Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 August 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 183 VOL. LXVII. MONDAY, 16th AUCUST, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.
    1044 2 LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS. (Concluded.) Division E. Section I.—Native Arts and Industries. 252. Finding, any metal. —1 Jolaludin, Brunei. 253. Sireh requisites, any m^tal. 1 Md. Eusuf, Brunei 2 Abdul b Abdul Majid. 254. Muka bantal. gold suasa or silver. I. Kulup Md. Easof, K. K. 2
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    The Penang Band.
    325 2 This Week's Programme. Monday —Esplanade. 1. Selection from the Opera Das Model Suppe. 2. Schottische Tit for Tat Roeder. 3. Cavatina Roberto il Diablo Meyerbeer. 4. Waltz Cordova Gomes. 5. March The Comrades Farewell Reford. Tuesday—Golf Club. 1. Overture Maritana Wallace. 2. Gavotte Pussy Cat Eilenberg. 3.
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    PENANG IN 1908.
    1445 2 AN INTERESTING REPORT (Continued.) The following is a continuation of our excerpts from the Penang Administration Report for 1908 Medical Drpariment. Cholera broke out at Permatang Bindaharion the banks of the Muda on April 4, and 60 deaths aie known to have occurred before the epidemic ceased
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    THE CROWN AGENTS.
    1101 2 THE JOHORE RAILWAY. In a report of the proceedings in the 1 House of Commons on July 20, we read Mr. Ginnell asked the Under-Secretary for the Colonies whether the commission of 1 per cent, sanctioned by the memorandum of February, 1904, on the cost of rails,
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    THE WEEK.
    135 2 Monday, 16th August. Full Court of Appeal. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p in. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang R oa Tuesday, I7th August. Full Court of Appeal. Homeward German Mail. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Golf Club. Japanese|Cinematograph, Penang R ia Wednesday, IBth August.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY
    53 2 August 16. 1834 —British trade of Canton stopped By Hong merchants. 1856—Treaty between France and Siam. 1897 Death of Sir W. Jervois. 1898— 7-in. drill gun placed at Fort Fullerton, Singapore. 1899 Sultan of Johore left for Europe. 1904 —Japanese demanded the surrender >i Port Arthur. 1906—Singapore
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    TENDERS.
    46 2 F.M.S Railways —Tenancy of blocks of land at Port Swettenham for storing coal; tenders close noon Aug. 30. Kuala Lumpur Sanitary Board Supply of 15 Indian bullocks tenders close noon, Sept. 4. Straits Government: Opium, liquors, and tobacco farms, Labuan tenders close: noon, Oct. 1.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    27 2 Tuesday, Aug. 19 :—Dutch steamer Sarit Bandjer; Powell Co.’s Sale Rooms, Singapore. Monday, Aug. 23:— Land; 11-30 a.m.; 38 Beach St., Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer.
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    HOUSES TO LET
    9 2 33 Northara Road apply Kennedy Co
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      58 2 The Troubles of Digestion, pain, flatulence acidity, and so on, are happily in most cases simply the expression of some fleeting disturbance of function The best way to restore tone and regularity to the intestinal tract is by taking a wine-glassful of Huny&di Janos natural aperient water the first thing
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      103 2 Skin Troubles are often the direct result of digestive disturbances. Waste products, instead of passing off in the way intended by Nature, attempt to escape from die body by another route —namely, the skin. To redirect the stream to its proper channel all that is needed is a wine-glassful t
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      78 2 The Moon. First Quarter 10.55 a in. 24 Aug. O Full Moon 12.08 p.m. 31 Last Quarter 2.44 a.in. 7 Sept. O New Moon 10.09 p.m. 14 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Aug. 16 12-48 6-48 1-13 7-13 „17 1-35
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    Monday, 16th August, 1909.
    1376 4 Mr. Bland says in his administration report for 1908 that complete statements in regard to the various works undertaken in Penang will be found in the departmental report of the Colonial Engineer.” Colonel Murray’s report is published in the Government Gazette which reached us this morning
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      THE SALE OF KAMUNING.
      951 4 [AW communications intended for insertion in this journal must be authenticated. The Editor is not responsible for the opinions of correspondents.] [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, Referring to the letter (taken over from the Financier) re Kamuning Estate in your paper of the
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    810 4 Mr. W. D. Barnes, Secretary for Chinese Affairs, left by the ss. Tong Chuan yesterday for Kedah. We hear that Mr. P J. Sproule has been appointed to act temporarily as a Judicial Commissioner, F.M.S. Mr. Cremer, President of the Netherland Trading Factory, will represent Holland at
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      294 4 Netherlands Gutta Percha COMPANY, LIMITED. Singapore Rubber Works. MOTOR TYRES retreaded at Moderate Prices. RIBBED MAI'S for Motor Cars. MA FS (3ft x 2ft) f° r Carriages and Rikishas. ALL KINDS OF BICYCLE TYRES. Works and Offices— PASSlß PANJANG, Singapore. Sole Agents— HOOGLANDT Co., Singapore. For information apply to G.
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    THE CRETAN CRISIS.
    280 5 AN ACUTE SITUATION. further exchange of notes. MORE WARSHIPS DESPATCHED TO THE SCENE. [Reuter’s Service. London, 15th August. A Note from the Powers has been presented to the Porte undertaking to have the objectionable flag removed from Crete, and expressing the hope that under the circumstances the
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    EARTHQUAKE IN CENTRAL JAPAN.
    53 5 NAGOYA BADLY DAMAGED. [Rruter’s Service.] London, 16th August. There has been an earthquake in Central Japan. The casualties are unknown. Nagoya, a town with a population of 288.700 souls, situated 170 miles west of Tokio, the capital of Japan, was badly damaged. The shock was slightly
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    RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN U.S.A.
    40 5 MANY KILLED AND INJURED [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th August. Eight persons were killed and fifty injured in a railway collision at Colorado Springs, U.S A. F'iur hundred passengers became panicstricken and stampeded through clouds of steam.
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    THE AMERICAN NAVY.
    31 5 A MONSTER BATTLESHIP [Reuter’s Service.] London, 16th August. The United States is considering the question of building a 30,000-ton battleship which the General Board of the Navy recommends.
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    RUSSIA AND THE DARDANELLES.
    40 5 NEGOTIATIONS WITH TURKEY. Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 15th August. Russia is negotiating with Turkey at Constantinople wit h a view to obtaining the passage of the I'sar’s yacht and the escorting squadron through the Dardanelles.
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    RAILWAYS IN CHINA.
    32 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 15th August. The Koelnische Zeitung repudiates the Times' cha* ges of bribery of Chinese officials by German financiers in connection with China’s railway policy.
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    A PAPAL ENCYCLICAL.
    27 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 15th August. The Pope has issued an encyclical commending the activity of the Roman Catholic Missions in foreign parts.
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    IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
    170 5 PREPARATIONS FOR WAR. LORO C. BERESFORD’S POSITION. [Reuter’s Service London, 14th August. According to the report of the sub-com-mittee of the Committee of Imperial Defence, which was appointed to investigate the question of the disposition and the organization of the Home Fleet, their investigation has shown that during
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    MENGLEMBU LODE SYNDICATE.
    200 5 CIVIL SUIT IN IPOH. ACTION DISMISSED [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoli, 16th August. Judgment in the Menglembu Lode Syndicate case, which was reserved, was delivered to-day. Judgment was given in favour of the defendants, with costa. [ln this case, the plaintiff. Yoon Yoon Kong, claimed $lO,OOO from
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    ALLEGED ILLEGAL MINING.
    37 5 [Fro?/i Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh, 16th August. This morning Mr. Frank Harrison was charged with mining on laud for which he had only obtained a prospecting license. The charge practically amounts to illegal mining.
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    LORD KITCHENER'S COMMAND.
    60 5 STATEMENT BY MR. HALDANE. [Reuters Service. l London, 16th August. Mr. R. B. Haldane, Secretary of State for War, speaking at Bradford, said that Lord Kitchener’s appointment as Coiii-mander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean will include the organizing <»f the troops in South Africa and working out plans to
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    HOLLAND’S COLONIES.
    28 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 15th August. M. Malefyt has been appointed Dutch Minister for the Colonies and M. Indenburg, Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies.
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    F.M.S. Tin Exports.
    95 5 January to July. 1909. Total. Duty. Piculs. c. Perak 254,402.72 2,188,419.37 Selangor 148,168.08 1,275,279.49 N. Sembilan 27,796.57 238,352.72 1908. Total. Duty. Piculs. c Perak 269,526.99 2,309,025.73 Selangor 161,549.70 1,379,108.65 N. Sembilan 39,317.11 337.021.11 Pahang 20,398.34 119,593.02 Tin Duty Decrease. Decrease. Piculs. c. Perak 15,114.24 120,606.3 G Selangor
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    THE ROBERTS CASE.
    520 5 REARRESTED IN COLOMBO. A Colombo paper to hand states A European passenger, named Charles James Joseph Roberts, travelling by the Kawachi Maru, which arrived from the Far East, was arrested by the Police last evening on a warrant issued at Bangkok charging him with the embezzlement of
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    Fraud on Oil Agents.
    495 5 An Unusual Case. A curious and ingenious case of cheating was heard by Mr. A. de Mello in the Police Court last Saturday. It is appears to have come to the knowledge of Messrs. Katz Brothers, Limited, the sole agents for the Dragon Brand of kerosinesupplied
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    WELD QUAY RECLAMATION.
    714 5 BOUSTEAD CO. v. THE CROWN. The hearing of the appeal in the importantcase of Thomas Cuthbertson and others e. the Attorney-General, against the judgment of Mr. Justice Braddell, delivered on Mai ch 19, was commenced by the Full Court of Appeal in the Supreme Court this morning.
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    Rubber Flotations.
    135 5 —Exchange. Almost daily the public are receiving prospectuses of new rubber concerns. The successes achieved by former companies, and the big earnings at the pi esent very high price of rubber, have amused the cupidity of the public sufficiency to make it worth the while of the promoters
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    Reform of Ceylon Legislative Council.
    68 5 London, Aug. 5 In the House of Commons this afternoon Sir Henry Cotton asked whether Colonel Seely had received a number of memorials from representative bodies, praying for the reconstruction of the Ceylon Council on an enlarged elective basis. Colonel Seely replied The Secretary of
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    SHARES.
    1423 7 I Capital. Subscribed f 185,,K l ‘I i i Shares. Value. T I'mm,... a P t 5 g i -S g __l I a I H id 'iiZ ’S ’lol *w n, r T..*‘' w -"iT a™ i'a2- b CAAn2 6 WO°; 6 10 10 10% year end. 30-4-08..
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    95 7 Palamcotta, Brit., 2208, Macdonald, Aug. If», Rangoon, gen., Hottenbach, Liebert Co. Lai Sang, Brit., 2224, Wheeler, Aug. 15, Calcutta, gen., Boustead ’o. Hong Moh, Brit., 2555, Bainbridge, Aug, 16, Amoy, gen., Koe Guan Co. Lndula, Brt., 2183, O’Sullivan, August 15, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Sappho, Brit., 329,
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    CLEARANCES.
    31 7 Padang for Batu Bahra. Canton for Dindings and Teluk Anson. Nile for Singapore, China and Japan. Tong Chay Un for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis and Setul. Flying Dragon for Port Weld.
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    PASSENGERS.
    264 7 ARRIVALS. By Lian Choo (Aug. 14) from Kedah, Mr Gorman. By Palamcotta (Aug. 15) from Rangoon, Messrs C P Hofmann and R Herner, By Ipoh (Aug. 16) from Singapore, Sir W H Hyndman-Jones, Lady Hyndman-Jones, Mr and Mrs Gersom, Messrs C Guineas, J H Baldwin, and R H Laing
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    100 7 of Uteamer, tohnre from ap/»rnxt»n«/<? dot» of andra/, b-tund, and Agtntt. Austria, Trieste, Sept. 3, Japan, S.K <’o. Ambria, Hamburg, Aug. 17, Japan. B. M. Awa Maru, Singapore, Aug. 27, Antwerp, B. Benvenue, London, Aug. 20, Japan, S. B. Cametense, Liverpool, Sep. 4, Rangoon, E.S. Derfflinger, Bremen, Aug.
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 7 Penang, 16th August, 1909. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2 4 1/16 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 7/32 3 Credit 2/4 3/8 3 Docurmntary ..2'4 13/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 3 days’ sight Private 176| Bombay Demand Bank 17o£ 3 days’sight Private 176| Madras Demand
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    94 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. Kedah Lian Choo 8 a.m. Tongkah Malacca 1 p.ra. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.) 1 p.m. Trang Un Peng 1 p.m. Rangoon Hong Moh 2 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Pin Seng 3 p.m. Teluk Anson Sappho 3 p.m. Port Swettenham and Singapore Ban Whatt Soon
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    European Mails.
    34 7 ST.AMHR, El TO WARD. PECTED DUE. SAIL. P. O. Delhi 14/8 B. I. Palamcotta 21/8 N.D.L. P. Ludwig 17/8 Outward. P. <fc O. Assaye 25/8 B, 1. Teesta 19/8 N.D.L. Derfflinger 23/8
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    344 7 FOR Balik Pulau, at 8 a m. and 12-30 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.m., 1-45 p.m., and 5 p.m. Bukit Mertajam and Nibong Tebal at 8-30 a.m., 1-30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m.
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    PRODUCE.
    187 7 Penang, 16th August, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 oz) No stock. White Pepper $l7 buyers. Trang Pepper $14.75 buyers. Mace 80 sales. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $18.50 sales. f No. 1 $6.65 sales. Sugar j No. 2 No
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    604 7 There was a small attendance on Friday at the Legislative Council which met under the presidency of Sir Arthur Young, Deputy Governor, there being also present Mr. W. J Napier (Attorney General), Mr. J. O Anthonisz (Colonial Treasurer) Colonel A. Murray, V. D (Colonial Engineer), Messrs. T. S.
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      92 7 An Eminent Physician says: I think Hunyadi Janos mineral water a very good aperient for a tropical climate. It seems, to me to be one of the best—if not the best—of the mineral waters for restoring an overworked liver to its normal condition. Average dose, a wine-glassful before breakfast” sun
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      125 7 WANTED IMMEDIATELY 20,000 Rubber Stumps. Reply giving full particulars to KENNEDY <fc Co., Penang. WANTED. AN ASSISTANT for a Rubber Estate in Johore. Salary $l5O to $2OO with one allowance. Hardworking man wanted principally for field work. Some experience of Tamil coolies essential. Apply by letter with copies of testimonials
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