Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 January 1892

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILIT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. L. TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1892. No. 8
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      603 1 (Roftcec. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may JL be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Mirzapore 24th Jan. Penansulttr 14th Jan. Hohilla 7th Feb. Ravenna 28th Clyde 21st Mcdwa 11th Feb. The above dates are only approximate the arrivals
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      1496 1 pipping Qloficea» British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. BANKS Koninklijke Paketvaart ikudschappij. The Agra Bank Limited. Ocean Steam Ship Company. Negapatam Lineiof Steamers. caphai£i,ooo,ooo. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. x ox (One Million Sterling.) Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. K T Head Office: *'**Sfß^ pß* Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str, London,
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      749 1 BEDERLMDSCHE HANDEL JIAATSCHAPPIJ (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,060. Reserve Funds 1,501,346.38 Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. ’The Factorij of the Nederlandschc Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore. Medan (Deli) Samarang, Soui-abaia, Padang, Cheribon, legal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    80 2 A H rivals. 10th January. Per s. s. I'uetonia from Klang. Mr. G. A. Ketsehker. 11th January. Per s. s. Khadive from Brindisi, Mr. E. R. Pike. Dei’a lire res. 11th January.— Per s.s. K/mdn't for Singapore. Messrs. Sword. Rodesse. J. K. Morrison, S. van Bracket ami Mr.
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    MAIL NOTICES
    48 2 M ails close To-mohicow For Per str. TiirtP. Edie HWu Noon. Deli Ktcei I p.m. Lumut, Tehlk Anson. Klang. Port Dickson. and Malacca... (Mana >T> .in. Tm RSDAY. Europe, ri<i Brindisi Peninsular Tice homeward P. »t <). mail str. Peninsular is expected to leave Singapore this afternoon.
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    THE WEEK.
    79 2 Tuesday, 12th Meeting of Board of Licensing Justices. Wednesday, 1:1th Meeting Penang and Province Wellesley Planters’ Association. Town Band, Esplanade, 5 30 r.M. I. M. S. N. Coy. Ltd. General Meeting. r :m I hursday, 14tii Town Rand. p.m. Full Moon. Festival of Tuipiisum. Homeward mail closes, rid
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    EXCHANGE.
    129 2 Penang, 12th Jam aby, 1892. R ates close as follows licndon. Demand Bank 3 <> dollar. De. 4 months’sight Bank... 3OJ Do. 6 Credits 3IJ Do. 6 Documentary 31J Ca’ uilii. Demand Bank Rs. 221 J Do. 3't days’sight Private 221 Bombay. Demand Bank 221 J Do. 3*J days'sight
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    79 2 Penang, 12iiiJim Ain. 1892. Im t 34.15 I’rang no supply Black Pepper < West Coast. do (.Avheen do White Pepper 17. —sellers Cloves (picked) 527. do Mare No. 1 small supplies Mace No. 2 do Nutmegs 87. No. 1. 5.69 sellers Sugar „2. 3.30 do I Basket.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    307 2 (Strait:. To'i'S, 6th January.) llentonu "Strnits Tin <LI|«I 2> cents »omih«L Sinni < ;>>ldUel>l>* < L’l |xl) flO rents liviir:» Mines Isl iEI p<l) vI 7 KeteLioi I’nhnnff itl |><ll f’.j Mn.nv I n -|s-ctitiiz slo s; r I’a inbu <.r|H>rsti>hi (S| p,|) J_>> I’llhri! z <"<•>;!
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    SHIPPING.
    99 2 Expected. ji'ii' Names. From. Destination. Consignees. L. L t” Vda Moulinein Rangoon 1 Huttenbaeh. Liebert A Co. 12 Lanark Singaporo Marseilles Lon<lon IBoustead A Co. 13 Taiiilora Do. Padiing tria Coast ports.'Huttenbaeh, Liebert A Co. 14 Palaincotta Do. Rangoon Calcutta Do. 16 JFiaj Sang Do. Calcutta Boustead A Co.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    54 2 The Death of the Khedive. London, 10th January.— The papers ate unanimous in deploring the death of H. H. the Khedive of Egypt, and dwell upon his loyalty and good faith towards England. The Sultan lias confirmed his son Abbas as the new Khedive. Lord Knuisfoud. Lord Knutsford
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    FERRIES IN PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    246 2 Oui: travelling and Province readers will be glad to learn that the establishment of more efficient communication in respect of the ferries in that district is about to be provided. The ferries in Province Wellesley were all freed by Sir FREDERICK Wild in 1885, when, with
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    THE SULTAN OF PAHANG AND THE PRESENT RISING.
    320 2 From the important telegrams. Avhich we publish elsewhere, it would appear that the tvsistance anticipated to the movement now being carriefi out by Assistant Commissioner Duhan is likely to be greater than was expected, for the countermanding of Ixsri. ior M' Namara's
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    EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.
    1451 2 Mr. J. Wellford has been appointed Chief Surveyor, Selangor, from the Ist instant. The Pope's infallibility, as tested by his laws about snuff, may be seen from the following: Pope Urban VIII published a bull against the use of snuff in 1624, but a century afterwards Benedict
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    LOSS OF THE “NAM CHOW.“
    59 2 Just as we are going to press, we have received news of the foundering of the British steamer Num Choir on her \o;age from Hongkong to Amoy, but whether with all hands or not is not stated. The Nam I'hotc was commanded by (’apt. Lee
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    ENTRIES FOR THE RACES.
    184 2 The following is the list of entries for the forthcoming races FIRST DAY. The Maiden Plate.— Sagitta, Memoir, Nimblefo- f. Friendless. The Penang Vase.— Aziz, Forest King. Prince Charlie, Hercules, Rebecca. The Johore Cur.— Lady Jane. Grisette, Sasin (late Rajah Mudat) The Grand Stand Cup.— No
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    THE DISTURBANCE IN PAHANG.
    348 2 Special Telegrams. (for the Pinang Gazette. McNamara ordered to advance. Possible complicity of the Sultan. (From our Special Correspondent.) Tras, llf/i January, 8-47 p. m.— The Governor refuses consent. [Apparently our correspondent has telegraphed direct to the Governor for permission to move with the forces to
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      295 2 JSTOW THE “Pinang Gazette” MLENJAH FOR 1892 COMPRISING A USEFUL SHEET CALENDAR AND A DESK CALENDAR. Price 50 Cents. O .be x CO |-3 2 o P z= S J .O’ i x Z Zo3 => W s=£ s o o H r t> Q 0 B o ■C c
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      520 2 New Advertisements. municip.il notice. rpHE next ordinary meeting of the Muni1 cipal Commissioners will be held in the Ton x Hall, at 2.30 p.«., Ox Friday, the 22xd ixstaxt. (Bv Order) .1. W. HALLIFztX, Secretary to th” M nuii ipal Commissioners. NOTICE. For Sale by Public Auction. T)Y order of
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    33 2 DOMESTIC 0( URRE X( E. DE ATI!. Turner. —At Caledonia Estate, Province Wellesley, on the llhli instant, after only a few bouts illness, Keith, second surviving son of John Turner, aged 4 years.
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    PHILIPPINES NEWS.
    624 3 (Special for the Pinang Gazette.") A brewery has been established in Manila, which is said to produce excellent beer. A telegram to El Comercio announces [that the new Spanish tariff is especially hard on sugar. Two different public subscriptions ’nave been commenced for the alleviation of the victims
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    THE RUMOURED TIN FINDS AT MALACCA.
    518 3 A Malacca correspondent of the Straits Times gives the following particulars of the recent alleged tin- discoveries there: All the coast from Kuala Linggi to Tanjong Kling is busy with workers for tin on the sea shore. Rajah Mahmoud of Selangor seems to have
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    TRADE IN THE MALAY PENINSULA.
    822 3 Loudon f China Express, Dec. 18. A paper in Nineteenth Century ior current month, by the Hon. Martin Lisiei:. will doubtless attract considerable attention in the Straits Settlements, dealing, as it does, with a matter of vital importance to the trading community. Mu. Lister, whose
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    NETHERLANDS INDIAN AFFAIRS BY MAIL.
    389 3 The Amsterdam correspondent of the L. C. Express writes:— In the First Chamber the Java Budget was considered in the sections, and full confidence was expressed in the present Minister. As usual tliere was difference of opinion about the most important matters. The financial condition
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    THE OPIUM TRADE.
    441 3 —L. &C. Express. A great public meeting was held at Exeter llall on the 4th Dec. to welcome to this count rv Mr. Cheok Hong Cheong (superintendent of < hureh Missions. Melbourne, Victoria), and Miss Soonderbhai Powar (an Indian Christian lady of Bombay), who have come to
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    CROCODILE HUNTING IN CEYLON.
    530 3 A somewhat amusing account is given by a writer iu the Field of the method by which the Sinhalese are now making raids upon the man-eating crocodiles in the neighbourhood of Batticaloa, pn the east coast of that island. It tells how a battue was organised
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    617 3 Held on the 20th December, 1891. Present.— J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., (President), the Hon. D. Comrie and A. R. Adams. Esq. Absent.— Capt. Cameron, k. e., and A. G. Wright Esq. 1 The minutes of the last meeting are read and
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      705 3 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. ESTABLISHED 1883. ESTABLISHED 1886. Capital fully Subscribed: Capital fully Subscribed: $3,000,000=£500,000. $2,000,000=£330.000. Capital paid-up Capital paid-up $600,000=£100,000. $400,000= £66,000. Reserve Fund: I Reserve Fund $2d,000=£4,000. $60,000=£10,000. Reserve Liability of Shareholders 82,400,000—£400,000. Besekve L ,UTr 0F SHABEHO t D EKS §1,600,000=£264,000. Balance
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      2184 4 not ICE I T6LEaRApHicADt>R6BB M«LARTY COMPANY. PENANG” CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, No 3o < Xn G STREET Caniarvon SURVEYORS M G Zc a^Z er iM e Chulia Street respectively, cease on this AND F. M, MCLARTY, M.I.M.E, date, and that henceforth the business of p Codes GCH\I I KnU I
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      196 4 HEIDSIECK Co.'s I CHAMPAGNE Monopole, “red seal,” (Medium Dry) Monopole Sec, “red foil,” (Dry). Sole Agents SCHMIDT KUSTERMANN Co 434 J ’>• A ‘Jm ''Sk! IgggWG The Elephant Brand of Pilsenei: Beep 1 is specially adapted for consumption in a tropical climate. Behr Co., Sole Imiortek Singapore, Dec., 14th 1890.
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