Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 December 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 295 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY. 28th DECEMBER. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1661 1 th' “PINANG GAZETTE.” for sale ~funn- T mr ~j »».7o -7777- CHRISTMAS i NEW YEAR Gwerament ol Mh. r-u tsubscription. HOLIDAYS. T —j—. f X FOP sa27perannu™, a 27perannu™, DARRACQ, S. N. Co., Ltd. I “MA|T U ft I FT’ I ok U7s__ Pmang Gazette. Sale of Land in Execution
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    ’XMAS FOOTBALL.
    1258 2 ANOTHER VICTORY FOR PENANG. Nearly three thousand spectators, inclu ling a large representation of European ladies and gentlemen, witnessed the Association foot hall match between Penang and Perak on the Esplanade yesterday evening, which resulted in an overwhelming victory for the locals by five goals to nil, four
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    Christinas Golf.
    325 2 J/.J/. Result of the Championship. Following are results to date of the golf meeting in progress on the Petaling links, Kuala Lumpur Open Handicap. Played on Dec. 25 in the morning B. O. Tatham 83— 3=Bo T. H. Fraser 92 B=B4 B. W. Elies 86 scr.—B6 E. M.
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    'Xmas in the Churches.
    225 2 On Christmas Eve, Matins were celebrated at 11.15 pm in the Church of the Assumption and was followed by High Mass at midnight High Mass was also celebrated in the other Roman Catholic Churches at »he same time. On Christmas Day, in St. George’s Church at
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    CHINESE RECREATION CLUB.
    788 2 —S.T. CRICKET AND FOOTBALL MATCHES. On Christmas Day, a cricket match was commenced on Victviia Green between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Taiping Recreation Club. The home team batted first and completed their first innings for 129 runs, the visitors replying with 81 runs. On Sunday
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    CHRISTMAS IN PENANG.
    844 2 ANGLO-CHINESE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Ou Christmas Eve, the Christmas Tree Treat held in connection with the American Methodist-Episcopal Sunday School, took place at the Anglo-Chinese School. Maxwell Road, Bishop and Mrs. Oldham being present. A refreshment booth, decorated with the British and Chinese flags, was 'erected on one
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      180 2 bovril Wayang Kassim, Everyone should keep bottle of Bovril In the house. It to so handy for TACT 111? W AVC I Impromptu meals, invalid LAO 1 ffllW DAYS’ cookery, and tasty dishes» Made tn a minute» J LAST FEW DAYS I! To-Night! aTo-Night!! ALADDIN AND The Wonderful Lamp. THE
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      1363 3 p. MOIR CRANES’ Cylinder OIL THE NAME fH 11 R R I W w I m ship which has for some time past been s&ncH&ndS’ Buttery 5* Co. B> IB o THREE CASTLES “MAGNUMS,” o Eong in the trade or business of General V GV a 2 A LARGE “HAND-MADE”
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    Tuesday, 28th December, 1909.
    593 4 Among other papers received from the Government Printing Office this morning is a verbatim report of the proceedings in the Legislative Council on November 26 when the Petroleum Ordinance Amend ment Bill was passed. A perusal of this report can only serve to strengthen the opinions
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    ANOTHER RUBBER FLOTATION.
    820 4 We understand that Mr. Lee Toon Tock’s well-known coconut and rubber estate at Juru near Simpang Ampat is to be floated at Home on or about January 4, and we hear that Sir William Treacher and Mr. Galle are on the Board. The capital of the Company
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    RIFLE SHOOTING.
    793 4 P.V.C. v H.M.S. “SEALARK”. Yesterday morning, a rifle shooting competition took place at the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, between the Penang Volunteer Corps and H.M.S. Sealark. Firing took place at the 200, 500, and 600 yards ranges with teams of eigh a side, and the landsmen won the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    862 4 Mr. W. Duncan, of Nova Scotia Estat Teluk Anson, is giving a Ball thorp Friday, New Year’s Eve. J Mrs. Farrant is spending Christr»» New Year with her father, Sir Anderson, on Penang Hill. The Planters’ Association of i are giving a dance in the Malacca on
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      879 4 FOR SALE. HORSE (Brown Gelding, fast and quiet) Mr. Gorris. with Gharry, Harness, Lamps, <fcc., purchaser can take immediate delivery. P. v. F. T. KINDER, Sepoy Lines. 1 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Penang Turf Club. HT' HE next Ordinary Meeting of the 1 Municipal Commissioners will be January Meeting, 1910. I held
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    THE GENERAL ELECTION.
    302 5 ACTIVITY IN THE CONSTITUENCIES. ISSUE OF WRITS POSTPONED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Dec. A number of speeches were made yesterday evening, and this will be followed by a cessation for a week. The issue of writs for the General Election has been postponed till January 10. The
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    THE COTTON MARKET.
    54 5 TACTICS OF AMERICAN BULLS. [Reuter’s Service] London, 24th Dec. According to the New York correspondent of The Standard, four bulls, headed by Mr. James Patten, who recently made a corner in wheat, engineered a cotton raid yesterday, fore ng up the prices. They have gained £2,500,000 (sterling)
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    THE P. & O. “NILE."
    61 5 THE P. O. “NILE." COLLISION OFF THE NORE. [Reutkr’s Service London, 27th Dee. The P. ifc O. extra steamer Nile, while starting for Calcutta on Christmas morning, colli led iu a fog with a cable steamer off the Nore and was bally damaged iu the bows. Nobody was killed or
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    THE CLAPHAM FIRE.
    49 5 QUEEN AND THE RELIEF FUND. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Dec. Her Majesty Queen Alexandra has given £lOO to the fund being raised for the relief of the sufferers through the disastrous fire at the premises of Messrs. Arding Je Hobbs, drapers and house furnishers, Clapham Junction.
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    ASCENT OF MOUNT MCKINLEY.
    51 5 AN ADVERSE REPORT. [Reuter’s Service London, 25th Dec. A telegram from New York states that the Committee of the Explorers Club, who have been investigating Dr. F. Cook s claim that he climbed Mount McKinley, have reported adversely and Dr. Cook has been expelled from the
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    CANADA’S NAVY.
    47 5 PURCHASE OF A CRUISER. [Rbotbb’s S.RVIO. London, 25th Dec. A telegram from Ottowa states that the Canadian Government has purchased from the Admiralty the twin-screw cruiser Rainbow for training purposes as the nucleus of a Canadian Navy. It also intends to buy another large cruiser.
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    AMERICA ARD JAPAN.
    24 5 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th Dec. President Taft has received Mr. Sadatsuchi Uchida, Japauese Consul-General at New York, in audience at Washington.
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    SIR JOHN FRENCH.
    129 5 RECEPTION IN SINGAPORE. INSPECTING THE DEFENCES. From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, 28th Dec. General Sir John French, with his staff, arrived here by the Colonial yacht yesterday afternoon, and was met on board by Major-General T. Perrott, c.B, Officer Commanding the Troops, S.S. The Middlesex Regiment supplied
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    THE FREIGHT ON RUBBER.
    45 5 A MOVE BY THE CONFERENCE. [TVom Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 23th Dec. It is reported that the Homeward Conference has decided to raise the freight on rubber from the F.M.S. ports and Malacca from £3 to £3 10s. a ton.
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    BLIZZARD IN AMERICA.
    58 5 FIFTEEN HUNDRED HOMELESS. [Rbuter’s Service London, 28th Dec. The worst blizzard for twenty y«rs has occurred throughout the Eastern portion of the United States, causing fifteen fatalities in New York. Three deaths occurred and fifteen hundred persons have been rendered homeless by a tidal wave at Chelsea,
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    A MURDER MYSTERY.
    44 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 27th Dec. In contradiction to the Italian Government organs, the German Government states that Mr. Burckhardt, who has been murdered, was not engaged in any official mission, merely travelling on behalf of a firm of merchants.
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    FRANCO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    41 5 [Der Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 27th Dec. Some discussion having arisen through an alleged utterance by M. Loubet concerning the Kaiser and the German Government, the matter has been settled by a contradiction from M. Loubet through Havas Agency.
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    GERMANY AND JAPAN.
    45 5 AN OFFICER DECORATED. [Rbuter’s Service.] London, 25th Dec. It is reported from Berlin that the Kaiser has conferred the Second Class of the Order of the Red Eagle on MajorGeneral Kaku Nakamura, nf the Japanese Army, who is serving in North China.
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    BOXING IN AUSTRALIA.
    41 5 LANG v. FITZSIMMONS. [Rbutbr’s Hbrvicb.] London, 27th Dec. A telegram from Sydney states that Lang, the present holder, has beaten Fitzsimmons in the contest for heavy-weight championship of Australialia and a purse of £2,500, in the twelfth round.
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    ANOTHER RAILWAY DISASTER.
    31 5 EXPRESS TRAIN IN COLLISION. [Rbuter’s Sbrvicb London, 26th Dec. The Prague —Vienna express train collided with a goods train at Chotzen yesterday, ten persons being killed and twenty-eight-injured.
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    THE STORMS IN PORTUGAL.
    101 5 GREAT DAMAGE TO SHIPPING. RURAL DISTRICTS INUNDATED [Reuter’s Sbrvicb.] London, 26th Dec. The damage caused by the floods in Portugal is estimated at a million pounds sterling. The German steamer Cintra has been wrecked, and forty lighters have been left out of seven hundred. London, 27th
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    THE CHINESE NAVAL MISSION.
    59 5 A VISIT TO ITALY. [Bkuter’s Service.] London, 25th Dec. The Chinese Naval Commissioners have inspected the shipyards at Genoa. London, 26th Dec. The Chinese Naval Commissioners have arrived at Rome. London, 27th Dec. At Rome yesterday the members of the Chinese Naval Commission were received in
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    Training Notes.
    407 5 Very few people were at the course on Christmas Day though the morning was fine; the going was good and a lot of really fast, and useful work was got through. There was a considerably larger number of sportsm°n present to witness this morning’s training. Practically all the
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    "The Liars."
    138 5 Last evening the performance by local amateurs of The Liars was repeated by special request. The members of the teams who played in the Perak v. Penang cricket match were present. Out of the proceeds a Tennis Championship Challenge Cup will be presented to the P.C.C. to be
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    CRICKET.
    2941 5 PENANG v. PERAK This match was commenced at 10 45 a.in. on Christmas Day under the happiest auspices for Penang. The eleven representing the Northern Settlement was one of the strongest combinations that has ever done battle for any single Settlement or State in Malaya. Perak, no doubt, were
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    38 5 OBITUARY. A FAMOUS GERMAN BANKER. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 26th Dec. The death is announced of Capt. Stanton, a former Inspector of Police in Hongkong. Loudon, 27th Dec. Herr Ernest Mendelssohn Bartholdy, the great German bank -r, is dead.
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    PENANG BAND.
    109 7 THIS WEEK’S PROGRAMME. Tuesday —Esplanade 1. Overture Juanita Williams. 2. Tht Virginia Skedaddle Rosenfeld. 3. Selection Florodora Retford. 4. Waltz The French Maid Kiefert. 5. Song The Saury A rethuea Shield, ri. Al arch M u mbl in Thurbaii IF*>(7 need ay Expt a nade. 1. Overture Die
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    THE WEEK.
    115 7 Tuesday, 28th December. Band, Golf Club. Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, Installation and Banquet. Straits Cinematograph. Penang Road. Wayang Kassim, Tek Soon Theatre. Wednesday, 29th December. Parish Hall Entertainment, 4 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wayang Kassim, Tek Soon Theatra. Thursday, 30th December. Outward P. O. Mail. Straits
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    36 7 December 28. 1816—Mr. W. E. Phillips appointed acting Governor of Prince of Wales Island. 1872—Singapore declared under the Peace Preservation Ordinance. 1900—Temporary Courts of Justice. Singapore, first occupied. 1904 —Football Perak beat Singapore.
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    TENDERS.
    12 7 Prue Riner Dock. Firewood for 1910 tender close noon, Dec. 31.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    40 7 Wednesday, Dec. 29.— Hulk Ganymede 21 Beach St. 11.30 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Thursday. Dec. SO.— Land in Kedah noon Kuala Merbok. T v •‘day, Dec. SO— Land; 11.30 am.; 38 Beach St Koh Eng Hin. auctioneer
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    33 7 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co. H<>lmdene”, Scotland Road apply G. H. Lees. 17 Logan Road apply Koe Guan C o Rosslare'. 4 Johore Road 'furnished); apply R. P. Phillips.
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    SHIPPING.
    1482 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Avagyee, Brit., 250, Campbell, Dec. 27, Port Swettenham, nil, E. S. Co. Ban Whatt Soon. Brit., 199, Gully, Dec. 28, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Benvorlich, Brit., 2164, Calley, Dec. 25, London, gen., Sandilands, Butterv Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Sahib, Dec. 25, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong
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    SHARES.
    1301 7 I Capital. Subscribed, Value T 5 Dividends. Name. -’-2 j? '2 5 Q I I P. ffl 00 H 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 25 10 12 Belat Tin Mining Co. «0 1906 300,000 I 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 5
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      31 7 sun life of Cfliiodo. (Ksta blished 18G5). Assets exceed Surplus over all liabilities IQ ns £1,428,000.0.0 Income, 1908, W. A. WH ITE KENNEDY &Co Manager- South-Eastern Agents, Penang. Asia,l Siagapore- J
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      58 7 The Troubles of Digestion, pain, flatulence, acidity, and so on, are happily in most cases simply the expression of some fleeting disturbance of function The best way to restore tone and regularity to the intestinal tract is by taking a wine-glassful of Hu&y&di jkfiOS natural aperient water the first thing
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      177 7 i For Cash. 5 j g Banking and Trading Corporation, o I RITARriQ I Naudin ten Cate Co., Ltd., g IIiJVV 111/01 O PE/VANG—MEDAN. Q 1 so o Q Discount bills and advance loans for Q Cl A 4AT 5 O short periods on produce, import goods, O S 31V
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      247 7 The Moon. Last Quarter 820 p.ui. 3 Jan. 0 New Moon 051 am. 11 First Quarter 426 pm. 18 O Full Moon 556 p.m. 25 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang From Sunrise. Sunset. Dec. 7 Dec. 31,...6-9 am. 5-51 p.m. Jan. 1 Jan. 10, ...6-10
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