Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 May 1891

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    26 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. HEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PRtCE 20 CENTS. VOL. XLIX. SATURDAYS MAY 2, 1891. No. 49
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      1517 1 =j6tppt>’3 (Rotate. pipping (Rofices. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean Steam Ship Company. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatscliappij. Vnhr ifmn Cnmnanv holts weekly line Aegapatam Line of Steamers. 1 vuiupauj. Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. HIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive For. Willsail. Steamer.
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    SHIPPING.
    118 3 Expected. Date. Names. From. Destination. Consignees. May. 1 I |W a He Teresa Singapore Trieste via PortsSchmidtKustermann Co. o Teutonia Klan S Klang Malacca Huttenbach, Liebert Co. p& 0 Ravenna Colombo S’pore, China Japan Gilfillan, Wood Co. p& O Thebet Singapore Bombay Do. 1 Port Weld Singapore via Ports
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    NINETEEN MEN BEHEADED AT KOWLOON CITY.
    1076 3 —Overland China Mail. There was a grim and awful exhibition of Chinese justice at our doors on the 17th inst. A gunboat from Canton brought down nineteen criminals to be executed at Kowloon City, and their decapitation took place on the beach there about
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1169 3 (London and China Express, 3rd April.) The Court. —The Queen is at Grasse, in France. Her Majesty makes daily excursions to places of interest in the neighbourhood. The battle of flowers and procession organised in honour of the Queen passed off most successfully. General. The various
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    "THE SCARLET LETTER."
    907 3 The name of Valentine Baker still lingers in the memories of many of his friends, and his .-in. if sin be committed, litis probably been condoned long ago. In all probability it was forgiven long before be died, though public opinion, as represented by the British authorities,
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    MISCELLANEOUS.
    455 3 The medical men of Berlin have agreed that in future their coachmen shall wear white hats, so that a doctor’s carriage may always be immediately distinguishable. The latest invention is clothing made of a fabric in which fine threads of cork are interwoven with wool silk, which renders it
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      167 3 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Notices in this column will be charged full rates. municipal notice. SPECIAL MEEWNG of the Munici- al Commissioners will be held in the 1 -Town Hall, at 2 p.m. On Friday, the Bth May. Business 1 To consider and pass a Supplemental Budget. i •> To consider and
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    64 4 Penang, Ist May. Tin $32.81 TTrang 13.45 Black Pepper < West Coast. 11.50 nominal (.Acheen 11.— White Pepper 17.25 nominal Cloves 34. Mace No. 2 76. Nutmegs 89.25 No. 1. 5.40 nominal Sugar > 2. 3. J Basket. 2.85 Tapioca Flour 2.10 Copra 4.40 Rattans 9.15 Green
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    237 4 (Straits Times, 28th April.) Bentong “Straits Tin” (£1 pd) 20 cents teller»Siam Goldfields (£1 pd) s2| seller». Jelebu Mining Co. ($5 pd) $2.30 seller» Ketchau Pahang (£1 pd) $2 buyer». Malay Prospecting Co. ($lO pd) $9 buyers. Pahang Corporation (SI pd) $8 tellers. Pahang Central (£1 pd)
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 4 Penang, Ist May, 1891. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/l| dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/2» Do. 6 Credits 3/2| 80. 6 Documentary 3/2 J Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 223 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 225 J Bombay, Demand Bank 223 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 2251
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    GEORGE TOWN MUNICIPAL REPORT 1890.
    774 4 The Report of the President of the Municipal Commissioners for the past year, which is dated the 26th March, has now been printed. The following is a short summary of its contents. The actual revenue was §237,320 as against §230,418 for the previous year. All
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    EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.
    1320 4 There will be a banquet at the Masonic Hall this evening. Mr. Hogge, Superintendent of Police, was unable to attend office yesterday on account of illness. Dental Notice. —Mr. H. Poate, Dental Surgeon, is expected from Singapore about the beginning of June. Mail Notice.—The outward bound P.
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      177 4 THE AGRA BANK LIMITED. Capital £1,000,000. (One Million Sterling.) Head Office Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., London, E.C. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta Kurrachee Hongkong Bombay Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agent», Penang PRITCHARD Co. ZE3ZEJLC2ET STREET. JUST RECEIVED Ex s. s.
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      74 4 REUTER'S TELEGRAMS. The African difficulty. London, 29 th April.— H. M. S. Raleigh, the flagship at the Cape and West African Station, has left Cape Town for the East Coast of Africa conveying field guns and stores. Influenza. Influenza has appeared in London. The Manipur Outbreak. London, 30th April.— Manipur
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    THE CENSUS.
    51 5 The Singapore Census is given as approximately 182,650, of whom 139,021 are males, and 43,629 females. These figures complete the preliminary returns for the Colony, the total population now standing approximately at 505,/43, an increase over the census returns of 1881 of 82 359. Malacca alone shews a
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    THE PROPOSED COLONIAL COUNCIL.
    92 5 The London A China Express states The proposal lately made by Sir John Pope Hennessy for a Colonial Council does not appear to have fallen on very fertile ground. The Australian Colonies, with their responsible Governments, could scarcely be expected to look favourably on the suggestion,
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    THE MILITARY QUESTION.
    224 5 Says the London and China Express just to hand:—lt is practically decided to bring the question of the increased military contributions demanded from Ceylon and the Straits before Parliament, and a suitable opportunity will be* sought on an early date. The late Blue-book on the Straits contribution,
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    WHAT I SAY.
    429 5 (Communicated.) I SAY that, as I predicted, the coolie who was so brutally attacked and left for dead by the tindal at Bukit Serayah has joined the majority. That an inquest was held and a verdict of murder returned against the tindal, who, it is to be
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    THE CONSULAR VISIT TO THE WESTERN SIAMESE STATES.
    1348 5 We have been favoured with the following particulars of the Consular visit lately (10th —23rd ult.) paid by the Hon. A. M. Skinner, c.m.g., to these States On leaving Penang H. M. S. Plater went straight to Renong and arrived thgye in
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    90 5 (Arril 24th.) Lieut. H. L. Talbot, 4th King’s Own Regiment, is appointed to act temporarily as H. E. the Governor’s A. D. C. from the 17th instant. Mr. H. J. H. Riccard is appointed to act as Inspector-General of Police, S. S., from the 18th instant. The Audited
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    PASTEURISM AT SAIGON.
    395 5 —Straits Times. The Governor-General of French IndoChina has issued a circular setting forth the aims and working sphere of the newly established Pasteur Institute at Saigon. It has been started to carry on animal vaccination and also vaccination against hydrophobia from bites, to prepare Pasteur’s lymph against
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    740 5 Bad Treatment of a Public Servant. (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette") Sir, —I have heard of a great manystrange things in Penang before, but strangest of all was what transpired on Monday last in the Municipal Office. The incident I refer to is one which shews the
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      52 5 It is distinctly to be borne in mind that ice do not by inserting letters convey any opinion favorable to their contents. No notice whatever will be taken of anonymous letters, nor can we return those that are rejected. Letters should be brief, and written on one tide of the
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    STRAITS AND CONNECTED STATES.
    1292 6 Singapore.— The Free Frees considers the prices charged by’ the Government for copies of Ordinances and other official papers extortionate, and points out that, as ignorance of the law is not allowed as a plea of excuse, it is “the absolute duty of the authorities to
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      98 6 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Nether land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000. Reserve Funds /1,003,375.71 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia’ Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan’ Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union Bank
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      999 6 DICKSON Co. wanted. FOR the Education Department, Lamf a temporary Clerk. Salary $2O a month. Must write a good hand. Applications with testimonials should be addressed to the Inspector of Schools Larut. i J Wine Merchants, TO LET. 2, BEACH STREET. Mount Edgecumbe.” Penang Hills. 695 I) UJ ;GALOW with
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