Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 May 1894

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  • 23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED PATT.y NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED i8 33 [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL SATURDAY, MAY 26. 1894. No. 118
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 555 1 pipping (Tlottceg» Pon insular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. ma l steamers may A k R ex P arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Hohtlla, 2 7th May Rosetta Ist Juue The above dates arc only approximate the arrivals and departures may be either earlier
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    • 1287 1 pipping (Hotter BRIT S n H STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANy7 banks. a ei KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Agra Bank Limited HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Capital£l,ooo,ooo. 1 11 1 (One Million Sterling.) l T— For Wth..tt Head Office:
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    • 645 1 NEDEKLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.234 >. pecial Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Facforij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, 1 adang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan,
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  • 19 2 The P. O. mail steamer llohilla left Colombo for Penang at 6 p.rn. on the 22nd instant.
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  • 235 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Petrel from Tongkah. 8. s. Quorra from Langkat. s. s. Canton from T. Anson. s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. B. T. s. s. Pundua from Singapore. 8. s. Kut Sang do. Departures. To-dat. s. s._ Rosa for Edie T. Semawe. s. s. Kwang for
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  • 169 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per B. I. s. s. Pundua from Singapore, Mr. A Mrs. S. Harper, Mr. R. Misquith and Mr. L. Patzer. Per s. s. Petrel from Tongkah, Mr. A’ Mrs. Avner and Mr. Hill. Per s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld, Mr. Langford and Mrs. Ogilive. Passages
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  • 56 2 s»ii’hi>av, 26th Town Bind, Golf Club. St<r-|>AV, 27th Outward mail due P. A- O. Rohilla. First Sunday after Trinity. Monuxt. 28th illard Opera Company, Town Hall. Town Bn nd. Ksplnmutr. '|’n«MUAV, 29th Willard Opera Company, Town Hall. \V KimKHOAV, 3oin Town Band, Esplanade. T>iVnxli* y. 31 ST Town
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  • 140 2 Pknanh, 26th May, 18!'1 Raths close as follows: Condon, Demand R ink 2 1 dol. Do. -I months' sight, Bank 2 1J"I Do. 3 Ore-lit.s 2 IJ*} Do. 3 M D iciniv-n' tty Ciilniiftn, Demand Bink R* 194 Do. 30 <la ys’ sitflil Pri vbl e Bombay, Demand Bink
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  • 97 2 Penang, 26m May, 1894. Tin $39.25 Trang 9.20 sellers. West Coast.. small supply. Aeheen ...61b. 9.30 sellers. White Pepper... 12 40 do. Cloves (picked) no supply. Mace No. 1 86. sellers. Mace Pickings 73. do. Nutmegs 86.—• do. INo. I 760 do. 2... 44) do. Basket 375
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  • 116 2 Queen’s Birthday Honors. London, 24/A May.— The Queen’s Birth day Gazette extends the regulations re decorations to Volunteer Officers to the Colonies and India; the qualifying period in India being 18 years service. Generals Sir Donald Martin Stewart and Lord Wolseley have been made Field Marshals. Mr. J.
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  • 874 2 The third Assizes of the year were concluded yesterday. Attention is drawn to a letter signed Diogenes,’’ printed in another column. We HEAR that four European constables of the police force here have sent in their resignat ion. The B. I. steamer Pundua ari ived this morning
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  • 105 2 The L. C. Express believes that the Colonial Office has been in negotiation with the India Office on the subject of the proposed coinage at the Indian mints of a British dolla'r for use in the Straits Settlements and Hongkong. Contrary to the accepted idea that the
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  • 490 2 Bukit Mertaja.m Recreation Club vs. Penang Recreation Club. This match, played at Bukit Mertajamon Tliuisdav, resulted in a win by 52 runs foi the visitors, who, assisted by Weinman and iSfe'fe fet R w9s extremely good, and the confined nature of the ground and the numerous obstructions on it
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  • 359 2 P. C. C. vs. Sergt. McMurray’s Team This match took place yesterday, on the Esplanade, before a good numberof enthusiastic spectators, comprising all nationalities. A fair number of Euiopeans, including a number of ladies, lined the course ami shared the interest taken in the doings of the Penang Cricket
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  • 626 2 The following ladies and gentlemen received invitations: His Highness the Sultan of Kedah, His Highness the Rajah Muda of Kedah, the Hon’ble J. M. Vermont and Mrs. Vermont, the Hon’ble W. C. Brown, m.d., the Acting Consul-General for the Netherlands and Mrs. Boutmy, the Consul
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  • 74 2 Professor Payne, the wonderful rifle shot, has reached .Singapore and proposes to give entertainments so soon as he can make arrangements for a hall. One of the most useful public instituin the colony, especially to the poorer female mat ried portion of the community, the Maternity Hospital in
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 905 2 NEW I fo, The Willard Opera Company, I 1 COMPRISING HAVE JUST OPENED OUT 40 ARTISTES the following will give their opening performance NEW GOODS.— A 1 IHE Tailoring Department. TOWN HALL, PENANG, A large and choice selection of ON MONDAY. 28th INSTANT, Tennis Cashmeres and Flannels, in the Comic
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  • 508 3 The Daily Press of 16th May says —The first public official intimation of the existence of the disease was made at the meeting of the Sanitary Board held on Thursday, when a joint letter from the Colonial Surgeon and Acting Superintendent of the Civil Hospital, dated
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  • 474 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —“A British Merchant” in your issue of yesterday enquires what need exists for increased taxation. I suggest that the chief reason for bringing forward the proposal is to provide the wherewithal to pay Exchange compensation, or
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  • 175 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette Sir, —The fine old crusted letter of Economy in yesterday’s paper is writ ten on the grand principle that when you have no case abuse your opponents. Slinging mud at those who venture to disagree with him is quite the simplest style
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  • 1248 3 A r the special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held yesterday there were present: Ca.pt. Anderson, R. E., (Acting President), Hon. W. C. Brown, M.D., Mr. R A. P. Hogan, Mr. Koh Seang Tat, and Mr. J. Gibson. The minutes of the last ordinary meeting, held on the
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  • 187 3 There exists on the boundaries of Perak and Pahang aii elevated tract of country, known as Cameron’s Land or Plateau, of large extent, which will probably prove to be exceedingly suitable for a Sanatorium for the Peninsula and the Colony. Whether it is within
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  • 258 3 In the House of Lords, on the 20th April, the Marquis of Ripon moved the second reading of this bill, which was intended to get rid of an old Act of Parliament designed to meet a very different state of things from that now
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  • 374 3 Ihe Daily Press deprecates canvassing for signatures among the Chinese, and says The petition now before the pub- lie is really a petition for the enfranchisement of the British residents, not the Chinese, and it would be a mistake, we think, to canvass
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  • 134 3 To THOSE who may not feel satisfied with the present mode of transport by packanimals, or even by bullock-cart, the following extract from a letter from the British Consul at Chefoo (Mr. Clement F. R Allen) to the Hon Colonial Secretary, S.S., may be of interest
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  • 356 3 The Commercial London correspondent of the Bombay Gazette, writing under date 6th ultimo, says:— The question of bimetallism is continually coining to the front at the present time, and it is a significant fact that Lord Roseberv in a recent speech admitted that the currency question was one requiring
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 81 3 NOTICE. THEREBY give notice that my interest in the chop Khay Guan Co., of Beach Stieet, Bena ng-, has ceased from the sth February 1894, after which date I incur no responsibility for any debts of that firm. 240 LIM GEOK KENG. NOTICE OFREMOVAL. PENANG SALES ROOM. fIIHE undersigned beg
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    • 962 3 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices will be held in the Ist Magistrate’s Chamber at 2.30 p. m. on Friday, the Ist day of June, 1894, for the purpose of granting, renewing, or cancelling licenses. H. T. HAUGHTON, Penang, 22nd May, 1894.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1209 4 Snaurance (Uoftce®. M®LARTY COMPANY. TIVOLI BEER! THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION? R CONTRACTORS CHITECTS TIVOLI BEER!! TpHE undersigned having been appointed SUPPLY ALL MACHINERY MATERIALS. FITTINGS, TOOLS. APPLIANCES ANO STORES TlVrtl I RFFRIII now Spared I Marine" and SHIPOWNERS. MILL OWNERS, MINERS AND HOUSEBUILDERS. 1 TULI DCII n FIRE risks at
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    • 922 4 Milkmaid Condensed Milk BThe “Milkmaid” Brand is guaranteed to contain all the cream of the original milk. In the process of manufacture nothing but water is removed, nothing but the best refined sugar added. Avoid low-priced brands from which the cream has been abstracted, and ask for the “Milkmaid” Brand
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