Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 December 1894

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED t>att,v NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LTI. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1894. No. 281
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      568 1 (ttottceg. Peninsular A Oriental Steam Navigation Company. T HE Bteamers may >y_C3 be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang h meward8 on following dates Outward.. Homewards. 23rd Dec. Surai 14t1.ru,. 6th Jan. Ravenna 28th A u«ar-I- TTttwi 20th Peninsular 11th Jan Siam 25 th The above dates are only
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      1581 1 pipping (ttoftcee. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. T Oi KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkone a Shanghai Banking Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. ll Reserve Fund $4,500,000 1 TX Reserve Liability OF Proprietors $10,000,000.1
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      580 1 NEDEKLANDSCHE HANDEL E aATSCBAPPIJ. (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds 2,086,155.60 J Hbad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factoiij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore. Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pccalongan, Pasaroean, and
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    91 2 Penang, 7th December. 1894. Tin §35.50 (Trang no supply. Black Pepper J West Coast... §9.15 sellers. Acheen 51b Boz. 9. do. White Pepper <2 50 <*«• Cloves (picked) 26. do. Mace No. 1 $BO sellers. Mace Pickings 70. do. Nutmegs 92. do. (No. 1 7.20 do. Sugar
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    EXCHANGE.
    129 2 Penang, 7th December, Indi Rates close: as follows: London, Demand Bank 2 <!•>' Do. 4 months” sight Bank 2/-| Do. 3 Credit 2-i Do. 3 Document ary 2 Calcutta, D< inand Bank B- 184 Do. 30 days’sight Private 190 Bombay, Demand Bank 184 Do. 30 clays’ sight Private 190
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    73 2 Maus i-dm To-MORROW If’,,, Per str. Time. Asahan Chan lai ...11 A.M Asaliaii R lluleteyn 1 P.MDeli Ataoyee 2P M. Paugkor A’ T. An>on... M"ry Austin 2 P.M. S’porc mid <’Hina Telamon 2 P.M. S’pore and China, Cheaug IL-ck Ki'<n 3 P.M. Edie. T. Serna we, Segli and
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    36 2 From Hamburg:—Bythes. s. Iglaia to-day. From Singapore: —By the B. 1. s. a. Purnea to-morro'v mid > s. ('hoy Sang on Monday From Neg.apatam —By the B. I. s. 8. Secund r.i on Tuesday.
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    SHIPPING.
    256 2 Irriials. To-day. s. s. Calypso from Deli. s. s. Telamon from Liverpool. s. s. General Pel from Singapore s. Mary Austin from T. Anson. s. s. Rosa do s. s. Cheong Hock Kian from Amoy. Y EM KKDA V. s. s Thaipiug from P. Weld. s. s. Ilok Canton
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    76 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Ros i from T Anson, Mr. White. Per s. Telamon from Liverpool, Mr. Annesley mid Miss Strachan. Vestek DAY. Per s. s. Thaiping from P. eld, Mr. Sayers. Per P. AO. s. s penimnlar from Ixmdon, Mr. Freeman, Sir C. Harth-v and Mr.
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    THE WEEK.
    64 2 Friday, 7th Mrs. Trotter’s, ‘"At Home,” Residency, 5 r m. t<> 6 p m. Saturday. Btii Town Band, Golf Club. Cricket match, P. C. C. vs. K. R. C Esplanade, 11 A.M. Sunday, 9ih Second Sunday in Advent. Monday, lOtii Town Band, Esplanade. Tuesday, 11 tii Wednesday. 12m
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    BANK SHARES.
    81 2 The following were the London prices of certain shares as received bv the mail of Nov. 16th Banks. £2O; all pd. The Chartered* £22 to 23 £2BJ The H kong A S'ghai£o|j 32| £2s;£l2| pd Mercantile Bank: A shares 11 to 12, B shares 4J to 5| £10;
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    182 2 (Straits Times, Du December.) Jelebus (§.■> pd.) $1.60 sales. Raubs 13 lopd.) §5- JEI fully pai«l Punjoms (§3| pd.) $l.lO Pahang Corp. (jEI pd.) S H sales. Maynard A Co. ($lOO pd.) §3O sellers. Peugerangs ($5O pd.) $7O sales. Straits Insurance ($2O pd.) $l<H Straits Fires (§2O
    (Straits Times, Du December.)  -  182 words
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    144 2 LONDON, 6th December, 1894. A Chinese Gold Loan. A Chinese gold loan of one million and a quarter fit four and a half per cent, is about to be issued in London. The Times” on the Prince of Wales. The Timet says the hearty thanks of the nation
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    LOCAL.
    787 2 Major McCallum, r. k., c. m. inspected the Hospital Building-* to-day. It will be high waler at the Jetty tomorrow at 9.16 h. ni. and 9.46 n. in. The Principal Civil Medical Officer is expected here from Singapore next week, on inspection duty. The steamer Cheong Hack Kian, from
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    CRICKET.
    34 2 Owing to the Krian Recreation ub not being able to bring over a team foi to-inonow. as previously arranged, a match I’fohable tram agaliiMt Sillgapote VS. The next Fifteen” —will be played instead.
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    WARNING TO SHIPPING.
    127 2 The following telegram receive'! by the Hon. the Resident Councillor fiom lhe .Secretary 0» Government, Selangor, has been kindly handed to ns for publication Kuala Lvmpub, 6th Dec.. 2.12 p.m. Light» at. Puloli Angsa and Kuala Selangor reported not working satisfactorily. Please issue warning to shipping. A
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    PERAK NEWS.
    422 2 The Resident of Perak paid a flyiny visit to Telnk Anson last Thins lay. Amongst the few Goveii.ment officials who were fortunately in the know was the P. W. I>. Engineer, in whom is also personified the Sanitary Board. Doubtless bearing in mind the recent correspondence in this
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    95 2 [From our Corkesfondents.j TELUK ANSON, 7th December. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 642 pikuls of tin. The Resident arrived by special train at 2 30 yesterday and left again by the Mena for Taiping at 4 p.m. [Time from Teluk Anson 1 h. 3 min SINGAPORE. 6th
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    SINGAPORE SPORTING CLUB.
    727 2 A special general meeting of the Singapore Sporting Club whs held on the 4th for tie purpose of adopting certain proposed revisions in the rules; and to discus» the question of raising the annual subscription. The (’hairman proposed that the subscrip, tion be rai»ed from $lO to
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    COLONIAL EXPANSION.
    129 2 COLONIAL EXPA NSION. The first meeting of the Royal Tnstitu'e for lhe Avinter session took P H at. the Hotel Mt'tropole, London, on V" l her 13. Lord Brassey»presided. Flora L. Shaw read a paper on Ol 'y Expansion,” which, she said, avhs sin the the continuation by the colonies
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      404 2 pritchafd Co. I HAVE JUST OPENED OUT a large range of BOOKS ANO 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
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      347 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENT. RE ROWLEY CONOLLY FALKNER. DECEASED. Pursuant to 22 and 23 Victoria, < hapter 35, 7VTOTICE is heieltv given, that all ereditors having any’ claims or demands against the Estate of Rowley CONOI.I.Y Falkner, late of H‘6, Bpdbnry Road, Bayswa er. Middlesex, formerly of Penang, in the Straits Settlements,
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      66 2 WEATHER REPORT. Taken at Prison Hospital Observatory. 6th December, 1894. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. 8"8. 821. 832. Temperature 79. 80. Wet Bulb Thermometer 76. 77. 7b. Max. Temp, in shade 87.5 Min. do. do. 70.5 Max. in Sun. 131. Terr. rad. 'flier. 68 5
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    274 3 (From ovr Contemporaries.) M Hakdouin, the Flench Vice Consul at Bangkok, has arrived. °"1N« to the death of Mr. Roland Alisqnith, the business heretofore carried on by him, and since his death by Mrs Misquit It, is about to close. The Swimming Club will hoi.l laceg on the
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    GENERAL.
    189 3 The Hongkong Opium Farm has been let for ?40,000 mor e than the price expected from the original tenders. The Duke of York has been elected a Fellow, and has accepted the position of a vice-president, of the Royal Colonial Institute. A Japanese native paper makes the proposal that
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    THE BRITISH DOLLAR.
    203 3 —L. If C. Express. The China Association have received an official intimation that Her Majesty’s Gov-; ernment have approved the project of a British dollar to be legal tender in the i Straits Settlements and Hongkong concurrently with the coins now in cii culation, and that it
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    SILVER.
    207 3 We fancy we can detect signs of a certain, if moderate, revival of demand for “Silver Securities,” writes the Money Market Review. Latterly, the market for silver has presented a steadier appearance. There are many important contingencies to be borne in mind in regard to silver. Some have reference
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    MEMORIAL BY THE SUBORDINATE BRANCH OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS CIVIL SERVICE.
    970 3 To H. E. Sir C. B. H. Mitchell, K.C.M.G., Governor Commander-in-chief, S. S. The humble Memorial of the undersigned, Members of the Subordinate Branch of the Civil Service, sheweth that your Excellency’s Memorialists humbly beg to submit their case
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1113 3 (L. d C. Express, Nov. 16th.) The Court. I he Queen has arrived at Windsor Castle from Balmoral. The weather was very rough and unsettled during the journey. Her Majesty yesterday gave an audience at Windsor Castle to the deputation of Swazi chiefs who aie now
    (L. d C. Express, Nov. 16th.)  -  1,113 words
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    INTERESTING MAIL ITEMS.
    660 3 Nor. 16th. At the Fifty fourth Annual Meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to be held on 6th December, the Directors, after providing for the usual dividend at the rate of 5 per cent, per annum on the Preferred Stock, will recommend a dividend
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      147 3 NOTICE. TAKE notice that as my wife, KhooChooi Lean, left my protection al»out a fortnight ago, I am not responsible for any debts she may incur. (Sgd.) LO KANG KIO. Penang, 30th Nov., 1894. 570 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. ATOTICE is hereby given that for the L\ election of a Municipal Commissioner
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      673 3 NETHERLAND HOTEL. I the No. la, King Street, Penang. EQU I T -A. MTI E JIHIS well known Hotel, which has lately TTTITI 1 passed under new management, recom- LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE mends itself to visitors from Sumatra and UNITED STATES, the Pi.oikcikD Naiiak Siaies fot its !S
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      1569 4 1 tttttto ■jT’ Tl? Q Jnsuwnce Qtoftce®» THE LATEST INVENTION Skull’s Okonite Trusses for Hernia (Rupture). M ULL~ BLE K' D Lo Dol AS CORmATIOI (Especially for Travellers, Colonists, and llesidents in Tropical Climates). avard, Ckirayo 1893. J Av.bm-G,*! Me P.H. Ex now nronared to accent MARINE and Skull’» Okonite
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