Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 December 1894

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    23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 18«. \PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LI I. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1894. No. 278
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      563 1 dipping (Hofices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. mail steamers may be expected to arrive oatwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Pem/MuZar 9th Dec. Surat 14tl,n™ r r.r Z' 11 -in.,.Z..r I A-u«ar-f-ffuid 20th Siam 25th Theaoove dates are only approximate the arrivals and departures may
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      1552 1 (fapping (Uoficee. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. o< KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Honrkon(r Shanghai Banking Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sa ill tig and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up Capital $10.000,000. i Reserve Find «4.500,000 n iv,,, a- 1 o o Reserve
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      602 1 fiEDERLAMDSCHE HANDEL EIAISCBAFIIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. j Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 2,086,155.60| Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nedei Inndsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tcgal, Pcealongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    61 2 taken at Prison Hospital Observatory. 3dk December, 1894 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fab. 851. 7’.'7. 812 Temperature 81. 86. 79. Wet Bulb Thermometer 77. 78. 76. Max. Temp, in shade 89.5 Min. do. do. 71. Max. in Sun. 14-». Terr. rad. Ther. 70
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    EXCHANGE.
    131 2 Penang, 4tii December. IX9I Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bunk 2 0 do! Do. 4 months'sight Bank 2.0) Do. 3 < 'redit 2O| Do. 3 Document ai a 2o' Calcutta. Drinund Bank Rh |X| Do. 3*) days sight Private 18'3 Bombay, Demand Bank IX4 Do. 30 dats sight
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    LATEST MARKET QOTATIONS.
    91 2 Penang. Itii December. 18!*I. ’Pin $36.1*» seller'. Trang n«i supple. Black Pepper West (’oast... $9.4*» »e >•« Acheeii s!h Boz. 89. <L>. White Pepper 12.25 do. doves (picked) 26.—sellers. Mace No. J S'V. scllct Maee Pickings 7<>.— «In. Nutmegs 90. «!<». (No. 1 7.2' do. Sugar <
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    79 2 Maus <t.hm: To-MORRoW. Pot Per sti. Time. Laugkat Jin Ho 1 f M Deli H' > Rwei 2 P.M. PangkorAtT. Anson Perse 2 PM. Teluk Anson Rosa 2 P.M. Thursday, 6tii. Amherst Linhda ...11 A.M. Europe r i<i Nega paf ain.. t ''nwrla 4P M. The M M
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    69 2 From II ambukg By (lies. s. hjluia, to-day. From Rwgoox Bv the B. I. s. s. Palamcoi <i to in'ii t ow. B. I s. s. J tp'iiiim Thursday. From Singapore: By the B. I. s. s. t'amorta on Thursday. B. I s. s I'arne i and
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    SHIPPING.
    329 2 A rriials. To-n i Y. S. s. haugkiit from Deli. s. s. Perse from T A'isoii. s. s. Rosa «10. s. s. Formosa from London I*. A s. s. Formosa from London. s. Ferdin uul Fisher from Singapore. Y T'Trill' i. s. s. .liu Ho from I.angknt S. I
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    52 2 P ASSENGER LIST. Arrivals. Y ESI EK DAY. Per s. s. Ho Ktcei from Deli, Mi" Mitchell. Per s. s. Glcmimn from Sii gapore, Mr. Bignal I. Per' M. Rtcqtiehem from Trieste, Mr and Mrs. Magu. Departures. To-DAY. Pers I.ightni ng for CaL utta. Mr. J. B. Lee, Mrs. Brown
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    THE WEEK.
    71 2 Wf.DX I 'D AY. -5111 'Town Band. Esplanade, -5 y M. First Quarter, 7-1 V P.M. TtlUrsdAl, tint Town Band. Diin Ixranial ai <l>-ii'. Outward mail due, P A’ (>. s Peninsular. Homeward mail closes, vi t Negapatam. Friday, 7m Municipal Coinmi" mor' Ordinary Meeting. Town Hall. 2-30
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    210 2 (Straits Times, 30th Novemhkr.) Jeb-Lus (S 5 pd.) $4.50 sales. Rauhs 13 lo pd.) $5. AT fully paid $6) Punjouis (S3J pd.) st. Pahang Corp. (jCI pd.) s3s s-ihs. Maynard A Co. ($lOO jml.) $3O seflcrs. Pengerangs ($5O pd.) $7O sales. Straits Insurance ($2O pd.) sl6s Straits
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    111 2 LONDON, 3rd December, 1894. The War. Japanese terms for Peace. It is stated in Yokohama that if Avar is coiicluth’d now Japan will accept an indemnity of four hundred million yen (tAvetity millions sterling) and tho cession of the territory now occupied, otherwise her demand will be far
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    A LARGE AURIFEROUS AREA IN PERAK.
    677 2 A LARGE AURIFEROUS AREA IN PER AK. SOMK «me bus said that the discovery of n pnvable gold field in the Malay I’viiinsilla won'll be a national calamity. We forget which Government, official was guilty of this absurdity, but as lie baa by this lime no dotibl. obtained compensation lie
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    THE FRENCH MAIL.
    78 2 The London mails «»f the 9th ultimo, by the M. M. steamer Yarra, left Coluni'ar for ■Singapore at 11 a.m. on the 2nd instant. At 6 pm. on the same day tho P. «V 0. mail steamer Peniutular, with the mails of a week later, left. Cohmibo
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    LOCAL.
    344 2 Ji will BE high Avater nt the Jetty tomorrow at 6.37 a. m. and 7.04 p. tn. The steamer Glenshiel has 185 tons of gunpowder on board for Hongkong and Singapore. The steamer Jin Ho miivml from Balbalan yest«*r<Liv afternoon with a consignment of 8,850 tins of kerosene oil.
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    THE FORTHCOMING INTER-SETTLEMENT MATCHES.
    60 2 THE FORTHCOMING INTER-SETTLE-MENT MATCHES. Penang r.«. Singapore. I’he following players have been selected to represent Penang at cricket Messis. C G. Garrard. A. S. Anthonv. W L. Carter, E Fairer Baynes. F H. Hawkrrts. J M. P. Smith, I). A. M. Brown, L. E. P. Wolfeistan, J. F. Limb, and
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    PERAK NEWS.
    255 2 (From our Correspondent.') We hear that, the Railway Station at I’eluk Anson is fast falling to pieces. White ants have infested the wood-work iti a most disastrous way; the cement flooring is all broken, and the foundations have gone, with the result that the station building is on
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    25 2 [FaoM our Correspondent] TKLVK ANSON. 4th December. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 156 pikuls of tin. [Time from Teluk Anson 22 min
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    THE EMPIRE MUSIC-HALL FORCIBLY REOPENED.
    104 2 London, November sth The Empire Music Hall, Leicester, square, London, which was tecent|y closed owing to the County Council renewing licence subject lo a cniidition that tlie"p ro menaile should be abolishe’d and tliHt tIQ drink should be sold in the auditorium was teopeneil on
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    CRICKET.
    311 2 Penang Recreation Club vs BurrEßwokTH Recleaiion Club. The result of the match plaved on Salur. day on the Esplanade in Penang avhs a draAv somewhat in favour of the visitors. The home side, winning the toss, put their opponents in, and had not succeeded in getting them nut avlicii
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    A STRAITS LADY IN DISTRESS.
    171 2 We regret to hear that a letter has beereceived from M>. W. A. Pickering that M'S. R. C. Falkner has been left b' the death of her liuslrand, who was not s subscriber to the WidoAvs aim (h| 1 Fund, in extremely bad circumstances that
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    RAISING THE CHINESE MEN-OFWAR.
    120 2 RAISING THE CHINESE MEN-OF-WAR. (Japan Daily Advertiser.) The headquai ters mH hoi plied to an application by M'- ~nl Reizo, a contractor of lliroshim tt > for permission to raise the him n 'y Avar sunk in the engagement off Mr. YLimashina was notified on that the required permission given
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      397 2 pritchard Co. HAVE JUST OPENED OUT a large range of BOOKS AND ANNUALS SUITABLE FOR CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY PRESENTS TO BOYS and GIRLS COMPRISING Boys and Girls Own Annuals, Little Folks, Chatterbox, &c. Story Books. Fairy Books. Nursery Books. The Latest Novels received Monthly. LETTS’S DIARIES, 1895. STRAITS ROUGH DIARIES,
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      346 2 NO r C E s. TO LET. HOI SE No. 253. Dili mah Road, recent Ia built, in spendid condition. Laige compound. K< bun kept. Entinnce immediately. Rent $25 per month. 548 Apply X.. Pinang Gazette" NOTICE. AK I’ not ice that as n.y wife, K 11 > ('n• t
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    A FEMALE PLEADER IN INDIA.
    95 3 1 lines of India. W E hear that Miss Cornelia Sorabji has been allowed by the Baroda State to plead in their dominions. When Miss Sorabji appears in the Visnagar Court, on Monday next, we believe she will have pleaded the first case ever pleaded
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    THE WRECK OF THE “DORUNDA.”
    127 3 .—-.W. Jrgns. The enquiry. London, November sth. An enquiry lias been opened into the loss of the Queensland Royal Mail Steamer Doruuda, which, while under the of Captain J. J’etnpieton, It. N. I{ ran ashme on September 26th at Peniche, •about 47 miles north of
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    A NEW SNAKE STORY.
    327 3 One of the strangest incidents in the experience of the management of the Zoological Society’s menagerie has occurred in the rep-tile-house, the scene being one of the com-i partments in which the boa-constrictors are confined. Two large boas occupied the chain- her. one snake being nine
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    THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
    545 3 (Jajxin Daily Advertiser.) DEEDS OF HEROISM. The Mainichi relates the heroic deeds of three soldiers at the Yalu. On or about October 12th a company of engineers of the Fifth Division of the First Army Corps reached the Yalu river. They first of all started to look
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    ADVANCE MAIL NEWS.
    671 3 (I ia Australia.) OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE. London, November 2,—Mr. Arnold Morley, the 1 ostmaster-General, condemns the scheme oi cst.i dislnhg a system for an ocean penny postage. THE QUEEN RECEIVES THE SWAZI DELEGATES. Her Majesty the Queen has promised to receive the delegates from Swaziland who are
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    302 3 (Vid Rangoon.) Fighting at Lombok. The Hague, November 24.—Telegrams received report further fighting at Lombok A sortie was made by the Balinese from the fortified village of Sasari, but after a severe fight the enemy were repulsed with heavy loss. On the Dutch side four Avere killed including
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    GENERAL.
    593 3 1 he London Times in a leading article on Nov. 6th urges the admission of colonial judges to the Pi ivy Council, beginning with Australian judges and making the admission of others gradual. Sir Arthur Havelock, the Governor of Ceylon, will shortly lay the foundation stone of the new
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    THE SUPPOSED NANA SAHEB.
    435 3 The Times of India Kathiawar correspondent sends the following particulars regarding the arrest of the supposed Nana Saheb which recently gave rise to some excitement. It seems that the individual in question was quite accidentally discovered by a member of the Kathiawar Agency police in a
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    KOREA’S FUTURE.
    754 3 Hongkong Telegraph. The scramble for possession of the Peninsular Kingdom, for which somewhat elaborate 1 preparations have been made by the Japanese in recent years with a view, presumably, to checkmating China and Russia and at the same time pandering to the large and influ- dntial section of
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    AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM.
    806 3 There are some truths that ought to l»e blown through a million speaking trunqH'ts every hour; that ought to la* printed in big type on the front page of every newtqtaper; that ought to be painted on every signlxtard at the crossroads; that ought
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      688 3 NOW READY. LI M I’.SES of the Eastern Archipelago, J l*]i hnogr.iphical, Geographical, Historical. A collection of t went y-five su l>jecl s on Net h.-India, translated from the Dutch I BY Geo. G. BATTEN. Price $3 per copy. On sale at PRITCHARD Co.’s 550 Penang. IN THE GOODS OF
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      402 3 tiling Co., Penang and Singapore. il The Posada.” DIRECT IMPORTATION OF WINES AND SPIRITS IN CASKS. PORTSj Red White from $7.50 to §l5 per doz i SHERRIES: Dry Amontillados $7.5p to ?34 MADEIRAS: Drv and Sweet $l2 to $22 MARSALA $8 MUSCATEL: Genuine Wine $l2 to $l4 MALAGAS: Red and
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      2039 4 WHISKIES. 3****™“ PM*»- t On Tai Insurance Company, Limited. w OLD MULL BLEND I Head Office, Hongkong. ixjKdE (Highest award, Chicago 1893. J mHE undersigned having been appointed j|k i Agents for the above Company are “TLjp ROYAL- BLEND, prepared to accept Marine Insurance Risks K99i2k current rates of premium.
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      339 4 THE STRAITS IRSORAIICE MMH, UIITED. HRE INSURARCE COMPANY. LIBITBD. ..TABuisHEojse». COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE Co., LU Head OMcty Head Office: 10 A 80, Cornhill, London. Capital Kelly Sbbscbibeo: E,«urii Bnsrli, SlngEpore. r p FVXI.S. v-= T IO Wobkuw Lite Fund, in Special'l’bi st tok t„ F 31st December, 189. Policy Holders:
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