Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 September 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 214 VOL. LXVII. TUESDAY, 21st SEPTEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1886 1 IMF PINANG GAZETTE/ --s rma— ii SUBSOKIPTION. till Saturday next. Corns extracted painless- D I M LC I B ly in three minutes without bleeding. g*~ 5 I I Nl 1X ~3 fl K Fee for extracting $1 on toe or $2 on sole. I— —3 fl B 8 B
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    RACING AT HOME.
    489 2 DONCASTER SEPTEMBER MEETING. Three Important Results. A special telegram to the Asian, dated September 7, gives the following important results at the Doncaster Septembei Meeting Champagne Stakes. The Champagne Stakes of 30 sovs. each, only by the first, with 1,000 sovs. added. For two-year olds. Colts 9st.
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    “The Indian Sociologist.”
    119 2 Trial of Aldred. London, 10th September. Aldred was charged at the Old Bailey today. The Attorney-General, in reciting the objects of the publication of The Indian Sociologist, declared that it aimed at the destruction of the Indian Government, mainly by the murder of Englishmen and women. The
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    Typhoid in Ireland.
    59 2 London, 9th September. A serous outbreak of enteric has occurred among the officers engaged in manoeuvres in Ireland It is attributed to milk. Nine officers of the Munsters Fusiliers and one of the Welsh Regiment, besides sergeants and officers servants, have contracted the disease, while the rank
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    Farthest South.
    19 2 London, 14th September. Already hundreds of applicants have asked to join Captain Scott in the Antarctic expedition.
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    592 2 NEW BOOKS. The following new books have been received at the Library The White Prophet (2 vols.), by Hall Caine. Five Months in the Himalaya, by A. L. Mumm. The Times History of the War in South Africa 1899-1902, Vols. VI and VII, Ed. by L. S. Amery.
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    The Boy Scouts.
    39 2 London, 11th September. The Daily Chronicle states that the War Office has arranged to employ a number of picked Boy Scouts during the forthcoming manoeuvres under war conditions, thus submitting their utility to a severe test.
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    The Mappin & Webb Burglary.
    28 2 The Mappin Webb Burglary. London, 11th September. The burglars who recently broke into Mappin <k Webb’s premises in Cbeapside have been sentenced to ten and eight years’ imprisonment.
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    INTERPORT CRICKET.
    845 2 The Straits Times of Thursday last devotes considerable space to a controversy the subject matter of which is the Paget Cup and the inability of the S.C.C. to send a team to oppose Bangkok during the coming season owing to their existing arrangement to meet Hongkong in November.
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    Affairs in Greece.
    107 2 London, 14th September. Since the overthrow of the Ralli Cabinet and the interference by the Military League in the affairs of Government, the situation in Greece has been aggravated by the departure of the Crown Prince and other Princes from Greece. The former Premier, M. Theotokis, is
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    THE WEEK.
    194 2 Tuesday, 21st September. St. Matthew, A. E. M. Band, Golf Club. League Football Volt. r. G. S., Esplanade. Pollard Opera Co., Town Hall, 9-15 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Eastern Bioscope Co., King St. Wednesday, 22nd September. Band, Esplanade 6 to 7 p.m. Meeting of Licensing Justices. League
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    102 2 September 21. 1818—Malacca restored to the Dutch. 1832 —Sir Walter Scott died. 1878 —Public meeting in Penang to “consider the conduct of the Police in general in dealing with the public.” 1892 —Governor C.C. Smith and party narrowly escaped drowning in Kinta River. 1900—Count von Waldersee reached
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    TENDERS.
    135 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.
    19 2 33 Northara 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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      303 2 THE NAME CHUBB ©IUBBS SAFE I NARK IS A detectob GUARANTEE LOCKS of i BOXES BI quality. I El JI i 1 it all sizes stock ed. is i AGENTS: HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. V 4 The Eastern Bioscope W C°** Ltd* ’ll Location King Street Theatre Hall. J\ Performance for
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      154 2 The Tides. Date. H W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept.2l 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 „25 8-52 2-32 9-18 3-05 26 9-44 3-31 10-09 3-57 „27 10-35 4-32 11-01 4-48 28
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      1233 3 THE and Trading Corporation, MOSQUITO CURTAINS Naudin ten Gate 4Co Ltd o IVUV < WI v Will Fill! \> 2 penanc-medan. 8 stocked in all sizes. its suburbs the Directory contains lists of 11 1 export merchants O Uiscoiint bills and advance loans for O I pps i oo,< W
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    Tuesday, 21st Sept., 1909.
    627 4 On the front page of one of the weekly society papers received by the last mail we notice an advertisement to the effect that, rubber being at Bs. a pound, the Dunlop Company has been obliged to raise the price of tyres. A cable we published
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    270 4 MONTHLY SPOON COMPETITION. The monthly spoon competition was held by the members of the Penang Ladies Rifle Club at the Rifle Range, Kampong Bahru, yesterday afternoon, when twelve members fired in class A and nine in class B. Mrs. Langham-Carter was the winner of the A class
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    Pollard's Lilliputians.
    508 4 A Successful Debut. It is now some years since Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company, which opened what we hope may be a successful short season »t the Town Hall last night, visited Penang. Those who remembered the clever and amusing entertainment then provided were not disappointed when they renewed
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    908 4 Nine cases are on the calendar for the Assizes which started to-day, including three of murder, two of attempted murder, one of burglary, two of gang robbery, and one of criminal breach of trust. Mr. Justice Thornton opened the Assizes, and after several applications for exemption from service
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    LORD KITCHENER IN TAIPING.
    981 4 INSPECTION OF THE GUIDES Lord Kitchener arrived at Taipir l( f r Penang at 5 p.m. on Sunday, and w/ at the station by the British Resident E. W. Birch, Mr. R J. Wilkinson, Cd Jackson, R.E., Surveyor-General, Mr Barnard, Divisional Engineer f Ol p, <
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    THE LORDS AND THE BUDGET.
    157 5 ALLEGED ACTION BY THE KING. a CONCESSION TO LANDLORDS. [Reuter’s Service] London, 20th Sept. Mr. Lloyd-George, Chancellor of the Exchequer, admits the truth of the report that he will make an important statement in the House of Commons to-day, which, he hopes, will remove the
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    POLITICS AT HONE.
    66 5 LORD ROSEBERY’S POSITION. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 20th Sept. At a meeting of the executive of the Liberal League, Lord Rosebery, who was cordially received, explained his position with iegard to his resignation as President of the League. The meeting unanimously resolved to place on record its deep
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    ANTI-MILITARISM IN FRANCE.
    71 5 A DISGRACEFUL OUTRAGE. [Reuters Service.] London, 20th Sept. The French public has been intensely moved by an incident which occurred at Macon after the manoeuvres when the flag of a regiment was stolen during the night and thrown into a latrin°. At a meeting in Paris yesterday
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    SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
    47 5 SULTAN AND THE RIFF WAR. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyds Service] Berlin, 20th Sept. The Moorish Government has approached the Diplomatic Corps at Tangier with regard to the Spanish military operations in the Riff district. Apparently the Sultan wishes the Powers to intervene to restore peace.
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    THE ENGLISH HARVEST.
    42 5 A BETTER OUTLOOK. [Reuter’s Service London, 20th Sept. Dry weather has prevailed during the last few days and has done much to retrieve the threatened ruin of the crops in England, predicted in a telegram of the 14th inst.
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    ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.
    35 5 DIPLOMAS FOR WOMEN. [Reuter’s Service] London, 20th Sept. Mr. Herbert Gladstone, Home Secretary, has approved of regulations for the conferments on women of the diplomas of the Royal College of Surgeon.
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    AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.
    26 5 NAVAL ESTIMATES REDUCED. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 20th Sept. A telegram from Vienna states that the Austro-Hungarian Ministry has reduced the Naval Estimates by £1,160,000 Sterling.
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    ANARCHISM IN RUSSIA.
    38 5 A CONSPIRACY UNEARTHED. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 20th Sept. A Terrorist plot has been discovered at Baku and the chief of the secret police has been arrested on suspicion of being implicated in it.
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    THE SEVENOAKS MYSTERY.
    142 5 THE LUARD MURDER RECALLED. AN ARKEBT AT MAIDSTONE. [Reuter’s Service London, 20th Sept. A man has been arrested at Maidstone in connection with the murder of Mrs. Luard, wife of Major-General Luard, of Ightham Knoll, near Sevnuoaks, on August 24, 1908. [lt will be remembered that Mrs.
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    JAPAN’S FOREIGN POLICY.
    99 5 ITS PACIFIC TENDENCY. [Per OSTASIAT1SCHE LLOYD’S SERVICE] Berlin, 20th Sept. The Japanese Ambassador to Austria in the course of an interview with a representative of the Vienna Freie Presse emphasised the pacific tendency of Japan’s policy towards both China and Russia. [The Novoe Vremya, in a recent
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    AMERICA AND JAPAN.
    77 5 PRESIDENT TAFT’S ATTITUDE. [Reuter’s Service London, 20th Sept. President Taft, on starting for a twelve thousand mile tout of the Western States, was met at Minneapolis by fifty Japanese Commercial Commissioners At a luncheon which followed, the President paid a tribute to Japanese industry and patriotism, proposed
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    BRITAIN IN CHINA.
    52 5 THE TIENTSIN POST OFFICE. [Reuter's Service.] Loudon, 21st Sept. In the House of Commons yesterday, Colonel Seely, Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, replying to Mr. Henniker Heaton, stated that he understood that an arrangement had been made to maintain the British Post Office at Tientsin for
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    Tragedy at Panama.
    289 5 Editor Killed. New York, Aug. 27. After a desperate hand-to-hand fight at Panama yesterday General Herbert Jeffries, a noted Panama revolutionist, killed Mr. William Chandler, editor of the Panama Press, who he accused of writing an article d<*matory to Mis. Claude Guyaut, wife of the United States
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    The Cotton Dispute.
    34 5 London, 11th September. The master cotton spinners have decided to continue running mills spinning American cotton for four days a week only to November 8, six weeks longer than originally intended.
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    BOOSING AND SANITATION.
    1064 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, Having read with great interest the discussion which has been going on in the Press on the matter of sanitation of Penang, I feel I cannot let it pass without adding a few remarks and at the same time
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    INSANITARY PENANG.
    202 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”] Sir, So much has been said on this topic to need further remarks it now remains to speak of the necessary works that should be done with the object of obtaining the sanitary improvement of George Town. Opinions may disagree, but
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    Meteorological Observations.
    112 5 The following meteorological observations taken at Government Hill during last week’s bid weather are to hand and to some extent explain the cause of our recent deluge. The rise of nearly forty degrees in the sun temperature is remarkable and mote than sufficient to cause severe atmospheric disturbances.
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    Germany and India.
    66 5 London, 14th September. It is officially announced in Berlin that. Herr Goesling, Commercial Attache to the Consulate-General in Calcutta, has begun an educational tour of German business centres to instruct the Chambers of Commerce and firms with regard to opportunities of trade with India. It is understood
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    Aviation.
    47 5 London, 14th September. Curtiss, the aviation expert, has accepted engagements in America for October alone for fees totalling £6,400. Bleriot has accepted engagements for one day each in Vienna and Budapest and will receive together £3,200. He has also received ordeis for over a hundred aeroplanes.
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    Anarchism in Spain.
    49 5 London, 12th Sept. As the result of recent disturbances in Catalonia, thirteen anarchists have been exiled and several imprisoned, including Ferrer, who was implicated in the attempt on the occasion of the marriage of King Alfonso. Large numbers of Municipal authorities, including mayors, have been dismissed.
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    The Cholera Outbreak in Holland.
    41 5 London, 11th September. It is officially announced from Rotterdam that cholera may be regarded as stamped out. The remaining isolated patients have been discharged as cured, and no fresh cases have occurred since the 4th instant.
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    The Tennis Championship.
    40 5 London, 14th September. In the preliminary lawn tennis contest at Philadephia between England and America for the right to challenge Australia in the competition for the Davis Cup, the Americans have won three events out of five.
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    Cricket.
    34 5 London, 11th September. Lord Londesborough's England eleven has beaten the Australians at Scarborough by 133 runs. The Players of the South have beaten the Gentlemen of the South at Hastings by 228 runs.
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      2039 6 THE IcHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI! NEDE «\\V S CHAP NDEL NE E M INDU N uStED NK F 1 AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAP. U. 7 INDIAJ4MITED. FfIQtPPn Shinning 7Ĕ~R I Charter P»i-i-<>P Capital »15,000,000 Ne hCr K B TWL«"^B24 OC e,y Authorised Capital £1,500,000 IjILmIvIII
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    SHARERS.
    1495 7 L > j Number of Issue s E Capital. Subscribed. shares. Value. 3 Dividends. Name. §-43 0 I M a? H _II1i• MINING. I<h ,3 S3OO.'HXJ $300,000 j 30,000 $10; 810 12 per cent, year end. 31-3-09 Belat Tin Mining Co. s♦» 64 j 300,000 225,000 f 22,.500 10
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    84 7 A. Apcar, Brit., 2931, Stewart, Sept. 28, Hongkong, gen., A. A. Anthony Co. Avagyee, Brit., 250, Campbell, Sept. 21, Belawan, gen, E. 8. Co. Ban Whatt Soon, Brit., 199, Gully, Sept. 21, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Landrat Scheift, Ger, 1012, Struve, Sept. 21, Rangoon, gen., E.
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    CLEARANCES.
    56 7 A. Apcar for Calcutta. De Kock for Deli. Hong Bee for Singapore, Hongkong, Amoy, and Swatow. Ipoh for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Jin Ho for Langkat. Landrat Scheiff for Rangoon. Mary Austin for Asahan. Malaya for Deli. Perak (E. S. Co.) for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Sree Bangka for
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    PASSENGERS.
    181 7 ARRIVALS. By Palitana (Sept. 19) from Rangoon, Mr and Mrs Ah Khoon and child, Messrs W Barnes, P R B Coliecut, C H Haslewood, and Matsuo. By Ipoh (Sept. 2 from Singapore, Miss J Gomes, Miss L Gomes, Messrs J S Micklejohn, W S Young, F Lowis, and Alma
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    163 7 /Va»n* of Steamer, from, approxioinlt Hat. of ari-iral, whnre hwul and Agtnlt. Assaye, Singapore, Sept. 25, Bombay, A. G. Atjeh, Langsa, Sept. 23, Taga Toean, H.L. Astyanax, Liverpool, Oct 6, Japan, W. M. Atsuta Maru, Singapore, Oct. 1, Antwerp, B. Borneo, P’Swettenham, Oct. 1, Antwerp, A.G. Benavon, London,
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    PRODUCE.
    196 7 Pknang, 21st Sjptbmbkr, 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 slBj sellers. TNo. 1 $5.80 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No stock.
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    558 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. Olonf. Negapatam Madras Taroba 10 a.m. Registration up to 4 p.m. Kedah Lian Choo 9 a.m Tongkah Malacca 1 p.m. Trang and Pang Nga Deli 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Ban WhattSoon 2 p.m. Langsa, T. Semawe, Seg 1 i, Olehleh, Hok Canton 3 pm. and
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Penang, 2 Ist September, 1909. (By Courtesy oj 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 2/4j Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 176 3 days’ sight Private 177 f Bombay Demand Bank 176 3 days’sight Private 177 f Madras
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    LOG BOOK.
    918 7 The Admiralty have given orders for the Parliamentary Report of the Naval Manoeuvres of 1906 to be destroyed. All ships and establishments possessing the book are at once to make away with it and notify the Commandera-in-Chief when they have done so. Why this order Is it issued
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