Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 June 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 127 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY. Bth JUNE. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1790 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” notice. TH E NfiW p en Saks Room S.S. “HENRICH MENZELL/’ HTHE interest and responsibility of Mr. Ims steamer will be sold by public auction, at Calcutta, on SUBSCRIPTION. 1 h. Hilton in the firms of InnnnfiAA by order of the mortgagee. Friday, the 18th June, 1909.
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    THE BILLS OF LADING CASE.
    1408 2 From Fairplay of May 6 we take the following with reference to the Penang Bills of Lading case The subjoined Jette- is to hand Aberdeen, April, 1909. To thx Editor of Fairplay. Sir. —In your Log of Bth inst. you mention a case of wrong
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    The Public Health.
    240 2 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended May 2 2 there were 71 deaths—--59 males and 12 females—°qual to a deathrate of 36.42 per mille (esti mated popu ation, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were *2 *5 *3 H A JJ JJ Death-rate
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    Opium Smuggling.
    262 2 Bbtwbin Calcutta and Burma. Calcutta, 14th May. From facts which have been brought to light in a case of opium smuggling now proceeding, it appears that for some years a huge traffic in illicit opium has been carried on between the Chinese in Calcutta and Burmese smugglers. The
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    BERI-BERI IN MALAYA.
    525 2 Drs. Fraser and Stanton, of the Federated Malay States, have published in the Lancet the results of a careful inquiry they have made into the cause of beri-beri. They conclude, in common with many other observers, that the causative agent is Burma rice, or white rice.” One
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    Shocking Sea Tragedy.
    125 2 Hongkong, May 29. Five men were suffocated in the hold of the American vessel .VansAan from Cavite to Hongkong prior to her arrival in port. The vessel had a tempestuous passage and her cargo, consisting of coal and paint, gave eff deadly fumes. The condition of the
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    The Chartered Bank Robbery.
    249 2 The bank robbery, at Hongkong is still shrouded in mystery. The few meagre details the China Mail has been able to ascertain here and there are as follows On the evening of Wednesday, April 28, the cash was received from the compradore, checked, a receipt given,
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    THE WEEK.
    120 2 Tuesday, Bth June. Homeward German Mail. Band, Golf Club. League Football Anglo-Chinese School v. Wanderers, Esplanade. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, 9th June. Outward German Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. League Football: C.R.C. v. St. Xavier’s, Victoria Green. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday, 10th June. Corpus
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    49 2 June 8. 1884 —Italian barque Properita took fire in Singapore Harbour and had to be scuttled. 1896—Tigress shot at Mount Pleasant, Singapore. 1896—Amok at Kampong Bugis the village burnt. 1904—Death of Mr. C. Phillips, of the Sailors’ Home, Singapore. 1906—Return of Sir John Anderson to Singapore.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    34 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. H alii fax, auctioneer.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    30 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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      260 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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      363 2 TOWN HALL, nobeE; PENANG. MAGAZINES AT PENANG Wl 1 ONE NIGHT ONLY. Stocks alwavs on hand nf FRIDAY, JUNE 11, 1909, gL«n ITE I FIRST VISIT OF THE BLASTING GKi at. BANDMANN DRAMATIC SKTDPLKX I COMPANY “g I INCLUDING 'FOR I ING B AU I BTit J Mr. HENRY DALLAS.
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      78 2 The Tides. Date. L. W. H. W. L W. H. W. A.M A.M. P.M. PM.. June 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 8-16 2-03 „14 8-42 2-29
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    900 4 PROGRAMME. SUMMER MEETING 1909. First Day. Tuesday, 6th July. 1. —The Ex-Griffin Handicap. Value $250. A handicap for all ExGridins Entrance $l5. Distance R.C. 2. I he Galloway Handicap Value $250. A handicap for all Galloways, that hare not won a race value $6OO or over since
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    Tuesday, 8th June, 1909.
    1163 4 When those good gentlemen—the delegates to the Imperial Press Conference—to whom Lord Rosebery has entrusted his message to the Empire, return to their various spheres of activity in the Colonies, they cannot do better than accompany that message, which emphasizes what should be the self-evident fact
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    Ladies' Rifle Shooting.
    159 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 Riflo Total yds. yds. Pointe. Mrs. Cooper .360 34* 31 65 Mrs. Hamilton .310 32* 31 63 Mrs. Sproule .22 30* 31 61
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    684 4 MEMBERS AND THE PROGRAMME. A meeting of the members of the Penang Turf Club was held in the Chamber of Commerce yesterday afternoon when there were present, among others, Messrs. J. F. Wreford (in the chair), Leo Toon Took, A. G. Faber, W. E. Cleaver, Jules Martin,
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    The Eastern Smelting Company.
    170 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”} Dear Sir, With reference to the letter in your yesterday’s issue re our Company’s Balance Sheet, I beg to inform you that a full explanation of the item in question was given at the meeting of the shareholders. In
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    THE NEW TERRITORY.
    92 4 APPOINTMENTS ALREADY EI ,J FUTURE OF PERU? I ‘'*’o [From Our Own Corr». KUala Lu Q PUr, 7th J It is understood here t I appointments of officers f or ?i I —Kedah, Kelantan and Triua I been settled they have not been published. In connection with
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    CHINA’S RAILWAY FINANCES.
    81 4 INTERNATIONAL LOAN S J [Reuter’s Service.] Loud on, Bth .J 5,1 Reuter’s correspondent in P4j n that the Chinese Five per Ceui p 1 Loan of £5,500,000—0f which are to be taken by the Deutsch?] ische Bank, the Hongkong and §h J Banking Corporation and the de
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    36 4 A CHEMIST FOR THE STRa; [From Our Own London, 7th .Ja,. The leading rubber companies are porting a scheme to send a chemist tr Straits Settlements, independent of Government, to improve the curiarubber.
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    THE EMPIRE AND THE NAVY.
    44 4 AUSTRALIAN DREAONOUGH [Reuter’s Service] Loudon, 7th Jan». i Reuter’s Melbourne corresponded that the new Commonwealth Governi has telegraphed to the Imperial author; offering a Dreadnought or such curres;. ing addition to the Navy as the Imped Government may approve.
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    RUSSIA'S POLICE SYSTEM.
    45 4 THE LOPUKHIN CASE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th June The Appeal Court has commuted sentence of five years’ penal servitude pi ed on May 13 on M. Lopukhin, Chiei Police at St. Petersburg, for high tiw to transportation to a settlement in Sib-’.
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    THE EMPIRE’S PRESS.
    42 4 IM PERIAL CONFERENCE AT WOK [Reuter’s Service London, Bth June I The Imperial Press Conference bled at the Foreign Office yesterJ morning for its first meeting. There rJ a large attendance and the Earl of Cre’l Colonial Secretary, presided.
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    PRINCE GEORGE OF SERVIA.
    47 4 COMING VISIT TO JAPAN [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Seevici j Berlin, 7th Jw 1 1 Prince George of Servia, who re I renounced his position as heir Throne, has announced his inten proceeding to Japan to study the |UIl 1 system of that country.
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    THE ADANA MASSACRES.
    34 4 MANY ARRESTS. [Reuter’s Service London, Bth It is reported that 445 Moslems non-Moslems have been arrester present in connection with u massacres and riots in the Pi° v Adana, Asiatic Turkey.
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    THE AMERICAN TARIFF.
    34 4 SPECIFIC DUTIES ON [Reuter’s Servi cK -I London, Bth I The United States S enate J the clauses in the cotton 8C j stituting specific for ad valorem cotton and cloth.
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      51 4 THE DISINFECTANT STANDARD is IZAIx A TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION. A recent Scientific Discovery Officially adopted by the Imperial Government. Ensures efficient disinfection at a cost so trifling *S not to be worthy of consideration on the ground H of expense. R AGENTS! fl GUTHRIE CO.. Ltd., Penang and Singapore. 1
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    JAPANESE ROYALTY ABROAD.
    75 5 THE HASHIMOTOS IN LONDON. LUNCH WITH THE KING. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 7th June. The Prince and Princess of Wales called on Prince and Princess Nashimoto yesterday. It is expected that the King will receive them to-day. London, Bth June. Mr. Takaaki Kato, Japanese Ambassador in London, and
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    THE TSAR’S PLANS.
    57 5 [Reuter’s Service] London, 7th June. Reuter’s correspondent at St. Petersburg states that after visiting the King at Cowes, the Tsar will meet the Kaiser again at Kiel. [Dek Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 7th June. It is not expected that the Tsar will land at Cherbourg when he
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    THE TURKISH ARMY.
    64 5 GENERAL v. d. GOLTZ’S INTEREST. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 7th June. General Baron von der Goltz, Inspector of the German Army, who reorganised the Turkish military system from 1883 to 1895, and whose services the Turkish Government is again asking for, will spend his summer furlough
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    53 5 ORIENTAL RAILWAY DISPUTE. [Reuter’s Service London, 7th June. Reuter’s correspondent at Constantinople states that all outstaniiug questions between the Porte and the Oriental Railway Company have been settled by a compromise. A sum of 42,000,000 francs will be paid by Bulgaria and equally divided between the Porte
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    THE RUSSIAN NAVY.
    34 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 7th June. The Council of the Russian Empire has passed, but the Duma has rejected, the vote for the four new battleships demanded by the Government.
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    CHOLERA IN EUROPE.
    19 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 7th June. An outbreak of cholera is reported from St. Petersburg.
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    The Russians in Persia.
    138 5 London, 28th May. The correspondent of The Times at Teheran telegraphs that Persia has not yet agreed to accept the Russian loan. She objects to the terms of the Convention as being too onerous London, 31 st May. Reuter wires from Teheran that the Nationalists at
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    Indians in South Africa.
    25 5 London, 25th May. A telegram from Pretoria states that Mr. Gandhi has been released. He was welcomed by a thousand Indians.
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    ALLEGED FORGERY.
    3695 5 IMPORTANT TRIAL AT THE ASSIZES. DRAMATIC CONCLUSION. Stopped b\ the Jury. 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 laud in Province Wellesley, was resumed before Mr. Justice Braddell
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    The Loss of the “Mahratta.”
    57 5 London, 26th May. The judgment of the Board of Trade Enquiry into the loss of the Mahratta states that the pilot made a grave error of judgment in not recognizing the light. The second mate was culpable for not calling the master. The judgment suspends
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    COMING AGRICULTURAL SHOW.
    364 5 From the Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. Fox, we have received the programme, prize list, and list of classes for the Sixth Joint Annual Agri-Horticultural Show, 1909, to be held on the Parade Ground at Penang on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, the 9th, 10th aud 11th August, 1909.”
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    Proscriptions in Turkey.
    37 5 London, 28th May. Telegrams from Constantinople report that the ministers and high functionaries of the late regime, who have hitherto been detained at Prinkipo, have now been deported to various islands in the Archipelago.
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      241 5 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF THE SHERIFF OF PEHAHC. The undersigned is instructed to take possession and put up for sale BY PUBLIC AUCTION, To the Highest Bidders, On Saturday, the 19th June, 1909, AT 11 A.M., At the Archway of Logan's Buildings, Beach Street, The undermentioned property belonging
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    95 5 Obituary. We regret to announce that Mr. J. Kemp Heath, Minister of the Mission Chapel, Farquhar Street,.died this morning at the General Hospital of appendicitis, after only four days’ illness. The deceased gentleman, who was just thirty years of age, was an eloquent preacher and much respected by all those
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    SHARES.
    1250 7 I Capital. Subscribed. Dividends. Name. Ĕ j 5 o» MINING. 1903 i $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% year end. 30-4-08... Bruseh Hyd.Tin
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    72 7 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Milne, June 8, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Jin Ho, Brit., 110, Wright, June 8, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, Locure, June 8, Deli, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Malta, Brit., 6063, Montford June 7, Colombo, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Pin
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    CLEARANCES.
    37 7 Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jacoba for Singapore. Leong Ho for Trang. Mambang for Setul. Petrel for Pangkalan Brandan. Perak (E.S. Co.) for Deli. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sappho for Teluk Anson.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    48 7 oj Steamer, wher« from, approximate date of arriral, whert bound, and 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. S. Sexta, Rangoon June 18, uncertain, E. S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    138 7 ARRIVALS. By Liam Choo (June 6) from Kedah, Mr B E Mitchell. By Un Peng (June 7) from Perlis, Mr A Duke. By Japan (June 5) from Calcutta, Mr J N Stampton. By Malta (June 7) from London, Messrs A W Davidson, F Angus and D Smith. By Malaya
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 7 Pknano, Bth June, 1909. (By Courtesy ot the Chartered Bank}. [/ondon 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 Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    178 7 Penang, Bth 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 Tickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $17.50 sellers. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No 2 No stock. Basket $3.80
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    558 7 To-Morbow. For Per. Clone. Pang Nga and Trang Deli 1 p ln Tongkah Vorwarts 1 a .m. Batu Bhara Sportsman Ip.m. Teluk Anson Cornelia 2 p.m. Ceylon, Australasia, > India, Aden, Egypt, P. E Friedrich 2 p.m. and vid Naples for f Regist. noon Europ., etc. J Deli
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    European Mails.
    39 7 Homb- Ex- Positively To ward. rBAMBR peoted. Due. Sail. P. de O. Delhi 19/6 B. L Tara 29/5 N.D.L. P.E. Friedrich 8/6 Outward. P. O. Assaye 17/6 8.1. Tara 10/6 7 a.m. 4 p.m. N.D.L. Yorck 9/6
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    LOG BOOK.
    909 7 The estate of Mr. James White, Castle Gate, Crail, Ftf.., N.B an j tate of 2> East India Avenue, London, E.C., Shipowner, of the firm of George Duncan and Co., who died on the Uth March last, has been valued at £122,765 gross. The estate of Mr. George
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