Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 February 1893

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAXZ.T. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTB. VOL. LI. WEDNESDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1893. No. 37
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      613 1 (Tlotice®. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may J be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Carthage 19th ?eb. Thames 24th Feb. Mulwa •”>th Mar. Peshawar 10th Mar. Mirzapore 19th Rohilla 24th Carthage 7th Apl. The above dates are only
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      1569 1 (notice®, BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. e KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. The a™ Bank Limited Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, (One Million sterling) -V, i I Head Office: FOR Will sail Steamer From Expected on Nicholas Lane,
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      661 1 NHDERLANDStHS HANDEL lUKCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,561,364.71 Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. 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,
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    70 2 Mails close to-morrow. For Per str. Time. Deli Araqyee 1 p.M. Singapore C. H. Kian 3 p.m. Rangoon C.H.Teng 4 p.m. Europe, ria Ncgapatam. 4 p.m. Saturday, 18th. Pangkor&T. Anson... Taiv Tong 2 P.M. The M. M. mail steamer (Jjtus left Colombo for Singapore at noon on the
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    77 2 Arrivals. 10th February.— Per 8. s. Palamrotta from Singapore. Mr. J. Rawson, Mr. G. K. Ross and Mr. T. Gemmett. Departures. 10th. February.— Per s. s. Palauicottu for Rangoon, Mr. Tan Geok Choon and Mr. <fc Mrs. Tan Koon I’heng. l.'ith February.— Per s. s. Iteael for Olehleh,
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    THE WEEK.
    75 2 Wrunemhay, 15th Ash Wednesday. Town Banti, Esplanade. Thursday, 16th Town Band. Datu Kramat Gardens. Homeward mail closes, rid Ncgapatam. New Moon. Ekiiuy, I7tii;— Chinese New Year. .Saturday, IKth Town Band, Golf Club. Smoking Concert, Engineers Institute. Sunday, 19m Ist Sunday in Lent. Outward mail due, P. A O.
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 2 I’enang, I*»th February, 1893. RaTKS CLOSE as FOLLOWS: London, Demand Bank 2 dol. Do. 4 month* sight Bank 29| Do. 3 Credits 29| Do. 3 Documentary 2 Q Calcutta. Demand Bank R» 22-R Do. 30 days’sitflit Private 2241 Bombay. Demand B ink 223| Do. 30 days’sight Private 221’ Madras.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    82 2 Ppn*n«, 17»th Ferri ary h '3. Tn. ...$3B 65 (Trang I°2’> sellers. West ('.•n't. 10 30 Better* (>ifle<t) A.-lie.-n do White Pepfirr 13 6 sellers, 'lores (picked) 2*’>. do Mace No. 1 82. do Mme N<>. 27'* do Nutmegs 80. <i*» |No I. 5!» do **ngi»r >
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    233 2 Tiuus, 11th Fkbkvaky.) Hentoag “Ftrait* Tin” l" 1 I" <-o Siam G.>!<iaebt- i£l iwl o>ct«. \'r«r linuri» Min*-» Lxl. <1“«(M. p<i>. fl Jclebu Mia mi: Co. |»l> s>.>*• «»>,4-«7/rr» Kctehnti I’nhsiar <>-l r>i- IU Malay I n -ts-ctnarCo. rahamr < <Tp'ratK ti i?l |wl) i- "•me off
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    42 2 Cholera. London, February.— Cholera has again broken out at Marseilles. House of Commons. Mr. Lowther’s amendment to restrict the influx of destitute aliens into Great Britain has been rejected. The House of Commons has voted the address from the throne.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    520 2 The OUTWARD P. A O. mail steamer Carthage left Colombo for Penang at 1 p. m. yesterday. Diking ihe four day» of the Hindu festival <>f Taipusam, the tram carried close upon 32,000 passengers. The Chief Commissioner of Burmah has directed that in future, in trials by
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    P.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    183 2 Four contests were entered upon yesterday evening, but only one was completed. This was the match in the Single Handicap. Class A, between F. Hallifax 15) mid 11. Scott (15 and 15). Hallifax, who was in the pink of form, won by 6-4, 6-5. iu the
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    DARING ROBBERY WITH VIOLENCE.
    341 2 A most daring robbery took place last night in a Chinese petty shop in Burmah Road kept by two brothers. The robbers, all Chinese, are said to be four in number, though this is by no means certain, as some are inclined to put down their
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    A CLAIM FOR TRESPASS AND WRONGFUL SEIZURE.
    277 2 The case of Calloway vs. Mooteyah Chettv, which was concluded on Friday last and in which the plaintiff claimed §5OO damages for trespass and for wiongful seizure of a pony purchased by the plaintiff from Mr. Fencott, acting as the agent of Mrs.
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    WEDDING IN ST. GEORGE’S CHURCH.
    152 2 Yesterday afternoon, in St. George's Church, the marriage took place of Miss Mary Logan, only daughter of Daniel Logan. Esq., Solicitor-General. Streits Settlements. and Ix?onard Williams, Esq., Army Service Corps, Penang. The Rev. L. C. Biggs. Colonial Chaplain, was the officiating clergyman and, as it
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    CHINESE RIVER PIRATES.
    225 2 Chinese papers report the exploit of an officer belonging to one of the Nanyang cruisers, named Chow. While travelling in one of the passenger loafs running from Hangchow to Wuchow, lie was attacked by pinites, who attempted to board his boat. Being armed with a brace of
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    PERAK.
    517 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Q atet(e Sir,—l have just returned f lon day’s trip in Lower Perak, during ten time I got as far as Tapah, a beanf; 11 situated station at the foot of tl where the pass across to Pahano ces. A more lovely place
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    SOCIETE FRANCAISE DES CHARBONNAGES DU TONKIN.
    640 2 Overland China Mail. Considerable progress has been maden h the Briquette Factory which is being structed at Kowloon for the Societe des ('h» r bonnages du Tonkin. Several months g’.i strip of ground on the foreshore, to the north. west of the Naval Dockyard,
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      686 2 PRITCHARD CO. notices. TO LEND HAVE NOW OPENED OUT o A 4 SI On Good Security, $lO,OOO. Ex. S. S. “GLENAVON” A PP J y to 59 ALLEN KENNEDY, their first shipment of NEW GOODS for 1893, forsale. VIEWS of Fenang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor and Sumatra. VV. JONES, ENGLISH A
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      43 2 INDIA RUBBER STAMPS and Brass Sea’ ManufactoryRUBBER stamp»* und Brass Suate of > every description executed in the latest style within 24 hours after receipt of order. As Good as English made. Charges moderate. WONG KIM MUN. No 77A, Bishop St Opposite Armenian Church.
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    AMERICAN ACTRESSES AS MODELS.
    418 3 —Japan Daily Advertiser. American actresses have fallen out among themselles, as to the selection of a model for the Montana silver statue of Justice which is to be exhibited at the World’s Fair. It appears that Miss Ada Rehan was jyjked to pose as the model
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    HANCOCK THE WALKER.
    801 3 The following performances of the Champion, about whom we have heard so much of late, will he read with interest. A. Hancock was born at Jersey, o i August 14. 1856. height 5 feet 7' inches; weight 9st. lOlbs. His first performance was at Lillie I Bridge
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    IN A TIGHT PLACE.
    1749 3 Money J Trade. On the Other Side of Twenty Millions Sterling. Many thousands of Londoners daily pass Cash Castle unnoticed by it, and it unnoticed by them. Yet Cash Castle is not less interesting in its way than the Bank of England, and it holds values
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    489 3 —Rangoon Gazette. EARTHQUAKES IN SOUTHERN EUROPE. Athens, February 3. A series of earthquakes has taken place at Zante and scarcely a house has been left standing on the island. Ten thousand of th'e inhabitants have been rendered homeless. British, Italian and Greek men-of-war are taking tents and provisions
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    GOVERNMENT BY PICNIC.
    1242 3 ‘‘The reports that reach us daily from Calcutta make it difficult to realise that life there has a very serious side to it. The trade of the port is at a low-ebb—a disordered currency and the Kidderpore docks preying on its vitals. And while the Hooghly is
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    11 3 OBITUARY. London. February a. The death is announced of Lord Northbourne.
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      866 3 DANDO Co. TAILORS 1 JLILTID GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No. I, Beach Street Union Street, 261 PENANG. ENGLISH BREAD. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE Proprietors of the Light Street rplIE Municipal Commissioners of George Bakery new receive from Europe jL Town, Penang, invite tenders for the regular consignments of Superior Flour iron work for
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      1137 4 Telegraphic Address, M®LA RT Y COM PA NY. Head Office: "MCLARTY, PENANG” CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS No.3O,BEACH STREET Thue's A. I. Code <1887.) SURVEYORS penang. A, B. C. 4th edition ano General Manager. and a F. M. McLarty,m.i.m.e. Private Codes. CONTRACTORS. the Asbestos in all forms, Forgings of all kinds.
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      1106 4 HrzIDSIECK CO.’S CHAMPAGNE. i Monopole, “red seal,” (Medium Dry). AGTEma Monopole Sec, “red foil,” (Dry). BRONCHITIS Sole Agents MA by aU Chemist» and rh-u ar ixit SCHMIDT KUSTERMANN Co., I II 434 Penang. ESTD. IN A. D. 1888. ~V, ,V MF,, o viNa CAN BK PROCURED FRqm H. J. MARTYM
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