Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 September 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 205 VOL. LXVII. FRIDAY. 10th SEPTEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1303 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” Rahman Hydraulic Tin, Limited. o e «imnnnninimmmnimmitnnnnnmnmiminnimmmnim subscrib e ion. notice of seconD|ANNUai generai BODOM, Photographic Artist, I WHY NOT 1 For Daily Issue, in Town, SX Xl $27 pep OR annum jqo-ncE is hereby given that the Second NORTHAM ROAD (Corner of Transfer Road), g TAKE
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    THE POOLS OF SILENCE.
    969 2 A NOVEL OF THE CONGO TRAGEDY. When the hero of Mr. H. de Vere Stacpoole’s amazing book. The Pools of Silence (London, Unwin) fresh from the Congo and its infamies, endeavoured to enlist the sympathies of a famous Parisian author for a crusade on behalf of
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    THE MORAL OF BARCELONA.
    1005 2 It is now happily safe to affirm that order has been restored in Barcelona. Our correspondent in the city reports that work was being resumed. There is no confirmation of the reports of widespread disorders in the province, and it appears to be at least extremely
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    PUBLIC HEALTH.
    347 2 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended September 4 there were /3 deaths 54 males and 19 females —equal to a deathrate of 37.44 per mille (estimated population, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were ■w "5 V «I Ji •c T 3 32 5?
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    A Chinese Official on Indian Rule.
    300 2 1. Exchange A Chinese official named Huang Mao-t’sai travelled in India in Lord Ripon’s time, says a correspondent, and published his experiences on his return to China. He was no servile admirer of our doings ami objected to our swallowing up” our small frontier
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    THE WEEK.
    152 2 Friday. 10th September* P.C.C. Tennis Ties. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Volunteer Prize Distribution and Smoker, Drill Hall, 9-30 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Eastern Bioscope Co., King St. Saturday, Ilth September. Homeward P. O. Mail. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Sunday. I2th September. 14th Sunday after Trinity.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    90 2 September 10. 1547—Battle of Pinkie. 1886—Selangor Railway Opened. 1892 —Electric Railway Public Trial, Singapore. 1898—Empress of Austria Assassinated. 1905—Serious fire at Tyersall, Singapore. 1905—Admiral Togo’s flagship JfiA'asa caught fire and sunk at Sasebo. 1905 Municipal Commissioners of Penang adopt Tanjong Bungah water supply scheme subject to a
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    TENDERS.
    101 2 Penang Harbour Department Tin number plates for cargo, passenger, and fishing boats, and boards for fishing stakes; tenders close noon, Sept. 30. Straits Government Opium, liquors, and tobacco farms, Labuan tenders close noon, Oct. 1. Negri Sembilan Govt —Pawnbrokers’ Licences tenders close noon, Oct. 15. Straits Government Opium Farm
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    AUCTION SALES.
    51 2 Saturday, Sept. 11 —Land in Province Wellesley 1 p.m. 38 Beach St. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday and Monday, Sept. 11 and 13. Stock-in-trade; 11f Buckingham St.; 11 a.m. Koh Eng Hin. auctioneer. Saturday, Oct. 16 :—Crown land near Teluk Bahang in District of Bjjlik Pulau Land Office
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    19 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co. Westlands Bungalows, Nos. 1,2, 3, and 4 apply Wreford Thornton.
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      194 2 A Cure that Cures There are men and women in every locality who are being racked to death with rheumatism. Many of them have tried electricity, liniments, Turkish and mineral baths, massage, etc., while others have been doctored until they have lost all hope and patience. Little’s Oriental Balm has,
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      61 2 Skin Troubles are often thq 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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      149 2 The Moon. O New Moon 10.09 p.m. 14 Sept. First Quarter 1.31 a in. 23 n O Full Moon 8.05 p.m. 29 Last Quarter 1.44 p. m 6 Oct. The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept. 10 8-26 2-14 8.52 2-39
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      2200 3 LAIDLAW 8 Co., Ltd., Penang. SAT IT e “The Pawnbrokers Enactment. 1908.” The Governmenl or Perch. Cig>ap Cigarette At $l.OO per pound. TXTHEREAS by Negri Sembilan Govern- The Government of Kedah. K.» orders below $50.00 accepted. \Y ent Gazette Notification No. 398, WTT w 1 VfOTICE» hereby given on behalf
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    Friday, 10th Sept., 1909.
    2593 4 Dr. P. V. Locke, one of the elected Municipal Commissioners, has written a letter to our local contemporary on the subject of Penang’s high death-rate and the Municipality. We have read this letter with genuine satisfaction, for it demonstrates that at any rate the Commissioners are
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    THE TONGKAH HARBOUR HINE.
    8 4 SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR INTERESTS.
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    THE CORNISH PIXIE.
    516 4 AN IMPOSTURE EXPOSED. The following article from the Sydney Newsletter will be read with some interest in Penang, seeing that the imposture it commemorates made an appearance here and in Singapore Half Sydney recently went into ecstacies over a wonderful little frail man who visited the city
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    Legislative Council.
    337 4 Ordinary Meeting, Tuesday, Sept. 7. 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. W. D. Barnes. E.
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    THE POSITION OF TIN.
    533 4 The metal markets expert of the monger, writing on the evening ,f Ui/ 19, said There was not much activity in tin prices have fluctuated a good deal, with big movement, however. Towards thee]/ of last week the demand was poor, and some pressure to realise
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    The Colony’s Trade.
    477 4 Sir Arthur Young’s Report. At a meeting of the Legislative Council, on Tuesday afternoon, the repott of the Colonial Secretaiy, Sir Arthur Young, K.C.M.G., on the Straits Sett ements for 1908, was laid on the table. After quoting statistics relating to the trade of the Colony, the
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    Lawn Tennis.
    26 4 The P.C.C. Tournament. The following tie was played off ;lSt evening Mixed Doubles. (Semi-Final) Mrs. Oechsle Eichenberg beat Mr. M rs. Neubronue' B—6 6—l.
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    STRAITS ATTORNEY-GENERAL.
    357 5 BANQUET TO MR. NAPIER. SAD NEWS FROM THE BAHAMAS. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Singapore, 10th Sept. Mr. W. J. Napier, dc.l, who has resigned his post as Attorney-General, has been entertained to a banquet by the commercial community. He sailed to-day for Home by the P iO. mail
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    THE RESIDENCY AT IPOH.
    55 5 NARROW ESCAPE FROM FIRE. [/’fom Our Own Correspondent.} Ipoh, 9th Sept. The Residency here has had a narrow escape from fire owing to a lamp on the dining table capsizing while a servant was laying the table. Mr. and Mrs. Birch were not at home at
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    THE OUTRAGE NEAR PETALING.
    46 5 KANG ANY SENT TO PRISON. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Kuala Lumpur, 10th Sept. The kangany who stabbed Mr. W. J. Peters, Superintendent of Bukit Hitam Estate, near Klang, on the evening of July 21, has been sentenced to three years’ rigorous imprisonment.
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    TURKEY AND JAPAN.
    44 5 DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS [Reuter’s Service London, 9th Sept. The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Constantinople states that the negotiations for the establishment of diplomatic relations with Japan have been concluded. Japan has waived her demand for the capitulations to be extended to Japanese.
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    LORD KITCHENER.
    42 5 FAREWELL TO INDIAN ARMY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 10th Sept. Lord Kitchener, in a farewell order to the Indian Army, praises its excellent work, and emphasises that the At my has not; been affected by the attempts to undermine its loyalty.
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    THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH.
    37 5 DEBTS OF THE STATES. [Reuter's Service.] London, 9th Sept. A Melbourne telegram states that the Hon. A. Deakin, Premier of the Commonwealth, has introduced a Bill to federalise the debts of the respective States.
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    THE KAISER.
    23 5 [Der Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th Sept. The Kaiser will go to his shooting box at Rominteu on the 22nd inst.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    205 5 THE LORDS ABD THE BUDGET. LORD ROSEBERY’S ATTITUDE. [Reuter’s Service] London, 9th Sept. The S’andard says it is stated that Lord Rosebery will move the rejection of the Budget in the House of Lords. [lt has long been evident that Lord Rosebery has little in common with
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    PROGRESS IN AVIATION.
    64 5 A CROSS COUNTRY RECORD. [Reuter’s Service] London, 9th Sept. At Aidershot Colonel Cody established a cross-country record, aeroplaning miles in 63 minutes. He flew over the troops, who cheered him [Der Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th Sept. A telegram from Frankfort states that a company, with a
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    “FARTHEST NORTH."
    68 5 EXPLORERS’ CROSS-CHARGES [Reuter’s Service London, 10th Sept. An extremely heated controversy is raging in America regarding the claims of the two Polar explorers. A letter from Commander Peary has been published complaining of Dr. Cook appropriating his Esquimaux and dogs and using the Esquimaux's knowledge gained under his
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    RUSSIA’S NAVY.
    59 5 EXTENSION OF PROGRAMME [Reuter’s Service London, 10th Sept. The Russian Admiralty is preparing a further programme of shipbuilding in addition to the four Dreadnoughts already laid down. [Der Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th Sept. A review of the Russian fleet has been held at Sebastopol by the Tsar
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    AUSTRIAN MANOEUVRES.
    48 5 ATTENDED BY THE KAISER. [Reuter’s Service] London, 9th Sept. The Kaiser is attending the Austrian Manoeuvres at Moravia as the guest of the Emperor Francis Joseph. [Der Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th Sept. The Kaiser is attending the Austrian Army manoeuvres and received an enthusiastic reception.
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    NETHERLANDS-INDIA.
    45 5 BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR. [Der Ostasiatischb Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 9th Sept The Bud get for the Netherlands Indies for 1910 shows a deficit of 24 tailiions guilders owing to economical and special expenditure on railway construction. The ordinary expenses are fully covered by revenue.
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    PORT OF LONDON DUES.
    39 5 AN OFFICIAL EXPLANATION [Reuter’s Service London, 10th Sept. It is officially explained that the schedule of maximum dues under the new Port of London Authority is simply a draft, no definite decision having been made.
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    THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    1767 5 ORDINARY MEETING. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commission was held yesterday afternoon in the Municipal Offices. There were present Mr. F. J. Hallifax (President), Dr. P. V. Locke, Mr. L H. Clayton, and Mr. Lira Cheng I’eik with Dr. G. W. Park (Health Officer), Mr. L.
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    Penang Swimming Club.
    279 5 The first race for the Gibbons Cup, to swum on Sunday next, at 10-30 a.m., 'will be a 100 yards handicap. The handicaps of the 24 entrants will be published in to-morrow’s issue. After the race there will be a “pick-up” water-polo ffiatch. The teirace of the
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      398 5 POLICE NOTICE. rHE Chief Police Office will be removed temporarily during repairs to the Fort from Friday, the 10th instant. H. B. de HAMEL, Chief Police Officer. Chief Police Office, Penang, 9th September, 1909. i 1 Penang Sales Room. 0 The undersigned is instructed to sell BY PUBLIC AUCTION, AT
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    LOG BOOK.
    980 7 Messrs. D. L. Flack «V Sou advise the following case of very quick despatch in bunkering at Point, Hampton Roads, Va. The German ss. Adelheid arrived on the 26th July at 6 a.m., went uii'ler coal chutes at 8 a.m took in 286 tons bunker coal in one
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    61 7 Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Gully, Sept. 10, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont, Sept 10, Singapore, gen., Hottenbach Liebert& Co. Mary Austin, Brit., 121, Harvey, Sept, iO, Asahan, gen., E. S. Co. Malaya, Ger., 348, Loewe, Sept 10, Deli, gen., Behn Meyer Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    55 7 Flying Dragon for Port Weld. Hock Canton for Langsa, T. Seraawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Lian Choo for Kedah. Malacca for Tongkah. Mambang for Setul. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Pin Seng for Port Swettenhani and Singapore. Sappho for Teluk Anson. Un Peng for
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    PASSENGERS.
    136 7 ARRIVALS. By Kistna (Sept. 10) from Singopore, Mrs M Jayesuria, Messrs Yeoh Hong Kean, Khoo Kean Siong, Wee Cheng Thock. Ong Tiow Tong, and Quah Seng Khay from Port Swettenham, Rev Father Passail, Messrs R Bamber, Robertson, and P J Sproule. By Tong Cauan (Sept. 8) from Kedah, Mr
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    109 7 /Fame o/ <S’fea»nar. where from, appro c«»n date of arrival, where hound and Agetits. Benalder, London. Sept. 17, Japan, S.B. Co. Ceylon. London. Aug. 31, Japan, A. G. Co. China, Trieste, Oct. 4, Japan, S. K. Devanha. Singapore, Sept. 11. Bombay, A. G. Ghazee, Liverpool, Sept. 16, Japan,
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 7 Penang, 10th September, 1909. By Courtesy of the Chartered Batik). London Demand Bank 2/<| 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 9/32 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Documentary 2/4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 176 3 days’ sight Private 177$ Bombay Demand Bank 176 3 days’sight Private 177$ Madras Demand Bank 176
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    PRODUCE.
    195 7 Penang, 10th September, 1909. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper sl7£ buyers. Trang Pepper $14.75 buyers. Mace 80 sales. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves ou t °f season. Nutmegs 110 $lB sales. (No. 1 $5.80 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    122 7 To-Morbow. For. Per. Close. Rangoon and Calcutta Tara 11 a.m. Registration up to 10 a.m. Kedah Tong Chuan noon. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Batu Bahra Padang 1 p.m. Trang Sree Bangka, Ipm eylon, Australasia. >. India, Aden, Mauri- I Devanha 4-30 p.m.
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    European Mails.
    41 7 Home- q Ex- Positively To Steamer. o WARD. PECTED DUE. SAIL. P. Ji O. Devanha 11/9 11am. 7 p.m. B. I. Tara 18/9 N.D.L. Bulow 14/9 Outward. P. <fc O. Himalaya 22/9 B I. Taroba 16/9 N.D.L. Lutzoto 15/9
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    618 7 Per P and O ss India, from Loudon, Aug. 13, and ss Delta from Colombo due Penang September 8 —To Penang J C Ward. To Singapore Mrs Russell, Mrs K Crofts, Messrs J M Russell, R. Bailey, and F O Ricketts. Per P and O ss
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    SHARERS.
    1559 7 J A I Capital. Subscribed, Value. S Dividends. Name. ce i j- < q P-, M O! J H MINING. 1903 8300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 12 per cent, year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co., Ltd. s6} 6ft 1906 300,000 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 6 6ft
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