Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 September 1909

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED J 833. No. 212 VOL. LXVII. SATURDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1162 1 the pinang gaze he.” I subscription. H DRINK 3 These delicious high-class Cigarettes are totally F P $27 per annum, McEWAN’S 3 I distinct Irom anj otliers °b taißa b le e J will I $3O post free. sJK \'JAa /m S So M“XwM 26- i /WW STOUT 3 not
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    MALAY FOOTBALL.
    597 2 Saturday was a day of days among the Singapore Malays. Every Malay who had auy idea of Association football —and there is scarcely a Malay now who does not know something of the game—made it a point to turn up at Beach Road that afternoon to witness the
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    The Price of Rubber.
    247 2 .—Statesman. The abnormal price of rubber is creating profound dissatisfaction among manufacturers at Home, and several somewhat strong pronouncements have made on the subject by authorities associated with industries in which rubber in largely used. In Febiuary, 1908, the price of fine hard Para, owing to
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    CHENDAI (MENGLEMBU) LODE SYNDICATE.
    465 2 .—T O.M. BOARD OF DIRECTORS REMOVED. A special general meeting of the above Syndicate was held on Wednesday afternoon at the Registered Office of the Syndicate, 25 Chung Thye Phin’s Buildings, Ipoh. Present Messrs. C. W. Barnett, J. M. Wilson, H. H. Addis, and H. Jessen
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    CHURCH SERVICES.
    141 2 Isth Sunday after Trinity. September 19. St. George's Church. 8 a.m. —Matins (Choral). 8- a.m.—Holy Communion (Plain). 9- a.m.—Holy Communion (Chinese). 10- a.m.—Matins (Chinese). 5 p m.—Sunday School. 6 p.m.—Evensong and Sermon. Presbyterian Church. 9 a.m. —Divine Service. 6 p.m.—Divine Service. Methodist-Episcopal Mission. 74, Maxwell Road. Thirty-Eighth Sunday
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    THE REVIVAL OP TRADE.
    713 2 Statesman. Our London financial correspondent directs special attention to the substantial improvement which manifested itself during July in the external trade of the United Kingdom. A slight recovery was shown in the Board of Trade figures for the previous month, and this gave rise to the
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    Ceylon "Centenarians."
    139 2 evity except on good evidence.— Mr. Arunachalam’s Report Jor 1908. Among the deaths registered in Ceylon during the year 1908, there were 248 reputed centenai ians (116 males and 132 females), as against 280 the number in the previous year and 211 the average for the last ten
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    THE WEEK.
    169 2 Saturday, IBth September. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Eastern Bioscope Co., King St. Sunday. I9th September* loth Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 20th September. Karangan Hydraulic Tin Mining Co. General Meeting, noon. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Pollard Opera Co., Town Hall, 9-15. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    144 2 September IS. 1709 —Dr. Samuel Johnston born. 1721—Matthew Prior died. 1805—Penang proclaimed a Presidency Mr Philip Dundas appointed Governor. 1811 —Java conquered by the British. 1838 —Anti-Corn League formed. 1867—Fenian disturbances, Manchester. 1904 Mgr- Barillon consecrated Bishop of Malacca at Paris. 1905 Dr. Barnado died. 1905 —King
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    TENDERS.
    109 2 Penang Harbour Department:— Tin number plates for cargo, passenger, and fishing boats, and boards for fishing stakes tenders close noon, Sept. 30. Hongkong Government —Opium Farm tenders close Sept. 30. Straits Government; Opium, liquors, and tobacco farms, Labuan tenders close noon, Oct. 1. Straits Government Opium Farm of Penang;
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    20 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co. Westlands Bungalows, Nos 1, 2, 3, and 4 appl. Wreford Thornton.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    34 2 Saturday, Oct. 2. Shares in Land, etc. 38 Beach St. 11 a.m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, Oct. 16 :—Crown land near Teluk Bahang in District of Balik Pulau Land Office Penang.
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      61 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 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 Huny&di
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      152 2 A Reason for It There is only one cure for Rheumatism that has reached a world-wide popularity and reputation. There are many remedies sold for the relief and cure of rheumatism, but there is only one cure that can be considered as having a universal reputation, without a rival, and
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      59 2 The Troubles of Digestion, of 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
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      35 2 Appendicitis, now 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
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      108 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept.lB 2-52 9-05 3-18 9-31 19 3-44 9-57 4-09 10-22 20 4-35 10-48 5-01 11-14 21 5-27 11-39 5-52 22 6-18 12-05 6-44 12 31 23 7-09 12-57 7-35 1-22 24 8-01 1-48 8-27 2-14
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    Saturday, 18th Sept., 1909.
    1979 4 We have never been able to agree with the Scottish poet who prayed that some power might the giftie gie us to see oursel’s as others see us.” Even without this dubious gift self-examination and introspection are only too apt to destroy or undermine that magnificent
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    THE POISONS ORDINANCE.
    826 4 CHINESE CHEMIST FINED Mr. Chea Cheng Lean, of No. n Buckingham Street, on the complaint o f Mr. J. R. Brooke, Government Dep u Analyst, Penang, appeared before Mr de Mello, in the Third Police Court, yesterday, for breaches of the Poisons Ordinance There were three charges
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      303 4 SIEMENS BROTHERS DYNAMO WORKS, Ltd., S ELECTRIC LIGHT. POWER AND TRACTION. J ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS. J Contractors to: 2 The Admiralty A The War Office The Post Office 2 The Office of Works 2 J Ihe Crown Agents for the Colonies, etc. J Head Offices Caxton House, Westminster, London, S.W.
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    MUNICIPAL ADMINISTRATION.
    124 5 PERSONNEL OF THE COMMISSIOH. THE TERMS OF REFERENCE. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 18th Sept. The Municipal Commission of Enquiry will consist of the following members The Hon. J. O. Anthonisz, Colonial Treasurer (late President of the Municipal Commissioners, Singapore). The Hon. W. Evans, Resident Councillor, Malacca. The
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    LORD KITCHENER.
    158 5 HIS VISIT TO MALAYA. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 18th Sept. Lord Kitchener arrives in Ipoh to-morrow bv special train. He will travel in the Perak State saloon. The train will make a night run on to Kuala Lumpur. Sir William Taylor, Resident-General, F.M.S., will meet the special
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    55 5 ANOTHER MALACCA FLOTATION. [Z’rom Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, 18th Sept. The Krubong (Malacca) Rubber Plantations, Limited, was floated in London on the 6th inst. The property consists of 800 acres of which 342 are planted with tapioca and rubber. The capital is not stated, but 13,666
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    F.M.S. RAILWAYS.
    37 5 THE LINE REPAIRED [From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 18th Sept. Repairs to the railway line which was washed away near Alma, in Province Wellesley, have been effected, and the line is now open for traffic.
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    KINTA TIN MINES.
    36 5 A FURTHER DIVIDEND. [.From Our Own Correspondent.] Ipoh, 18th Sept. The Directors of the Kinta Tin Mines, Limited, have declared a further dividend of 1/- per share) payable in London on September 17.
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    THE RIVAL EXPLORERS.
    36 5 PEARY’S INSINUATIONS. [Rkutrr’s Service.] London, 17th Sept. C >mmander Peary declaies that he has obtained a statement and drawings from Dr. Cook’s Eskimos showing that they only made two marches and then returned.
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    THE BUDGET.
    32 5 THE DUTY ON TEA. [Reuter’s Service London, 17th Sept. The Labour Party have decided to propose an amendment to the Budget, reducing the duty on tea to threepence per pound.
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    THE FUTURE OF JOHORE.
    140 5 SPEECH BY SIR JOHN ANDERSON. OPIUM V. RUBBER. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, 18th Sept. At the Sultan of Johore’s birthday banquet, H. E. Sir John Anderson referred to two revolutionary features of the year: The opening of the railway and the development of rubber planting
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    GERMANY’S FOREIGN RELATIONS.
    95 5 IMPORTANT INTERVIEWS. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 17th Sept. In the course of an interview; M. Isvolsky, Russian Foreign Minister, assure 1 Herr von Bethmann-Holl weg, German Imperial Chancellor, that neither at the time of the Reval meeting nor at any time afterwards was Russia’s foreign policy
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    93 5 THE PREMIER AND THE LORDS. [Rbuter’s Service.] London, 18th Sept. The Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, speaking at Birmingham, >aid that the chosen representatives of the people should have the final voice in the Budget, but he admitted the seriousness of the charges made by
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    THE BRITISH ARMY.
    68 5 DIVISIONAL MANCEUVRES. [Rbuter’s Service.] London, 18th Sept. Divisional manoeuvres have been proceeding in Great Britain on an extended scale during the past week, preparatory to the Army manoeuvres next week. Many senior foreign officers, including Chinese and Japanese representatives, will be present during the last three days.
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    THE BOYCOTT IN CHINA.
    48 5 BRITISH SHIPPING AFFECTED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 18th Sept. The Shanghai correspondent of The Times contrasts the boycott of the British shipping companies on the River Yaug-tsze-kiang with a similar anti-Japanese movement by the student classes, in which the Taotai intervened under pressure from Japan.
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    A MILLIONAIRE’S WILL.
    50 5 FORTUNE FOR HIS WIDOW. [Reuter’s Service. l London, 17th Sept. By the will of the late Mr. Edward Henry Harriman, the American railway magnate, he has left his entire fortune, which is variously estimated at between fifty and a hundred and fifty million dollars, to his widow.
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    Singapore Golf Championship.
    92 5 The first part of t ie final for this event was played off on Tuesday between Miles and Fowlie. Miles was playing a strong game and finished the eighteen holes four U P- The conclusion of the competition is on Saturday, play starting at half past three
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    THE DIGNITY OF THE BAR.
    310 5 Mr. Montagu Harris appeared before the fourth magistrate in Singapore on Thursday to answer a charge of assaulting and wrongfully confining S. P. K. N. Muthia Chetty. Muttu, a clerk, should also have appeared on a charge of using criminal force to another Chetty named
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    Penang Exports.
    68 5 The following articles were exported from Penang during the first half of September To United Kingdom. Tons. Tin 875 Pepper, black 65 Tapioca, flour 475 Tapioca, flake 7n Tapioca, pearl 86 Copra 300 To United States. Tin 975 Pepper, black 40 Tapioca, pearl 175 Nutmegs 4 To Continent
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    A Rainfall Record.
    400 5 What is probably a record in the way of rainfall occurred during the severest portion of the downpour on Tuesday night The Municipal rain-guage, a delicate and ingenious apparatus which automatically registers and records not only the actual rainfall but also, what is equally important, the rate
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    RAHMAN HYDRAULIC TIN, LTD.
    887 5 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING. The second annual general meeting of shareholders of the above Company was held this morning at the registered offices in Penang. Mr. C. G. Ogilvie occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs. W. R. H. Chappel, J. W. Hallifax, J. Mitchell
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      623 5 The Eastern Bioscope sufferers from corns at the Victoria Hotel till Saturday next. Corns extracted painless- C* I 4 A ly in three minutes without bleeding. WIL, LllL Fee for extracting $1 on toe or $2 on sole. ln be r ted in their h S Location :-King Street Theatre
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      2077 6 Nw yw jr municipal notice. 7 777 7 0 n A Famous Cricketer V K n« The Property and Commercial Sales Rooms JL M ibkß ■L' the occurrence of a case of suspected (56, BEACH STREET.) jf t canine rabies, the shooting of unlicensed «JhDdn Mail StCdfDSKiP Co 1/1 dogs
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    SHARERS.
    1473 7 Id. g C Capital. Subscribed. Value. 5 Dividends. Name. I m t» El —f— MINING. I<rn £3OO 000 £300,000 30,000 £lO £lO 12 per cent, year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co. £0 1906 300,000 22.5,000 22,500 10 10 Bruaug, Ltd 5? 6 1001 600 000 600,000 60,000 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    81 7 Benalder, Brit., 1959, Tough, Sept. 17, London, gen., Sandiland Buttery Co. G. Apcar, Brit., 2961, Belaon, Sept. 17, Calcutta, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Gerd, Nor., 751, Andersan, Sept 18, Bombay, gen Huttenbach Liebert Co. Hudson, Brit., 2376, Fenton, Sept. 17, Singapore, gen., Adamson Gilfillan Co. Pachumba, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    89 7 Avagyee for Deli. Ban What Soon for Teluk Anson. Both for Langsa, T Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, Pulau Weh, Padang, Ac., Batavia. G. Apcar for Singapore, China, and Japan. Hebe for Deli. Kistna for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Leong Ho for Trang. Lai Sang for Calcutta. Pachumba for Mergui, Tavoy
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    PASSENGERS.
    90 7 ARRIVALS. By Kistna (Sept. 17) from Singapore, Mrs Busk from Port Swettenham, Mr and Mrs Munn, Inspector Cullen, Messrs P N de Cruz, C' N de Cruz and Koh Tiang Tiat. DEPARTURES. By Taroba (Sept. 16) to Singapore, Mrs Plum and child, Mr and Mrs Lim Ewe Chaing, Re*v
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    74 7 Name 0/ Steamer, where from, approxtma ie, date of arrival, where Imund and Agents. Ceylon. London. Aug. 31, Japan, A. G. Co. China, Trieste, Oct. 4, Japan, S. K. Landrat Scheiff, R’goon, Sept. 20, R’goon, E.S. Inaba Maru, S’pore, Sept. 24, Antwerp, B. Nippon, Singapore, Oct. 9, Fiume,
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 18th September. 1909. (By Courtesy of the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4| 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 9/32 3 Credit 2/4 7/16 3 Docur’entary 2'4| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 176 3 days’ sight Private 177| Bombay Demand Bank 176 3 <lays’sight Private 177 f Madras Demand Bank
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    PRODUCE.
    193 7 Penang, 18th September, 1909. Gold leaf $64.8<» Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper slB| buyers. Trang Pepper $14.75 buyers. Mace 87 sales. Mace Pickings $66.50 sales. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 slB| sellers. {No. 1 $5.80 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.85
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      251 7 CIGARETTES. WILKINSONS BLA-dK-CAT.-Essence or Fiuid Extract Oi REo 5 31gt December, 1907, this Cigarette had only been on the market three I M years, yet its sales during 1907 were five times its sales during 1906—ind it is still X" iuereaUng in the sa.ne property fronounced by the HIGH A
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      1302 7 MAILS CLOSE. Monday. p or The Express learns that the Admiralty have decided to create a base for torpedo ingapore, ong ong, craft at Falmouth. Three or four other Pulau°Langkawi7periis, 3 P m baBe B are be established along and Setul Un Peng 4 p.m. tbe Channel coast in order
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