Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1893

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LI. FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1893. No. 191
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      625 1 Sjnpjnnjj pTihiuiLir Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may «2’ -L be expected to arrive 7 ,'a outwards, and leave Penang < homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. >/u7Ai 3rd Sept. Ravenna 9th Sept. Lth The above dates are only approximate f!| j irr iv-.> and departures may
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      1422 1 pipping Notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. A ~-7~ KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. The Bank Limited. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, CAP Tit ...ZLei,OOO,OOO. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. (One Million Sterling.) i i i Head Office F° a Will sail Steamer
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      699 1 HEDERLASDSCHE HANDEL lAATSCHAPPJI. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f Fpecial Riserve Fund... /1,000,000. Hiad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sonrabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    55 2 Mails close To-morrow, For Per str. Time Asahan Sanitv'ongsee.. Al a.m. Asahan Chan Tai noon Deli Langkat 1 p.m. Edie, Segli, T. Semawe and Olehleh ITok Canton 5 p.m. Deli Ho Kivei 5 p.m. The mail despatched from Penang to London, via Brindisi, on the 27th ultimo was
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    THE WEEK.
    53 2 Friday, 25th Penang Athenmun Meeting. Satuukay, 26th Town Band, Golf Club. Cricket, Government Officers vs. P. C. C., Esplanade. Sunday, 27th: Full Moon. 13th Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 28th Town Band, Esplanade. Tiimkav, 29th Wkknkskay, 30th Town Band, Esplanade. Homeward mail closes, vid Negapatam. Thuhskay, 31st Town Band,
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 2 Penang, 25th August, 1893. Rates’close as follows: London, Demand Bank 25* dot. Do. 4 months’sight Bank 26} Do. 3 Credits 26} Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank 200 Do. 30 davs’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 200 Do. 30 days’ sight Private Madras, Demand Bank 199} Do. 30 days’sight
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    81 2 Penang, 25th August, 1893. Tin H’5.75 I Trang uo supply Black Pepper West Coast.. 8.60 sellers. I Acheen 11-20 do White Pepper 14. do Cloves (picked) no supply Mace No. 1 82. sellers. Mace No. 2 "9. do Nutmegs 80. do (No. 1 7.75 do Sugar< 2
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    89 2 London, 24dh August.— The belief is gaining ground in Washington that the early repeal of the Sherman Act is certain. The Duke of Coburg is dead, and the Duke of Edinburgh has taken the oaths and assumed the government as his successor in presence of the Emperor. It
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    468 2 Arrivals at the Crag” Hotel :—Mr. de Hues and Mr. A Mrs. Robert and child. Our readers are reminded of the Athenaeum meeting to-night. A Dutchman, named Henracb, arrived from Asahan this morning with a broken thigh, and has gone to the General Hospital. Mr. J. H.
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    P.C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    51 2 The following is the r<‘sult of ties’ played off yesterday Single Handicap, Claes A. —F. O. Hallifax defeated L. E. P. Wolferstan by 6-5, 4-6, 6-4. Double Handicap.—J. M. Dow and A. S. Anthony defeated J. F. Lamb and F. S. B. Lamb by 6-4, 6
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    THE MERCANTILE BANK.
    119 2 Closing of the Penang Branch, The following is a copy of a circular issued by the Acting Manager of the Mercantile Bank of India, Limited, to-day:— “I regret to inform you that the Directors of ‘The Mercantile Bank of India, Limited,’ have instructed me to close the
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    GAUGING PUBLIC OPINION.
    113 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazelle.") Sir, —Allow me to point out an error into which you have fallen in your article on Gauging Public Opinion.” Yon state that outside the Government service you look in vain, in Penang, for any fellow-feel-ing with those who assembled
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    PENANG—SINGAPORE GRIEVANCES.
    373 2 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —It seems as if we were about to have another acrimonious pa per war over the Penang-Singapore grievances, if we are to judge from Hawkshaw’s letter in the Pinang Gazette of the 23rd instant. The writer of that letter has
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    SUMMARY OF CHINA NEWS.
    666 2 (China Mail, August 17th.) Chin\.—The new German Minister to Peking had audience with the Emperor on the 22nd of July. The account of the audience given by a native {taper states that the Minisr ter, accompanied by his interpreter, appeared at the Tsungli Yarnen at 8a
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    THE FAREWELL DINNER TO SIR CECIL SMITH.
    877 2 > Toast List. The QUEEN—Hon. T. Shelford IIIE Porces.—Hon. a L li Replied to by Sir C. Warren tl° n Sn N "p Hl fficer and McCallum Se llOf Ihe Governor.— Hon T m plied to by H. E Sl,elfor(l T«a N.t.v» Srm,
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      268 2 priichaM Co., IN ANTICIPATION OF THE DEMAND FOR NEW GOODS FOR THE RACES, Have just opened out Novelties in Costumes, Dress Materials, Ribbons. Beaded Nets, white and black. The Pearl Drop and Sequin Nets. Dress Embroideries in Silk, Wool, Cotton, all Colors. Gimps and Beaded Edgings. New Neck Frillings. Figured
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      643 2 New advertisements. NOTICE. 11HE s. s. Ocampo” having arrived from Singapore on the 22nd instant, will (after discharging her cargo here) leave for •Singapore on or about the 29th instant. Freight or Passage may be had on moderate terms. Apply to M M. NOORDIN, Penang, 23rd August, 1893. Agent. 349
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      260 2 NOTICE. rnllE undersigned butchers will supply I Meat from thia date at the following prices Beefsteak 18 cts. per catty. Roast rump 18 do. Curry meat and brisket 14 do. Shoulder L’ do. Soup meat 8 do. Che Teh --7 Oleesah Patdice Vanjoor [Butchers. Peter j Yen -J 290 NOTICE.
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    BEHIND THE SCENES IN DELI.
    1658 3 There can be no question that I hit the It nail on the head when protesting rl s t the Medan banks closing their cash f'J e o'clock on ordinary working days. < L inv first allusion to this matter, com"'Leations have literally poured in
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    THE HEAT IN BRITAIN
    19 3 Numerous cases of sunstroke and deaths from excessive heat have taken place in Great Britain.
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    THE ALBERT MEDAL.
    32 3 Captain Scrase Dickins has been awarded the Albert medal for jumping overboard from the Peninsular and Oriental steamer Pesliatvur in the Red Sea and rescuing a lascar from drowning.
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    THE CHOLERA.
    13 3 Cholera is spreading in Southern Italy and has appeared in Tqrin.
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    FRENCH WORKMEN ATTACK ITALIAN WORKMEN.
    44 3 An attack has been made by the French workmen on some Kalian workmen at the Salt works near the Nitnes, in winch ten Italians were killed and forty injured. The arrival of troops on the scene ended the fight.
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    THE OPIUM SALES.
    1500 3 —Evening Mail. Machinery of the Auction. “Notice is hereby given that the eighth sale of opium, the provision of 1891-92. will be held at the Government Opium Sale-room, No. 2, Banksball Street, on Wednesday, the 2nd August, 1893, at 11 a.m., and will comprise 3,642 chests,” etc.
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    152 3 (Rangoon Gazette.) CRICKET. England has beaten the Australian team by an innings and forty-three runs. Aorkslnre has beaten Middlesex by a hundred and forty-five runs. Somerset has beaten Gloucester by a hundred and twenty-seven runs. DISTINQUISIIED SERVICE ORDER. Lieut. Moberley has received the Distinguished Service Order for the
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      375 3 FOR SALE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft., on bromide paper. W. JONES, No ;c. King Street. Photographer. INDIA RUBBER STAMPS and Brass Seal Manufactory. HL’BBER Stamps and Brass Seals of i every description executed in the latest style within
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      1198 3 DANDO Co: TAILORS GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, 261 FEKAWG-. NOTICE. AUCTION SALE. NO Snipe shooting will be allowed on By order of the Executors of Mahomed the Giugov Estate previous to the Ist Hassan Merican, deceased. October. A limited number of permit rpO be sold by
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      27 3 OBITUARY. The death is announced of General Sir Edward Ham ley. Paris, August 17. —The death is announced of Dr. Jean Martin Charcot, the celebrated jpyflnch physician,
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    636 4 PROGRAMME OF AUGUST MEETING, 1893. 31st fy September 2nd. FIRST DAY. First Race. Value $lOO. —Second horse to receive $25. For 1893 Subscription Griffins, Nos. 1 to 11 inclusive. Weight 10 st. 7 lbs. Distance, R. C. Second Race. Value $lOO. —For all Horses owned by any
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      73 4 mt dhink THE Singapore Straits AERATED WATER Co.’s Aerated Waters, FOR PURITY and GENERAL EXCELLENCE, THEY STAND UNRIVALLED IN THE EAST. Office and Factory 100, ROBINSON ROAD, SINGAPORE. SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG Messrs. MAYNARD Co., Ld. N. B.— Each Bottle bears a strap-label affixed over its mouth as a guarantee
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      2021 4 Jwwmw etottos. MCLARTY COMPANY. T)f> f COLLIS RBOWVt? THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. C W?? a B THE undersigned having been appointed SUPPLY ALL MACHINERY MATERIALS, FITTINGS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES AND STORES rT T lIUM Vi V? C? Agents for the above Corporation are IN USB BY BS Mes LJ Xb UJ
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