Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 November 1908

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 268 VOL. LXVI. FRIDAY. 20th NOVEMBER, 1908. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      960 1 THE PINANG gazette. COMMERCIAL SALES ROOM. TOWN HALL, I NOTICE. subscription. Important-Action Sale penang. T| 7X“’ GREAT ATTRACTION I “MAITII ft I IT I UM.)\On Saturday, 21st Noe., 1908, two nights ONI.Y giv «X iXAoTe. I |VIHL> IflWI U I For the Weekly Issue, per annum. AT 10-30 A.M., Tuesday
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1316 2 JANUARY MEETING. 1909. DA Y. TUESDAY. 26th January. 1. THE MAIDEN PLATE. Value $5OO. A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale reduced 14 lbs. All horses imported into the Srraits or F. M. S. as Subscription Griffins at a price not exceeding $4OO allowed 7
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      774 2 BURNS PHILP LINE.” JkT VT LZ SINGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS. X ML PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, TA B K™kOOFOROTHERNO L R?H Japw Mail Steamship Co. Ld. PORTS, A BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW BRITAIN NEW ZEALAND PORTS J(with transhipment). As inducement offers. M A regular monthly service to above ports is
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      76 2 The London Assurance Mannheim Insurance Co. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Corporation. Marine Insurance. insurance Co. of Hamburg. Wished 1854. Pjteed lo accept MARINE .nd FIRE and Valuable, at current X Tn A .7~ riska »t current rate». Fol fll ler particu srB app co J n »<>d»™gned, having been appointed PATERSON, SIMONS
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      420 2 NO BEL’B EXPLOBIV EB. MAGAZINES AT PENANG AND IPOH. Stocks always on hand of GELIGNITE BLASTING GELATINE. SETUPLEX ELECTRIC DETONATORS SPORTING BALLISTITE CARTRIDGES Sandilands. Buttery <fc Co.. Sole Agents for Penang and Perait Aylesbury Garland, Snb-Agents, I'erak Petter’s Patent Petroleum Engines. THE MOST PERFECT MOTOE OF THE DAY. Jor Quotations
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    MUNICIPAL TENDERS.
    656 3 At the meeting of the Municipal Commission held on Saturday, as mentioned in our report, a large number of tenders were opened. We give below a revised list of those accepted or referred to the heads of various departments for report. Tenders accepted Extrnsion to Electric Power Station.
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    SEDITION IN INDIA.
    605 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Not. 20 8.48 p in. 2.47 p.m. 21 936 p.m. 3.35 p in. 22 10.20 p.m. 4.20 p.m 23 11.12 p.m. 5.10 p.m. 24 12.00 in. 6.00 p.m. 25 12 48 a.in. 6.47 p.m. 26 1.36 a.m. 7.36 p.m. The Moon.
    The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Not. 20 ... 8.48 p in. 2.47 p.m. ~ 21 ... 936 p.m. 3.35 p in. „ 22 ... 10.20 p.m. 4.20 p.m 23 ... 11.12 p.m. 5.10 p.m. ~ 24 ... 12.00 in. 6.00 p.m. 25 ... 12 48 a.in. 6.47 p.m. ~ 26 ... 1.36 a.m. 7.36 p.m. The Moon. O New Moon . . 4.53 a.m. 24 Nor. ( First. Quarter .. 344 a in. 1 Dec. O Full Moon ... 3.44 am. 9 ~ ) Last Quarter ... 641 a.m. 16 „  -  605 words
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    Wedding at Sydney.
    365 3 Kennt —W eigall. The Sydney Morning Herald of Oct. 17 has the following reference te the wedding of Mr. W. E Kenny at Sydney with Miss Pearl Christobel Weigall. Mr. and Mrs. Kenny will have the warm congratulations of the many friends of the bridegroom in the
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    MALAYAN INDUSTRIES.
    532 3 Tne L <k C. Express of Oct. 31 publishes the following Pataling Rubber. lnterim dividend of 2s. 6d. per share for the past half-year. Kinta Tin Mines.— Dividend 6d. per share, free of income-tax, payable on Oct. 31. Selangor Rubber.— lnterim dividend for six months to June at
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    China News.
    217 3 Naturalised Chinese. Peking, November 2. It has been decided that all Chinese who have assumed other nationalities shall be debarred from enjoying all privileges accorded to Chinese subjects in China. Provincial Treasurer. Peking, Nov. 2. It is reported that Li King Mai, fourth son of the late Li
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    LONDON UNIVERSITY.
    163 3 The following are the pass lists in the Colonial examinations held by the University of London this year Intermediate Examination in Science.— Ceylon (Colombo): James Nadoris J inend rail as a, Royal College, Colombo Herbert Victor Perara, Royal College, Colombo. Intermediate Examination in Arts Canada (Hallifax, Nova John
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    THE WEEK.
    127 3 Friday. 20th November. St. Edmund. Residency “At Home,” 9-15 pm. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. Saturday, 21st November. Homeward P. O. Mail. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9.30 p.m. Sunday, 22nd November. Twenty-third Sunday after Trinity. St. Cecilia. Monday, 23rd November. St. Clement. Band,
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    44 3 November 20. 1863—Lord Elgin died. 1845—Portuguese Custom House. Macao, closed. 1899—Death of Marchioness of Salisbury. 1901—Swearing-in of Chinese Volunteers, Singapore. 1903—New Zealand Preferential Trade Bill passed. 1905 —Miss Ryan’s golden jubilee at C E. Z. M. S. Chinese Girls’ School, Singapore.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    36 3 Saturday Nor. 21. Stock-in-trade Thean Chee Co., 14 Bishop St. 10.30 a.m. Joe de Mello, auctioneer. Wednesday, Nov. 25.— Low Hye Chuah’s property, Province Wellesley Butterworth Police Station 10-30 a.m. A. M Joseph, auctioneer.
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    TENDERS.
    32 3 Strait» Government.— Rations, etc. tenders close: noon, Nov. 26. f.M.S. Railways.— Selling Refreshments at Stations tenders close noon. Nov. 30. Kedah Government.— Tenders for Gambling and Spirit Farms close Dec. 5.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    14 3 Westlands House, No. 4 Westlands, and Morningside apply Wreford and Thornton.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    794 3 OFFICIAL MINUTES. Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on Thursday, the 29th October, 1908. Present :—F. J. Hallifax, Esq. (President), L. H. Clayton, Esq., Lim Cheng Teik, Esq., and Quah Beng K*e, Esq Absent ;—J. W. Hallifax, Esq. and Lim Eu Toh. Esq. 1. The
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      72 3 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Not. 20 8.48 p in. 2.47 p.m. 21 936 p.m. 3.35 p in. 22 10.20 p.m. 4.20 p.m 23 11.12 p.m. 5.10 p.m. 24 12.00 in. 6.00 p.m. 25 12 48 a.in. 6.47 p.m. 26 1.36 a.m. 7.36 p.m. The Moon. O New Moon
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    Friday, 20th Nov., 1908.
    1330 4 Annual dinners of the Straits Settlements Association in London are always interesting in so far as afford Straits people at Home on holiday an opportunity to foregather round the festive board with those who once upon a time in a more or less distant past resided
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    NEBONG TEBAL COURTS.
    918 4 AN ALLEGED MURDER. The trial has been concluded in the Nebong Tebal District Court of seven Javanese —four men and three women—for the alleged murder of Gui Koh Kiah, at Batu Kawan, on Oct. 26. According to Gui Ah Kah, a nephew of the deceased, it appears
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    818 4 It is rumoured that there is a probability of Mr. F. E. Jago standing for the Municipal Board, Singapore. We understand that a new Assistant Superintendent of Police is shortly cominw out from Home, and will be stationed in Singapore. Mr. W. D. Barnes, Secretary for Chinese
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      283 4 PENANG SALES ROOM I THE I HOTEL. Auctioneers, Brokers, Appraisers, SANATORIUM, House and Land Agents. PENANG HILLS. A perfect health resort and an Importers and Healers in British f for spen di ng holidays continental, and Oriental Curios. week en<|s Furniture and Cabinet Makers and rurnnurt Crisp and bracing atmosphere
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    ANNUAL STRAITS DINNER.
    379 5 EARL OF CREWE PRESENT. INTERESTING SPEECHES. [RbuTßß’s Shrvicß.] London, 19th Nor. Ihe annual dinner of the members of the Straits Settlements Association was held in the Whitehall Rooms of the Hotel Metropole on Wednesday evening. The function was largely attended, nearly one hundred and fifty persons bring
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    LINGGI PLANTATIONS.
    28 5 AN INTERIM DIVIDEND. Fro m Our Own Correspondent.] London. 19th Nov. The Directors of Linggi Plantations, Limited, have declared an interim dividend of 20 per cent.
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    BANKING.
    29 5 IMPORTANT AVI ALGAMATION. [Rbutbb’s Sbkvicb.] London, 20th Nov. The London City and Midland Bank and the North and South Wales Bank have amalgamated with a capital of £18,000,000.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    63 5 GERMAN FINANCE. Berlin, 19th Nov. Prince Bulow, Imperial Chancellor, will open the discussion in the Reichstag on the state of the Imperial finances. CHINA. A telegram from New York states that information has been received from Washington that it is the intention of the American Government to
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    147 5 THE POWERS AND PEACE. REPRESENTATIONS TO SERVIA. [Rbutbr’s SbrVICB.] London, 19th Nov. Ihe Powers have made renewed representations to Servia, recommending her to preserve peace and withdraw her troops from the Austrian frontier. Servia Bitter Servia has replied, complaining of the insults to the members of the
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    EDUCATION BILL.
    101 5 CONCESSIONS AND A COMPROMISE [Rbutbr’s Sbrvicb London, 19th Nov. Recent concessions between the Anglicans and Nonconformists resulted in a practical agreement for a compromise on the Education Bill, but a fresh hitch has arisen owing to a new point raised by His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, which
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    88 5 STRAITS COMMISSION’S REPORT. [Rbutbr’s Service. London, 20th Nov. In the House of Commons, Lt.-Colonel J. B. Seely, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, in reply to Mr. Theodore Taylor, Liberal member for the Radcliffe division of Lancashire, said that the report of the Straits Opium Commission had
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    THE ANGLICAN CHURCH.
    93 5 BISHOP AWDRY’S SUCCESSOR. Reuter’s Service.] London. 20th Nov. The Right R u v. Cecil Henry Boutflowor, D D., M.A., Bishop (Suffragan) of Dorking, succeeds the Rt. Rev. W. Awdry, Bishop of South Tokio, who has just resigned. [The Rt. Rev. C. H. Boutdower, who was born in
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    Patani News.
    206 5 The High Commissioner has not yet returned from Bangkok, where he has been to attend the meeting of High Commissioners and His Majesty s levee. Mr. M. Busu, of Kelantan, has come down here on a commercial visit, and also to see the place. We are now enjoying
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    OUR DOMESTICS.
    692 5 THE BOY.” The author of that delightful little book, Behind the Bungalow, points out that the well-known saying No man is a hero to his own valet,” does not hold good in India, and that if a man is not a hero to his own valet (commonly yclept
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    Crime in Kinta.
    312 5 A Towkay Held Up.” The T. 0. M. of Nov. 18 reports A very daring highway robbery is reported to have occurred on the Lahat Road at one o’clock yesterday afternoon near the village of Simpang Ampat about two miles from Ipoh. It appears that a mining
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    CICELY ESTATE.
    392 5 ATTACK ON A EUROPEAN. In connection with the attack on Mr. G E. Green, a European assistant on Cicely Estate, which we reported on Wednesday in a telegram from our Ipoh correspondent, we received the following telegram from Mr. Dell, Acting Manager, this morning Cicely Estate Your report
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    Agri-Horticultural Show.
    149 5 Financial Statbmbnt. Mr. J. W. Campbell, Hon. Secretary for the Agri-Horticultural Show, held in Kuala Lumpur in August last, sends us the following balance sheet for publication Rbcbipts. Subscription F.M.S. Govt: Contribution J2.0C0.00 S.S. 2,000.'»«» Private 3,342.00 for special prizes 533.37 Gate Receipts 1,549.85 Rent for Trade space
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    Singapore Football League.
    248 5 The Shield Final. Ou Tuesday the S.C.C. and West Kent teams met for the third time to decide the championship of the League. On the first occasion the Club succeeded in beating the Soldiers and thus came level in number of points. When the match was replayed
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    LOG BOOK.
    854 6 The Theseus, a new liner, built for the Ocean Steamship Company of Liverpool for trade between England and the I 1 ar East, has lately carried out her trials, She is 460 ft. long, and of a gross tonnage of 6,760. The vessel is leaving for China and
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    145 6 To-m©rrow. Far. Per. Close. Colombo and Tuticorin Kamakura Maru 11 am. Tongkah Sappho 1 pm. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Sree Bangka 1p m. Asahan Petrel 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 P-™-Teluk Anson Mary Austin 1 p.m. Tongkah Ban Whatt Soon 1 p m. Bindings
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    European Mails.
    31 6 Homa- Ex- Positivki v To ward. pkctkd. Dur. >auP. <fcO. Delhi 21/11 B. I. Thongwa 28/11 N.D.L. Kleist 24/11 Outward. P. &O. Delta 3/12 8.1. 26/11 N.D.L. Bulow 26/11
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    688 6 Per P »fc O s s Nile, from Loudon, Oct. 24, due Penang Nov. 24 —To Penang Mrs M Wright and children, Miss G R Reeve, Messrs C H Davis and W Rankin. To Singapore Mrs J Baddeley and children, Lieut.-Colonel and Mrs E G Broadrick,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    59 6 Avagyee, Brit., 247, Campbel], November 19, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Blake. Brit., 2396, H. Hill, November 19, Calcutta, Coal, Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Carlyle, Brit., 335, Treweeke, November 19, Teluk Anson, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Kamakura Maru, Jap., 3798. Wade, November 20, Japan, gen., Boustead Co. Kistna, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    63 6 Carlyle for Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Lightning for Singapore and Hongkong. Malaya for Deli. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, ictoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Perak (S. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Rotorua for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Tong Chay Un for Trang and Pang
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    PASSENGERS.
    83 6 ARRIVALS. By Malaya (November 19) from Deli. Mr and Mrs Bilbrough, Mr and Mrs Langbehn and 2 children. Miss Kunz, Messrs Siegmund, Jacobson, Westenberg, Stewart, Horace B. Joseph. By Kistna (November 2 from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Langdon and children, Messrs W Allen, Ally Mohamed, and Chong Yew Weng;
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 Penang, 20th 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 2/41 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 j 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay* Demand Bank 174 f 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras
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    PRODUCE.
    189 6 Penang, 20th November, 1908 Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper SISJ buyers. Trang Pepper $10.95 sales. Mace 1 sales. Mace Pickings $6l sales. Cloves (picked) Out of season. Nutmegs 110 $lB sales. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket
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    SHARES.
    1139 6 i I I a I .2 a u 'kn,] Issue I g 1 Dividends. Name. Capital. Subscribed. sharea Value, ’u I gq MINING. I IQO3 «300 000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 74 1906 300 000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang,
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      91 6 CkM|i week EM Excirsions SelkMkr. FIRST CLASS return tickets will be granted per s.s. “KISTNA,” timed to leave Penang for Port Swettenham every Saturday afternoon, available only for return per s.s. IPOH,” or s.s. PIN SENG,’’ due to leave Port Swettenham on the next afternoon and expected to arrive in
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