Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 January 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 4 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY, 6th JANUARY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1993 1 THE "PINANfi GWEITE.” moi Z“ 8 CHIN W SENG Co.§ Ban D^ily-’SStHe. ,in Town, per oionlh will be receded by the under- Q (ESTABLISHES 1 1878). Q ,O W pep annum, 8t J> O MotofXJw and Coach Builder*. Repairers Rubber Wheel gnr HIS is to give notice that the above
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    A GOLFING ROMANCE.
    1821 2 S. F. B. M. (For the P». any Gazette") We were very proud of <>ur links at Oldcastle, which we, the members of the Oldcastle Golf Club, were prepare 1 (individu illy and collectively' to declare the finest in the Unite 1 Kingdom bwt we were prouder
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    THE POVERTY OF THE MASSES IN JAPAN.
    1856 2 Henry George, junior, in an article on Progre-s and Poverty in Japan in the New Yo-k Independent, says For va> ions reasons not necessary to go into here, the cii ies of Japan have been growing very rapidly during the last two decades
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    UNCLAIMED LETTERS.
    98 2 The following unclaimed letters and parcels are lying at the Penang Post Office Letters. Boardman Admiral Meinesz, A. Campbell, W. A. Marks, Mr Mrs. H. Clunis, R. R. Price, W. G. Dando, J. W. Pal, H. Danke, L. Pend-11. W. H. Fin< Hay, E. Ramsden, C. S. Finkestain,
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    THE WEEK.
    291 2 Wednesday, 6th Jaauary. Epiphany. Twelfth Day. Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, 9 p.f Japanese Cinematograph, Road, 7.30 and 9.30 p/” 7th Jaauary. Day. .sJnd, Esplanade, 6 to i p.m. Outward English (B.I.) Mail. Outward German Mail. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9-30 p.m. Friday. Bth Jaauary. St.
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      131 2 THE London Directory. (Published Annually.) 'C' NABLES traders throughout the -L-> World to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS DEALERS in each class of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs the Directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the goods they ship, and the Colonial
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1310 3 JANUARY MEETING, 1909. FIRST DAY. 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 t*«e Straits or F M. S. as Sunscription Griffins at a price not exceeding $4OO allowed 7
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      872 3 [URNS PHILP LINE"I KT VT TZ’ SGAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS, JL mI J[ P DARWIN,THURSDAY ISLAND, Jno a cargoforothernor?h Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. QUEENSLAND PORTS, 4ITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW ‘AIN <fc NEW ZEALAND PORTS (with transhipment). As inducement offers. eeular monthly service to above ports detained by the British
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      130 3 Fire Insurance. The Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. Mannheim Insurance Co. Queen Insurance Company. The above C° m P an y P^“™ d rat e g C Marine Insurance. n cei<t Marine risks at lowest current rates. Royal Fire Insurance Company. Company also accept risks on 'f} )e undersigned, as Agents,
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      433 3 The Commercial Sale Rooms (56, Beach Street/ Undertake the Sale by AUCTION of Merchandise (either sound or damaged) HOUSE and LANDED PKOPEKTT, and FURNITURE of all descriptions. Advances to a limited extent on the latter to suit customers can be arrangj ed prior to sale, and the payment of the
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    Wednesday, 6th Jan., 1909.
    1172 4 Although the news of the publication of the report of the Straits Opium Commission and its findings arrived too late for us to be able to comment thereon at any length in to-day’s issue, we may point out that it entirely confirms the opinion which we,
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    THE TIN INDUSTRY.
    226 4 A BLOW TO THE SMALL DEALER. An amendment of “The Mineral Ores Enactment which came into force in the F.M.S. on December 31, deals a deathblow at the small dealer in tin. The fee of $lO a year, which he had previously to pay, has been raised
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    Penang Cup Ties.
    64 4 The following clubs have entered for the competition of the Penang Football League for the Cup presented by the President:— Penang Cricket Club. Young Men’s Christian Association. Chinese Recreation Club. Penang Free School. Crescent Football Club. The ties will be drawn at a meeting of the League
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    The Trouble at the Markets.
    82 4 The trouble at the markets has been settled. Some of the fish-stalls at Chowrasta market are being rented out by the Commissioners direct to stallholders at rates similar to those in vogue at the other markets. The ring of Mohammedan fishmongers, who hitherto have held
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    Penang Golf Club.
    502 4 The 1908 Gold Medal will be played for on the 9th and 10th inst. We learn from a London cable, which has been received by the Osaka Mainichi, that the Chinese Government is taking the German Universities as the models for the proposed new Universities for China.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    202 4 w Sir Francis Lowell has arrived in pore. Capt TaHiot is expected back fr Orn ea l in March next. 1 Mr. Hugh Clifford is expected back I Ceylon on the 17th inst. Mr. R. C. Grey left Kuala Lu mpur J Sunday for a holiday in
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    Lawn Tennis.
    220 4 P.C.C. Tourhambnt. I The entry list of the lawn tennis tourojl meat, to be held under the auspices ol the Penang Cricket Club, is now open «1 will close on Saturday, 23rd inst. 1 The following are the various comperil tions I 1. The Championship. I 2. Men’s
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    Government Girls’ School.
    196 4 The Government Girls’ School, whichl was opened on Monday, has now a roll oil 114 pupils, but this number is expected ol be increased alter the Chinese New Year! Owing to various structural alterations anal the addition of the space formerly used asl a boarding establishment, the
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    Tin Mining Returns.
    163 4 The output from the Jeher Hydraulic Mine for the month of Decembei was 61 piculs. The output of the Serendah Hydraulic Tin Mine for the month of December was 300 piculs of dressed ore. Work was stopped 44 hours duiing the month. The Secretary of State of
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      206 4 > I LIPTON’S 1 i< E I tteFjtr I A £s^ g I E PENANG AGENTS: I Paterson. Simons a co., Ltd. CARRERAS, Ltd. CLARENCE (EXTRA QUALITY) MILD VIRGINIA. Extra quality is not a fancy adjective for this Cigarette. It means precisely what it says— extra quality. When we tell
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      91 4 CONTRIBUTIONS must be addressed to 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 MONIES must be paid at the Pinang Z> Gazette" Office, Penang, to the
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    OPIUM IN THE STRAITS.
    460 5 THE COMMISSION’S REPORT. OFFICIALLY PUBLISHED AT LAST. A BLOW TO THE FADDISTS. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, 6th Jan. The report of the Straits Opium Commission has been published officially. It comprises three volumes of an aggregate total of nearly fifteen hundred pages. V <lume I.
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    THE DISASTER IN ITALY.
    101 5 AMERICA’S PRACTICAL SYMPATHY [Reuter’s ’Service.] London, sth Jan. The American Red Cross Society has telegraphed to Rome a sum of $390,000 (gobi) towaids tue fund for the relief of the si>ff rers by the earthquake. 'fhe Uni ed States C ogress has voted an extra -urn
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    THE FRENCH ELECTIONS.
    36 5 A RADICAL MOVEMENT. [Kkutkb’s Sbhvicb.] London, 6th Jan. The outstanding feature of the recent Sena'oiial demon in France is the replacement <>f many Modeiate Senators by Radicals and of Radicals by Radical Socialists.
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    THE SELANGOR TURF.
    580 5 JANUARY MEETING, 1909. SECOND DAY’S RESULTS. [#roni Our Own Correspondent.} Kuala Lumpur, sth Jan. The second day of the Selangor Turf Club’s January Meeting was favoured with fine weather the going was heavy. Appended are the results The Ex-Griffin Handicap. Value $3OO. A handicap for all ExGriffins.
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    69 5 A THREATENED RUPTURE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Jan. The Wiener Zeitung states that the Austrian Minister at Belgrade has been instructed to demand an apology for the speech made by the Servian Foreign Minister in the National Assembly on Monday regarding Austria’s annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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    THE ROBBER MARKET.
    114 5 RECEIPTS AND VISIBLE SUPPLIES. THE PRICE OF PLANTATION. [From Our Own Correspondent.} London, stb Jan. The receipts of Para rubber amount to 3,300 tons. The visible supply is 3,288 tons, as compared with 3,722 tons at the corresponding date last year. The world’s supply for 1908 was
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    CHINA.
    90 5 A REVOLUTIONARY OUTBREAK. [Rbutbr’s Service London, 6th Jan. Despatches from Amoy state that a revolutionary outbreak has taken place near Mukden. A thousand Chinese troops are taking part in the outbreak and the Government force is variously reported to have been victorious or defeated. Reuter’s Agency is informed that
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    THE F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
    36 5 BLOCK BETWEEN PRYE AND IPOH. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Ipoh, 6th Jan. The traffic on the railway between Ipoh and Prye is blocked, a culvert on the line near Padang Rengas having collapsed.
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    CRUISER'S PINNACE SUNK.
    30 5 SIXTEEN PERSONS DROWNED. [Rbuter’s Service] London, sth Jan. A collier has sunk a pinnace belonging to the British cruiser Encounter, in Sydney Harbour. Sixteen persons were drowned.
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    PRESIDENT CASTRO.
    31 5 A DANGEROUS OPERATION. [Rbuter’s Service] London, sth Jan. President C istro, of Venezuela, has been operated on simultaneously for bladder and intestine troubles. The operation, although dangerous, was successful.
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    THE KING AND QUEEN.
    34 5 STATE VISIT TO BERLIN. [Rbuter’s Service London, 6th Jan. The State visit of Their Majesties the King and Queen to Berlin will take place in the second week of February.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    151 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, sth Jan. Austria will demand an explanation from Servia regarding the speech made by the Foreign Minister in the Servian National Assembly on Monday. If an apology is not made there will bo a rupture of Austr relations. The Serv.an Ministry will resign.
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    IPOH JOTTINGS.
    932 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.) Ipoh, January 4. The past week here ha'* been practically one round of festivities; imbed, it seems as if Ipoh began to celebrate the ‘festive season with the Sports, for ever since then we have had a series of private dances, dinner parlies, and
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    SHARES.
    1225 7 lil/ I a Capital. Subscribed. Shares VahTe j Dividends. Name. 5 aue. g I g MINING. $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. 7 1 7| 300,000! 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10 a 10% year end.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    162 7 Bulow. Ger., 5223, Fermes, January 5, Japan, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199. Milne, January 5, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Gillies, January 6, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Cornelia, Brit., I’4, Allan, January 5, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Glenogle,
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    CLEARANCES.
    33 7 Bulow for Ceylon, and Europe. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Flying Fish for Port Weld. Japan for Singapore, China, and Japan. Jin Ho for Langkat. Maatsuijcker for Singapore. Tong Chay Un for Dindings
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    132 7 oj Steanwr. whir* from, approdm-i 6 li.atr nf arrival, inhwt bound,, and. Agents. A. Apcar, Singapore, Feb. 4, Calcutta, A.A.A. Assaye, Singapore, Jan. 16, Bombay, A. G. Bencleuch, London, Jan. 13, Japan, S. B. Bintang, S’pore, Jan. 30, Copenhagen, P. S. c. Apcar, Singapore, Jan. 20, Calcutta, A
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Pknamg, 6th January, 1909. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3| 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 3 Documentary 2/4 5/16 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 J 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174| 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    184 7 Psnang, 6th January, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper sl6| buyers. Trang Pepper SIIJ sales. Mace $< 3 sellers. Mace Pickings $63 sales. Cloves $37 sellers. Nutmegs 11U $2O sales. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    121 7 To-morbow. I Per. Close. Singapore, China, and Japan Lutzow 11 a.m. e b Malaya 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Singapore Glenogle 2 p.m. Port Swettenham, A Port Dickson, and Vidar 2 p.m. Malacca J Pulau Langkawi Flying Dragon 3 p.m. Singapore,
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    European Mails.
    41 7 Homr- Ex- PosrriVKi.v Jo Stkamkk. ward. pkctkd. Dur. ><aie. P. &O. Assays 16/T B. I. Thonywa 9/1 N.D.L. Derfflinger 19/1 Outward. P. 4» O. Devanha 14/1 8.1. Teesta 7/1 7 a.m. 4 p.m. N.D.L. Lutzow 7/1 6 a.m. noon
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    538 7 Per P <fc O Malta, from London, Dee. 5, due at Penang Jan. 5 :—To Prnang Mr and Mrs T N Symons, Mrs Bradson, Miss Dunlop, and Mr P Murray. To Sinoaporb Captain and Mrs R F Knox, Mrs Maclaughlan Miss M Krarup, and Messrs F
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