Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 March 1895

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    25 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIII. THURSDAY, MARCH 28, 1895. XT r* o I di
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      593 1 (Hotices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. Rosetta 30th Mar. Ravenna 4th Apr. fatis ir-i- Pekin 18th ffinl 13th Apr. Ganges 2nd May Jl>hilln 28tli Rosetta 16th Rtcenna 12th May. Tie aoove
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      1440 1 Qtofkee. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINF Intended Sniliny and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-lp Capital $10,000,000. Reserve Fund $5,000,000. I Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000. X~~r~|Vx For Will sail Steamer From
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      518 1 NEOERLANDSUiE HANDEL HAATSCHAPFIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds J 2,086,155.60| Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nedei land>vbe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    107 2 Penang, 28tu March, 1895. i„ <34 90 seller.-. (Tiling 980 do. Black I’eppei West Coast... 8.50 do. Aclieeii 3II> B<>z 9.20 do While Pepper 13. «i«». (’imps (picked) 26. do. Mace No. I buyers. Mace Pickings <0. Nutmegs 93,—seller». No. I 7.2" •!<> Sugar 2.. •>./*? <!''
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    EXCHANGE.
    144 2 Penang, 28th March, 1895. R aIKS (.LOSE as E'll.l.ow.s London, Demand Bunk 2 0, 1.. Di). I lU'-1111-s -'gill Billli» 2 I I >o. 3 ('reibl. 21 Do. 3 Dociiinviiiio i 21* Ualeiill a. Demand Bank Kt» 187 Do. 30 days'xigliL Private 190 Bombay, Demand Bank I*7 Do. 30
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    66 2 From Rangoon: —By the B I. s. s Palamcotta to morrow and B. I. s. s. J"pauon Saturday. From —By he K s Geueraa] P. I ami s s Suig to-morrow. B. I. s. s. Pniulaa on Salitr lay. Fhom Cal< Vi i a —By the s.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    82 2 Mjils lose To-morrow. Eor Per str. Time. Klang Hetsy 11 ».M. Klang ami Malacca Teutonia noon Pnnekor. T. Aits-on nn I P. Dick-on ('a<tui I p.M. Sathuday, 30ih. Deli 110 Kioei 2 pm. Langkut Jin Ito 3p.m. The mails f-o- Penang e,r the French sfennier Sab xie left,
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    SHIPPING.
    362 2 iri ii uls. ’l‘ii-n 11. x. x. I[o Kioei from Deli. s. Jin Ho from Langkut. x. x. Canton from T. Anson. B. I s s. (Tanorla fro u Singapore. Y P.s I K It t> I V. X S Teitlnu i'l fi oil! Mlllio-eii. s. s. i.udg ll’e/-/
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    101 2 li t it.i s. To-hay. Per x. x. Jia //.i from Langkut, Mr. McBenii. Per x ll' Ki”ei from Deli, Mr nnd Mix. J B L--I-. Mr ami Mrs ILixner, Mi Lederer mid Mr. Em< l iter. Passages hookeil fur Ihe SI rails. Eehriui ri/, O'llli.— Per P.
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    75 2 'l'nkeii at Prison Hospital (thse* atort. 27th Ma ii(il. 1835 9i u. 3r. -t 9i- v. Bar. red 32 Fah 23 873 .793 .854 Teinperal lire 82.-5 85— 80.— Wet Bn lb Thermninet i-r 78. 81 78 Mux. Temp, in shad'- 89—• Min. do. do. 75. Max. iii
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    164 2 'l'h r nsn \y, 28i'll Muliomniednn lltiri Raya.” Homeward mail closes, viu N’egipatain. Town Band, Dnlu Krmnat Gardens, 5 P.M High ivufer at New Jetty, 1-19 a.m. mid 1- p.m. Fhiiia v. 9th High waler at New Jetty, 2-12 a.m. and 2- p.m Municipal C»
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    156 2 LONDON’, 27th March. 1895. The Biirnio-Chincse Telegraphs. Lord Elgin has announced to Mr. Fowler that a junction has been effected between the Burmese and Chinese telegraphs, which lie trusts will promote friendly relations and be of commercial advantage to both Britain and China. The War. The Japanese have
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    BORDER WARFARE.
    734 2 The telegram which we published la.-t Saturday, in regard to frontier di»turbanees in Northern India, shows that the ]M>gition of affairs at ('hitral has assumed a very wrious asiH-et. ('hitral is the name given to a tril al district without any well defined territorial limits, the capital i
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    LOCAL.
    376 2 The B. I. steamer Camorta arrived this morning from Singajiore. She brought 53’3 Chinese immigrant» and 12 horses. We are informed that Mr. Hartley is progressing favourably, l>ut by Doctor’s orders no visitors are permitted to see him. The half-yearly general meeting of the Perak Turf Club will be
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    GENERAL.
    291 2 The natives in the neighbourhood (f Tientsin are suffering from starvation. T 1 e price of grain is abnormal. The Siam Free Press agitates for the introduction of Japanese as domestic servants and for other menial (H'cupations. A young Scotch police recruit named Cathliert committed suicide in Hongkong on
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    52 2 OI.'K <'«'KHEsroNIHMs 1 KLANG. 2 'th March. The shipments yesterday were— To Penang, 15 piknls of tin To Singapore, 287 [lime ficm Klang, Ih. 47 min TELVK ANSON. 27th March. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 831 pikuls of ti n [Time from Teltik Anson, 3 h. 41
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    MISS GRACE HAWTHORNE'S CO.
    154 2 The play performed last night l. v t k Grace Hawthorne Co. was, we mav e their very l>est. There was not a verv lar-r’ house, but those that were there must hav* gone away with the feeling that thev had seen one of the Itest
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    THE ASSIZES.
    142 2 The case against Kam Cheng Lim of the Bimijoy Opium Farm was continued yesterday la-fore Mr. Justice Collyer. Fire witnesses were called for the prosecution yesterday. In order to prove a discrepancy in the evidence cf one of the witnesses. Mr Justice Law. who tried the case in
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    THE PENANG HARBOUR BILL AND THE "STRAITS TIMES."
    552 2 Our little friend who edit.« the Strmti Times has run off the rails again. Ail extra smart eoj le are apt to do so at times, and our contemporary has been ro exceedingly shaq> as to expose the dishonest nature of the
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      408 2 N O TICE S. MUNICIPAL 'iOHJE. rpHE next Ordinary Meeting of the Muni1 cipal C >nimissioners will la- held in the Town Hall, at 2.30 p. m. On Friday, the 29th March, 1895. (By Order) J. W. HALLIFAX. Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners THE A. P. K. BOTTLING AND CRATED
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    IMPENDING REVOLUTION IN CHINA.
    81 3 The China Mail says that from various parts <>f the country come premonitions of rebellion, and there are promising signs of t jj e creation of a Reform Party, whose principal aims are a complete revolution in the (huernmental system, the amelioration of the condition of
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    261 3 (From our Contemporaries.) t t is notified that a Flower Show will be jp.i.i in the S. V. A. Drill Hall on the sth and 6th July. sad case of drowning occurred in the har'oour on Saturday night, Mr. John Rae, V crv old resident of the place,
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    PERAK NEWS.
    319 3 (Perak Government Gazette, 29th March.) Appointment. Mr W. N. Cosgrave to lie Assistant Engineer for Irrigation Works, with effect from the Ist January. Leave. Dr. S. C. G. Fox, District Surgeon, Lamt, has been granted three months vacation leave, to be followed by twelve months Dave on half
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    THE MERGUI PEARL FISHERIES.
    315 3 Mr. Jardine’s report on the Mergui poarl fisheries have been published. He is of opinion that if the fisheries are thrown open to public competition on the royalty svstem. there will be a general rush to No. 3 (containing 1,800 square miles), while the remaining 9,000
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    THE INDIAN FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
    187 3 Calcutta, 21st MarchThe Financial Statement of accounts of 1893-94 closed with a deficit of Rx. 15,47,000. The revised estimates of *****5 show surplus of Rx. 900,000. The Budget Estimate of 1895-96 shows a surplus of Rx. 46,000 after providing Rs. 150,000 for the Chitral Expedition. The
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    EXCHANGE COMPENSATION TO HONGKONG OFFICIALS.
    297 3 Telegraphic intelligence has been received in Hongkong to the effect that the Secretary of State has reconsidered his decision with respect to the exchange compensation to be allowed to the Hongkong civil service and has, on the representations made to him, granted the same terms
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    THE INDIAN LEPER BILL.
    152 3 The Leper Bill now before the Bengal Legislative Council, and which is likely to pass into law shortly, will entirely alter the conditions which govern the segregation of lepers. One of the results will lie the abandonment of the present Leper Asylum in Amherst Street, Calcutta,
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    THE WAR.
    1152 3 (China Mail.) March 20th. For the past week, most of our reliable news in regard to the peace negotiations has come from London. There is a lack of news from Peking and Japan and it is impossible to say what amount of truth there is in the rumours
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    THE CRITICAL POSITION OF BRITISH TRADE WITH ORIENTAL COUNTRIES.
    1552 3 Index Numbers of the Gold Prices of forty-five Commodities. The Times published on 11th ult. Mr. Sauerbeck’s index numbers of the gold prices of forty-five commodities, which are as follows [1867-77 =100): 1888 =7O 1873 =lll 1889 =72 1879 83 1890
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      238 3 FOR SALE. VfTEWS of Penang, Singapore. Perak, Selangor and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft., on bromide paper. \i JONES, No Ic. King Street. l‘/u>t<'fj> aphr>. NOTICE. ATOTICE is hereby given that the partnership heretofore existing between Ong Cheem, Ong Siong and Teh Say, under the style
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      369 4 FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STO F? e or PRIVATE USE, FOR sale at irk Pinang Gazette Office BOOKS>v Rrio(l Bi2e(i B a !:.^Z^ a,mes Baskerville cabinets, (Tllilb 120 sheets Note Pa,,..,. and lopes. Best quality ~n per In demand. 4=2.00 each. 11 1 Blotting paper, white a n, iflt birth cards
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