Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 July 1891

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    27 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [P/?/C£ 20 CENTS. VOL. XLIX. SATURDAY, JJ LY 11, 1891. No. 77
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      1504 1 pipping (Roftcte. pipping Qtoficee. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean’Steam Ship Company. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatseliappij. Navigation Company. ho™.™ l 1 J y —7l\ Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. rpHh mail steamers may 1 be expected to arrive For. Will sail. Steamer. From. Expected on
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      1269 2 Jneurance (Hofices. ‘‘ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. TIVOLI BEER! The North-British and Mercantile I J. Dukkers Zoon’s Specialities, TIVOLI BEER!! Insurance Company. MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. I TIVOLI BEER HI Capita!£2,ooo,ooo. Accumulated Invested Fund5... £2,838,118. ASSOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX’S WINES AND LIQUEURS, THE undersigned have been appointed Non Plus Ultra
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    SHIPPING.
    125 3 Expected. X Names. From. j Destination. Consignees. jl Pumea Negapatam Singapore Huttenbach, Liebert Co. 11 Avagyee S’pore Ports... Uncertain Do. 12 Teutonia Klang Klang <t Malacca Do. 13 P. AO. Malwa London S’pore, China 4 Japan Gilfillan, Wood 1 Co. 13 Bombay Colombo London A Singapore Boustead Co. 13
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1025 3 (London and China Express, June 12th 1891.) Court.—The Queen remains at Balmoral; but the departure of Her Majesty for England is fixed for 19th inst. The Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, and the Princesses Victoria and Maud, and
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    STRAITS AND CONNECTED STATES.
    873 3 Singapore— The Straits Tiling reports: —G. H. Owen, Financial Clerk in the i Colonial Secretary’s office, has been arrest- j ed on a warrant charging him with criminal misappropriation of public money to the amount of 1360. The defalcations appear to be principally in connection with
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    A CURIOUS CEREMONY AT MALACCA.
    1203 3 (Singapon Free Press.) Tiii: Straits-born Hokien Chinese of Malacca have been for some time holding a procession either by day or night in the streets of that town. The idea arose from the recent outbreak of cholera. During the epidemic their gods told them, by
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    MISCELLANEOUS.
    392 3 Among the North American Indians the. hair grows to a remarkable length. One Crow chief is said to have had hair ten feet seven inches long. He wore it rolled up with a leather strap, which made the coiffure weigh several pounds but on occasions of ceremony he let
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      183 3 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS, polices in this column still le charged full rates. NOTICE. MR. ROBERT LAIRD is authorized to sign our firm per procuration. ALLEN <t KENNEDY. Penang. 10th July, 1891. 238 FOR SALE. COCOANUT OIL (a, 111.— per picul. COPRA 7.50 The above are of the best quality from Ceylon.
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 4 Penang, 10th July, 1891. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 3/3} dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/4 Do. 6 Credits 3/4} Do. 6 Documentary 3/4} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 226 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 228} Bombay, Demand Bank 226 Do. 30 days' sight Private 228} Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    72 4 Penang, 10th July. Tin $32. (Trang nosupply Black Pepper < West Coast, no supply 6 (.Aclieen 9. sellers. White Pepper 11.25 Cloves no supply Mace No. 1 90. nominal. Mace No. 2 76.50 Nutmegs 82.5<> /No. 1. 4.80 sellers. Sugar > 2. 3. do I Basket. 2.Bo(Chinese)
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    265 4 (Straits Times, 7th July.) Beutoug "Straits Tin” (£1 jml) 30 cents nominal. Siam Goldfleldi- (£1 (all $2 „lten. Jetebu Mining Co. (-S5 pd)... $4.10 Ketchau Paining (£1 pd) $3 buyer,. Malay Ur---jH.--t.iug Co. slo jxlj SloJ ralr. buyer, Pahang Corjxiration ($1 pd) $5 w77.ru. j Pahang Central
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    111 4 Executions by Electricity. London. Bth July. —Your murderers have beeu executed by electricity iu New York. The German Emperor. Yesterday evening the Emperor of Germany was entertained at a brilliant banquet in Windsor Castle; Lord Salisbury and other notables were present. The Dutch Cabinet. London, 9th July.— The
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    THE CONTAGIOUS DISEASES ORDINANCE REPEAL.
    860 4 The subject of the repeal of the Contagions Diseases Ordinance, as to which we gave some statistics in our issue of Saturday last, has seemed inclined, during the last year or so, to drop out of the public mind. But while the irritation caused by
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    1455 4 (From Rangoon Papers.) Grievances of Purchase Officers. London. June 26.—1 n yesterday’s debate on the Army Estimates Lieutenant-General Fraser, member for Lambeth, urged that consideration should be given to the grievances of pun-hase officers, and asked that a Royal Commission should be appointed t > go fully into
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      314 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 Kurhachee Hongkong Bombay Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bussohah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agent», Penang PRITCHARD Co, 15, BEACH STREET. Nona Being Opened NEW
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      150 4 Important Notice. With a view to making this paper os efficient as possible an exponent of public opinion, as well as of local news, we invite communications on all subjects of general interest from persons able, to write with knowledge, which will be paid for at the following rates provided
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    EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.
    2994 5 The steamer Prins Alexander has gone into the Prye River Dock. A large number of cattle were shipped for Pahang by the steamer Maha Vajirunhis on Thursday. At the Young Men’s Institute, Palo Tikus, to-night Mr. J. A. Harwood will deliver a lecture on the life of
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    235 6 Arrivals. 4th July.—Per s. s. Gympie from Port Weld, Mr. and Mrs. Spalding. sth July.—Per s. s. Gympie from Port Weld, Mr. T. T. B. H. Toft, Mr. Chan He Wan, Mr. Lim Kye and Mr. J. J. Tait. Bth July.—Per s. s. Maha Vajirunhis from Singapore, Mr.
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      333 6 ROSS BEAN. I TAILORS AND GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS, No. I,'Beach Street No. 1, Union Street, Arc now showing New Tropical Tweeds in light texture suitable for the climate. Black and Blue Worsted Coatings, also Black French Elastic for Evening Dress Suits. The latest Novelties in (.'heck and Striped Flannel and Cashmere
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      1296 6 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. NOTICE. (Netb.rlanl Trading Society.) E u to Merchant. Kffr.BLi.HKl> 1824. Pu i( generttl y tbat w Paic-rr Camta’l... /35,783,000 oureelvcA a. Auctioneer., Reserve Fraos /1,003,375.71 BnMng.? L ga Head Office in Amsterdam. aim sroTT t Head Agency in Netherlands India. p,r icui T A Co. The Factorij
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      2319 7 Telegraphic Address MCLARTY COMPANY j Head Office: "MCLARTY, PENANG” CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, No. 30. beach STREET THUE’S A. I. CODt (1887.) SURVEYORS penang. ,A. B. C.,, 4th edition and General Manager. P R ,vatc Cooes. CONTRACTORS, F. M. McLarty, m.lm.e. AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. > th® Asbestos
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      435 8 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS IM *4Bjl Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany .4il iii vw B F ii y jjrSSk >BB 'trade-mark ml I SI iiSS*m9 V lh'V I Brewed and j BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. to Jlf JsHiilL
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      615 8 BASS /z\ GERMAN GREEN DIAMOND Purest and Lightest ALE extant. 30 NOTICE. S w 1 T c! H B A c K RAILWAY Date Kramat Gardens. Charges for Admission:— s Cents. i SPECIAL ari-angement has been made ZL with the Penang Tramway Company by which visitors can obtain tickets which
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