Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 December 1909

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 286 VOL. LXVII. WEDNESDAY, 15th DECEMBER, 1909. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1747 1 THE PINANG GAZETTE.” for sale. government notification. 1 SUBSCRIPTION. 10 1 12 HP r Motor r T N with the po» ere „iv. n by M g J »"<l Battery Ignition, Lamp-, etc 1 Section sof the Ordinance coustitutFor Daily Issue, in Town, unniag or< er $BOO. ing an Education
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    MINING COSTS.
    1163 2 [To the Editor oj the Pinang Gazette.”] Dear Sir, A recent issue of a contemporary contains an interesting leading article upon mining costs, in which is deplored the lack of detail and useful information afforded by the statistical records of many of the mining companies operating in the
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    Unclaimed Letters.
    113 2 The following unclaimed letters are lying at the Penang Post Office Letters. Allan, A. D. J elf, Mrs. A. Bainbridge, Capt. Lawther, 8. 8. Charles, Albert Molini, Signor, G. Coghlan, C. W. Ormiston, J. Crawford, H. F. M. Price, W. G. Ellses, Senor Royle, G. Ambrosia Simpson, A.
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    SIAM.
    322 2 The Bangkok correspondent of the Manchester Guardian states the harvest in Siam this year will apparently be fully up to the average in quantity and quality, in spite of heavy rainfall in thp earlier months of cultivation. At the same time the good crop prospects have done little or
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    Trees as Windmills.
    453 2 Some travel-books f considerable geographical interest are reviewed in the November Travel and Exploration, among them being Across Papua, describing the visit of a Royal Commission to this new territory. The author refers to a remarkable phenomenon in comection with the coconut plain. This is given on
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    THE WEEK.
    152 2 Wednesday, Istb December. Band, Esplanade. H. M. 8. Pinafore,” Town Hall. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wayang Kassim, Tek Soon Theatre. Thursday, I6th December. Outward P. <fc O. Mail. St. George’s and Presbyterian Sunday Schools ’Xmas Treat, Govt. Girls’ School, 5 p.m. Japanese Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wayang Kassim, Tek
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    TO-DAY IN HISTORY.
    293 2 December 15. 1876 —Chinese Post Office riot, Market St., Singapore. 1884—First issue of local Postcards. 188" —Singapore Photographic Society instituted. 1890 —Mr. I'an Jiak Kim appointed m.l.c. 1906 Jubilee of Mr. Charles Dunlop in Singapore. 1907 Death of George Mildmay Dare, Singapore. TENDERS. Mohammedan and Hindu Endowment
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      156 2 A Sore Throat The quickest way to get rid of it—the simplest and surest—no bother, no trouble, —is to rub in Little’s Oriental Balm, and wrap up the throat with flannel. Will remove all aches and pains caused by a cold, a strain, or over-exertion. One trial will prove its
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      50 2 An Eminent Physician says: “I think Hunyadi Janos mineral water a very good aperient for a tropical climate. It seems to me to be one of the best—if not the best—of the mineral waters for restoring an overworked liver to its normal conditicn. Average «lose, a wine-glassful before 1 reakfast.”
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      235 2 *THE POPULAR SCO_TCH_ WHISKY. ■I BLACK WHITE. WJP A GENTS HOTTENBACH BROS. Co. WAYANG KASSIM. Don’t Forget To-Night. v]\ LOOK FOR SPECIAL PLAY. y/ Russian Cossack from Don, w<\ Grand National Cossack Dance, By Miss Lucy, Mr. Klimauoff, when you are overMaster Willie and Rudolf. heated, thirsty and tired, Comical
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      145 2 The Moon. First Quarter 4.30 am. 20 Dec. O Full Moon 4.30 a.m. 27 Last Quarter 826 p.m 3 Jan. O New Moon .6.51 a.m. 11 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang: From Sunrise. Sunset. Dec. 7 Dec. 31,...6-9 a.m. 5-51 p.m. The Tides. Date. H.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    1166 3 JANUARY MEETING, 1910. (UNDER S. R. A. RULES OF 'RACING. RACE DAYS: FIRST DAY Tuesday, 4th January, 1910. SECOND DAY Thursday, 6th January, 1910. THIRD DAY Saturday, Bth January, 1910. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 4th January, 1910. 1 THE MAIDEN PLATE. V alue $5OO- A Race for Maiden
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      371 3 s" •oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo# I NO J!9 E 8 PENANG’S LATEST ARRIVAL. S SYRIA ”I little mart,- o De Awricai Ailtmtk cast cm, Has just brought a line selection q L,ke t l,to «eorge Washington, o OF So Never Told a Lie, Q g Sle gives a (keck for evenj cash Sale,
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    Wednesday, 15th December, 1909.
    1309 4 Sir Hugh Clift >r<i enjoys the reputation, particularly among people in England, of being a Colonial administrator of some ability. Out here he is known as an < amiable litterateur with a highly-coloured style, whose Court and Kainpong Malays bear about as much resemblance f to
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    LADIES AND BRIDGE.
    767 4 \To the Editor of the Pinar.g Gazette.”] ia a 1 Dear Sir, In reply to Two Suffering Husbands’ letter in your Saturday’s issue, it j seems to me that the wi iters belong to that selfish class of men which predominates in Penang. <. They want everything
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    Bertam November Output.
    85 4 The output of dry rubber from Bertam Estate for the mouth of November was 9,400 lb. Mr. Abrams, of Singapore, has bought another hoise, in addition to Baerami, well-known in Australia, named Gabbagabba. It has not yet arrived, but is said to be able to beat Baerami.
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    899 4 Mr. S. C. Ambrose left yesterday f Or Deli by the De Kock. Capt. S. R Perkins rgturne I from Brandan yesterday by the Seagull. Tunku Mahmoud, President of the State Council, Kedah, is on a visit tc Penang. Dr. Duncan Cooper returned to Selangor yesterday evening
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      246 4 I LIPTON’S I E, 5 I A I I A ««Vg g E 5 H PENANG AGENTS: 2 I Paterson, Simons co., Lld.l XT" o O W. D. H. O. WILLS’ 0 o THREE CASTLES MAGNUMS,” g O A LARGE “HAND-MADE” CIGARETTE. I fiEE® 1 O Packed in lijhe magnum.
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    THE FEDERAL COUNCIL.
    164 5 SUPPLY BILL PASSED. RUBBER DEALERS ENACTMENT. [From Our Own Correspondent.} Kusla Kangsar, 15th Dec. Yesterday afternoon the Fedeial Council went into Committee on the Supply Bill. Sir William Taylor explained the additions to the Es imates, making the total expenditure $2,698 900 At the sitti ig t<>-day
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    TRANS-ATLANTIC LINERS.
    99 5 LIFE IN THE STEERAGE. A SHOCKING REVELATION. [Rkutkr’s Service London, 15th Dec. A telegram from Washington states that by ordei of the Immigration Committee of the United States, a number of agents of the Committee have been travelling as steei age passengers on Trans-Atlantic liners. I hey have
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    THE KING OF THE BELGIANS.
    62 5 A SUCCESSFUL OPERATION. [Rrutrr’s Service London, 14th Dec. Extreme unction has been administered to King Leopold. London, 15th Dec. The operation performed on King Leopold has been successful. It was discovered that there was no tumour, but merely a simple obstruction. Dkr Ostabiatische Lloyd’s Service,
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    AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION.
    40 5 STATE PURCHASE OF LAND. [Rruter’s Service London, 15th Dec. The Vietorian Government has introduced a Bill providing £1,000,000 annually to purchase land for immigrants. This sum will be enough to settle a thousand families on the land yearly.
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    POLITICS AT ROME.
    143 5 THE PEERS AND PUBLIC LIFE IRISU SUPPORT FOR LIBERALS. Reuter’s Service Loudon, 1 4th Dec. Mr. Alfred Lytileton, speaking at Slough, «aid that the adoption by the Government of Home Rule for Ireland could only be construed as weakness. Regarding the Navy, he said that he viewed
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    RUSSIA IN THE FAR EAST.
    39 5 AN OPTIMISTIC STATEMENT. [Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, 14th Dec. In the Russian Duma, M. Stolypin, the Premier, criticise! M. Isvolsky’s policy, but made an optimistic statement regarding Russia’s position in the Far East.
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    GERMANY AND ITALY.
    34 5 AN EXCHANGE OF TELEGRAMS Der Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service Berlin, 14th Dec. Admiral von Tirpitz, German Minister for the Navy, and the new Italian Minister for the Navy have exchanged friendly telegrams.
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    Penang's Water Supply.
    164 5 Scheme Approved by Governor. We are informed that the Governor-in-Council has approved of the modified water supplv scheme ja»sed by the Municipal Commissioners on November 1. The scheme provides for the following Service Reservoir at or near Ayer Etam $242,153 30-Inch main from Waterfall Reservoir to town
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    Politics at Home
    167 5 London, Dec. 3. Mr. Lloyd-George, speaking at the National Liberal Club to-day, said In slaughtering the Budget, which provided against inevitable evils befalling the masses of the poor, the Lords have shown themselves a class, blessed with every good fortune, grudging a small pittance out of their
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    Chinese Bigamy Case.
    83 5 In the Third Magistrate’s Court yesterday afternoon Lim Li Tat alias Mohamed Noor was prosecuted for bigamy. Yi Boi Nio, the first wife, gave evidence as to her marriage with accused under Protestant rites in the Farquhar Street Chapel. She also gave evidence of his later marriage
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    MALAY EMBROIDERY.
    1492 5  -  BY R O WINSTEDT. The art of embroidery is one of the few Malay arts of which one can write with assured optimism. It flourishes now, as probably it has hardly flourished before, and despite enc r oachments of plain sewing, crotchet, and other importations of the Philistine
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    The Congo Horrors.
    55 5 London, December 6. Prominent Belgians, including Ministers, Bishops and Burgomasters, are sending to Foreign Parliaments and newspapers throughout the woild, a protest against the attacks made on the Administration of the Congo. They appeal to England’s love of justice and the country to respect those qualities in
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    Cocoa and Slavery.
    56 5 London, Dec. 7. Messrs. Cadbury have been awarded a farthing damages in the libel action brought by them against The Standard by reason of an article which appeared in that journal implying that Messrs. Cadbury continued to buy San Thome cocoa years after the conditions of slavery
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    The Cotton Industry
    54 5 Loudon, Dec. 3. Mr. Balfour, in a letter to a correspondent, says the problem <>f the supply of raw cotton for Lancashire is a serious one. He doubts whether private enterprise is adequate to extend the area of British cottongrowing and he pledges the Unionists to the
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    Popular Representation in Ceylon.
    47 5 London, December. 2. In the House of Commons Colonel Seely, replying to Sir John Jardine, said the question of more direct representation of the people of Ceylon with regard to the enactment of laws was under the careful consideration of the Colonial Office.
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    The Morse Case.
    31 5 London, December 7. A telegram from New York states that the appeal in the Morse case has been dismissed The accused will have to undergo fifteen years’ imprisonment.
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    The German Naval Scandal.
    24 5 London, December 5. The Public Prosecutor has appealed against the acquittal of the accused in the Kiel Navy Yard case.
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    Australian Coal Strike.
    25 5 London, December 7. Sydney telegrams state that the Industrial Court has granted the Government’s application to prosecute fifteen of the strike promoters.
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      382 5 The Bankruptcy Ordinance, 1888. FOR SALE. In the Supreme Court of the Straits qpURN-OUT consisting of fast Deli Settlements. A Pony and country-built Cart. Price s3oo SETTLEMENT OF PENANG. Applv to Tn Banki uptcy. No. 3of 1906. P. J. SPROULE, Re Oh Sean Hean <fc Oh Kee Hean. xr t
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  • Obituary
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    142 5 OBITUARY. SIR ALFRED JONES. [Reutbr’s Service.] London, 14tli Dec. The death is announced of Sir Alfred Jones. [Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, k.c.m.g., was one of the Napoleons of the British Mercantile Marine, besides being President of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce, Chairman of the Bank of British West Africa, and
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      1932 6 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL THE MERCANTILE BANK OF THE CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA. HONGKONG AND SHANGHA MAATSCHAPPIJ. INDIA. LIMITED. London Directory. AUSTRALIA. AND china banking corporation. Netherl „d. Trading Sctety. VnotAYin Qhlnnino (Pnbliabed Annually.) Paid-up Capital »ls,ooo,ooo Established 1824. Authorised Capital £1,500,000. JjddlvlU DllipUlllg ENABLES traders throughc-t the Incorporated by Royal Charter.
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    LOG BOOK.
    941 7 The Ttmea observes: The position in the pig iron market is a matter of much concern to shipbuilders. The advance, chiefly speculative, in iron warrants has caused such an advance in hematite or steel-making iron that steelmakers have had to advance their prices for steel, as have also
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    SHIPPING.
    1269 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Baker, Dec. 14, Port Swettenham, gen., E. 8. Co. Canton, Brit., 106, Sahib, Dec. 15, Teluk Aneon, gen., Kong Soon. Hebe, Brit., 346, Inkster, Dec. 15, Singapore, gen., W. Mansfield Co. Landrat Scheift, Ger., 1012, Struve, Dec. 15, Rangoon, gen., E S. Co. Mary
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    SHARES.
    1307 7 i I. a' a? Capital. Subscribed, Value Dividends. Name. 1 "3 9 I t fc. 2 Q I Ph PQ i 02 H 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 MINING. i 1903 $300,000 $300,000 30,000 $lO $lO 25 10 12 Belat Tin Mining Co $5l 1906 300,000 I 225,000 22,500
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      59 7 Sun Insurance Office. London. Insurances effected upon almost every description of property at current rates of Premium. Total sum insured in 1891 £373,700,000 Total sum insured in 1899 £435,000,000 Total sum insured in 1902 £487 600,000 Claims arranged by the Local Agents and paid with promptitude and liberality. The jurisdiction
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      71 7 Appendicitis, now so prevalent, is believed to arise chiefly from constipation and local inflammatory troubles, which may be prevented by the occasional use of “HunyadiJanOS**natural aperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast, sun life r p*°7 of Canada. Established 1805). Assets exceed £6,000.000.0.0 Surplus over all liabilities according to
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      259 7 BUILD UP !l£fiLTHwm I Property and Commercial Sales Rooms 11 I Llt I 11 0 U H 0 (56, BEACH STREET.) Essence or Fluid Extract of RED JAIIICI o Cl 11) OI R 1 Qll I A Undertake the Sale by AUCTION of N/, uAHu Al AKILLA Merchandise (either sound
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      2350 8 P. 40. Steam Navigation Company, liatexaded Sailing*. .Shipping. EXPECTED AMI VAU AND DEPARTWIS. British india NoFddeuischer Lloyd. Bremen. IF* MAIL SERVICE OUTWARD. STEAN NAVIGATION Co., LTD. I Dec 16 Delhi connecting with Mooltan jjV Imperial German Mail Line. fhiis Pa 30 Devanha Mantua I I Bt«a«p WC6OII SICQIH OBIp 10.,
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