Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 January 1911

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 9 VOL. LXIX. THURSDAY, !2th JANUARY, 1911. r PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1884 1 W. DANIEL, L. 5.0..: 1. BEACH STREET, PENANG, X The only Certificated OPTICIAN in the Straits Settlements and the Only European WATCHMAKER X and JEWELLER in Penang. X HIGH CLASS REPAIRS X A SPECIALITY. X PATRONS are requested to senj X DIRECT to above address. x “THE PINANfi GAZETTE.” -otice.
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    • 54 1 s “THE PINANG GAZEHE” (PUBLISHED EVERY EVENING.) Rates of Subscription, payable strictly in advanceQ LOCAL 8 2-25 per month. 2 g, 513.80 naif yearly. J $27.00 per annum. BY POST S 2.50 per month. $15.00 half yearly. C .?30.00 yearly. WEEKLY EDITION PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY. Subscription 81.50 per month. Half
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  • 1918 2  -  POINTS ABOUT GRAY’S PLAY. By Horace Hutchinson By Horace Hutchinson in the Westminster Gazette. This young Australian, Gray, who has come over here and done such wonder on the billiard-table, has really achieved something like a novelty in the game by a reversion to a mode
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  • 692 2 —J. H. B. S. in Pall Mall Gazette. THE RISE OF KUALA LUMPUR. A day distant from picturesque Penang where the Western traveller obtains his first giimpse of romantic Malaya, is a remarkable town whose name, Kuala Lumput, is literally mud or mudmouth,” the capital of Selangor,
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  • 239 2 The Kuala Lumpur Health Officer states that the result of the house-numbering in connection with the Census operations shows that the population of this town is approximately 45,000. The official figures at the last census was 35,000, so that in ten years the population has increased
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  • 90 2 Thursday. January 12. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday. January 15. St. Hilary. Fancy Dress Ball Saturday, January 14. Homeward P. O. Mail. Golf Club Men’s Presgrave Cup. Sunday. January 15. Second Sunday after Epiphany. Hindu Festival (Tai-pusum). Golf Club Men’s Presgrave Cup. Monday, January 16. Public Holiday. Tuesday,
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  • 51 2 Jan. 20.—Golf Club Ladies’ Presgrave Cup. Jan. 21.—Fire Brigade Display at 6 p.m. Golf Club Ladies’ Presgrave Cup. Jan. 26 Jan. 27 > The Follies ”at the Town Hall. Jan. 28 Jan. 30. —Chinese New Year’s Day Public Holiday. Kedah Gymkhana at Alor Star. Jan. 31.—Chinese New Year,
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  • 41 2 Pbmang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runny mode Seaside Hotel, and Sea View Hotel. Singapore :—Adelphi Hotel and Raffles Hotel. Kuala Lumpur :—Grand Oriental Hotel. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 130 2 A Monster Devil Fish Destroying its victim is a type of Rheumatism. To be overpowered by this terrible disease, crippled, helpless, bedridden, is to-day the fate of hundreds of sufferers. For but few diseases aie so many remedies recommended as for Rheumatism, but among them none is so efficient as
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    • 154 2 Mannheim Insurance Co. Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Marine Risks on Merchandise, Produce and Valuables at current rates. For fuller particulars apply to KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agents. Fire Insurance. Queen Insurance Company. Royal Fire Insurance Company. The undersigned have been appoint sd Agents for the above Companies,
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    • 290 2 I Non-Throat I U —the cigarette you H have heard about 8 1 Your friends have probably been telling ■J* u J* K* you what a fine cigarette is the Nonjrfj Throat. or smokers in the Straits are getting quite enthusiastic about H igfi Jr them. And no wonder; because
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 163 2 The Moon. O Full Moon 5.26 p.m. 15 Jan. Last Quarter 1.28 p.m. 22 New Moon 4.44 p.m. 30 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang Snnriae. Sunset. Jan. 7to Jan. 19, ..6-08 am. 5-52 p.m. Jan. 20 to Jan. 31,...6-07 a.m. 5-53 p.m* The Tide*. Date.
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  • 825 3 RUSSIA ANGERMANY. London, Dec. 31. A wire from j-.. St. Petersburgh says, it,.is, understood that, as the result of the meeting between the Kaiser and the Tsar at Potsdam the Government will shortly issue a communique. relating to the international and commercial interests in Persia. Later. The Times
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 437 3 I The New “Peg” i'GI.FE’S AROMATIC SCHIEDAM Seitiiapps < 4 The purest spirit distilled i|A .io r h urn anc on s umption. [ji Admirable as a pick-me-up, nic and digestive. ||l II Sjj Useful as a preventive of cholera. B ”-••.■■<■'■ I f And, in addition, Wolfe's A-l/ ’v'-.---
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    • 955 3 -4 K, gLw v --o-'j■ 5 I ,r r j iOnnnnnnonnnonnoononnnnOonntioaO n BIIIL.T FOR THE FAR EAST. B I HpTEL, I A complete Vasy-runniag Cycle, best O FARQUHAR STREET. o tittings and finish, With all acces- W c sories, built to a d al eHmatic M The |(J Re t
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  • 748 4 At the Indian Imperial Legislative Council meeting in Calcutta oil the 3rd inst. the new viceroy presided fofr tlie first time. An important announcement was made on behalf of Government that, from the Ist July 1911, there would be a prohibition of indentured emigration to Natal.
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  • 581 4 MR- LIM EU TOH SELECTED. A public meeting of the ratepayers of the Municipality of George Town, convened by Mr. Yeoh Paik Tatt, for the purpose of selecting a candidate for nomination to the vacancy on the Municipal Commission caused by the resignation of Mr. Lim Cheng
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  • 288 4 —M.M. To facilitate the work of the press representatives, those ladies and gentlemen who attend the Fancy Dress Ball to-morrow night at the Town Hall are requested to bring with them visiting cards stating the characters that they are assuming. For the convenience of those who
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  • 567 4 INQUEST AT DEVONPORT. ~jja The Penang Volunteers and his many friends in this Settlement will regret to hear of the death of Mr. William Wells, formerly a Boarding Officer of the Harbour Department, which took place last month. The Western Daily Mercury of the 20th ult.
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  • 175 4 —S.T. Two serious charges have been preferred against a Chinaman named Cheng 800, who appeared before Mr. Frimstone in the Singapore District Court, on Jan. 9. The first charge, which amounts to an attempt to bribe Mr. Jackson, architectural assistant in the municipal service, ran as follows
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  • 133 4 Pengkalen.— The report to Sept. 30 states the loss for the early part of the year was almost cleared during the last two months, the loss being £275. Rambutan— The i eport of June 30 show* a profit of £6,603 on production of 22£ tons per month.
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  • 763 4 The Hon. Everard Feilding has arriv, in Kuala Lumpur. Mr. J. McKnight Young returned I, the ss. Teesta this morning from Mr. W. Pepys has succeeded Mr. A Jelf as Assistant Secretary to Reside Perak. n The P.P. hears that Mr. A. B. Vo Ut( proceeds to
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 182 4 > Caldbeck, Macgregor Co., t WINE MERCHANTS, I 7. UNION STREET, PENANC. The name CALDBECK MACGREGOR on a > > label is a guarantee of value and quality. < Telephone: 441. Cables: Caldbbck." > ,i i GIFTS for the NEW YEAR. —if—Mw—————w— PERFUMERY— I lb., lb., lb., 2 oz., 1
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  • 140 5 IMPENDING BOUNDARY TREATY. A CESSION OF TERRITORY. [Reuter’s Service London, January 12. A Franco-Liberian boundary treaty will be signed in Paris within a few days, by which France acquires considerable territory, while Liberia will be benefited by the substitution of a definite geographical boundary for a purely
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  • 75 5 LIGHT SENTENCE FOR A MALAY. [From Our Own Correspondent'] Ipoh, January 12. At the Assizes, a Malay process-server, employed by the Sanitary Board, was sentenced to two months’ simple imprisonment for causing the death of a Chinese tailor by a blow on the spleen. A Mother’s
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  • 36 5 |/*ron* Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 11. To-day’s (Wednesday’s) quotations for produce are Pepper, white $26.50 Pepper, black 15.C0 Copra, best 10.40 Copra, B«li 10.30 Copra, Pontianak 10.20 Tapioca, flake 7.50 Tapioca, pearl 7.30
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  • 58 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 12. The cadets entertain the Hon. W. Evans to dinner on the 17th inst. on the eve of his departure for Penang as Resident Councillor. The Singapore Cricket Club entertains Sir Arthur Young to dinner on the 27th inst. prior to
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  • 53 5 FOR FORGERY OF A CHEQUE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 12. At the Assizes, yesterday, Alexander Victor De Rozario, until recently employed as a clerk in the Netherlands India Commercial Bank, was convicted of forgery of a cheque and falsification of accounts. He was sentenced to
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  • 40 5 A CHINAMAN HEAVILY FINED. [/Vom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 12. In the police court, yesterday, a Chinaman was sentenced to pay fines amounting to $1,025, with the option of thirteen months’ imprisonment, for running a Hankow lottery.
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  • 38 5 GENERAL REACTION YESTERDAY. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, January 11 There is a general reaction in shares to-day (Wednesday), all changes being down from one-twentieth to one-fifteenth. There is a slight improvement in tin shares.
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  • 29 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, January 12. In the ladies’ golf championship of Singapore Mrs. He wan defeated Mrs. Ciuickshank, thus winning the Andrew Currie Cup.
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  • 176 5 GOVERNMENT ESTIMATE EXCEEDED. BIG PRICES AT CALCUTTA. [Rkutkr’s Service.] London, January 11. In Calcutta, on Tuesday, 2,620 chests of opium were sold at an average of 3,365 rupees per chest. The Government has already made 358 lakhs over the Budget estimate, while 5,240 chests more will be
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  • 83 5 BUSINESS EMPLOYEES’ GRIEVANCES. GENERAL RAILWAY STRIKE. [Rbutbr’s Service.] London, January 12. The employees of business houses in Lisbon contemplate coming out on strike to-morrow owing to the non-publication of the expected decree fixing their working hours from 8 a.in. to 8 p.m. Motor-Car Postal Service. Despatches from
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  • 76 5 RE-ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, January 11. M. Henri Brisson has been re-elected President of the French Chamber. [M. Brisson was born at Burges on July 31, 1835 called to Paris Bar 1859 Deputy from the Seine 1871 and for Marseilles since 1902 President of the
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  • 47 5 AN EPIDEMIC OF SUICIDES. [Reuter’s Service.] London, January 21. During the Russian Christmas celebrations in St. Petersburg there were twentyseven suicides or attempted suicides. There were three thousand arrests for drunkenness, of which fifteen per cent, were women. Thirty deaths from alcoholic poisoning occurred.
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  • 33 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.! Singapore, January 12. The wedding took place yesterday of Mr. E. E. Deacon, of the Hongkong Shanghai Bank, to Miss Daisy Hart, brother of Mr. Campbell Hart.
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  • 33 5 A POSSIBLE MODIFICATION. [Rkutbr’s Service.] London, January 11. The Morning Post says that the negotiations now proceeding between Berlin and St. Petersburg may result in a modification of the Russo-German arrangement.
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  • 32 5 [Dbr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, January 11. The Hungarian loan of 25J million crowns (one crown equals lOd.) has been twenty times oversubscribed in Germany, Austria, and Hungary alone.
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  • 18 5 [Dbr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service]. Berlin, January 11. The epidemic of plague at Harbin is spreading.
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  • 17 5 [Dbr Ostasiatatche Lloyd’s Service] Berlin, January 11. Cotton is quoted at 805 d.
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  • 960 5 MR. WILLIS ON JAHAN AND KOREA. [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, I read with more than passing interest your admirable leader in yesterday’s issue anent Japan’s movement in Korea. As the subject should be of the utmost importance to the peoples of the Straits Settlements and
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  • 84 5 [To the Editor of the, “Pinang Gazette.’*] Sir, I, have the honour to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of y ur letter of the 10th instant, forwarding a cheque for $3OO, the result of an appeal in your columns for subscriptions towards a New Years’ present fund
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  • 330 5 .—S.T. Singapore Chinese Chambem’s Views. A public meeting was held at the Chinese Chamber cf Commerce, on the 7th inst., at 3.30 p.m. to discuss the bill for imposition of a tax on income which was recently introduced into the Legislative Council by the Hon. the acting
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  • 363 5 —S.T. The following additional returns have been received Dec. 1910 1909 Sungei Salak lb. 6,828 5,100 Seremban 32,063 384 809 228,636 Sungei Choh 6,450 53,197 11,240 Mackie and Co., Distillers, Ltd. (White Horse Whisky) have received the royal appointment to H. M. King George. sum» r The Tamil
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 682 5 PENANG GOLF CLUB. DMfklli Hill lAAV Competitions for January 1911. “I*l*l* ll“Ll*Fr*l Men’s Presgrave Cup 14th and 15tb v- v—• Ladies’ do '2oth and 21st M.d., The s Exchange Banks WANTED TO BUY fj]] feg Qn MoQ OLD w. n. willis, day, 16th. January, 1911, Room £S, Annexe E. <k
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    • 1271 6 —ga—yi iiiiißMiJtruiHii^MJPwaffa?»Mg<a»wp^3anwM»»MCTWKaw«»WM»i^w j i;, g V ♦OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO,OQQOOpOO4 Vx' B E tV* J INFANTS AND CHILDREN FED ON 5 8 fHnnlUnaris Japan b ail Meatißhip Co. Cd. 58 VkpUIUIIUI Id O y\. W/T~V Wi 0 Th® Queen of Table Waters. O ftkUf'/ l.' '|S|? W©) «ft) o of •»/> bo'tles $5.50.
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  • 498 7 ARRIVALS. |L Andree Rickmers, Ger., 2673, Bar, Jan. 12, Bangkok, salt, Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Carmarthanshire, Brit, 4747, Daniel, Jan. 12, London, gen., Boustead Co. f Delhi, Brit., 4784, Gordon, Jan. 11, London, gen Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Kaga Maru, 39U7, Hagino, Jan. 12, Yokohama, gen., Boustead Co. Min Brit., 367,
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  • 1558 7 48 fj c,, Number of Issue Dividends i Name. 0.2 Capital. Subscribed. shareg v slue Dividends. 0» 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 MINING. ,n 25 in 30 Belat Tin Mining Co. 4J 1093 »300,000 »300,000 30,000 »10 »10 26 10 M Bruang, 6 7 1906 300,000 225.00 C 22,500
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  • 90 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL FOST OFFICE To-Mokrow. Fjf. Per. < lose. Alor Star (Kedah) Kedah noon. Deli Malaya 2 p.m. Trang Kian Ann 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Carlyle 3 p.m. Singapore and Hongkong Lightning 4 p.m. Dindings Pangkor 4 pm, Pul a
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  • 123 7 Pbnang, January 12, 1910. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank ...2/4 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 13/32 3 Credit 2'4s 3 Documentary 2/4 17/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 175$ Bombay Demand Bank 174$ 3 days'sight Private 175$ Madras Demand Bank
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  • 205 7 Prnang, January 12, 1910. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 o»)..„ No stock. White Pepper s23s sellers. Trang Pepper sl6.sobuyers. Mace $95 nominal. Mace Pickings $9O nomidal. Cloves $4O sales. Nutmegs 110 $22 sellers. fNo. 1 $6.10 sales. Sugar 5 No. 2 $6.00 sales. (Basket $5
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 512 7 MACKAY'S LIQUEUR WHISKY, The Whisky of Connoisseur*. I 1 i 88 x W. D. H. O. WILLS’S gg THE NEW v gg SMOKING MIXTURE de LUXE A PERFECT PIPE TOBACCO 8S ig Of all Leading Dealers George I. to George MARTELL’S BRANDY has known but one quality— the Best, f
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    • 40 7 san Life of conoia (Kstebllnhed l»6S). Assets exceed £6,000,000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to Government Standard 840,265.0.0 Incomb, 1908, £1,428,000 0.0 W. A. VVHITB:, f L KKSNKDY Co., Manager, South-Eastern M A General Agents. Penang As a. Singapore I
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    • 2262 8 intended Sailings, ’(orddeutsclier Lloyd, Bremen. fet EXPECTED ARRIVALS MPARTBRES I i| MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. x n X' L T 4* ni it n Imperial German Mail Line. J-n. >2 Wid e Ci-gwitb M.!w. JT—BlltlSll 111(113 *****11 N3YlgatlOD CO. I Jan. 26 Arcadia Macedonia G Feb 9AMaje ludU _L limiter OC«flßsie«Bi
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