Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 June 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE Published daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 125 VOL. LXVII. SATURDAY, sth JUNE, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    EASTERN EXTENSION TELEGRAPH CO.
    712 2 The seventy-first half-yearly ordinary general meeting of the Eastern Extension, Australasia, and China Telegrapph Company, Limited, was held on May 11 at Electra House, London E. C. Sir John Wolfe Barry, k.c.b presided. The Chairman said :—The gross revenue for the half-year under review amounted to
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    Hemmed in by Ice.
    66 2 London, 21st May. The Allan liner Mongolia has been hemmed in for two days by pack ice at St. John, Newfoundland, over a mile from shore. The vessel is still cast. There is danger of a gale driving her in shore, and her five hundred passengers
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    Crete.
    55 2 .n 1 1 ia Rome and Vienna that a the Power, are prepared to accede to Great “Brit 0 and Glee<:e Great Britain, who i, hesitating for fear of emUrrMemg the Young Turk, BhortlV ’’“m how ever, expected very t ona tr„’„ l, e of the interna uonal troops
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    MINERAL WEALTH OF SIAM.
    836 2 Jalar, lakuatung, and Renong.— Siam Free Press. Mail papers from Europe are devoting much space of late to the mineral wealth of Siam and the great possibilities which it offers for future exploitation. Home papers, however, are not so very accurate in their topographical knowledge of
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    Persia.
    74 2 London, 24th May. Telegrams to The Times from Teheran state that it is expected that Russia will advance Persia £lOO,OOO on the security of the customs. Expenditure will be strictly controlled by a committee composed of Russian representatives the manager of the Russian bank, and the French financial adviser.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    292 2 THE BUDGET. London, 22nd May. Two hundred more signatures of leading financial men have been added to the letter addressed to Mr. Asquith by bankers and merchants, protesting against the Budget. Mr. Asquith, speaking at Sheffield, declared that Government would adhere to the main lines of the
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    The India Councils Bill.
    198 2 Mahommrdan Representation London. 21st May. Ti>e Aga Khin has telegraphed to Ameer Ali his approval of the resolutions recently passed by r he London Committee of The Moslem League with reference to separate Mahoinmedan representation He legaris the proposals of the Viceroy’s telegram as detrimental to
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    The Amir.
    159 2 Simla, 19th May. It is not altogether easy to guess exactly what is happening in Afghanistan, but there seems little doubt that the Amir has held a Durbar at Kabul, at which he has ordered several suspects and conspirators to be hanged and blown from guns. After the
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    Libel Action in Japan.
    155 2 The action for libel brought by Mr. W. T. R Freston, Canadian Trade Commissioner in J ipan, aga’nst the proprietors and the editor of the Japan Daily Herald, of Yokohama, has, says a wire in the Hongkong Daily Press, resulted in a judgment in favour of
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    173 2 Trinity Sunday. June 6. St. George’s Church. 7- a.m.—Holy Communion. (Plain). 8 a.m. —Matins. (No Organ). 9 a.m.—Holy Communion. (Plain). 10 a.m.—Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m—Children’s Service. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. St. Mark’s Church (Butterworth.) 9 a.m.—Matins and Holy Communion. Presbyterian Church. 9 a.m. —Divine Service (Northam Road). 6
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    THE WEEK.
    127 2 Saturday, sth June. St. Boniface. Cricket Volunteers r. C R.C., Esplanade. Cricket P.C.C. r Butterworth, Butterworth. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Sunday, 6th JuneTrinity Sunday. Monday, 7th June. Penang Turf Club: General Meeting, 4-30 p m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road Tuesday, Bth June.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    102 2 June 5. 1875—Departure of the first O. O. steamer from Hongkong to San Francisco. 1891—Messrs. Argent and Green murdered in an anti-foreign riot at Wuhsueh, China. 1897 M. Ranchot, French Charge d’Affaires, died in Bangkok. 1898— First Class Order of Osmanieh conferred on Sultan of Johore. 1900—Communication
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    29 2 Rosebury,” 7 Logan Road; apply M. M. Noordin’s Office. New Zealand,” 14 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin’s Office. 2 Johore Road apply Koe Guan Co.
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      78 2 The Tides. Date. L. W. H. W. L. W. H. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Jane 5 7-07 0-54 7-33 1-20 6 7-59 1-46 8-25 2-12 7 8-51 2-38 9-17 3-04 8 9-43 3-30 10 09 3-56 9 10-35 4-22 11-01 4-48 „10 11-27 5-14 11-53 5-40 11 6-06 12-19
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      120 2 The New Grand Change ol Programme i, ni Ist Show, 7-30 to 8 1 Robbers Robbed I 2 Law of Pardon 3 Comedy Cartoons 4 The Poor Tutor 5 Thieves Caught in their n I 6 Elephants in India W 1 7 Diabolo 8 A Little Merchant of Chnii. a
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    Saturday, 5th June, 1909.
    1343 4 Crime in Kinta Another Daring Gang Robbery is now a’ standing headline in the newspapers of the Straits and F.M.S., and were the European public not absorbed in matters which touch them more closer—such as the price of tin, the rubber boom,” and the testudinal revival
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    342 4 Training for the Autumn Meeting is going on favourably and the attendance at the course in the morning shows that some of the old sporting spirit still lives in Penang. Much amusement has been afforded those who watch the operations every day by the antics of the Griffins,
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    Crime in Kinta.
    374 4 The Latest Gang Robbery. The Ipoh paper gives the following details of the latest gang robbery in Kinta, a brief account of which was received by telegraph yesterday Four Patani Malays were the victims of a daring gang robbery yesterday afternoon at a spot about three miles
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    121 4 The following scores were made by Ipoh in the Walker Gup competition for June Mrs Douglas 33 Mrs. Bristow 33 Mrs. Valpy 31 Mrs. Spinks 31 Mrs. Berry 31 Miss A. Jackson 30 Total 189 The following were the scores made by Taiping in the Walker Cup
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    882 4 The death is announced o f Ellasy, ophthalmologist, former!? ,Si bay. °iß f Sir Beauchamp DufF will not O’Moore Creagh at the India November. In the meantime ho I to India in July. v There is a strong rumour in v- Major-General Douglas Hai» l a ttla
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      213 4 THE DISINFECTANT STANDARD IZAIx I A TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION. I A recent Scientific Discovery Officially adopted by the Imperial Government. Ensures efficient disinfection at a cost so trifling 8S not to be worthy of consideration on the ground II of expense. 8 AGENTS! I GUTHRIE CO.* Ltd.. Penang and Singapore.
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    SHIPPING RINGS.
    446 5 ROYAL COMMISSION'S FINDINGS. A MAJORITY REPORT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth June. The Blue Book on the Royal CommisLon on Shipping Rings has been published. Tli majority report finds that in praotice ,hipping rings are not uneconomical, and that the evidence given before the Commission does not warrant Parliamentary
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    AMERICA AND JAPAN.
    62 5 INTERNAT I ON AL COURTESIES. [Reuter’s Sbrvicb London, sth June. The Metropolitan Club at Washington yesterday entertained Admiral Uryu of Japan to a banquet. President Taft, in proposing the toast of the Mikado, ieferred to the warm personal friendship felt by America towards the Emperor and people
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    THE FRENCH SILK INDUSTRY.
    51 5 PROPOSED BOUNTIES VETOED. [Reuter’s Sbrvicb.] London, 4th June. Owing to the cost, the Committee of the French Senate opposes the Bill passed by the Chamber of Deputies allowing bounties to silkworm growers of sixty Centimes per kilogramme on raw silk for twenty years from May 1,
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    DISASTER IN BELGIUM.
    47 5 GREAT CANAL BURST. [Rbutbrs Sbrvicb.] London, sth June. The great Willebroeck Canal in Belgium bas burst, flooding the country for miles round. The vessels in the Canal were strand (1, several breaking their backs. Thousands of hands are idle in the factories the Canal-side.
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    AIRSHIPS IN WARFARE.
    46 5 ACTION BY UNITED STATES. [Rbutbr’s Service London, 4th June. liie United States Secretary for War ordered the preparation of plans of airti hips to assist the Navy in coast-defence scouts. He proposes to place stations tvery two hundred miles along the Atlantic coast.
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    KAISER AND THE TSAR.
    189 5 THE COHING HERTING. AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL EVENT [Rbutbr’s Service.] London, 4th June. Besides Prince Bulow and Herr von Schon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Admiral von Tirpitz, Minister of Marine, will accompany the Kaiser on his visit to the Tsar. The Russian Premier, M. Stolypin, will be
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    54 5 A SHARP ADVANCE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 4th June. The Planters’ Stores and Agency notify that a cable received from London states that the rubber market is excited the price of Para has advanced twopence, making ss. 1 Id. for No. 1 plantation, and the
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    ABDUL HAMID’S METHODS.
    34 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th June. The official Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung indignantly repudiates the charges brought against the Diplomatic Corps at Constantinople of receiving bribes from the ex-Sultan of Turkey.
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    STRIKE IN PHILADELPHIA.
    41 5 TRAMCARS WRECKED. [Reuter’s Service London, 4th June. A strike of tramway employees in Philadelphia has led to serious rioting, a score of cars being wrecked. Two hundred persons were injured as the outcome of charges by the police.
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    RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER.
    29 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th June. It is again rumoured in St. Petersburg that M. Goremykin will shortly replace M. Isvolsky as Russian Foreign Minister.
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    COTTON.
    14 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th June. Cotton is quoted at 5.83 d.
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    Penang Exports.
    69 5 The following articles were exported from Penang during the fortnight ended May 31 To United Kingdom. Tons. Tin 375 Black pepper 190 Tapioca, flour 360 Tapioca, flake 45 Tapioca, pearl 165 Copra 100 To U.S. of America. Tin 475 Black pepper 20 White pepper 10 Tapioca, pearl 116
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    2395 5 IMPORTANT TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES. THIRD DAY’S PROCEEDINGSThe trial of Joseph Smith and Ismail on charges of using as genuine a forged document and of abetment thereof respectively, in connection with the mortgage of land in Province Wellesley, was resumed before Mr. Justice Braddell and a special jury
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    The H. & S. Bank Robbery.
    293 5 The H. S. Bank Robbery. The Overland China Mail of May 25 says At the Magistracy, this morning, before Mr. J. H. Kemp, Chief Detective Inspector Hanson brought up a Chinese clerk, named Lim Chee Siang, alias J W. Dod-on. aged 30 years, on a charge of larceny of about
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    The Agri-Horticultural Show.
    174 5 Mr. D. W. Gilmour, Hon. Treasurer, acknowledges the following subscriptions to the Agri-Horticultural Show to be held in Penang on August 9, 10, and 11 Amount previously acknowledged $6,409.65 A. C. Hardouin 5.00 Koe Guan Co 100.00 Tye Kee Yoon 100.00 Foo Choo Choon 25.00 Koh Eng
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      376 5 Mr. A. F. Low. P. P. C. Captain J. 11. Coysh. P. P. C. NOTICE. *T*HE Auction Sale of Hock Bee and Chin Bee Estate situate in Kulim in the District of Kedah has been postponed to Saturday, 12th June, 1909. J. W HALLIFAX, Licensed Auctioneer, NOTICE. A LIST of
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  • Obituary
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    22 5 OBITUARY. AN F. M.S. POLICE INSPECTOR. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 4th June. The death is announced of Police Inspector Stapleton.
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    SHARES.
    1294 7 X i Capital. Subscribed. 25°’ J* BUe Divid«m<k v I '■s r Shares. Value. LHviuenus. Name. 1 s' |co !OQ O’ MINING. 190 3 $300.000 $300,000 30,0001 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd $6 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500, 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 7 1901
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    105 7 Ailsa Craig, Brit., 2166, Moody, June 5, ban, coal, Paterson, Simons Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, June 5, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. lyo Maru, Jap., 3918, Parsons, June 4, Singapore, gen., Boustead Co. Jin Ho, Brit., 110, Wright, June 4, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Japan, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    89 7 Cornelia for Teluk Anson. De Kock for Deli and Langsa. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Hebe for Deli. lyo Maru for Colombo and Tuticorin. Jin Ho for Langkat. Japan for Singapore, China, and Japan. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Mary Austin for Aaahan. Malaya for Deli. Malacca for
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    42 7 a oj Steamer, from, approximate Hat» ot arrira/, ivhere bound, and Agents. Benvorlich, London, June 10, Japan, S. B. China, Japan, June 7, Fiume, S. K. China, Singapore, .lune 7, Fiume, S. K. Kitano Maru, S’pore, June 11, Antwerp, B.
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    PASSENGERS.
    124 7 ARRIVALS. By Taroba (June 3) from Madras, Mr and Mrs P K Pillay. By Rotorua (June 3) from Port Swettenham, Mr Loke Chow Thye and son. By Kistna (June 4) from Singapore, Miss Gentle and Mr A Gentle from Port Swettenham, Mrs Chesney and child, Messrs McLeod, Pasqual, and
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    PRODUCE.
    185 7 PeSang, sth June, 190 v. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W T Coast 3 lb. 5 05).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 sellers. Trang Pepper $l3 buyers. Mace 73 buyers. Mace I ickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l7 50 sellers. C No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    499 7 Monday. or Per. Ci<M*. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow Glenogle 2 p.m. Singapore, China, and Japan Malta 4 p.m Tuesday. Port Swettenham and Singapore Ipoh 4 p.m. Wednesday. Ceylon, Australasia, A India, Aden, Egypt, P. E Friedrich 2 p.m. and vid Naples for C Regist. noon Europe, etc.
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    European Mails.
    34 7 Homb- q EW- Pobitivbly Io WARD. PBCTKD. DUB. SAIL. P. AO. Oceana 5/6 B. 1. Tara 29/5 N.D.L. P.E. Friedrich 8/6 Outward. P. 40. Assaye 17/6 8.1. Tara 10/6 N.D.L. Torek 9/0
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 7 Penang, sth June, 1909. (By Courteey oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 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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    LOG BOOK.
    893 7 1 he relieved crew of the cruiser Bedjord, on the way home from the China Station in the cruiser Andromeda, will pay off at Devonport, the crew being sent by rail on leave or to Chatham, as may be convenient. The cruiser Gladiator, which was wrecked off Yarmouth
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