Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 April 1910

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 94 VOL. LXVIII. WEDNESDAY, 27th APRIL, 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      1731 1 THE “PINANG GAZETTE.” wanted. dissolution of partnership, a N expe l l rk M “"T r a S au»ti.n p...» a 1 XX present holding posit ion as Manager iitu-itiiHt hi rcii4n_. uIIUULHTIP'riDXI TZJILLIARD TABLE in good condition. NT OTIC E is hereby given that, pursuant of Brick, Tile, and
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    RUBBER.
    1708 2 The Wheel of Chance. An extraordinary and unaccountable circumstance that forces itself into prominence when going through the home papers is the utter absence of prufence or foresight or the «lightest iota of business calculation when dealing with rubber. The plantations are described as talismans yielding rubber, transmutable to
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    OPIUM BOOM IN HONGKONG.
    524 2 The Hongkong Daily Press remarks upon the excessive rise in opium prices due to the effect of restricted importation. It says.;— The extraordinary boom in rubber in the commercial world is a matter of common knowledge, but it is not so well-known that in Hongkong there
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    THE WEEK.
    224 2 Wednesday, April 27. Homeward German Mail. Outward German Mail. Band, Esplanade. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday, April 28. Outward English (B.I.) Mail. Municipal Commission, 3-30 p.m. Lodge Scotia, 6-15 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Friday, April 29. Band, Esplanade. Straits Cinematograph Penang Road. Saturday, April 30. Homeward English
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      239 2 PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION. Boarding Schools for the sons and daughters of British Residents in the Colonies. In the Chamwood Forest flvanhoeA Country: Bracing Climate Pretty Scenery. 500 feet above sea level. ASHBY-DE LA ZOUCH. Grammar School for Boys. Head Master. C. F. C. Padel, b.a. /'Cantab/. First cl*ss Classical Tripos.
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      165 2 The Tides. Date. H. W. L. W. H. W. L. W. A.M. A.M. P.M. P.M. Apr. 27 1-59 8-07 2-14 8-22 „28 1-59 8-07 2-14 8-22 „29 2-30 8-38 2-46 8-55 „30 3-04 9-14 3-23 9-33 May 1 34-44 9-36 4-07 10-19 2 4-32 10-47 5-93 11-20 3 5-38 11-58
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      76 2 The Sun. Apparent, times of Sunrise and Sunset in Penang From Sunrise. Sunset. April 25 April 30,...5-55 a.m. 6-05 p.m. May 1 May 5,...5-54 a.m. 6-04 p.m. May 6 May 12,...5-53 a.m. 6-07 pm. May 13 May 20,...5-52 am. 6-08 p.m. May 21 May 31,...5-51 a.m. 6-09 p.m. The Moon.
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    Wednesday, April 27, 1910.
    1310 4 The success of the German system of insurance against infirmity and old age forms a striking contrast to the muddle which Mr. Asquith’s Government have made with their Old Age Pensions Act. In Germany, very properly, infirmity and old age are treated together, for it matters
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    SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.
    882 4 Mr. M. D. Fallon has arrived to take charge of the New Serendah Estate.— M.M. The captain and officers of H. M. S. Sealark are giving an At Home at the Penang Golf Club on May 6. Mr. L. J. B. Madden, the well-known contractor of Taipiug,
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    LOCAL STOCKS AND SHARES.
    47 4 4 DOWNWARD tbhde»ci. LOCAL RUBBERS AFFECTEb Our Si "8»p»™, Aprils I» the share market the mostly in local stocks, which re general!, down, to-day s quotations being Indragiris st, Pe gohs JOfi Port Dicksons 9.5 ii Teluk Ansons United Singanores r 5 3.90
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    THE PRODUCE MARKET.
    28 4 [From Our Own Correspondent, Singapore, April 26. The following are to-day’s local produce Gambier Pepper, black ]35() Pepper, white 23 59 Tapioca, Hake gTapioca, pearl
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    ACCIDENT TO MR. H.E. DARBY.
    55 4 [From Our Own Correspondent. Ipoh, April 27. Mr. H. E. Darby, of Bikatn wit,i a terrible accident on Bunday was reaching for a bottle of crude carbolic acid from a high shelf when the bottl, overturned, the contents burning his face dreadfully. His eyesight, however,
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    MALACCA OFFICER’S BILL.
    46 4 [From Our Own Correspondent] Singapore, April 27 The meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday was uneventful save that tl» Hon T. S. Baker and the Hon Tan Jii t Kim sought to carry amendments to tbt Malacca Officer’s Bill, their efforts beiu» unavailing.
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    RUBBER OPTIONS.
    38 4 [/Votn Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 27 An important judgment has been dslivered regarding rubber options in th» case of de Rosai io v. Ong Kim Keat, 1: Malacca. Judgment was given in favour of defendant.
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    FORT CANNING TRAGEDY.
    31 4 [From Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, April 27. Two Boyanese have been committei Lt trial for being concerned in the murderol Hashim, a light-keeper at Fort Canning, last month.
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    CHINESE FACTION FIGHTS.
    26 4 [A’otn Our Own Correspondent.) Singapore, April 2i. Some smart fighting has taken place at the docks between rival Chinese, one naan being killed.
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    HALLEY’S COMET.
    27 4 [/Vwn Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, April 2i A clear sight of Halley’s Comet has been obtained by Mr. R. S. Fry, at the Government Observatory.
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    TENNIS AT SINGAPORE.
    27 4 [Arom Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, April Messrs. Howe and Dennys have won the profession pairs competition in c 'H»-' with the S.C.C. tennis tournament
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    THE PRICE OF TIN.
    26 4 I From Our Own Correspondent Singapore, April -6- Qn at whi-*-Tin is quoted here at $1 price 55 tons have been *old
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    THE BALKANS.
    17 4 [Dbk Ostasiatischk LIoYDS Berlin. A»" 1 J The revolt in Albania is assum l proportions
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      195 4 Netherlands Gutta Percha: COMPANY, LIMITED. J Singapore Rubber Works. 2 Matting and Floor-Tiles Specially Suitable for Shipboard, 5 2 Banks, Insurance-Offices, Churches, Hospitals, J 2 and all Public Buildings. T NOISELESS, VERY DURABLE, WATER-PROOF, AND J SANITARY. Works aud Offices PASSIR PANJANG, Singapore. J 0 Sole Agents HOOGLANDT Co., Singapore.
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    POLITICS AT HOME.
    385 5 FINANCE BILL IN THE COMMONS. SECOND READING CARRIED. [Rrutkr'r Srrvick.] Loudon, April 26. In the House of Commons Mr O’Brien’s motion for the rejection of the Finance Bill was rejected by 328 votes to 242, a majority of 86. The Budget was then read a second time
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    THE CRUISE OF THE "IKOMA."
    51 5 DEPARTURE FROM CAPE TOWN i Reuter’s Service London, April 27. A telegram from Cape Town stages that the Japanese members of Parliament on board the Japanese cruiser Ikoma, have been entertained in a most friendly manner. The Ikoma has sailed for Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic,
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    FRANCE AND RUSSIA.
    42 5 AMBASSADORIAL RUMOURS [Dbr Ostasiatische Lloyd’s Service.] Berlin, April 26. There are persistent rumours of the pending resignation of M. Louis, French Ambassador to Ru-sia. Should he resign he will probably be succeeded either by M. Delcassĕ or M. Etienne.
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    AERONAUTICS.
    35 5 ENGLISH BALLOON WRECKED. IDkr Obtasiatischk Lloyd’s Service.] Beilin, April 26. In yesterday’s storm not only the German Zeppelin airship but an English military balloon as well was carried away by the wind and wrecked.
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    THE PRICE OF RUBBER.
    21 5 [Rkutkb’s Service.] London, April 26. The price of raw Para rubber has declined to 1 Is. B'l.
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    Dissatisfied German Colonists.
    101 5 Cape Town, April 2. An article on German South-West Africa is published here to-day, in which it is declaied that the German colonists have become discontented, and complain bitter y of the impossibility of properly voicing their grievances owing to the fact t a thev have no
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    THE COTTON INDUSTRY.
    167 5 CROPS DA’UGED. EFFECT OF SNOWSTORMS [Reuter s Service.] L rndon, April 26. Snowstorms in Tennessa, Alabama and Georgia and low temperature in Louisiana, Mississipi and Texas have damaged the cotton crops. The Commissioner of Agriculture for Texas fears that half the crop has been killed. The scarcity
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    The Municipal Commission.
    105 5 The following is the business f'»r the meeting of tha Municipal Commission tomorrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4. Report from Registrar of Jinrikishas on the number and duties of Jinrikisha
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    Local Share Quotations.
    91 5 Yesterday. To-Day (io a.m.) Ci 1 5 I- i 0.2 0.2 3 -5 3 <j w ao tri O a tr O Mining. Ulu Piah 16 17 17 Rubber (Sterling). B. Mertajam 3/9 4/-pm 4/- 4/6 pm. Chersonese 6/3 6/6 6/6 Golconda £8 £B| £7| 7| Highlands
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    Obituary.
    55 5 London, April 21. The death is announced of Mr. Donald Smeaton, formeily of the Indian Civil service. The death is announced of Baron Schroeder. [Sir John Henry William Schroder, Baron of Prussia, created a Baronet in 1892 and C.V.O. in 1900, was the head of Messrs. S. H. Schroder
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    The Russian Navy.
    280 5 London, April 21. The Russian Duma has again rejected a credit of eleven million roubles asked for by the Government for the construction of battleships, which the Council of the Empire had reinserted in the Budget. Legal peerages, the number of which has recently been incieased, did
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    TUB PRISONS IN 1909.
    1690 5 The following extracts are taken from the annual report on the Prisons of the Colony for 1909, relating to the Singapore Criminal Prison, where the long-sentence prisoners from Penang are incarcerated Europeans and Eurasians. Sixty-two were admitted, two of these being sent from Bangkok and one
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      427 5 WANTED. THE STRAITS A EURASIAN to supervise small PI ITT If A TAPD A Dll fa Rubber Estate in KEDAH, one with VlDllsiVl/A 1 V Vla/AiII wOa previous experience preferred. Apply— No 08 To-Nignt! To-Nlqhl!! c/o Pinang Gazette. Grand Programme HOLIDAY TICKETS. 1. The Nomads 2. Manners and Customs in
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    LOG BOOK.
    929 7 The Mauretania has broken the westward long course record, making the run from Dauut’s Kock, outside Cork Harbour, to the Ambrose Lightship in 4 days 15 hours 29 minutes, at an average speed of 2591 knots. The Hongkong Telegraph of April 14, contains the following —This afternoon, we
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    SHIPPING.
    1125 7 SHIPPING ARRIVALS. Cornelia, Brit., 194, Williams, April 26, Malacca, gen., E. 8. Co. Pangkor, Brit., 134, Darke, April 26, Alor Star, gen., E. S. Co. Tong Hong, Brit., 1314, Williams, April 26, Rangoon, gen., E. S. Co. CLEARANCES. Ban Whatt Soon for Teluk Anson. Derfflinger for Singapore, China and
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    SHARES.
    1201 7 r t Capital. Subscribed. Shares. Value. "2 Dividends. Name. o Q I M i» 1906 1907 1 1908 1909 1910 1 MINING. 1 1903 «300,000 «300,000 30,000 »10 »10 25 10 12 **elat Tin Mining Co. 4 5 1906 300,000 225,00 C 22,500 10 10 ruan J 5 1901
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