Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 June 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 143 VOL. LXVIL SATURDAY, 26th JUNE, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    ROUND THE ISLAND.
    558 2 Cantributed.) Taking advantage of the mid-summer holidays, some of the students of the Free School and four masters —two of whom are Europeans and the others Natives—proposed to have a cycle run round Penang Island. The appointed day was Wednesday last, the 23rd inst., and the meeting
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    Malayan Industries.
    350 2 We take the following items of news from the latest Home papers to hand Ledbury Rubber.— Crop May, 4,040 lb. Malacca Rubber. May crop, 16,000 lb. Bukit Rajah Rubber.— Crop May, 19,723 lb. increase, 12,300 lb. Vallambrosa Rubber.— Crop two months ended May, 49, 198 lb.; increase, 14.472
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    RETRENCHMENT IN SIAM.
    479 2 will be invited shortly.— Manchester Guardian. A Bangkok correspondent writes Business is extremely dull, a not unusual state just before the issue of the Budget. But this year the Budget has not made it appearance, and when it does it will show drastic retrenchment. It may be
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    Recollections of Swinburne.
    467 2 Mr. Edmund Gosse contributes to the June Fortnightly some memories of Swinburne dealing mainly with the years 1874 to 1880. As to the poet’s unique appearance,” Mr. Gosse writes He was short, with shoulders that sloped more than a woman’s from which rose a long and slender
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    GERMANY AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE.
    375 2 TRADE RELATIONS. The Kreuz Zeitung is much concerned over the suggestion made in the Sydney Star that the British Empire should systematically boycott German goods as a friendly warning to Germany to cease building battleships.” Tne Conservative organ says that the Sydney jou- nal is
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    The Public Health.
    338 2 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended June 19 there were 66 deaths—--51 males ami 15 females— qual to a deathrate <>f 33 85 per mille (estimated population, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were *U S? 8? 61 •5X -S -3« V u"
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    150 2 3rd Sunday after Triaity. June 27. St. Giorgi’s Church. 8 a.m.—Matins. (Choral). 8- 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 (Prye Dock). 6 p.m.—Divine Service (Northern Road.) Preacher .*—The Rev Ernest Lawson, M.A. Methodist-Episcopal Mission. 74,
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    THE WEEK.
    114 2 Saturday, 26th June. Entries close for P.C.C. Tennis Tournament. Cricket: P.R.C. r. Butte 1 worth, Esplanade. Cricket: Volunteers 1». P.C.C., Victoria Green. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Roa J. Sunday. 27th June* 3rd Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 28th June. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Tuesday.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    146 2 June 26. 1824—Lord Kelvin born. 1858 —Treaty between England and China signed at Tientsin. 1887 —Additional Convention between France and China signed at Peking. 1899—European unofficial admitted to Selangor State Council. 1899 Penang Rifle Volunteer Corps first meeting. 1900— Formal opening of Catholic Club Singapore. 1900—Peking relief
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    AUCTION SALES.
    84 2 Monday, June 28.— Land 12-30 p.m. Logan s Buildings; A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Monday, June 28.— Carriages, horses, etc. 205 Hutton Lane 11-30 a.m. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer Tuesday and Wednesday, June 29 and SO.— Furniture and plants noon 457 Burma Road Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Wednesday, June
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    TENDERS.
    38 2 P.W.D., Kedah.— Unserviceable stores, six buffaloes, and one bullock tenders close June 26. Public Works Department.— -Two iron pontoons tenders close noon, June 30. F.M.S. Railways.— Reconstruction of Kuala Lumpur Railway Station tenders close noon, July 12.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    10 2 2 Johore Road apply Koe Guan Co.
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      61 2 Skin Troubles are often the direct result of digestive disturbances. Waste products, instead of passing off in the way intended by Nature, attempt to escape from the body by another route—namely, the skin To redirect the stream to its proper channel all that is needed is a wine-glassful of Hunyadi
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      35 2 AppeiJicitis, now so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from constipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of “HliyUi JlBOs” natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast.
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      68 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. June 26 6*55 0-32 7-21 1-08 27 746 1-23 8-12 1-59 28 8-38 2-15 9-04 251 29 9-29 3 06 9-55 3-42 30 10-21 4-58 10-47 4-34 The Moon. First Quarter 1.43 am. 26 June.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1244 3 PROGRAMME AUTUMN MEETINC, 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. AH Horses imported into the Straits or
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      503 3 N. Y. K. japan Mail Steamship Co. U. T- N htftweei' A nV’s well-known TWIN-SCREW steamers, 1 Mail Contract with the Imperial Ullder Government, specially desi ned for serv i ce the nt bv Electricity, provided with'exth n o T'b eommodation for First and Second ce e "p oncers and
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      539 3 The Flying Man r o Kk. y .A l ■.>. 'Li ZaUml*- i Mr. Farman achttvtd I tht record flight of 17 I MILES from Chalons to Rheims without a stop on October 30, 190 t. Nerve Strain and Exhaustion Mr, Henry Farrpan’S' marvellous conquest of the air is another
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    Saturday, 26th June, 1909.
    1282 4 Those who are now enjoying the privilege of witnessing the little bit of history in the making which is unrolling itself in Kedah, will recollect in astonishment amounting almost to incredulity the extraordinary manner in which this impoitant business was handled by the Biitiah authorities. The
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    THE CHANGES IN KEDAH,
    208 4 ANOTHER GOVERNMENT BLUNDER. THE NEW DIPLOMACY*’ ACT WORK, e Ol- 10 I i Dignified Protest BY TUB Su&jAK. f (From Our Special Correspondent.) Alor Star, June 26. An extraordinary situation has arisen here. It appears that on Sunday last the Commissioner of Police, Kedah, received a
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    The Kedah Annals.
    570 4 —Bangkok Times. Mr. C. O. Blagden reviews in the Joorbpl (April) of the Royal Asiatic Society translation of Marong M ahawahgsd The Krdah Annals," which was reprinted <■ in Bangkok last year under the auspices of the Committee of the National Library. Ha describes it as a
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    Penang Cricket Club.
    34 4 Bowls Tournament. The following ties have been fixed for Monday next:— Single Handicap. Pentney v. Houston Riley v. Liddell Mr. and Mrs. Hart left for Calcutta by the s.s. Bhwrata to-day.
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    TRAINING NOTES.
    730 4 The work gone through during the week inding this morning has been of an interesting nature, the- attendance being pretty good, and the weather all that could be deaired. The Race Course, thanks to the care bestowed upon it and to the constant showers of rain we are
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    Burglaries in Penang.
    282 4 An Important Capture. 11 4 We learn that a Javanese syce, Mat Hassan, who is alleged to have broken into t<he house of Mr. Hutson, 15 Logan Road, at 4 tn. on Thursday, was captured this tobrning “at Weld Quay by Det.-Cdrporal No. 6. It is said*
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    THE BIRTHDAY HONOURS.
    135 4 PROMOTIONS IM THE ORDER OF THE BATH GRAND CROSS FOR SIR E. CASSEL. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th June. The Birthday Honours list contains the following promotions and nominations in the Order of the Bath Military Grand Crosses General Sir Bindon Blood, General Sir George Luck, General Sir
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    THE JOHORE RAILWAY.
    77 4 OPENING DATE ANNOUNCED. [Prom Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 26th June. It is definitely announced that the Johore Railway will be opened on Thursday, July 1. Singapore, 26th June. When the Johore Railway opens on July 1 the through trains will leave Singapore at 7-5 am. and
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    POLITICS IN GERMANY.
    78 4 PRINCE BUELOW’S POSITION. [Dee Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Sebvicb.] Berlin, 25th June. The legacy duty bill has been rejected by a few votes. In seems certain, however, that for the present there will be no dissolution of the Reichstag, nor will Prince Bulow resign as he prefers to remain
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    MOROCCO.
    33 4 A DISQUIETING SITUATION. [Reuter’s Service London, 26th June. The situation in Morocco is again disquieting owing to the Sultan’s double defeat near Fez by the two pretenders El Roghi and Bu Hamara.
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    THE POWERS AND PERSIA.
    32 4 [Dbr Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 25th Jnue. A new anti-Russian newspaper has been started in Teheran. It insists upon the withdrawal of the Russian troops from Persian territory
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    COTTON.
    14 4 [Dbr Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 25th June. Cotton is quoted at 6.06 d.
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    THE FIRE AT RAHMAN.
    190 4 FURTHER DETAILS. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Intan, vi& Grit, 22nd June. As I advised you by wire, to-day the village of Intan was burnt down to the ground. The fire started in an eating-house at the Baling end of the village and spread with extraordinary rapidity,
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    TURKEY AND GREECE.
    455 4 SERIOUS WSRsuj GREEKS’ DANa^ Ou [R.VTBK-S SsKV(c Loudon t Telegrams from Constant; that Mahmoud Shevket p a ple issimo of the Turkish Army of an interview with Reuter’» ent, warned the Greeks i n danger of the game they ai e ni? said that the Turkish Go
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    BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    107 4 OPIUM AND GAMBLING FARMS. STATEMENT IN PARLIAMENT [Reuter’s Service London, 26th June. In the House of Commons Seely, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to a question by Mr. Theodore Taylor, Liberal member for the Radcliffe-cum-Farnworth division of Lancashire, said that he had no cognizance of
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    IMPERIAL PRESS CONFERENCE.
    72 4 THE QUESTION OF CABLE RATES AM IMPORTANT CONCESSION [Reuter's Service London, 26th June. The Imperial Press Conference has resumed its sittings. The Chairman announced that the Pacino Cable Company had agreed to reduce i-* press rate from Vancouver to Australia an New Zealand by one-half provided t&e
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    CABINET CHANGES.
    38 4 LORD FITZMAURICE RESIGN»- [Reuter’s Service London, 26th June Lord Fitzmaurice has resigned the t cellorship of the Duchy of Lancas 1 to ill-health, being replaced by Mr ei Samuel, Parliamentary Under-Sec re! iQ the Home Office.
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    THE ALLEGED BANK FRAUDS.
    5663 5 PKELIMINARY INQUIRY. CASE for the prosecution. briefly reported in our last issue, Mr. Nunn in the Third Police Court, yester- ,„Jed the preliminary inquiry into the d ay gainst Lim Chee Saing of falsifyC,R g the books of the Hongkong and J? ntf |,ai Banking Corporation
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      80 5 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements. SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. In Bankiuptcy. No. 9 of 1909. Re KHOO GUAT CHENG. Notice is hereby given that the Public Examination of the Debtor has been fixed for the 29th day of July, 1909, at 11 o’clock in
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    SHARES.
    1275 7 —————J '■"'"’rf fl Canit*!» Subscribed. Js°* Issue M 5 I Shares. Value. -q Dividends. Name. I j 3 3 S 4 —2 «> I MINING. X° ’IS 3.-3-0» t 6 901 6 ?onon 6 ?’nno In 10 a 10 veßr eud 3n 4 8 Bruseh Hyd.Tin Mining Co., Ltd.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    61 7 Bharata, Brit., 1957, Alexander, June 26, Singapore, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. Ischia, I tai., 2481, Belsito, June 26, Singapore, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Poona, Brit, 4878, Vine, June 26, Japan, gen., Adamson, Gil til lan Co. Teesta, Brit., 3428, Willis, June 26, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert <fc <’o.
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    CLEARANCES.
    88 7 Avagyee for Tongkah. Bharata for Rangoon and Calcuttta. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Calypso for Deli. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Leong Ho for Trang. Mambang for Setul. Michael Jebsen for Singapore and Hongkong. Poona for Colombo an l Tuticorin. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    30 7 o/ from, approximate liat» of arriml, hound, and A Benlarig, London, June 27, Japan, S.B. Bencleuch, London, July 8, Japan, S.B. Michael Jebsen, Deli, June 25, H’kong, E.S.
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    PASSENGERS.
    33 7 ARRIVALS. By Bhakata (June 26) from Singapore, Mr H V Edwards. By Teksta (June 26) from Singapore, Messrs C H Ellig, A S Hitchcock, H Murrell, Chee Kwan Min, and Abdul Karim.
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 7 Prnamg, 26th Juns, 1909. By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/3 15/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4| 3 Credit 2/4 7/32 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank 174| 3
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    PRODUCE.
    195 7 Pbnang 26th Junb, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 buyers. Trang Pepper $14.35 sales. Mace 73 buyers. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $17.25 sales. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No 2 No stock. Basket $3.80
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    59 7 Monday. For. Per. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p. m Calcutta Kum Sang 4 p.m. Registration 3 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m. Tubsdat. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m Pulau Langkawi and Flying Dragon 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Port
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    367 7 FOB Balik Pulau, at 8 a.m. and 12-30 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.in., 10 a.m., I 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.
    40 7 Homs- Ex- Posrrivai.v Lu Steamer fA WARD PECTED. I>UR >AII. P. »fc <). Devanha 3/7 B. I. 10/7 N.D. L. P.R. Luitpold 6/7 Outward. P. dt O. Delta 1/7 B I. Teesta 8/7 N. I>. L. P. Ludwig 7/7
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    274 7 Per P <fc O ss Mantua, from London, June 4, and ss Delta from Colombo, due July 1 —To Penang Mr E A Cook. To Singapore Mr F Tonybee. Per P <fc O ss Syria, from London, June 5, due July 6 :—To Penang Messrs J
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    LOG BOOK.
    955 7 The Secretary of the Imperial Merchant Service Guild writes May I ask your indulgence in drawpublic attention to the preposterous decision which has been arrived at by the Court of Inquiry which investigated the circumstances attending the loss of .the steamer Mahratta. Neither the Master nor the Second
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