Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 June 1886

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    21 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CRONICLE VBB ■VB*T.TU«SDAT AMD FKXBAT. ESTABLISHED 1833. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, Bth JUbE, 1886. VOL. XLIV. No. 43.
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      1845 1 ra AXh.n%XnT m warms.insurance ocean steam ship compant rnrrw *n TH E undersigned are prepared to accept CHINA TRADERS HOLT'S WFF.KI v i ini? f Risks and issue Policies on behalf of tbe CO, LIMITBD, jau ets conveying the Outward and above Company by any first Class Steamer Head Office
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      2046 2 YAifQTszi iirsuMAwci foundki) 1825. NOTICE. NOBEL’S PATENT DYNAMITE. ASSOCIATION, LIMITED, x STAN®AR® LIFE penang ice works. LT. oTCT. at current rates ASSURANCE COMPANY. From the Ist of March next, Ice Patent Dynamite and can arrange to H Upp r. M s 9i Z D lB75 BU r EKY4UO TDK ALL-IMPORTANT
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      1853 3 GRAND HOTEL photographic the i*v>r A STUDIO Snippet#’ fttutual steam mt* Billing» Moam*. ».n<g».ijmr. ni n x i vxi t i x t i' *< daily from ia.m. to 5 p.m 12, fenciiurch sireet, lonlon. This first-class Establishment, under Entirely new Manage- on ww avd nm <ur/ Directorswent, now affords
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      2131 4 NOTICE Xn the Supreme Court of the THE PERAK SUGAR CULT IVA- PERAK GOVERNMENT nuxivu, straits Settlements, TION COMPANY, LIMITED. NOTICErn. j -II tin *1 SETTLEMENT OF PENANG, mva-bus The undersigned will not hold them- T As it is proposed moving the head ouar selves responsible for any debt or
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    PENANG CENTENARY RACES.
    557 5 •FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 10th August, 1886. FIRST RACE. The George Town Cup. —Value For all Horses that have never won a Race on any Course. Penang Sky Meetings and Roadsters excepted. Distance, R. C. Entrance 10. Weight per scale. SECOND RACE. The Beach Street Vase.-—Value For all
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    EXCHANGE.
    113 5 Pk.na.no, Bth June, 1886. Rates close as follows London, Demand 35.3} dollars Do. 4 months’ sight, Bank 35.4 Do. 6 Credits 35.4} Do. 6 Documentary B a .4A Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 228} Do. 30 days’ sight Private 231* Bombay, 30 231} Do. Demand Bank 228* Madras, 2’B} Do.
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    SHARE MARKET.
    94 5 Tuesday, Bth June, 1886. Straits Insurance Company, Limited. I HO .'limes, $2(l paid up. Au recent rales, May be quoted at 5 36|. The Singapore Insurance Company Limited $lOO bhares; *2O paid up. soiuinii at 21. Maynard and Company, Limited.— 100 Shares, fully paid up. Might be had
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    PRODUCE.
    50 5 Tuesday, Bth Juda, 1886. Tin L'irnt 34.82| firm. Pepper— Acheen ~17 75 steady. Pepper West Const 19 25 nominal. Nutmegs—., 110 b. 65.00 Heady. Basket Sugar— 3'o do Cvprah good quality 380 do White Pepper— ~2925 nominal T'.piocn Flour— 205 steady Tapioca Flake 4.55 fi>m Mace— ~42 00 steady
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    THE FIRE TAX.
    970 5 That the Straits Government possess the happy knack of wriggling out of a difficulty has been proved upon more than one occasion, and now, one other has, or will, doubtless be aided to, the long lis L of failures jus'ly set down to the credit of our
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    CONTRIBUTED.
    713 5 As YOU are aware, barring any new publication, I am a constant rea lor of all the English Newspapers (not omitting the Government Gazette”) published in the Straits Settlements, so I must have seen the Annual Reports of the Protectorate of Chinese of Singapore and Penang for the year
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    HUNT CLUB.
    464 5 The Meet on the sth instant, took place at Gottlieb’s 'free at 6 a. m., when seventeen bold riders faced the start. The hares, Messrs J A and E. Brown, were despatched at 6.10 sharp, and got 12 minutes start. The course taken Was thro’ (love Hall into
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    932 6 Perhaps the very height of curiosity has been attained by a correspondent Wishing to know the exact height of the Queen. '1 he editor to whom the enquiry was addressed lu’ouically replies—“ 4 ft 8 in.” According to “reliable statistics’ the number of matches consumed daily m
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    Minutes of a Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on the 21st May 1886.
    1131 6 Present. The Hon’ble Resident Councillor, President. The Act Dep. Col. Engineer. Foo Tye Sin, Esq. F, H. Eriederichs, Esq 1. Head and confirmed the minutes of last meetings. 2. It is resolved that tenders be called
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    ENGINEER’S OFFICE.
    582 6 Penang, 4th Jun» 1836. The Hon’ble President, and Municipal Commissioners. Gentlemen, I have the honor to submit the fol. lowing report for your consideration. Central Market. The concrete floor of this building has given way in many places, more especially over an old drain under the fish stalls,
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    ACHEEN.
    152 6 The two deserters, Rangonet and de Mey, who were handed over to the Dutch authorities by Captain Kerr of S. S. Rajah when they made an attempt to escape to Penang by his vessel, have been sentenced to death. Du- Hug the ihonth of May the Achenese about Kotta
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      1591 7 NOTICE:. prye rivekmck company, akmfc tmt, SUoft ©Mt. The undersigned have established them- FOR F() 1? PAD selves at No. 22, Beach Street, as Con- Company are prepared to rv.n JJUK suiting Engineers, Shipwrights, Com mis- 1 t u3ei 8 a,, d Sailing Ships. CUT A 1) TXT DC! DTVAT
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      1099 8 Apollinaris ,L WATER, r NATURAL SODA WATER. jßjßfireMl I J ItaniA RMnDiI •Th» queen of table water».’ 1 J c nt Biutibb Mbdical Joubxai. II i > APOLLINARIS WATER. iW</7 Pf Supplied continuously to the Table of y^j<— -I V H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES' during the last five year».
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      534 8 CLARENPON HOTtir** No 2 PENANG ROAD, Seven minutes’ walk from the Jetty} The undersigned beg respectfully to form the Public that they have purcbalj the above Hotel, and to solicit a fair si? of patronage and support. Extensive altll* atiousand inprovements are being m ß( j e r Superior accomodation
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  • Pinang Gazette Supplement.
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      HONGKONG.
      3263 9 —China Express, The past week has been uneventful. On the 20th May the annual meeting of the Victoria Recreation Club was held at the Gymnasium, when the accounts were passed, Mr. A. P. Mac Ewen elected Chairman, Mr. Stewart-Lockhart re-electtd Hon. Secretary and the different Committees ballotted for.— In
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