Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 June 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 137 VOL. LXVII. SATURDAY, 19th JUNE. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1594 1 the “PINANG GAZETTE.” for sale. ice and cm» storage. The Standard Life Assurance Co., SUBSCRIPTION. Engineering 4dv. (ESTABUSHEB U7TJ V MOT 3 Harness in good condition. $250. Also ful busineBB in AuBtliilia seeks a poB i tion The OltiCSt British Life *****6 ID 1116 EdSt. > A A k/ A
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    ISLAM AND COMMON SENSE.
    1948 2 Upon this engaging title, Ibn Ishak discourses in the Hibbert Journal. He is sponsored by Thomas Patrick Hughes, b d., author of a Dictionary oj Islam. Ordinarily, the Hibbert will non publish pseudonymous articles. Hence Ibn Ishak is guaranteed by Mr. T. Hughes. Association with the
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    A PROMISSORY NOTE CASE.
    1135 2 —Straits Times. PENANG FIRM’S ACTION. Before the Chief Justice, at Singapore, on Tuesday, Messrs. Rautenberg, Schmidt <fc Co. sued S. M. Marican <fc Co. for $2,900, an amount due on six promissory notes of 1500 each, less $lOO paid in respect of one of the notes.
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    141 2 2nd Sunday after Triaity. June 20. St. Georgb’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins. (Choral). 8-30 a.m. —Holy Communion. (Plain). 10 a.m.—Matins. (Chinese. 5 p.m.—Sunday School. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. 9 a.m.—Divine Service (Northam Rd.). 6 p.m.—Divine Service (Northam Road.) Preacher —The Rev Ernest Lawson, m.a. Methodist-Episcopal Mission. 74,
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    THE WEEK.
    134 2 Saturday. I9lh June. Homeward P. O. Mail, closes 5 p.m. Cricket: Volunteers r. C.R.C., Victoria Green. Cricket P.C.C. r. P.R C., Esplanade. Band, Golf Club. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Sunday. 20th June2nd Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 21st June. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    104 2 June 19 1842—Shanghai occupied by British forces. 1902 —International Banking Corporation opened branch in Singapore. 1904 P. &O. steamer Australia wrecked off Sydney. June 20 1793—Macartney’s embassy arrived in China. 1837 —Accession of Queen Victoria. 18/ < —Sultan Allie of Johore died at Umbye, Malacca. 1882—Sailors Rest,
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    AUCTION SALES.
    27 2 Tuesday, June 22.— Turn-outs, harness, etc. 206 Kelawei Road noon Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, June 26.— Furniture; Bodega; 11-30 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers.
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    TENDERS.
    58 2 Public Works Department. —Supply of granite metal and spawls; tenders close noon, June 21. Public Works Department. —Construction of good sheds at Quarantine Station, Pulau Jerejak tenders close noon, June 22. Municipal Commissioners.— Pulau Tikus Market and Bath; tenders close: 3 p.m., June 23. P.M.S. Railways.— Reconstruction of Kuala
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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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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    687 2 offi cialmi Nutes w May, 1909. lllure <l*J,tt.» 1 Pribknt Dr. G w o President) L. H. Cla,t„ n f" Locke, and J. W. Hallif ax p 4 br 9 f I Absent Q aah BeQa Lira Cheng Teik, Esq. H I 1- The Minutes of the l
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      35 2 Appendicitis, now so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from constipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of Huny&di Janos natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast.
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      247 2 THE London Directory. (Published Annually.) ENABLES traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS Jfc 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
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      76 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H W. L. W. A.M. AM. P.M. P.M. June 19 0-54 7-07 1-10 7-23 20 1-46 7-59 2-02 8-15 21 2-37 8-50 2-53 906 22 3-29 942 3-45 9-58 23 4-20 10-33 4-36 10-49 24... 5-12 11-25 528 11-41 25 6-03 6-29 0-16
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1252 3 PROGRAMME AUTUMN MEETING, 1909. Tuesday, the 27th, Thursday, the 29th, and Saturday, the 31st July, 1909. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 27th July, 1909. 1 THE MAIDEN PLATE. Value $5OO A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All Horses imported into the Straits or
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      504 3 N. Y. K. Japan Mail Steamship Co. U. Tw< regular services are maintained JX JAHAN and EUROPE by the Company’s well-known twin-screw steamers, under Mail Contract with the Imperial ißnaneae Government, specially desi ned for ihe Company’s European Service lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accommodation for First and
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      625 3 The Flying Maa I t r _K- 3. Jr Mr. Farman achieved a the record flight of 17 a MILES from Chalons to Rheims without a stop on October 30, 1901. Nerve Strain and Exhaustion Mr. Henry Farman’s marvellous conquest of the air is another of those brilliant triumphs of
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    Saturday, 19th June, 1909.
    1422 4 We are glad to observe that on his return to this Settlement the Municipal Veterinary Surgeon has recommenced an energetic campaign against cruelty to animals, also that at least one of the Magistrates takes a sensible view of his duties in such cases and inflicts flues
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    898 4 The Race Course presented quite a lively scene this morning as there was a very fair number of members present watching the training for our Autumn Meeting. The early interest shown in the work going on daily at the* course points to a successful meeting here at the
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    THE CHANGES IN KEDAH.
    492 4 Mr. W. J. p w Adviser to the Si’ Fi na ceeded this m .rniug to 4l Will take over fr Ml A rStar J in charge until th o a ■‘7 British Adviser. UVal Mr. Williamson’s last visit tn ir m June, 1905, and the
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    Golfing Verse.
    444 4 A local bard has been inspired to the following outburst by the recent defeat of Scotland in the local international Golf Match Scots wha hae w? G-nn-ss fed Scots wham P-t-rk-n hath led Hide each his diminished head To The Rest the victory. Wha’ for Scotia’s game ’o
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      153 4 LIP T O N’S E 3 E/ J» 3 I a S A 3 B PENANG AGENTS: 3 I Paterson, Simons a Co., IW.| rdUiiIUUUHUUiUHiiUiUUUIUUiUHUIiHUUIIiUUIUmUiUUInTK qoo©ooooooooooo©oooo©©®®®®®s b GARRICK CIGARETTE Q VIRGINIA BLEND O O THESE CIGARETTES ARE MADE BY HAND FROM THE S O CHOICEST SELECTED GROWTHS OF RIPE TOBACCOS,
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    THE EMPEROR’S MEETING.
    298 5 EXTRAORDINARY INCIDENT. jjBITtSH STEAMER FIRED ON. [Rkutkr’s Service.] London, 18th June. Russian warships which are guardmeeting place of the Kaiser and fired some blank cartridges and t,e two shots at the passing Newcastle Woodbum, damaging her boiler and steam' 1 n( |in2 a stoker. vessel was repaired
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    LIBERALS AND THE BUDGET.
    60 5 GOVERNMENT STAND FIRM. [Rkutkr’s Service London, 18th June. Mr. Asquith invited the members of the Liberal Cave to a meeting to state their objections to the land-tax. Twenty-five attended the proceedings were private, but it is stated that Mr. Asquith and Mr. Lloyd-George informed the meeting
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    GERMAN FINANCIAL REFORMS.
    59 5 ATTITUDE OF THE MAJORITY. [Drr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Skrvick.] Berlin, 18th June. A speech in the Reichstag by Baron von Rheinhaben, Prussian Finance Minister, on the necessity of financial reforms, has made a deep impression. The Centre and the Conservatives are still strongly opposed to the legacy duties,
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    THE KAISER’S PLANS.
    64 5 COMING VISIT TO MUNICH. [Drr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 18th June. The Kaiser will visit Munich in the middle of September to be present at the opening of an extension of the SchackGallerie. [The Schack-Gallerie was bequeathed to the German Emperor by Count Schack in and is
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    THE RUSSIAN NAVY.
    27 5 THE NEW “DREADNOUGHTS.” [Reuters Skrvick.] London, 18th June. Ihe materials for the four Russian 'adnoughts will be Russian and the de'igus and supervision British.
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    STRIKE AT MARSEILLES.
    25 5 1 ’kr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 18th June, strike has broken out among the men fc, **ployed on the tugs at Marseilles.
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    46 5 PLANTATION STILL RISING. i brom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, 19th June. The Planters Stores and Rubber Agency notify that the price of No. 1 Plantation rubber has risen to 6/4| per lb., and fine, hard Para to 6/2. The market is steady.
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    GERMAN COLONIAL SHARES.
    31 5 BOOM IN BERLIN. [Dkr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 18th June. Ou the Berlin Stock Exchange there has been a wild boom in the shares of German Colonial Companies.
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    The Public Health.
    229 5 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended June 12 there were 53 deaths—--25 males and 78 females—equal to a deathrate of 40 01 per mille (estimated population, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were o O 0) 1? 1! O -X O -X z
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    F.M.S. Tin and Rubber
    353 5 From Home papers just to hand we take the following items of news Bukit Panjong.— Report for 1908 states the total area of estate is 1,097 acres, planted with 80,900 trees. During the year the capital was increased from £20,00G to £25,000, and an issue of
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    STRAITS TRADING Co., Ltd.
    377 5 The following is the half yearly report of the Directors of the Straits Trading Co., Ltd S ngapore, June 16, 1909. I'he following is the report for the half vear ende I '’arch, 31, 1909, being the second half of 1 he business year 1908/1209. After
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    Penang Exports.
    60 5 The following articles were exported from Penang during the fortnight ended June 15 To United Kingdom. Tons. Tin 775 Black pepper 125 White pepper 5 Tapioca, flour 512 Tapioca, flake 50 Tapioca, pearl 168 To U.S. of America Tin 275 To the Continent of Europe. Tin 140 Black
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    Ladies’ Rifle Shooting.
    52 5 The usual weekly practice shoot took place on Tuesday at Teluk Anson. The scores are appended Mrs. Shaw 31 Mrs. Marks 29 Miss Melbye 25 Mrs. Eatwell Smith 23 Miss Janie Koch 22 Miss Daisy Palmer 22 Miss Palmer 21 Miss Koch 21 Mrs. Smail 17 Miss
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    Britain’s Exclusive Right.
    185 5 London, June 10. Mr. McKenna, speaking in London, insisted on Britain’s exclusive historic right and duty of policing the sea to maintain the highway of trade permanently open. Her mission must be one of peace. The utmost the Navy could do would be to injure the commerce
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    A TIMELY HANDBOOK.
    328 5 RUBBER FACTS AND FIGURES. A useful little handbook of rubber facts and figures has just been issued by Messrs F. C Matliieson ifc Sons, giving valuable particulars regarding rubber planting companies. The appearance of the book is particularly timely, in view of the great interest now being
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    The Jury System.
    198 5 Ihe jury system evidently does not always work properly in Ceylon, for we read at the conclusion of a report of a case in which three Tamils were charged with murd* r The Chief Justice, in sentencing the prisoners before the Court, expressed himself as follows: You
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    Sedition in India.
    384 5 Allahabad, June 9. Ganesh Damodau Sawakar, charged with abetting and waging war against the King and txcitiug disaffection against the Biitish Government, was sentenced by the Sessions Judge at Nasik to transportation for life. London, June 9. In the House of Commons, Mr. Mac karness introduced a
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      847 5 NOW READY. THE NEW “FHiMii Gdzettetr JapaUCSB CONTAINS f Penang League’s Records. ll D CfflfltOf! ROll. Fixtures and Rules; Grand Change of Warren Shield; RM a Malaya Football Association. KK LAWS OF THE GAME. TO-NIGHT! Ist Show, 7-30. A BARGAIN AT 20 CENTS.” i a n ou A Corsican Chastisement.
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      1674 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND NEDE MAATSCHAPPLL NMX NE^|cot^TO C MAATSCHAFPU LIMITED. F I «”T«*U*. *NP CH«A. I Paid-up-Capital ~<....115,000,000 Establish» 1824. Established at Batavia, 1857. Authorised Capital £1,500,000. a TTA "I Incorporated by Royal Charter. R«««Rv. Fumds Capiul fl. 45,000,000- AutH obis«d Capital f 12,000,000.- Subscribed Capital 1,125,000.
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    SHARES.
    1272 7 I 1 i ——1 s I <"l«oribed. r bivid,nd». Name. I E f 'S =3 C Z 30 MINING. 1903 1300.000 300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. ssf $6 906 300,000 2 2 5,00 0 2 2,500 1 0 1 0 'Bruang,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    83 7 Avaygee, Brit., 250, ’Campbell, June 19, Puket, gen., E. 8. Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, June 19, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. C. Apcar, Brit., 1730, Hudson, June 19, Singapore, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Ethiopia, Brit., 1305, Legrand, June 19, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Hok Canton,
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    CLEARANCES.
    66 7 Bharata for Singapore. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. C. Apcar for Calcutta. De Kock for Deli and Langsa. Delhi for Ceylon and Europe Ethiopia for Rangoon and ('alcuttta. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Mary Austin for Asahan. Malaya for Deli. Nam Sang for Singapore,
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    19 7 o/ Steamer, where from, approximate ant» of an-iral, where hound, and Agents. Drumgeith, Calcutta, June 20, E.S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    71 7 ARRIVALS. By Malaya (June 18) from Deli, Messrs Nauen and Hussen. By Kistna (June 18) from Singapore, Capt Baker, Messrs F C Langford and Thung Siang Swee from Port Swettenham, the Misses B Diew aud Oh Mah San, Messrs R F Grey, JAS Basagoiti, Henley, W K Knott, and
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 7 Penang, 19th June, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/4 7/32 3 Docur'entary 2/4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private 1/6 Madras Demand Bank 174| 3
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    PRODUCE.
    184 7 Penang, 19th June, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 nz).... No stock. White Pepper $16.50 sellers. Trang Pepper $l4 buyers. Mace 73 buyers. Mace Tickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l7 buyers. C No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No 2 No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    98 7 Monday. For- Per. Close. Deli Hebe noon Tongkah Avagyee 1 p.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and > Hok Canton 3 p.m. Sabang Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m. Singapore, China, and Japan Sardinia 4 p.m. Tuesday. Pangkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m. D eli Perak
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    242 7 FOR Balik Pulau, at 8 a.m. and 12-30 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.m., 1-45 p.m., and 5 p.m. Bukit Mertajam at 8-30 a.m., 1-30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. Kedah, at 7 a.m. Kuala
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    European Mails.
    37 7 Home- Hx- Positively Io Stkamek. ward. frcted, f»n« >ail. P. A <). Delhi 19/6 11a.m. 7 p.m. B. I. Tara 29/6 N.D. L. Lutzow 22/6 Outward. P. <fc O. Delta 1/7 81. 24/6 N.D.L. Kleist 23/6
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    370 7 Per P i O ss Sardinia, from London, May 22, due June 22 :—To Singapore Dr and Mrs R V Keith, Rev W R Mounsey, Mrs C A Paton and child, Misses L E Tomkins aud E Ford, Messrs J Neilson, F C Evans, A H
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    LOG BOOK.
    926 7 The French Parliamentary Commission of Inquiry has made further discoveries at Bizerta, the naval Port in Tunis, on whose development a very considerable sum of money has been spent j and according to the euideuce collected by the commission, wasted. So far over three millions sterling has been
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      266 7 ?Sf E N A E ’‘s’- The Great Eastern life Assurance I J* I'ENI S promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and COMPANY, LIMITED. Oom inental goods, including (Registered la Singapore uder “Tie conpaales’ Ordinance, 1889.” Looks and Stationery. HEAI> OFFlCE— Winchester House, .Collyer Quay,
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      34 7 sun Life Company or Canada. (Established 1863). Assets exceed £6,000,000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 846,265.0.0 Income, 1908, £1,428,000.0.0 W. A. WHITE, 1 Manuer, South-Eastern I C Asia, Singapore. J PeMn<
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