Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 November 1910

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 266 VOL. LXVIII. TUESDAY. 22nd NOVEMBER. 1910. PRICE 10 CENTS.
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      57 1 THE STRAITS SHEET ALMANAC FOR 1911 WILT. BE ISSUED BY THE J Pinang* Gazette Press, J LIMITED, S' Before the New Year. This Artistic production and compen- dium of useful information should have 9 9 a place in every Office and Home in British Malaya. Orders are now being booked
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    PENANG LIBRARY.
    897 2 NEW-BOOKS. The following new books have been received at the Library Old Kensington Palace and other Papers, 1910, by Austin Dobson. The story of Old Japan, 1910, by Joseph H. Longford. A Narrative of the Siege of Delhi with an account of the Mutiny at Ferozepore in 1857,
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    The Shanghai Race Sweep.
    251 2 A Prrtty Story. Our semi-annual flutter, has come and gone, says a sporting writer in the Shanghai Mercury. Rumour has given the winner of the big sweep three forms, that of stoker, of blue jacket, and of petty-officer. Which is right, Ido not at present know.
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    Mrs. Wallace Shoots at Randwick.
    205 2 In its report of the New South Wales Rifle Association meeting at Rand wick, the Sydney Rejeree of Oct. 19th says Considerable interest centred through the meeting in the shooting of a lady competitor Mrs. Wallace, of the Malay States. Mrs. Wallace shot well up
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    TELEGRAPHIC NEWS.
    1744 2 HOME POLITICS. London, Nov. 12.—Mr. Asquiths* departure for Sandringham has caused a great sensation among politicians. It is construed that he means to tender his resignation, or even to ask the King immediately to exercise his prerogative, though the general belief is that the visit is simply to
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    THE WEEK.
    88 2 Tuesday, November 22. Homeward German Mail. Band, Golf Club. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Wednesday. November 23. St. Clement. Outward German Mail. Band, Esplanade, 6 p.m. Straits Cinematograph, Penang Road. Thursday, November 24. Old Martinmas. Outward English (B.I.) Mail. Municipal Meeting, 3-39 p.m. Lodge Scotia, 9 p.m. Friday. November
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    Coming Events.
    36 2 Nov. 29.—Special meeting Penang Club, re Band fund. Nov. 30.—St. Andrew’s Ball. Dec. 2. —Special Meeting Golf Club 6-30 p.m. Dec. 19—Penang Race Entries Close, 5 p.m. Jan. 13.—Fancy Dress Ball at Town Hall.
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    LEAGUE FOOTBALL.
    18 2 Nov. 22.—Police v. Butterworth, Esplanade. Nov. 24.—Crescent v. Free School, Esplanade. Nov. 29.—Crescent v. Butterworth, Esplanade.
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    TENDERS.
    64 2 F.M.S. Railways.— Supply of stores, 1911 tenders close noon, Nov. 30. F.M.S. Railways Painting goods vehicles tenders close noon, Nov. 30. Selangor Turf Club.— Griffins for Summer Meeting tenders close Nov. 30. F.M.S. Railways.— Moulding and casting iron and brass, etc. tenders close noon, Nov. 30. Fores s Department
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    AUCTION SALES.
    107 2 Wednesday Nov. 23.— Shares Central Sales Room; 11 a.m.; Cunningham, Clark Co, auctioneers. H ednesday, A or. 23.— Land in Province Wellesley; Kumbang Semang village 11 a m. Koh Eng Hin, auctioneer. T/tu»«day, Nov. 2Jf. Shares; Penang Sales Room; 11 a.m.; Koh Eug Hin, auctioneer. Fiiday. Nov. 25.—
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    Where to Stay.
    38 2 Pknang :—The E. <fc O. Hotel, The Crag, Raffles by the Sea, Runnymede Hotel, and Sea View Hotel. Singapork:— Adelphi Hotel and Raffles Hotel. Kuala Lumpur:—Grand Oriental Hotel. Ipoh :—The Grand Hotel. Rangoon :—Strand Hotel.
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      165 2 'rhe Doctor Speaks. A well-known and experienced physician recently said Backache is something that should have immediate attention, for as well as the pain there is risk of the vital organs becoming affected—a risk no person should assume.” Backache is painful, and for a person who works, a bad backache
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      155 2 For your everyday use, your everyday comfort, buy CALVERT’S Carbolic Toilet Soap FOR you want a soap that is pure and cleansing, you like a soap that is pleasant and refreshing, and an antiseptic soap like this, containing 10% pure Carbolic—an ample proportion —protects you against risk of contagion. Sold
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      151 2 The Sun. Apparent times of Sunrise and Sanset iu Penang Sunrise. Sunset. Nov. 16 to Nov. 24,...6-07 a.m. 5-53 p.m. Nov. 25 to Nov. 30, ..6-08 a.m. 5-52 p.m. Dec. Ito Dec. 6, ...6-08 a.m. 5-52 p.m. Dec. 7to Dec. 31,...6-09 a.m. 5-51p.ru, The Moon. Last Quarter 1.13 p.m. 24
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    MARRIAGE.
    57 4 Jennings-Jennings.—At St. George’s Church, Penang, on November 21. 1910, by the Rev. F. W. Haines, Colonial Chaplain, John Arthur Stuart Jennings, Managing Editor of the Times oj Malaya, Ipoh, second son of F. K. Jennings, of Ipswich and Singapore, to Rosa Winifred, youngest daughter of W. T. Jennings, of
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    Tuesday, Nov. 22, 1910.
    1117 4 One salutary effect of the slackening of the rubber boom is the cessation of that feverish excitement which is inimical to sound and permanent business development. The rubber industry itself is firmly established but people’s minds are not so obsessed by the subject, and they are
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    A JOURNALISTIC WEDDING.
    475 4 CEREMONY AT ST. GEORGE’S. A pretty wedding, which was of exceptional interest to the Fourth Estate, took place yesterday afternoon in St. George’s Church, Penang, when Mr. John Arthur Stuart Jennings, Managing Editor of the Times oj Malaya, Ipoh, and second son.of Mr. F. K. Jennings, of
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    Future of the Band.
    370 4 Special Committee Formed. A special committee has been appointed by the Hon. J. O. Anthonisz, Acting Resident Councillor, to inquire into the working of the Band. The scope of the inquiry will include the Band’s finances and to consider other arrangements if it cannot coine to
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      THE BAND.
      763 4 To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette; I Sir, Your correspondent, of the 21st i Ua( I rather has my sympathy in his I on the form which the awakening f roiu o(jr usual lethargy has taken regarding til f question of the band. It is true that
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      A MOSLEM SEMINARY.
      147 4 [To the Editor of the Pinang Gazes'» Sir, The want of an Ecclesiastical Moslem Seminary in this place is a long felt desideratum to imbue secular and religious teachings to the Muslin» orphans and the young and to found a home for the destitute. To make this
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      168 4 IThe Dispensary, Ltd., THE DISPENSING CHEMISTS. We beg to draw your attention to Nome of the special features of our Pharmacy. THE OPTICAL DEPARTMENT. We stock a latge and varied selection of SOLID GOLD, ROLLED GOLD and SOLID NICKEL SPECTACLES, PINCE-NEZ, EYE GLASSES, SUN GLASSES and MOTOR GOGGLES. A large
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      193 4 RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION TO THE PINANC GAZETTE Payable Strictly in Advance. Town. By Font. MONTHLY 9 2.25 2.50 QUARTERLY 6.76 7.50 V 2 YEARLY 18.50 15.00 ANNUAL 37.00 30.00 Broken periods are charged tor either at a half or full month. The Telegraphic Address of the Fiuaug Gazette is ‘‘Gazette,
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    RUBBER LITIGATION.
    206 5 action against a towkay. PLAINTIFF COMPANY LOSE. [Aroni Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, November 22. In the Supreme Court, yesterday, Mr. Justice Braddell delivered judgment in favour of defendant, with costs, in the case of the Port Swettenham Rubber Co., Ltd., veisus Loke Yew [Our Kuala Lumpur correspondent
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    A SINGAPORE WEDDING.
    54 5 HARLEY—WILSON. From Our Own Correspondent. Singapore, November 22. At the Presbyterian Church, on Saturday, a marriage was solemnized bet veeu Mr. George Beauchop Harley, Assistant Manager, Central Engine Works (formerly of the Penang Foundry) and Miss Nellie Wilson. The R°v. W. Runciman officiated. The bride wore a
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    "FIRE-WALKING” DEVOTEES.
    42 5 TYPICAL HINDU CEREMONY. [/Vom Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, November 22. Hundreds of Hindus and a great many Europeans witnessed the fire-walking ceremony of Thimithi in the Hindu temple yesterday, when a great number of devotees struggled over the flaming embers.
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    PRODUCE PRICES.
    21 5 From Our Own Correspondent.] Singapore, November 21. To-day’s (Monday’s) quotations foi produce are Gambier $9.50 Sarawak sago flour 3.75
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    TAIPING LADIES’ BISLEY.
    35 5 [From Our Own Correspondent. 1 Kuala Lumpur, November 22. The Ladies’ Bisley, which was postponed in October owing to the smallpox outbreak at Taiping, will be held on January 13 and 14,
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    MR. R. E. STUBBS.
    25 5 [From Our Own Correspondent.] Kuala Lumpur, November 22. Mr. R. E. Stubbs, of the Colonial Office, has gone to-day to Pahang.
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    GERMAN CROWN PRINCE.
    79 5 ARRIVAL AT COLOMBO [Rkutkr’s Service] London, November 21. The German Crown Prince and Princes» have arrived at Colombo in the N.D.L Prinz Ludwig. The Governor’s Welcome. H.E. Sir H. McCallum, Governor of Ceylon, boarded the liner and welcomed Their Imperial Highnesses, who will spend three weeks on
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    UNREST IN PERSIA.
    47 5 ROBBERY BY TRIBESMEN [Rkutkr’s Skrvicb.] London, November 21. A telegram from Teheran states that it is reported that a large caravan from Bushire has been robbed by tribesmen near Shiraz. British Firm Victimised. A hundred bales belonging to a British firm have been captured.
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    COUNT TOLSTOI’S DEATH.
    95 5 RUSSIAN NATION MOURNING. AN ADJOURNMENT OF THE DUMA- [Reuter’s Service. 1 London, November 21. The Duma has adjourned out of respect to Count Tolstoi. The whole of Russia is in mourning. Pilgrimage of Devotees. fhe little wayside station, near where Count Tolstoi died, is already a place
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    INTERNATIONAL RAILWAY PROJECT.
    70 5 CAUCASUS TO BALUCHISTAN. [Rkutkr’s Skrvick.] London, November 22. M. Zwegintseff/a member of the Duma, who is now in London in connection with the proposed trans-Cacausian Railway, considers that a capital of £21,000,000 (sterling) will suffice. The Russian share is ready. Regarded Benevolently." The scheme is benevolently regarded
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    THE POLITICAL CRISIS.
    56 5 KEIR HARDIE THREATENING [Reuter’s Service London, November 22. Mr. J. Keir Hardie, Labour M.P. for Merthyr-Tydvil, speakins' at Bradford, said that the Labour members hold the balance in nearly eighty constituencies. Unless a cjmplete reversal of the Osborne judgment is promised, he would urge them to his
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    QUEEN OF THE BELGIANS.
    29 5 [Dkr Ostasiatischk Lloyd’s Service Berlin. November 21. The illness of the Queen of Belgium, who is suffering from influenza, is serious, but not altogether hopeless.
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    To-day's Penang Quotations.
    74 5 The following are the changes in our share list on page 7 to-day S I 1 oo C* 2 u. Mining. Lahat 8} 9 Tronoh 14{ 14J ex Ulu Piah 15 (General). Duff Development 5j 6| j Rubber (Sterling). Alor Pongsu 15/- 17/6 pm. 2/6 Anglo-Malay 2.3/9
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    Strangling Chinese Public Opinion.
    213 5 The Shanghai Mercury his a fierce denunciation of one of the 40 Articles submitted to the Chinese authorities in the capital for the regulation of the Chinese Press. The proposed Article is XL, which runs thus No language derogatory to the reputation of any person shall
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    Rubber Crops.
    12 5 The Uganda Rubber Estate’s crop for October was 1,412 lb.
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    THE KEELING-COCOS ISLANDS.
    268 5 CAPT. KIDDLE’S REPORT. Captain G. B. Kiddle, of H. M S. Astraea, visited the Keeling-Cocos Islands on the 19th and 20th September, 1910, and his report was laid before the Legislative Council at Singapore on Friday. The population of Direction island was 60 of whom 25 were
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    Penang and Taiping.
    264 5 The Inconvkniikt Train Service. Our Taiping contemporary has been dissecting the F. M.S. Railway Time tables. The following pertinent comments are passed on the Penang-Taipiug service Between Penang and Taiping, and Ipoh and Taiping, there is considerable passenger traffic, and there would be very much more if
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    The Late Capt. Jacobs.
    229 5 Notwithstanding the necessarily brief notice, a large number of gentlemen connected with the seafaring and other communities attended the funeral of Captain W. H. Jacobs, master of the 8.1. steamer Taroba, yesterday afternoon. included Dr. J. C. 0. Ford, Port Health Officer, Dr W. N. Bright,
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    “Sweet Home."
    86 5 Mr. Willis has shown us a letter he received from Batavia stat'ng his Hait Brion-Claudia horse Sweet Home is going great guns.” He has, it is said, improved out of all knowledge and is now designated the best horse in Java, if not in the East. Before coming
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    BRITISH JUSTICE.
    364 5 NEW YORK COMMENT ON THE CRIPPEN TRIAL. The Crippen trial, with its dignified and orderly procedure and speedy ending, furnishes the American Press with welcome material for some remarkable encomiums on the course of British as compared with American justice. The keynote of numberless leading articles on the
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    The Navy in 1913.
    255 5 Grave Speech by Mr. Balfour. Mr. Balfour delivered a momentous speech on the Navy on Oct. 29th. He appealed to the nation as a whole, irrespective of party immediately to set to work on a great scale to cure our possible inferiority a few years hence,
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    Grand Prix Winner for Germany.
    170 5 The German Government, which has be -n making most strenuous and successful efforts of recent years to improve German full-blood stock, has made a sensational purchase for the Government stud at G>aditz. i” the shape of Nuagt. Mme Chermeteff’s colt, which beat Lemberg so surprisingly
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    THE PUBLIC HEALTH.
    340 5 PENANG VITAL STATISTICS. In the Penang Municipality for the week ended Nov. 5, there were 74 deaths—--48 males and 26 females—equal to a deathrate of 37.22 per mille. The death-rate and chief causes of mortality were -p -o •a O to t J fig c a 47
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      412 5 WANTED FOR EOWER BURMAN. Experienced book keeper. Eurasian or Chinese. Unfurnished quarters provided. Good salary for competent man. Apply to “X..” c/o Pinang Gazette. BILLET’ WANTED. ANY GENTLEMAN requiring a Bookkeeper who knows Estare accounts thoroughly and Type-writing is requested to apply stating salary payable. P. c/o Pinang Gazette. Douglas
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    SHIPPING.
    369 7 ARRIVALS. Aragyee, Brit., 247, Campbell, Nov. 22, Teluk Anson, gen., E. S. Co. Ban Watt Soon, Brit., 336, Milne, Nov. 22, Langkat, gen., E. S, Co. Hyson, Brit., 4332, Maclian, Nov. 22, Liverpool, gen, Mansfield Co. Kedah, Brit., 134, Morris, Nov. 21, Alor Star, gen., E. S. Co. Malaya,
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    SHARES.
    1330 7 I 1 1 11 1 f Capital. Snh«oriheH Number of Issue 3 8 «2 5 P scribed. g bareg Value. 2 Dividends. Name. -g K 5 O’** 1906 1907 I 1908 1909 1910 MINING. 1906 30,000 lO ,10 »I 1° SO Belat Tin Mining Co. 1906 300,000 225.00 C
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    MAILS.
    237 7 CLOSE AT dtNERAL POST OFFICE To-Morrow. For. Per. Close. Alor Star (Kedah) Tong Chuan 9 a.m. Trang and Pang Nga Deli 1 p.m. Teluk Anson Avagyee 2 p.m. Langsa, Edie, T. a Semawe, Segli, p 01 ehl e h and I g Ap m and Sabang, J Thursday. Asahan
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    PRODUCE.
    200 7 Pkn a ng, Novembrr 22, 1910 Gold leaf $64.8" Pepper (W. Const 3•> 5 oz) No stock. White Pepper ...$24 5/8 buyers Trang Pepper slBnomieal. Mace $95 nominal. Mace Pickings $9O sellers. Cloves $5O sellers. Nutmegs LIO $2l sellers. !No. I $6.50 sales. No. 2 $6.40 sales. Basket $5
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    Passengers to the Straits.
    140 7 Pnr NDL si Buelow due at Penang Mrs Dec. 22, To Penang :—Dr and J Huizinger, Miss J C Vogelsang, Mr J de Wit, Mr J Jocobsen, Mr D W F von Oosterzee, Mr L Kniper. To Singapore: Mr and Mrs A F Strasser. Dr and
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    ON WEEK DAYS.
    530 7 FOR Balik Palau, at 8 a.m. and 0-30 p.in. Butterworth, at 7 a.m.. 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4-30 p.m. Bukit Tambun, at 8-30 a.in., J-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. Kuala Mudah,
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