Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 August 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 176 VOL. LXVII. THURSDAY, sth AUGUST, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1329 1 THE FINANS GAZETTE." HOLIDAYS. J. G. ALLAN, A». W SUBSCRIPTION. ENGINEER I O BY ROYAL APPOINTMENT. $27 per annum, Tfefi B(IDkS agent for Ha _fa TABLE DELICACIES, I For the Weekly Issue, i mi bought and sold Aoents for BcfiL. DOTTED MEAT'S, $lB per annum. 9 til 811(1 TfaUFS" AND
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
    925 2 W’.th reference to the vo e of $12,351, which is to be brought up again at the next meeting of the Legislative C -uncil, to make up the deficiency in the shortage of the number of passages for coolies from India under the contract with the B. I.
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    New French Cabinet.
    68 2 London, 27th July. A French ministerial declaration says that Government will persevere in the foreign policy of the preceding Cabinet, and will remain unswervingly faithful to its alliances and friendships. It will reorganise the Navy, introduce Workmen’s Pensions, extend Social Insurance, and continue Customs Revision in the
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    Turkey.
    41 2 London, July 24. On the occasion of the first anniversary of the granting of the constitution, the Sultan yesterday reviewed 15,009 khakiclad troops. He was enthusiastically choeied by 300,000 people as Mohammed the Good. Constantinople was magnificently illuminated last night.
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    FINES.
    455 2 The delightful Munich Jugend has been meditating on the fact that the German Exchequer receives a yearly sum amounting to about ten million marks from people who, having sinned against the police regulations, are bound to pay a fine. It is a large sum, says the man in the
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    British Divorce Law.
    118 2 Debate in the House of Lords. London, July 15.—1 n the House of Lords yesterday an animated debate took place on a motion proposed by Lord Gorell in favour of cheaper divorce courts in the interests of the poorer classes. Lord Gorell incidentally remarked that if the
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    The Ceylon Association Dinner.
    101 2 Sir Henry McCallum’s Reply. London. July 28. A dinner was given by the Ceylon Association last night in honour of Sir Henry McCallum. Mr. Alfred Brown presided and Sir West Ridgeway, Sir John Grinlinton, and Mr. John Ferguson, c.m.g, were present. The Chairman thanked Sir H.
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    Unclaimed Letters.
    71 2 The following unclaimed letters are lying at the Penang Post Office Letters. Anderson, G. J. Ormiston, J. Annesley, Mrs. Papaperaki, Em. Christie, Mrs. A. Price, W. G. Dominguez, J. Roberts, J. L. Fane, E. G. Scott, S. Headland, E. Truman, Capt. Lisbscher, C. Vaughan, Rev. E. Mackie, J.
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    CONFESSIONS OF AN ANGLOINDIAN BABY.
    1141 2 me in again.—A Verini, in the Tall Mall Gazette. April 22, 9.10 p.m.—Am born. Seems a good deal of fuss and plenty of excitable people in the world. Saw the nurse. Ha! Heard the doctor say I had a fine chest and brown eyes. What’s
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    THE WEEK.
    248 2 Thursday, sth August. His Ex. the Governor gives dinner party on Sea Mew, 8 p.m. leaves Penang 11 p.m. PC.C. Tennis Ties. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday. 6th August. Transfiguration. His Ex. the Governor arrives at Langkawi Islands at 7 p m. and leaves at 6 pm. P.C.C.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    38 2 August 5. 1796—Macartney's Embassy entered Peiho. 1844—Vaccination adopted in Bangkok. 1858 —First British-American cable worked. 1872—Ring of Norway born. 1884—Bombardment of Keelung by French. 1896—Li Hung Chang visited Queen Victoria. 1900—Allied March on Peking started.
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    TENDERS.
    64 2 Straits Government.— Additions and alterations to Police and District Courts, Penang tenders close noon. Aug. 6. Straits Government Doubled barbed wire fence at Quarantine Station, Butterworth tenders close noon, Aug. 14. r.M .S Railways:— Tenancy of blocks of land at Port Swettenham for storing coal tenders close noon Aug.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    55 2 Fiiday Aug. 6 —Furniture 108 k Aier Etam Road; 11-30 a.m Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Wednesday Aug. 11 Stock-in-trade 215 Beach St.; 11-15 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Saturday Aug. Ilf: Castleton Estate, Teluk Anson; Land Office; Lower Perak; 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19 :—Dutch steamer Sarie Bandjer;
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    9 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co.
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      486 2 The New Japanese Cinematograph? Colonel Sir DAVID BRUCE, c.b., f.r.s., Grand Programme To-night. writing from the Sleeping Sickness 1 Lake Garda Commission in Uganda, says i- 2 Fido’s Taking Way “I found Bovril of great use on several 3 A Dutch Love StOTV occasions. It is excellent stuff. I I
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      77 2 The Moon. Last Quarter 7.10 a.m. 8 Aug. O New Moou 6.55 a.m. 16 First Quarter 10.55 a.m. 24 O Full Moon 12 08 p.m. 31 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Aug. 5 3-24 9-23 3-49 948 6 4-15 10-14
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    Thursday, 5th August, 1909.
    1393 4 Sir John Anderson does not visit Penang as often as we might wish and when he does come to this Settlement the time at his disposal is so short and his engagements so numerous that it would seem almost superfluous on our part to point out
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    THE GOVERNOR’S VISIT.
    599 4 His Excellency Sir John Anderson, G. Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements, and High Commissioner for the Federated Malay States, arrived this morning from Singapore. Sir John Anderson travelled in tbe Colonial yacht Sea Mew, which was accompained by the F.M.S. yacht Sea Belle and convoyed
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    Brewster’s Millions.
    221 4 Kinta now contributes half the revenue of the State of Perak, which Mr. Brewster, its worthy D. 0., estimates at seven million dollars. An offer has been made by the telegraph administrations to reduce the Press rate between Great Britain and India. Aus tralasia, and Africa to ninepence
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    772 4 Mr. W. G. Maxweli, British Adviser Kedah, has paid a flying visit to Penang The Fo&nsc/ie Zeitung at Berlin st n that the Chinese Minister at the G er Court, General Yinchang, is to 1 11 Berlin, being designed as successor to\| present Minister of War, Tieh-liano
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    Penang Exports.
    61 4 The following articles were exported from Penang during the second half of July To United Kixgdom. —Tons. Tin 1,850 Pepper, white 80 Tapioca, flour 562 Tapioca, flake 39 Tapioca, pearl 75 To U.S. of America. Pepper, white 20 To the Continent of Europk. Tin 25 Pepper, black 55
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      561 4 nil» ROYS NOTICE ro mariners. '“J 1 PULAU PENANG PENANG PERFORMANCE, 9th AUGUST. SOUTH CHANNEL. {Agricultural Show, First Day,) T t continuation of Notice to Mariners in UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF -I Notification 796 published in Govern- T ment Gazette, dated the 30th July, 1909, The Resident Councillor I enang.
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    THE TSAR’S TOUR.
    111 5 M. ISVOLSKY INTERVIEWED. A FRENCH VIEW [Reuter’s Service] London, 4tli August. y Is volsky, Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, who accompanied the Tsar to Cowes, in an interview with a representative of the Daily Telegraph, said that the growing of Anglo-Russian f i i**nilohip was one of
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    THE CRISIS IN SPAIN.
    72 5 THE SEPARATIST MOVEMENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth August. Communications with Barcelona have been restored. Authentic news shows that the revolution lasted five days, and that it ended when the Artillery intervened. Thirtyfive conventsand churches were destroyed. The Revolutionaries numbered 30,000 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th
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    THE LONDON ASSASSINATION.
    78 5 DR. LALC AGA’S HEROISM [Rbutkr’s Service.] London, 4th August. Mr. Thos. Ryburu Buchanan, on behalf of the M ister of Elibauk, Under-Secretary of State for India, replying in the House of Commons yesterday to Mr. J. Keir Hardie, said that the Government was considering the question of
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    THE SITUATION IN PERSIA.
    32 5 RUSSIA WAITING FOR ORDER. [Reuter’s Service London, 4th August. M. Isvolskv, in an interview, said that Russia would recall her troops from Persia immediately order was permanently restored.
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    THE CRETAN QUESTION.
    36 5 AN OPTIMISTIC PREDICTION. [Reuter’s Service London, 4th August. M. Isvolsky stated, in the course of an interview, that he is confident that the Cretan difficulty will be settled with satisfaction to all partie».
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    THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT’S POSITION.
    38 5 FOOD FOR GOSSIP. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth August. The Duke of Connaught’s resignation of the Presidency of the Selection Board,at the request of the Armv Council, is causing much talk in military circles.
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    LABOUR TROUBLES IN SWEDEN.
    18 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th August. A general strike is threatened throughout Sweden.
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    MOROCCO.
    21 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th August. I’he Sultan Muley Hafid has appointed special officials to administer the Riff district.
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    TURKEY AND BULGARIA.
    20 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th August. An entente cordiale is being arranged between Turkey and Bulgaria.
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    RUBBER CROPS.
    97 5 MORE RETURNS FOR JULY. STI l.i. S ATIS FACTORY. [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, 5h August. The following returns of rubber crops for the month of July are published Lanadron 30,229 lb. Ledbury 6,080 lb. Malacca Plantations. 21,000 Ib. Balgownie Estates. The Manager of the Balgownie Rubber
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    77 5 THE COUNTRY AND THE BUDGE!’. [Reutkr’s SERVICE.] London, sth August A fortnight’s suspension of the debate on the Budget has enabled members of the House of Commons to test the feeling of the constituencies regarding it the Radicals declare that a popular upheaval in favour of the
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    CHINESE PIGS FOR LONDON.
    74 5 REPORT ON FIRST CONSIGNMENT. [Reuters Service. l Loudon, sth August. The salesman who examined the first consignment of nearly 5.000 frozen Chinese pigs for the London market, in the cold chamber, reports that the meat is in very good condition, as are also the poultry and
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    RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
    48 5 FRAUDS BY A DIRECTOR. [Rkuter’s Service.] London, sth August. The Times's correspondent at Peking states that Lite-Shun, Director of the German section of the Tieutsin-Pukan Railway, has been cashiered as the result of the discovery of land frauds and corruption in connection with the line.
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    F. M. S. Tin Outputs.
    219 5 Tkonoh Still Increasing. We are informed that the output from the Tronoh Mines for the month of July was 3,300 piculs of clean ore. The output for the first seven months of 1907, 1908, and 1909 are as under 1907. 1908. 1909. January 1,300 2,653
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL
    713 5 FREE SCHOOL v. CRESCENT. Tn their League match against the Crescent F. C. on Victoria Green, yesterdiy afternoon, which attracted quite a large crowd considering the distance from town, the Free School had a somewhat novel experience alternating between fear of losing and hope of winning as it
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    Lawn Tennis.
    86 5 The P.C.C. Tournament. The following ties were played off yesterday Mixed Doubles. Miss Martin Jz Dr. Smith beat Mis. >proule Ji Hodge 6 1 3—6 7—5. Ladies’ Doubles. Miss Hogan Ji Miss Hallifax beat Mrs. Welhain Mrs. Dunn B—6 6—4. Mrs. Maointyre <fc Miss Brown beat Mrs. Kinder
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    AMATEUR CIRCUS IN MEDAN.
    867 5 f Contributed) Those visitors from Penang who paid a visit to Medan last year for the Exhibition will remember that one of the m >st pleasing of the entertainments organized during the week was the Amateur Circus, all the turns being given by local owners <
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      607 5 To meet H. E. the Governor, I Penang Sales Room. The Resident Councillor and, Mrs. Bland The uu 3ersigned is instructed to sell “AT HOM E,” by public; auction, at the Residency, at 5 p.m., at above sales room, On Tuesday, 10th inSt. 0 Beach Street, On Friday, 6th August,
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    SHARES.
    1429 7 I I i I. s r. i i i of Issue r* r o Capital. "übs-nhwH Dividends. Name. iMres. a ue, 0 flB 5 C 5 I x l c I I g MINING. I 1903 .>/100.000; $300,000 30,000; $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Bel at Tin Mining
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    47 7 Kleist, Ger., 5122, Pahnke, Aug. 4, Yokohama. gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Peleus, Brit., 4800, Hannah, Aug. 5, Singapore, gen., Mansfield Co. Eesitang, Dut., 270, Kuhn, August 5, P. Brandan, tin., A. S. P. Co. Taroba, Brit., 3657, Jacobs, Aug. 5, Madras, gm., Huttenbach, Liebert Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    40 7 Malacca for Tongkah. Cornelia for Port Swettenham, Port Dickson and Malacca Sree Bangka f >r Trang. Petrel for Asahan. De Kock for Deli and Langsa. Canton for Di tidings and Teluk Anson. I aroba for Port Swettenham and Singapore,
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    PASSENGERS.
    192 7 ARRIVALS. By Rotorua (Aug. 5) from Singapore, Messrs H Hubbard, V Zelman, and Langan from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Trengrove. By Kleist (Aug. 4) from Shanghai, Messrs Chas M L re, James Tyack from Hongkong, Mrs Lo Tue, Mr and Mrs Lee Cheong, Messrs Low Ngok Cham, Lee
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    98 7 oi '■'f tr<nn, >tnte o/ afftra/, cohere hnnwi, and .4 q»nt Hyson, Liverpool, Aug. 7, Hongkong, W. M. Patroclus, Singapore, Aug. 9, Ant werp, W.M. Ambria. Hamburg. Aug. 15, J apan, B.M. Beniawers, London. August 6, Japan, S. B. C. F. Lacisz, Hamburg, Aug. 7, Japan, B.M. Fooksang,
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Penang, sth August. 'O9. (By Courtesy of the Chartered A i#*it). Loudon Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2,4 7/32 3 Credit 2/4 3/8 3 Docur’entary 2'4 13/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private 17t?| Bombay Demand Bank 175 j 3 days’sight Private 17b|
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    59 7 To-Morrow. Kedah Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Langkat and Pengkalan Brandan Ban Whatt Soon 1 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Rotorua 3 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow Glenfalloch 3 pm. Teluk Anson Sappho 3 p.m. Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m. Saturday. Madras, taking mails')
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    European Mails.
    38 7 Howx- Ej_ Positivki.v lo O I K A •> KR. ward. pected. Dur. S*n P. O. Delhi 14/8 B. 1.-YttcWea 7/8 N.D. L. P. Ludwig 17/8 Outward. P. £O. Devanha 11/8 8.1. 19/8 N.D. 1.. Derfflinger 18/8
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    384 7 Per P O ss Morea, from London, July 3, and ss Devanha from Colombo, due Aug. 12 :—To Penang Captain MacDermot, Messrs J H Johnson and E H Pitt. To Singapore Messrs G C Gillan, F Tonybee, J Kenwick and P R Hall. Pi Oss Nile,
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    PRODUCE.
    188 7 Penang, sth August, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 ”o. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 buyers. Trang Pepper $14.35 sales. Mace 73 buyers. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $17.25 sales. I" No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar 2 No 2 No
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    LOG BOOK.
    962 7 It is announced that tie Committee of Imperial Defence have chosen Belfast Lough as the Northern base for warships that would be engaged in defending the Irish Sea in case of war. ‘"Before the end of ihe year,” savs the Belfast News Letter, it is proposed that a
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