Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 September 1909

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. STABLISHED »833 I No. 201 VOL. LXVII. MONDAY, 6th SEPTEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1304 1 [f “PINANG gazette.” The New Japanese cinematograph. SUBSCRIPTION. Grand Programme To-night. H DRINK 1 !WHY MOT 1 ARRIVED! ARRIVED!! S= F VCVA 1( 11TTTIIT1A 3 =S Daily Issue, in Town. MANY NEW PICTURES. B MPcWAN S 3 B XTry\X7 nr nun 3 $27 per annum, Ist Show 730 p m
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1822 2 ORDINARY MEETING, FRIDAY, SEPT. 3. Present His Excellency the Governor, Sir John Anderson. The Hon’ble the Col. Sec., Capt. Sir A. Young The Hon’ble the Treasurer J. O. Anthonisz. the Attorney-General W. J. Napier. The Hon’ble Col. Engineer, F. J. Pigott. Tan Jiak Kim. M W. D. Barnes.
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    THE COLONY’S DEATH-RATE.
    990 2 In a leading article in its Saturdays issue the Straits Times says We are familiar, even unto nausea, with such arguments on behalf of insanitary property owners as were put forward at the Legislative Council yesterday, Ihe woes of the men who have dog kennels and pigstys
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    THE PENANG BAND.
    135 2 THE WEEK’S PROGRAMME. Monday —Esplanade. 1. Selection II Corsaro Verdi. 2. Cake Walk The Brookling Thurban. 3. Melody Serenade Schubert. 4. Waltz Cornflowers and Poppies Waldteufel. 5. March Royal St. Marceaux Desormes. Tuesday—Golf Club. 1. Overture To the Ballet Joko Lindpaintner. 2. Cake Walk Karama Manente 3.
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    THE WEEK.
    108 2 Monday, 6th September. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting. P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Tuesday, 7th September. St. Evartius. P C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Golf Club. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday, Bth September. Nativity B. V. M. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    109 2 September 6. 1745 —Rebel standard raised at Perth. 1864—H. R. H. Prince Alfred received by the Emperor of Japan. 1882—Siam New Royal Palace opened. 1888—Singapore and Straits Fire Insurance Companies promised to defray cost of two fire-engines for Singapore. 1894—H. Ex. Sir Chas Mitchell, Governor, Straits Settlements,
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    TENDERS.
    38 2 Straits Government: Opium, liquors, and tobacco farms, Labuan tenders close noon, Oct. 1. Residency of Rhio and Dependencies :—Gambling, Spirit, Opium, Pork, and Pepper Farms to be let in public at Tanjong Pinang on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    63 2 Friday, Sept. 10 —Land; 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer Saturday, Sept. 11 —Land ;10 a.m,; 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, Sept. 11 —Land in Province Wellesley 1 p.m. 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, Oct. 16
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    9 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co.
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      109 2 The Moon. Last Quarter 2.44 a.m. 7 Sept. O New Moon 10.09 p.m. 14 First Quarter 1.31 am. 23 O Full Moon 8.05 p.m. 29 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept. 6 5-01 11-14 5-26 11-39 7 5-52 6-18 12-05
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      1177 3 Eggsa I TIJS?' NEW GOODS. NEW GOODS. J MECHANICAL ENGINEERS, l|F 'r-.,,, STRAITS, SIAM, F.M.S., CHINA, »nd BURMA. I Ahirc 1 nrPAPTMFMT BFj indispensable in Hot Countries, < SOLE AGENTS FOR I£■ L/Ll AA IX, I IVI Em IX I I Hornsby Oil Engines, Pulsometer Engineering Co., I Pulsometers, Bflllivant’s
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    Monday, 6th Sept., 1909.
    1339 4 For once in a way at any rate the Governor lias got the Press of the Colony solid behind him, for there is hardly likely to be a journal in either Settlement but will endorse His Excellency’s remarks in Council on Friday on the death-rate in
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    COL. MURRAY’S DEPARTURE.
    833 4 Before the Legislative Council rose on Friday the Hon. Tan Jiak Kim asked permission to address a few words to His Excellency and the members. At the end of last month, he said, there had retired from the service their Colonial Engineer, Colonel Murray, after having served
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    732 4 Mr. Elcum, Director of Educati Or I and F.M.S., has returned to Taipi n I Mr. C. F. J. Green has been apr I a District Judge for the Settlem/?''" H Singapore. I Mr. F. J. B. Dykes, Senior Ward... I Mines, F. M. S., goes on
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      405 4 Karangan Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE next Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Municipal Office, at 3-30 p.m., on Thursday, the 9th instant. THE Ordinary Half-Yearly General jyjARSH, Meeting of Shareholders will be held Acting Secretary to the in the Company’s Office,
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    “FARTHEST NORTH.”
    158 5 DR. COOK’S ASSERTIONS. “TH E MOST IMPORTANT RESULT.” [Rkuter’s Service.] London, 4th Sept. Dr. F. A. Cook, in an interview regarding his discovery of the North Pole, said that he is prepared to submit his observations to any scientific authority. The most important result of the expedition is
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    PROGRESS IN AVIATION.
    113 5 TRIP ACROSS LAKE OF CONSTANCE TRIALS BY ZEPPKLIN AIRSHIP. [Reuter’s Service Loudon, 6th Sept. The aviation week at Blackpool will begin on October 18 Count Zeppelin invited 200 members of the Reichstag and Federal Council to Friedrichshaven and took them in batches of fifteen in his airship
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    JAPAN AND CHINA.
    90 5 A BOUNDARY AGREEMENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 6th Sept. An agreement has been signed between China and Japan by which Japan recognises the Tumen River as the boundary between Korea and Manchuria. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th Sept. The Suddeutsche Correspondenz, a journal with official ties, welcomes
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    RUSSIA.
    60 5 ILLNESS OF THE TSARINA. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th Sept. The Russian Government has decided to fortify a number of points along the coast of Finnland. Telegrams from St. Petersburg report that the Tsarina is ill and the plans of the Imperial family with regard to their travels
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    KING EDWARD.
    149 5 RE TURN FROM MARIEN BAD. [Reuter’s Service] London, 4th Sept. His Majesty the King has left Marienbad. According to an official statement the King is in perfect health and his strength is in everywise similar to and as sound as that of a man ten years younger. A
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    MR, H. CONWAY BELFIELD.
    153 5 INVESTITURE WITH C.M.G. THE GOVERNOR’S TRIBUTE [From Our Own Correspondent!} Kuala Lumpur, 4th Sept. The investiture of Mr. H. Conway Belfield, British Resident, Selangor, as a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George took place on Saturday. Colonel R. S. F.
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    OBITUARY.
    43 5 MR. NORMAN CUSCADEN. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 6th Sept. Mr. Norman Cuscaden, son of Capt W. A. Cuscaden, Inspector-General of Police, died in the General Hospital yesterday from enteric fever and complications. He will be given a Volunteer funeral this evening.
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    MISSING ACCOUNTANTS.
    36 5 ALLEGED HEAVY DEFALCATIONS. [Trom Our Own Correspondent.] Hongkong, 6th Sept. Mr. W. Butler Wright, chief accountant, Canton-Kowloon Railway, at Canton, and the Chinese second accountant, have disappeared under circumstances suggesting the defalcation of $50,000.
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    FARM TENDERS.
    31 5 PENANG, PERAK, AND KEDAH. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 6th Sept. A Government Gazette-Extraordinary calls for tenders for the Penang, Perak, and Kedah Farms, conjointly, for the year 1910.
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    THE LATE CAPT. TALBOT.
    35 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Kuala Lumpur, 6th Sept. A memorial service was held last evening in St. Mary’s Church for the late Captain H. L. Talbot, Chief Commissioner of Police, F.M.S.
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    A FANCY DRESS BALL.
    24 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.} Kuala Lumpur, 6th Sept. A most successful fancy dress ball was given in Seremban on Friday.
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    ANGLO-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS.
    44 5 AN IMPORTANT STATEMENT. [Reuter’s Service.] London, sth Sept. According to The Times’s correspondent at Marienbad, the result of His Majesty King Edward’s informal conversations with prominent Austro Hungarians is that Anglo-Austrian relations are in a fair way towards regaining their former cordiality.
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    POLITICS IN ENGLAND.
    24 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th Sept. Rumours of a forthcoming dissolution of the British Parliament are officially contradicted in London.
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    THE SWEDISH STRIKE.
    29 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 4th Sept. The general strike in Sweden has come to an end, masters and men having arrived at a satisfactory agreement.
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    429 5 TWO IHPORTAHT DIVIDENDS. FORTY PER OENT.FOR LfXllt. [From Our Own Correspondent.} London, 4th Sept. The Directors of Linggi Plantations, Limited, have declared an interim dividend of 40 per cent. A dividend of 20 per cent, has been declared by the Directors of the Consolidated Malay Rubber Estates.
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    Betting on the St. Leger.
    196 5 London, 27th Aug. The latest betting on the St. Leger is as follows Evens Bayardo. 3 to 1 agst. Minoru 100 to 14 Louviers. 100 to 8 Bachelor’s Double. 25 to 1 The Story. 25 to 1 Diamond Stud. 100 to 3 Mirador. Bayardo has
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    The Atrocities in Morocco.
    97 5 London, 31st August. An increased outcry has been raised regarding reports of Muley Hafid’s barbarities in consequence of his treatment of the Pretender, who has been publicly exhibited to the population of Fez in a cage, and of the Sultan’s threat to torture, and thus to
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    BISHOP BARILLON’S JUBILEE.
    1490 5 PRESENTATION AND ADDRESS. Last evening during Vespers at the Church of the Assumption, His Lordship the Rt. Rev. Bishop E. Barillon, Bishop of the Di<»cese of Malacca, gave the Benediction and Te Deum was sung. At the conclusion of the service, the congregation adjourned to the Parish
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    F.M.S. Tin.
    445 5 Tronoh’s August Output. We are informed that the output from the Tronoh Mines for August was 3,300 piculs. The output for the first eight months of 1907, 1908, and 1909 are as follows 1907. 1908. 1909. January 1,300 2,653 1,762 February 1,723 2,105 1,334 March 2,065 2,70) 2,103
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      848 5 The Government of ]the straits settlements. The Government of Perch. The Government of Kedah. NOTICE is hereby given on behalf of the above-named Governments that tenders will be received at the Office of the Resident Councillor, Penang, up to noon on the Ist of October, 1909, for the purchase of
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    SHARES.
    1424 7 1 CD I G I -2 I No. of Ihhu»- r tv- i i xt F 2 Capital. Subscribed. <i v Dividends. I Name. t S jf Shares. VaiueJ a Jjl MINING. 1903 1300,000. $300,000| 30,000; .flu 12% year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co., L:d. 6£ 1906 300,000,
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    85 7 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Gully, Sept. 5, Langkat, gen., E. S. Co. De Kock, Dut., 335, Fleeming, Sept 5, Langsa, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Ipoh, Brit., 528, Olsen, Sept. 5, Singapore, gen., Adamson, Gilfillan Co. Rotorua, Brit., 556, Glenday, Sept. 5, Tongkah, gen., E. S. Co Sappho,
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    CLEARANCES.
    40 7 Canton for Bindings and Teluk Anson Flying Dragon for Port Weld. Pegu for Langsa. T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Peshawun for Port Swettenham, Singapore, China and Japan. Silesia for Calcutta. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul.
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    PASSENGERS.
    180 7 ARRIVALS. By Tong Chvan (Sept. 4) from Kedah, Messrs W G Maxwell and Syed Muhammad Shahabudin. By Tara (Sept. 5) from Rangoon, Messrs J O Ciceron, P Haddow, 0 Hummol, and Deacon Peter. By Ipoh (Sept. 6) from Singapore, Mr and Mrs Brumel Norman, Messrs Haycroft, Chew Wong, P
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    81 7 of ■Stfamer. where from, approximate <iat» of arriral, where hund and Agents Benalder, London. Sept. 17, Japan, S.B. Co. Ceylon. London, Aug. 31, Japan, A. G. Co. Delta, Colombo, Sept. 9, China. A. G. Co. Devanha, Singapore, Sept. 11, Bombay, A. G. Ghazee, Liverpool, Sept. 16, Japan, S.
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 7 Penang, 6th September, 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 J 3 days’ sight Private 17tif Bombay Demand Bank 175| 3 days’sight Private 176 f
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    PRODUCE.
    194 7 Penang, 6th September, 1909, Gold leaf $65 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0b).... No stock. White Pepper sl7| buyers. Trang Pepper $14.75 buyers. Mace 80 sales. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 $lB sales. [No. 1 $6.65 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.85
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    97 7 To-Morrow. For. p er. Cio»». Kedah Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy and Swatow Glenogle 10 am Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Tongkah Rotorua 1 p.m. Trang Sree Bangka, 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Deli Malaya 3 p.m. Port Swettenham
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    European Mails.
    490 7 Home- a Ex- Positively To STEAMER C WARD. PECTED DUE. SAIL. P. i O. Devanha I 1 /9 8.1. Tara 18/9 N.D. L. Bulow 14/9 Outward. P. A Delta 8/9 B.L 16/9 N.1).1.. Lutzow 15/9 ON WEEK DAYS. FOR Balik Pulau, at 8 a.in. and 12-30 p.m. Butterworth,
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    LOG BOOK.
    921 7 The Admiralty are reported to hive placed with Messrs. W. Beardmore Co., Glasgow, a contract for 2,000 tons of armour-plating required for the improved Dreadnought battleship Colossus, now being built at Greenock. The value of the contract is about £200,000. I'he receipts of the Manchester Ship Canal Co.
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      130 7 Sun London. SftlOS ROOMS Insurances effected upon almost every /rz? vvirn 1 description of property at current rates of (ov, 1 Itn,. J Pr TotT S um insured in 1891 Ondertake the Sale by AUCTION of £373,700,000 Merchandise (either sound or damaged) HOUSE and LANDTotal sum insured in 1899 £435,000,000
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