Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 June 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No 138 VOL. LXVII. MONDAY, 21st JUNE, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1011 1 ,Hl Perak Club hoth, 41 I 'PNTRIES for Race 6 First Day and KUALA LQMEUR, F. M. S. jjllUlß H' For Daily Issue, m Town, Race 6 Second Day close July 1, A Ntw f i£ sl cuss HOfll ffi J Y $27 per annum, First Day fittwd with Illi
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    ST. XAVIER’S INSTITUTION.
    968 2 PRIZE LIST. Secondary Classes. Queen's Scholarship Class Queen’s Scholarship, 1908, Fr. X. Leong Yew Koh. Government Scholarships, 1908, L. Cheng Ean, Ng Weng Wah, 1909, L. Cheng Ean, C. Yen Chong, Ng Weng Wah. Mbdals amd Scholarships or the School. St. Xavier’s Medal for Religious Knowledge, C.
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    THE F.M.S. DINNER.
    681 2 —L. <k C. Express A perusal of the proceedings at the fourth annual Federated Malay States dinner will convince anyone, if such conviction was needed to be borne into him, that the function has now become a regular institution Whether at future gatherings tin or rubber, or
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    Hongkong & Shanghai Bank Sports.
    264 2 Hongkong Shanghai Bank Sports. Favoured by ideal summer weather the annual athletic sports of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank were held on May 22 on the ground of the Bank at New Beckenham. A large number of friends journeyed from the city to witness the contests, including Sir Thos. Jackson, Bart.,
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    THE WEEK.
    147 2 Moaday, 21st Jaae. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting. Football: St. Xavier’s v. C.R.C., Esplanade. Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, 6-30 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Tuesday, 22ad Jaae. League Football: C.R.C. v. AngloChinese, Esplanade. Band, Golf Club. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wedaesday, 23rd Jaae.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    82 2 June 21 1819—Jacob Oppenbach, composer, born. 1837 —Proclamation of accession of Queen Victoria. 1862—Prince Damrong of Siam born. 1870—Massacre at Tientsin. 1889—Servious Chinese riots, Bangkok 900 taken prisoners. 1904 Foundation stone of Hokkein Christian Church, Tanjong Pagar, laid by the Governor. 1905 Mr J W Lowther installed
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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.
    61 2 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. Public Works Department.— Metal and spawls, and supply of bullocks and carts tenders close noon, June 25. F.M.S. Railways.—
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    10 2 2 Johore Road apply Koe Guan Co.
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      63 2 Skm Troubles are often the direct result of digestive disturbances. Waste products instead of pacing ofl in the way intended by Nature, attempt to Bc ipe f rom fche body by another route—namely, the skin nel aH d t tS P °&gt;* er ch r*■ 18 M ee(led w a
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      207 2 Another Miracle The miracles performed by Little’s Oriental Balm are almost countless. Men and women who have become crippled by the horrible agonies of Rheumatism are throwing away crutches, canes, and bandages and walking free with elastic step. Rheumatism in the back or shoulders, in the arms or legs, can
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      115 2 Sun Insurance Office, London. Insurances effected upon almost every lescription of property at current rates of Premium. Total sum insured in 1891 £373,700,000 Total sum insured in 1899 £435,000,000 Total sum insured in 1902 £487,600,000 Claims arranged by the Local Agents and paid with promptitude and liberality. The jurisdiction of
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      163 2 H RAD Oyrins Whan you teal thoroughly 25 &lt;fc 26 CORN HILT in\r dinner with a r 1 Capital bully Subscribed B W Dll Ca P ital Pai&lt;i -»p I DvV KI L AaM B Exceed 2 'W I qntTP H al A ual Kxceej, S*» I and so ward
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      80 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H W. L. W. A.M A.If. P.M. P.M. June 21 2-37 8-50 2-53 9 06 22 3-29 9 42 3-45 9-58 23 4-20 10-33 4-36 10-49 24... 5-12 11-25 5 28 11-41 25 6-03 6-29 0-16 26 6-55 0-32 7-21 1-08 27 7-46
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      2281 3 NW y T T GOVERHMEHT NOTIFICATION. WjF. H\&lt; S£BMHBWRBSM®Uj MUNICIPAL NOTICE. flfW '"TENDERS wilf lie received at the &lt; TUr Cll CMT CIRRTI FV of D«i rB( ot t g Resident. Councillor's Qffice. up to &gt; lilt I &gt; Material. anA at Workman- F Bl K I Ww PPLICATIONS for
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    Monday, 21st June, 1909.
    564 4 It is well-known that there are many medical men with wide experience of life in the tropics who are by no means prepared to accept without qualification the theories of Major Ronald Ross with regard to the propagation of malaria by the anopheles mosquito. We ourselves
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    PENANG CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    597 4 VOLUNTEERS v. C. R. C. This match was played last Saturday on the ground of the C. R. C. and resulted in a very decided win for the C. R. C. by the splendid margin of 69 runs and 4 wickets. The wicket was by no means
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    CHOLERA IN EUROPE.
    34 4 OUTBREAK IN ST. PETERSBURG. i Reuter’s Srrvice j London, 20th June. The outbreak of Asiatic cholera in St Petersburg is increasing in virulence There were fifty-three cases and ten deaths yesterday.
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    THE FRENCH BUDGET.
    62 4 [Dbr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Servick.] Berlin, 20th June. The French Budget provides for a deficit of 105,000,000 francs. Taylor has won the Open Golf Championship at Deal. lu the second Test Match Hayward, George Gunn, King, Albert, Relf and Haigh took the place of Fry, Jessop, Rhodes, Thompson,
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    360 4 —M M. Major-General Arthur Battye is dead. Mr. and Mrs. Hart arrived in Penang this morning by the s.s. Lian Choo. News arrived by the mail of the birth of a sou to Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Baxendale. Mr. H. C. Eckhardt’s appointment to act as
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    Training Notes.
    390 4 Training for the Kuala Lumpur and Penang Meetings is going on briskly. The Griffins are all shaping well, with the exception of one or two who are as yet not accustomed to the saddle, but with good handling we hope to see them all face the starting machine.
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    RUBBER IN THE F.M.S.
    211 4 LflBU RUBBER COMP4JJ FINAL DIVIDEND For LJVw» Our Ou-u Ti n 19th The Directors of the L ah„ R Company, Limited, hare declared a a dividend of 4 per cent., mskin 7 for 1908. P er cent. r Th (F-M.S.) Rubber Co formed m February 1907
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    THE EMPERORS’ MEETING.
    125 4 GERMAN PRESS OPINIONS. [Reuter’s Service London, 19th June. The Kaiser has sailed for home after his meeting with the Tsar. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyds Service l Berlin, 20th June. The European Press discusses in the most friendly tone the speeches and toasts exchanged by the Kaiser and the
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    COLLISION AT SEA.
    112 4 CRUISER AND LINER. [Reuter’s Service] London, 19th June. H.M.S. Sappho, a third-class cruiser, collided in a fog off Dungeness with a vessel of the Wilson Line also named the Sappho The cruiser was badly damaged amidships and was only kept afloat with the greatest difficulty by means
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    CHINESE IN AMERICA.
    78 4 STRANGE STORY FROM NEW YORK [Reuter’s Service London, 21st June. New York has been thrilled by the discovery in a trunk in a Chinese lodging house of the murdered body of the granddaughter of General Franz Sigel, one of the heroes of the Civil War. The Chinaman
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    NAVAL SUPREMACY.
    64 4 EFFECTS OF BRITAIN’S POLICY [Reuter’s Service.] London, 19th June. Mr. R. McKenna, First Lord of the Admiralty, speaking at Middleton, Lan cashire, said that naval superiority necessary to prevent invasion. The of ernment’s attempts to initiate a reduction of armaments had resulted in an iiuiease abroad, the remit
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    MOTORING IN GERMANY.
    23 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyds Service. Berlin, 20th J unoAn Opel car has won the prize instituted by Prince Henry of Prussia.
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      392 4 THE DISINFECTANT STANDARD IZAL A TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION. A recent Scientific Discovery Officially adopted by the i Imperial Government Ensures efficient disinfection at a cost so trifling £6 not to be worthy of consideration on the ground of expense. AGENTS• GUTHRIE COm Ltd. i Penang and Singapore* Northam House Photographic
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    THE ANGLO-SIAMESE TREATY.
    93 5 t he TIMES"’ MISGIVINGS. qsITION of ASIATIC SUBJECTS. London, 13th June. 1-, IC Time* regards the Siamese treaty ph misgiving and doubts the expediency of the &lt;unender of extra-territoriality and t ie distinction made between u tlt .i British subjects and those of Asiatic descent. The article
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    A SINGAPORE SENSATION.
    140 5 MUNICIPAL clerk absconds, rumoukkd hkavy defalcations. From Our Own, Correspondent.] Singapore, 21st June. Tobin, who was chief cletk of the Municipal water department, is alleged to have abscmded, and is believed to be on his way to Batavia. His defalcations, it is rumoured, amount to some thousands
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    THE RUSSIAN OUTRAGE.
    91 5 W(JU N DED STOKER CO MPE NS ATE D. [Rrutkr’s Service London, 20th June. The Tsar has sent a sum of 200 roubles to the wounded stoker of the Newcastle steamer Woodburn which was fired on and damaged by Russian warships. London, 21st June. The Russian Admiralty
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    THE KING AND THE TERRITORIALS.
    69 5 PRESENTATION OF COLOURS. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 20th June. Hh Majesty the King at Windsor presented colours to 108 units of the Territorials, each unit having reached 75 per cent, of its establishment. The ceremony, which was a most brilliant one, was witnessed by members of
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    CHINA’S RAILWAY FINANCES.
    63 5 AM E RIC A N PA R TICI PATION. [Reuter’s Service] London, 21st June. Telegrams from Washington state it is understood that Germany’s reply to the Vnited States’ intimation that it desires to participate in the financing of the Hankowsiechua;i railway is couched in the most friendly
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    THE CRETAN QUESTION.
    69 5 AN OMINOUS MOVE. Obtasiatischk Lloyd’s Skrvice.] Berlin, 20th June. Greece is preparing to call out her Berlin, 21st June. M. Pichon, Minister for Foreign Affairs, informed the Council of Ministers of yte receipt at the Quai d’Orsay of a note r '"n I urkey on the Cretan
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    FIRE ON THE “ KUTSANG.”
    53 5 FIRE ON THE KUTSANG.” damage unknown yet. [7'rom Our oon Correspondent.] Singapore, 21st June. A fire broke out on the steamer Kutsang u "d f.»r Singapore, in consequence of wll i she returned to Hongkong yesterday. r w«re no fatalities. The extent of the lua i?e to the vessel is
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    ST. XAVIER’S INSTITUTION.
    1311 5 DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES. Although thi&lt; distribution, which took place on Saturdav, was, more &lt;&gt;r less, a private function, it lacked i othing of the entliusia-m which is usually displayed on such occhS'Ons Ihe distribution took plac- in the spacious hall of the new building. The Rt. Rev.
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    Legislative Council.
    231 5 N T. The business for which the Legi-lative Council was called together on Friday afternoon was despatched in less than fifteen minutes. His Excellency the Governor (Sir John Anderson, k. c. m. g.) presided, and theie were also present The Officer Commanding the Troops Major-General Perrott; the Colonial
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      VETERINARY WORK.
      240 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Dear Sir, I have read the leader re Horses in your Saturday’s i-sue with much interest. Can you kindly enlighten me about the following To whom can one address himself when one’s horse becomes a temporary invalid, perhaps a trifling matter
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    EDUCATION IN PENANG.
    1697 5 REPORT OF INSPECTOR OF SCHOOLS. The annual Report on Education in the Straits for 1908 contains the following report from Mr A. E. Pringle, Inspector of Schoo's, Penang: Staff. I was in charge of the Department throughout the year with the exception of the month of January
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      81 5 Office of tie Official Assignee ii Baikraolcf. Singapore, 19th June, 1909. PRESIDENCY OF BOMBAY, INJDIA. Insolvent Debtors’ Court. Re S. RAM J EE. Creditors of Ihe above are requested to send in the proofs for their claims without delay to the Official Assignee, Bombay. Forms of proof may be obtained
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      428 5 NOW READY. “Football Gazetteer” CONTAINS Penang League’s Records, Fixtures and Rules; Selangor and Perak Leagues Singapore Cup Competition Warren Shield Malaya Football Association. LAWS OF THE GAME. “A BARGAIN AT 20 CENTS.” ON SALE AT The Pinang Gazette OHice. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE next Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will
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    SHARES.
    1260 7 i I s CpiUl. S,&gt;l»orib«i. N" r f S- Dividends. Name. E E 1 5 2:* ■"T MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Bel at Tin Mining Co., Ltd. ss| $6 906 300,000 2 25,000 22,500 1 0 1 0 Bruang, Ltd. 7 901
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    101 7 Bharnta, Brit., 1957, Alexander, June 20, Rangoon, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Delhi, Brit., 4783, Gordon, June 19, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co.Fuhwo, Brit., 454, Wright, June 20, Langkat, kerosene oil, Katz Brothers. Hebe, Brit., 347, Instu, J une 21, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Ipoh, Brit., 528, Olsen,
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    CLEARANCES.
    46 7 Avagyee for Tongkah. Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson. C. Apcar for Calcutta. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Hebe for Deli. Hok Canton for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Sardinia for Singapore, China, and Japan. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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    PASSENGERS.
    210 7 ARRIVALS. By Delhi (June 19) from Hongkong, Mr Li Swee Chi. By Ipoh (June 21) from Port Swettenham, Miss K Lloyd, Rev Brother Aimar, Messrs T Donaldson, A V Kemp, G F Ackroyd, Shaik Assan, Shaik Ahamad from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Lo Leong Huat and child, Messrs
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 7 Penang, 2 Ist Junk, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). Loudon Demand Bank ...2 3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/41 3T Credit 2/4 7/32 3 Docur’entary 2/-Q &lt;'alcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 17b Bombay Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private 17b Madras Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    194 7 Penang 2 Ist Juns, 190 y. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $16.50 sellers. Trang Pepper $l4 buyers. Mace 73 buyers. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $l7 buyers. C No. I $6.65 sales. Sugar &lt; No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    542 7 To-Morbow. For. Pe r Pangkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E.B. Co.) 1 p’m’ Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Batu Bhara Sree Bangka 1 p.m. Singapore and Hongkong Sexta 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Sappho 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and
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    European Mails.
    37 7 Hom a- u. Ex- Positivki.y lu Stkamrr. ward. pkcted. IHik "»AII F. £O. Denanha 3/7 B. I. Tara 29/6 N.D. L. Lutzow 24/6 Outward. P. £O. Delta 1/7 8.1. Taroba 24/6 N.D. L. Kleist 23/6
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    LOG BOOK.
    896 7 The North German Lloyd will inaugurate the regular service bet ween Singapore and German New Guinea by the Ss. Sandakan measuring 1,800 tons. This vessel will touch at Batavia, Samarang, Soerabaya, Maciss tr, Amboit a, Banda, and Netherlands New Guinea, while cargo will also be carried to Australia.
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