Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 April 1894

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAIZ/T. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 1894 N.q, 81
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 544 1 Qbttcee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may «7 7x71 VR be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homeward». Rosetta 15th Apl.l IJoJki/Za 20th Apl. Ganges 23 th 1 Thames 4th May Sutlej 13th May. Mahva 18th Rohilla 27th Rosetta Ist
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    • 1373 1 Sapping QtoHce&. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. ~n »vr Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, The Agra Bank Limited HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». xjk I Head Office F° R Will sail Steamer From Expected on Nicholas Lane, Lombard
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    • 478 1 HEDERLAHDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.23| Fpecial 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, Sonrabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 90 2 Mails close To-morbow. For Per str. Time Klang Port Dickson Fook Ching...lo A.M. Asahnn Sanitwongsee.il a.m. Langkat Jin Ho noon Edie T.Semawe Rosa 1 p.m. Deli Avagyee ...Ip.m. Pangkor jfe T. Anson Betsy 2 P.M. Europe, eia Negitpatant.. 4r»;M. r -Saturday, 14rft. Edie, Telok Semawĕ and Olehleh Karang
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  • 252 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Darius from Calcutta*. s. s. Karang from Acheen. s. s. Betsy from 'l'. Anson. s. s. Santtwongsee from Baballan. B. I. s. 8. Pundua from Rangoon. Yesterday. s. s. Lady IPe/d from Port Weld. b. 8. Flying Dragon do. s. s. Flying Fish do. Departures.
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  • 38 2 A i i I To-day. Per B. I. s. s. Pundua from Rangoon Mr. E. Hay. Per s. s. Karang from Acheen Mr. Kellermnnn. Per s. s. Betsy from T. Anson Messrs. Metcalf, Rodgers and Bedford
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  • 68 2 W «I>NRHI>A Y, 11th Town Band, Esplanade. P. C. Prize distribution. I'IIUHMtA v. 12th Town Band, Dalu Kramat Gardens. Homeward mail closes, ria Negapatam. Annual vesty meeting, St. George’s Church, 4 P M. Friday I3th: Municipal Commissioners’ Meeting. Saickpay, 14th Town Band, Golf Club. Sunday, 15th: 3rd Sunday
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  • 123 2 Penang, 11th April, I8!»4. 1 Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2 1 dol. Do. 4monlhs’ sight Bank 2lf Do. 3 Credits -1| Do. 3 Docuincti'.ary Calcutta, Demand B ink H* 184 Do. 30 days’sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 184 Do. 30 days’sight Private Madras, Demand Bank 183
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  • 74 2 Penang, 11th April, 1894. Tin 8-38.35 I Trang 38.45 Black Pepper < West Coast.. 8.25 Acheen 7.40 White Pepper... 12.90 Cloves (picked) 31.50 Mace No. 1 J 90. Mace Not 2 72. Nutmegs 84. (No. 1 7 10 Sugar i 2 4.8 J firm Basket 4.05 sellers.
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  • 63 2 London, 9th April.— The King and Queen of Italy visited Queen Victoria at Florence in semi atate. The Queen afterwards returned the visit. Colonel Jones-Vaughau sueoeeds Sir Charles Warren in command of the troops in the Straits. The Chinese have burned the French mission houses in the province
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  • 209 2 It is just possible that the news published above inßeuter’s telegram, regarding the outrage upon French Missions in China, may be the result of the case winch we mentioned on the 3rd October last as having occurred in the Native States A Chinese Christian brought
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  • 892 2 Owing TO SCARCITY of water, we hear tlml the Municipal Engineer is running off the water collected in the new reservoir during the night for use in the town. According to a telegram dated 4th inst., a big fire has taken place at Shanghai in which one
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  • 459 2 The following is the text of the Queen’s Speech read at the re-assembling of Parliament “My Lords and Gentlemen, I regret in view of the recent completion of your arduous labours, to have to summon you so soon to renew them. My relations with Foreign Powers continue
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  • 59 2 London, April 4.—A remarkable crisis has taken place at Newfoundland, where seventeen members of the Government party have been petitioned against owing to bribery and corruption and two have been unseated. A deputation headed by the Premier waited on the Governor and begged him to dissolve Parliament.
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  • 229 2 The Penang members of the Sti-aifg Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society l lave just received numbers 25 and 26, dated January, 1894. The method that f| 10 American Mission Press adopts of cutting books like these, which in many cases
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  • 147 2 London. March 16.—The dispute as to French Colonial administration has reached an acute stage. The friends of M. de Lanessan have been endeavouring to bring about the resignation of M Lebon, the Colonial Under Secretary, who is the chief accuser of M de Lanessan, for his alleged
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  • 66 2 Landon, April 4. —lt is understood that the majority of the Opium Commission concurs in Lord Braasev’s views in favour of opium, and that Mr. Wilson wil I formulate a separate report on behalf of the antiopium minority, Mr. Pease supporting it, excepting as regaids opium eating.
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  • 472 2 The Mlngoon Prince. Saigon, March 30.—With reference to the reported plot of the Mingoon Prince and his threatened appearance in Burma, lie is here and apparently has no intention of leaving Saigon. Simla, April 4.—The opinions of the Bombay and Madras Governments and the local administration regarding art
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 925 2 NOTICES. ASSISTANT TEACHER (experienced). TO LET. TTyANTED for the Central School, TaiV V pi 1 1- Salary $5O per mensem. No. 4, "WESTLANDS BUNGALOWS. Must have passed Standard Vll and pro- tv ivpwnnn duce satisfactory certificates. A Chinese Apply to J. F. WREtOBIA preferred, Replies .dd.TS.ed to Aeting 137 BeaCh
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  • 158 3 (To the Editor of the “Pinany Gazette.”') Sir, —As there has been some discussion in the Straits newspapers as to the origin of the title Free School which is applied to the above institution, I may perhaps be pardoned for giving a correct explanation of the
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  • 372 3 (To the Editor of the “Pinany Gazette.") Sir,—lt was not a little surprising to read your gratuitous comment to-night on the Free Church of Scotland for if you, or any of your readers, will refer to the Encyclopaedia Brittanica, or to Chambers’, ignorance about the
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  • 292 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette."} Dear Sir, —“Blue Jacket” never said a truer word than that sailors and all to do with them are popular with the fair sex. It always has been so from the days of Dibdin down. I don’t know why
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  • 194 3 A new issue of stamps was introduced into the different districts in January and February last of the following denominanations Ic, 2c, 3c, sc, 6c, Bc, 12c, 18c, 24c, 25c, 50c, $l, $2, $5, $lO and $25. All the above are Postage and Revenue stamps except that
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  • 866 3 (Vid Rangoon.) Thebaw’s Regalia. London, April 2.—lt lias transpired that Private White formerly of the West Surrey Regiment, being dissatisfied with the reward offered by Government in the event of his finding King Thebaw’s jewels, is now working his passage to Rangoon independent of Government, and it is
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  • 2355 3 Ihe following interesting papers on the above subjects, written by Messrs. |l. Lake and H J. Kelsall, appear in No. 26 of the “Journal of Ihe Straits Branch of the Royal Asialic Society just issued The Bornean Camphor, Kapur Baius, is
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 71 3 the PINANG GAZETTE DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION FOR 1894. fIIHE price of the Pinang Gazette delivered I free is as follows: To Government Offices and-Merchants’ Godowns in Penang. Per annum... $2O payable in advance. By Post. Per annum $23 do. Single copy 20 cents. Advertisement Rates. Minimum charge 2
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    • 1113 3 DANDO Co. TAI LORS GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, 26i PENANG-. POSITIVE GOVERNMENT SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE CO., LTD. tffCORPORATECMN 1870. Chief Office in India: 104, Clive Street, Calcutta.* Policies can be taken out from and after Life Policies are also granted AT REthis date at DUCED PREMIUMS
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 146 4 MCLARTY COMPANY. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS SURVEYORS CONTRACTORS. SUPPLY ALL MACHINERY MATERIALS, FITTINGS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES AND STORES IN USE BY gl-lIPQVyNERS, MILL OWNERS, MINERS AND HOUSEBUILDERS, DESIGNS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED, j WORKS SUPERVISED DURING CONSTRUCTION, Contracts Negotiated with Indian and European Manufacturers. THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I FIRE INSURANCE
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