Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 February 1910

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 46 VOL. LXVIII. MONDAY. 28th FEBRUARY. 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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    TIN.
    1679 2 Tin in 190». Although the Unite I States is the i largest consumer of tin, taking about 40 per cent, of the world’s output, no tin was produced in the country in 1909. No work was done at Gaffney in South Carolina, where some concentrates were produced in 1908,
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    A MORNING IN JAPAN.
    578 2 of its inward contains some airs. —E. E. Spright, in the P. M. G. Although we are on the heels of December, and the autumn gales have bared the trees, leaving on the kaki (or persimmon) only its golden fruit, the sun to-day has great power.
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    Sir William Taylor.
    353 2 There have been, of course, rumours current of late th it Sir William Taylor intends to retire. Such tumours can have no real foundation. No official announcement has been made on the subject, and we do not profess to have any more information than any <>ne else
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    PENANG BAND.
    92 2 THIS WEEK’S PROGRAMME. Monday—Esplanade. 1. Overture Maritana Wallace. 2. Galop Kupferberg Sekt Beck. 3. Lancers A Country Git I Williams. 4. Waltz Wares of the Danube Strauss 5. March 77t? Rou:d-dowdy Boys Bilton. Wednesday—Esplanade. 1. Selection Ernani Verdi. 2. Polka Merry Go Round Thierre. 3. Lancers Tableaux Vivants
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    THE WEEK.
    129 2 Monday, February 28. Ladies’ Rifle Shooting, Kampong Bahru, 4-30 p.m. Band, Esplanade. Straits Cinematograph and Variety Co., Penang Road Tuesday, March I. St. David’s Day. Homeward German Mail. Straits Cinematograph and Variety Co., Penang Road. Wednesday, March 2. St. Chad. Outward German Mail. Penang Hunt Club Paperchase. Band,
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    AUCTION SALES.
    102 2 Saturday and Monday, Feb. 26 and 28. Antique ware and furniture; Glugor 12-30; Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Tuesday, Mar. I.— Furniture 12 Union St. 11-30 a m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Wednesday, Mar. 2.— Furniture 63 Northam Road 11-30 a.m. Cunningham, Clark Co., auctioneers. Saturday, March s.— Furniture;
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    HOUSES TO LET.
    26 2 Rosslare”, 4 Johore Road (furnished); apply R. P. Phillips. 17a Northam Road apply Allen Dennys Co. 16 Logan Road apply M. M. Noordin.
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    255 2 OFFICIAL. MINUTES. Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held ou Wednesday, the 9th February, 1910, Prrsknt :—F. J. Hallifax, Esq., (President) Quah Beng Kee, Esq. and J. W. Haliifax, Esq. Absbnt L. H. Clayton, Esq Lim Cheng Teik, E,q and Dr. P. V. Locke. 1. Minutes
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      32 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 “HwiJ*diJ*aas”naturalaperient water. Average dose a wine-glassful before breakfast.
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      313 2 Make your “Peg”-at Home and at the Club— BOVRIL and SODA. It stimulates (as does Whisky and Soda) but it also sustains and nourishes (which Whisky and Soda does not) and it has no evil after effects. STRAITS CINEMATOGRAPH Co. VICTORIA VARIETE ft PROGRAMME. 1. Berlin 2. The Starvellings 3.
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      228 2 The Moon. Last Quarter 2.52 p.m 4 Mar. O New Mood 7.12 p.m. 11 First Quarter 1.37 a.m. 18 O Full Mood 3.27 a.m. 26 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang From Sunrise. Sunset. Feb. 26 Feb. 28,...6-03 a.m. 5-5" p.m. Mar. 1 Mar. 3,...6-02 a.m
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    Monday, February 28, 1910.
    1291 4 When the idea of an Anti-Malarial Congress at Simla was first mooted we expressed the hope that the Government of this Colony would make arrangements for a delegate representing the medical service in the Straits and F.M.S. to attend. Tiiis, unfortunately, was not done and a
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    PENANG CRICKET TOURNAMENT.
    426 4 On Saturday two matches in the Penang Cricket Tournament were played. The Penang Recreation Club and the Chinese Recreation Club met on Victoria Groen, the match resulting in a victory for the P. R. C. by 94 runs with three wickets to spare. The Chinese batted first
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    Local Share Quotations.
    102 4 Saturday. To-Day (11.30 a m.) de- d d a -x H a h Mining. New Tambuu $3 3j 3 General. E. Smelting 8 8 F. Neave 151 153 153 155 S. Trading 59 60 Rubber. Anglo-Malay 28/- 30/- ex d. 28/6 30/- ex d. Bukit Rajah 13|
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    Obituary.
    140 4 Mr. Charles Cooper. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Charles Augustus Cooper, which took place this morning at the residence of Mrs. Mclntyre, his mother-in-law, in Anson Road. Mr. Cooper, who was the son of Mr. J. E. Cooper, late Financial Assistant of Police, Penang, was in
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    The Legislative Council.
    70 4 It was rumoured in town yesterday that Mr. Robert Young will be appointed to the seat on the Legislative Council vacant through the departure of Mr. Turner. The N.D.L. mail steamer Kleist, having left Colombo at 7 p.m. yesterday, is expected to arrive here on Thursday next
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    800 4 Mr. D. Beatty has been granted I of absence for eleven months C) >n. on March 2. e,lc mj It is stated in well-informed circle be unlikely that Sir William Taylo/ t 0 return to this country at the expiratio Wlll his leave. a Mr. M. E
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    PLANTERS IN CONFERENCE.
    222 5 IMPORTANT MATTERS DISCUSSED. TAMIL v. CHINESE LABOUR. [Front Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28 A meeting of the Planters’ Association of Malaya was held here yesterday, Mr. C. M Cumming presiding. A Committee, comprising Messrs. E. B. Prior, H. R. Quartley, and H. C. E. Zacharias
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    THE CHINA SQUADRON.
    63 5 F rom Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, Feb. 28. H M.S. Monmouth is coaling here to day she leaves to-morrow for Colombo, where she inlets H.M.S. Andrometa with her new erew. She then returns to S ngapore. H. M.S. King Alfred is due here to-morrow and the new
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    SOCIAL REWS.
    56 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Feb. 28. Mr. E. A. Gardiner, Superintendent of Police, goes immediately on a month’s leave. Messrs. F. E. Marsh and W. Miller, of the Municipal Engineer’s staff, were entertained to dinner at Raffles Hotel on Saturday. Mr. Marsh is going on leave and
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    EXTORTION BY POLICEMEN.
    58 5 WELL MERITED PUNISHMENT. [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Feb. 28. A Malay policeman and a Tamil policeman have been sentenced to six months’ rigorous imprisonment each for systematically extorting money from street hawkers. [The hawkers complained that on the few Occasions when they refused to pay a
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    THE NEW TANJONG PAGAR.
    56 5 l [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore. Feb. 28. I The first portion of the reconstructed Canjong Pagar Wharf—formerly known as 1 Borneo Wharf but now called West Vharf —will probably be opened on Saturday and the Straits Steamship Company’s ss. Ipoh will probably be the first
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    TUB VOLUNTEER MOVEMENT.
    37 5 fl [/'rom Our Own Correspondent.] fl Singapore, Feb. 28. fl Ninety young Malaya, chiefly football have applied for permission to form Volunteer company, and Mr. E. E. Col is actively interesting himself in the
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    THE PRICE OF TIN.
    26 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] fl Singapore, Feb. 26. fl Tin is quoted here at $76.20, at which 2lO tons have beon sold.
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    193 5 FEBRUARY MEETING THIRD DAY’S RESULTS From Our Own Correspondent. j Batu Gajah. Feb. 26. there was a record attendance at the lotteries last evening. At the third day’s race meeting of the Kinta Gymkhana Club to-day the racing was again splendid. The meeting as a whole was
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    THE ANDERSON BRIDGE.
    36 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Feb. 28. The new Anderson Bridge over the Singapore River will probably be opened on March 12. It has a fine approach and has an imposing general appearance.
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    MERCANTILE HEWS.
    35 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28. Messrs. Barlow «fc Co., of London, Singapore, Calcutta, and Shanghai, who are agents for about a score of rubber companies, are opening a branch here.
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    THE BANDMANN OPERA COMPANY.
    31 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, Feb 28. The performances by the Bandmann Opera Company were most successful on both nights, especiahy Saturday, bumper houses being obtained
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    THE PRICE OF RUBBER.
    32 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Feb. 28. Smoked rubber fro n trees in the Botanic Gardens Singapore, fetched the highest price at the recent auctions, namely, 9/per lb.
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    HEAVY RAIN IN SINGAPORE.
    25 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Feb. 28. Heavy rain has again fallen here, stopping the tennis tournament, cricket, golf, and shooting.
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    A SINGAPORE BURGLARY.
    29 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, Feb. 28. Thieves broke into a house in High Street on Sunday morning and stole property of a value of $4OO.
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    THE SELANGOR CLUB.
    26 5 [From Our Own Correspondent Kuala Lumpur, Feb. 28. The annual meeting of the Selangor Club, which was held on Saturday, was extremely quiet.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    249 5 THE GOVERNMENT’S DILEMMA. ANOTHER ELECTION INEVITABLE. [Rkutkk’s Skrvicr.] London, Feb. 26. There is a general expectation that the political crisis will come to a head on Monday when the Rt. Hon. H. H. Asquith, Prime Minister, will outline the policy of the Government. The consensus of opinion
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    THE TROUBLES IN TIBET.
    84 5 REPRESENTATIONS BY BRITAIN. [Rbutkr's Skrvicb London, Feb. 28. Great Britain has made friendly representations to Peking on the subject of Great Britain’s concern regarding the situation in Tibet with reference to pence and order in the border States, and has asked China to state her policy
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    NAVAL SUPREMACY.
    59 5 AN AMERICAN RECORD-BREAKER. [Rbutkr’s Skrvicb.] London, Feb. 28. It is reported from Washington that Mr. George von L. Meyer, Secretary of the Navy, is asking authority to construct a record-breaking battleship of 32,000 tons. It is stated that the United States Government has been unofficially informed that Japan
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    AUSTRO-GERMAN RELATIONS.
    50 5 STATESMEN IN CONFERENCE. [Rkutkr’s Skrvicb.] London, Feb. 26. A semi-official statement regarding the visit of Count von Aehrenthal. th»» Austrian Foreign to Dr. von Beth-inann-Hoilweg, the German Imperial Chancellor, says that the two statesmen adhere to a calm view of the situation in Europe and the Near Ea-t.
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    LORD KITCHENER.
    42 5 A VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND. [Reuters Skrvicb.] Loudon, Feb. 28. A telegram from Wellington, New Zealand, states that Lord Kitchener inspected the operations of three thousand Volunteers in attacking and defending the city. Lord Kitchener started on Sunday for Auckland.
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    THE FLOODS IN FRANCE.
    50 5 ESTIMATES OF THE DAMAGE. i Rkutkr’s Skrvicr London, Feb. 26. The River Seine is expected to reach the maximum height to-morrow. The loss by damage in thirty departments is provisionally estimated at £3,030,000 aud the losses in real and personal property in Paris at £2,000,000 (sterling).
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    AN INTERESTING FIND.
    20 5 [Dir Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Skrvicb.] Berlin, F*b. 27. Cardinal Rampolla has discovered a Latin manuscript attributed to Charlemagne.
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARKS.
    58 5 From Our Own Correspondent, j Singapore, Feb. 26. The steady business in shares at advanced prices continues, particularly in the higher-priced stocks. Anglo-Malays, Ciceiys, Consolidated Malays, Damansaras, Highlands Ac Lowlands, Inch Kenneths, Kapar Paras, Kuala Lumpurs, Linggis, Pataliugs, Seafields, Shelfords, and ate all well up. St.
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    MINING RETURNS.
    24 5 [/rom Our Own Correspondent Singapore. Feb. 28. The following mining returns for January are published Belat 265 piculs Kuautan 65 Bruang 265
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    RUSSO-AUSTRIAN RELATIONS.
    54 5 [Dbr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Skrvicr.] Berlin, Feb. 27. A telegram from St. Petersburg states that negotiations between Russia and Austria are proceeding smoothly. It is expected that a communique on the subject will be issued very shortly and that normal friendly relations between the two Governments will be resumed
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    GERMANY AND JAPAN.
    57 5 [Dkr Ostasiatischk Lloyd's Skrvicb Berlin, Feb. 27. The German Imperial Home Office has informed the various Chambers of Commerce and other business bodies throughout the Empire that the new Japanese Customs Tariff will shortly come into force and that, it is expected that Japan will denounce the
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    F.M.S. Railway Coal.
    119 5 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gaze'te."] Dbar Sir, So many people have pointed out to us the complaints which have appealed in your columns, and in those of some of your contemporaries, of the dirty quality of coal at present used on the F.M.S. Railway, that
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    A Missing Mail Steamer.
    411 5 London, Feb. I'*. The mail stuamer Prinz William II has been overdue at Paramaribo since February 8. The cruiser Utrecht has been ordered to search for her. t The deaths are announced of Major Southwell Greiville and Surgeon-Gene»al Eteson, both Mutiny veteran*. There will be a
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    LOG BOOK.
    859 7 Lord Ruse Lory h<s accepted the position nF Commodore of the Royal Forth Yacht Club, in succession to the late Sir Donald Currie, K.C M.G who filled the same office for twenty-five years. An order has been placed with the Clyde Shipbudding and Engineering Company, Port-Glasgow, for a
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    SHIPPING.
    1326 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Capri, Ital., 2217, Dini, Feb. 28, Bombay, gen., Behn, Meyer Co. Carlyle, Brit., 234, Jones, Feb. 2 Teluk Anson, gen., Kwong On Co. Dunera, Brit., 3403, Nilon, Feb. 27, Rangoon, gen.. Huttenbach, Liebert Co. Glamorganshire, Brit., 3639, Moris, Feb. 27, London, gen., Boustead Co. Ipoh, Brit., 528,
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    SHARES.
    1377 7 r n zr n r~ —“i —I Capital. [Subscribed. Value. 3 Dividends. Name. J S'Q!l*jl I I H 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 MINING. 1903 $300,000 8300,000 30,000 $lO |lO 25 10 12 Belat Tin Mining Co ftp 7 1906 300,000 1 225,00 C 22,500 10 10 I Bruang,
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