Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 September 1889

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  • 24 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY" AND FRIDAY. New Series.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Price 20 Cents. VOL. XLVII. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1889. No. 75
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1446 1 KAISER BOCK BEER. Prom the Kaiser Bi.er Brewery Company, Limited, Nicdeimending on the Rhine. Hi ttenhacii Brothers A Co., Sole Agents for the Straits Settlements and Sumatra. > G Sitippms floticrs.ffliippmg jlotifcs. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.) Peninsular Oriental Steam Steam ship Gmipany. iTS™"'’ 1 MAATSCHAPPII Navigation Company, HOLTS WEEKLY
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    • 1654 2 fnsuranre plotters. ISLE OF SKYE WHISKY. fnauraiire Ifloticrsi. The C WP 7 J• I)UKKERS ZOON’S SPECIALITIES, tt X H .LIT ANDARD ■Limited. 7 LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY The undersigned are prepared to aeeept MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. ce Risks and issue Policies on behalf of the I" c 'f' 10
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  • 750 3 (Straits Times.) Tramway Shares —§100 paid—have been sold at §5. The parleying to bring about a flow of coolies from India to Sarawak and British North Borneo has advanced another stage. The Secretary of State for India looks upon the idea with favour, lie has directed the Government
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  • 470 3 (Mercantile Gazette, 31st Aug. &7tiiinst.) By the Devawongse from Hongkong a high Chinese Mandarin is expected, about whose mission to Siam nothing is known yet. A\ e hear that on the occasion of the marriage of Miss Blanche Ames to Mr. Louis de Richelieu, which took place lately,
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  • 772 3 (free Press.) The following petition has been presented to the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore in connection with Air. Jiak Kim’s motion this afternoon To the Alvnicipal Commissioners, Singapore. AVe, the undersigned, as qualified medical practitioner' engaged in practice among the civil population resident within the Municipal
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  • 219 3 The Rev. John Crawford, Church of Scotland C haplain, Aleerut, and the Rev. Clement G. Aloore. Anglican Chaplain of Aleerut, writing jointly to an Indian contemporary with reference to the results of the abolition of the Lock Hospital system in accordance with a snap
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  • 370 3 Air. J. Conway Walter sends to the Standard the following characteristic anecdote of the Duke of Wellington. It was related by bis friend (and biographer) Dr. Gleig, late Chaplain General to her Alajcsty’s Forces, ami has not. to Mr Walter’s knowledge, appeared in print:—On the field of
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  • 705 3 A knight of the scissors and comb of Brooklyn, speaking of ladies who arc compelled to call in the aid of a “barber” twice or thrice a week, professes to be able to name at least fifty ladies who shave There’s a young lady whom J shave
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  • 396 3 One of the most prevalent popular errors, for it is prevalent both in France and England, is the belief that the French are the more sociable people of the two. The truth is quite the contrary; the English are much more sociable than the French the
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  • 117 4 Penang. Itith September, 1889. Hates close as follows London Demand Hank o] dollar Do. 1 months'sight Bank... 3 I.', Do. 6 Credits 3/2 Da. 6 Documentary 3/21 Calcutta. Demand Bank Ils. 2251 D<. 30 days’sight Private 230* B >mbay, Demand Bank 225'. Do. 30 days'sight Private 230" Madras, Demand
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  • 148 4 Loudon, 12th September, 1889. The result of the St. Leger 1. Donovan. 2. Miguel. 3. Davenport. Twelve horses rau. The international monetary congress, under the presidency of the Governor of the Bank of France, has met in Paris to discuss bimetallism. Strikers continue to disorganise trade. Cardinal Manning
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  • 1011 4 There is much shrewd common sense in the remark made regarding mining by a gentleman in England, and quoted in a letter addressed a few days ago to the SnKj'ijiori ’;■<•- Pr< s.< —Nothing underground fur me. i like to see my money, and what it is
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  • 1973 4 (From our Exchanges.) The Grand Duchess Vladimir is hopelessly ill. Twenty thousand Turkish troops have been despatched to Crete. The Council of India Bill has passed the House of Lords. Three hundred foreigners have been expelled from Warsaw. The Czar and his family arrived at Copenhagen on
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 303 4 ROBINSON Co. I have much pleasure in calling attention to their stock of NEW GOODS JUST OPENED comprising Novelties in all Departments Gent’s Merino Vests and Pants Gent’s Shooting Hose. A new range of Striped and Plain < 'RICKETING FLANNELS. We also hold a choice stock of Gent’s Ties and
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    • 43 4 THE AGRA BANK LIMITED. Capita i 1/1,000,000. (One .Million Sterling.) Head Offic e Nicholas Laue, Lombard Str.. London, E.C. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta Kvrrachek Hongkong Bombay Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 907 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang
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  • 1440 5 1 elegraphic advice has been received that the mail despatched on 11th ultimo, via Negapatam, was delivered in London on Monday, the 9th instant. The P. A O. mail steamer Huh ilia will leave Singapore tomorrow morning, and may therefore he expected here on Thursday afternoon. Foot-and-mouth
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  • 382 6 A very daring assault was made by a party of Malays on Saturday afternoon on Air. Storm van S’ Gravesande, the Dutch Comptroller of Deli. This gentleman was returning to the Eastern and Oriental Hotel in a hack carriage in company
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  • 71 6 A golf competition for two prizes presented by Mr. L. C. Brown, the President of the Golf Club, took place on Saturday afternoon. A recherche tiffin was served before the commencement of the game when about forty gentlemen sat down. The competition resulted in Mr. A. L. M. Scott
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  • 134 6 Pexaxg Cricket Cllb. Hie following are the results of the second ties played off since Wednesday last. The third ties were fixed to commence yesterday:— THURSDAY, 12m SEPTEMBER. Championship. \V. Egerton beat H. A. Edwards Single Handicap. I’. O. Hallifax beat E. Shropshire E. L. Brockman W.
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  • 250 6 Arrivals. 12th September.—Per s. s. Nb« s7u-ra from Moulmein, Mr. Cohen. 13th September.—Per s. s. Hama from Madras, Hossain Ismail. Per s. s. Mijer from Padang, Goh Ek Chong, Sic Karventoeng. Alagocdoen and Kam Teoh Tok. Per s. s. Lady HeM from Taiping, Major Wai ker. 11th September
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  • 272 6 The Straits Timer- says that Alajor McCallum has none too soon given notice of a motion calling attention to the peril from hydrophobia for indeed, the recent eases of this disease have aroused widespread alarm ami misgiving. It is clear enough that the existing legislation
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  • 865 6 A correspondent of the Singapore Free iVess writes —1 believe your are perfectly aware that in Lombok the slave-trade is in the most flourishing state human beings are bought and sold there like so manv sheep. As in Africa so also in
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  • 925 6 Air. Stevens, the correspondent of the i A’eic York World, who went on a bicycle in search of Stanley, has failed to find him and is returning to Zanzibar. The Servian Minister of Finance has ordered the payment of taxes in grain where money is impossible. This is regarded
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  • 146 6 The following is a li.-t of Ye><els expected to arrive during the fortnight Name. From Date. Destination. s.s V Bylandt Singapore 18 Sept. E<lie, Scgli, Olehleh. Tai ltd iia Rangoon 19 Singapore. r. Sdr/Wcm I.iwip-K'l 19 |S’joreCh Japan. s. Gwalior Siimaporc... 19 Bombay. s.s. Bohiffd Du 19 Jx-ndon
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 183 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. Applications for the appointment of Assistant Overseer of' Scavengers at a salary of a month will be received by the undersigned up to 12 noon on Friday the 201 U of September next. Canvassing will render candidates liable to be disqualified. Bv order, J. AV. HALLIFAX, Secretary io
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1952 7 ROSS PRITCHARD,; GRAND HOTEL the positive TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S wlt IIJS on BEACH STREET. TM, I»™.. outfitters, THE NEDERLAND HOTEL This Hotel, the largest in Penang, isi m. At No. la. King Street. situated in the heart of the business quarter 1 IC request the earnest atten1, Bearli Street. AND SOLICITS
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 757 8 PILSENER B E ER. HENR, R s f SSV NDIAN Kr V DT) 4 KT TX THILUM for Rheumatism, Neuralgia, j Y Dll /X 11 U Wounds, Bruises, Bronchitis, Mosquito bites, Scorpion stings, Ac. Price: 20 els., 40 cts., 50 cis. and $1.50 yer tin. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. OMUM-CABPOOB for
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    • 557 8 OUMRT» I) Syrup of Lactophosphate ol Lime I Thii «yrup enrielie» the blood TPHyr> lnd stregtheu» an<l restores all the iqrnriTf 1 11-11 V I Lis the substance most necessary to E f \f CmU ’our existence, and is indispensable f- for the formation of the bony and A f»rf
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