Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 April 1894

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DJklL'Sr. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LII. MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1894. No. 79
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      570 1 (Hoftcee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may t>' MW-ViH k° expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Rosetta 15th Apl., Rokilla 20 th A pl. Ganges 29th Thames 4th May Sutlej I3th May. Mahva IBth Rohilla 27th J Rosetta Ist
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      1505 1 pipping Qtoftcee. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. T I Ocean Sfeam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ooTooo 1 HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. (o!m Miiiion sterling.) i Head Office: f For Will sail Steamer From Expected on Nicholas Lane, Lombard
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      391 1 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f Fpecial Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsehe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Peealongan,
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    45 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time Klang Malacca Hye Leong ...11 a.m. Langkat Quorra ...11 a.m. Deli Langkat 1 p.m. I’angkor &T. Anson... Taw Tong 2 p.m. Thursday, 12til Edie <fc T. Semnwe Rosa 1 ‘f.m. Europe, rm Ncgupalam... Secundra... 4 p.-m.
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    SHIPPING.
    309 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. Lan> kal from Deli. s. s. Taw Tong from 'l'. Anson. Y ESTER DAY. IT. S. M. Coronation from Puket. s. s. Rosa from Baballan. s. s. Canton from 'l'. Anson. s. s. Quorra, from Langkat. 8 s. Flyihg Dragon from Port Weld. s. s. Lady
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    30 2 4. A rrivnls. Yesterday. Per 8. s. Canton from Teluk Anson, Mr. Ros borne. "th April Per s. s. Hye Leong from Singapore, Mr. Harper and Mr. Forcyth.
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    THE WEEK.
    60 2 M<<k DAT, 9th Town Band, Esplamid*-. 'Tiiuhuav, 10th W >i'n kniia v, 1 It 11 Town Band. Esplanade. I'nr HMi al. 12tii Town Band, Dalai Krnmat Gardens. Homeward mail closes, ria Negapatam. Annual vesty meeting, St. George's Church, 4 p m. Friday 13tii Municipal Commissioners' Meeting. Sah'ki'Av, llru
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    EXCHANGE.
    130 2 I’knanh, 9th April, Ikd4. Kates close as follows; London, Demand Bank 2 0} dol. Do. I months’ sight Bank 21} Do. 3 Credits 2'l} Do. 3 Docum nia>y I'ldeufla, Demand Bank K« 176-178 Do. 3<) dnvs* sight Priva’e Bombay, Demme 1 Bmk 176-178 Do. 30 da \s' sight Piivi
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    72 2 Penang, 9th April, 1894. Tin «38.70 I Trang 38.45 Black Pepper < W est Coast.. 8.25 Aclieen 7.40 White Pepper... Cloves (picked) 31.00 Mace No. 1 90. Mace No. 2 72. Nutmegs 84.I No. 1 7 10 Sugars 2 4.8 J firm Basket 4.U0 sellers. Tapioca Flour...
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    35 2 London, 7lhApril. T]\e. Emperor William received the grainiest, ami most cordial reception at, Venice amidst continuous feteß. Il is understood that the Goveinment has decided to retain Uganda with a local administrat ion.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    51 2 MA kill AGE. Watson —McKillen.—On the 11th instant, at the Roman Catholic Chapel, Bain Gajah, Perak, by the Rev Bather B’rancillon, Henry Watson, second son of Robert Watson, B’nllord, orkshite, England, io Kate Mi Kii.i i:\, eldest daimhter of Archibald Mc K i i.i.r.N, Cai' <i;h. C<nnty Antrim,
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    THE TAIPING RACES.
    278 2 The information supplied to our icmb rs on Saturdav, about tho entries for (he first day’s racing at Taiping, was furn's’ied to a gentleman in Taipiug by Mr. Ajlesbtiry, the Ilonorari Secrelaiy <>t Ihe I'eiak I 111 f Club. It wiil be renumbered tlmt that gentleman made
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    747 2 Mr. A. E. StodDIRI is organising an English ci i< kel team for Australia. The two Hindus who set fire to n lioti-e in College Lane, on the night of the 31st ultimo, have been committed for trial at the next Assizes. Mu. L. Beins, of the
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    THE HARI RAYA.
    281 2 The Mahomedan Neyv Year, or the Hat 1 Rava as flic Malays call it, commenced at 6 p m. on Saturday. Bombs and cracker were fired at irregular intervals the wlu-le night through. A very old European resi «lent in the Straits tells ns that foimerh the
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    TAIPING RIFLE COMPETITION.
    130 2 We: have to thank a Taiping corres poiident for the, following paiticulars of the register of shooting for the Quarterly Shooting Cup held for the second quarter of the year on Saturday 200 yds. -S 500 yds. 3 600 yds. g «5 Mr. E. M. Baker ...2
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    SUMATRA TOBACCO SALES.
    107 2 sth April, 1894. Deli Maatschappij -K. 195 bales L. D. 106 cents. -L. 463 T. 151 -P. ‘239 S. 151 -L. M. 369 P. 201 •P. G. 237 P. 125 -Q. B. ‘236 K. B. 110 T.T.R.-Langkat‘22o T. R. ‘2BO E. N. do. ‘206 M, 140 Amsterdam
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    THE TAIPING RACES.
    311 2 The following are the entries for the first day’s races, to be held on the 12th instant J.— For Ponies 13.2 ai.d under. 5 furhugs. Prize $lOO. Mr. H. J. Martyn’s Herculis 11.5 J. Ellei man’s Airrwe 10.5 Ha Li Put’s Verdure 10.8 The Kinta Kongsee’s Daisy
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    DOWNINGTOWER.
    249 2 Duet Sung by Sir W. K. and the Hon. T. 11. W. 011 the Empress on the 21st inst. (Tie Hongkong T< leyraph.) Wiicn ye gang awn’, Willie, Far across t he sea, laddie, What will ye bring this Colonie— If anything nt a’, laddie I'll bring ye a
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    EXCHANGE AND THE COST OF LIVING.
    517 2 (Hongkong Daily Press') A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Pinang Gazette: “In your yesterday’s issue we have it on the authority of Mr. Belilios, in the East a certain sum in silver buys as much produce and provisions as it did twenty years ago (applause).’—
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      649 2 New Advertisements. notices. OFFER. TO LET. No. 4, WESTLANDS BUNGALOWS. Owner leaving the East. Apply to J. F. W REFORD, A CERTAIN number of Prye River 137 27, Beach Street. Dock Company shares are offered for sale. Apply to TO LET. 184 H. J. MARTYN, Jnr. fIIHAT very desirable house
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    THE IRISH PARTY AND THE GOVERNMENT.
    147 3 London, March 12th.— Tn the debate on the Address-in-Reply to the Queen’s speech, Mr. T C. Harrington, the Parnellite member for Dublin, slated that the Government would find it dangerous to assume that* the people of Ireland would remain peaceful if the Home Rule
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    THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT.
    306 3 The Queen’s Speech. London, March 12. —The usual forecasts of the Speech of the Queen to be delivered at the opening of the Imperial Parliament todav appears in the morning papers. The Speech states that the condition of foreign relations is satisfactory, but regrets the disasters
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    IN PARLIAMENT.
    348 3 -Australian paper. London, March 14.—1 n the House of Commons last night Mr. Labouchere moved that a paragraph be included in the Address-in-Reply suggesting the desirability of abolishing the power of veto exercised by the House of Lords. Sir W. Harcourt, Chancellor of the Exchequer, though coinciding with
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    THE HONGKONG OPIUM FARM.
    1182 3 (Hongkong Press.) It is to be regretted that no early opportunity will be afforded for the discussion of the resolution of which the Hon. T. IT. Whitehead gave notice at the last meeting of the Legislative Council. That resolution was to the effect that a Commission
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    TERRIBLE CHARGES AGAINST A FRENCH PRIEST.
    104 3 The Daily T<legraph Paris correspondent says —Abbe Bruneau, the priest suspected of a double murder, incendiarism, and theft, has now been formally indicted for this extraordinary and almost incredible list of crimes. He is charged with having in July last, near Laval, murdered a
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    A CURIOUS DECISION.
    185 3 A few days ago a Hinghua woman sold her only daughter, a girl of 13 years of age, as a slave, to a Foochow man for 100, but the girl ran away and returned to her mother. 'Die mother sold her again to another man for $BO
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    AKYAB, THE FUTURE OUTLET OF BENGAL.
    207 3 Indi in Engineering We learn that the Bengal Chamber of Commerce do not favourably view the steady growth of the Port of Chittagong, owing to the probability th it after (lie completion of (he Assam Chittagong Railway trade will bo diverted from Calcutta. We
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    THE PREMIER AND THE LIBERAL PARTY.
    566 3 —Australian paper. Great Meeting at the Foreign Office. L udon, March \2th.— The Eai 1 of Rosebery met wilh a magnificent rcreplion at a Liberal meet ing at t lie Foreign Ollice. In the course of a speech be made the British Premier eulogized
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      1310 3 DANDO Co. TAILORS generXl outfitters. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, 261 PZIIT-A.IT G-. PENANG ICE WORKS. CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Sahseied. BEACH STREET. <- R BELILIOS begs to inform the pubOPEN on week days from 7.30 to 10 a.m., J ]j c t iat B
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      1275 4 GOLD hiEOALS-Cologne,Amsterdain, Brussels. The Birmingham, &c. NETHERSOLE Co., HOLDS A HIGHER AWARD FOR MERIT THAN ANY OTHER NATURAL TABLE WATER 1, FARQUHAR STREET, PENANG. T 1 B O 11 -T». Aw* 'THE oldest and best known Minekal, Water Manufacturers in the Straits, El BrWxFW ItM vT® TH y/K 1 established
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      421 4 {Stationery, FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE PinangGazetteOffice. ACCOUNT BOOKS—various sizes. “AT HOME” CARDS BA LL PROGRA M M ES—large assortment', latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, containing I 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 Enve- lopes. Best quality paper. In g rea{ I demand. $2.60 each.
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