Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 September 1889

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    26 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. New Series.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Pit ice 20 Cents VOL. XLVII. TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 24, 1889” iXo. Si
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      1535 1 KAISER BOCK BEER. lin the K\i EK Bi.i I. Brew i.i.i Comi anv, Li mi i li>, Niedermeiiding on the Rhine. Hvti i:xbach Brothers A Co., "Sole Agents for the Straits Settlements and Sumatra. 926 gtjippiwg flotircs.SWpu-j flotirr». i BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.) Peninsular Oriental Steam NEGAPATATtm MAATSCHAPPIJ. navigation
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  • Article
    S. GEORGE’S CHURCH. PENANG.
    91 2 S. S. Michael \nd All Ana.i ls. XV Sunday ifter Trinity. Sept. 29th, 1889. Morning.— Venite 7g Proper Psalm XXXI V 329 NCI :;:?o le Deiim Vaughan in D Benedictus 289 Anthem 297 Holy Communion —Kyrie 11 Gloria and Thanks 3 Offertory Hymn 121. Tune of
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      506 2 fnsuranre jftotirrs. The Maxine Insurance Company, Limited. The undersigned are prepared to aeeept Risks and issue Policies on behalf of the above company by any first-class steamer or sailing vessel at current rates. BROWN Co., 418 Agents. Canton Insurance Office, Limited. The undersigned having been appointed Agents for this Office,
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      645 2 ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. J. Dikkers Zoon’s Specialities, MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. ASSOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX’S WINES AND LIQUEURS, N'o/c for the Straits A Sumatra, G, H. SLOT, Peiiailg. PIERRE CHABANNEAU fit CIE’S. COGNAC. Sole Agent for pcittDHj Sumatra, G. H. SLOT, Penailg. MEURING fit VAN DEN HONERT’S WINES.
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      449 2 Siisiiiaiifc flottcfs. THE STANDARD LIFE ASSUB.ANCE COMPANY l> an old and wealthy Scottish Office well-known throughout India and the East’ and has acquired a marked character for sound and liberal management. Invested Funds 1’6,80*4,000 Stir. SAN DI LANDS BUTTERY A Co.. Agents, Standard Life <>fi C e, 645 Plnani, The
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1906 3 (London and China Express, Aug. 23rii.) TiieCourt. —The Queen is expected in Wales to-day. Elaborate arrangements have been made to give Her Majesty a very hearty reception. Lord KnuMord will be t ie first Atinister in attendance on the Queen in Scotland. It is stated that
    (London and China Express, Aug. 23rii.)  -  1,906 words
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    MINUTES OF MEETINGS OF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    1061 3 Meeting held on tiie 23rd August 1889. Present: The Hon. C. A\ S. Kynnersley (President), Captain Cameron, it. E., R. A. P. Hogan. Esq.. F. AL McLarty, Esq.. D. Cotnrie Esq. .tZiscn/: —C. AV. Barnett. Esq. 1. The minutes of the last ordinary
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    157 3 (Straits Times.) 'I lie banks have closed their purses Loth to the Chinese firms and to the Chitties. The latter are understood to have remonstrated in a body some fifty strong tabidih. Messrs. Drew and Napier, solicitors for tlie official liquidator of the Hawang Mining Co., give notice
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    MALACCA NEWS.
    186 3 IlecA/y t hronicle, 1 Ith inst.) Sir Charles A\ arren, Mr. Justice Goldney, and the Hon. Mr. Adam-on aie expected to arrive here shortly to hold an enquiry into the condition of the Police Force in our Settlement. Ban Seng, the Chinese Interpreter lately employed in the office
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    FAMOUS CONVICTION ON CIR-CUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE.
    517 3 FAMOUS CONVICTION ON CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. Here (says tbc London cv york Herald) is a series of celebrated convictions, based upon circumstantial evidence, in each of xvbich the guilt of the prisoner seemed clear as day. and yet all of the convicted persons suffered wrongfully. In the year 1721 there resided
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 4 I’e.nang, 23rd September, 1889. I:A IKS CLOSE AS FOLLOWS London Demand Bank 3 o :1 dollar. Do. I months'sight Batik... 3'l J Do. 6 Credits 3 2J Da. 6 Documentary 3/2| Cal.utla. Demand Bank Its. 225‘- D<. 30 days’sight Private 230 n Bin b iy. Deniand Bank 223.', To.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    110 4 :o: London, 19th September, 1889. A stringent Anglo-Italian anti-slave trade convention has been signed in London. Slavers arc to be treated as pirates. The Mediterranean alone is excepted from the operation of the convention. London, 22nd September, 1889. The disputes between the dock companies and the strikers is
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    HYDROPHOBIA.
    779 4 Sin* e we last wrote about hydrophobia two fresh cases have occurred in Singapore,and the alarm in that island is becoming general. The newspapers have contained both articles and letters on the subject, and Major McCallum lias given notice of a resolution at the Municipal board. W hat the
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCES.
    16 4 BIRTH. At Dunbar Hall, on the 22nd instant, Mrs. F. VI. McLarty, a son.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1086 4 The mail which was despatched ria Negapatam on the 25th ult. was delivered in London on Friday, the 20th inst. The outward bound P. 0. mail steamer Pexhawur, with the mails from Europe, arrived here on Sunday morning. and left again in the evening. Sii Charles Warren,
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      310 4 ROBINSON Co. have much pleasure in calling attention to their stock of NEW GOODS JUST OPENED comprising Novelties in all Departments Cent’s Merino Vests and Pants Cent’s Shooting Hose. A new range of Striped and Plain CRICKETING FLANNELS. We also hold a choice stock of Gent’s Ties and are well
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      44 4 THE AGRA BANK LIMITED. Capital £1,000,0 »0. (One Million Sterling.) Bead Office: Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., London, E.C. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta Kvrraciiee Hongkong Bombay Agra Busiiire Madras 1 Lahore Bussorau Rangoon j Shanghai Singapore 967 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang
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  • Obituary
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    25 4 DEATH. At Kualla Kaugsa, of fever, on the 19th September, Charles T. W ight, of Kamuning Estate, Perak, late of Ceylon. Ceylon papers please copy.
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    SECRET SOCIETIES IN JAVA.
    70 5 The Straits T/mc,«says:—Chinesesecret societies have taken root in Java. The Java Bode of the 14th instant admits as much. Several of these organisations have been started at Sourabaya. They are mutually hostile, and strive to do each other as much harm as possible. The local Chinese
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    SUICIDE OF THE BAGAN AJAM MURDERESS.
    114 5 A most determined suicide was committed at about noon on Saturday in the female ward of the Criminal Prison. In the absence of the matron upstairs for a little while, the Malay woman who' was' to be tried at the present assizes for the
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    LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    71 5 Penaxg Chicket Club. The following are the results of the third ties played off since Wednesday last:— THURSDAY. 19th SEPTEMBER. Single Handicap. F. 0. Hallifax beat R. Yeats R. C. Petherbridge E. L. Brockman F. E. Jago W. Egerton E. H. Barnnit G. E. Cole A. G.
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    "THE CHINESE CLUB" GAMBLING CASE.
    652 5 The case against the seven men, Sob Hoo, Cheng Guan, Khoo 800 Koi, Ah Taw, Lee Sean, Ung Choi and Lim Kap, and the woman, Khoo Ut Im, who were arrested in “The Chinese Club’’ in Macalistcrßoad,at one o’clock in the morning of the J2th
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    THE MUNICIPALITY
    757 5 At the meeting of the Municipal Commissioners on Friday, the Hon. C. W S. Kynnersley, Preside i Captain Cameron, ill Mr. D. Comrie, Mr. IL A. P. Hogan, Mr. F. M. McLarty, and Mr. C. W. Barnett were present. The minutes of the last three meetings having been
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    163 5 Akrivals. 2t’th Sept.—Per s.s. 17m P''H! from Port Weld. Mrs. Al. Doral, Miss Josephine Robless and Miss Lucy de Oliveiro. Per s.s. NoiKji-e from Olelileh. Mr. It. Krujer. Per s s. /.((<?>/ IFt7<7 from Taiping. Mr. Ashton and Mr. Mackay. 21st Sept. —Per s.s. Teutonia from Klang. H.
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    1815 5 COCONUT (7b the Editor of the Pinong Gazette.”') Sir, —The proposed ’‘Ordinance forthe protection of Coconut trees from the ravages of certain Beetles may seem to persons unacquainted with the causes of the great increase in the number of these insects quite unnecessary; but when they know how impossible
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    THE SUPPRESSION OF HYDROPHOBIA.
    192 6 A correspondent in Johore writes to the Strait* Time*:— I understand that Mr. Bentley has been stirring up the Council here to make defensive preparations against the inroad of dogs that may be expected when the legislation recommended in the Strait* Times takes effect, and I
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    THE BANKS AND THE CHITTIES.
    395 6 (Fii'C'i the Straits Time*.; At this moment nearly the whole of the Asiatic traders of Singapore are threatened with absolute stoppage of credit, ami unless the situation be modified within the next day or two, there will be a crash of the mo-t serious kind.
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    THE CHINESE CALENDAR.
    925 6 THE CHI NESE CALENDAR. Mercury. Amongst the many things which the enrly Arab traders probably introduced into China was the knowledge of the Metonie cycle of nineteen years, w hich the Greeks adopted in their admiration of its use in rectifying the calendar called the "Goldin Number/' The Greeks adapted
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    THE RUSSIAN BOGEY AND CHINESE RAILWAYS.
    374 6 The alarm felt in China at the construction of the great Siberian railway by Russia, to which Chtiiig Uhih-tung and other officials have given voice, is also echoed by the Tientsin native paper. The Shih-pao thus refers to General Anuenkoft's great enterprise: The Russians
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    GLEANINGS.
    913 6 No one need be surprised to hear in the (course of a few weeks, says a home paper, that Prince Albert Victor has been created Duke of Clarence. Mr. Edison has been interviewed in Paris and has let fall two or three bits of information worth noting. He has
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    STEAMERS EXPECTED.
    157 7 The following is a list of Vessels expected to arrive during the fortnight:— Name. From Date. Destination. ,s. Ginm'gmis'hire London 24 Sept. S'pore Ch.. Japan, g.s Purnca Rangoon .25 Singapore. -> 6’ J’ Achecn 25 S poiv. B’via. S’av.i. s < Pahtana Singapore 25 M< u Ran..Ca ciitta
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      273 7 To the de \r—A Person cured of Deaf lies* and noises in the bead of 23 years' standing by a simple remedy, will send a description of it mi:r to any Person who applies to Nit iioi.sox. 21, Bedford Square, London. W. C. England. —Adri. 1030 ROSS PRITCHARD, TAILORS GENTLEMEN'S
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