Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 April 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. pJBL’SHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 80 VOL. LXVII. THURSDAY, Bth APRIL, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    THE STATE OF KEDAH.
    2127 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 Police Rbcruiting and Discipline. During the year 1325, 12? recruits were enlisted to fill vacancies, many of them coming from
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    290 2 Easter-tide. St. George’s Church. April 9. Good Friday 9- a.m.— Matins, Litany, and AnteCommunion. 10 a.m.—Story of the Cross and Address. 5 p.m. —Evensong and Address at St. Mark s, I utturworth. April 11. Easter Day 7- a.m. —Holy Communion. (Plain). 8- a.m.—Holy Communion. (Tamil). 10- a.m. —Matins
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    THE WEEK.
    110 2 Thursday, Bth April. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday. 9th April. Good Friday. Public Holiday. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Alcazar Cinematograph, King St. Theatre. Saturday, 10th April. Homeward P. O. Mail. Cricket: Penang v. Perak. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    345 2 April 8. 1878 —Singapore Volunteer Corps re-organisa-tion commenced. 189 >—H. E. the Governor and Lady Clementi Smith left for England. 1896—Death of Bishop Gasnier. 1903—Serious fire at Tanjong Rhu damages estimated at $30,000. 1905 Forty-seven vessels of Russian Baltic Fleet passed Singapore <’» route for Port Arthur.
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      52 2 Aching heads made good as new” is a sign that might well be displayed by any chemist who sells Stearns’ Headache Cure, for thia article quickly banishes pain and leaves the head clear. An aching head can’t do itself justice. Give it a chance by using Stearns’ Beadache Cure. Insist
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      35 2 The industrious mechanic finds Stearns Wine of Cod Liver Oil to be of great help to him. It restores and preserves his good health, airports his strength and energy, aad thereby his work less irksome.
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      36 2 Worth Moke than It Costs. —Medicine is cheap when it does people good, no mattei what it costs. Steams’ Cordial of Cod Liver Extract doesn’t cost much and helps everyone that takes it. Stops that coughing.
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      33 2 Fire Insurance. Queen Insurance Company. Royal Fire Insurance Company. The undersigned have been appointed Agents for the above Companies, and are open to accept Fire Risks at current rates. KATZ BROTHERS, Ltd., Agents.
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      402 2 H, F By W s/X \’i I Appointment the King. BO VRIL Wgffisligll is ALL beef-prime beef in a readily WHIT worth s from £3 digestible form. H £3 12s. 0 j i payable half down with order t... livery at your nearest Port. n Look out TO-MORROW bF you
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      73 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. Apr. 8 2.23 p.m. 8.24 a.in. 9 3.10 p in. 9.11 a.in. 10 400 p.in. 10.00 a m 11 448 pm. 10.47 a in. 12 5.34 p.in. 1'.36 a.in. 13 6.23 p.m. 12.24 p in. 14 7.10 p.m. 1.12 pm. The Moon. Last Quarter
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      2290 3 Singapore to-j'ava ports, N. Kk, RUNNYMEDE Northam House Photographic Studio, PORT DARWIN, THURSDAY ISLAND, TAKING CARGO FOR OTHER NORTH Japan Mail Steamship Co. Ld. BOARDING HOUSE. 1& NORTHAM r oad, Co rnil -»j Tranter id, fl <i, QUEENSLAND PORTS, IIAIII XV BRITISH NEW GUINEA, NEW lk|||U/ l|||r|k| ,!R TV \^ZX-*r
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    Thursday, 8th April, 1909.
    1350 4 A constant subject of discussion among those who go down to the sea in ships is the alleged shortage of officers for the British Mercantile Marine. A few days ago in our Log Book we published a coninumique from Mr. T. W. Moore, Secretary of the
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  • CORRESPONDENCE.
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      THE RONGGENG NUISANCE.
      180 4 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette."] Dear Sir, Will you kindly allow me, through the medium of the columns of the Pinang Gazette, to draw attention to the state of affairs regarding the hours during which ronggengs, manorah, wayangs, etc., are allowed to play. It is
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      A DRAINAGE COMPLAINT.
      187 4 [To the Editor of the a Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, Will you please allow me a little space in your valuable paper for the following When one enters Cannon Street from Armenian Street, one is 1 immediately struck with the stench that arises from the sides of the
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    Rahman Tin Co., Ltd
    45 4 The following was the output from the above Mine for the mouths of January, February, and March Piculs. January 340. February 355. March 535. The Mine continues to improve with development, and a steady increase of output may reasonably be expected.
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    F.M.S. Tin.
    100 4 Export from Perak. The advance figures of the export of tin from Perak for March, 1909, are as follows Block tin, 7,364 piculs 70 catties. Tin ore, 25,853 piculs 70 catties. Duty, $292,868.99. Mink Outputs. The output of clean ore from the Bruseh Hydraulic Tin Mine for the
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    Lawn Tennis.
    224 4 Golf Club’s Tournament. I’he following ties have been arianged by the Committee of the Penang Golf Club for the forthcoming tennis tournament, the entries for which close at 6 p.m. on Saturday 1 7th inst. Ladies’ Singles, Open Ladies’ Singles Handicap. Ladies’ Double Handicap. Mixed Double Handicap. Men’s
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    768 4 Mr. E. E. Sykes returned to p this morning from Colombo I fit and well. Mr. G. U. Farrant has made secretarial duties of the Tamd• Singapore, to Mr. G. R. K Mu.d/? C Mr. F. J. Pigott, Deputy c d Engineer, who has been at 11
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    SIR FRANK SWETTENHAM.
    350 5 AN IfiTERESTIIG APPOINTMENT. I PRESIDENT uF A COLONIAL COM M I SSI ON. I From Our Own Correspondent.] London, 7th Aptil. B»ir Erank Swe’teuharn. K.C M G former- ij.ivfiijir of thp Straus Settlements, >g. been appointed President of the liiiniH'ion appointed by the Earl of B S
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    50 5 IHARES ON THE LONDON MARKET THK PRINCIPAL MALAYAN QUOTATIONS. From Our Own Correspondent. Loudon, 7th April. The featjir»s of the rubber share market J 6 Bukit Rajahs £6| Golden Hopes Asiatic Rubber Jc Produce 22/3 Liuggi Plantations 15/Damansaras 46/Lauadrons 18/ prem. Highlands and Lowlands £2-£ 20/6 prem.
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    THE NAVAL CONTROVERSY.
    64 5 ANOTHER NEW FACTOR [Reuter’s Service London, Bth April. A fresh impetus has been given to the ici'.il controversy by an announcement that Austria-Hungary has decided to lay Down immediately three Dreadnoughts. «he Hon. N. J. Moore. Premier of A\"<‘. rn Australia, has cabled to Sydney expressing his
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    CHINA'S NEW RAILWAY LOAN.
    66 5 X STRONG I’.RITISH PROTEST. Reuter s Service.] Loudon, Bth April. 1’ is announced that Sir John Jordan, it is i .Minister at Peking, has strongly pt itested to the Wai-wu pu against the in-ion of the Canton-Hankow Railway loan from a German group of financiers before
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    UNITED KINGDOM TRADE.
    55 5 \KC H 1 M PORTS AN D EX PORTS. Rkuier’s Service London, Bth April. Ihe Board of Trade returns for the tn mtn of March show that the decrease in bnpnts only amounted to £81,316 as flj :npai 1 with the corresponding month of a y>ar The
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    THE NEAR EASTERN SETTLEMENT.
    35 5 S'lN I'ENEGRO’S ACQUIESENCE. [Reuter's Service.] London, 7th April. '’l't'megro has acquiesced in the decision the Powers regarding the annexation by of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the h icign rights of Montenegro.
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    ANARCHISM IN INDIA.
    252 5 ANOTHER BOMB OUTRAGE. AN OFFICIAL’S FOURTH ESCAPE. [Reuter’s Service L »n<lon, 7th April. A fourth attempt has been made on the life of Mr. J. T. Hume, Public Prosecutor at the Calcutta Police Court, who has taken a prominent part in the prosecution of anarchists and sedition-mongers.
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    EX-PRESIDENT CASTRO.
    46 5 WARNED OFF AT TRINIDAD [Reuters Service] London. Bth April. The Governor of I'riuidad, having been instructed not to allow ex-Presideut Castro of Venezuela to land there, Castro became enraged and landed at Martinique, the only port in the West Indies not barred to him.
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    A DESTROYER IN A COLLISION.
    43 5 SAFETY OF THE CREW. [Reuter’s Service London, Bth April. The twin-screw torpedo boat destroyer Blackwater (550 tons) has been sunk in a collision with a s’eamer off Dungeness, on the south coast of Kent. The crew were saved
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    COTTON INDUSTRY DISPUTES.
    34 5 CONCILIATION CONFERENCES. [Reuter’s Service Loudon, 7th April. Sir Edward Clarke has been appointed to act as Chairman at future conciliation conferences between employers and operatives iu the cotton industry at Manchester.
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    SPECIAL GERMAN SERVICE.
    274 5 THE NEAR EAST. Berlin, 7th April. Montenegro has given Austria the assurances the latter requested with regard to the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The Near Eastern crisis may now be considered at an end and the final details will he settled in a protocol to be
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    PENANG FOOTBALL LEAGUE.
    406 5 NEXT SEASON’S ARRANGEMENTS A meeting of the Committee of the Penang Association Football League was held in the P.C.C Secietary’s office yesterday evening, for the purpose of making preliminary arrangements for the ensuing season’s competition. Dr. T. H ill Jamieson, President, was iu the chair, and there
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    The Anglo-Siamese Treaty.
    446 5 With reference to the fears suggested in certain quarters that British rights may not have been thoroughly safeguarded by the gradual abolition of British extraterritorial rights in Siam, Reuter’s Agencv understands that it was this very question which last year occasioned a suspension of the negotiations for
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    CHENDAI MENGLEMBU MINE.
    723 5 Fr om a lengthy paper read before the Perak Chamber of Mines by Mr. J. B. Scrivenor, and reproduced in the Mining Journal of March 13, we extract ti e following passages: The Chendai Menglembu deposit is another case cf the occurrence of tin ore in a
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    The Price of Tin.
    353 5 The metal markets expert of The Ironmonger, writing on the evening of March 1 Bth, said A much larger volume of business has been done. Operations on the part of some prominent dealers were of an erratic and puzzling character. Those who were raying top prices
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    OPIUM IN THE STRAITS.
    310 5 In the House of Commons on March 16, Mr. J. D. Rees asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether the opium farm of the Straits Settlements provided last year nearly half of the revenue, and was estimated to provide $4,505,000 out of a total of $9,646,832
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    A New Bandmann Company.
    93 5 The P. O. Assaye, which arrived here this morning, has brought direct from Home the Bandmann Dramatic Company. Mr. Bury, the advance agent, informs us that the company is a very strong one indeed, artistes of well-known standing in London and elsewhere being included in the
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    Rifle Shooting.
    55 5 The following scores were made by the Penang Volunteers’ team yesterday in the practice for the Bromhead Matthews Shield, which will probably be shot for on Saturday, 17th inst., at 6 a m. Pte. D. Graham 94 Sergt. Southam 93 Capt. A. Wilson 91 Sergt. Neubronner... 91 Corpl.
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      167 5 British India S. n. co., Ltd. AS s.s. KISTNA is in dock this week for her periodical Boiler cleaning, etc., the sailing on the 10th inst. lapses, but she will resume Her usual run to Port Swettenham and Singapore on the 17th instant. s.s. TARA is intended to sail for
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      671 5 The Penang Motor Works, Ltd. notice. 1 an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company held on Tuesday, the 6th April, 1909, the following special resolutions were proposed and unanimously agreed to 1. I hat the Company be voluntarily wound up. 2. That Mr. T. J. B. Drayton be hereby
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      1528 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDE ?L\ f Ic^ H AJ?i ANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE NK La^ 0^ I'*4 1 4 r AUSTRALIA, ANP CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPU. j Monumental ScuU®' I Paid no Canitftl *l5 000 000 Netherlands Trading Society. (Netherlands-lndianlliscountltank.) Auth )riae t Capital £1,500,000. CALCUTTA,
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    SHARES.
    1259 7 S Capital, Subscribed.! lssue g* *5 j« f Shares. Value Dividends. Name. 1 < J I J CQ ,02 O’ MINING. 1903 Cannon o2’2nn 110 110 ,0 e,,d 31 3 oB Tin Mining Co., Lid. »5* 1906 300,000 225.000| 22,500 10 10 Bruanz Ltd. 6 1901 600,000 60,000 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    58 7 Assaye, Brit., 4358, Jones, April 8, Bombay gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. De Kock, Dut., 5<J5, Visman, April 8, Deli, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Rotorua, Brit., 556, Glenday, April 8, Singapore, gen., E. S. Co. lara, Brit., 3651, Acheson, April 8, Negapatam, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. orwarts, Ger., 649,
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    CLEARANCES.
    85 7 Ban VVhatt Soon for Port Swettenhain, Port Dickson, and Malacca. Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Carlyle for Teluk Anson. Hok Canton for Langsa, T. Seinawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Leong Ho for Trang. Oniapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Petrel for Deli. Padang for
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    54 7 oj ‘Ste<itn a .r. ivh°.re from, npprocim<t,!e ol arrival, where b rand, and Agents. A. A pear, S’pore, Apl. 19, Calcutta, A. A. A. Bbnarty, London, April 17, Japan S. B. Glenogle, < hina, April 13, Rangoon, E. S. Oransay, Calcutta, April 10, Uncertain, E. S. Pathan, Liverpool,
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    PASSENGERS.
    137 7 ARRIVALS. By Dh Kock (April 8) from Deli, Mr and Mrs Lammerts van Bueren and children. By Tara (April 8) from Madras, Mr C B Eranoe; from Negapatam, Mr? A Marchan. By Assaye (April 8) from London, Messrs J T Macdonald and F J Pigott fiom Adelaide, Mrs Peacock,
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 9th April, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3j 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Docur'entary 2/4 7/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 174 p 3 days' sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 3 days’sight Private 176 Madras
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    PRODUCE.
    192 7 Penang, 9th April, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 05).... No stock. White Pepper $16.45 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.72} sales Mace $~3 buyers. Mace Pickings $64 buyers. Cloves $3B sellers. Nutmegs 110 $l9 sellers. z' No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar s No. 2 No stock.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    69 7 Saturday. 01, Per. do;*, t’eylon, Australasia, x India, Aden, Mauri- I Delhi noon tins, Egypt, and rid > Registration 11 a. in. Brindisi for Europe, Parcels 10 30 a.rn. etc. J Deli and Langsa De Kock noon Trang Sree Bangka noon Tongkah Avagyee noon Asahan Mary Austin noon
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    371 7 FOR Balik Pulau, ar 8 a m and 0-30 p in. Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.in., and 4-30 p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. Bukit Meitajam at 8-30 a.m, 1-30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. Kedah, at 7
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    European Mails.
    39 7 Home- Ex- Positively !u hTKAMKK. WARD. PKCTED. DPR •< A II P. &O. Del ti 10,4 B. I. Tara 17/4 N.D. L. P. Ludwig 13/4 Outward P. AO. Delta 22/4 81. Thongwa 15/4 Ni. D. L. Derfflinger 15/4
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    259 7 Per P O ss Somali, from London, Mar. 13, due Penang April 13 —To Penang Mr and Mrs Liston, Mr and Mrs E Bowes, Misses B H Martin, M A Palmer, and Stephens, Messrs Elton Bell, A D Duncan, and A T McKenzie. To Singapore Mr
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    LOG BOOK.
    928 7 Ihe half-crews of the shallow-draught steamers Widgeon, Woodcock, and Woodlark, who are to return to England for China in the Hawke, cruiser, are to be granted a week’s additional leave on account of their having been employed on the upper waters of the Yangtsze. Ihe account under the
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