Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 December 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 296 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY, 29th DECEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1694 1 THF PINANG GAZETTE. Government Of hedflh. Government Wharves, Penang. 00©©©©©OOQOOQQQQQQQqoooo©0©0 SUBSCRIPTION H°RSE (Brown Gelding, fast and quipt) O IN I A j with Gharry, Hamess, Lamps, <tc., notice. unolaimed cargo. Ddnkinpr and Trarlinor Rnrnnratinn X For Daily Issue, in Town, P“ lch «-‘«te immediate dehvery. X 31,0 I «Oing UOrpOratlOR,
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    RUBBER.
    1779 2 The Outlook for Plantation». The maintenance of high prices for plantation rubber has, naturally, attracted plenty of investors to this comparatively new industry, and thereby gives additional encouragement to the busy promoter. One frequently hears it given as expert opinion that the present price is too high to be
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    A JAPANESE FUNERAL.
    328 2 On Saturday, Matsibara, a member of the “Nikko” Studio, a good English scholar, died of pneumonia in the General Hospital. His remains, which were placed in a coffin made in European style, were conveyed in a hearse to the Japanese cemetery at Counter Hall, where the coffin
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    Registration of Chinese Partnerships.
    287 2 We observe that one of tLe first cases to engage the attention of the International Court at Bangkok is one to determine who were the partners in a Chinese firm, now declared bankrupt. In the juigment rendered by rhe Court it is stated that in the
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    Christmas in Penang.
    119 2 Among the many treats and seasonable festivities that are being held this year that of the Methodist-Episcopal Tamil School of Thursday last must n t be overlooked. Bishop and Mrs. Oldham, the missionaries, some visitors, and about 200 children were present. Tha School wa* prettily decorated, and
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    THE WEEK.
    122 2 Wednesday, 29th December. Parish Hall Entertainment, 4 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wayang Kassim, Tek Soon Theatre. Thursday, 30th December. Outward P. O. Mail. Municipal Commission, 3.30 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wayang Kassim, Tek Soon Theatre. Friday. 31st December. Band, Esplanade. Hogmanay. E. O Hotel: Special Dinner.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    42 2 December 29. 1809—W. K. Gladstone born. 1836—Colonel William Light fixed upon the site for the city of Adelaide. 1876 —Twenty-six Malay houses destroyed by fire, Kampong Kapor. 1881—Mr. John Cameron, proprietor and responsible Editor of the Straits Tims’*, died.
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    TENDERS.
    45 2 Prye Hirer Dock.— Firewood for 1910; tender* close noon, Dec. 31. F.M.S. and Joh re Railways:— Repair and maintenance of clocks and watches in 1910 tender* close noon, Dec. 31. Government Wharves and Prye River Dock 1,000 tons coal tenders close: noon, Jan. 17.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    62 2 Th ursday, Dec. 30. Allan A Irving’s stock-in-trade; Weld Quay; noon. Cunningham. Clark Co auctioneers Thuisday, Dec. 30— Land in Kedah; noon; Kuala Merbok. Thursday, Dec. 30.— Land; 11.30 am.; 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin. auctioneer Friday, Dec. 31. Unclaimed cargo; Government Wharves 10.30 a.m. Friday, Dec.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    34 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy .t Co. Holmdene”, Scotland Road; apply G. H. Lees. 17 Logan Road apply Koe Guan Co. 44 Rosslare”, 4 Johore Road 'furnished' apply R P. Phillips.
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      158 2 A Cure that Cures There are men and women in every locality who are being racked to death with rheumatism. Many of them have tried electricity liniments, Turkish and mineral baths, massage, etc., while others have been doctored until they have lost all hope and patience. Little’s Oriental Balm has,
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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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      162 2 n THE POPULAR B SCOTCH WHISKY. QRjigi ■>. Jfc 5 f .7. Sara OLD SCOTCH 7/ L CLASCOW, Ltr™ X X BLACK S WHITE." A GENTS HOTTENBACH BROS. Co. WHITE’S I ‘HONEY’ I BRAND 1 I Bacon (Sb Hams. I Sole Proprietors: John White Co., Bristol* England C r LEA
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      251 2 The Moon. Last Quarter 8.26 p.m. 3 Jan. O New Moon 6.51 a.m. 11 First Quarter 4.26 pm. 18 O Full Moon 5.56 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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    Wednesday, 29th December, 1909.
    1252 4 Rather more than the usual amount of nonsense is being talked on both sides in the election campaign now in full swing at Home; in fact it looks like eclipsing all previous iecords for bitterness, malice and all uncharitableness. The way the Radicals are blackguarding the
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 2/4 1/8.
    81 4 To-day s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $77.10 per picul business n Lo, do,, quoted at X 153 In. 6rf. spot and £155 7s. 6d three months. The following were the dealings in tin c' day 9rjr S f P T.'’; Trading
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    F.M.S. HOLIDAYS.
    857 4 AN APPEAL TO SIR JOHN ANDERSON. [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette”]. Sir, Each Settlement of the Colony observes fifteen public and bank holidays in the year, except Penang which has one more, while each State of the Federation has nineteen. As an exceptional case in this
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    347 4 Senor Zelaya has resigned the Presidency of Nicaragua. The death has occurred of Edhem P aH h who commanded the Turks against Greece* Mr. A. B. Hubback has been elected Fellow of the Royal Institute of Briti»? Architects. Among recent visitors to Penan» were the Hon. Mr.
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    Golf in Malaya.
    162 4 At the me *ting of delegate of rhe various Golf Clubs of th** Cd my and F.M.S held at Kua'a Lumpur at Ch istmis it wsle i Itlat in fut i e tht n g should tak plac< Edsi-C 1 Holidays instead of at Christ inas as
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    Mishap to Singapore Steamer.
    147 4 The ss Sultan, belonging to the Soon Keck, Limited, of Singapore, arrived on Christmas Day at Trang fr >m the Southern Settlement with dynamite for Trang and other cargo for Penang. On the following day she lefc Trang and sti uck on a rock at the
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    Fire at Ayer Etam.
    181 4 A fire broke out last, night in an at tap house situated about a hundred yaids to the back of Ayer Etam Police StationThe alarm was received at ths Central Fit® Station at 12.55 and the motor engi ,|f> promptly went to Ayer Etam. As was
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      158 4 1 NEW YEAR'S EVE,: Friday, 3ht December. Z SPECIAL DINNER 2 AT THE Eastern and Oriental Hotel. 2 Penang Band in Attendance, 8 P.M. TO 1 A.M. SARKIES BROTHERS, 2 Proprietors. CHRISTMAS PRESENTS JUST ARRIVED. Finest Perfumery from the Best Makers. i P,NAUDS GENU,NE perhimery. I Da Foscarina, Whitt 1
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    FRENCH FOREIGN POLICY.
    221 5 STATEMERT BY 1. PICHOR. RELATIONS WITH THE POWERS [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th Dec. In the French Chamber, M. Pichon, Foreign Minister, made a statement yesterday regarding France’s foreign policy. He declared that France and Russia were never more closely united than at present, and that the recent
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    SIR JOHN FRENCH.
    129 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapoie, 29th Dec. General Sir J>>hu French’s inspection is being quietly cariied on. Monday’s Malay Mail reports General Sir John French, k.c.b., InspectorGeneral of the Forces, and his suite arrived in Kuala Lumpur by the mail train from Taiping on Saturday In the
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    SINGAPORE MEMORIAL HALL.
    67 5 TRIFLING OUTBREAK OF FIRE. [From Our Own Correspondent Sin gap re, 29 th Dee. Late ve*terday evening a wire in a lower ceilinc of the Memorial Hall fused and set fire to the building. Mr. Pett, Superintendent of the hire Brigade, discovered the outbreak, which was quickly
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    JUVENILE SINGAPORE.
    53 5 ENTERTAINED BY MR. BUCKLEY. From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, 29th Dec. The annual children’s treat was held yesterday evening in the Victoria Theatre in the presence of the Deputy Governor, and was a great success. There was a laige attendance. Mr. C. B. Buckley, the children’s friend had
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    STRAITS CURRENCY.
    31 5 A CLERICAL ERROR. From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 29th Dec. The currency proclamation of December 4 has been reissued and dated Penang December 25 in consequence of a misprint.
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    LEDBURY ESTATES.
    28 5 THE FINAL MEETING. From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 29th Dec. A final meeting in the matter of the liquidation of Ledbury Estates, Ltd., has been held.
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    THE GENERAL ELECTION.
    117 5 CAMPAIGN IN FULL SWING. THE PEERS PROMINENT. [Rbutkr’s Service.] London, 28th Dec. Of 165 leading Unionist meetinga to ba held during the next eleven days, twothirds are to be addressed by Peera. Lord Lamington, speaking at Conaett, Durhamshire, said that the outcry against the Lords was bunkum
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    NAVAL DISCLOSURES.
    77 5 AN ASTOUNDING INCIDENT. [Reuter’s Service] London, 29th Dec. The arrest of a draughtsman named Knowlden, attached to the torpedo-school ship Vernon, has led to the seizure in his house of eighty drawings of plans of the most confidential nature, the possession of which would have revealed to anyone
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    ANARCHISM IN RUSSIA.
    59 5 A MYSTERIOUS CRIME [Reutrr’s Service London, 29th Dec. The death of Col. Karpoff, Chief of the Secret Police in St. Petersburg, remains shrouded in mystery. There have been some hot debates regarding it in the Duma, extremists averting that he had been engaged in manufacturing evidence against
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    THE KHARTOUM RAILWAY
    46 5 SATISFACTORY PROG R ESS. [Reuter’s Service London, 29th Dec. On January 1 the Khartoum Railway is to be opened to one hundred and fifty miles south of Khartoum. Construction work further south is being continued at the rate of a mi'e a day.
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    THE CRISIS IN GREECE.
    38 5 TURKISH MINISTER RECAL EL). [Dbr Ostasiatischr Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 29th Dec. Tewfik Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador in London, has been recalled to Constantinople by the Grand Vizier on account of the crisis in Greece.
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    Legislative Council
    145 5 Ordinary Meeting, Dec. 24 Present The Hon’ble Capt. Sir A. Young, Deputy Gov. The Hon’ble the Col. Treasurer, J. O. Anthonisz. The Hon. the Ag. Attorney-General, K. Allen. The Hon. W. D. Barnes. Absent His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson. His Excellency Maj.-Gen. T. Perrott, c b.,
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    Australian Politics.
    45 5 London, 20ch December. 'l’he Melbourne Government Treasurer M. w“t io» speech io connection with M el eo ti’on to the Council, dwelt on the Utter’s insistence on important amend- tT™£ rotors" to d ZXr the Council or the Assembly should rule the country.
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    FREEMASONRY IN PENANG.
    1082 5 AN INSTALLATION AND BANQUET. Upwards of fifty Craftsmen assembled in the Freemasons’ Hall, Nor* ham Road, yesterday evening, the occasion being the installation of the Worshipful Master-elect and his officers and the celebration of St. John’s Day (Dec. 27—which was a public holiday this year), that date
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    The Municipal Commission.
    150 5 The following is the business for the meeting of the Municipal Commission tomorrow 1. Minutes of last meeting tv be read and confirmed 2. Any special business the President may bring forward 3. Questions. 4' Letter from Colonial Secretary conveying Governor’s approval of Municipal Budget for 1910.
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    Burma C.S. Defalcations.
    86 5 London, Dec 16 At the instance of the Government of India, lan Dalrymple Clai ke, an elderly Indian Civilian, was charged at Bow Street to-day with breach of trust and falsification of accountB in Burma during 1904-1906 —about 14*00,000 being involved. The prisoner denied the charge. He
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    An Indian Science Guild.
    77 5 London. 20th December. An Indian Guild of Science and Technology was inaugurated at Leeds University on Saturday. It is formed of Indian students who are abroad, and is intended to promote the application of science to Indian resources and industries. It is proposed to form a
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    The Ceylon Loan.
    63 5 London, 20th December. The Financial News state that there is a lesson in the Ceylon Loan. It urges that there is nothing wrong with the credit of Ceylon but that it was a mistake on the part of the Crown Agents to insist on payment through bankers
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    Canada’s Navy.
    42 5 London, 18th December Winnipeg telegrams state that Premier Roblin has denounced the Dominions naval policy, and urged a direct contribution to the Impel al navy. Battle,” he s«id, will be over before Canada’a tinpot ships can leave the St. Lawrence”.
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      545 5 NOTICE. BANK holiday' Penang Sales Room. The Exchange Banks I' HE Auction Sale of Khoo Guat Cheng’s will be closed on Sator property originally advertised for to-day has been postponed to Wednesday, /Inn TonHOTV 4 Q4A sth January, 1910, at 38, Beach Street, UdJ j lul UullutLlJj lulVj koh eng
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      1911 6 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL THE MERCANTILE BANK Or THF EUROPEAN AGENCY. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA. LIMITED 7?, r AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. M Eastfirn ShiDDinK issues ai UUOlUlll UllippillQ Continental goods, including:— Incorporated by Royal Charter. Rbsrbvb Fuwdb Capital fl. 45,000,000 Subscribed Capital 1,125,000. Books and
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    LOG BOOK
    884 7 The German Australian Steamship Company at Hamburg has 01 dered the wharf of Blohm »fe Voss at Flamburg to construct a new steamer of a capacity of 1,000 tons dead weight. A detachment of five officers and 45 men uf His Majesty s battleship Duncan were recently received
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    SHIPPING.
    1249 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Carnarvonshire, Brit., 4219, Gregory, Dec. 28, London, gen., Boustead Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Sahib, Dec. 29, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Baker, Dec. 28, Port Swettenham, gen.. E. S. Co. Landrat Scheift, Ger, 1012, Struve, Dec. 29, Rangoon, gen., E S. Co. Mary Austin,
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    SHARES.
    1229 7 g 4 Capital. Subscribed, N g£^° f Value. 3 Dividends. Name. |-g tt 00 H 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 MINING. 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO I 25 10 12 Belat Tin Mining Co S 6 I 1906 300,000 I 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 1901 600,000
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      10 7 vh: a. £.”•> n:;:' “riX ‘dZ a Wine-gl-ful before I reakfaat.”
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      69 7 Appendicitis, DOW so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from constipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of *'HunyadiJanOS”natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast SUB Lift com";;? Of CQRQdQ. (Established 1865). Assets exceed £6,000.600.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government
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