Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 June 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 129 VOL. LXVII. THURSDAY, 10th JUNE, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1221 1 THF PINANG GAZETTE.” MUNICIPAL NOTICE. I NOBEL’S EXPLOSIVES.! subscription. f e ’">« mJ Q appoint. I For Daily issue, in Town, IXti~dor s ed -Clerk E Bft TARI F T>T'l‘ I $27 oer annum, tanat will be received by the undersigned |Sh attafi M M-jr -ft ft _/ft_^™ OR up
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    A DAY IN A BERLIN LABOUR EXCHANGE.
    1524 2 .—Frederic William Wile Tn view of the Labour Exchanges Bill, introduced in the House of Commons by Mr. Winston Churchill, some interest attaches to the following article by the Daily Mail's Berlin correspondent Berlin has solved the problem of making unemployment respectable, and
    .—Frederic William Wile  -  1,524 words
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    India’s Pasteur Institute.
    294 2 The Report of the Pasteur Institute of India for 1907, which ha-» only just made its appearance, states that the tot J number of patients under treatment during the twelve months was 1,349, an increase of 41, this t >tal being made up of 433 Europeans and
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    WEIHAIWEI.
    1181 2 —Hongkong Weekly Press. The British Government can scarcely be accused of having made any concealment of its intention on the first convenient occasion of getting rid of Weihaiwei. In the early days of our intercourse with China, a similar desire was evinced to shuffle out of Chusan, the rendition
    —Hongkong Weekly Press.  -  1,181 words
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    Protest Against the Spitting Law.
    150 2 The Chinese community intend sending home to the Secretary of State for the Colonies a long petition protesting against the recently passed law making spitting in public places a crime, says the <?. C. Morning Post 'The prayer of the petition will ask that the
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    The Port Against the Amir.
    39 2 Allahabad, 28rh May. It is reported that Dr Abdul Ghani and other natives of India, under arrest for supposed complicity in a plot against the Amir, are to be smt back to British Territory.
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    THE WEEK.
    125 2 Thursday, 10th June. Corpus Christi. Outward English (B.I.) Mail. League Football P.C.C. r. Volunteers, Esplanade. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday. Ilth June. St. Barnabas. Bandmann Dramatic Co. Town Hall. Band. Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph. Penang Roa<l. Saturday. 12th June. Homeward English (B.I.) Mail. Cricket Butterworth,
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    68 2 Juns 10, 1856—First British Consul arrived in Siam. 1871 —Hongkong and Singapore united by telegraph cable. 1876—Typhoon at. Formosa loss of several vessels. 1881 —Petition submitted to Governor of Straits Settlements concerning Indian Immigration into Native States. 1900— Admiral Seymour started for Peking. 1901— Unveiling of memorial
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    AUCTION SALES.
    28 2 Saturday, June IS.— Hock Bee and Chin Bee Estate, Kulim, Kedah J. W. Hallifax, auctioneer. Saturday, June 19.— Land Ham.; Logan’s Buildings J. R. McFarlane, 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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      392 2 By THE Appointment A»® King. Those in favour of health and strength please signify in the zu a b l Cinematograph! prJ.L 4 i VtM Grand Programme purely Sold In JF Vegetable Bottles by t t B l\l t Tj > Sweetmeat all Druggists > a v WJT /y y
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      77 2 The Tides. Date. L. W. H. W. LW. H. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. June 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 9-08 255 15 9-34 311 10-00 3-47 16 10-26 4-03 10-52
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    Selangor Turf Club.
    904 3 PROGRAMME. SUMMER MEETING 1909. First Day, Tuesday, 6th July. 1. —Thi Ex-Griffin Handicap. Value $250. A handicap for all ExGriffins Entrance $l5. Distance R.C. 2. I hi Galloway Handicap. Value $250. A handicap for all Galloways, that have not won a race value $6OO or over since
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      1201 3 I PENANG VOLUNTEERS. JL JL orders by captain The Hon Tile A. R. ADAMS Japan Mail Steamship Co. U. commandant. a June, 1909. Uth, Friday, Recruit Drill at the Fort at 5-30 p.m. 12th, Saturday, Class Firing Trained 5 r V Men (Section B 1) at 3 p.m, < 13th,
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      95 3 o Banking and Trading Corporation, o o Naudin ten Cate Co., Ltd., PENANG—MEDAN. O A Discount bills and advance loans for Q short periods on produce, import goods, Q O bonds, shares, and other negotiable securi- g Q ties. Q q Advance money on goods consigned to 0 0 Europe.
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    Thursday, 10th June, 1909.
    1341 4 When Reuter cabled us out the main provisions of Mr. Lloyd-George’s budget we gave it a qualified approval, and the fact that the Daily Telegraph and the Pall Mall Gazette denounce it as a penal budget”, while the Morning Leader and the Daily News laud it
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    586 4 C.R.C. v. ST. XAVIER’S. There is not much to write about in connection with the League match between the Chinese Recreation Club and the St. Xavier’s Institution on Victoria Green yesterday evening. After a considerable delay in starting, the Chinese took up the running from the kick-off, seeming
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    The Sitiawan Case.
    287 4 In the recent action brought by three Chinese squatters against Towkay Foo Choo Choon, in respect of his rubber aud tapioca estate at Sitiawan, it may be rememberec that Mr. Justice Braddell, in delivering judgment on May 3, (a) found for plaintiffs, the damages to be subsequently
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    888 4 The Maharani of Pati-ib. a daughter on May 30. ga?e birt hh Rear-Admiral v O n liio erio hi o miral of the German cruder XT"' 1 U been ordered to take over th? the squadron in the Par East lnau,l, l of We learn that Dr.
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      265 4 I I- 1 THE DISINFECTANT STANDARD 12rAIx A TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION. -J I 1 A recent Scientific 4 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 of expense. AGENTS! GUTHRIE dk CO.i Ltd.,
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    THE CRETAN QUESTION.
    132 5 TURRETS warlike attitude. IMPORTANT STATEMENT. [Reuter’s Service] London, 9th June. Knver Bev, the Young Turk leader and military at Berlin, has been interviewed by a newspaper representative in that town. He declared that T would not consent to a financial "tleinent with regard to Crete as she
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    CHINA’S FINANCES.
    191 5 THE ABOLITION OF “LIKIN.” [Reuter’s Service London, 10th June. Advices received from Washington state that confirmation has been received in diplomatic circle, there of the statement that Great Britain has finally refused to paiticipate in an international conference with a view to sanctioning increases in the Chinese ad
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    118 5 FOURTH “DREADNOUGHT” IN COMMISSION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th June. H.M.S. Superb, the fourth battleship of the Dreadnought class, has been commissioned at Portsmouth she joins the Home Fleet at Spithead. [H.M.S. Superb, the latest Dreadnought, which has joined the Note, or First, Division of the Home Fleet,
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    GERMANY’S NAVY.
    48 5 LOOKING AHEAD 1 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th June. The Berliner Tageblatt states that the next German Navy Estimates will show a considerable increase for the maintenance of the Reserve Fleet. New proposals for an acceleration of the construction of fast battleships will be made in 1911.
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    CRIME IN KINTA.
    52 5 A EUROPEAN FIR?D AT. [J’rom Our Oum Correspondent] Ipoh, 10th June. Mr. H. G. Cur tit was stopped by robbers on the Gopeng Road last night while travelling in a rikisha. The robbers fired one. •hot, but on seeing that it was a European in the rikisha,
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    JAPANESE ROYALTY ABROAD.
    32 5 PRINCE NASHIMOTO AT ALDERSHOT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th June. Prince Nashimoto of Japan has visited Aidershot and witnessed military operations by the troops of the garrison in Leng Valley.
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    THE KAISER’S MOVEMENTS.
    26 5 [Drr Ostabiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th June. The Kaiser and Kaiserin are to pay a &iate visit to Hamburg on the 20th inst.
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    RUSSIA AND THE POWERS.
    129 5 THE IEETIRG OF KAISER ARD TSAR. INSPIRED GERMAN PRESS OPINION [Reuter’s Service L >ndon, 10th June. Prince Bulow’s organ, the Augsburger Correspondenz, in an article on the coming meeting of the Kaiser and the Tsar in Finnish waters, says that Germany does not intend to induce
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    AMERICA'S TARIFF.
    39 5 THE PRESIDENT IRRITATED. [Rruter’s Service.] London, 9th Juno. It is stated in New York that President Taft will veto the Tariff Bill unless radical changes are made in it. He is particularly irritated at the cotton schedules.
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    THE QUEEN OF HOLLAND.
    35 5 COMING VISIT TO ENGLAND. [Der Ostabiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th June. Queen Wilhelmina of Holland and her Consort, Prince Henry, will go to England in September for a comparatively lengthy visit.
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    THE DIPLOMATIC CORPS.
    19 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 9th June. Sir Claude Macdonald, British Ambassador to Japan, has arrived in London.
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    COTTON.
    14 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th June. Cotton is quoted at 5-75 d.
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    Lanadron Rubber Estates.
    349 5 The directors, in their report for the year 1908, state that since the company was formed they have taken advantage of an opportunity of acquiring a further block of land adjoining Lanadron Estate, consisting of about 500 acres, formerly known as Hollingbury Estate, of which 100 acres
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    The Persian Constitution.
    62 5 London, June 3. Reuter wires from Teheran that the new electoral law gives a vote to educated men not possessing property or a regular income. The Jewish, Parsee, and Christian communities will each be entitled to a representative, who must be a co-religionist. The rest’of the deputies
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    LABOUR & RUBBER IN MALAYA.
    984 5 LABOUR RUBBER IN MALAYA. Mr. J. A. Hunter, the well-known exCeylon planter and rubber Visiting Agent, arrived in Colombo by the mail steamer t<>-day, says the Tinies of Ceylon, being on his way to England. Mr. Hunter is very well satisfied with the state of things as he left them
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    MALAY PIRATES.
    874 5 —Frederick Boyle, in the P M G. Singapore is agitated just now by a tale of piracy, one of the old sort, legendary now. Some few weeks ago a Chinese junk was boarded near Johore—that is, within sight of the island, if not of the city—and seven men
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    An Indian Scandal.
    49 5 London, 3rd June. In the House of Commons this afternoon, replying to Mr. Hart-Davies, Mr. Haldane said that the case of Major and Mrs. Patton Bethune, whom General Rimington expelled from Secunderabad, was at present the subject of communication between the Army Council and Lord Kitchener.
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    THE EASTERN SMELTING CO.
    418 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Dear Sir, In answer to your correspondent Scrutator’s letter in yesterday’s issue, I very much regret to hear that he is not a shareholder and therefore cannot avail himself of the opportunity I offered him to thoroughly investigate those
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      333 5 Johannes Goos. P. P. C. Mrs. Weber. P. P. C. NOTICE. THE derelict steam launch KLEM LIER will be put up to sale by public auction within one month from the date hereof if the costs incurred by the Conservator of the port in floating and removing her, are not
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    SHARES.
    1278 7 „1 I i > I 5 Capital. Kubscrilied. Issue niviUni i v Ĕ "5 h I Shares. Value Dividends. Name. 5 >ll x I t an 3» MINING. A) +300.000 +300,000, 30,000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $6 j ,906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    59 7 Myrmidon, Brit., 3063, Yarwood, June 9, Liverpool, W. Mansfield Co. P. E. Friedrich, Ger., 5001, Malehow. June 9, Singapore, gen.. Behn, Meyer «t Co. Rotorua, Brit., 556, Glenday, June 10, Singapore, gen., E. S. <’o Tara, Brit.. 3651, Acheson, June 10, Madras, gen.. Huttenhach. Liebert Co. Yorck, Ger.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    59 7 Ban Whatt Soon for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson, and Malacca. Calypso for Deli. Canton for Bindings and Teluk Anson De Kock for Deli and Langsa Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Hok Canton for Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Jin Ho for Langkat. Mary Austin for Asahan. Sree
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    39 7 Ya of Steamer, wher» from, iat» of 'trrira.l, inhere bound., and Ageutt Drumgeith, Calcutta June 20, E.S. Kitano Maru, S’pore, June 11, Antwerp, B. Omapere, Tavoy, June 15, Tavoy. E. S. Sexta. Rangoon June 18, E. S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    285 7 ARRIVALS. By De Kock (June 9) from Batavia, Mr and Mrs L V Karl, Mr Oh Tiang Hooi. By Rotorva (June 10) from Singapore, Nonia Bowl from Port Swettenham. Mr Tan Kheam Keat. By Tara (June 10) from Madras, Messrs D F Keshwala, R P Chari and W C
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    PRODUCE.
    185 7 I’knang. I oth June. 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 Ih. 5 nz).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 sellers. Trang Pepper $13.50 sales. Mace 73 buyers. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l7 25 sales. C No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    122 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. Deli, Asahan, Batu Bahra, and Paneh Valentijn 11 a.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Rotorua 3 p. m. Teluk Anson Sappho 3 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m. Mergui, Tavoy, and Moulmein Pachumba 1 p.m Colombo and Tuticorin china 4 p.m. Saturday.
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    European Mails.
    36 7 Honk- hx- Posrrivirt v ’<> MTKAMKk. WARD. PKCTED Dn« it P. i <). Delhi 19 6 B. I. Tara 29/5 N.D. L. Lutzow 22/6 Outward P. <fc <). Assaye 17 6 81. 246 N. D.L. Kleist 23/6
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 10th June, 1909. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 n 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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    Passengers to the Straits.
    343 7 Per P 4 O ss Moldavia, from London, May 21, and ss Assaye from Colombo, due June 17 :—To Penang Mrs and Miss Wagner. To Singapore Miss Blair, Mr and Mrs C H G Clarke, and Mrs Sime, Dr R Dane, Messrs J M Blair, W
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    LOG BOOK.
    856 7 British wroeks ieport«-d to the Board of I rude during Xprii nu nbered 36, with a touiiujje of 23,087, distributed 18 871 to 49 fdeun and 4,2 1 6to 29 sailing. 'The live-» lost niuuoe e l 18. Many of the wrecks 1 eport d, howeve-, occurred in
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      61 7 Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. of Hamburg. Established 1854. Itie undersigned, having been appointed Agents of the above Company, are ready to accept fire risks at current rates. KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agent». Mannheim Insurance Co. Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, wilt accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Prodace, and Valuables at
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      73 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 Hunyadi Janos natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast. sir Life ti’ssr if Cinila. (Establiahed 1865). Assets exceed £6,000,000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities
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