Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 13 February 1909

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    20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 34 VOL, LXVII. SATURDAY, 13th FEBRUARY, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    POLICE AND TERRORISTS.
    566 2 an extraordinary story. The following, from the Paris correspond* ent of the Morning Leader, is an amplification of a recent Reuter’s telegram regarding the revelations of Police complicity with the Russian revolutionaries Eugene Philippovitch Azef, who has been condemned by the Russian Revolutionary Socialist party, was recently
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    The Ward London Comedy Co.
    349 2 Thr Nbw Clown.” Of the play in which Mr. Hugh Ward’s London Comedy Co. will be introduced to Penang, The Englishman said “The New Clown ”is a painful play. After about half an hour of it, it positively hurts you to laugh any more. By
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    METHODIST CONFERENCE.
    450 2 APPOINTMENTS AND TRANSFERS. At the close of the Methodist-Episcopal Conference in Singapore, on Monday, the following appointments were announced Rev. W. Ĕ. Horley, now on leave, is transferred from the appointment of Superintendent of the F.M. States to work in West Borneo. Rev. W. G. Sheilabear replaces him
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    161 2 Sexafesim* Sunday. February St. George’s Church. a.m.—Matins (Choral). 8- a m.—Holy Communion (Plain). 9- a.m.—Holy Communion (Chinese). 10- a.m.—Matins (Chinese). 5 p.m.—Sunday School. p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. On Sunday next Divine Service will be held at Prye Dock in the morning at 9-15 o’clock, and in the
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    Unclaimed Letters.
    123 2 The following unclaimed letters are lying at the Penang Post Office Ztlters. Allen, J, Johnson, Mrs. Arnold Annelly, Dr. Lewton, Mr. Bassy, Miss Rose Money, L. W. Bibby, A. H. Mair, F. E. Brown, Miss May Marks, Mr. and Campbell, Jas. Mrs. H. Carnelly, E. 8. Megie, Benj.
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    PENANG RACES.
    783 2 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. The following analysis of the results of the recently-concluded Penang Race Meeting should prove interesting to the students of form in the Straits and F.M.B. hid a .8 a a w Sm w H P Horses. Minstrel 3 2 1 Sextant 3 J 1 Bruce 3
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    THE WEEK.
    189 2 Saturday, 13th February. Dramatic Recital, Parish Hall, 9 p.m. Volunteer Rifle Competitions. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Sunday, I4th February. Sexagesima Sunday. St. Valentine. Volunteer Rifle Competitions. Monday, 15th February. Old Candlemas. Ladies’ Rifle Club, 4.30 p.m. Agricultural Show: Meeting of General Committee, 4.45
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    133 2 February IS. 1867 —Accession of the Emperor of Japan. 1875—Mutiny in Criminal Prison, Singapore Mr. D. H. Dent mortally wounded. 1886— H. H. the Maharajah proclaimed Sultan of Johore. 1887— St. Mary s Church, Kuala Lumpur, consecrated. 1890— Debate in Legislative Council on Military Contribution. 1891— Meeting
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    AUCTION SALES.
    54 2 Monday, Feb. 15.—Land Logan’s Buildings 10.30 a.m A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Saturday, Feb. SO.— Household furniture; Dr. Graham’s house 10-30 a.m. Joe de Mello and J. W. Hallifax, auctioneers. Tuesday and Wednesday Mar. 9 and 10. Household furniture Marble Hail,” Kelawei Road 10-30 a.m.; Joe de Mello and
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    TENDERS.
    64 2 Johore State Railway.— Coal; tenders close Feb. 15. F .M.S. Railways.— Tenancy of blocks of land for storing coal tenders close: noon, Feb. 22. Resident oj Rhio.— Right to let Chinese play poand other games, and right to slaughter pigs and to sell fresh pork close Feb. 22 Straits
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    33 2 Ascot,” facing Race Course apply J. W. Hallifax. “Marble Hall,” Northam Road; apply Kennedy Co. Holmdene,” furnished; apply G. H. Lees. “Mentmore,” furnished, 13 Logan Road; apply E. L. Miles.
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      55 2 Uneasy rests the head that wears an ache—in fact, it doesn’t rest at all. How strange it, is that people will try to bear the pain of a headache when they might easily get relief by taking one tasteless dose of Stearns’ Headache Cure. It always cures headaches. Insist on
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      334 2 Now open BELLEVUE BOARDING HOUSE, 11, NORTHAM ROAD, Corner off Transfer Road, Penang. Best Situation in the Island. Splendid Large Rooms, 20 feet high and well ventilated. Good Accommodation for Families. Electrically Lighted, Excellent Cuisine, Fine Garden and Stabling. MODERATE TERMS BY DAY, WEEK OR MONTH. FRITZ HEISE, Proprietor Telephone
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      70 2 The Tide*. High Water. Low Water. Feb. 13 6.20 p in. 12.24 p.m. 14 7.11 p.m. 1.10 p.iri. 15 8.01 p.m. 2.00 p.m. 16 8.47 p.m. 2.43 p.m. n 17 9.36 p.m. 3.36 p.m. 18 10.24 p.m. 4.23 p.m. 19 11.12 p.m. 5.10 p.m. The Moon. Last Quarter 8.47 p.m.
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    MARRIAGE.
    56 4 Harruon-Welch. —On February 13, at St. George’s Church, by the Rev. Frank W. Haines, Colonial Chaplain, Mr. Frank A. Harrison, Mining Engineer, Ipoh, Perak, third son of Mr. G. Dennis Browne Harrison, Civil Engineer, late of Nenagh, County Tipperary, Ireland, to Rose May, second daughter of the late Mr.
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    Saturday, 13th Feb., 1909.
    1241 4 —S. T. In connection with the announcement, cabled by Reuter to-day on the strength of a statement in the Daily Mail, that the Government has decided to redeem Mr. Asquith’s pledge for the maintenance of the twoPower standard, some comparative figures of foreign navies by a
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    A PERAK MARRIAGE.
    335 4 HARRISON—WELCH. Many well-known people from Perak gathered this afternoon in St. George’s Church to witness the pretty wedding of Miss Rose Mary Welch, second daughter of Mr. John Welch, of Regent’s Park, London, with Mr. Frank A. Harrison, Mining Engineer, Ipoh, Perak, third son of the late
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    Ladies’ Rifle Shooting.
    98 4 The Walker Trophy. The Ipoh ladies fired on Wednesday in the above competition (100 yards) and made the following scores 100 yds. 150 yds. Mrs. Bristow 32 24 Mrs. Mate 29 25 Mrs. Spinks 27 29 Mrs. Keller 27 28 Mrs. Valpy 26 30 Mrs. Clarke 25
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    The Spitting Ordinance.
    88 4 First Case in Penang. The first case of spitting under the new Spitting Ordinance eame before His Honour Mr. D. Beatty, in the District Court, to-day. A Chinaman, who was arrested last night for obstruction, when being taken out from the Pitt Street Station lock-up this morning,
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    Sir John Anderson.
    216 4 His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson, was a through passenger on board the Homeward-bound P. O. mail steamer Devanha, which touched here to-day. On the arrival of the vessel, the Hon. R. N. Bland, Resident Councillor, the Hon. W. J. Napier, Attorney-General, and Mr. W. G.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    381 4 Capt. H. A. H. Jones, R.M.L.1., U through passenger from Singapore t? Home by the P. <fc O. Devanha. f Mr. H. A. Siebs has been appointed a member of the Court of Directors of tl Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corp tion. Yuan Shih-kai has expressed his
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    Lawn Tennis.
    337 4 The P.C.C. Tournament. The following ties have been played off Championship. S. F. B. Martin beat J. R. Brown 6 6—l. V. G. Savi beat W. J. Haskins 7 7—5. Profession Pairs. C. C. Rogers <fc E. S. Haslam (Electrical Engineers) beat W. J. Hodge A A. B
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      233 4 TOWN HALL. February 22nd, 23rd and 24th, A CARNIVAL OF COMEDY. Hugh J. WARD’S London comedy co. INCLUDING Miss Grace Palotta in the following latest and greatest farcical successes: Monlmj, reb. 22nd. Tuesday, Feb. 23rd. Wednesday, Feb. 24th. The intensely funny The brilliant mediaeval The vivacious and shriekfarcical comedy by
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    THE CHILIAN TRAGEDY.
    189 5 AH EXTRAORDINARY AFFAIR. «DEAD” CHANCELLOR ALIVE arrested for embezzlement. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13 th Feb. In connection with the burning down of t ie German Chancellery at Santiago, Chile, on February 7, and the subsequent finding o f the supposed body of the Chancellor among the ruins,
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    121 5 THE TWO-POWER STANDARD. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 12th Feb. The Daily Mail says that the Government will redeem Mr. Asquith’s promise, made in the House of Commons on November 12, to maintain the two-Power standard of the Navy. Five Dreadnoughts, and possibly six, will be laid down during
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    LINCOLN CENTENARY.
    58 5 THE CELEBRATIONS IN AMERICA. London, 1 3th Feb. America is enthusiastically celebrating the centenary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United States. A general holiday was observed yesterday and President Roosevelt, the Right Hon. James Bryce (British Ambassador), and Sir Kogoro Takahira (Japanese Ambassador)
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    JAPAN AND GREAT BRITAIN.
    60 5 NEW AMBASSADOR’S ARRIVAL. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 12th Feb. Count Takaati Kato, the new Japanese Ambassador to the Court of St. James, has arrived in London by the new N.Y.K. steamer Hirano Maru which left Yokohama on December 16. His Excellency was met at the railway station
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    CHINA AND PORTUGAL.
    45 5 THE MACAO DEPENDENCIES. [Reuter’s Service London, 12th Feb. An agreement has been signed at Lisbon between China and Portugal, each appointing a High Commissioner to delimit the Macao dependencies in connection with the pending negotiations to settle the dispute begun in 1887.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    99 5 ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS. Berlin, 12th Feb. The English Press expresses hopes that Great Britain and Germany will be able to arrive at some arrangement with regard to their respective naval programmes by 1912. SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. King Alfonso of Spain has accepted an invitation from King .Manuel of
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    ANGLO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    108 5 ROYAL VISIT TO BERLIN. A SATISFACTORY CONFERENCE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 12th Feb. The Berliner Fageblatt ia authoritatively informed that a conference, which lasted several hours, between Prince Bulow, Imperial German Chancellor, and Sir Charles Hardinge, Permanent Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, has been extraordinarily satisfactory, and that
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    THE SYDNEY NAVAL DISASTER.
    149 5 FINDING OF THE JURY [Reuter’s Service.] London, 13th Feb. A telegram from Sydney states that the jury at the inquest in connection with the disaster to the pinnace of H.M.S. Encounter on January 4-, in Sydney harbour, have found that the disaster was due to the
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    ECHO OF PAN-ANGLICAN CONGRESS.
    38 5 THANKOFFERING ALLOCATED. [Reuter’s Service j London, 12th Feb. The allocation of the Pan-Anglican Congress thankoffering has been settled. China and Japan each receive £30,000 and a Theological College will be built at Tok io.
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    Visit of Rev. F. B. Meyer.
    287 5 We learn that the Rev. F. B. Meyer, b.a., is expected to arrive in Penang on Thursday, May 6, and will remain in the Straits till the departure of the mail steamer from Singapore on June 5. He will conduct services in the Presbyterian
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    FORESHORE RIGHTS.
    1425 5 MESSRS. BOUSTEAD AND THE GOVERNMENT. CONCLUDING PROCEEDINGS. In the above case, in the Supreme Court, yesterday, the Hon. A. R. Adams, replying to the concluding address of the Hon. E. C. Ellis, said The argument for the Crown, I take it, is as follows (1) We have no
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    The Opium Conference.
    534 5 Opening Proceedings. Writing from Shanghai on Feb. 1, a correspondent to the Malay Mail (whom we suspect to be Mr. D. Freeman) says The International Opium Commission opened this morning at 11 a.m. H. E. Tuan Fang, the Viceroy of the three provinces of Kuangsi, Nganhwei and
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    80 5 OBITUARY. WELL-KNOWN ACTOR’S SUICIDE [Reuter’s Service London, 13th Feb. The well-known actor, Mr. Charles Warner, has committed suicide by hanging in a New York hotel. [Charles Warner was born in London in 1816. and was thus 63 years of age. He was best known by the principal part he took
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    SHARES.
    1127 7 I f Capital. Subscribed. J?°* I«®e 2 q Shares. Value. Dividends. Name. 2 2! i *S 9 I A< i J 906 30(h000 $225,000 10 l year end 31_3 08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd 6| 1907 6 6(\000 6 50,000 6 5,000 10 a year end 3o 4^B
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    50 7 Cauton, Brit., 106, Gillies, February 13, Teluk Aason, gen., Kong Soon. Hok Canton, Brit., 294, Scott, February 13, Acheen, gen., Ban Ho Hin. Jin Ho, Brit., 110, Wright, February 12, Langkat, gen., E. 8. Co. Lightning, Brit., 2122, Gentles, February 13, Hongkong, gen., A. A. Anthony A Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    79 7 Ban Whatt Soon for Tongkah. Bharata for Singapore. Cornelia for Teluk Anson. Devanh* for Ceylon and India. De Kock for Deli and Langsa. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Glenfalloch for Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. Hebe for Deli. Jin Ho for Langkat. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Kawachi
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    51 7 JTaoie oj Steamer, where from, approximate date of arrival, where bound, and Agents. A. Apcar, Calcutta, Feb. 25, Japan, A. A. A. Benlawers, London, Feb. 20, Japan, S. B. Glamorganshire, London, Feb 14, Japan, B. Nyanza, Singapore, Feb. 19, Antwerp, A. G. Palma, Aden, Feb. 18, Japan, A
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Prnanq, 13th February, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/3 j 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 o 3 Credit 2/4 7/32 3 Documentary 2/4 4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174| 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras
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    PRODUCE.
    186 7 Phkang, 13th February, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $17."5 sales. Trang Pepper sl3’ ga les. Mace $74 sellers. Mace Pickings $63 sales. Clove* s37.sosellers. Nutmegs 110 $l9 sellers. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.65 sellers.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    48 7 Momdat. o or P* r Close. Singapore, China, and Japan Rut Sang 3 p.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and C Hok Canton 3 p.m. Sabang J Tuesday. Ceylon, India, Aden, Egypt, Lutzow 6 p.m. and vid Naples for f Registration 4 p.m. Europe, etc. J
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    European Mails.
    34 7 Hour- Steamer Ex Po ®>TiYRtY To WABD. PEOTED. Due. Sail. P. AO. Britannia 26/2 B. I. Thsngwa 20/2 N.D.L. Lutzow 16/2 Outward. P. AO. Macedonia 25/2 8.1. Teesta 18/2 N.D.L. Kliest 18/2
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    MARKET PRICES.
    214 7 Penang, February 13. Description. Beef Ci*. Soup p er catty 14 Roast n 26 Steaks n 26 Stew or Curry Meat 18 Rump Steak M 26 Ox Tail each 30 Tongue 6 0 Feet 15 Heart Heart per catty 30 Tripe Liver per catty 30 Pork: Pork M
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    LOG BOOK.
    874 7 The owners of the steamer Amoy from Flensburg, which was employed in th» Chinese coasting trade, have resolved to ■ell the steamer io consequence of the bad state of affairs. The North German Lloyd at Bremen ha* chartered the steamer Dryade for a trip to the German South
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