Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 November 1908

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 253 VOL. LXVI. MONDAY, 2nd NOVEMBER, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      512 1 PINANG GAZETTE." SUBSCRIPTION. •aily Issue, in Town, $27 per annum, or SSO post free. the Weekly Itme, $lB per annum. Ivertising Hates on Application to ’HE GENERAL MANAGER. IfC Reach Street, Penang, Stiaits Settlements. THE EUROPEAN AGENCY A I SUBSCRIPTION. T N DENTS promptly execut**d at lowest 4i < t
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    ALLEGED LIBEL.
    16732 2 BOOMGARDT Y. CRITERION PRESS. $5,000 DAMAGES AND COSTS. FULL TEXT OF JUDGMENT. The following is the full text of Mr. Justice Fisher’s judgment in the action by Mr. W. C. Boomgardt against the Criterion Press, Ltd.:— Plaintiff sues the defendants who are the proprietors of a daily paper
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    Monday, 2nd November, 1908.
    919 4 Some important recommendations with regard to education in the Straits are incorporated in the report of the Select Committee of the Legislative Council on the Estimates for Singapore and Malacca, for the year 1909. The Unofficial Members recommend that immediate notice be given that there will
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    To-day’s exchange rate is 2/3 ⅞.
    317 4 To-day’s exchange rate is 2/3 To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $69.37| per picul buyers, no sellers. The following were the dealings in tin to-day :—Singapore (Straits Trading Co.), 275 tons, $7O Penang (Straits Trading Co.), $7O, buyers Eastern Smelting Co., 25 tons, $7O Exchange, 12| tons, s69^.
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    THE ESTIMATES.
    264 4 From the report of the Select Committee on the Singapore Estimates we quote the following paragraphs:--The Committee desires to call attention to the insufficient accommodation for the Government Printing Office. We recommend an extra First-Class Clerk at $1,200 for Audit Office to cope with the anticipated increase of
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    In the Coroner’s Court.
    126 4 An Alleged Murdkr. The inquest on the body of a Chinaman, alleged to have been murdered at Paya Terubong on October 22, was opened in the Second Magistrate’s Court, this morning, when Dr. E. N. Graham, Medical Officer, General Hospital, gave evidence. He stated that he
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    St. Andrew’s Ball.
    96 4 Rebl Practices. Intending subscribers to and guests at St. Andrew’s Ball, with their lady friends, are info» me 1 that Reel Practices will commence to-morrow in the Engineers’ Institute (through the courtesy of the President ami Committee) from 6 to 8 p m. Another Reel Practice will
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    The Band Fund.
    320 4 Under the patronage of Mr. F. J. Hallifax (President) and Members of the Band Committee, an orchestral and dramatic entertainment will be given on Friday night in the Town Hall in aid of the Band Fund under the direction of Mr. R. Andre®, Bandmaster, assisted by the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    770 4 The annual dinner of Old Bedfordi will be held in Kuala Lumpur on Nov '2B It was suggested in Hongkong that b Sven Hedin should lecture before the /i Volumes Society. Sir W. H. Hyndman-Jones, Chief J Ust j c Straits Settlements, resumed the duties f his
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      77 4 latest Fashionable Jewellery SUITABLE FOR WEDDING or ’XMAS and NEW YEAR Presents. INSPECTION CORDIALLY INVITED. Mr. A. L. SETH. Ihprutnlalin, LEVY HERMANOS, R°<™ E. &0. Hotel. “AinstĕrßĕeE Per case of 48 quarts $11.50 exchttJve o f Per case of 96 pints $14.25) G. H. SLOT Co., SOLE AGENTS. PRITCHARD i>
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      88 4 {CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to The Editor,’' written on one side of the paper only, and accompanied by the writer'j name and address, not necessarily for insertion but as a guarantee of good faith. yfl LL MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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    THE KAISER'S INTERVIEW.
    176 5 FURTHER REVRLATIOHS. BUEL'iW’S RESPONSIBILITY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, Ist Nov. Prince Bulow, the German Imperial Chancellor, has assumed responsibility for livulging the interview with the Kaiser, published in the Daily Telegraph, and ffered to resign, but the Kaiser has refused to accept the resignation. An Admission. A German
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    144 5 an interview with the tsar. Reuter’s Skrvick] London. 31st Oat. The Tsar had an interview, lasting an hour, with Prince George, the Crown Prince of Servia. Munitions of War. Every soldier in Montenegro has received 500 rounds of ammunition. A Mutinous Outbreak. Five reactionary regiments in Constantinople
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    INDIA'S JUBILEE.
    80 5 MESSAGE FROM KING EDWARD. I Reuter 8 Service.] London. 2nd Nov. Yesterday being the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the taking over of the territories from the Hon. East India Company by the Crown, His Majesty King Edwaid has sent a message to the people f India
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    THE LICENSING BILL.
    58 5 A GOVERNMENT THREAT. JRbuthr’s Service] London, 31st Oct. Mr. A. Ure, Liberal member for Linlithgowshire, and Solicitor-General for Scotland, speaking in Coatbridge, Lanarkshire, said that, if the Licensing Bill were thrown out or mangled by the House of Lords, the Government would impose a license duty which
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    CRIME IN KINTA.
    57 5 TWO MORE MURDERS. i From Our Own Correspondent.} Ipoll, 2nd Nov. A Sikh watchman was murdered at Batu Tiga by gang robbers on Saturday night. Killed in Bed. Another murder by gang robbers is re- orted to have occurred at Salak North last light, the Hokkien occupier
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    ARCHBISHOP OF YORK.
    27 5 RESIGNATION ANNOUNCED. [Reuter’s Service] L London, 2nd Nov. The Most Rev. William Dalrymple Maclagan, Archbishop of Yoi k, has resigned on account of ill-health.
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    THE RUBBER WORLD.
    137 5 STRONG BEHIND IN LONDON. A SCARCITY OF SPOT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] London, 31st Oct. There is a very strong demand for rubber owing to the scarcity of spot. Futures are higher. For distant deliveries there are buyers at 4/6, but no sellers. New Ledbury Flotation. The
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    THE TRONOH RAILWAY.
    28 5 A LANDSLIP. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Ipoh, 2nd Nov. The rains have caused a landslip on the new Tronoh Railway, and the line is blocked.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    241 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, 2nd .Nov. The Austro-Turco and Turco-Bulgarian negotiations are favourable to Turkey. PRINCE OF WALES. There are hopes of a visit of the Prince of Wales to Germany. SIR PERCY SCOTT. Sir Percy Scott, with the squadron which has been in South Africa, goes
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    Chinese Wedding.
    231 5 At 2 pm. yesterday, the 3rd-day procession of the marriage of Mr. Chan Kye Choo took place when, owing to the great popularity of the parents of the bride and bridegroom, there was a very large attendance of European and Chinese ladies and gentlemen and some of the
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    KEDAH NOTES.
    658 5 Alor Star, Oct. 30. H. H. the Sultan of Kedah, accompanied by H. H. Tunku Mahmood, President of the State Council, and suite, left on Tuesday evening for Penang en route to Bangkok, to attend the festivities in connection with the completion of the forty-first year of the
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    Amendment of Pension Regulation.
    179 5 The regulations made by the Governor iu Council with the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Colonies in pursuance of section 4 (1) of “The Pensions Or finance 1887,” have been amended by the Governor iu Council. The second paragraph of clause 2 of
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    720 5 ,—S.F.P. THURSDAY’S MEETING. The same members were present at the meeting of the Legislative Council on Thursday as on Wednesday, except the Resident Councillor of Malacca, the Hon. W. Evans. Muhammadan Marriages. The Acting Attorney-General moved the first reading of the Muhammadan Marriage Bill, to consolidate and amend
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    Lighting Government House.
    95 5 The Select Committee of the Legislative Council, in their report on the Singapore Estimates, state Io the absence of more complete information we are not yet in a position to make a definite recommendation for economising on the present system of elect» ic lighting of Government House
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    NEWS OF THE CHURCHES.
    596 6 Tt is proposed to start a Bush Brotherhood to work among the white settlers in the diocese of North Queensland. There are only a Bishop and sixteen clergy in this vast area of 130,000 square miles, and many small townships are begging in vain, at the
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    Failure of an American Turbine.
    284 6 Our American contemporary, the I Electrical World, gives an instance showing how easy it is to wreck a steam turbine if tiie materials in all their details are otherwise than perfect, or if the design is faulty. In I this particular instance it will be
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    81 6 To-morrow. For. P® r Close. Langkat J>“ Ho 1 P m Asahan Petrel J P Tongkah Avagyee 1 P">Tongkah Malacca 1 P m Batu Bahra Sree Bangka 1p m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pi ll Seng 2 p.m. Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy Bhadra 3
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    413 6 FoR Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.m., 2-30 p.m., and 5 p.m. Bukit Mertajam at 8-30 a.m I p.m., 2-30 p.m., and 5 p.m. Hagan Serai, at 5 p.m. Baiik Pulau, at 8 a.m. and 0-30 p.m.
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    European Mails.
    32 6 Home- Ex- Positively To WARD. tEAM PHCTED. DUR SaIL. P. O. Assaye 7/11 B. L 14/11 N.D.L. P. Alice 10/11 Outward. P. &O. Oceana 5/11 8.1. 12/11 N.D.L. Goeben 12/11
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    182 6 Avagyee, Brit., 247, Campbell, November 1, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Bhadra, Brit., 243, Carĕe, November 1, Tavoy, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Bharata, Brit., 1957, Swanson, November 1, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Coen, Dut., 823, Hut, November 2, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. De Kock, Dut., 565,
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    CLEARANCES.
    38 6 Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson Coen for Langsa. T. Semawe. Segli, Pulo Weh, Olehleh, Padang, and Batavia. Flving Fish for Port Weld. Hebe for Deli. Malaya for Deli. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi. Perlis, and Setul.
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    PASSENGERS
    31 6 ARRIVALS. By Ipoh (November 2) from Singapore. Mr and Mrs Lai Joon Sang, Mrs Horten, Messrs Emil Band, H A Stallwood J V Healy, V J Martin. Yong Choon Chor.
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 6 Penang, 2nd November, 1908. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3| 4 months’ sight Bank 2 4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 j 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras
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    PRODUCE.
    185 6 Penang, 2nd November, 1908. Gohl leal 65 Pepper (W Coast 3 lb no stock. White Pepper $14.50 sales. Trang Pepper $10.95 sales. Mace $7l sales. Mace Picking* S6l sales. Cloves (picked) out of season. Nutmeg» 110 sl7| buyers. (No I $6.65 sales. 2 x. no stock. Basket $3.32| sellers.
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    SHARES.
    1135 6 1n"Ii I I No. of Issue Dividends. Name. g g Capital. Subscribed. t ghares. Value. i£» j I Pm M y I I I I I MINING. I 1903' $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year eud. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Miuing Co., Ltd 74. 1906 300 000 225 000
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      61 6 A Sluggish Circulation, begotten of sedentary habits, leads to congestion of the brain, liver, ami other organs. The best remedy for this undesirable state of affairs is to stimulate the activity of the whole bodily economy by taking a wine-glassful of Huhy&di J&nos natural aperient water every morning. At the
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      80 6 These tiny C A Capsules X —superior v W > 1° Copaiba, X K Cubebs, and C < Injections —cure C < the same diseases as these drugs < in forty-eight hours without <. inconvenience. C I Each Capsule bears the name (lillDY) I FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST. GRIMAULTS
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      160 6 TELEPHONE No. 303. Telegrams: “Paddy.” Codes A. B. O. sth Edition. THE SHIPPING. FORWARDING, AND ADVERTISING AGENCY, No. 7 CHURCH STREET, PENANG. SHIPPING AND TRANSHIPPING. Goods shipped and transhipped to any place in the Straits Settlements, Federated Malay States, and elsewhere. ADVERTISING AND PRINTING. Printing of all descriptions undertaken. Bill-posting.
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      421 6 NOTION. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment, 1907. 77 z I 'HE Municipal Commissioners of T Muuic ‘P al Commissioners of George TowUj hereby iuvite Bep araie E? MPLOYERS of Tamil labour are here- c °?j M se P ar e tenders for supply of the following L.
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    THE WEEK.
    87 7 Mohdan. 2nd November. All Souls’ Day. Ladies’ Rifle Club 4 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Penang Football League Annual Meeting, 9 p.m. Tuesday, 3rd November. P.C.C. Bowls Tournament. Band, Golf Club. Wednesday. 4th November. Municipal Commission, special meeting 11.30 a m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7
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    TENDERS.
    61 7 Kedah Gor> rnmerit.— Tenders for Gambling and Spirit Farms close Nov. 10. Johore State Railway.— Uniform clothing tenders close noon, Nov. 15. F.M.S. Railways.— Uniform clothing (Perak and Province Wellesley); tenders close noon, Nov. 15. F.M.S. Railways.— Uniform clothing (Selangor, Negri Sembilan, ami Malacca); tenders close noon, Nov. 15.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    15 7 Cleeve,’’ No. 122, Scotland Road (furnished); apply W. Marsh, 39, Northam Road.
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    The Moon.
    18 7 First Quarter 1 Nov. O Full Moon 8 Last Quarter 16 n O New Moon 24
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      544 7 WANTED. TJ'OR General and Timber Stores three A Chinese Clerks previous experience in Store-keeping required. Apply stating salary to “X. Z.,” 809—4-11 c/o Pinang Gazette. NOTICE. TAKE NOTICE that V. Kader Batcha Co. alias Tamby Wright, Cloth Merchants, have this day re-opened their business at No. 19, Chulia Street, Penang.
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      43 7 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Nov. 2 5.34 a.in. 11.31 p.re. >» 3 6.25 a.m. 12.20 a.m. 4 8.00 a.m. 2.10 a.m. 5 848 a.m. 2.43 am. 6 9.36 am. 3.24 a.m. 7 10 24 a.m. 4.14 p.na. >, 8 11.12 a.m. 5.13 p.m.
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      2218 8 P, A O. Steam Navigation Company. Shipping. Shipping. Shipping. MAIL SERVICE intended Sailings. Norddeu tsc her Lloyd, Bremen. OUTWARD. W. V Nov. 5 Oceana connecting with Himalaya j GRSIISH INDIA Imperial German Mail Line. 19 Devauha Mongolia I •>.“ > STEdM HAVIGdTION Co., UTD. < OCMI StMB Slip C S
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