Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 217 VOL. LXVII. FRIDAY, 24th SEPTEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1353 1 THE PINANG GAZETTE.” municipal no lice. subscription. NOT 3 I for the supply of Steel and Ironwork and HAAS flfl B H_l fl B For Daily Issue, m Town, other materials for Campbell Street I w,rm XT/'WIT nr? mm B Isfll B I llfl B B $27 per annum. Market
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    LADIES’ RIFLE SHOOTING.
    677 2 THE WALKER CUP. The following are the scores for the “Walker” Trophy for September, which completes the competition Taiping. Miss Wright 35 Mrs. Barnard 34 Mrs. Hobson 34 Miss Birch 32 Mrs. Harper 32 Mrs. Moir 31 Total 198 Selangor. Mrs. Douglas 34 Mrs. Trump 33 Mrs.
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    OBSTACLES TO CHINESE REFORMS.
    965 2 There are not wanting many people who know something about China and who yet deny that there is anything sincere in her oft-repeated cry for reform. We have never taken that standpoint except so far as it applies to the hopelessly ignorant, incompetent, and corrupt. There
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    THE POSITION OF TIN.
    502 2 The metal markets expert of the Ironmonger, writing on the evening of the 2nd inst., said After having been pushed to about 1401. on Monday for cash the market sustained a sharp reaction on the publication of statistics, which were regarded as being unfavourable, and on
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    The Public Health.
    224 2 In the Penang Municipality for the week ended September 18 there were 61 deaths—--46 males and 15 females—equal to a deathrate of 31 29 per mille (estimated population, 102,520). The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were "E "g 585 8 S A Death-rate ...31.29 50.78 43.77
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    M. Bleriot Entertained in London.
    60 2 London, Sep. 16. M. Bleriot and his wife were entertained at a banquet at the Hotel Cecil last night. I’he Lord Mayor presented M. Blĕriot with a gold cup, the gift of the Aeroplane ClubMr, Asquith wrote a most cordial letter, regretting that Parliament prevented
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    THE WEEK.
    176 2 Friday. 24th SeptemberMinistering Children’s League: Meeting at Residency, 4-45 p.m. Band, Esplanade, 6 to 7 p.m. Pollard Opera Co., Town Hall, 9-15 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Eastern Bioscope Co., King St. Saturday, 25th September. Lucknow Day. Homeward P. O. Mail. Pollard Opera Co., Town Hall, 4-15 p.m.
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    95 2 September 2j.. 1640—Charles I. dethroned. 1797 —Mr. George Caunter appointed Superintendent [Governor] cf Penang. 1868—Henry Milman, Dean of St. Paul’s, died. 1868— H.M.S. Rattler lost off Japan. 1869 Piratical attack on German barque Apenrade, near Macao. 1877—Satsuma insurrection, Japan, suppressed. 1896—Judicial Commissioner, F.M.S., took his seat for
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    TENDERS.
    174 2 Penang Harbour Department:— Tin number plates for cargo, passenger, and fish’ng 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.
    26 2 33 Northam Road apply Kennedy Co. Westlands Bungalows, Nos 1,2, 3, and 4 appl Wreford Thornton. 66 Cantonment Road (furnished) apply Adams Allan.
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    AUCTION SALES.
    62 2 Saturday, Sept. 25 .-—Stock Rigold, Bergmann Co.’s, 23 Beach St.; 11-30 a.m Cunningham, Clark Co. Tuesday, Sept. 28.— Furniture; 16 Logan Road 11-15 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Saturday, Oct. 2.— Shares in Land, etc. 38 Beach St. 11 a.m.; Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. Saturday, Oct. 16 :—Crown
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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-ghssful of Huny&di
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      388 2 THE NAME CHUBB (IHUDBS SAFE TH APB MASK llTl? IS A ijMl fcrbJ, detectob GUARANTEE BOXES liJ® quality. SJw n r| ALL SIZES STOCKED I agents,. HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. 1 11 THE new From any Skin or Blood Disease, Japanese Cinematograph. Eczema, Scrofula, Scnrvy, Glandular Swellings, Bad Legs, Ulcers, Abscesses,
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      105 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Sept. 24 8-01 1-48 8-27 2-14 „25 8-52 2-32 9-18 3-05 „26 9-44 3-3 i 10-09 3-57 „27 10-35 4-32 11-01 4-48 28 11 27 5-14 11-52 5-39 29 6-05 12-18 6-31 „30 12-44 6-57
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      2938 3 The Government of the tenders invited, tenders invited. flf/flCt/tWTflsixzi /tflTflfl/lx A TWYfl* .StrflitS Settlements. Federated Malay stales Railways, tenders for gaming farm. I flfl fl fl IHz fl Mfl The Government of Peroh. construction ©r five steel fl w/vflfl fl Talliw The Government Of KeflOh. LIGHTERS. Negri Sembilan, up to
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    MARRIAGE.
    71 4 Gibbon-Hutchison. —On Saturday, Aug. 28, at St. Peter’s, Bournemouth, by the Rev. Charles Grant, incumbent of the English Church, Hamburg, and the Rev. Edgecombe W. Leachman, A K.C., Andrew Murray Gibbon, Manager of the Hamburg Branch .of the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China, to Nicola Anne Louise,
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    Friday, 24th Sept., 1909.
    1281 4 We welcome Sanitarian’s letter on the housing problem in Penang and hope that it will receive due consideration in the proper quarter, for although we are extremely anxious to see the insanitary areas of Penang cleared away we are not bound by any hard and fast
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    SANITATION AND BACK-LANES.
    1129 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Sir,— There has been so much correspondence on the question of sanitary improvements required by this town and Singapore that it may be doubted whether much good can result from further correspondence. However, now that there is a possibility of
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    Penang Assizes.
    272 4 Fourteen Previous Convictions The last of the common jury cases r the calendar of the present Arizes concluded yesterday afterroon. The special jury cases commence on Tuesday next Yesterday Hashim bin Mat Eman charged with housebreaking by night and theft from a building. Evidence was led to prove
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    Tongkah Once More.
    222 4 Says the Australasian of Aug 28 Matters in connection with the Tongkah Harbour Tin Company seem to be hazy. On this side of the water the news has been circulated that the directors intend to resume boring, with the object of testing the wash. But from Hobart
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    A Dangerous Remedy.
    284 4 Says the Kuala Lumpur paper We are informed that, as a result of spraying land with arsenite of soda, a planter in this State has lost two horses and a calf through poisoning, and further that another planter had several bullocks killed on his estate a short
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      196 4 THE DISINFECTANT STANDARD IZAL A TRIUMPH OF CONCENTRATION. A recent Scientific Discovery Officially adopted by the Imperial Government. Ensures efficient disinfection at a cost so trifling Qs not to be worthy of consideration on the ground of expense. AGENTS■ GUT HRIE CO., Ltd., Penang and Singapore, ****************************** o TOWN HALL.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    162 5 GREAT SPEECH BI MR. A. J. BALFOUR. THE BUDGET DENOUNCED. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 23rd Sept. The Right Hon. A. J. Balfour’s meeting at Birmingham was most enthusiastic. A letter from the Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain was read in which he hoped that the Lords would force a
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    ARMY MANOEUVRES AT HOME.
    46 5 THE NEW SYSTEM OF TRAINING. [Reuters Service London, 23rd Sept. The British Army manoeuvres are now completed. Experts unite in praising the remarkable marching of the Infantry, who finished fit and well, testifying to the efficiency of the new system of training.
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    FLOODS IN FRANCE.
    48 5 VINEYARDS DEVASTATED [Reuter’s Service London, 24th Sept. Following the earthquake in the south of France, storms and floods have ruined the crops and devastated the vineyards. The vintage, which is proceeding, is considered to be ruined. Many persons have been drowned in the vill ages.
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    THE POLAR EXPLORERS.
    41 5 AN HONOUR FOR DR. COOK. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24th Sept. The Board of Aidermen in New York have decided to bestow the freedom of the city on Dr. F. Cook, treating him as the discoverer of the'North Pole.
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    THE TSAR’S PLANS
    39 5 FOREIGN VISITS POSTPONED. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. Owing to a variety of reasons the Tsar has postponed his visits to Constantinople and Italy until 1910, when he will be accompanied by the Tsarina.
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    ANGLO-GERNAN AMENITIES.
    34 5 A QUESTION OF PRECEDENCE. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. At the Hudson festivities in New York, Admiral Koster, the German representative, has yielded precedence to Admiral Seymour, the British representative.
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    THE REGENT OF BRUNSWICK.
    34 5 A VISIT TO THE FAR EAST. [Reuter’s Service.] Loudon, 24th Sept Duke Johann Albrecht, Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, starts in December on atrip to Siam, Java, and Sumatra.
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    THE IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR.
    23 5 Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. Herr von Bethmann-Hollweg, German Imperial Chancellor, has proceeded to his shooting-box at Ludernborg.
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    THE HUNGARIAN CABINET.
    28 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. The Hungarian Cabinet, formed in 1906 by Dr. Wekerle, has tendered its resignation to the Emperor Francis Joseph.
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    INTERNATIONAL MARITIME CONGRESS.
    21 5 [I>ER O8TA8IATI8CHE LLOYDS SERVICE.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. The International Maritime Congress of Bremen has drawn up its declaration.
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    THE BOYCOTT IN CHINA.
    180 5 QUESTION IN THE COMMONS. REPLY BY SIR E. GREY. [Reuter’s Service.] London, 24 th Sept. In the House of Commons, yesterday, Lieut. C. Bellairs (Liberal member for King’s Lynn) drew attention to the telegram published in The Times from its Shanghai correspondent on the 18th inst.,
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    A CONTRACTOR’S CLAIM.
    125 5 CASE AGAINST THE PAHANG GOVERNMENT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, 24th Sept. In the Supreme Court here, to-day, Mr. J. R. Innes, Judicial Commissioner, delivered judgment in the case in which Mr. J. W. Agar claimed from the State of Pahaug the sum of $57,312 for
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    GERMANY’S COLONIAL MINISTER.
    29 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. Herr Dernburg, Imperial Secretary of State for the Colonies, is proceeding to America shortly to visit the cotton-pro-ducing districts.
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    THE ZEPPELIN AIRSHIP.
    17 5 [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 23rd Sept. The Zeppelin airship has returned to Friedrichshafen.
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    The Rocky Road to Rahman.
    417 5 [7’o the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Dear Sir. In late issues of the Pinang Gazette, reference has been made on more than one occasion to the nature and condition of the road from Grit to Intan. Without in the least proposing to take up
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    674 5 FREE SCHOOL v. ST. XAVIER’S. The whole lung power of the juvenile population of Penang seemed to have concentrated at the Esplanade yesterday afternoon when these scholastic rivals, Penang Free School and St. Xavier’s Institution, met under League auspices. Immense enthusiasm prevailed throughout, the supporters of each side
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    The Mercantile Bank.
    295 5 The Manager of the local branch of the Mercantile Bank of India, Ltd., writes We beg to inform you that we have today received telegraphic advice from our Head Office, London, to the effect that our Directors have declared an interim dividend for the past half year
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    THE DANGER FROM HORNETS’ NESTS.
    429 5 [To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette."] Sir, The account of a very painful and fatal occurrence at Ipoh in Wednesday’s Times of Malaya urges me to draw attention through your columns to this ever present danger in our midst which is too often overlooked.
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    Pollard’s Lilliputians.
    455 5 “The Belle of New York,” whose popularity has been somewhat on the wane of late, was produced at the I’own Hall last night before quite a large, and certainly a most appreciative, audience by Pollard’s Lilliputian Opera Company. As is well known the play has been subjected to
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    SHAREHOLDERS AND THEIR INTERESTS.
    1283 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."] Dkar Sir, I have not your article before me with reference to the management of Mining Companies in Malaya, but I think from memory I have a sufficient answer to a portion of it. In the first place it
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      401 5 NOTICE. WE, A. S. Bava Maricayer and E. Abdul Rahman beg to inform the public that we are partners dealing in all kinds of goods, cotton, woollen, etc., and that we have commenced our business in No. 54, Chulia Street, Penang, from the 10th instant, by the name of E.
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      2049 6 THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL NEDERLANDSCHE-INDISCHE THE MERCANTILE BANK OF AUSTRALIA. AND CHINA. BANKING CORPORATION. MAATSCHAPPIJ. ESCOMPTO-MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA, LIMITED. KflQtPVn Paid-up Canital SWOOOOOO Netherland. Trading Society. (Netherlands-Indian Di.connt Bank.) Dflulvlll OIHUUIUh incorporated by Royal Charter. »10,«««.««« Establ.sh.p 1824. Bstablis H «d at Batavia, 1857. Authorise.!
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    SHARERS.
    1421 7 o Number of Issue 3 3 Capital. Subscnbed. shares. Value. IS Dividends. Name. 2-2 a as h So q Ph I 5 r*" W -1— —J J ffl 02 EH I *l I MINING. *W»2' *W 12 per nt -’l' 3 B^Ltd 1 00 1901 G G 5O 000
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    SHIPPING ARRIVALS.
    35 7 Inaba Maru, Jap., 3837, Sept. 24, Singapore, gen., Boustead Co. Kistna, Brit., 524, Learmont, September 24, Singapore, gen., Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Lightning, Brit., 2122, Gentles, Sept 23, Calcutta, gen., A. A. Anthony Co.
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    CLEARANCES.
    39 7 Lian Choo for Kedah. Omapere for Tongkah, Kopah, Renong, Victoria Point, Mergui, and Tavoy. Pin Seng for Port Swettenham and Singapore. Carlyle for Teluk Anson. Un Peng for Pulau Langkawi, Perlis, and Setul. Flying Dragon for Port Weld.
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    PASSENGERS.
    123 7 ARRIVALS. by Pin Seng (Sept. 23) from Singapore, Rev E Bietoera?, Reverend Mother St Andrie, Masters Eric and Cecil, Mrs Baser and 3 Misses Baser. By Rotorua (Sept 23) from Tongkah, Messrs E Miles, F D Guinness and Kam Cheng Ho. By Malaya (Sept. 24) from Deli, Messrs Elb
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    145 7 <*a oj Uteamtr, whore, from, apvrozioiA e date of arrival, where bound and Agent», A. Apcar, Calcutta, Oct. 11, Japan, A. A. Assaye, Singapore, Sept. 25, Bombay, A. G. Astyanax, Liverpool, Oct. 6, Japan, W. M. Atsuta Maru, Singapore, Oct. 1, Antwerp, B. Borneo, P’Swettenham, Oct. 1, Antwerp,
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    PRODUCE.
    196 7 Penang, 24th September, 1909. Gold leaf $64.8«» Pepper (W. Coast 3 Ih. 5 0z).... No stock. White Pepper $21.50 sales. Trang Pepper $15.75 sales. Mace 87 sales. Mace Pickings $BO sellers. Cloves out of season. Nutmegs 110 buyers. TNo. 1 $5.80 sales. Sugar < No. 2 No stock. (.Basket
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    MAILS CLOSE.
    114 7 To-Morrow. For. Per. Clone. Rangoon and Calcutta Palitana 11 a.m. Registration up to 10 a.m. Kedah Tong Chuan 11 a.m. Batu Bahra Sree Bangka, 1 p.m. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Asahan Mary Austin 1 p.m. Tongkah Rotorua 4 p.m Ceylon, Australasia, India, Aden, Mauri- Assaye 1 p.m.
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 7 Prnang, 24th September, 1909. (By Courtesy oj the Chartered Bank). London Demand Bank 2/4 5/32 4 months’ sight Bank 2/4 5/16 3 Credit 2/4 15/32 3 Docur’entary 2/41 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 176 3 days’ sight Private 177| Bombay Demand Bank 176 3 days’sight Private 177 f Madras Demand
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    LOG BOOK.
    870 7 The ss. Ban What Hin which, for some time past has been serving the East coast ports, arrived from Singapore to-day. A new iron float, constructed at the engineering works of the Eastern Shipping Company, is being fitted on to the floating pontoon on Victoria Pier. The ss.
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      254 7 QOOOOOOOOOOO&OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GARBICK COARSE-COT. AND a tmoroidery Dealers. Q X Inspection cordially invited. U Prices moderate. O D o KWONG SENG. 12. Northam Road. Q J A Q 8 V‘ wSarQ 90 Lon< /S 1 I’ I .?S?‘° Py Patent gMSBS <=<«• 8 ENABLES traders througho-’t the ft <f AXIN:( ‘17
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      97 7 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 Hunyadi Janos natural aperient water the first
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      222 7 NOTICE. RUBBER ESTATES WANTED/ ADVERTISER willing to negotiate with owners of Rubber Estates, large and small, with a view to purchase. Reply giving full details to— MALAY DEVELOPMENT TRUST, c/o Pinang Gazette Press, Penang. 846—24-9 m w f in Central Sales Room. AUCTION SALE On Saturday, 25th 5ept,*****, AT 11-30
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