Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 August 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 198 VOL. LXVI. SATURDAY. 29th AUGUST, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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    FEMININE FASHIONS.
    865 3 A Home correspondent writes One of the prettiest blouses that I have seen for a young matron owed all its attraction to the work spent upon it. The material selected was the favourite one of spotted net, which was arranged infolds towards the waist, with a long vest
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    Passages from the Poets.
    82 3  -  —Richard Lovelace. She beat the happy pavement By such a star-made firmament, Which now no more the roof envies! But swells up high, with Atlas even, Bearing the brighter, nobler heaven. And, in her, all the deities. Each step trod out a Lover’s thought. And the
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    THE LABOUR PROBLEM.
    417 3 CEYLON v. STRAITS. We tike tbe fol'owing extracts from the evidence of Mr. Norman Rowsell before the Ceylon Labour Commission on August 18: With regard to the rates of inducement of coolies to come over, Mr. Rowsell said that there was the question of being on the
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    114 3 Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. August SO. St. Gborgk’s Church. 8 a.m.— Matins (Choral.) 8- a.m.—Holy Communion (Plain). 9- a m.—Holy Communion (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Sunday School. 6 p.m.—Service of Praise. Prssbyterian Church. 9 am. and 6 p.m.—Divine Service (Northam Road.) Methodist-Episcopal Church. 8-45 a m.—Sunday School. 6 p m—Divine
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    Latest Indian Wires.
    118 3 Calcutta, August 13. Simla, Aug. 13th.—The small Turkish colonv at Kabul is growing in numbers and influence There are now six Turks holding responsible offices at Kabul, believed to belong to the Young Turkish Party. Calcutta, Aug. 14. Karim Khan, the murderer of Miss Elsie Hooper, has
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    “SALEH: A SEQUEL.”
    336 3 The finish to Mr. Hugh Clifford’s story Saleh a Sequel,” in the August Blackwood to hand, is a powerful piece of writing. His conscience undermined, his ambitions blighted, his marriage ideal ruined, his very personality disintegrated by the Malayan failures of bis manhood, following, upon the inspired
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    MARKET PRICES.
    249 3 Penang. August 29. Description. Bekf Cts. Soup per catty 12 Roast 23 Steaks 23 Stew or Curry Meat 16 Bump Steak 23 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 55 Feet 14 Heart Heart per catty 28 Tri pe> Liver per catty 28 Pork: Pork 32 Pig’s Head 20 Feet
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    INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
    385 3 The Siam Observer of August 15 says The Straits Legislative Council has passed the second reading of a Bill to amend the Birthsand Deaths Ordinance already in force in the Colony Amongst other points it was proposed to require medical practitioners to give notice of any infectious disease
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    THE WEEK.
    118 3 Saturday, 29th August Beheading of John the Baptist. Pathescope, 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Sunday, 30th August. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity. Moadav. 31st August. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Kkavucl, Hip lcuv->cncloy C T Victoria Jubilee R.A. Chapter, 9 p.m. Matsuo’s Cinematograph. Pathescope, 7-30 and 9-30 p.m. Tuesday, Ist
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    AUCTION SALES.
    90 3 Tuesday and Wednesday, Sept. 1 and 2 Household furniture, 126, Burmah Road 12 noon Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Monday, Aug. 31 Irish linens, 18, Beach St. 10.15 am.; Cunningham, Clark and Co., auctioneers. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, Sept. 1,2, and 3— Stock-in-trade 67, Beach St. 11 a.m. Cunningham,
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    TENDERS.
    40 3 Prye River Dock— Supply of Pulau Kra rubble tenders close noon, Sept. 7. Perak Government— Gaming Farm. Spirit Farm, Spirit Import Duties Farm, Toddy Farm tenders close noon, Sept. 7. F.M.S. Railways— Coal for locomotives tenders close Sept. 25.
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      348 3 WHY NOT BUY WW zfl One little Boy had VAN HOUTEN’S. VAN NOW’’’ HOUTENS a week. the cocoa Robinson Piano co., ltd., 20, BEACH STREET. THE CHILDREN oiiii im iiu j HUILU UK YOUh rttMLihwith ENJO¥ WILKINSONS Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JIM/ICA <t SARSAPARILLA pronounced by the HIGHEST
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      38 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Aug. 29 1.36 p.in. 7.34 a.in. 30 224 pm. 8.23 a.in 31 314 p.m. 912 am. The Moon. First Quarter 4 Sept 0 Full Moon 10 Last Quarter O New Moon 2o
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    BIRTH.
    19 4 Gould. —At Belfield, Cantonment Road, on the 28th inst., the wife of R. C. Gould, of a son.
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    Saturday, 29th August, 1908.
    1260 4 When the Rural Board for Penang Island assumed its duties at the beginning of this year it found that it could do nothing without a sanitary inspector, and one on a monthly salary of $45 per month, with a travelling allowance of $2O, was appointed. Later
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    SATURDAY NOTES.
    931 4 Although the Police Force in Penang has been established for more than a century and the members have had to wear a regulation uniform, it is strange that the peons attached to the Police Offices have had no official dress like those of other Government Offices. The general
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    533 4 Mr. James Ashness, Senior Survey Officer, Penang, who has been on inspection duty in the Dindings, returned t<>-day by th» s.s. Canton from Paugkor. An officer from the Colony will act f Or Mr. H. G. R. Leonard as Assistant 'Superintendent of Immigrants at Klang when he
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    Funeral of Mrs. Ogle.
    288 4 The funeral of Mrs. Selina Blanche Ogle, wife of Mr. J. W. B. Ogle, Clerk of Works, Public Works Department, Penang, took place yesterday afternoon at the Protestant Cemetery, Western Road. The hearse which conveyed the coffin, covered with floral crosses and wreaths, left her residence
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      90 4 must be addressed to u The Editor," written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer's name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. yg LL MON IBS must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General
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    MEDAN EXHIBITION.
    347 5 OPENING CEREMONY TO-DAY. A REPRESENTATIVE GATHERING. [From Our Special Correspondent.] Medan, 29th August. The Exhibition of Arts, Agriculture, and General Industries of the Dutch East Indies, arranged in honour of the tenth anniversary of the Queen of Holland’s accession to the throne, was opened here this morning at
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    INDIANS IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    74 5 A NATAL QUARTETTE DEPORTED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 29th August. A telegram from Pretoria, Transvaal, sta es that four leading Indians in Natal, for not complying with orders to leave the Colony, have been deported across the Natal border. A Peblic Protest. At a meeting of Indians
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    SITUATION IN TURKEY.
    82 5 SULTAN AND "HIS BROTHER. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 28th August. A telegram from Constantinople states that Reshif Eflendi, heir-presumptive to the throne of Turkey, has visited his brother, the Sultan of Turkey, for the first time after three years. The meeting wk* of a most cordial nature. A
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    DEATH BY STRANGULATION.
    43 5 A RUSSIAN COURT’S SEN FENCE. Reuter’s Skrvicw London, 29th August. The Higher Com t-Martial in St. Petersburg has confirmed the Nikolaievsk courtmat tial’s death sentences of strangulation passed on eight Japanese for attacking soldiers who were conveying them to prison*
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    154 5 THE BONDED WAREHOUSES. SATURDAY WORKING HOURS. [Jrom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 29th August. At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, tiie amended rules were passed for the management of the Government Bonded Warehouse, Penang, and the Bonded Warehouse, Tanjong Pagar, Singapore, allowing work from one o’clock
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    SHIPPING.
    109 5 SINGAPORE SHIP IN A TYPHOON. [Reuter’s Service] London, 29th August. Lloyd’s agent at Moji states that two survivors on board the Japanese steamer Saikio Maru report that the British steamer Dunearn, bound for Singapore, where it was expected next month, capsized in a typhoon in the Korean Straits, and
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    TRADE DEPRESSION.
    60 5 A NEW YORK FAILURE j Ran i Kii's SBiiViCK.] London, 29th August. The Brown failure in New York, though serious, ha< not entailed difficulties to other firms. [lt ii evident from the context of ihe foregoing that Reuter has omitted to send a previous wire dealing with what
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    MOROCCO.
    53 5 FRANCO-GERMAN INTERESTS. IkIITICKS Skuvick.J London, 29th August. The Freuch Chargt d'A ffaires at Berlin has conferred with Herr von Schoen, the German Foreign Minister, on the situation in Morocco. A Conference in ParisM. Pichon, French Foreign Minister, has conferre I with the German Charge d’ Ajfaires in Paris on
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    290 5 RUSSIA’S NAVY. Berlin. 28th August. The Russian Ministry has resolved to increase the navy by twenty armour-plated cruisers. JAPANESE SENTENCED. The Russian court-martial confirms the death sentence passed on the Japanese who attacked some Russian soldiers who were conveying them to prison. THE IRON INDUSTRY. Au international
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    HERR KOHLER IN PENANG.
    768 5 AN ENJOYABLE RECITAL. For the above recital in the Freemasons’ Hall last night the following was the Programme. I. a Larghetto and Etude Hummel, b Romance Grieg, c Finale from the Ist Concerto in G. Minor Mendelssohn. 11. a Wiegenlied I L b Niemand hats gesehen
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    BOWLS TOURNAMENT.
    636 5 The following are the drawings for the ties in the Bowls Tournament, which is now being held under the auspices of the Penang Cricket Club, with the results up to date Championship. C. P. Buckell bye) H. Muir J Captain Daniel 1 Captain Macintyre Dr. S. Rose I
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    SPORTING NOTES.
    856 6 The Derby for 1910 has closed with an entry of 384, including 30 entries made in New York. The King has entered two candidates, Orellius, by Orme-Mi, and Border Prince, by Persimmon White Lilac. The Bombay Baronet Club have decided to postpone their visit to Ceylon tilt early
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    MAILS CLOSE
    86 6 Monday. For. Per. Close. Rangoon Vorwarts 2 p.m. Deh Hebe 2 p.m. Singapore Palitana 3 p.m. Singapore, and Hongkong Choy Sang 3 p.m. Tuesday. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan Vidar 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.) 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m.
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    European Mails.
    321 6 Home- Ex- Positively To WARD. pgCTKD. Du« «All.. P. O. Delhi 12/9 B. I. Thongwa. 5/9 N.D.L. P.R. Luitpold 2/9 Outward. P. &O. Oriental 10/9 B. I. 4/9 N.D.L. Lutzotv 3/9 ON WEEK DAYS. FOR Taiping, Ipoh, Batu Gajah, Kuala Kubu, Kuala Lumpur, and Seremban at 6 a.m.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    46 6 Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, August 28, Teluk Anson, gen., Ah Heng. Halaban, Dut., 339., Rolufs, P. Bukum, August 27, oil, Bousteud Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, ißeeken, August 28, Deli, gen., Behn, Meyer Co, Petrel, Brit., 125, Allan, August 27, Asslhan, gen., E. 8. Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    98 6 Avagyee for Tongkah. Ban Whatt Soon for Teluk Anson. Bharata for Rangoon and Calcutta. De Kock for Deli and Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. Delta for Ceylon, India, and Europe. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi and Setul. Fitzpatrick for Hongkong. Glenfalloch for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow, and Amoy. Hok
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    67 6 A’onoj of -Steamer, where from, apprw.rmo.te date of arrival, where, hound, and Agents Ajax, Singapore, Sept. 19, Antwerp. W. M. A. Apcar, S’pore, Sept. 11, Calcutta, A. A. A. Bendoran, London, Sept. 4, Japan, S. B. Cyclops, S’pore, Sept. 3, L’pool, W. M. Keemun, Singapore, Sept. 18, L’pool,
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    SHARES.
    1150 6 X ©5 nd ‘3 Inane m u S| e.pi..., Oubacrib-d. V. 1... P.O! P N 4 c 2 a 'Shares. aQ as 5> j MINING. $300,000 $300,000 30 000 #>o $lO 10 per cent, for year ending 31-3-08 jßelat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 1906 300,000 225.000 22.500 10 10
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 6 Penang, 29th Au<jo«t, 1908. (By Courtesy of the Bank.) London Demand Bank 2 3 15/16 4 mouths’ sight Bank 2/4 3/16 3 Credit <O4 516 3 Documentary 2/4 3'B Calcutta Demand Bank 175| 3 days’sight Private M 177 Bombay Demand Bank 175| 3 days'sight Private 177 Madras, Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    196 6 Penang, 29th August, 1908. Gold leaf 55 Pepper Coast 3 ll> o ~z no stock. White Pepper $15.25 sellers. Trang Pepper si o nom Mac® $7O nonj Mace Picking- $5B buyers Cloves (picked out of season. Nutmegs II” $19.50 sales. INo I $6 65 sales Suga*’- < 2 x
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