Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 April 1894

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED BAIL'S NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL MONDAY, APRIL 2, 1894. No. 73
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 595 1 pipping (Hoticee. Pen i iisular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Bril HE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Rosetta 15th Apl. Assam 6th Anl frames 29th i Rokilla 20th P 13th May. Thames 4th May Rolulla 27th Maliva 18th
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    • 1172 1 pipping (Hoficec. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. T Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, The Agra 3TL k Limited HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. °7om Million Steri^g 0 0 m j t Head Office: For W ill sail >
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    • 486 1 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824 a Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.23| Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandeche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 35 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per etr. Time Klang Malacca Pegu 11 a.m, Tongkah Petrel 1 p.M. Pangkor &T. Anson Kwang Tung... P.M. 4tii Wednesday. Langkat Rosa ...10 A.M. Deli Ho Kwei 2 pm.
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  • 244 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s Ho Kivei from Deli. s. s. Vindobona from Trieste. s. s. Kwana Tung from T. Anson. 11. N. M. S. Batavia from Acheen. Yesterday. s. 8. Petrel from 'l’ongkah. s. s. Chau Tai from Asaban. s. s. Glenfruin from London. s. s. 7Viw Tong from
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  • 119 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per a. s ]’indobona from Trieste, Mr. Kelly and Mr. A Mrs. Dew-. Per s. s Maha Vajirunhis from Olehlch, Mr. and Mrs. Nadan. Per s. f. Pegu from Singapore, Mr. M. Burke and Mr. E. Fiddes. Passages booked for the Straits. March 16th.— Per P.
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  • 59 2 Mosixr. 2nd Football Esplanade. Potter Bellew Company, Town Hall. Town Rand, EsplanaH.-. ToKMI.AV, 3rd Wki.nkmi.av, Irn Town Band, Esplanade. Vestry Meeting. S. George’s Church 11-30. I'h iuisii ar. sth Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens. Friday 6tu Annular eclipse of the sun. Satukoav, 7th Town Baud, Golf < ’bib.
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  • 138 2 Pr.NANfi, 2nd April, I8»4. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Rink 2 1 dol. Do. 4 months’ sight, Rank 214 Do 3 (JrolilM 2 Do. 3 Duell O 'n' 11 y_... L'nlenll.a, Demand Bink R» 182 Do. 30 days’sight Private Ronibnv, I)‘'n il I Bink 182 Do. 30 day»*
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  • 68 2 Penang, 2nd April, 189 k Tin 838.90 I Trang 38.45 Black Pepper < West Coast.. 8.25 /Xcheen 7.40 While Pepper... 12.90 Cloves (picked) 31.50 Mace No. J 90. Mace No. 2 72. Nutmegs 84. Sugar j 2 4.50 firm Basket 4.05 sellers. Tapioca Flour... 1.95 do. Copra
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  • 111 2 London, 31s/ March —Siv Wm. Harcourt has stated that the Government will take every occasion to promote a European disarmament. The French Government has selected three judges for the Court of Appeal in the Phra Yot case. Austria and Russia have concluded a provisional commercial agreement wherein they
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  • 49 2 MARI.’IAGE. Hargreaves—Simpson.—At St. George’s Church, Penang, <>n Monday. April 2ml, by the Rev. L C. Bigus. M A .W. 11 a KGRKAVES, m a., Head-master of Penang School, to Mary Hargraves, thiid daughter of the late Stephen Simpson, Esq., J- P- of East Cliff House, Preston, Lancashire.
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  • 980 2 Mr. E W. Pkesgravi returned fiom En rope on Saturday hist, per P. <t O. mail steamer Su>at. A clever American woman has just invented a machine for darning stockings. She says no married man should be without one. Owing TO a rise in the price of
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  • 127 2 The annual meeting took place in the pavilion on Saturday evening, the Captain. Mr. D Broxx n. in the chair. The proposal to i aise the kiilikci ipt ion of ordinary mem bers xx as rcjeeteil, on the motion of Mi Wieford, seconded by Mr. Peirce. Ihe
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  • 499 2 This Company played Francillon at ♦he Toxvn Hall on Saturday night to an appieciative audience. As on Thursday, every word uttered by every member xvas clearly spoken. Mrs. Potter as Francine de Riverolles, the beautiful and happy voting wife and mother, beget ting suspicion ami following her
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  • 21 2 On the 29th March, all the **orny’g fortifications round Roending were taken and occupied by le allies of the Dutch.
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  • 345 2 Tlie Hearse Question. We are informed that the use of t] hearse had not been refused, as stated e ours of Saturday, to convey the leinainsrT a Japanese to the cemetery. Tlie f acts the vote to construct another for the n S p° the Japanese arc however
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  • 85 2 Notice is given that the Toll-Gate established at Mataiig Road is abolished as from the Ist April. This is as it ought to be, and xvith the removal of the restrictions on haxvkcrs on the Birnam river shews that a mote enlightened policy is gradually ami sloxvly be
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  • 78 2 The Siam (Poserver draws tlie following picture of the cattle trade from Bangkok to Singapore At present, thousands of worn out, and, in cases, organically diseased beasts are sent doxvn to Singapore every year by Kling contractors, and sold at a handsome profit. Europeans have occasionally
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  • 145 2 (PeraAr Government Gazette, March 30th) Appointments. Mr. G. Bain, Assistant Treasurer, Larut, to act as Assistant Treasurer, Kinta. —Mr. W. H. Kelly, Financial Assistant, Tapah, to act as Assistant Treasurer, Larut. —Mt. G. Towers, Chief Clerk, Railway Department, to act as Financial Assistant, Tapah. Leave. Mr. H. W.
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  • 57 2 A telegram from Philadelphia states that the tank steamer Baku Standard,’ xx'liio has arrived at that port, was propelled the way across the Atlantic by steam generated by the use of oil. The expo'- 1 ment xvhs a distinct success. I’he whole voyage xvas a succession of
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  • 146 2 The paragraph which we(T«wks of took over yesterday from a Straits paperto the effect that Messrs. William Forsythe and J. G. Fort were about Jo open Inud i n Selangor, is, we learn, wholly xvitbou 1 foundation. It is true that they appl‘ e for
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1285 2 New Advertisement. Indian engineering, Ax Illustrated Weekly Journal. TOWN UAi I PFNANR The Recognized Organ of the Profession in India I Uif IM rIMLLj I Uli HIM U« With a Guaranteed bona-fide Circulation. LISTS OPEN TO INSPECTION Mrs. Potter Mr. Bellew. Pat. Doyle, CE., Calcutta. To-night, Mondag 2nd, ..a. INDIA
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  • 91 3 A Reward Offered. A Brisbane telegram states that the Government, believing that the fires which have recently broken out in the steamers belonging to the British India Company have been the work of incendiaries, has offered a reward of £l,OOO for the discovery of the perpetrators.
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  • 349 3 The Daily Advertiser of 30th March has an article under the above heading, in which it tells the tale of a Chinese unfortunate of 20 years of age who has been offered the opportunity of leaving the place in which she now resides to become the seventh
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  • 145 3 The portion of the Chinese Peiyang squad ion, lately in this harbour, has been ordered to proceed to Weihaiwei, for inspection byH.E. Li Hung Chang, superintendent of the Northern Fleet, during summer. H. E. will leave Tientsin and call at Chefoo to inspect some
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  • 264 3 —Times of Ceylon. It has already been stated that the local Turf Club refused to give Cavenagh, the well-known jockey, a license to ride and train here till they had thoroughly sifted a matter in the Straits in which Cavenagh struck a gentleman rider for (as
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  • 121 3 The Editor sent to gaol. Calcutta, March 20,—1n the suit brought by Messrs. Paul and Robert Knight, of the Statesman, against Donald Gasper, the editor and proprietor of the Sunday limes for defamation, the Court to-day passe sentence on the defendant of three mont
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  • 1100 3 Mr. W. G. Gulland writes as follows to the London and China Express: The telegram sent by the Hongkong Chamber of Commerce to the Chambers of Commerce of the United Kingdom and to the Bimetallic League reads very much like a telegram from the heart
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  • 117 3 Allahabad, March 17.—The annual Education Reports for the year 1892-93 have been reviewed by the Government of India. The expenditure exceeded that of the previous year by nearly twelve lakhs, mainly in connection with secondary and primary education. There was a sustained increase in the number of
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  • 1058 3 Mr. Kopsch, the Statistical Secretary of the Chinese Imperial Maritime Customs, in his review of the trade for 1893 says lhe dislocation in exchange brought about, by according a fictitious value to the rupee' and closing the Indian mints to the coinage
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  • 469 3 (St: aits Times.) A nasty accident befel Mis. Macßitchie last evening (28th). It appears that Mr. and Mrs. Macßitchie were driving homewards when, proceeding along the avenue leading to “Woodside” on Grange Road, the horse started kicking furiously. The horse was reined up and the carriage brought to
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  • 142 3 The Amir and the Queen. Calcutta, March 20.—The Amir has commissioned Mr. Martin to offer to the Qneen a very beautiful casket containing an autograph letter. The casket, which is of lapis lazuli and gold, is very valuable. It is commemorative of the mission to Kabul last. year.
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  • 552 3 Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on the 16th March, 1894. Present.—Cupt. Anderson, R. e., (Acting President), the Hon. W. C. Brown m. d., Koh Seang Tat, Esq., J. Gibson, Esq., and R. A. P. Hogan, Esq. Absent.— J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., (President, on leave). 1. The minutes
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 870 3 DAN DO Co. TAILORS GENERAL OUTEHTERB. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, 2si CRUSHED FOOD. The Marine Insurance Company, Limited. Try it and You will be Satisfied. JR. BELILIOS begs to inform the pub- THE above Company is prepared to ac- lie that since inferior Crushed Food J- ce P
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1675 4 insurance MCLARTY COM PANY. NETHERSOLE Co., MARINE INSURANCE. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, fa rquhAß STREET, PĔNANG. SURVEYORS CONTRACTORS. The Federal Manne Insurance Company. suppLY AL| machinery MATERIALS, FITTINGS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES AND STORES nnHE undersigned having been appointed usß BY A*N PyUE oldestt «nd SCHMIDT, KUSTERMANN 4 lonTnd J d Penang
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    • 404 4 j&ationenj, Sjc, FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE Pina ng Gazette Office. ACCOUNT BOOKS—various sizes. “AT HOME” CARDS. BA LL PROGRAMMES —large assortment latest designs. BASKERVILLE CABINETS, containing 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 Envelopes. Best quality paper. Tn g re^t demand. $2.60 each. BLOTTING
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