Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1835 No. 191 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY. 25th AUGUST, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1164 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” tit fit TTTTTTTTTTTTTTyTTT ttttt<ttttttttttttt utjjtuttmTTumTiTmTiiTiT COMMON SOAP-BABY’S DEATH. SUBSCRIPTION. I Town, Penang, hereby invite tenders DRINK 3 rr AT uwdyat for the construction of Mac Alister Road F II IF Il ITT IW fl 3 EXTRACT FROM THE “PHARMACEUTICAL JOURNAL: F° r Daily Issue, in Town, Drains.
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    FOOD IN THE TROPICS.
    1516 2 —Shanghai Mercury The healthy man, as a rule, leaves himself entirely in the hands of his cook, but the invalid realises how much his health depends on the food he takes. Therefore it is the healthy man who runs the risk of becoming an invalid. There
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    The Cutch Industry of Borneo.
    436 2 Cutch is a hard, brown, brittle substance, and when broken presents a smooth shining surface like anthracite coal. It is used for tanning leather and also for dyeing textiles, black or brown. Sandakan has a prosperous cutch factory, which produced and exported 830 tons in
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    PAHANG IN 1908.
    647 2 MR. BROCKMAN’S REPORT. The administration report of Pahang issued as a supplement to the Government Gazette, establishes a record. In the twelve pages Mr. Brockman has successfully evaded any mention of the Sultan and his Court the Malay officers of Government, penghulus, »fcc., and has only once
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    Hard Times in Japan.
    214 2 A Tokio correspondent writes :—The past few months have afforded abundant evidence of the tragic effects of hard times on the general tone of Japanese society. The extraordinary number of suicides and the general tendency to increase of crime appearing among all classes are clearly attributable
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    THE WEEK.
    130 2 Wednesday, 25th August. Full Court of Appeal. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. League Football: Govt. Service v. A.C.S., Victoria Green. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday, 26th August. Outward P. O. Mail. Full Court of Appeal. Municipal Commission, 3-30 p.m. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Japanese Cinematograph,
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    35 2 August 25. 1795—Malacca capitulated to British forces. 1795 —Major Archibald Brown, Madras Army, appointed first Commandant of Malacca. 1834 —British Chamber of Commerce established at Canton. 1858—Treaty between Great Britain and Japan.
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    TENDERS.
    60 2 P.W.D., Bukit Mertaia.n Construction of three horse ferry boats tenders close noon, Aug. 28. 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,
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    AUCTION SALES.
    32 2 Saturday, Aug. SS :—Mercandise and furniture 14 Beach St. 11 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Monday, Aug. SO Unserviceable and Confiscated Property; 11 a.m.; Fort Cornwallis Joe de Mello, auctioneer.
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    9 2 33 Northam 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 Hunyadi Janos natural aperient water the first thing
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      49 2 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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      161 2 THE London Directory. (Published Annually.) ENABLES traders throughout the World to communicate direct with English MANUFACTURERS DEALERS in each class of goods. Besides being a complete commercial guide to London and its suburbs the Directory contains lists of EXPORT MERCHANTS with the goods they ship, and the Colonial and Foreign
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      432 2 KB THE POPUTiAfi B SCOTCH iWHISKY UM WMI OLD SCOTC ■tt “BLACK WHITE.” mKEIoImSp AGENTS: Huttenbach Bros. co. uh iVi 1 Scnir? hni|r ™s WILKINOUNd p RIZE WINNERS of Cup, Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JJMAICi at the pecent Agri-Horti. O■DO A B Dlll A oultupal Show can have
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      114 2 The Moon. O Full Moon 12.08 p.m. 31 Aug. Last. Quarter 2.44 a.m. 7 Sept. O New Moon 10.09 p.m. 14 First Quarter 1.31 am. 23 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. 'H. W. L. W A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Aug. 25 8-00 2-00 8-25 2-25 26 8-48 2-47
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      591 3 a"L s {chin seng co., I WHITEAWAY, LAIDLAW Co., Ltd., Penang. A NEW FIRST-CLASS HOTEL, > 2. fitted with (ESTABLISHED 1878.) < 881 BBB I Electric Light and Fans. C Motor-Car and Coach Builders, Repairers, Rubber Wheel C Bk j|B I I Wrights, d H Makers. < |w| J I
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    Wednesday, 25th August, 1909.
    1673 4 We learn from the Home papers that Colonel Mayhew, a well-known figure at City company meetings, is advocating the formation of a Shareholders’ Protection League. From what we have seen lately of directors and their ways in dealing with one or two Straits rubber and tin
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    SETUL.
    820 4 THE NEW ADMINISTRATION. In accordance with the Boundary Protocol annexed to the Anglo Siamese Treaty of March 10, 1909, a certain portion of north Kedah has been merged into the Siamese Monthon of Puket. We recently announced that the delimitation of the new boundary between Perlis and Setul had
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    THE BISHOP OF SINGAPORE.
    87 4 CONSECRATION AT ST. PAUL’S. SERMON BY BISHOP WELLDON. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th Auguat, The Rev. C. J. Ferguson-Davie Wa< consecrated at St. Paul’s Cathedral yest er day as Bishop of Bingapore, His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding The Rt. Rev. J. E. C. Welldon, Dean
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    THE BIRCH MEMORIAL.
    83 4 CONSTRUCTION COMPLETED. GOVERNOR TO UNVEIL THE BUST. [From Our Own Correspondent Ipoh, 25th August. The Birch Memorial (erected in memory of the late Mr. J. W. W. Birch, first British Resident of Perak) is now completed and the chimes of the clock are now »oin». It is
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    ANOTHER RUBBER FLOTATION.
    38 4 CAPITAL OF £40,000. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 24th August, The Sendayan Rubber Estate, in Negri Sembilan, has been floated in London with a capital of £40,000. The estate has a thousand acres planted.
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    THE FLORA OF CHINA.
    52 4 AN AMERICAN EXPEDITION. j Reuter’s Service London, 24th August. Professor Meyer, representative of the United States Bureau of Agriculture, has arrived in Liverpool en route to Batum whence he starts on a botanic expedition across Turkestan, Tibet and China in search of plants suitable for transplantation
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    SHIPPING DISASTER.
    44 4 N.D.L. LINER IN COLLISION. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 25th August. The Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Schlesien collided with the Argentine excursion steamer Columbia in Montevideo harbour, Uruguay. The Colombia sank and from 150 to 300 persons were drowned, mostly women. The Schlesien is leaking.
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    THE TSAR AND THE SULTAN.
    42 4 AN EXCHANGE OF VISITS [DeR OBTASIATIBCHE LLOYD’S SERVICE.] Berlin, 24th August. According to the Paris Temps there is some prospect of the Sultan going to St. Petersburg to return the Tsar’s forthcoming visit to him at Constantinople.
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    The Municipal Commission.
    170 4 The following is the business for tomorrow’s meeting of the Municipal Commission 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2 Any Special Business the President may bring forward. 3. Return of free services for electric current and water supply, etc. 4. Report from Veterinary
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      135 4 1 GABBICK COABSE-CUT. i O fe O 8 in iprice 8 »|l|||*S|! 90 8 O Patent cts. 2 O O 2 Air-tight per X 8 Tins. fajjggSiiaii Tin. 8 O o o* O Obtainable at Messrs. Pritchard fc Co., and all o First-class Tobacconists. 2 *************************000 LIP T O N’S
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    THE OPIUM TRAFFIC.
    138 5 STATEMENT BY SIR K. GREY. BRITISH GOVERNMENT’S POLICY. [Reuter's Service London, 25th August. Sir Edward Grey, Secretary of State for Foreign Affaiis, has received a memorial from Scotland urging a more speedy ending of the opium traffic and a relaxation of our treaty obligations in favour of
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    THE CRETAN CRISIS.
    109 5 A WARNING TO THE PORTE. [Reuters Service. l London, 24th August. Reuter’s correspondent at Constantinople wires that it is understood there that all the Turkish Embassies abroad has telegraphed to the Porte warning it of the disfavour with which the Powers view the chauvinistic policy on the
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    PROGRESS IN AVIATION.
    122 5 REMARKABLE RECORDS. [Reuter’s Service London, 24th August. There is a huge attendance of persons interested in aviation at the Rheims week. Some really remarkable speeds have been attained Bleiiot, the winner of the Daily Mail cross-Channel prize, circled a course of ten kilometres in 8 minutes 42|
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    EXPLOSION IN SWITZERLAND.
    67 5 A WHOLE CITY SHAKEN. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 24th August. A telegram from Geneva, Switzerland, states that there has been a terrible explosion in the gasworks. A gasometer blew up, shaking the whole city. Seven persons were killed, sixteen seriously injured, and fifty slightly injured. London, 25th August.
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    LABOUR TROUBLES IN AMERICA.
    48 5 STEEL WORKS WRECKED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th August. Telegraphic advices from Pittsburg show that in the attack by the strikers on the steelworks, the death roll amounted to eleven. The strikers wrecked a portion of the steelworks with nitro-glycerine. A further outbreak is feared.
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    GERMANY AND AMERICA.
    35 5 A NEW AMBASSADOR. [Dbr Ostasiatische Lloyds Service.] Berlin, 24th August. Mr Crane, the newly appointed American Ambassador to Germany, is proceeding to Berlin vid Siberia, and will visit Manchuria on the way.
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    MONARCHS’ MEETING.
    38 5 TSAR AND KING OF ITALY. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 24th August. The Tsar and the King of Italy have had a meeting, at which the Pnnce of Montenegro, King Victor Emmanuel s father-in-liif, was present.
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    THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
    2490 5 COL. MURRAY’S LAST REPORT. The annual report of the Public Works Department of the Straits Settlements for the year 1908, which appears over the signature of Colonel A. Murray, c. 8., M.1.c.E., Colonial Engineer and Surveyor-General, S. S has been is«uod as a supplement to the
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    727 5 BIS LEY AT TAI PING. We have received the programme of the Ladies Bisley which is to be held at Taiping on October 8 and 9. The competitions, of which there are ten, are open to ladies who are members of any Ladies’ Rifle Club in the
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      310 5 Mr. C. W. Ballantyne. P. P. C. 843-26-8 NOTICE. rHE vacancy for a first Assistant on a Rubber Estate has been filled applicants thanked. R. E. NOTICE. RUBBER ESTATES WANTED. ADVERTISER willing to negotiate with owners of Rubber Estates, large and small, with a view to purchase. Reply giving full
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      1904 6 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHEINDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA, AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. M AAI aun Arri j. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. I?QCfnT>n Qhinnind n »*****000 Netherlands Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Discoant Bank.) Ddoiclll UlllUUlllfi Incorporated by Royal Charter. nr > aSooo"’ Bstavu, 1857. Authorise.! Capital ...41,500,000.
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    SHARES.
    1390 7 co fl _O Capital. Subscribed. W vi.|.„.|.. t 1 I jJ <S H MINING. I 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 12% year end. 31-3-09 Belat 1 ’in Mining Co., Ltd. ss| 5| 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 6 6* .9011 600,000 600,000 60,000 10 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    59 7 Teesta, Brit., 3428, Willis, Aug. 25, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Omapere, Brit., 340, Bell, Aug. 24, Tavoy, gen., E. S. Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, William, Aug. 24, Port, Swettenharn, gen., E. S. Co. Avaygee, -Brit., 250, Campbell, Aug. 25, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co. Canton, Brit., 106,
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    CLEARANCES.
    47 7 Lian Choo for Kedah. Teesta for Negapatarn and Madras. Leong Ho for Pang Nga and Trang. Padang for Ratu Bahra. Avagyee for Teluk Anson. Landrat Scheiff for Rangoon. Hong Wan I. for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow. Un Peng for Bindings. Flying Dragon for Port Weld.
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    PASSENGERS.
    42 7 ARRIVALS. By De Kock (Aug. 22) from Deli, Mr T Hill Cottingham. By Teksta (Aug. 25) from Singapore, Messrs E P Holloway, J C Holmberg and L R Lazaroo. DEPARTURES. By De Kock (Aug. 24) to Deli, Mr Gan Keng Swee.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    93 7 oj Steamer, where frwta, mppro cim-t-ie <iate at arri.ral, where baimd and. Agent*. Assaye, Colombo, Aug. 26, China, A. G. Co. Austria, Trieste, Sept. 3, Japan, S.K o. Awa Maru, Singapore, Aug. 27, Antwerp, R. Bendoran, London, Sept. 4, Japan, S.B. Co. Ceylon. London, Aug. 31, Japan, A.
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 25th 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| 3 days’ sight Private 176 f Bombay Demand Bank 175| 3 days’sight Private Madras Demand
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    PRODUCE.
    189 7 Pknang, 25th August, 1909. Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $l7 buyers. Trang Pepper $14.75 buyers. Mace 80 sales. Mace Pickings $66.50 salex Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $18.50 sales. {No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.85
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    103 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. (’ion*. Singapore, China, and Japan Assaye 7 a.m. Kedah Tong Chuan 10 am. Tongkah Rotorua 1 p.m. Deli Perak (E.S. Co.) 1 p.m. Port Swettenharn, Port Dickson, and > Cornelia 1 p.m. Malacca Trang Sree Bangka, 1 p.m. Rangoon Glenogle 3 p.m. Port Swettenharn and
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    European Mails.
    548 7 Homs- q Ex- Positively To ward. pected. Due. Sail. P. &O. Caledonia 28/8 B. I. Taroba 1/9 7 a.m. 4 p.m. Outward. P. &O. Assaye 25/8 5 a.m. 9 a.m. 8.1. Thongwa 2/9 N.D.L. Goeben 31/8 Passengers to the Straits. Per P O Mooltan, from London, July 30,
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    LOG BOOK.
    844 7 The steamships Soudan, Plassy, and Dongola, owned by the P. O. Company, have been chartered by the Admiralty for the ensuing season, the Soudan for the Imperial trooping service, and the Plassy and Dongola for Indian transport work. Deciding that the yacht Hohenzollern is no longer equal to
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      87 7 Appendicitis, HOW so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from constipation and, local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of “Hunyadi Janos” natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast. The Marine Insurance Co., Ltd. The above Company is prepared co accept Marine risks at
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      104 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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