Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 May 1909

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 119 VOL. LXVr. THURSDAY, 27th MAY, 1909. PRICE 10 CEN id.
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      2273 1 IHt “PINANIi GAZtITE.” NOTICE OF SALE. K s ATIPM subscription. Sales Room PII A For Daily Issue, in Town,' in Indenture No. 96, and being the whole jB BU TT lf H *27 r»e nntini. IMPORTANT TO CAPITALISTS. ot that co m P rised in a “d known on the
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    SECRET SOCIETIES IN CHINA.
    1043 2 —/7. IF./’. It h is boon a favourite subject of discussion in the Far East how far the secret societies which exist so largely in China and in any place to which the Chinese resort, undermine all effective government, and how far it might be possible,
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    Siamese Dress and Fashion.
    409 2 social advancement of the nation Siam Free Press. One of the most remarkable evidences in Siam's social advancement is the growing tas’e of the ladies of thg lan 1 for dress and fashion. Not many years ago a plain blouse or a pahome with a panung
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    Church and State in Italy.
    350 2 The increased vigour of both the Clerical and the Anti-Clerical parties in toe Italian Parliament lends special interest at the present moment to the discussion of the relations between Church and State. While Don Romolo Muni, the Christian Democratic Deputy, has been explaining his position
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    THE SIKHS AND THEIR RELIGION.
    867 2 The Sikhs are one of the most interesting and important peoples in the British "Empire. They form the backbone of our native army in India, and are utilised as policemen in the Treaty ports of China, the Straits Settlements U :and i and all through
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    THE WEEK.
    139 2 Thursday, 27th May. Venerable Bede. Municipal Commission, 3-30 p.m. Golf Club Tennis Ties. League Football Volunteers v. Wanderers, Esplanade. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday. 28th May. Golf Club Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Saturday, 29th May. Homeward English (B.I.) Mail. Eastern
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    49 2 May 27. 1679—-Habeas Corpus Act passed. 1841—Canton ransomed for 16,000,000. 1880—Public banquet in Singapore to Mr. W. H Read. 1900—Boxers burned station on Lu-Han line. 1904 Battle of Kinchau Japanese stormed Nanshan and captured 78 guns. 1905 Battle of Tsushima Admiral Togo annihilated Admiral Rozhdestvensky’s fleet.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    152 2 Friday May 28.— Property at Teluk Wong I p.m. Kumrong Semong Police Station A. M. Joseph, auctioneer. Friday, May 28.— Land in Church St., 10 a.m. land in Kimberley St., 1 p.m. ;38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, May 29 Stock at Madame Izolphe’s, corner of
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    TENDERS.
    56 2 Public Work* Department.— Four wooden pontoons tenders close noon. Mav 29. Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment Hoard Lease of coconut trees; tenders close: noon, May 31. Deputy Commissioner, Mergui.— Right to collect pearls and pearl shells, etc. noon, May 31. F.M.S. Railways.— Tenancy of three blocks at Prye for storing
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    24 2 2 Cantoninent Road; apply 142, Carnarvon Street. 401 Dato Kramat Road; apply Boustead Co. 33 Perak Road apply Sandilands, Buttery Co.
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      167 2 The Doctor Speaks A well-known and experienced physician recently said Backache is something that should have immediate attention, for as well as the pain there is risk of the vital organs becoming affected—a risk no person should assume.” Backache is painful, and for a person who works, a bad backache
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      72 2 The Tides. High Water. Low Water. May 27 6.57 am. 0.50 am. 28 7.40 am. 1.41 a.m. i» 29 8.31 a.m. 2.32 a.m. >♦ 30 9.24 a.m. 3.23 a.m. 31 10 12 a.m. 4.18 a.m. June 1 9.27 a.m. 3.28 a.m. »> 2 10.18 a.m. 4.20 a.m. The Moon. First
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    Thursday, 27th May, 1909.
    569 4 Among the Ordinances enacted by the Governor of the Straits Settlements with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof during the year 1904 was “An Ordinance for the better Protection of Wild Animals and Birds.” Beside* giving the Governor in Council power to establish
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    THE LATE MR. C.E. SPOONER.
    813 4 The Selangor Government Gazette, dated May 21, contains the following The Resident-General records, with deepest regret, the death of Mr. Charles Edwin Spooner, c.m.g., General Manager, Federated Malay States Railways, which took place at the European Hospital on the 14th May. Mr. Spooner joined the
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    907 4 C.RC. v. GOVERNMENT SERVICE. Given a repetition of the excellent match between the Chinese Recreation Club and the Government Service, which was played on Victoria Pangkor Road, yesterday afternoon, this season’s League competition should be quite the most successful that has yet been held. Seldom has the C.R
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    913 4 Mr. H. E. R. Hunter and r Sanders, of the ari Bank, have retu ned to Shanghai. Mr. Alfred \1 nln m,-fo mcrl kong, continues the publication <,f t|,‘. Mr. Bethell’s paper, the A’or<?a L)a The tennis tournament at the Golf ci wiil conclude on Saturday nexi'
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    RACING AT HOME.
    423 5 RESULT OF THE DERBY. A ROYAL VICTORY. Reuters Service Loudon, 26th May. 'f following is the latest betting ou 11 rby to be run at the Epsom Summer ng this afternoon 95 to 40 agst. .l/tnom. 7 2 «Sir Martin. 10U 11 Louviers. 100 11 Fafcns. 100
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    THE DIPLOMATIC SERVICE.
    68 5 I M PORTANT APPOIN I’M EN PS. Dei. ustasi \tische Lloyd’s Service.] Beilin, 26th May. The following important diplomatic appointments are announced M. N. Tcharykow, of the Russian Foreign Office, to be the Tsar’s representative at Constantinople. M Bompar I to be French Ambassador at Constantinople. .M.
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    THE PANAMA CANAL.
    50 5 PLANS F«>R ITS FORTIFICATION. Reuter’s Service] London. 26th Mav. The plans for the fortifi ‘ation of the Panama Canal have been submitted to President Tart. The w «rk will cost £1,500,000 (s elling). Six y heavy guns and a garrison of 4,500 men will be require 1.
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    ABDUL HAMID’S HOARD.
    53 5 ITS TR \N' FEII TO GOVERN M ENT. [Der Ostai iatische Lloyd’s Service Beilin, 26th May. In accordance with the terms of the agreement recently signed at Salonika the credits of t ie ex Sultan Abdul Hamid in the various European banks have been transfer red to
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    OXFORD UNIVERSITY.
    164 5 A JAPANESE LECTURESHIP. EXP Elll MEN A L a PPOIN IME N 1 RE < rK R SRRI <C K 1 Loud- n. 27th May Mr John Harington Gunbin*, cmg. has L«< »-n appointed the first lecturer on Japanese at Oxford University as an experiment for a term
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    THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.
    80 5 OPENING OF PARLIAMENT. A citizens’ defence force. Reuter s Service London, 27th May. The Earl of Dudley, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, in opening the Federal Parliament at Melbourne. yesterday, said that a measure providing for an effective Citizens’ Defence Force would be introduced shortlv, as
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    SOUTH AFRICA.
    59 5 SIGNS OF PROSPERITY. [Reuter's Service London, 26th May. The South African -ection of the Stock Exchange has been very busy and many offices are working ail night. The Right Hon. Louis Botha, Premier of the Transvaal, speaking at Pretoria, said that never before in the history of South
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    THE CASABLANCA INCIDENT.
    29 5 SATISFACTORY SETTLEMENT. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyds Service Berlin. 26th May. The French and German Governments have expressed mutual satisfaction at the sati-factory settlement of the Casablanca incident.
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    GERMAN ASIATIC BANK.
    23 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service/ Berlin, 26th May. The German Asiatic Bank pavs a dividend of 84 per cent for 1908.
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    COTTON.
    14 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service] Berlin. 26th May. Cotton is quoted at 5 87d.
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    Kedah and the New Treaty.
    106 5 A Bangkok Opinion. In discu-siug the question whether Siam’s Malay dependencies should have been consulted in regard to the new Treatv with Great Britain, the Pinang Gazette adduces the Anglo-Russian Agreement with regard to Persia and Afghanistan, as showing that two Powers may make a
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    Netherlands Trading Society.
    123 5 The Manager of the local branch of the Noderlandsche Handel Maatschappij (Netherlands Trading Society), writes:— I beg to inform you that 1 have received a telegram from my Batavia head office intimating that the dividend for the year 1908 was fixed a f 8 per cent. \n
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    IPOH JOTTINGS.
    1211 5 From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, May 25th. Empire Day. Emp're Day was mo t successfully cele »&gt;ra »-d in Ipoh with a parade of nearly 2.500 Scln 01-boys on the padang and a dune»* in the new Ipoh Club which is now I opened. The parade of th**
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    The Overseas League.
    158 5 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette. Sir. I enclose a copy of our last Annual Report, and shall Uel much obliged if you will kindly refer to our work in your journal. With reference to the article in the Issue of your journal for the 26th
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    Lawn Tennis.
    135 5 The Golf Clubs Tournament Results oLTuesday’s play Mixed Doubles. Mrs. Park and Brearley beat Mrs. Sproule and Savi I—6 6—o 6—l. Miss V. Brown Jr Criswick b"at Miss Jones Hodge 6—4 6—4 Results of Wednesday’-; play Men's Doubles. Class B (Final) Whitlock Jr Pledger beat Cavendish Jr Cooper
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    The P.C.C. Bowls Tournament.
    133 5 The following ti**s in the P C.C. Bowls Tournament l ave been played Single Handicap. H. Muir 1) beat W. Hutson 4- 4) 21 17. W. Daniel 2) beat G. B F. Southam +3) 21—20. C. P. Buckell( -5) beat F. N Bell 4-3) 21—8. Double
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    SHARES.
    1227 7 No. of I’SUe Z apitai. &gt;u..scrioea shMrp V^Ue Dividends. Name. x x y MINING. I Ou' Siuu.uou 3U,UUu $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Bel at Tin Mining Co., Ltd. $8 300,000 i 225,0001 22,500 10 10 Brnang, Ltd. 600,000 60,000 10 10 a, 10% year end. 30-4-08... Bruseh
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    85 7 Capri, Ital., 2718. Francers. May 26. Singapore, gen., Belin, Meyer Co. Hong Moh, Brit., 2555, Bainbridge, May 27, Rangoon, gen., Koe Guan Co. Osnabric Ger.. 2645, Rinz, May 27, Singapore, gen., Behn, Meyer A’ Co. Prinz Regent Luitpold, Ger., 3920, Kirchiir, May 27, Hamburg, gen., Behn, Meyer &lt;’o.
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    CLEARANCES.
    54 7 Ban W hatt Soon for Port Swettenham. Port Dickson, and Malacca Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson De Kock for Deli a d Langsa. Flying Dragon for Pulau Langkawi. Hong Moh for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow. Malaya f&lt;»r Deli. Marv Austin for Asahan. Quorra for Langkat. Teesta lor
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    141 7 &lt;X &lt;&gt; ,»74 'r.' tvoru, 'tn;&gt;f '&gt;^l-‘i-i 'Oi/* ni «?-&gt;•».»-,, hatsti'l. an&lt;t Benledi, London, May 28, Japan, S. B. Brasilia, Suez. May 29, Japan, B M. Benvorlieh, London, June 1”. Japan, S. B. China. Japan, June 7. Fiume, 8. K. China, Singapore. June 7, Fiume, S. K. De
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    PASSENGERS.
    117 7 ARRIVALS. By Dekffungee (May 25) from Yokohama, Misses Watanabe and Shiosawa, Miss Cyio, and Mr Shiosawa from Shanghai, Mrs Shaw and family from Singapore. Mr Said Omar. DEPARTURES. By Derfflixgkr (May 25) to Southampton, Messrs S H Jones and C B Oldtield to Antwerp. Mr CAE van Brarn-Hankgeest to
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Pknang, 27th May. 1909 (By Courtly oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 3$ 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 1/16 3 Credit 2/4 3/16 3 Docur'entary 2/4 7/32 ''alcutta Demand Bank Rs 174 f 3 days' sight Private 176 Bombay Demand Bank 174 n 3 days’sight Private 176
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    PRODUCE.
    195 7 Pbnakg, 27th May, 19U9. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lh. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $15.50 buyers. Trang Pepper $12.32| byrs. Mace $73 buyers. Mace $64 buyers. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs IIU $lB 50 sellers. f No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar &lt; No 2 No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    98 7 To-Morrow. For Per. Deli. Asahan, Batu Bahra, and Paneh Valentijn 11 am. Tongkah Petrel 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Rotorua 3 p.m. Tongkah. Kopah. Renong. Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy Bhadra 3 p.m. Teluk An«on Sappho 3 p.m. Puiau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m.
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    European Mails.
    42 7 Husk- Ex- Pos* ri vKi v Io WARD. FKCTBD. '»rv &gt; 11 P. at Oceana 5 6 B. 1. Tara 29/5 N.D. L. P.E Friedrich 8 6 Outward. P. £O. Devanha 3/6 81. Teesta 27/5 7 arn. 4 p.m. N D.L.
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    298 7 By P Jt O ss Macedonia from London, May 7. and ss Deranha from Colombo, due June 2:—To Penang: Mr and Mrs J Heroou, Messrs C B Ussher and E S Hose. Singapore Mr and Mrs J Scott, Messrs M Tadd, K Loon Kin, K J
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    LOG BOOK.
    963 7 —Sydney Daily Telegraph. In an interesting article in the May numbei of th** Paid Mall \fagazine, Lord Pirie, the &lt; hainnan of Hat laud a: Wolff’s, the great ship;, ;;!.leir. m-trk.s that in shipbuil ting we have i i Japan a competitor as serious as. if not- ro
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