Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 August 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833 No. 185 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY, 18th AUGUST. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1489 1 the “PINANG GAZETTE.’’ governmei^j^t|F| cation. now ready. SUBSCRIPTION. at’um DRINK j Colonial Secretary, Singapore, and of the g*~ F IFF T"1 ITT I TT 1 A wmttt? For Daily Issue, in Town, Resident, Labuan, up to noon on Friday, Sr IviPn IA/ A l\l N Vk/ E have now P
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    THE INDIAN BUDGET.
    1658 2 THE MASTER OF ELI BANK’S SPEECH. London, Aug. 5 The Master of Elibank, in introducing the Indian Budget in the House of Commons this afternoon, referred to the improvement in the conditions in India which, however, only commenced after the close of the financial year. Referring to
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    PENANG IN 1908.
    909 2 AN INTERESTING REPORT. (Continued.) The following is a continuation of our excerpts from the Penang Administration Report for 1908 Telephones. Revenue 34,596 Expenditure 23,2G6 Seventy-three subscribers and seven service lines were added to the exchange. Seventy-six subscribers withdrew. An additional line was constructed between Butterworth and Nibong
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    THE WEEK.
    127 2 Wednesday, IBth August. Full Court of Appeal. League Football: P.C.C. v. C.R.C., Victoria Green. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. District Grand Lodge, Freemasons’ Hall, 9 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday. I9th August. Outward English (B.I.) Mail. Full Court of Appeal. P.C.C. Tennis Ties.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    29 2 August 18. 1834—Lord Napier ordered by the Viceroy to leave India. 1858—Treaty between the Netherlands and Japan. 1868—Great fire in Hongkong. 1900—Indian troops landed in Shanghai.
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    TENDERS.
    62 2 P.W.D. —Cutting and filling in site for hospital at Kampong Panchor; tenders close noon, Aug. 23. T.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
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    AUCTION SALES.
    59 2 Tuesday, Aug. 19 :—Dutch steamer Sarie Bandjer; Powell Co.’s Sale Rooms, Singapore. Monday, Aug. 23:— Land; 11-30 a.m. 38 Beach St., Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Monday, Aug. 23 —Aerated water plant and machinery, 7 Union St. 11 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Monday, Aug. 30 Unserviceable and Confiscated
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    9 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co.
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      89 2 The Troubles of Digestion, pain, flatulence acidity, and so on, are happily in most cases simply the expression of some .eeting disturbance of function The best way to restore tone and regularity to the intestinal tract is by taking a wine-glassful of Hunyadi Janos natural aperient water the first thing
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      614 2 MUNICIPAL COMMISSION. Liffi-D dP Vb. wIL KI Hl UN S Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal w Commissioners held on Wednesday, the Essence OF F.'lld Extract Oi RED JAM/tfJ g w. P.. k (D pnt y SARSAPARILLA President), Quah Beng Kee, Esq., and denounced by the highest MEDICALju L
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      77 2 The Moon. First Quarter 10.55 am. 24 Aug. O Full Moon 12.08 p.m. 31 Last Quarter 2.44 a.m. 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. 18 2-24 8-24 2-49 8-49 19 3-12 9-12
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      476 3 p HiNsENGe?co J SALE NOW ON > (ESTABLISHED 1878.) < WF I > W x. M°t° r "Car and Coach Builders, Repairers, Rubber Wheel < Z Wrights, Saddlery and Harness Makers. s Nikko Photographic Studio, t Telegraphic Address: Hin,” Penang. Telephone No. 420 C 4k WORK guaranteed. f ‘he recent
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    Wednesday, 18th August, 1909.
    563 4 Dealing with the Marine Department in 1908, Mr. Bland states that the charges for Swettenham Pier during the first half of the year brought in $10,674 as against a total of $13,646 for the whole of 1907, which represents a very considerable increase of business. Since
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    LAWN TENNIS.
    782 4 THE P.C.C. TOURNAMENT. The following ties were played off last evening Championship. H. A. Neubronner v. A. G. Anthony (unfinished.) Double Handicap. Class A. R. Henderson <fc I vens beat Eichenberg Stronach 3 9_7 6—2. J. G. Anthony Reimann w.o. from Dunn Reid Double Handicap. Class B. (Final)
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    THE AGRICULTURAL SHOW.
    790 4 LIST OF PRIZE WINNERS. Division F.— Agricoltural Implements and Miscellaneous. 323. Padi implements (collection). —1 Dato Paduka, Peng. Pulau Tiga, L.P. 2 K. Abdul Latib, Kota Lama Kiri, K.K. 324. Agricultural implements, other than for padi or rubber (Cup presented by Messrs. Sandilands, Buttery Co,) 1 No
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    IMPERIAL DEFENCE.
    242 4 DUKE OF CONNAUGHT'S POSITION. LORD CHARLES BERESFORD AND THE NAVY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 17th August. No announcement has been made of the resignation by H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught of the Presidency of the Board of Selection, but the absence of the Duke’s name from the list of
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    SOUTH AFRICAN UNION.
    77 4 COMMONS AND COLOUR BAR. [Reuter’s Service London, 17th August. The South African Union Bill has been read in a second time in the House of Commons without a division, the leaders on both sides strongly supporting it, and pointing out that while the practically unanimous agreement as
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    THE MURDER OF SIR W.C. WYLLIE.
    61 4 EXECUTION OF THE ASSASSIN. [Reutrr’s Service.] London, 18th August. Madha Lal Dhingra, the Hindu student from the Punjab, who was condemned to death for the murder of Lieut.-Colonel Sir William Hutt Curzon-Wyllie, k.c.i.e., c.v.O Political Aide-de-Camp to the Secretary of State for India, and
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    THE DUTCH MINISTRY.
    48 4 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th August. A telegram from The Hague states that M. A. W. F. Idenburg, Minister of the Colonies, has resigned and will shortly be appointed Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies. The new Minister of the Colonies is M. De Waal Malofijt.
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    THE POWERS AND MACEDONIA.
    41 4 [Reuter’s Service.] London, 17th August. A telegram from Constantinople states that the Powers have informed the Porte of their decision to suppress the International Finance Commission in Macedonia as a mark of sympathy with the new regime.
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    MR. CHURCHILL AND THE KAISER.
    40 4 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 17th August. On the invitation of the Kaiser, Mr. Winston Churchill, Piesideut of the Board of Trade, will attend the grand manoeuvres of the German Army during the coming Autumn.
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    GREAT FIRE IN GLASGOW.
    39 4 [Reuter’s Service London, 18th August. A great fire has taken place in the business centre of Glasgow. A block of premises in [ngram Street, stocked with dry goods, was destroyed the damage amounts to £250,000.
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    THE GENERAL POST OFFICE.
    25 4 [Reuter’s Service] London, 18th August. Lieut.-Colonel Sir Matthew Nathan, Governor of Natal, has been appointed Secretary to the General Post Office
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    THE CRETAN CRISIS.
    124 4 A FRESH DEVELOPMEHT. TURKISH FLEET LEAVES [Rrutrr’b Service.] London, 17th Aug u t A telegram from Canea, the capital rf Crete, states that the new administ rat J committee took the oath oi allegiance the King of Greece yesterday. Loudon, Bth August A telegram from Paris si
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    SECRET SOCIETY IN SINGAPORE.
    73 4 SMART RAID BY THE POLICE [From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, 18th August. At one o’clock this morning an armed party of police raided a house in Middle Road and surprised an initiation ceremony of the Triad Society. No resistance was offered and tliirteeen Cantonese and Hylains
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    ILLICIT OPIUM IN SINGAPORE.
    63 4 TWO EUROPEANS ARRESTED. [From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, 18th August. Last night tile Chief Police Officer, arrested a man named L. Schwartz, Manager of the Alhambra Cinematograph-; F. Dreyfus, Manager of Pathĕ Fieres; and one, Saleh Adad, for being in possession of $2,070 worth of illicit
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    CRIME IN KINTA.
    396 4 [From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, 12 th August Detectives had an encounter with aimed highwaymen at Kampar on Monday afternoon. The robbers were in the act of robbing two miners. One robber was shot down and captured. We read in a Bangkok paper An official notification has
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      529 4 LOST. LOST in or near the Cinematograph a Gold and Jade Brooch, anyone bringing it to Mrs. Fox, York Road, will be rewarded. AGRI-HDRTICULTURAL SHOW. MR. W. FOX will attend at the Land Office, on Thursday and Friday, the, 19th and 20th inst. at 2.30 p.m., to pay the Prizes
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    32 4 DEATH. Hill. —On August 14, at Newchwang, China, Eleanor Marie, youngest daughter of Mrs. Hill and the late John L. Hill, of Virginia, and sister of Mrs. W. A. White, of Singapore.
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    WELD QUAY RECLAMATION.
    6875 5 BOUSTEAD CO. v. THE CROWN. IMPORTANT ARGUMENT ON APPEAL. The hearing of the appeal in the important case of Thomas Cuthbertson and others v the Attorney-General, against the judgment of Mr. Justice Braddell, delivered on March 19, was resumed by the Full Court of Appeal in the
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      1814 6 h,,,. CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, I HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF TKB AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPU. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA. LIMITED. FflQtPrn rated by Rov.l Charter «P-Oapital »15,000,000 N<ther EßML^MD'l§2L° C,€,y at Batavia, 1857 Authorised Capital £1,500,000. Ddulvlll DlllUUlUn Incorporated by Royal Charter. Besaave Fdkdb
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    SHARES.
    1336 7 GQ G Capital. Subscribed. 8 6 Dividends V g "8 Shares. Value. 75 viviaends. Name. fe 8 g id "Xoo ZJ 3» ’JS *;r 2^“31 3 09 -T 3- 9 ni B «nnnn 6 6 12 10 10 7 ear «“<*• 3n *<-08... Bruseh Hyd.Tin Mining Co., Ltd’ 7$
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    72 7 Ambria, Ger,, 3233, Denial, August 18, Hamburg, gen., Behn Meyer <V. Ce. Cornelia, Brit., 194, William, Aug. 17, Port Swettenharn, gen.. E. S. Co. Petrel, Brit., 124, Allan, Aug. 17, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co. Bantam, Dut., 2114, Chevalie, Aug. 17, Sabang, gen., Huttenbach Liebert Co. De Kock,
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    CLEARANCES.
    46 7 Leong Ho for Pang Nga and Trang. Petrel for Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan. Jin Ho for Teluk Anson. Pegu for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Sree Bangka for Dindings. Flying Dragon for Port Weld. Prinz Ludwig for Ceylon, Australia, Aden, Egypt, and Europe.
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    PASSENGERS.
    67 7 ARRIVALS. By Perak (Aug. 15) from Deli, Mr Goodrich. By Pin Seng (Aug. 16) from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Cooke and infant. By Ds Kock (Aug. 18) from Deli, Mrs J C Ford. DEPARTURES. By Tong Ch ay Un (Aug. 1G) to Perlis, Messrs A Resasco, and G
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    85 7 /Va <>/ Stenimtr, whir? from, approxtoi<ne of nrrival, lohtr* bound, and Ag«nt». Austria, Trieste, Sept. 3, Japan, S.K. <’o. Awa Marti, Singapore, Aug. 27, Antwerp, B. Benvenue, Ixmdon, Aug. 20, Japan, S. B. Cametense, Liverpool, Sep. 4, Rangoon, E.S. Derfflinger, Bremen, Aug. 23, Japan, B. M. Glamorganshire, London,
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 7 Penang, 18th August, 1909. (By Courtesy oj 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 Documentary 2'4 13/32 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 175 f 3 days’ sight Private 17tif Bombay Demand Bank 175| 3 days’sight Private 176| Madras
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    PRODUCE.
    188 7 Penang, 18th August, 1909, Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 Ih. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $l 7 buyers. Trang Pepper $14.75 buyers. Mace 80 sales. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $18.50 sales. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    52 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. Clor*. Kedah Lian Choo 9 a.m. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Port Swettenharn, Port Dickson, and > Cornelia 1 p.m. Malacca j Trang Tong Chay Un 1 p.m. Port Swettenharn and Singapore Teesta 3 p.m. Friday. Tongkah Avagyee 1 p.m. Port Swettenharn and Singapore Pin
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    European Mails.
    34 7 Home- a Ex- Positively To WARD. STEAMBR P gCTED. DUE. SAIL. P. &O. Caledonia 28/8 B. 1. Palamcotta 21/8 Outward. P. &O. Assays 25/8 B.L Teesta 19/8 K. D. L. Derfflinger 23/8
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    544 7 P O ss Nile, from London, July 17 To Penang Mr «nd Mrs H J Cooper and child, Mrs G Lee and child, Messrs F J Hallifax and Rigg. To Singafore Mr and Mrs Macneill and child, Mr and Mrs A Macpherson, Captain and Mr T
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      50 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”
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      107 7 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 the body by another route—namely, the skin. To redirect the stream to its proper channel all that is needed is a wine-glassful of Hunyadi
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      2180 8 P. &0. Steam Mavigatian Company, Intended Snilinga. Shipping.Shipping. “SKS“ BRITI s H T D r ,m Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen. ltej| OUTWARD. STEAM NAVIGATION Co., LTD. Rb* Aug. 25 Assaye connecting with Mooltan wi Imperial German Mail Line. w Sept. 8 Delta India AM I 22 Himalaya China Fob Intended to
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