Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 September 1909

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED J 833. V No. 215 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY. 22nd SEPTEMBER. 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS;
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    THE DUKE OF THE ABRUZZI.
    993 2 HIGH CLIMBS IN THE HIMALAYAS. To his other exploring achievements the Duke of the Abruzzi has now added the distinction of having readied in the Himalyas a higher altitude than has ever before been attained by any mountaineer in any part of the world. This
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    COST OF LIVING IN THE FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
    1531 2 BY ONE WHO HAS LIVED THERE. The following article appeared in the Electrical Review of Aug. 20. Although it teems with inaccuracies, some of them are rather amusing and we reproduce it for what it is worth The settlements forming the Colony
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    Unclaimed Letters.
    123 2 The following unclaimed letters are lying at the Penang Post Office Letters. Annersley, Mrs. Goldsmith, L. A. Bach, J. E. Grey, Miss Majory Birkbeck, Miss K. Gilbert, M. P. Bronard, G. W. Grubaner, A. Case, Capt. John James, H. Christie, Mr. and Johnson, R. C. K. Mrs. A
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    THE WEEK.
    182 2 Wednesday, 22nd September. Meeting of Licensing Justices. Band, Esplanade 6 to 7 p.m. League Football: P.W. r. P.C.0., Victoria Green. Pollard Opera Co. Town Hall, 9-15 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Eastern Bioscope Co., King St. Thursday. 23rd September. Outward P. O. Mail. League Football Free School v.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    66 2 September 22. 1586—Battle of Zutphen. 1891—Typhoon at Swatow. 1893—Mr. H. M. Becher drowned in Pahang River. 1900—Heavy fighting in Ashanti. 1904—Singapore Chamber of Commerce condemns Harbour Scheme. 1904 Brodrick Cap abolished in Army. 1905 Great meetings in Calcutta to protest against Partition of Bengal. 1905 —News received
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    TENDERS.
    152 2 Municipal Commissioners, Penang —Steel, Ironwork, etc., for Campbell St. Market extension tenders close Sept. 29, 3 p.m. Psnang 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
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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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    AUCTION SALES.
    49 2 Saturday, Sept. 25 :—Stock Rigold, Bergmann Co.’s, 23 Beach St. 11-30 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co. 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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      177 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept. 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 11 27 5-14
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    Wednesday, 22nd Sept., 1909.
    1864 4 It is by no means easy, without some personal knowledge of the actual circumstances, to see clear in the Chinese railway imbroglio, which becomes more involved every day. The interests of various individuals and rival groups would seem to have reacted upon and influenced most of
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    PROGRESS IN KEDAH.
    337 4 TACKLING THE LABOUR PROBLEM. Advices received from Alor Star state that Kedah was, like Penang, a victim of heavy rain storms last week, much of the land round the capital being submerged. Unfortunately a good deal of harm has been done to the padi in the fields
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    Rahman Tin Company.
    478 4 The output of trie Rahman Tin Co. for the month of August was >62 piculs. To-day’s exchange rate is 2/4| To-day’s quotation for unrefined tin in Penang is $6B 80 per picul buyers, no sellers. Tin in London is quoted at £137 12a. 6d. spot and £l3B
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    SPAIN AND MOROCCO.
    114 5 THE RIFF WAR. SOME DESPERATE FIGHTING. [Reuter’s Service London, 21st Sept. The Spanish troops operating at Melilla began an advance yesterday. They were supported by warships. The enemy were repulsed, suffering severe losses. The Spanish casualties were slight. The Spanish troops now occupy an advanced position. London,
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    ADVANCE AUSTRALIA!
    126 5 THE DEFENCE OF THE EMPIRE. COMPULSORY MILITARY AND NAVAL TRAINING. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 22nd Sept. Tn the House of Representatives at Melbourne, the Commonwealth Minister of Defence, Mr Joseph Cook, in moving the second reading of the Defence Bill, said that the time had arrived when Australia should
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    AUSTRO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    65 5 AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 21st Sept. The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria has received Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, in private audience. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 21st Sept. Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, Imperial German Chancellor, and Count von Aehrenthal, Foreign Minister for the Dual
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    PROGRESS IN AVIATION.
    43 5 ANOTHER RECORD BROKEN [Reuters Service.] London, 21st Sept. At Brescia, Rougier has aeroplaned to a height of 645 feet. This constitutes a record. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin 21st Sept. Count Zeppelin has visited Dusseldorf and Essen in his airship.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY.
    53 5 OPENING OF THE MANCEUVRES. [Reuter’s Service] London, 22nd Sept. The British Army manoeuvres have opened, the line of the River Thames forming the boundary of the “counties” The feature of the operations has been the remarkable marching of the infantry which has excited the attention of the
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    GROWTH OF EASTERN TRADE.
    45 5 VIEWS OF AN EXPERT [Reuter’s Service London, 22nd Sept. Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, President of the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company, speaking at Vancouver, said that the Can-adian,-Pacific must have larger vessels for the Pacific Ocean in view of the growth of Oriental trade.
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    THE POLAR EXPLORERS.
    36 5 DR. COOK IN NEW YORK [Reuter’s Service.] London, 22ud Sept. Dr. Cook, the alleged discoverer of the North Pole, has arrived in New York where he has has been accorded a great reception.
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    THE RUBBER INDUSTRY.
    87 5 SUCCESSFUL F.K.S. COIPANIES. A SERIES OF DIVIDENDS. [From Our Own Correspondent] London, 21st Sept. The Klanang Produce Co., Ltd., has declared an interim dividend of 10 per cent. The Federated Selangor Rubber Co., Ltd., declares a dividend of 15 per cent. The Cicely Rubber Estates Co., Ltd.,
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    THE AUSTRALIAN CRICKETERS.
    79 5 COMING VISIT TO SINGAPORE. [From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, 21st Sept. A cable has been received by the Singapore Cricket Club stating that five of the Australian Cricketers, namely Noble, Laver, Armstrong, Cotter, and Hopkins will come to Singapore and will take part in a match here.
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    THE PRICE OF RUBBER.
    43 5 PLANTATION AT NINE SHILLINGS. [From Our Own Correspondent] Kuala Lumpur, 22nd Sept. The Planters’ Stores and Agency notify that a cablegram from Loudon states that the average price of No. 1 Plantation rubber has risen to 9.5. per lb.
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    SEQUEL TO AN IPOH FIRE.
    38 5 AN ENQUIRY ORDERED. [From Our Own Correspondent] Ipoh, 22nd Sept. The British Resident has ordered an enquiry to be made in connection with the circumstances of the recent fire at the Ipoh Bodega.
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    THE GERMAN ARMY MANOEUVRES.
    58 5 TURKISH GENERAL’S IMPRESSIONS. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service] Berlin, 21st Sept. In an interview regarding the German Army manoeuvres, Mahmoud Shevket Pasha, the Turkish General, expressed his astonishment at the progress made > y the German Army, favour ably criticised all the innovations, and praised as exceptional
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    THE LORDS AND THE BUDGET.
    49 5 LIBERALS MORE HOPEFUL [Reuter’s Service.] London, 21st Sept. The Liberals are more hopeful of the prospects of the Budget passing the House of Lords as a result of Mr. Lloyd-George’s concessions. The keenest anticipation is being manifested concerning Mr. Balfour’s speech at Birmingham to-morrow.
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    THE SEVENOAKS MYSTERY.
    45 5 THE ARREST AT MAIDSTONE. [Reuter’s Service London, 21st Sept. The man arrested yesterday at Maidstone in connection with the murder of Mrs. Luard, wife of Major-General Luard, of Ightham Knoll, near Sevenoaks, has been discharged, as there is no evidence against him.
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    THE POWERS AND CRETE.
    22 5 [Deb Ostasiatischb Lloyds Service] Berlin, 21st Sept. The Powers are demanding from Crete the fulfilment of Turkey’s claims.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    830 5 GOVT. SERVICE v. VOLUNTEERS. Up to yesterday the Penang Volunteers Sports Club and the Government Service had each played a quintette of matches in this season’s League competition, as the result of which the Volunteers had triumphed over the Wanderers, the Free School, and the Anglo-Chinese School, lost
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    Pollard’s Lilliputians.
    84 5 Pollard’s Lilliputians gave another bright and entertaining show at the Town Hall last night when they produced The Girl from Paris,” proving themselves once more a well-trained and capable company. The dancing was again first-class, and, if a tendency to tax their childish voices too highly could be
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    PENANG ASSIZES.
    963 5 GANG ROBBERY IN THE PROVINCE. After the tiffin interval yesterday, a second case of gang robbery was tried by Mr. Justice Thornton and a common jury. There were six accused, and they all claimed tQ be tried. In this case the scene of the robbery, which presented some
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    Tongkah Once More.
    253 5 We read in a rather antiquated copy of the Sydney Bulletin Director H. Jones, whose jam brand gave Tongkah its first name—the I.X.L. Syndicate —has been talking to shareholders in Sydney and Melbourne. Of course he says that the prospects are tremendous, as they very likely are,
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    Terrible Typhoon.
    101 5 Feared Loss of a British Warship. A special telegram to the Straits Times reads Hongkong, September 20. A most destructive typhoon is reported as having swept over the neighbourhood of Foochow. It is feared that the British warship, Clio, has been lost with her crew of 120 officers
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    Crime in Province Wellesley.
    133 5 A recrudescence of violent crime and gang robberies appears to be ocsurria 5 -4.. Province Wellesley, and, as Mr. Justice Thornton remarked in sentencing the solitary accused in the Machang Buboh case yesterday to seven years’ imprisonment, must I e put down with a firm hand.
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    The Police and the Public.
    115 5 The adjourned case against Mr. Elton Bell, Mr. L. Starr, and three P.C.A. peons came on for hearing again this morning before Mr. A. de Mello in the Third Court. A full report will appear in to-morrow’s issue. The P. O. mail steamer Himalaya, having
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      532 5 MINISTERING CHILDREN’S LEAGUE. MEMBERS and Associate-» an I all interested in the above movement are reminded that the first meeting of the Ministering Children’s League in Penang, will be held at the Residency at 4-45 p.m. on Friday, the 24th instant. The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. In the Supreme Court of
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    28 5 OBITUARY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 22nd Sept. The death is announced of John A. Johnson, Democrat Governor of Minnesota, and a candidate for the Presidency at the last election.
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    SHARES.
    1443 7 Capital. Subscribed. N sha b res.° f Value. Dividends. Name. 2-| I I* 3 8 1 ■i.i' i MINING. 1903 $l2 12 per cent year end 31 309 I Belat Tin Mining Co $6 64 1906 300,000 1 225,000 22,500 10 10 Bruang, Ltd. 59 fi 1901 6G 2’222
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    59 7 Calypso, Brit., 339, Bannatyne, Sept. 22, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, Sept. 21, Port Swettenham, gen., K. 8. Co. Omapere, Brit., 340, Bell, Sept. 22, Tavoy, gen., E. S. Co. Petrel, Brit., 124, Allan, Sept. 21, P. Koempie, gen., E. S. Co. Taroba, Brit.,
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    CLEARANCES.
    62 7 Ban Whatt Soon for Teluk Anson. Calypso for Deli. Deli for Trang and Pang Nga. Flying Dragon for Port Weld. Hock Canton for Langsa, T. Semawe, Segli, Olehleh, and Sabang. Lightning for Singapore and Hongkong. Landrat Scheiff for Rangoon. Mambang for Setul. Min for Langkat. Malacca for Tongkah. Samui
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    PASSENGERS.
    103 7 ARRIVALS. By Lian Choo (Sept. 19) from Kedah, Mr Chew Eng Saing. By Takoba (Sept. 22) from Singapore, Mrs A Leicester, Mrs A M Parreau, vi rs Plum and child, Messrs R K Haebuggart, Ed Holloway, J C Holmberg, Khoo Sim Huan, L R Lazaroo, Sin and Tso Peng
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    149 7 Xa>ne oj Staamar, rvhar/i from, approximate datr of arrival, where bound and Agents. 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,
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    PRODUCE.
    192 7 Penang, 22nd September, 1909. Gold leaf $64.80 Pepper (W. Coast 3 lb. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $21.50 sales. Trang Pepper $15.75 sales. Mace 87 sales. Mace Pickings $BO sellers. Clove» out of season. Nutmegs 110 $lBl buyers. {No. 1 $5.80 sales. No. 2 No stock. Basket $3.85
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    110 7 To-Morbow. For. Per. Close. Singapore, China, and Japan Himalaya 8 a.m. Kedah Tong Chuan 10 am. Pengkalan Brandan Petrel 1 p.m. Deli Avagyee 1 p.m. Trang Leong Ho 1 p.m. Port Swettenham, A Port Dickson, and > Cornelia 1 p.m. Malacca J Port Swettenham and Singapore Thongwa 3
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    ON WEEK DAYS
    270 7 FOR Balik Pulau, at 8 a.m. and 12-30 p.m. Butterworth, at 7 a.m., 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.m., 1-45 p.m., and 5 p.m. Bukit Mertajam and Nibong Tebal at 8-30 a.m., 1-30 p.m., 3 p.m., and 5 p.m. Kedah, at
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 7 Penang, 22nd September, 1909. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/i| 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 j Bombay Demand Bank 176 3 days’sight Private 177 f Madras Demand
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    LOG BOOK.
    900 7 —Eairplat. A special despatch to the Cablenewl American from San Frjmcisco states that there is a persistent rumour in shipping circles to the effect that plans have been matured for a line of steamers to run direct to Manila. The project is said to be based on the
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