday, 28th May, 1909.
    603 4 Those who remember the hydrophobia scare in Penang four years ago—a scare which had a very solid justification in the distressing!} la l ge number of deaths that took place from this cause—will read with something more ti an ordinary interest the following paragraph which we
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    KEDAH AND THE ANGLOSIAMESE TREATY.
    885 4 SINGAPORE OPINION. Commenting on the controversy in these columns with regard to Kedah’s position under the new Anglo-Siamese treaty, the Singapore Free Press says We certainly do think that the arrangments prior to the signature of the treaty at Bangkok were very badly managed. Siam
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    683 4 VOLUNTEERS v. WANDERERS. The Esplanade was again crowded with spectators yesterday afternoon when the Penang Volunteer Sports Club and the Penang Wanderers played off their League match, considerable speculation being aroused as to the personnel of and display by the Volunteers, who are new to the competition. The
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    Penang Cricket Tournament.
    219 4 In the Penang Cricket Tournament, two matches will take place tomorrow, namely, C.RC. v. Butterworth Cricket Club at Butterworth, and P.R.C. v. P.C.C. on the Esplanade. The teams selected are as follows C.R.C. —Makassim, Sim Swee Ee, Boey Siew Chan, Chuah Aik Him, Ewe Cheng Khay, Cheah
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    882 4 Mr. J. H. M. Robson, of Kuala I is leaving for h>>me shortly 4rn pUr I Mr. W. Meikle Vlason drew the Klang Club Derby sweep and ui" per cent, of $4,338. Dr. Orme left yesterday f, r Kangsar, owing to Dr. Ib Vu, a I again
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      142 4 THE DISINFECTANT STANDARD A TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION. A recent Scientific Discovery Officially adopted by the Imperial Government. Ensures efficient disinfection at a cost so trifling as not to be worthy of consideration on the ground of expense. AGENTSI GUTHRIE A CO.. Ltd., Penang and Singapore. “ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. This
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    THE PREMIER AND THE TWO-POWER STANDARD.
    505 5 ANIMATED DEBATE 111 THE COM HOUS A WORKING RULE OF THUMB.” [Reuter's Service] London, 27th May. Iu the House of Commons, a motion inti bv Captain Craig, Unionist Memtier for County Down, calling attention to the dives gent views of Cabinet Ministers and deploring
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    JAPANESE ROYALTY ABROAD.
    67 5 ENTERTAINED BY THE KAISER [Reuter’s Service Loudon, 28th May. Prince and Princess Kuui, Prince and Princess Nashimoto, and Prince and Princess Yamashina have arrived iu Berlin. [DeR OsTASI ATIBCH E LLOYD’S SERVICE Beilin, 27th May. A number of Japanese Princes and Princesses are now in Berlin, and
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    THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.
    50 5 LABOUR MINISTRY DEFEATED. [Rsuter’s Service] Loudon, 28th May. A telegram from Melbourne states that the Commonwealth Labour Ministry has been defeated in the House of Representatives by 39 votes to 30 as the result of a fusion of the various sections of the Opposition under Mr. Deakiu.
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    DEATH OF A GREAT FINANCIER.
    37 5 AN ESTATE OF £15,000,000. [Riuter’s Service London, 27th May. Ihe death is announced of the wellTnown city financier, Charles Morrison. He leaves an estate of between ten and fitt-Hu million pound-* sterling.
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    THE BUDGET.
    26 5 END OF REPORT STAGE. [Reuter’s Service] London, 27th May. rhe Budget resolutions have passed the '••port stage, and the Finance Bill has been introduced.
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    THE NEW REGIME IN TURKEY.
    93 5 ■OHL IXECUriORS ARD SESTERCES OF DhITH. ABDUL HXMID’S FUTUKE RESIDENCE. [Reuter’s Service j London, 28th May. Telegrams from Constantinople report that the court-martial has passed sentence of death on seven more reactionaries, including Abdul Hamid’s chief eunuch Djeoheragha. A hundred officers and others have been
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    THE EUROPEAR SITUATION.
    70 5 SIR E. GREY’S OPTIMISM. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th May. During the general debate iu the House of Commons on the motion for the adjournment over Whitsun, Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, deprecated any nervousness regarding European politics and said that there was not
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    54 5 SIR JOHN FISHER’S POSITION. IRbvtbr’s Servici Loudon, 28th May. It is reported that Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Arbuthnot Fisher will retire from the position of First Sea Lord in October and will be succeeded by Admiral Sir W. H. May, at present commander of the
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    THE RUSSIAN MINISTRY.
    40 5 SIGNIFICANT RESIGNATIONS. Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 27th May. The Russian Minister of War has resigned and is succeeded by General Myschlaewski M. Is volsky, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has also resigned and is succeeded by M. Goremykin.
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    MR. ROOSEVELT IN EAST AFRICA.
    33 5 HUGE BAG OF BIG GAME. [Reuters Service London, 28th May. Mr. Roosevelt has, up to the present, secured 86 head of big game and eight hundred smaller animals.
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    GERMANY AND MOROCCO.
    23 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 27th May. All the Germans who were arrested in Morocco are reported co be safe.
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    Penang Volunteers.
    267 5 We are informed that a maxim gun is being sent up from Singapore for the use of the Fenang Volunteers. This should help to create an additional interest in the work of rhe Corps Twenty names of Europeans have been sent in intimating willingness to join the maxim
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    THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1624 5 ORDINARY MEETING. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon in the Municipal Offices. There were p«esent Dr. G. W. Par* (Deputy President), Dr. P. V. Locke, Mr J W. Haliifax, and •ir. L. H. Clayton; with Mr. L. M. Bell (Municipal Engineer) and
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    THE POSITION OF TIN.
    293 5 The metal markets expert of the Ironmonger, writing on the evening of May 6, •aid Tin. It is none too easy to form a judgment regarding tin, the struggle between leading interests continuing to dominate the immediate course of prices. There has been a fall in
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    ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    106 5 —TOM. The fourth practice shoot of the recently, formed Ladies’ Rid-’ Ciub at Teluk Anson to k place on Tuesday, with the following result Mrs. Shaw 30 Miss Melbye 29 Miss Palmer 27 Miss Koch 24 Miss Gleeson 22 Mrs. A. Campbell 18 Mrs. Palmer 17 Miss
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      496 5 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankruptcy. No. 11 of 1908. Re TEK KHENG Co. Notice is hereby given that a First Dividend is intended to be declared in the above matter. Creditois who have not proved their claims on
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      1286 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF BROWN Q o AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPrIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. Monumental SculpiQp s Netherlands Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Discount Bank.) CALCUTTA. Paid-up-Capitalsls,ooo,ooo Established 1824. Establish rd at Batavia, 1857. Authorised Capital £1,500,000. A. D. 1852
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    SHARES.
    1242 7 n I •2 Capital. Subscribed. J?°’ I v S 1 Ue 3 Dividends. Name. i®l i 5 t r Shares. value. |J® a 1 ’S i S i 5 I|£|a I O' MINING. i jti.i $300,000; f. 300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 ...;Belat Tin Mining Co.,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    80 7 Bangkok, Brit., Davies, May 27, Singapore, gen., G. W. P. De Carpentier, Dot., 766, Eilleracht May 27, Olehleh, gen., Hottenbach, Bros. Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 294, Scott, May 28, Acheen, gen., Ban Ho Hin. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont, May 28, Singapore, gen.. Hottenbach. Liebert Co. Petrel, Brit., 124,
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    CLEARANCES.
    51 7 Bhadra for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Kum Sang for Singapore and Hongkong. Petrel for Tongkah. Rotorua for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul. Valentijn for Deli, Asahan, Batu Bahra, and
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    91 7 oj Steamer, where from, npproxitaate date of arrira/, where hound, and Agents. Brasilia, Suez, May 29, Japan, B. M. Benvorlich, London, June 10, Japan, S. B. China, Japan, June 7, Fiume, S. K. China, Singapore, .lune 7, Fiume, S. K. Glenogle, Rangoon, June 5, China, E. S. lyo
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    PASSENGERS.
    154 7 ARRIVALS. By Rotorca (May 27) from Port Swettennam, Mr Goh Taik ('hoe and family, Messrs A van Fooren and Wee Choo Cheng from Singapore, Mr Khoo Cheng Whee. By P. R. Luitpold (May 27) from Genoa, Messrs M Stockmar and F Hornberger; from Colombo, Mr and Mrs L L
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Pknang, 28th May, 1909. By Courtesy o f 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 Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    195 7 Pknang, 28th May, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $16.25 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.75 sales. Mace 73 buyers. Mace l ickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l7 50 sellers. C No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    112 7 To-Morrow. Pnr Per. Clone. Madras, taking mails') for Europe, etc., vid Tara 10 a.m. Bombay Registration 8-30 a.m. Rangoon and Calcutta Lindula 11 a m. Registration 10 a m. Calcutta Nara Sang 11 a.m. Registration 10 a.m. Pangkalan Brandan Padang 1 p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Deli
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    European Mails.
    37 7 Hour- II» PoEIIIVKI.Y lo Stkamkr. WARD. PKCiID. <’(TH. >A 11, P. *fc O. Oceana 5/6 B. T. Tara 29/5 N.D. L. P.E Friedrich 8/6 Outward. P. O. Devanha 3/6 8.1. Tara 10/6 N.D.L. Yorck 9/6
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    302 7 By P Jz O ss Macedonia from London, May 7, and ss Devanha from Colombo, due June 2 —To Penang Mr and Mrs J Heroon, Messrs C B Ussher and E S Hose. Singapore Mr and Mrs J Scott, Messrs M Tadd, K Loon Kin, K
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    LOG BOOK.
    910 7 l'he directors of the Pacific Steam Navigition recommend a final dividend of 12s. 6d. per share, making, with the interim dividend, 20s. per share, or 4 per cent., for the year, against 5 per cent, for 1907. Vla> 8 was i he date fixed for Vice-Admiral G. S
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      201 7 THE London Directory. (Published Annually.) ENABLES traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS DEALERS in each class of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs the Directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign
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      33 7 Mori Evirt Year.—Moro people tak» Stearns’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract every year than ever before. Thai’s because it i» a good thing, build» up their health,and they t»ll their friend» about it.
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