Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 September 1910

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 202 VOL. LXVIII. THURSDAY. Bth SEPTEMBER, 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1320 1 (HE “PINANG GAZETTE.” wanted. notice TWO Senior Job Compositois. Apply with copies of testimonials to T E^ ER will be received at thThb Works Manager, ci|k>r up o of| Bepteillber 30tll I9 i o For Daily ISSU6, In Town, Pinang Gazette Pre»», Ltd. forthe following services for the Govern* H
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    STRAITS ASSOCIATION.
    4904 2 FREIGHT AND SHIPPING BILL. A NARROW DIVISION. A special general meeting of the members of the Straits Settlements Association was held at 4, Corbet-cout t, London, on August 10, to consider the Freight and Steamship Bill introduced into the Legislative Council of the Colony. Mr. W. H. Shelford
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    THE WEEK.
    106 2 Thursday, September 8. Nativity, B.V.M, Municipal Commission, 3-30 p.m. Straits Cinematograph. Penang Road Friday, September 9. Legislative Council. Golf Chib Ladies’ Presgrave Cup. Ipoh Olympics.” Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road Saturday, September 10. Homeward P. <). Mail. Golf Club Ladies’ and Men's Prosgra Ve Cup Ipoh Olympics. Straits Cinematograph,
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    AUCTION SALES.
    54 2 Saturday, Sept. 10.— Furniture 45 Scotland Road 11-15 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark Co, auctioneers. Saturday, Sept. 10.— Town lots at Ipoh; 10 a m. Saturday, Sept. 10 Furniture; 14 Aboo Sittee Lane; 11-30 a.m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Wednesday, Sept. 1 —Shares auction share mart, 2 i Beach St.;
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    TENDERS.
    120 2 P.W.D., Penang.— Construction of reservoir and laying new water mains, Lumut; extension of Bukit Seraya reservoir; tenders close noon, September 10. Government Monopolies Department, Penang.— Services for year 1911:—1. Supply of best Amoy or Hongkong pots, each capable of easily containing 3 chees of chandu. 2. Supply of best
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    18 2 5 and 14 Logan Road; apply M. M. Noordin. 35 Anson Road apply T. Gawthorne.
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      61 2 Skia 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 Huayidi
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      46 2 MANUFACTURERS life INSURANCE CO. OF CANADA. Claims, loans, and surrenders, settled immediately by the General Agents at Penang, without delay of reference to Head Office. F. S. EVANS. ALLEN DENNYS. Manager for Eastern Assistant Agent. Asia And IndiA. PenAnjj. GUTHRIE AND COMPANY. LIMITED, General Agents Penang
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      203 2 The Moon. First Quarter 3.10 am. 12 Sept. O Full Moon ...11.52 a.m. 19 Last Quarter 3.53 a.m. 26 O New Moon 3.32 p.m. 3 Oct. The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset iu Penang From Sunrise. Sunset. Sept. 3to 5ept.10,...5-58 a.m. 6-02 p.m. Sept. 11 to Sept. 18,
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    TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    1614 3 THE ANNEXATION OF KOREA. London, August 27. The Daily Telegraph, commenting on the annexation of Korea, says that the Japanese have taken a wise step and the results to the peace and progress of the world cannot fail to be of far-reaching importance. Reuter wires from Seoul that
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      330 3 built for the far east. I a complete Easy-running Cycle, best H ■I titlings and finish, with all acces- H Hg sories, built to stand all climatic H io and hard wear. At the reasonable price of Rs. 90 I complete. EVERY MACHINE Fftn I :::.T“” JkQjn>-v.K I K lnd
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      264 3 I The New “Peg” WOLFE’S I AROMATIC I SCHIEDAM Schnapps I P lirest spirit distilled I «Af 11 for human consumption. I krsaewHi Admirable as a pick-me-I iSniIKEPS U P< on i° an( l digestive. I I irl Useful as a preventive of I cholera. I I* [MS-* I I
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    MARRIAGE.
    24 4 Coysh-Took.— At Bridlington, Yorkshire, on the 7th inst., Capt. J. H. Coysh, Marine Surveyor, Hull, formerly uf Penang, to Gertrude Toor. (By Cubic.)
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    Thursday, Sept. 8, 1910.
    718 4 The troubles of English Labour leaders do not end with the difficulties refet red to yesterday, of getting their members to toe the line and ioya ly observe ag esments entered into on their behalf with the Employers’ executive. A serious view is taken of this
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 2/4 5/32.
    446 4 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is 478.40 per picul buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £166 spot and £157 10«. three months The following were rhe dealings in tin to-day —Singapore, Straits Trading Co., Ltd., buyers, 378.80; Penang. Straits
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    855 4 The appointment is announced of Colonel J. P. Michielsen, as Chief of the General Staff of the Army iu Netherlands East India. The tablet memorial to the late Capt. H. L Talbot has arrived and haa been fixed to the wall of St. Mary’s Church, Kuala Lumpur.
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    46 4 FEW SIRGAPOKE TB4BSACTIOBS BALGOW lES AT THIRT EEj( [/rom Our Own Correspondent j Singapore, Sept. 7 In the share market, buvar»’ pticjj are: —Alor Gajahs $2.25; $l3; Changkat Serdangs si| 5 q Singapore and Johores $14.50; p Plantations 9/9 Sungei Chohs, £5 4
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    To-day’s Penang Quotations.
    63 4 The following are the changes j n 08f share list on page 7 to-day PreviouMy. To-Dav t n 4$ d a i a as. x o 2 J s« <3 t/5 O a jt 1Mining. 3 Rahman Hyd. 10} 10} 101 y__ Rubber (Sterling). Anglo-Malay 25/- 26/-ex.d
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    Auction of Shares.
    51 4 At Mr. Koh Eng Hin’s weekly auction of shares to-day the following prices realised 400 Rubber Estates of Krian $1.90 1,000 Narboroughs $0 85 400 Lunas $3 40 500 Nellmays $0.90 500 Perak River Valleys... $0 30 500 Tanjong Pinang Ice $2 85 300 Perak River Valleys
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    32 4 [/Von» Our Own Correspondent Singapore, Sept 7 To-day’s quotations for produce are Gambier $11.25 pepper, black, $15.25, pepper, white $27.25 opium $15.25; rice, Rangoon $!4 3 rice, Siam $lB 7
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    A DEAL IN HEAWOODS.
    131 4 PLANTERS’ STORES SUED Kuala Lumpur, Sept 8. In the Supreme Court yesterday Low Leong Huat sued the Planters’ Stores and Agency Co.. Ltd., for a specific performance of a contract to deliver 200 Heawood shares at 37—prem. Defendants state that tney were instructed to purchase at
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    F.M.S. TIN EXPORTS.
    65 4 Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 8. The advance figures of the export of tin for the first eight months of 1910 from ths F. M.S. are :—Perak 285,168 piculs Selangor 163,116 piculs Negri Sembilan 23,895 piculs. These figures show decreases of 9,988, 10,295, and 7,826 piculs respectively. The value
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    RUBBER EXPORT DUTY.
    52 4 Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 8. The prices of cultivated rubber on which export duty is to be levied from the 9th to the 22nd inst. are as follows :—Sheet and biscuits $360 per picul crepe $370 scrap, best, $350; scrap, bark, $325 scrap, rough untreated, $320 and rambong
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    PROPOSED HILL CLUB.
    41 4 Kuala Lumpur, Sept. 8. At a meeting held in the Selangor Club last night, Dr. I’ravers presiding, the question of forming a Hill Club at. Giming Sempa was discussed, a committee being appointed to elabjrate the scheme further
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      450 4 GOVERNMENT OF PERAK. AUCTION SALE OF VALUABLE TOWN LOTS AT IPOH. THE Town Lota specified in the Schedule below will be sold by Public Auction on the spot, on Saturday, the 10th September, 1910, at 10 a.m. 2 Die lota are situated in the centre of the town of Ipoh
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      130 4 NOTICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. Correspondence on all subjects of public interest is cordially invited, the Editor resei ring the. riyht to reject or modify communications which he doer not think it expedient to publish in the form submitted to him. This rule does not apply to Mters’or articles intended to be
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    THE ENGLISH TURF.
    166 5 kbsult of thk st. liger. a WIN FOR SWYNFORD.” [Rbutkh’s SERVICE.] London, Sept. 8. The following was the result of the St. Leger Swyoford I Bronzino 2 Lembert 3 Betting 9to 3 agst. Swynjord. 20 1 Bronzino. 5 4 on Lemberg. Reference to “Onlooker’s” article in yesterday’s
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    SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
    69 5 PURE METALLIC RADIUM [Rrutrr’s Service] London, Sept. 8. Madame Curie has announced in Paris that, after collaborating with M. Debierne, she has succeeded in obtaining pure metallic radium. Up to the present only the «alts of that metal have been obtainable The new substance has the appearance of
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    NEWFOUNDLAND FISHERIES.
    67 5 THE ARBITRATION AWARD. London, Sept. 8. At The Hague the President of the arbitration tribunal has delivered its award in the Newfoundland fisheries question. Of the seven points submitted for judgment two of the most important have been decided in favour of Great Britain, who will thus have
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    U.S. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS.
    57 5 A PROTEST BY GREAT BRITAIN. London, Sept. 7. The Foreign Office has instructed ths Rt. Hon. James Biyce, British Ambassador to America, to protest at Washington against the new Customs regulations with reference to textiles, which require the revelation of trade secrets and impose other conditions that
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    REFORMS IN PERSIA.
    32 5 AMERICAN FINANCIAL ADVISERS. London, Sept. 8. A telegram from Teheran reports tnat the Mejliss has decided almost unanimously to employ American financial advisers instead of French as previously agreed.
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    THE SHIPBUILDING CRISIS.
    21 5 London, Sept. 7. The boilersmiths at South Shields have unexpectedly struck work in sympathy with the locked-out boilermakers.
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    THE HERO OF LADYSMITH.
    24 5 London, Sept. 7. Field-Marshal Sir George White, who h*s been suffering from a heart attack at Belfast, has now recovered.
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    TURKEY AND BULGARIA.
    31 5 [I>EH OBTABIATIBCHE LLOYD'S SBRVICK.] Berlin, Sept. 7. A fresh rupture is threatened in the relations between Turkey and Bulgaria, owing to Bulgaria having planned military measures of defence.
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    ENGLISH AUTOMOBILE RACE.
    33 5 Berlin, Sept. 7. It is denied in Vienna that Heinrich will ’■sit England to inspect the t.iack befoie die date of the next automobile race in which he takes part.
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    THE PUCK OF COTTON.
    13 5 Berlin, Sept. 7. tottou is quoted at 7.86 d.
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    ALLEGED ESPIONAGE.
    129 5 SUSPICIOM AGAINST ENGLISHMEN. THE PORI’S MOUTH INCIDENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, Sept. 7. Ihe Berlin Morgenpost says that an exammation of documents by the public prosecutor has established sufficient ground for suspicion for preferring a charge of espionage against the two Englishmen, Messrs, randon and Trench, who were arrested
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    “RAFFLES” AT RAFFLES!
    27 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, Sept. 8. A burglar visited Mr. T. Sarkies, the proprietor of Raffles Hotel, and stole jewellery valued at $790.
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    VICE-ADMIRAL MARQUIS YAMANOUCHE.
    34 5 [Dur OBTABI ATIBCH E LLOYD’S SERVICE.] Berlin, Sept. 7. Vice-Admiral Marquis Yamanouche of Japan is recovering from the effects of his recent operation by Professor Bier and returning home vid Siberia.
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    CHURCH CONFLICT IN SPAIN.
    30 5 Berlin, Sept. 7. It is rumoured that, in consequence of the conflict with the R >man Catholic Church, the Queen-Mother of Spain will remove to Austria.
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    THE RUSSIAN PREMIER
    25 5 Beilin, Sept. 7. M. Stolypin, who was announced to be leaving for the Far East, will only go as far as Tomsk.
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    THE KAISER’S HEIR.
    24 5 Berlin, Sept. 7. The German Crown Prince will make a short stay in Egypt on his way to the Far East.
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    INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY CONGRESS.
    17 5 Berlin, Sept. 7. An International- railway congre h s has been opened at Brussels.
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    “The King of the Cocos."
    334 5 The will of the late Mr. George CluniesRosB, of the Cocos and Keeling Islands, leaving the islands and al) his property there to his son, John Sidney, can, as already pointed out, neither be proved nor registered, and has, therefore, practically no legal value. Mr.
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      MORE MONOPOLIES.
      2073 5 A PENANG EXAMPLE. [7'o the Editor of the Pinanq Gazette Sir, I have read with interest your report of the debate on the second reading of the •Shipping Bill. As so many of our Legislative Councillors are opponents of monopoly, I think this a good opportunity to bring
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      VICTORIA DAY CELEBRATION.
      174 5 [To the Editor oj the Pinany Gazette.”] Dkar Sir, I shall be much obliged if you will kindly publish in your paper for the. information of. subscribers to the. 1910 Vict»ria Dav Celebration Fund the enclosed balance sheet of the Fund. The balance will be carried forward
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    Lawn Tennis.
    459 5 The P.C.C. Tournamknt. The following ties were played last evening Mixed Double Handicap. (Final Mr. Mrs. Martin —l5/1) beat Mr Mrs. Goodrich +3). 6—o; 6—l. Ladies' Double Handicap. (Final.) Mrs. ElwardsA Miss Hogan (scr.) beat Miss Jones Miss Thornton 4) 2—6 6—4 6—2. Tn* annuil distribution of priz°s
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      301 5 FOR SALE. in CANE FUNIS, SUGAR MILL with 70 H. P. Boiler, SAGO MILL with 17 H. P. Tangye Oil Engine. To view, apply MANAGER, SAMAGAGA ESTATE, BAGAN SERAI. For particulars apply to Mkssrs. AYLESBURY GARLAND, Tapah, Agents, The Samagaga Rubber Co., Ltd. FOR SALE. Robber Stomps, ooe year old.
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    SHIPPING.
    766 7 ARRIVALS. Avanvee, Brit., 247, Campbell, Sept. 6, Malacca, gen., E. S. Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Baker, Sept. 6, Malacca. gen., S- Co. Canton. Brit., 106, Bana Sahib, Sept. 7, Olehleh, gen., Kong Soon. Carlyle, Brit., 234, Treweeke, Sept. 8, Teluk Anson, gen., Kwong On Co. Delhi, Brit., 4784, Gordon,
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    SHARES.
    1511 7 Capital. Subscribed Number of Issue s S i 5 p nuoacruMM. shareg Value S Dividends. Name. J 8 A 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 MINING. IQOfi *222’222 000 lO lO 25 10 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 2$ 3 ex. div. 1906 300,000 225,00 C 22,500 10 10 I
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    MAILS.
    151 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE To-Morbow. For. Per. Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah 9 a m. B»tu Bthra Sree Bangka I p.m. Calcutta Silesia 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Carlyle 3 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setnl Un Peng 4 pm. Bindings
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 7 PCMANG, SBPrBMBBR 8, 1910. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’sight Bank ...2/4 7/16 3 Credit .2H 9/16 3 Documentary 2/4 19/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    191 7 Pknaxg, Skptbmbrr 8, 1910 Gold leaf $64.6 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 <»») No stock. White Pepper ...$25.62} buyers. Trang Pepper $l7 sellers. Mace $B6 sales. Mace Picking* $73 buyers. Cloves $66 nominal. Nutmegs 110 $lB sellers !No. I $7.10 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $5 nominal
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      152 7 THE MERCANTILE BANK O» INDIA, LIMITED. Authorised Capital £1,500,000 Subscribed Capital 1,125,000. Paid-Up 562,500, Reserve Fand 285,000 Hbad Orrioa. 40, THRKADNKKDLK BTRKKT, LONDON, K. O. BrANOHKS AND AgRNCIRS. Bombay Colombo Kuala Lumper Oaloßtta Kandy Hongkong Rangoon Galle and Madras Singapore Shanghai Karachi Penang London Bankers The Bank of England. The
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      395 7 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. Incorporated by Royal Charter. Paid-up Capital €1,200,000 Reserve Fund ...£1,600,000 Reserve Liability of Proprietors £1,200,000 Hkad Office 32. BISHOPSGALE STREET WITHIN, LONDON, E. C. Agencies and Branches. Amritsar Hamburg New York Bombay Ipoh Penang Bangkok Karachi Rangoon Batavia Kobe Seremban Calcutta Klang Singapore
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      2196 8 P 40. Steam navigation Company. Intended Sailings. NOrddOUlSCheF LIOJQj BMeD. EXHCTM ««mu BRITISH INDIA mpeplal Line. jiWW MAIL SERVICE outward. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. ol 2 m*X. Bmu /L ocnr sieom Ship to., u* HOWISWAKI >2_ 4 /I CHINA MUTUAL STEAM MV. m I Connecting Due Singapore. At jfflw /IA
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