Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 August 1911

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 180 VOL. LXIX. FRIDAY, llth AUGUST, 1911. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TAIPING TOPICS.
    680 2 DISCONTENT IN THE M.S.V.R [From Our Own Correspondent.] Taiping, August 9. Letters from members of the Coronation contingent of the M.S.V.R. to their friends in the F.M.S. confirm the rumours that Lave reached us to the effect that all was not as it should have been with them
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    The Ipoh Sports.
    121 2 ■T. oj M. The programme of the Olympic Sports will be identical with last year’s. There are fifteen events in all, as follows 1. Half Mile. 10. Throwing the cric2. 100 yards. ket ball. 3. High Jump. 11. 300 yds. Handi4. Walking race (one cap. mile.) 12.
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    Secret Societies in Perak.
    89 2 In Perak, says the police report for 1910, secret societies did not give much trouble. One case is quoted lan Boon Cheang, a Penang-born Chinese, who had the reputation of being invulnerable against injury and having the power to mesmerise, was found in possession of documents
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    290 2 The members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club held their weekly shoot yesterday at the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu, when they shot for the Club Spoon, and had a practice shoot and a quick-firing practice. The following are the scores Club Spoon. H cp yds TotaL Mrs.
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    The Fall of Singapore.
    422 2 A Call to Arms. The following letter has been addressed to the editor of the Straits Times Sir, —The shame of it, Sir, the shame of it! Singapore, one of the leading ports of the British Empire, situated in the most prominent position on the Globe
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    The South Polar Expedition.
    44 2 Calcutta, Aug I.—Seven mules, selected and trained by Lieut. Geo. Pulleyn, Supply and Transport Corps, which are being despatched to Capt. Scott, R.N., to assist him to reach the South Pole, were shipped from Calcutta yesterday by the steamer Aparima.
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    SIR JOHN ANDERSON.
    380 2 A UNIVERSITY HONOUR The Edinburgh correspondent of the S. F. P. writes The Corporations and Universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow united to confer a number of “Coronation honours” upon distinguished visitors from beyond the seas. At the regular laureation at Edinburgh University, the Maharaja of Gwalior was
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    Lawn Tennis.
    74 2 P.C.C Tournament Results. The following ties were played yesterday Championship. Anthony beat Rogers. I_6 6—o 6—4. Singles Handicap —Class B. Reimann beat Ritchie. 6 4 6—3. The following ties have been fixed for Monday, 13th inst. Doubles Handicap. Class A. Ivens St Cuscaden v. Sells it Forrest. J
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    To-Day's Tin Quotations.
    74 2 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $94.10 per picul, business done. Tin in London is quoted at 191 10s. spot and £lB7 10s. three months. The following were the dealings in tin to-day :—Singapore Straits Trading Co., L‘d., 250 tons, $94.60 Penang: Stnri's Trading Co.,
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    Rubber Crops.
    26 2 The following returns for July are to hand Bertam 9,500 Indr girl 753 Kempas 1,120 New Serendah 1,921 Rantan Panjang 1,973 Tambalak lb. 1,720
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    Tin Returns.
    17 2 The following return for July is to hand Societe des Etains de Kinta piculs. 1,134
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    “ Nerves.”
    279 2 Nerves.” A ROYAL PHYSICIAN’S REMARKABLE STATEMENT. I feel nervous—all on end—as if something were going to happen.” How often does one hear these words, or something very like them, for the sensation of nervousness is one of the commonest troubles of modern time. While the body’s own wonderful remedial power
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    THE WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS.
    149 2 Friday. August 11. Ministering Children’s League Meeting, Govt. Girls’ School, 4.45 p.m. P.C C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 9.30 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. George Town Cinematograph. Japanese Bioscope, Penang Road. Saturday. August 12. Homeward P. O. Mail Closes 6 p.m. New Tambun Mines, Ltd.: Annual Meeting.
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    Other Coming Events.
    40 2 August 18.—Concert, Parish Hall, 9 p.m. August 19.—Taiping RaceSAugust 22 and 23,—G01f Club: Ladies’ Monthly Medal. August 24.—Municipal Commission, 3.30 p.ni. August 26 and 27.—G01f Club; Men’s Monthly Medal. September 5. Penang Assizes. November 7. Penang Assizes.
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    Football League Fixtures.
    46 2 The following League matches have been arranged for August:— Wed. 16 M.R.C. v C.R.C. C.R.C. Thurs. 17 Govt. W’rves v. F. SI F. School. Wed. 23 Crescent v. M.R.C. C.R.C. Thurs. 24 P.C.C v. Police Esplan. Wed. 30 C.R.C. v. F School C.R.C.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    142 2 Saturday, A ugusi I Land in Province Wellesley; 11 am.; opposite Teluk Ayer Tawar Police Station Phillip R. A. Doral, auctioneer. Monday August Ilf. Furniture, horses and traps, plants; noon Government Wharves Godown No. 2 Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Monday, Au ust Ilf. Deli Ponies, Victoria, etc.; Church
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    Siputeh Tin Mines.
    791 3 FOURTH ANNUAL REPO Hl’. The following is the report of the I directors pt esent ed at the genei al meeting of I shareholders held in London n July 26 The directors beg to present to the shareholders the accounts of the company, duly audited, for the
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    Bisley Shooting.
    217 3 Bishop op Singapore's Victory. A Home paper of July 21 reports Bisley Sunday” brought a great influx of visitors, and in the umbrella tent between 4,000 and 5,000 gathered to hear Bishop Ferguson Davie, of Singapore, who, in 1906, won the Silver Medal in the King’s Prize competition.
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    Friday, August 11, 1911.
    713 4 It is a A British characteristic to fight against odds, to refuse to admit defeat while the faintest hope of victory remains or even the possibility of a drawn battle exists. After Mr. Asquith’s historic speech, a verbatim report of which we published on Wednesday, explaining
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    423 4 ORDINARY MEETING. An ordinary general meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon in the Municipal Office. There were present Messrs. W. Peel (President), W. T. Chapman, G. N. Saye, Quah Beng Kee, an d Yeoh Guan Seok, with Mr. L. A. C. Biggs (Secretary) in attendance.
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    Penang and the Coronation.
    375 4 The Hon. W. Evans, Resident Councillor, writes I have the honour to inform you that His Excellency the Officer Administering the Government has received a despatch from the Right Hon’ble the Secretary of State for the Colonies in which Mr. Harcourt states that he is commanded
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    940 4 P.C.C. DEFE AT THE CRESCENT. In their first League match of the season, played on the Esplanade yesterday afternoon, the Penang Cricket Club defeated the Crescent Football Club by two goals to nil, and that with a team (ten men only I that cannot be regarded as fully
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    821 4 Mr. Guy Hubback is leaving Seremla for Kuala Lebir, Kelantan. Mr. Justice Fisher will not be leavin Singapore for Penang until Saturd a afternoon. Mr. Justice Thornton will probably pre side at the next assize court in Malacca and may be detained there for a month We
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    48 4 DEATH. Snape. —At Newchwang, ou July 18, 1911, Lawrence E Snape, age 44, Chief Officer of the as. Bucephalus, of Singapore, of heart failure following on dysentery. OBITUARY. [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Berlin, August 10. Dr. Heinrich Ritter von Poschinger > the biographer of the late Prince Bismarck is dead.
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    THE SHARE MARKET.
    147 5 TINS NEGLECTED. STERLING RUBBERS VARIABLE. The following are the changes (buyers and sellers only) in our share list on pag« 7 of this issue 1910. 10/8/U. 11/8/11. oq cn tn Shares. 2, J So 2 .2 33 j S 3 j> M 'Ji Rubber (Sterling). 9/- 2/6
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    LONDON RUBBER MARKET.
    45 5 PRICE OF FINE HARD PARA. f From a Malacca Correspondent Malacca, August 11. Information has been received by tne Malacca Rubber Plantations, Limited, that the price of fine hard Para in London yesterday was 4/7|, no sellers, buyers 4/6, Plantation 4/9, value.
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    AUCTION OF RUBBER.
    25 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, August 11. At the rubber auction the following prices were realized No 1 sheet per picul $2.28
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    TRAMWAY PROFITS.
    134 5 AN APPEAL IN SINGAPORE CASE. [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, August 11. Judgment has been deliverer! by the Full Court of Appeal, which concluded on July 28 the hearing of the appeal against the decision of Sir W. H. Hyndman Jones, Chief Justice, who ruled that the Municipality
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    JIMAH RUBBER ESTATE.
    158 5 CLAIM AGAINST H A S. BANK [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, August 11. Judgment for the defendants with costs has been delivered by Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher in the Supreme Court in the case brought by the Jimah Rubber Estate, Ltd., claiming $7,500 from the Hongkong
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    MR. R. J. FARRER.
    44 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, August 11. Yesterday Mr. Roland John Farrer, who is leaving the Land Office to take up the Municipal Assessorship, was presented with valedictory addresses and a photographic group of the staff of the Land Office.
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    DISPUTED TERRITORY IN TIMOR.
    37 5 [Drr Ostasiatischr Lloyd’s Srrvicb.] The Hague, August 9. It is officially announced that the Portuguese have left the disputed territory in Timor, belonging to the Netherlands Government, where some fortifications have been erected.
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    LABOUR WAR.
    425 5 AN ALARMING SITUATION. IMPORTANT CONFERENCES PENDING- [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, August 10. Important conferences, in which the Government is participating and endeavouring to end the strike, are taking place. The men’s leaders are hopeful of an early settlement. Violent Scenes. The fish porters’ demands for double wages have
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    ARMY APPOINTMENTS.
    102 5 SOME INTERESTING CHANGES. [By Submarine Telegraph-Copyright.] London, August 10. General Sir John D. P. French, Inspec-tor-General of the Forces, has been appointed Chief of the Imperial General Staff, and Lieut.-General C. W. S. Douglas Commander-in Chief, Southern Command, succeeds him. Lieut-General Sir A. H. Paget, commanding the Eastern
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    ARBITRATION TREATIES.
    90 5 VIEWS OF SENATE COMMITTEE [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] Washington, August 11. The foreign relations committee of the Senate held two prolonged sittings to consider the arbitration treaties. The opposition has developed against the proposed joint commission of enquiry, and also the British stipulation that the matters affecting the Dominions
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    THE VETO BILL.
    983 5 ATTITUDE OF THE PEERS. THE HALSBURYITES DEFEATED- [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, August 10. In the debate on the Veto Bill in the House of Lords, the Duke of Bedford, Baron Ampthill, the Earl of Denbigh, the Earl of Scarbrough, and Earl Stanhope supported the Earl of Halsbury.
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    DISTINGUISHED INVALIDS.
    68 5 [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright,] London, August 11. The Pope’s knee has been punctured to remove fluid and efforts are now being concentrated to restore his strength, otherwise fresh complications are feared. [Der Ostasiatischr Lloyd’s Service Berlin, August 9. The Prince Regent of Bavaria and the Pope aie suffering from
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    ALLEGED ESPIONAGE.
    75 5 ARREST OF AN ENGLISHMAN [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, August 10. The Daily Chronicle states that the Englishman who was arrested on the charge of espionage at Bremen, is Mr. Bertrand Stewart, a London solicitor, lieutenant in the Yeomanry, and co-editor of the Cavalry Journal (London). He will be
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    CARLTON HOTEL FIRE.
    66 5 AMERICAN ACTOR BURNED [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, August 10. The victim of the fire at the Carlton Hotel has been identified as Mr. Finnin, an American actor. The guests in the hotel included Herr Dernburg, formerly German Colonial Secretary, and Mr. Thomas Edison, the celebrated inventor the
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    THE TURBULENT EX-SHAH.
    57 5 A RUSSIAN REMONSTRANCE. [Dkr Ostasiatischr Lloyd’s Srrvicr.] St. Petersburg, August 9. The Russian reply to the Persian complaint about Russia favouring the ex-Shah, contains sharp reproaches to the Persian Parliamentary Government which has not restored peace and order. She holds Persia responsible for damages to Russian interests
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    A SHIPPING DISASTER?
    25 5 [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, August 11. Most of the Emir's passengers were Moorish labourers; the survivors were rescued by the Silverton's boats.
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    MR. BALFOUR.
    21 5 [By Submarine Telegraph—Copyright.] London, August 10. Mr. A. J. Balfour starts for Bad Gtstein to-day to take the cure.
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    SHIPPING.
    544 7 ARRIVALS. 'omelia, Brit., 200, Starkey, Aug. 11, Deli, gen., E. S. Co. larius, Brit., 2130, Drew, Aug. 9, Calcutta, coal, Pulo Brani Tin Works Co. ebe, Brit., 346, Willis, Aug. 10, T. Anson, gen Adamson, Gilfillan Co. ild, Nor., 719, Salvesan, 'Aug. 10, Tuticorin gen., Huttenbach, Bros ok Canton,
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    SHARES.
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    MAILS.
    244 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OFFICE. To-Morrow. Fjf, Per. Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Rangoon and Calcutta Dilwara 11 a.m. Ceylon, Australasia, x India, Aden, Mauri- I Delhi 1 p.m. tius, Egypt, and vid >Reg. up to 11-30 a.m. Brindisi for Europe, I Parcelsup to 10 a.m.
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    PRODUCE.
    224 7 Pknang, August 11, 1911. Gold leaf f64.6'i Pepper (W. Coast 3 ll>. 5 >vz) No stock. White Pepper $25.50 buyers. Trang Pepper $2O nominal. Mace $lOB nominal. Mace Picking" $lO3 sellers. Cloves $42 nom. Nutmegs 11" $22 sellers. !No. $6.10 sales. No. 2 $6.00 sales. Bask*' $5.10 nominal. Copra
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