Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 January 1909

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  • 20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 16 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY, 20th JANUARY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 2015 1 IHF "PINANG GAZETTE.” notice. notice. RINK HOI 111 A mimcipai elects tramways. ■iVLiurt i□. p rO p ert y commercial Sales Rooms For Daily "issue, in Town. 0« W fiXCIM BiUkS I BBACR STRBBT.) $27 per annum, the right to keep pawnshops in the a nd Aier Etam at 6.36
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  • 843 2 —Malay Mail. A great deal of uneasiness has been caused among the planting community by the somewhat numerous changes among superintendents which have been made during the past twelve months. It is generally felt that in some cases a change was for the better, but by no means
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  • 136 2 The annual report to be presented at the meeting of the above Club to-day states that there is a credit balance on the Working Account of $5,302.54 and a cash balance of $5,798.28. The Committee suggest that debenture bonds to the value of $5,000 be paid off
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  • 846 2 PRESENTS FROM THE STRAITS. The Farnham, Haslemere and Hindhead Herald, of December 19, prints full details of the mairiage of Miss Leila N. D. Treacher and Mr. Percy Edward Cobham, at St. Margaret’s, Westminster, on December 16. Particulars of the function have appeared already in these columns,
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  • 282 2 CONCLUSIONS ON REPORT •OF STRAITS COMMISSION. A correspondent writes to the Titles of Ceylon as follows I was very much interested by the summary of the Straits Opium Commission’s report and your remarks thereon. The conclusions of the Commission confirm, to some extent, a very interesting theory which
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  • 375 2 One would hardly imagine, writes the Calcutta Commercial Correspondent of the Pioneer, that there was very much left to say about that very hardy annual the registration of partnerships, but it is on the files once more. Its very first appearance is believed to have been in
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  • 268 2 The first meeting for the present session of the Indian section of the Royal Society of Arts was held at the Rooms, John Street. Adelphi, recently, when Mr. Douglas Dewar, F.z.s., a member of the United Provinces Civil Service, read a paper on The Birds of
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  • 161 2 TWO YEARS’ FIGURES. The monthly comparative statement of cultivated rubber exported from the F.M S. during 1908 and 1907 has been issued by the Commissioner of Trade and Customs. The following statistics of the total export during 1908 and 1907 are given Total Export during during 1908. 1907.
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  • 222 2 Wednesday, 20th January, St. Fabian. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Victoria Jubilee R. A. Chapter. 9 p.m. Wayang Kassim, King St. Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road, 7.30 and 9.10 p.m. Thursday. 21st January. Bt. Agnes. Outward English (B.I.) Mail. Football Cup Tie C. R.C. v. Crescent, Esplanade.
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  • 46 2 January SO 1874—Treaty of Pangkor signed. 1877 —Maharajah Leia, Dato Sagor, and Pandak Indut executed at Larut. 1896—Fire Insurance Tariff Association rates came into operation, Singapore. 1900—Death of John Ruskin. 1904—Mr. C. B. Buckley appointed Financial and General Adviser to the Johore Government.
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  • 37 2 Monday, Jan. 25.— Land Logan’s Buildings 10.30 a.m.; A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Monday, Jan. 25.— Land Logan’s Buildings 12.30 p.m. A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Tuesday, Feb. 2.— Logan’s Buildings; 11 a.m. Land Kennedy Co., auctioneers.
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  • 67 2 Penang Oil Extraction Co., Ltd.— Tenders for machinery and boiler tenders close: Tues., Jan. 26. Prye River Dock Filling material, earth or sand tenders close noon, Jan. 30. Govt. Wharves, Penang.— Supply of labour for one year; tenders close noon, Jan. 30. F.M.S. Railways.— Tenancy of block of railway
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  • 19 2 17a Northam Road apply Allen Dennys <k Co. Grace Dieu,” Penang Hills apply J. M. Anthony.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 6 2 PRIZE MEDAL SAFES. McAlfattr Co., I,td.
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    • 34 2 Mohb Evert Ybar.—More people take Stearns Cordial of Cod Liver Extract every year than ever before. That's because it is a good thing, builds up their health,and they tell their fri ends about it.
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    • 17 2 A tonic for young and old. It makes blood. It renews life. Stearns’ Wine ofiCod Liver Oil.
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    • 502 2 MACKAY’S LIQUEUR WHISKY, The Whisky of Connoisseurs. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. of Hamburg Established 1854. 5 Ine undersigned, having been appointed Agents of the above Company, are read to accept fire risks at current rates KATZ BROTHERS, L td rWhen buying Lime Juice Buy the Best. The Best is 9
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 70 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Jan. 20 10.30 p.m. 4.25 p.m. 21 11.20 p.m. 5.17 p.m. t) 22 12.00 am. 6.01 p.m. 23 12.48 a.m. 6.47 p.m. n 24 1.30 a.m. 7.35 p.m. 25 2.15 a.m. 8.20 p.m. 26 3.01 a.m. 9.00 p.m. The Moon. O New Moon 8.12
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 2036 3 ,burns PHILP LINE.”I KT X 7 HZ K EUROPEAN AGENCYiX(iAPORE TO *JAVA PORTS. JL 0 JL wbuß w WWW. T G.*A A cash prices for all kinds of British and F DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, f t"W I M I V <s> Continental goods, inclvding FuISBANE AND SYDNEY, ALSO IxnAA Mail
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  • 1387 4 When the Report of the Straits Opium Commission was published, we sent copies not only to all our subscribers but also to all the newspapers with which the Pinang Gazette exchanges, both at Home and in India and the Colonies. The comments of these our contemporaries
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  • 939 4 C.R.C. v. CRESCENT. Last night’s meeting between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Crescent Football Club, in the semi-final of the Penang Football Cup competition, on the Esplanade, must take rank as the most exciting soccer match that has been witnessed locally for many years, while the
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  • 362 4 Mr. H. M. Hatchell has refn Kuala Lumpur from India. R On his return from leave, Dr s f Fox, the Senior I >istrict Surgeon of I will be posted to Kuala Lipis as th P Medical Officer. I Mr. Ridges, Protector o f Cl I Perak,
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  • 402 4 At the Assizes in the Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice W. W. Fisher and a special jury, Muhammad Hussain, who was charged with murder in Perak Road, was found guilty by a unanimous verdict and sentenced to death. Yesterday Ki Kong was charged with committing a murder in
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 295 4 I LIP T O N’S 1 H WTk 3 I Sttllu 1 A m/v G gĔ PENANG AGENTS: 3 y I Paterson, Simons i> co., ltd. iIiUUIIUiUUHUiUUUUiiiiiUUUUIUiUUiiiiUIUiUiUUIiUUUiiiiK DUTCH CIGARS. La Senorita per box of 100 pcs. $2.00. Cricket Club >. 100 2.25. Marine 100 2 25 Flor de la Vega
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    • 89 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 Gazette Office, Penang, to the General Manager,
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  • 93 5 LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA. PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT’S OBJECTIONS. [Reuter’s Service London, 20th Jan. The House of Representatives of the State of California has passed an antiJapanese Bill prohibiting aliens from holding land. In response to a telegram from President Roosevelt, Mr. James N. Gillett, Governor of California, has delayed
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  • 91 5 “THE WHITE MAN’S BURDEN.” [Reuter’s Service.] London, 19th Jan. A telegram from New York states that on the occasion of the celebration of the Diamond Jubilee of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa, President Roosevelt remarked that the expansion of white races was fraught with lasting benefit to
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  • 74 5 THE KING’S VISIT TO BERLIN. [Reutkr’s Service.] London. 20th Jan. Great satisfaction is felt in Berlin at the announcement of the proposed visit of His Majesty King Edward to Berlin, the programme for which will include a reception at the Town Hall by the City Fathers, who are
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  • 60 5 THE BOGEY OF THE BUDGET. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 20th Jan. The Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, who was a Lord of Treasury, from *****892, presiding at a Bank meeting in London, said that the returns of the London Banks for 1908 showed a fallingoff of £610,000,000. The
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  • 58 5 MORE UNDIGNIFIED SQUABBLES. [Reuter’s Service] London, 19th Jan. A telegram from Washington states that, in the House of Representatives, Mr. William Willett, a Democrat member for New York, stigmatised President Roosevelt as a gargoyle and a pigmy descendant of Dutch tradesmen. The House, by 126 votes to
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  • 48 5 DEBATE IN THE CHAMBER. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 19th Jan. M. Jaurĕs, the Socialist leader, initiated a debate on Morocco in the French Chamber, accusing the Government of seeking its conquest The Chamber passed a vote of confidence in the Government by 380 votes to 98
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  • 46 5 FREE TRADE AND THE LORDS. [Reuter’s Service] London, 20th Jan. Loid Cromer, speaking at Leeds, said he feared that the Government’s reckless finance would wreck F ree Ti a^e sal that the hereditary principle of the House of Lords w'as out of date.
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  • 1139 5 (Contributed). I Before coming out to this part of the world, we hear much about the glamour of the East, its enchantments and wonders some of us perhaps have read “The Arabian Nights,” Arnold’s Light of Asia”, and other works in prose and poetry marvellous
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  • 582 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, 19th Jan. Tne protocol cf the negotiations between Turkey and Austria regarding the recent events in the Balkans has been signed on behalf of the two Powers. The pourparlers between Austria and Servia have not yet had any definite result. Fiance, Turkey and
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  • 716 5 Anyone with money to invest can easily get a big interest and return of capital in Brazilian rubber long before Ceylon plantations are able to influence the markets with their output. Thus writes a correspondent who should know his subject well. Most people seem to think that Brazil
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  • 221 5 The following letter, signed Ex-griffin, appears in the Daily Telegraph Sir, —In your issue of to day’s date I saw and read with interest Cape Colonist’s letter headed A Colonist’s Christmas Gift,” and I am able fully to endorse every word he has written, onlJWtfrom another corner
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 5 5 STEEL TRUNKS. McAlister Co., Ltd.
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    • 806 5 penang golf club. 1 STRAITS STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. PRESGRAVE CUPS. I Saturday, 23rd and Sunday 2M/j. j N€W SCfVICe betWCCR PeiHHU) Ktiflfe. LADY WELD and HONG WAN. 'T'f"! L.Ei'T Indended Times of Arrival and De* 'T'HE comfortable and well situated Partlire up to 24th January. Conr ReS e lCe f
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  • 28 5 OBITUARY. MR. FRANCIS ELGAR. [Reuter’s Service London, 19th Jan. The death is announced of Mr. Francis Elgar, F.R.S., LL.D., M.1N8T.C.8., Nava Architect, the well-known expert in naval construction.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 1259 6 OF MO B n p. W „000,000 '-X h X“ B Incorporated by Ro»l Carter. Resmvb Fotm Capita! «,000,000- An D Z nifiOO. .mpobv.b. or Paid ud Canital £1 200 000 Sterli g Reserve Fund fl. 5,752,884- Head Ornou *T Batavia. Reserve Fund 210,000. IMMORTELLE WREATHS aud CROSSES raid up
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  • 1200 7 [I X j Capital. Subscribed. of IsBue s j .2 Shares. Value. x Dividends. Name. E 11* 1 J? o Pm s s i eg |oq cy ,q O 3 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO «10 in°/ i 9, MINING. q O6 300,000 225,000 1 22,500 10 10 1O year
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  • 128 7 Canton. Brit., 106. Gillies. January 20, Teluk Anson, gen., Kong Soon. Coen, Dut., 823, Hut, January 19, Sabang, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Derfflinger, Ger., 9060, Meiners, January 19, Japan, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. G.-G. Daendels, Dut., 773, Visman, January 20, Langsa, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Jin Ho, Brit.,
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  • 43 7 Ban Whatt Soon for Tongkah. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Calypso for Singapore. Derfflinger for Ceylon, India, and Europe. Jin Ho for Langkat. Mary Austin for Asahan. Nam Sang for Singapore, China, and Japan. Sappho for Tongkah. Tong Chay Un for Dindin gs.
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  • 52 7 Wain*, oj Steam*,r, where, from, approximate ciat* ol arriral, whe.re, bound, and. Agents. A. Apcar, Singapore, Feb. 4, C alcutta, A.A.A. Bengloe, London, Jan. 24, Japan, S. B. Bintang, S’pore, Jan. 30, Copenhagen, P. S. Capri, Singapore, Jan. 27, Bona bay, B. M. Ischia, Bombay, Jan. 27, Hongkong,
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  • 191 7 ARRIVALS. By Pin Seng (January 18) from Singapore, Mr Khoo Khay Chee. By Perak (January 17) from Deli, Messrs Malcom and H Dunning. By Derfflinger (J anuary J 9) from Kobe, Mr F L Beninga from Shanghai, Messrs S W Roberts and F Beyer; from Hongkong, Mr Lok Ah
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  • 195 7 Penang, 20th January, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $17.50 sales. Trang Pepper $12.50 buyers. Mace $73 sellers. Mace Pickings $62 sales. Cloves $37 sellers. Nutmegs 110 $19.50 buyers[No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket s3.7<> sales. Tapioca
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  • 62 7 To-morbow. Per. Close. Port Swettenham, A Port Dickson, and s Vidar 2 p.m. Malacca j Friday. D o b Hebe 10 a m. Deli, Batu Bahara, and Asahan Ayuthia 11 a. m Port Swettenham and Singapore Thongwa 11 a. in. Mergui, Tavoy, and Moulmein Pachumba 11 a.m. Singapore,
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  • 43 7 Home- Ex- Positively Io Steamer. WARD. PKCTEP: I’UK 'AH, P. &U. Delhi 30/1 B. 1. 23/1 N.D.L. P.E.Friedrich 2/2 Outward. P. <fc O. Britannia 28/1 8.1. Thongwa 22/1 7 a.m. 4 p.m. N. D.L. P.R. Luitpold 22/1 2 p.m. 10 pm.
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  • 122 7 Penang, 20th January, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3f 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 7/32 3 Documentary 2/4 4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 173 J 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras Demand
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  • 449 7 Per N DL ss Prinz Regent Luitpold, from Bremen, Dec. 16. from Southampton, Dec. 22 due Penang Jan. 22 :—To Pbnang Mrs Baronin E. von Griesheim, Mr. A. von Griesheim. To Singapore Dr and Mrs K Boelman, Mrs Waldahausen, W van Heuren and family, .Miss Karen
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 161 7 Biilii (jp WILKINSOOI HOWARTH ERSKINE Ltd I Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JAMAICA 1“ v 11 ILj LI tie 9 SARSAPARILLA CIVIL, ELECTRICAL, AND Pronouneed by the HIGHEST MEDICAL AUTHORITIR9 1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, 1 STRAITS SIAM FBS CHINA Md BDRHA torpid liver, debility, > Hornsby Oil Engines, Pulsometer Engineering
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    • 87 7 He that sleeps feels not the toothache, according to Shakespeare. Similarly it might be said that he that feels the headache doe* not sleep unless he uses the wise precaution to take Stearns’ Headache Cure which quickly drives away the pain and makes sleep possible. Insist on “Steams.” The Aachen
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    • 115 7 CRUSHED FOOD. NBW STOCK JUST RKOEIVBD. Try it and You will be Satisfied. JR. BELILIOS begs do inf-inii the’ public that since inferior Cnwhed Food is offered for «ale in the Penang Market at low prices, he desires to draw attention to his certificated Crushed Food for Horses, and is
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    • 502 7 The Penang Oil Extraction Co., Ltd. (ZW LIQUIDATION) To be Sold by Tender. will be received at the A Registered Office, F. M. S. Railway Buildings, China Street Ghaut, Penang, up to Tuesday, the 26th January, 1909, for the following machinery and boiler I. A complete new plant of Oil
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 2142 8 P. A 0. Stenin Navigation Company, Shipping*. Shipping. I Shipping. EXPECTED ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES j ma t ™l, ce Intended Sailings. Norddeu tsclier LIOJQ, Jan. 28 Britannia connecting with China RDITIQM IN HI A I Feb 11 Delta Moldavia DHHIOn IHUIM Imperial German Mail Line. I/ HOMEWARD, STEAM NAVIGATION Co.,
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