Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 May 1894

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  • 23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL TUESDAY, 31 AY 8, 1894. No. 104
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 596 1 (Hotter. Peninsular <fc Oriental Steam Navigation Company. mail steamers may 1 be expected to arrive U^VVai <^S leave Penang homewards, on the following s dates Outwards. Homewards. SS o 3^ 1 May 18th May Bofcdta 27th Eosetta Ist June The above dates are only approximate v 10 arrivals and departures
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    • 1579 1 pipping (notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD) banks KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, The Agra L mited r HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Capital...£l,ooo,ooo. (One Million Sterling.) 1 -v Tt\ V nr 1 Head Office: 1 'WiiK' K ILL
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    • 411 1 HEDEKLANDSCME HANDEL HAATSCHAPPU. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. 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 Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 70 2 Mails close To-morrow, For Per str. Time Langkat Quorra ...11 a.m. Asahnn Chan Tai ...11 a.M. Tongkah Petrel Ip.m. Deli Ho Kwei 2 p.mPangkor T. Anson... Deli 2 F.M. Thursday, 10th. Deli Langkat 1 PM. The M. M. mail steamer Oceanien left Colombo for Singapore at 5 p.
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  • 220 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Langkat from Deli. s. s. Petrel from Tongkah. s. s. Q.uorra from Langkat. s. s. Chan Tai from Asahan. s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. s. s. Flying Dragon from T. Anson. s. s. Deli do. Departures. To-day. s. s. Hye Leong for Klang <t
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  • 129 2 Departures. Yesterday. Per B. I- s. s. Nttddea for Singapore, Miss Logan, Miss J. Logan, and Mr. R. G. Van Someren. Passages booked for the Straits. April 13th.— Per P. A O. 8. 8. Rome from Brindisi for Penang, Mr. H. Barnard. From London for Singapore, Mr. W.
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  • 66 2 Wsnsr.snay, 9rn ’I own Band. Esplanade. Football match, P.C.C. rs P.R.C., Esplanade, 5 p m. Tito mska r. ]oth Town Rand, Datu Kramat Gardens. Homeward mail closes, rnt Negapatam Friday Uth:— Municipal Commissioners’ Meeting. Sai''ki>*". 12th Town Band, Golf Club. First Quarter 1-16 p. m. Outward mail due,
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  • 132 2 PrNANR, Bth May, I8!>4. Rates close as follows: l.ondon, Demand Bank 2 1 J dol. Do. 4 mootlis’ sight Bank 21| Ho. 3 Credits 2 Do. 3 Docmneiii. try Calcutta, Demand Bink It* 193 Do. 30 days’sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 193 Do. 30 days’ sight Priv.i e Madras,
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  • 83 2 Penang, Bth May, 1894. Tin $39.40 I Trang 9,50 sellers. Black Pepper < West Coast.. small supply. Acheen ...6lbss9.sosellers. White Pepper... $12.90 sellers. Cloves (picked) no supply. Mace No. 1 $B6. sellers. Mace Pickings 73. do. Nutmegs 86. do. t No. 1 7.50 do. Sugar) 2... 4.4
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  • 45 2 The Army. London, 6th May— The trooping service will henceforth be conducted at Southampton instead of Portsmouth. Explosion. An explosion has taken place at the Royal Cordite factory at Wall ham. Many have been killed and injured, and much damage lias been done.
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  • 771 2 H. M. S. Leander, Commander Frederick C. Metaxa, left for Singapore yesterday. Mr. C. B. Brown, from Ceylon, has been appointed Secretary of the Selangor Club. A SESSION OK Assizes and a Court of Admiralty will be held in Penang on the 15th instant. The report that
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  • 146 2 The workmen at the granite quarry at the foot of the Hill, worked by the Penang Tramway Co. for road metal, discovered on going to the quarry tin's morning, about half past six or seven, that a horrible murder had been committed during their absence since tlie previous
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  • 352 2 The BODY of a Chinaman was seen floating in Krian River on Sunday morning, the 6th instant. Mr. Andrews, the Overseer at Bukit Mertajam, is at present doing duty at Neboi.g Tebal in the place of Mr. Wilson resigned. FoOT-and-mout h disease has broken again amongst cattle in
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  • 385 2 A Bill to amend the Post Office Ordin ance is published in the last Government Gazette. It gives the Governor in Council power to make rules as to prohibit d articles, and says 4. The following articles shall be deemed to be prohibited articles for the purposes of
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  • 134 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.” Dear Sih, —I would like to say in reply t 0 the kind criticism of the Straits Vocabulary th-.t appeared in your issue of yesterday, that when it was compiled it was notin’, tended to be brought before the public.
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  • 176 2 Mr. Groom, of Malacca, has brought a qui tam action in the Court of that Settlement to recover from Leopold S. Lazaioi, Registration of Deeds Clerk, of the Lind Office, the sum of $250 as a penalty under section 26 of the Civil
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  • 200 2 With reference to our leaders of 25th i.n 1 26th January last, the H< ng hong Te'egraph has the following:— The Pinang Gazelle publishes a ‘short programme’ “which appears very reasonable; and several of its later proposals might advantageonsly be adopted in Hongkong.” The later proposals to
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  • 102 2 Tn consequence of a bereavement in his family, Mr. Paton Ker will be unable to t ide at the forthcoming race meeting. The loss of Mr. Ker’s sei vices will have a considerable effect upon the chances of many horses that, lie was to ride. Calder, it is
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  • 620 2 The horticultural gardens situated on the Seiangon Road, and more famiiiarly known as Whampoa’s Gardens, have changed hands. For very manv years these gardens have been one of the most remarkable places of interest in Singapore. Latterly, the gardens, it is said, have not been kept in
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1099 2 NEW AD nq T r T c' e seme Pochard Co. MY wife, Chew Loh Seah Ah Gnian, HAVE JUST OPENED OUT having left my protection since the last one and a half month, I will not 4 be THE FOLLOWING responsible for any debts already or here- NEW GOODS
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  • 525 3 Mr. Moreton Frewen, writing from Washington, under date 11th March, to a member of Lord Salisbury’s last Cabinet, who is greatly interested in the silver question, propounds an idea that the Pioneer thinks worth ventilating. The exports of dollars coined at the Mexican mint
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  • 127 3 (Vid Rangoon.') Cholera in Portugal. Lisbon, April 26,—Cholera has appeared here and two hundred cases are taking place daily, but so far there have been few deal hs. The Craven Stakes. London, 26.—The following is the result of the race for the Craven Stakes Sempronius, first; Bluff, second;
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  • 354 3 (From the Report on the Selangor Police Department for the year 1893, by Captain F. W. Lyons.) The Sikh Contingent. The discipline of the Sikh contingent is not as good as it should be. The non commissioned officers want more supervision and a native officer should
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  • 614 3 A Hongkong View. The Honghong Daily Press makes the following remarks on the Singapore Chamber of Commerce discussion upon the draft Partnerships’ Registration Bill The object of the Bill, if it can be effected, is an eminently desirable one. European firms as a rule advertise their
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  • 649 3 Rangoon papers to hand yesterday contain no intelligence regarding the wreck of the Sel/hi, but the Rangoon Times of the Ist. instant has the following regarding the cyclone in which that vessel was wrecked:—The Madras Mail Steamer Goa” Caught in the Cyclone. The
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  • 733 3 In THE April number of the Neic Review] there are two anonymous articles—one signed Aliquis (Somebody), the other Otitis” (Nobody), on “'l’he Rising and' the Setting Sun,” which contain some curi- I ons and interesting statements. But the most curious passage in the
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  • 262 3 London, April 27.—1 n the Commons Mr. Fowler, replying to a question, said the voluminous evidence taken by the Opium Commission requires the fullest consideration from a scientific point of view, and it was therefore impossible to fix a date for resenting the report, io the House.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 346 3 IiNLHAN ENGINEERING, An Illustrated Weekly Journal. The Recognized Organ of the Profession in India ll’it/z a Guaranteed bona-fide Circulation. LISTS OPEN TO INSPECTION Pat. Doyle, E., Calcutta. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. fIIHE next Ordinary Meeting of the Mtnii--1 cipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30 p. m., On
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    • 753 3 DANDO Co. TAILORS GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, 261 PENANG. CR G s HEP FOOD. Try it and You will be Satisfied. PINANG GAZETTE JR. BELILIOS begs to inform the pub- DAILY EDITION. lie that since inferior Crushed Food is offered for sale in the Penang Market
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1153 4 —y——■ Insurance (Jloftces. ~*l2\ the straits ml T n 3saS3f¥X* 2\ QFjj jSraSK insurance company, limited. fire insurance company, limited. The Boyal Insurance Company V A CONSIDERABLE reduction in local ML T Life Rates is announced, and pros- jMfe Capital fully Subscribed Caph al fully Subscribe pectuses will be supplied
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    • 284 4 PERRIER-JOUET COS' CHAMPAGNE. The same as supplied to the P. O. Go’s. Steamers, Reserve Cuvee Finest extra quality extradry Fale dry Creaming, First quality, dry. SOLE AGENTS HUTTENBACH BROTHERS Co, -149 Penang A Singapore, TIVOLI BEER! TIVOLI BEER!! TIVOLI BEER!!! s. Non Plus Ultra "EAGLE BRAND' IN WHITE GLASS BOTTLES,
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