Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 December 1912

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 283 VOL. LXX. TUESDAY. 10th DECEMBER, 1912. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1404 1 For $3O I V® u can have the P* nan s I J Gazette” posted every day jj for a whole year to your address. 0 (LOCAL SUBCRIPTION. S2Z.) Proportionate Quarterly and c Haif-y earl y rates 0 Subscriptions are payable in E advance and remittances should n D be
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      74 1 YOU ARE AWAY on leave VV you want to keep in touch with Malayan affairs, Social, Com- J mercial, Mining. Planting, &c. n D This you can do in no better way n than by subscribing io the Weeklv q Edition of the ’‘Pinang Gazette.” Q published every Friday. Yeaily
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    TRONOH EXTENDED, LTD.
    1498 2 FUTURE OF THE MINE. SHAREHOLDERS’ MEETING. A meeting of the shareholders of Troaoh Extended, Ltd., was in the Secretaries’ Office, Union Street, Penang, on Saturday, when the future of the mine was discussed. Those present were Messrs. A. M Sellar, Lim E >w Hong, G. Cumming L.
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    FRAUD AT IPOH.
    204 2 Tn the Ipoh Police Court, last Friday, a European named Water Gordon was charged with having dishonestly and fraudulently cheated Mr. Yeoh Cheow Chong, manager of the Federal Rubbsr Stamp Co., Ipoh, by inducing him t<> deliver goods and cash to the value of $lOO and farther
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    H.M.S. "NEWCASTLE."
    140 2 VISIT TO PENANG. The 2nd. class protected cruiser H.M.S. Newcastle is expected to arrive in Penang to-morrow on her way to China for her second term of service on the China Station. She will remain at Penang for three days after which she proceeds to Singapore. The Newcastle,
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    CONTRACTOR V. ENGINEER.
    287 2 A CLAIM FOR $656. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, December 10. Before Mr. Justice Sercombe Smith in the Supreme Court, Kuala Lumpur, Mr. Mark Casey, architect and contractor, sued Mr. D. D. Ince, Superintending Engineer, estates department, F. W. Barker and Co., residing at Kuala Lumpur,
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      247 2 Everybody’s Doing It. WHAT? WHY HUPPING For $2,200 You Can Buy a HupmoMle Car AND THEN YOU WILL BE DOING IT. Full Particulars from CHIN SENG CO., PENANG. WHY ARABIC? ARABIC applied to the roof and sides of your house or factory will effect an enormous reduction in the internal
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      538 2 Difficult» and Dangers OF Artificial Infant Feeding ENTIRELY OVERCOME. NEW HOPE FOR EVERY MOTHER. The difficulties of European mothers nursing their children in the Straits are notorious. Testimony is borne to this fact in the subjoined letter e from a well-known phvsician writing from London, Tnis letter shows the very
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    DEVELOPMENT OF KEDAH.
    1743 3 A YEARS PROGRESS. In hia annual report upon the State of Kedah for the year 1911, Mr. Meadows Frost, Acting Adviser,.says The collection of land rents is in a particularly backward S'ate, and there are many arrears. It is a great deal due to the lack of
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      242 3 after fever you need z XJTVJSfeV I Something mote than ordinary food to restore '1 I you to health. You need fc ‘Kepler’ Solution concentrated, delicious, tonic-food which the W'l I feeble body can digest easily. It speedily fills I out the sunken cheeks, increases the strength I and re-vitalises
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      100 3 THE BIRD IN THE HAND. The bird in the hand to the merchant is the customer within the store. It requires some sort of attraction in the first place to get the customer there—about the best attraction is a real, live advertisement; something good that will catch the eye that
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      307 3 X’MAS DELICACIES! ®We are now booking orders for our annual festive cakes at the usual Price of $3 per 2 lb. A superb display of French and English Sweets, Nuts, Dry Fruits. Fancy Boxes of Chocolate, Biscuits, Bon-Bons, Santa Claus Stockings, X’mas and New Year Cards, Wedding Cake Boxes, Bouquets,
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    A BELATED REPORT.
    1075 4 The then Resident Councillor of a Penang, Hon. W. Evans, signed his report on the Settlement for 1911 on the 30 April last, but its pubb’eation was delayed until the 6th inst, when it appeared as a supplement to the S. S. Government Gazette. Perhaps it was
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      TRAINING NOTES.
      901 4 This morning some twenty-six horses were galloped round the Race Course pre* pa r ing for our January Me‘ting, which promises to be a real good fixture, The Secretary is very considerate, for Course No. 1 was again thrown <>pen without an obstacle and trainers could extend their
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    BIG RICE CASE.
    802 4 OPENING OK PROCEEDINGS Mr. Justice Thornton in th. q Court to-day, commenced th. 1,../ 6 1 two Important, action, of con,i i. ri M terest to the Chines, o mmu.mr t'’’ wtth transaction, i 0 co,nec t i o „S'“ 8 proposed nee milling syndicate h a
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    PENANG RUBBER AUCTION ROOMS.
    118 4 Since Messrs Allen Dennys an! C’. established their rubber No 7 Union Street last month, they been doing an increasingly active g at their Wednesday sales fc |IM auction promises to be the big,es yet taken p’ace in rooms. A fine lot of about 11 be
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      427 4 T»s Pnsyetfs Mat Hie* wia ne Ktjlslrtr »1 j»ht Stott c—>raits. Xs6e Subscription Jsist will open on Monday, tbe 9t6 December, 1912, and will close on or before Saturday, ILtQ December, 1912. WEARNE BROS., LTD., MOTOR ENGINEERS AND IMPORTERS. (INCORPORATED UNDER THE COMPANIES' ORDINANCE AND l»O»>. CAPITAL—S3SO,OOO DIVIDED INTO 70,000
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      62 4 TO-DAYS CONTENTS. Page 2. —Tronoh Extended Ltd. Page 3.— Development of Kedah. Page 4- Editorial: A Belated Report; Training Notes and Big Rice Case, &C. Page s.— Telegrams and H. H. the Sultan of Kedah’s Birthday. Page 6.— The Progress of Perlis The Week’s Events The Tides and The Moon.
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    LOCAL SHARE MARKET.
    264 5 TO-DAY’S CHANGES. The following are the changes (buyers >n d sellers only) in our share list, on page 7 to-day: Y ester 1 ay. To-day. Shabm. 11 1 -2 2 a x x n x g. Malayan Tin 52/6 56/- 52/6 55/6 Pahang C. 10/7 j 11/7
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    THE RUBBER MARKET.
    47 5 TO-DAY’S PRICES IN LONDON. London, December 10.* The following are to-day’s quotations for rubber Plantation Para, Ist Latex, Crepe 4/6 Para to arrive 4/7 The market is firm. There are buyers for the year 1914, at 3/11. By courtesy of Messrs. Boustead <fc Co.
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    ALOR GAJAH RUBBER.
    100 5 A SUCCESSFUL YEAR. (From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, December 10. The third annual r port of the Alo r Gajah Rubber Co, Ltd., shows a profit of 134,117. It is proposed to pay a final dividend of 7* per-cent, making a total of 20 per cent, to
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    A RUBBER ESTATE TRAGEDY.
    62 5 mandor murdered by coolies. (From Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, December 10. Kelantan advices state that some toolit-8 on Charniug Estate recently murdered the mandor there. A force of Sikh P ’lice under European officers went to the •pot, disarmed the coolies, and arrested two of their
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    AIRSHIPS FOR THE NAVY.
    21 5 —Reuter. London, December 9. The Admiralty has purchased one German Parseval and one French Astraures dirigible balloon.-—Beater.
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    THE WAR.
    175 5 .—Reuter. PEACE CONFERENCE. affohthmt of deucatfs. London, December 9. The Balkan States’ delegates to the London Conference are being appointed M. Daneff, President of the Chamber, heads the Bulgarian delegation. Although has not signed the armistice she likewise sends representatives to London including the Premier, M. Venizelos The
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    THE RAILWAY STRIKE.
    192 5 ~—Reuter. DAMAGE TO CHRISTMAS TRADE London, December 9. The strike on the North Eastern railway con' inues. The three thousand men out have not hitherto received an accession of strength, but considerable anxiety is arous ed by to-day’s developments As the Christmas trade is already suffering it
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    PANAMA CANAL TOLLS.
    163 5 .—Reuter. PROTEST FROM CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, December 9. Prominent Californians have petitioned ex-President Taft, urgin’ an honourable settlement of the British protest concerning the Panama Act, declaring that it is better to suffer some limitation of freedom in leg slation, and commercial di advantage, than to disregard
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    IMPERIAL WIRELESS SCHEME.
    77 5 —Reuter. TWO NEW STATIONS FOR EAST AFRICA. London, December 9. In the House of Commons at question time the Right Hon. Lewis Harcourt, Secretary of State for the Colonies, announced that the cost of the high-power station in the highlands of East Africa under the Imperial wireless
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    CHINA AND THE OPIUM TRADE.
    44 5 —Reuter. PROTEST BY INDIAN B \NKS AND ME KC HAN I S. London, December 9. Indian Banks and merchants are making strong representations to the Foreign and India” Offices regarding the .Chinese Government’s action in closing ports against opium.—Reuter.
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    CANADA & DREADNOUGHTS.
    217 5 CANADA DREADNOUGHTS. AUSTRALIAN COMMENT. FAHIAMENrAH REFERENCES. Melbourne, December 9. The Press here considers that the most notable point in Canadas naval proposal is that it is a definite indication that the Dominions intend to support the Motherlan t’s scheme, and it undoubtedly marks an important advance towards co-operation in Imperial
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    HOME TRADE PROSPEROUS.
    88 5 i Reuter. LANCASHIRE COTTON BOOMING. London, December 9. The papers make a feature of the remarkable trade figures. Despite lab ur troubles, the value of trade has not only increased by ninety-four millions in eleven months, but the proportion of unemployed is the lowest for years—merely two
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    THE SEXTUPLE LOAN.
    67 5 —Reuter. EXTENSION OF THE BANKING GROUP. London, December 9. It is understood that the British group interested in the Sextuple Loan to China has been extended by the incorporation of Baring's, Schroider’s, the London County and Westminster, Paris, and Hongkong and s hanghai Banks, with probably another.
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    VICEROYSHIP OF INDIA.
    37 5 ,—Reuter. KITCHENER TO SUCCEED HARDINGE London, December 9. The Daily Mail's Calcutta correspondent states that Lord Kitchener is mentioned as successor to Lord Hardinge, who takes up a political appointment in England next year.-
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    THE DELAY TRAGEDY.
    35 5 Reuter. London, December 10. It transpires that Mr. Delay married in November, 1911, a Mrs. Young who, in earlier years, was divorced, Mr, Delay under an assumed name being the co- respondent.
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    NEWS FROM BERLIN.
    162 5 —D.O.L. Berlin, December 9. The Barlin embezzler, Bruning, has been arrested in Canada. A portion of the money was found in Germany. The Triple Alliance has been ranewed without modification, and the documents were signed in Vienna. The Press says that the renewal of the Triple Alliance
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    H.H. THE SULTAN OF KEDAH’S BIRTHDAY.
    547 5 FESTIVITIES AL’ ALOR STAR. (From an Occasional Correspondent.) Alor Star, December 9. On Saturday last, the Sultan’s 50th Birthday, an elaborate dinner, to which 50 "at down, was given in ’the Balei Besar. The surrounding grounds were beautifully decorated withjapanese lantern 3; and bands,
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    KILLED BY AN ELEPHANT.
    145 5 The Khots Bah u correspondent of the Malay Mail writes under date 2nd December :—On the 14th ult. an elephant killed Tukan Teh at Bachok. The animal broke loose and was roaming about. It was the ill-luck of deceased to come across the furious beast, and
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    CHINESE IMMIGRATION.
    138 5 The Government has for some time had under consideration the'question of the recruitment of Chinese labourers and the signing by them of contracts to labour for specified periods in the Colony and the Malay States. It has been decided that the maximum period for which Chinese immigrants may
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      572 5 TO-DAY’S TIN QUOTATIONS WANTED TO BUY. To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in a Second Hand Billiard Table» Penang is $ll3 15 per picul, business /1 please send p»ricular“, and stating done. Tin in London is quoted at £226 price to 10s. spot and £225 15«. three months. jj o< 123,
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    54 5 OBITUARY. CAPTAIN J. W. PICKTHAL (From Our Own Correspondent). Singapore, December 10. The death has occurred from fever of Captain J. W. Pickthal, 3rd Brahman Light Infantry, while serving in the Chin Hills with the Burma Military Police. Captain Pickthal joined the Brahmans, wbo are now stationed in Singapore, from
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    THE PROGRESS OF PERLIS.
    1160 6 ADVISER’S ANNUAL REPORT. In his report on the State of Perlis for the year 1911, Mr. H. C. Eckhardt, the Acting Adviser, says The estimated revenue for the year a H. 1329 was $112,430, and the estimated expenditure 123,453. The actual revenue was $131,291, ai d
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    THE WEEK’S EVENTS.
    136 6 Tuesday. December 10. Temerloh Extraordinary Meeting, 3.30 p.m. Volunteer Maxim and Bearer Sections. Band, Golf Club, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road George Town Cinematograph, Kuala Kangsar Road. Wednesday, December 11. Mohamedan New Year Commences. Volunteer Recruits, A Co. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Thursday, December 12. Outward
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    COMING EVENTS.
    167 6 Dec. 16.—Oxten House School, Demonstration and Prize Distribution, 4.30 p.m. Dec. 16 and 17. —“The Court Cards,” Town Hall, 9 p.m. Dec. 18—Licensing Justices, 2.15 p.m. Dec. 21.—Oxten House School, Children’s Party and Christmas Tree. Calcutta Races The Trials. Penang Club: Cinderella Dance, 9.15 p.m. Dec. 23.—Penang Races,
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    Where to Stay.
    26 6 Pknang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag Hotel Norman, Rannymede Hotel and Hotel de Europe. Ipoh :—Tiie Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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      144 6 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Dec, 10 12-40 7-37 1-21 7-36 11 1-13 811 1-57 8-01 „12 1-43 843 2-31 8-34 13 2-12 9-14 3-04 934 14 2-45 9-48 3-33 9-55 15 3-09 10-15 3-39 10-20 „16 3-41 10-49 5-19
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    SHARES.
    2246 7 Capital- Subscribed. N b r of Issue 2 A 2 J Shares. Value. 3 Dividends. Name c 5 S63 w? or 1908 1909 1910 1911 1919 MINING. 1912 »100 000 $60.000 60,000’ $1 1 yTI n «1 oa 1903 300.000 300 000 j.w,OOof 10 10 10 SO 3» «k
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    SHIPPING.
    338 7 ARRIVALS. Armenia, Ger., 3386, Eckharu, Dec. 10, H’burg, gen., Behn Meyer Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 291, Gully, Dec. 10, T. Anson, gen., E. 8. Co. Indragiri, Dut., 300, Bauer, Dec. 9, Deli, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. Jinsen Maru, Jap., 2317, Machida, Dec. 9, Y’hama, gen., Paterson Simons Co. M.
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    MAILS.
    347 7 CLOSE AT GENERAL POST OPVIC» To-Morrow. For Bev Close. Yen Ji* Seng 7 a.m Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 8 a.m. Negapatam A Madras Taroba 11 a.m. Tongkah Calypso 1 P“ Teluk Anson Hok Clanton 3 p.m. Singapore, China and Japan Dilwara 4 p.m* Thursday. Deli Per»* C®- 8
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