Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 February 1887

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1 9 Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE TUBIIBHID SVBRY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. < ESTABLISHED 1833. NEW SERIES. TUESDAY, Ist FEBRUARY, 1887. VOL. XLV. No. 9
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1939 1 I NUBT iV S u'J' l Sf.U“p“Y. !i nLa SECO .?R 11 £!Em fire ocean steam ship compant w <X Z I O C .S““"". ,W s INSURANCE COMPANT. holi-s weekly line. •i&K T L »<„«..!»< ch.Miukrt. «3 VpHh wdenngned, b...11g been .p. otg conveying the Outward and IV.‘ Fire
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1831 2 FOUNDED 1825 "S U 11 W E I Z” i NOTICE. NOTICE. /Warinc insurance tfompamj. prNANT' TOP WORKS STAOARO[Ure fJWK u le X"n Z h b.v.n i™ t™'.., u,. i.t of March next,'ice The undersigned was ASSURANCBCUMI AM. pointed Agents for above Company I can be had from the Depot,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1905 3 North China Insurance Coy. (Ld.) «.«.bviten. ,rrai sioREs II i,ii«TED AVT 'DX’TYTTr’TiTn'KT n-EJ DAfrra 7 Wholesale and Retail, Branch Depots, Aldershot Dublin. REDUCTION OF RATES. Commission Agent, ESTABLISHED 1879. The following reduced Scale ofrates is in force from this date beach Street, a a rv Q Alj 200,000 r Ist
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1591 4 L I IN THE ISUPREME COURL’ Jxobinson o Co. 0™ <7 STRAITS SET ILEMENTS. fix. r A Glencoe. JML /INDIA Bro Fancy Department. sktl.«n_toih>« <.n O (1 UI Wo In the mutter of the Land X’XTT'r I/ f) \I Ladies Silver Bracelets > xjzLx f t/ /S>— and I remises
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  • 107 5 Fknano, Ist February, 18*7. Kate« close a> follow» Loudon, Demand dollar Do. 4 months’ sight, Bank 35.4$ Do. 6 Credits 3s.sj| Du.“ 6 Documentary Bs. Calcutta, Demand Bank It". 324 Do. 3« days’ sight Private 220 Bombay. 30 220 Do. Demand Bank 22+ Madras, 2234 Do. SO days’ sight
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  • 96 5 Tuesday, Ist February 1887. Straits Insurance Company, Limited. 1 <• Shares piiitin p. Ao recent -ate*. .May be quoted at 37. Tue Singapore Insurance Company Limited —SI on shares; *2O paid up. Aon» nil at 21. and Company, Limited. 5 UK» Shares fully paid up. -ales at. $59.
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  • 1272 5 Berlin Jannarv ’o—The Semi-Ofli'-ial N >rth Ci rm ui Gazette of to-day states, that th German Government has received information that French Agents are making large purchases of wooden planks in the provinces of Alsace and Lorraine, and points out that the evident object of these purchases is
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  • Correspondence.
    • 174 5 To the Editor of the i’inimj (Janette, Sib, It having been decided to hand over Port Hamilton to him, and the lEanla‘/a having proceeded there to bring away the troops an I munitions of war, may 1 ask why the Government have not hit upon the idea
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  • 1064 5 Many of onr readers will not have forgotten the extraordinary incidents in connection with the voyags from Calcutta of the barque Sophia Joakim, Master, Henry Brown. Ext» acts from the Log book were, from time to time, published in our columns, and considerable correspondence
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  • 842 5 Matters ecclesiastical are not, apparently, running very smoothly in Colombo. With regard to the settlement of the Concordat in that island, a telegram states: D.ilga lo turned Propagandist. Remaining clergy resist. Great excitement. Christians offering assistance. Dilcado interdicted from holding service in our churches. All cjiurches closed Viva I’adroado.”
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 100 5 The Editor of the Pinum G-iKtt? do?* not hold himself responsible for the opinion-* of Oorr he hold-* ail corre»pon lento answerable for ch hr i.-i. Ail communications inteiideh for publication should be written in ink, aai on <».. '1 1 oi ih papjr only Egujihiy and writing will conduce
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  • 304 6 Yesterday morning the arrival in the channel of II M. IS. Champion, Saftelite //ero/ne and Zep/o/r create 1 quite a sensation. Amongst the Chinese and Klings the unusual sight of four men-of-war anchored in mid-stream gave rise to the most exaggerated of statements. Of course it is hardly
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  • 437 6 The Chitty festival called Taipoosum, which is a recognised Bank Holiday in the Straits Settlements, will begin on the sth and conclude on the 9th instant. As it may be interesting to some of our readers at this time to know some thing of the meaning and origin of
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  • 272 6 As notified the Right Rev. G. F Hose, D.D. Bishop of Singapore, held a confirma’ion service at St. George’s Church last Saturday evening at G o’clock. We regret to say that the at- I tendance to witness tb ceremony of I this rite of the
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  • 923 6 The Annual General Meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held in the Chamber on Friday, the 28th January. Present, Mr. J. "Finlayson, Chairman. A. E. Turner. A. G. Wright. O. Becker. W. S. Petherbridge. A. Rauch C. B. Rickett F. G. Somerville. R
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  • 974 6 Recent advices from the West Coast' Sumatra state that ail vessels on arrival are boarded and subjected to a rigorou© search for contrab »nds of war. Two Dutch Men-o-war appear to be solely emp oyed in the performance of this du\y. t >r little or nothing is ever effected
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1784 7 MAYNARD AND COMPANY, NOTICE. THE ROYAL HORSE MART. LlMlliliD. a r Q FAMILY DISPENSING CHEMISTS. Io the Supreme Court of the Straits T'QT A"RT TCJTTIPTY IRftA IUEET GNANO J» BN ANG DISPENSARY. AJ00ltDIN1) „v,m,.t-uvdv t. mn FT ln Bankrnntcv A JOURDLN begs to inform bis customers and the iPublio m
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 1849 8 jnĔ Londonassurance ~ililjm J r r "n’ /r z LAMPS OF ALL KINDS, i For Inntrwg IMdings, hoods German and English I Merchandize V»»»els in Port IRONMONGERY GLASSWARE. 01’ 111 Dock, B I'olll IjOSS or Dll* Parties applying must be able to influence I IP* in(lQt Oy I’lTe. HKraelfin T]k
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  • PINANG GAZETTE SUPPLEMENT.
    • 199 9 The cases disposed of on Friday and Monday last are as follows Tab Ah Buk, was charged with attempting to commit suicide on the 19th of January at Ayer Etam, in Penang. The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty, and the prisoner was sentenced to three months
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    • 1317 9 Present. The Hon’ble Resident Councillor, President. The Acting Duputy Colonial Engineer, Foo Tye Sin, Esq. F. H. Friederichs, Esq. C. Chen Eok, Esq. 1. Read and confirmed the minutes of last meeting. 2. Read report called
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    • 703 9 The most important event of the week has been the announcement of the appointment of Sir George Strahan, late Governor of Tasmania, as successor to Sir George Bowen in the Governorship. The news was first wired by Reuter, and afterwards confirmed by a private telegram to H. E the
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    • 450 9 This is how the lawyers make the worse appear the better reason, and how the grave and reverend Seigniors of the bench puzzle over a simple matter: ‘What is a cousin?’ is the latest of the many mysterious issues submitted to the decision of our Courts
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    • 258 9 LIVING SIX TEARS WITHOUT GOING TO BED. Mr. Editor, While spending a few days in th* pleasant seaside town of Aberystwith Cardiganshire, Wales, I beard related what seemed to tn* either fabulous story or a mar* vellous cur*. The story was that
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