Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1893

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DA.IL3T. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LI. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1893. No. 192
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      620 1 (Tloftcee. ii. nnsikir Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpFlE mail steamers may 1 be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: 0-it wards. Homewards. ini Sept. TMrenna Bth Sept. 17th Peshawur 22nd tf l lj Rosetta 6th Oct. 15th Oct.! RohiUa 20th L ne above dates
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      1356 1 pipping Qtoficea. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. The Agra Bank Limited. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, caf.ta,.....“1,000,000. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. (One Million sterling.) ~V~--’ ———Head Okeice For Will sail Steamer From Expected on Nicholas Lane, Lombard
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      638 1 NEDERLANDSCHE HANML MAATSCHAPPJL (Netherland Trading Society.) Established l. k M. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.23| Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. .11 sad 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,
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    THE WEEK.
    53 2 Saturday, 26th Town Band, Golf Chib. Cricket, Government Officers vs. P. C. C., Esplanade. Sunday, 27th: Full Moon. 13th Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 28th Town Band, Esplanade, 9 P.M. Tukhday, 29th Wkdnksday, 30th Town Band, Esplanade. Homeward mail closes, vid Negapatam. Thursday, 31 st: Town Band, Datu Kramat
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 2 Penang, 26tii August, 1893. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2's} dol. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/6} Do. 3 Credits 2 6}-} Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank R» 202 Do. 30 days’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bink 202 Do. 30 days’sight Private Madras, Demand Bank 201
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    78 2 I’exang, 26th August, 1893. Tin *35.75 (Trang no supply Black Pepper West Coast.. 8.60 sellers. Acheen 11.20 do White Pepper... 14. do Cloves (picked) no supply Mace No. I ««Ilers. Mace No. 2 79. do Nutmegs 80.— do No. 1 775 do Sugar < 2 170 do
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    108 2 (None received to-day.) The following is the Reuter’s telegram of 23rd which did not reach Penang subscribers. We have had to copy it from a Singapore paper The Home Rule Bill. London, 22nd Anynst. Mr. Gladstone’s motion for the closure was agreed to by the House of Commons,
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    GAUGING PUBLIC OPINION.
    76 2 H awksiiaw has written a reply to the letters which appeared in our issue of yesterday from Moderation” ami Mr. J. Y. Kennedy. He devotes a considerable portion of the letter to answering the former and a short portion only to tbe latter. It will be interesting
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    REUTER'S AGENCY.
    100 2 The public have again good cause to complain of Reuter’s telegraph agency. The Singapore newspapers having published a telegram on the 23rd which was not sent on here, we may conclude that the fault lies with the Singapore agency. To-dav again there is notelegram, and it is reasonable
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    984 2 Five FRESH cases of small-pox are reported to have broken out at Bukit Gedoug during the past few days. Very few members put in an appearance at the Athenamm last night, and consequently no meeting was held. Yesterday, two Chinese were arrested for smuggling chandu, one at
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    THE INTERESTS OF CHINA IN SIAM.
    88 2 The Standard correspondent telegraphs from Pekin :—While the Chinese Government is not likely to attempt to enforce its rights as nominal suzerain of Siam to the extent of intervening so long as the scene of conflict is limited to the Menam and Lower Mekong.
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    A WARNING TO THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT.
    103 2 AL Piquet, former ly Governor-General < f the French possessions in Indo-China, in the course of an interview with a representative of the Paris Press, has warned the French Government to be careful what it is about, and not to arouse Asiatic vengeance. He
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    THE SCOT ABROAD.
    123 2 Straits limes. A traveller, one Sunday entered a church in an out-of-the-way village in Russia Dur ing a procession of the Greek clergy, the traveller espied among the priests a tall man, with an enormous red beard, waving about an csperage dipped in holy water. This priest
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    THE DINNER TO THE GOVERNOR.
    36 2 The Mr. p. O ours of yesterday as heJ* dinner to H. E. in 8’ I lre<ipn t at .i" 1 Hallrfax of Hsl|if ax H not Smgapore gentleman of th’;
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    PERAK.
    46 2 We hear that Chinese in Perak, and Collector and Magistrate’ .imntly making an enquiry •a, pnss system among Chined P M e that the discharge tickpt R, ii difficult to work that it. i s 1 ke u en up as useless. ke '7 to
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    MORPHINE.
    77 2 A new viee. The newspapers in t of a new vice, which there only f«nr or five mnnfl which is quickly taking the smoking so much so that th» n Farmer is stated to he a In.'»,.* month. This new vice is lik.lv loprorefla pr hands of 10-norant operators
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    ST. JOSEPH’S INSTITUTE.
    97 2 The St. Joseph’s Tnstitntion iM.lv ,j )e j' owing to a hotwPPn i and some of the parents of t IP )0 J :n<r that school, has heon re-o PPnp4 J’ an interview which the Ria| lt p' G„«n,er. 1)1.1,op „f Jt„l TO ad ift Ror. 8,-..1,0r
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    HOW TO DO IT.
    82 2 Hints for Both Sides. The Siam Free Preus, of the 15th Ancnst publishes a most complete retractation rf and apology for, its charges against Hr Times correspondent. The retract at inn uni apology were dictated by the complainant) solicitors, and signed by the editor nf the
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    RAUB.
    234 2 Sfrui/s Times. The Latest Crushing. The local Secretary of the Bank An«tralian Gold Mining Co. vesferdav rer-eindi t< legrnni from the Manager at the mine, stating that ther e had been a rnngir clean up of the battery for- a yield of I.9soounces of amalgam. The estimated qmiplitr nf
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    BANGKOK NEWS.
    288 2 (Siam Observer.) BANGKOK was much nearer having non» famine, through the blockade, than .....nf people imagined. The ships in the Siar.i f Navv were well supplied, but the Oeu l 11 gunboat Ho// had to borrow some to enaM her to keep up steam, night ami when the
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      863 2 fMfcM X- Co NEW yi IbUliai U UU., PEN ang rowing club. THE REGATTA IN ANTICIPATION OF THE will be held off THE ESPLANADE, DEMAND FOR On Friday Saturday, Bth 8f 9th September. The events will include NE W GOODS Club Races, Four-oared Race, distance mile (scratch Pair-oared Race, mile
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      370 2 NOTICE. T O Snipe shooting will he allowed on the Glugor Estate previous to the Ist October. A limited number of permit tickets may be had after that date on application to F. Il- SIEPHENS, gqq Manager. The Netherlands Fire Insurance Company. INtahlislied IMS. rpHE undersigned is prepared to receive
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    MODERATION.
    794 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") q Your correspondent Moderation i- fault with me, but as it must be a enough burden for a man of his fiery ;nnn to have to go through life with \cli a name, the only advantage I will t \-e of h'S
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    QUERIES.
    186 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —Will you kindly allow me, through I'e 1 'e medium of your valuable paper, to ask anv of y Our piiilatelic readers, if they can '«I me whether the following stamps are genuine;— Siam (1887.) 3au s tUrr^ ed and ch
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    “A FAREWELL” TO SIR CECIL CLEMENTI SMITH, G.C.M.G.
    651 3 We publish the following at the request of the author. As Ruler of our Island —Singapore Sir Cecil Smith is worthy of the panegyric. Poets are gifted with a clearer view than their neighbours, and the poet Wilmot has a clearer view
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    SINGAPORE DOES NOT WANT A ROYAL COMMISSION.
    645 3 of “byding” when the time comes. Free Press. The Pinang Gazette, quoting from articles that appeared in this paper respecting the insulting and injurious course of treatment adopted towards this Colony by the Home Government and the Secretary of State, says We think
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    THE “BOMBAY GAZETTE” ON THE OPIUM QUESTION.
    1915 3 The Opium Agitators brought to book. The report of the important debate on the opium traffic on the night of the 29th June, will be read with unusual interest. The defeat of the motion brought forward by Mr. Webb ami the substitution of
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      143 3 NOTICE. rilllh undersigned butchers will supply JL Meat from this date at the following prices Beef steak ]g c t 9. p er catty. Roast rump ]8 do. < nrry meat and brisket It do. Shoulder 15 do. Soup meat 8 do. Che Teh ...1 Oleesah Pachee Vanjoor Butchers. Peter
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      1258 3 DANDO Co. TAILORS -A-ZSTZD GENE UAL OUTFITTERS. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, NOTICE. AUCTION SALE. WAKE notice that I the undersigned By order of the Executors of Mahomed 1 Elias Aaron Manasseh, by mutual J TT -> consent do hereby ratify and confirm the HaSSan MeriCail deceased, dissolution of
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    640 4 PROGRAMM E OF AUGUST MEETING, 1893. August 31st A- September 2nd. FIRST DAY. First Rice. Value $lOO. —Second horse to receive $25. For 1893 Subscription Gridins, Nos. I to 11 inclusive. Weight I<> st. 7 lbs. Distance, R. C. Second Ra<t. Value $lOO. —For all Hoi <
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      411 4 MOLAR" COMPANY. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, SURVEY RS CONTRACTORS. SUPPLY ALL MACHINERY MA" 1 TRIALS, FITTINGS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES AND STORES IN USE BY SHIPOWNERS, mill owners, miners and housebuilders. DESIGNS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED, WORKS SUPERVISED DURING CONSTRUCTION, Contracts Negotiated with Indian and t Manufacturers. 309 DERATED WATERS. BARUGH Co. THE
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      416 4 THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. ESTABLISHED 1883. ESTABLISHED 1880. Capital fully Subscribed Capital fully Subscribed 53,000,000=£500,000. $2,000,000=£330,00f Capital paid-up; Capital paid-up: s6oo,ooo=£ 100,000. $400,000 £66,000 Reserve Fund: $25,000=£4,000. s6o,ooo=£ 10,000. Reserve Liability of Shareholders 4OO 000 <£loo 000 Reserve Liability of shareholders $1,600,000=£264,000. Balance of Working
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      1290 4 PERRIER-JOUET CO’S Dr. esenjeeP** CHAMPAGNE. WONDERFUL R|w P The same as supplied to the P. &O. Go’s. Steamers. P°O D morning gentlemen? V to prevent premature death ReserveCuvee Finest extra quality extra dry. eases, then ask at once I• n <L. Pale dry Creaming, First quality, dry. Wonderful Ring ?It
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