Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 April 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 78 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY, 6th APRIL, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1578 1 I !Hf PIMANG GAZETTE.’’ notice. FO r sale. BANE HOLIDAYS 1 THE undersigned will undertake to ■■xZ L ILF /m repair all kinds of Typewriters, V L l l IT ±1 vf Sewing Machines, or Musical instruments Swalow Art DroWii-Tftreud worh 3 g at a very moderate charge. Also fitting
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    THE STATE OF KEDAH.
    1706 2 MR HART’S REPORT. Continued). The following is a continuation of Mr G C Hart’s Report on the State of Kedah from Sept., 1906, to Feb., 1908 During a great part, of the year 1 uan Sved Abdullah, State Treasurer, has been unable to attend Council meetings
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    987 2 NEW BOOKS. The following new books have been received at the Library Tono-Bungay, by H. G. Wells. The Gardens of England, In the Midland and Eastern Counties, by Charles Holme. The Indian Criminal, by H. L. Adam. Stranleigh’s Millions, by Robert Barr. The Royal End, by Henry Harland.
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    THE WEEK.
    133 2 Tuesday, 6th April. Band, Golf Club, 9-15 pm. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, 7th April. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Football League Meeting, 6-15 p.m. Lodge Royal Prince of Wales, 9 p.m. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St? Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday,
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    64 2 .4 pril 6. 1842—Convention between Sir John Francis Davis and the Viceroy Ki-ying for the admission of Europeans into the city of Canton within two months. 1889—Major Grey, Singapore, attacked by a prisoner. 1893—H.1.H. \rchduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria arrived in Singapore. 1897—Death of the Hon. H.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    64 2 Tuesday. April 6 Household furniture; Leith Street Ghaut; 11-30 a.m. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. li'iduesday, April 7. **ffice fittings, etc., Messrs. Schiffmann, Heer A Co. 4. Weld Quay; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Thursday, April 8. Unserviceable and confiscated property; Fort Cornwallis; 11 am. Cunningham Clark Co., auctioneers. Thursd
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    35 2 18 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin’s office. “Ascot,” facing Race Course; apply J W. Hallifax. Highbury,” 23 Perak Road apply Saudilands, Buttery Co. No. 2, Cantonment Road apply 142, Carnarvon Street.
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      56 2 We never heard of anyone who had tried Stearns’ Headache Cure that did not find it just what is claimed for it. It drives away the pain, it leaves the head clear and the faculties alert, ready for any kind of business. It has no bad taste, and any one
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      31 2 No Use of It.—What’s the use of taking vile-tasting cod liver oil and emulsions when you can get Steams’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract, which is delicious and does more good
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      63 2 NOTICE Tamil Immigration Fund Enactment, 1907. EMPLOYERS of Tamil labour are hereby reminded that returns under the above Enactment for the preceding quarter must be sent to the office of the Superintendent of Immigrants, Penang, during the months of April, July, October, and January, Forms for the return will be
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      425 2 WHITE’S til I ‘HONEY I. g nr ill i rar® 1 i Bacon Hams, I Sole Proprietors: John White ®> Co., Bristol, England o THE WELL-KNOWN FIRM. 0 sCHIN SENG Col q (ESTABLISHED 1878). 0| O Motor-Car and Coach Builders, Repairers, Rubber Wheels Wrights, Saddlery, and Hrness Makers, q No.
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      68 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Apr. 6 12.48 p.m. 6.47 am. 7 1.36 p.m. 7.37 a.m. 8 2.23 p.m. 8.24 a.m. 9 3.10 p.m. 9.11 am. 10 400 p.m. 10.00 am. 11 448 pm. 10 47 am. 12 534 p.m. 11.36 a.m. The Moon. O Full Moon 3.28 a.m.
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      2005 3 -burns Philp line, *kt mt it MfXT'F'L dp 1a PAIY pen Promotion.— «HUMmt Notifi at,ion SINGAPORE TO ♦JAVA PORTS, I W w 1 <<* A 4 >lZ> e 24 1 ,09. “H w Excellency the PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, ORDERS BY CAPTAIN ‘Ofiicer Administering the GoverTAKING A CARGO FOR OTHER
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    Tuesday, 6th April, 1909.
    1304 4 Now that the fate of the remaining Queen’s Scholarship seems to have been definitely sealed, we would express the hope that the Govei nmeut will endeavour to find some other means of stimulating the desire for education among the native population. We have, in these columns,
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    VOLUNTEER SPORTS CLUB.
    355 4 GENERAL MEETING. A general meeting of the members of the Penang Volunteer Sports Club took place last evening at the Drill Hall, nineteen members being present. At the outset, Captain Alan Wilson, Adjutant, read a letter from Captain the Hon. A. R. Adams, Commandant, P.V.C., regretting that
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    Penang Ladies' Rifle Club.
    287 4 The Walker Cup 1 The members of the Penang Ladies’ Rifle Club fired oft in the competition for Colonel Walker’s Challenge Trophy yesterday afternoon at the Rifle Range, Kampong Bharu. Appended are the scores of the shooting at 100 and 150 yards:— Rifle: yds. yds. Mrs.
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    Cricket.
    89 4 Penang v. Perak. The following have been selected to represent the Penang Cricket Club in the match against Perak on the 10th and 12th inst, Saturday and Monday next:— E. Arnold. J. R. Brown. W. S. Dunn. J. Forbes. J. Hammond. O. P. Griffith-Jones. C. G. May. H. A.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    589 4 Mr. Kenneth Stevens is payi visit to Penang. The death is announced of the \i veteran, General R >b fc; t ut Q y To-day, Mr. J. G. Berkhuij sen just returned from Europe, resume] a of the local branch of the firm f u W. Mansfield
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    Penang Golf Club.
    204 4 In the competition for the April I’rev grave Cup Mr. May gave an exhibitin the top of his form by returning a ca> showing that he had beaten the redowotai colonel by one hole, a fine perfg>rmar»:e. Mr. C. C. Rogers, 2 up qn the first rouui,
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      121 4 LIP T O N’S 1 1 1 A Es/ n*G I F PENANG AGENTS: 3 Paterson, Simons a Co., IW.| Apollinaris. The Queen of Table Waters.” Per Case of 25/1 Bottles $5.50. 100 2 13.00. 100 4 11.25. Hamper of 50 2 Stone Bottles 8.00. G. H. SLOT Co., AGENTS.
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    "RI RE
    140 5 AN IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENT. UTI.-UI INACTION DENOUNCED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth April. ■Count Z 'ppelin’s dirigible balloon and two ~r Government airships will take a K, liint'iit part in opposing armies during R Cpi man army mameuvres, which are to ]|.•]<] in August next. i;il anti-balloon guns will be
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    LABOUR TROUBLES IN FRANCE.
    108 5 MENACING SITUATION. Reuter’s Service] .London, sth April, ,-r un from Paris yesterday reports to the recent strike of French I -tai arid telegraph employees, which is RaU'ing grave apprehension. \n imm‘rise meeting of Trade Unionists Ko 1 Civil Servants, which was held i .Paris, demanded for
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    CHINA’S FINANCES.
    107 5 Tin: NEW GERMAN LOAN. AN ANGLO-FRKNCH PROTEST. [Reuter’s Service.] (London, 6th April. I'he l\a H‘ i has decorated the members of His Excellency Tang Shao Yi’s Mission, vhom Pjince Biilow al>d received prior to the bittaking up of the final Conference of [British, French, and German bankers held
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    THE NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD.
    69 5 ANOTHER BELATED MESSAGE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, slh April. Following the announcement by the Dirt tors of the Hamburg-America Line that they will not declare any dividend for the past year, the Norddeutscher Lloyd Hunoun es that in 1908 it lost £892,000 I ling), to meet which will
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    THE NEAR EAST.
    54 5 HOW WAR WAS AVERTED. [Reuter’s Service London, 6th April. It is seini-officially announced in St. Petersburg that Germany did not bring procure to bear on Russia to recognise the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, w! ile the Russian acceptance of the German ftiendly suggestion averted a war
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    MR. THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
    44 5 A START FOR. AFRICA. [Reuter’s Service J London, Bth April. Mr. Roosevelt, ex-President of the I cited States, arrived yesterday at Naples, vi.- ie he transhipped to the German liner Admiral for Mombasa, amidst cheering cr, 'wds. Boatloads of people serenaded
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    77 5 THE KAISER S HOLIDAY. Berlin, 6th April. Ihe Kaiser during his visit to Venice w ‘ll meet Prince Biilow, the German Imperial Chancellor, and thereafter P'ocecd to Kiderlen after the settleiiu iit of the Balkans question, returning to Bilin ria Bukarest, the capital of Rumania. On the
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    IPOH JOTTINGS.
    910 5 [Aro>n Our Own Correspondent]. Ipoh, April 5. We have had quite a lively time in Ipoh during the past week owing to the Kinta Gymkhana Club’s race meeting, ami both Ipoh and Batu Gajah have been full of visitors from Penang, Kuala Lumpur, and even from far-off Sings
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    MRS. STAMFORD RAFFLES.
    1474 5 In a recent issue of the Java Times (Batavia) we read We are informed by the British Consul that the tombstone on Lady Rattles’s grave is in such a condition that a new stone is necessary. The inscription is nearly obliterated. A new marble, properly lettered, will
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    Racing at Home.
    393 5 I.P.G. Liverpool Spring Cup. A special telegram to the Asian gives the following as the iesuit of the Liverpool Spring Cup run at Liverpool on March 25 Tire Liverpool Spring Cup of 1,000 1J miles. Mr. D. W. Gibb’s b c Star of Doon, by Toredo—Panaria, 7at
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    505 5 At the Assizes, in the Supreme Court, yesterday afternoon, before Mr. Justice S. Leslie J horntou and a commou jury, a Chinaman named Yu Chow Pow was charged with being in possession of a forged currency note. According to the story of the prosecution, it was alleged that
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      103 5 Central Sales Room. The undersigned is instructed to sell by PUBLIC AUCTION, THE Unserviceable and Confiscated Property, AT FORT CORNWALLIS, On Thursday, Bth April, 1909, AT 11 A.M. USUAL CONDITIONS OF SALE. TERMS :—Cash before Delivery. CUNNINGHAM, CLARK Co., Licensed Auctioneers. 346 6 7-4 Central Sales Room. By Order of
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      249 5 F. M. 8. RAILWAY. QN GOOD FRIDAY, April 9th, 1999, trains will run as on Sundays. P. H. HENSHAW, Ag. Traffic Manager. A/TINING ENGINEER experienced in A tin, gold, silver, etc., is open to engagement. Highest references. Apply R,” c/o Pinang Gazette. NOTICE. A/TR. J. G. BERKHUIJSEN has resumed chai
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      1474 6 i i i ii iyou, CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDE L A N^ C H H E ppV^ NDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. Monumt.. I Paid-up-Capital *15,000,000 Ne,her E B "fBL«HSD 1824. 0C, y «%kS^ 1 1857'
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    SHARES.
    1229 7 -q j Capital. Subscribed. Js°’ Issue 5- iiivUanda xr E tf r v Shares. Value. -c Dividends. Name. fc 5 1 X I 32 3* MINING. 1903 1300.000 30,000 $lO $lO 10% year end. 31-3-08 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd ss| 1906 300,000 225.000 22,500 10 10 Bruanz Ltd.
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    61 7 Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, April 6, Teluk Anson, gen.. E. S. Co. Hok Canton, Brit., 294, Scott, April 6, Aeheen, gen., Ban Ho Hin. Perak. Brit., 258, Crichton, April 6, Deli, gen., E. S. Co. Pin Seng, Brit., 378. Davidson, April 6, Singapore, gen., E. S. Co. Silesia,
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    CLEARANCES.
    50 7 Padang for Dindings. Lightning for Calcutta. Sree Bangka for Trang. Carlyle for Teluk Anson. De Kock for Deli. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Hong Wan I. for Rangoon. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jin Ho for Langkat. Mary Austin for Asahan. Pin Seng for Port Swetteuham and Singapore.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    68 7 Va>/** oj Steamer, where from, apprujciiaate date of arrival, where bound, and A gents. A. A pear, S’pore, Apl. 19, Calcutta, A. A. A. Benarty, London. April 17, Japan S. B. Glenogle, < hiua, April 13, Rangoon, E. S. Oransay, Calcutta. April 10. Uncertain, E. S Pathan. Liverpool,
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 7 Prnkng, 6th April, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank}. Loudon Demand Bank 2 34 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16, 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 2/4 7/32 *'alcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174$ 3 days’ sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private l*b Madras Demand Bank 174
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    PRODUCE.
    195 7 Penang, 6th April, 1909. Gohl leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $16.45 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.40 sellers. Mace si3 sales. Mace Pickings $63 buyers. Cloves $3B buyers. Nutmegs 110 $18.75 sales. f No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No stock,
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    MAILS CLOSE
    435 7 To-morbow. Per. Cl one. I Negapatam Madras Taroba 10 a m Registration 4 p.m to-day. Tongkah Sappho 1 p.m. Pang Nga and Trang Deli 1 p.m Teluk Anson Cornelia 2 p.m. Dindings Tong Chay Un 4 p.m. Thursday. Singapore, China, and Japan Assaye 7 a.m. Trang Leong Ho
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    European Mails.
    41 7 HomK- Ex- PosiTiVßi V 1 0 Stkamkr. WARD. PRCTRD l>Uk S*II P. Ji O. Del ii 10,4 B. I. Tara 17/4 N.D. L. P. Ludwig 13/4 Outward. P. <fc O. A<saye 8/4 8.1. Thongwa 15/4 N DL. Derffluger. 15/4
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    244 7 Per P <k O <s India, from London, Mar. 2, and ss Assaye from Colombo, due Penang April 8 —To Penang Messrs J F Macdonald and F J Piggott. To Singapore Miss E Bolton, Messrs W Bircham, C Everard, D Hewit son, E V 7 Carev,
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    LOG BOOK.
    893 7 The directors of Camrnell, Laird <fc Co., the great engineering and shipbuilding firm, have decided that no dividend on either class of share* and no arrears of dividend on the preference shares shall be recommended. An adverse balance is carried forward. From the wharf of the Flensburg Shipbuilding
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      144 7 EUROPEAN AGENCY. IN DENTS promptly executed at lowest cash prices for all kinds of British and Continental goods, including Books and Stationery. Boots, Shoes and Leather liemicals and Druggists Sundries M China. Earthenware and Glassware. J B* Mm Cvcles, Motors and Accessories. Draperv, Millinery and Piece Goods. 4T t'ancv Goods
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      96 7 The London Assurance Corporation. The undersigned, having been appointed I Agents for the Corporation, are now pre--1 pared to accept MARINE and FIRE risks at current rates. PATERSON, SIMONS A Co., Ltd., Agents. Mannheim Insurance Co. Marine Insurance. The undersigned, as Agents, will accept Mai me Risks on Merchandise, Produce,
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      31 7 Worth Rkmembeking.—There are not nearly so many people coughing now as there were before Stearns Wine of Cod Liver Oil was placed on the market. It stops the cough. Rememlier that.
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      2273 8 P. &0. Steam Navigation Company. Intended Sailings. Shipping.Japping. ,mra "’""I“v. BRITISHIHDI ITn Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. het OUTWARD. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. 11 vx J Imsß Apr. 8 Assaye connecting with Tn ia y v Imperial German Mail Line. If 22 Delta „7™ > Q > If May 6 Oceana Mooltan
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