Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 June 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE ■published daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 126 VOL. LXVII. MONDAY, 7th JUNE. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS, LTD.
    1907 2 A RECORD YEAR. The annual genet ai meeting of the members of the Linggi Plantations, Limited, was held on May 11, at the London Chamber of Commerce, 2, Oxford Court, E.C., Sir William Hood Treacher,. K.C.M.G., chairman of the Company, presiding. The notice convening the meeting and
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    Amateur Marathon Race.
    45 2 London, 22nd May. The Evening News Marathon race for amateurs from Windsor to Shepherd’s Bush was run to-day. Gardiner, of England, was first, his time being 2 hours 53 minutes 23 seconds; Labry, of France, was second, and Morris, of England, third.
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    PENANG CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    405 2 SATURDAY’S MATCHES. The following two matches took place in connection with the Penang Cricket Tournament on Saturday P.C.C. v. B.C.C. On the Esplanade a match was played between the Penang Cricket Club and the Butterworth Cricket Club, resulting in a win for the home team. Scores P.C.C.
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    Death of Customs Official.
    242 2 Hongkong, May 29. Mr. Appel of rhe Canton Customs has been f lurid with a bullet through his heart. —S. F. P. The City Magistrate, Hyderabad, Sind, iia- sentenced Cutchi, a tailor, to nine month-' rigorous imp i-onment, forassauitMiss Joynson, teacher in the Roman Catholic school,
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    MALAYAN INDUSTRIES.
    335 2 The following items of news are published in Home papers to hand last week DujJ Development.— Gold dredged 3,_6070z. since Jan. 1, against 3,036 oz. last year. Pahang Consolidated. Production April 4,770 tons of ore treated 105 tons black tin produced; 40 stamps new crusher from April 29.
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    THE WEEK.
    134 2 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. Homeward German Mail. Band, Golf Club. League Football Anglo-Chinese School r. Wanderers, Esplanade. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, 9th June. Outward German Mail Band,
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    45 2 June 7. 1889—Mr. A. Armstrong, Headmaster Malacca High School, retired on pension. 1891—Attempted anti-foreign riot at Kiukiang. 1893—Accidental death of Lieut. Martin. Perak Sikhs, while riding. 1900—4th Derbyshire Regiment captured by Boers. 1905—Norwegian Storthing dissolved Union with Sweden. 1908—Hongkong-Canton steamer Powon wrecked.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    32 2 Tuesday, June B.— Land, Perak Road 10 a.m.; 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, June 12.— Hock Bee and Chin Bee Estate, Kulim, Kedah J. W. Hallifax, auctioneer.
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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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      129 2 A Monster Devil Fish Destroying its victim is a type of Rheumatism. To be overpowered by this terrible disease, crippled, helpless, bed-ridden, is to-day the fate of hundreds of sufferers. For but few diseases are so many remedies recommended as for Rheumatism, but among them none is so efficient as
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      414 2 Colonel Sir DAVID BRUCE, c.B„ F.R.S., Tamil immigration Pond Enact™.». .1 writing from the Sleeping Sickness Commission In Uganda, says:- p MPLOYERS of Tamil a k “I found Bovril of great use on several by reminded that rot R» occasions. It is excellent stuff. I A T? 4. TUl ns
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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. June 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 5-14 11 27 540 11-53 „11 6-06 6-32 0-19 „12 6-58 0-45 7-24 1-11 13 7-50 1-37
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1324 3 AUTUMN MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 31st July, 1909. To be submitted to a Special General Meeting to be held on Monday, 7 th June, 1000 at the rooms of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, at |-3o p.m. NOTICE.—No amendments to
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      501 3 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. Two regular services are maintained between JAPAN and EUROPE by the Company’s well-known twin-screw steamers, under Mail Contract with the Imperial Javanese Government, specially designed for t be Conpany’s European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and
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      377 3 RUNNY*eII." at Calcutta, oil 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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    Monday, 7th June, 1909.
    1404 4 By the last mail we received two documents which are very important to all those who are interested in the question of Great Britain’s threatened naval supremacy which figures so largely in our cables to-day. They are Brassey’s Naval Annual for 1909, and the annual Parliamentary
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    861 4 The following are the orders of the day for the meeting of the Legislative Council on Friday next 1. Motion by the Colonial Secretary That this Council approves a vote of $15,062 for capital expenditure in connection with the Government Wharves, Penang, as follows (1.) Purchase of Steam
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    775 4 Mr. J. S. W. Arthur is to MtM i treasurer, Singapore. The death is announced nf n Willoughby Stanley Clark. Mr. J. H. Robson, of Kuala L Ulnn leaving for Europe in a few days. ;i 1 Mr. R. S. Steedman, of the R a h r
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      592 4 LINGGI PLAN If F T3UNGALOW WANTED, Medium Size, -E5 in vicinity of Race-Course preferred. A RECORD of the BOX, toners will be held c^o pi nan g Gazette. Office, at 3-30 p.m., on Thursday, the 10th instant. Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. W. MARSH, Actg. Secretary. f n Supreme Court of the
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    THE KAISER AND THE TSAR.
    303 5 THE forthcoming meeting. GERMAN PRESS VIEWS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth June. I The German Press, which insists that ■],,> Tsar took the initiative in arranging ■lp- nice'ing with the Kaiser, dwells on the B, I vantages to Russia to secure the nearest ■orm of rapprocAsment
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    HOLLAND’S PRINCESS.
    240 5 [Reuter’s Service London, 6th June. Princess Juliana, the Infant Princess of Holland, was christened at The Hague yesterday. The ceremony was simple, only Queen Wilhelmina, Prince Henry, and relatives being present. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, sth June. The infant Princess of Orange has been christened at The
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    THE TSAR’S PLANS.
    57 5 TO VISIT FRANCE AND ENGLAND. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 6th June. It is officially stated in Paris that the Tsai will return President Failures’ visit to Reval and arrive at Cherbourg on July 31. After a stay of two days there he will proceed to Cowes (Isle of
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    A FINANCIER’S FORTUNE.
    48 5 BEQUESTS TO CHARITIES. [Reuter's Service.] London, sth June. Death duties to the amount of a million sterling will have to be paid on the estate the late Mr. Morrison, the well-known financier, who died on May 27. He bequeathed the sum of £65,000 to charities.
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    ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    32 5 labour leaders in Berlin. Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 6th June. Ihe English Labour leaders who are Vl »iting Germtiuy have been accorded a m 8t cordial reception in Berlin.
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    IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
    238 5 ARMAMENTS FOR DREADNOUGHTS. SPEECH BY LORD ROSEBERY. A MESSAGE TO THE EMPIRE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th June. The Observer states that the armaments have been begun for four contingent Dreadnoughts, which will mark as great an advance on those of the present Dreadnoughts as the latter’s on their
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    THE SULTAN OF TURKEY.
    52 5 TOUR THROUGH THE PROVINCES. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 6th June. Preparations for the tour of the new Sultan of Turkey through the outlying provinces of the Ottoman Empire are being pushed forward, as it is thought that such a move will greatly tend to strengthen
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    ALLEGED IMPERSONATION.
    33 5 ARREST OF A EUROPEAN. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 7th June. T. C. Brown, an ex-prospector, was arrested here yesterday on a charge of impersonating a public servant and extorting money.
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    ANGLO-JAPANESE RELATIONS.
    33 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th June. Prince and Princess Nashimotoof Japan, on their arrival at Victoria Station, were welcomed by representatives of His Majesty the King, the Japanese Embassy, and prominent Japanese.
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    SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.
    32 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th June. A telegram from Capetown reports that the Legislative Council of Cape Colony has adopted the Act for the Union of the South African Colonies.
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    THE BUDGET.
    34 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th June. Lord Rothschild will preside on June 23 at a non-partisan meeting to be held to protest against the Budget, at which City interests will be influentially represented.
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    HERE WE ARE AGAIN !
    31 5 HERE WE ARE AGAIN [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 6th June. Prince and Princess Nashimoto of Japan have arrived in Paris. Prince Kuui of Japan has visited the celebrated Schickert-Siemens works.
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    DISASTER IN GALICIA.
    29 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 6th June. There has been an explosion at a powder tower in Cracow, Austrian Galicia, attended by serious loss of life.
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    SHIPPING.
    22 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 6th June. A meeting has been held in London to form an International Alliance of Shipowners.”
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    23 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 6th June. Turkey and Bulgaria have arrived at a settlement of the Oriental Railway question.
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    458 5 IMPORTANT TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES. FOURTH DAY’S PROCEEDINGS COMMENCED. The 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
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    382 5 The first morning run by the members of the Penaug Hunt Club since the recent Gymkhana took place yesterday morning, about a dozen riders assembling at the Dato Kramat Gardens at 7 a.m. The weather was delightfully cool when the President, Mr. J. F. Wreford, in his
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    THE PRICE OF TIN.
    442 5 v The metal markets expert of the Ironmonger, writing on the ev, ning of May 13, said Operations in the tin market were on a large scale till Wednesday, when the market relapsed into dulness. The feverishness of copper proved contagious, and tin improved on Monday
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    Penang Golf Club.
    85 5 The following were the scores returned for the June Pre-*grave Cups Ladies'. Mrs. Kirk 3 down Winner. Mrs. W. Fox 10 Mrs. S. F. B. Martin 11 Mrs. Dunn 14 Men's. J. T. Donald 2 down Winner. H. R. Buckland 3 T. A. Martin 4 S. F.
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    62 5 The Walker Cup. The Singapore Ladies’ Rifle Association carried out their June firing for the Walker Cup on Wednesday, with the following result:— Mrs. Axten 31 Miss. M. Lloyd 30 Lady Evelyn Young 30 Miss K. Lloyd 30 Mrs. Bowes 29 Miss Lloyd 29 Total 179 The
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    Rahman Tin Co., Ltd.
    66 5 We learn that the output of the Rahman Tin Company’s Mine for the month of May was 702 piculs. On the authority of the management we are given to understand that the output may now be expected to increase steadily. The output for the current year
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    F.M.S. Tin.
    33 5 The following outputs for the month of May are reported Piculs. Pengkalen, Ltd. 450 Redhills 970 New Gopeng 135 Serendah Hydraulic 395 Bruseh 240 Rambutan 325 Chenderiang 511 Kramat Pulai 646
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      401 5 "S.S. HENRICH MENZELL." This steamer will be sold by public auction, at Calcutta, Oil Friday, the 18th June, 1909. For particulars apply to Messrs. PUGH Az Co., Calcutta, or MITCHELL, CHRISTENSEN Co., Moulmein. Moulmein, 28th May, 1909. for .sale town hall, THE property of the late C. E. Spooner, PENANG.
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    SHARES.
    1246 7 'D Capital. Subscribed. Shares 3 Dividends. Name. I fc 5 >• o j 32 O’ MINING. 1903 $300.000 $300,000 30,000 $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 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 a 10%
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    69 7 Glenogle, Brit., 2.399, Paddle, June 6, Rangoon, gen., E. S. Co. Hydra, Nor., 830, Kirsebom June 6, Colombo, gen., Huttenbach Bros. Ipoh, Brit., 528, Olsen, June 7, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Giliillan Co. Oceana, Biit., 35 »7, Belford, June 5, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan <fc Co. Signal, Ger., 907,
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    CLEARANCES.
    38 7 Canton for Bindings and Tehik Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Glenogle for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow. Malta for Singapore, China, and Japan. Signal for Singapore and Hongkong. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    49 7 IVame oj Steamer, cohere from, anpruj-.imate dat» of arrxral, where bound, uud Agents Benvorlich, London, June 10, Japan, S. B. Drumgeith, Calcutta. June 20, uncertain, E.S. Kitano Maru, S’pore, June 11, Antwerp, B. Omapere, Tavoy, June 15, Tavoy, E. 8. Sexta, Rangoon June 18, uncertain, E. S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    156 7 ARRIVALS. I>y Thongwa (June G) from Rangoon, Messrs E Elder and McDonald. By Ipoh (June 7) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Yzelman, Messrs D K Somerville, Fisher, Ticket!, and Tan Soon Teig from Port Swettenhain, Mrs Gilderoy and two children, Messrs \V Richardson, Humphreys, and P H Henshaid. DEPARTURES.
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 7 Penang, 7th June, 1909. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 '3j 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 u 3 Docur'entary 2/4 7/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 1744 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank n 174 3 days’sight Private 176
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    PRODUCE.
    186 7 Penang, 7th June, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 sellers. Trang Pepper $l3 buyers. Mace 73 buyers. Mace Pickings J6G.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $17.50 sellers. T No. 1 $6.60 sales. Sugar < No 2 No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    537 7 To-Morrow. For Per. 01 oee. Pangkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m. Perak (E.S. Co.) 1 p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Sappho 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore I po h 4 p.m. Wednesday. Pang Nga and Trang Deli
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    European Mails.
    41 7 Homb- s E# Positively To ward. TBAI,BR pkcted. Dur. Sail. P. Jz O. Delhi 19/6 B. I. Tara 29/5 N.D.L. P.E. Friedrich 8/6 Outward. P. <fc O. Assaye 17/6 8.1. Tara 10/6 7 a.m. 4 p.m. N.D.L. Torek 9/6
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    LOG BOOK.
    969 7 The French Shipbuilding Company Chantiers et Ateliers de St. Nazaire made a neb profit in the year 1908 of 1,210,483 francs, against 1,044,530 francs in 1907, and a dividend of 45 francs per share will again be paid. Until a regular coasting service between Saigon and Camranh (Annam)
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      37 7 Appendicitis, now so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from on cstipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of M Hvnyidi Jinos natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast.
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