Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 October 1895

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  • 22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAIL?. ESTABLISHED 1833. NEW SERIES.] [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LUI. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1895. No. 245.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 597 1 pipping (Uottccß. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be J* expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. Rohilla 26 Oct. Kaisar-i-hi»d 31 Oct. Khedive BNor. Rosetta UNov. Ravenna 22 Mirzapore 28 Kaisar-i-hind 7 Dec. Rohilla 12 Dec. Thames 20 Khedive
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    • 1959 1 SBwmna (notice®. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. iTo’ngkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEOAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, Paid-up Capital ..7~T7 $l(),ooo,doo. 1 1 Reserve Fund $5,500’000. Pob Wntim Stbambk From Expect.» 0» »10,000,000. Achilles*
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    • 579 1 NEDER LAN DSUfiE HANDEL 'E A ATSCB APH J. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1524. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds /2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsclie Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan,
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  • 103 2 Pi-nang, ***** October, I Tin $34 25 sellers. C Trang no supply. Bl.u-k Pepper West (’oust... 9.?'sellers. Ai-lx-.eh Ml. S,.z 10.25 (10. While Pepper 1 3 80 do. Cloves (picked) out. ol season Mace No. 1 S4._ sellers. Mace Pickings 4 Nutmegs 92 sellers (N<>. I G_
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  • 121 2 Penang. 24th October, 1895. Ra tes lose as eoliows: London, Demand Hank 22£ dol. Do. 4 months'sight Bank 2.2$ Do. 3 Credit Do. 3 I h>cii me»'• Calcutta, Denl Bank •<- 192 Do. 3 days’sight Privnl- Bonibny, Deirntnd Bunk Do. '3 days’ sight Private H‘4 Madras, Demand Bank 91
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  • 58 2 Mails close To-mokkow. For Per str. Time. Klang nnd Malacca Teutonia Noon. Tottgkah Petrel 1 p m. Deferred Departures. Friday. 25th. Mndras. Ac., taking mails for Kumpe, Ac. via Negnpatam Secundra 4 P.M. Do. do. Registration up to 3 P.M. The P. «fc O. mail steamer Rohilla left
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  • 32 2 From Liverpool :—By the s. s. Telemachut to-day. From Si ng a poke —By the s. s. Secundra tomorrow. From Calcutta :—By the s. s. C. Apcar on Saturday.
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  • 252 2 Arrivals. ’l'o-HA V. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. s. Perse from T. Anson. 8. 8. Ho Kwei from Deli. Y KBTKHIIA v. s. a. R. Hdewyn from T. Anson. s. s. Petrel from Toeigkhth s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld s. s. Hge Teng from Singapore. Departures.
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  • 23 2 Arrivals. To-dat. Per s. s. Perse from T. Anson, Captain Sheard. Per 8. a. Flying Fi-h from Port Weld, Mr. Dttberley.
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  • 75 2 Tur. following were the London prices of certain slmres as received by the mail of August 16th:— t. Banks. £29; all pd The Chartered £271 to £2Bj £2BJ The I I’kmig A- <gliai £l2t <> £l3 £25; £l2s pd Mercantile Bank A shares to £lO B shares £4
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  • 139 2 Tiiukmua v. 2 Ith Golf Club Autumn Tournament. Town Ba ml. Da tii Klam.it (J n l.iis, 5 r M High water nt N«-w Jetta. 451 a.m and 5- p.m. Harmston’s Circus Esplanade, 9 p in. K’si ha v. 25tii First, Qtr. 59.3 P.M. Homewntd
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  • 203 2 (Slrails J'imes, 18th October.) Jelebu.s ($5 pd.) $2.85 sales 4 l.uyers. Raubs 13 10 pd.) $4.00 buyers. 421 fully paid $7l Punjoms ($4 pd.) sss do. Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) $6 sales 4 sllers. Maynard Co. (§lOO pd.) $3O Pengerangs ($5O pd.) $79 sates. Straits Insurance ($2O
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  • 57 2 LONDON, 23bd October, 1895. The Stock Exchange. There is a severe collapse in the mining market in London. Germ ny in China. A memorial presented to Prince Hohenlohe regards the new settlement of Tientsin and Hankow as inadequate, and urges Germany strongly to acquire the Chusan Archipelago regardless
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  • 622 2 To introduce the subject of technical education, now that retrenchment has scotched the hands of our educational dock, would ajqiear to be absurdly inopportune. But the importance of the subject dispels any necessity for apology. Whether we like it or not, we must move with the times, and
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  • 715 2 The Perak Government steam yacht Mena returned this morning to Port Weld, with Rajah Chulan and Mr. Velge. The P. O. mail steamer Rohilla, having left Colombo at 5 a. m. yesterday, may be expected to arrive here on Sunday. The steamer Cheong Hye Teng arrived from
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  • 283 2 Last night the Willard Opera Company put on the stage the production of Mr. W. J. Gilbert’s latest comic opera His Excellency.” The plot is based on the eccentricities of a prime minister named Griffenfeld, who hits a passion for practical joking which he gives full
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  • 75 2 [From our Correspondents.! SINGAPORE. 24th October. The Council adjourned till the 31st. Dr. Brown leaves by the Pa.lamcotta. Mr. Knox of Batu Pahat is dead. [Time horn Singapore, 2 h. 59 min.' TEI.UK ANSON. 24th October. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 1,054 pikuls of tin. [Time from
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  • 132 2 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.’") Sir.—ln last Saturday’s issue of the Maritime Journal I find that the Editor takes credit for being the first to bring to the notice of the public the necessitv fora lighthouse at Tanjong Hantu. I would point out that
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  • 226 2 We take the following from the address of the Governor of Ceylon on opening the Legislative Council on the 9th inst. Sir Arthur Havelock says in regard to education The lively interest which the people of this country have long shown in popular education has not slackened
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  • 366 2 The Daily Telegraph national shilling testimonial to W. G. Grace now amounts to 95,823 shillings. Sir Chat les Warren, K.C.8., will speak at the Chun h Congress on recent archa?ological researches, while Sir G. Baden-Powell and Colonel Barrington Foote will discourse on the duty of the Church
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 254 2 NOTICE S. HARMSTON S GREAT CIRCUS AND Rojal Menagerie of Performing Animals. Don’t miss your only chance of seeing this Gigantic Show. LAST NIGHT BUT ONE!!’ To=night, Thursday 24th, Under the patronage of the MASONIC BROTHERHOOD. A SPECIALLY PREPARED PROGRAMME FOR THIS OCCASION. All the choicest acts selected from our
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    • 247 2 jfitchard Co. HALF-YEARLY OLEAS ANCE SALE FOR CASH ONLYFrom ist October to Ist November, 1895. whole of the stock iq Ladies’ Department, Upstairs, been reduced to prices that must effect a speedy clearance. DRESS MATERIALS. Prints, Cambrics, Sateens, Pongees, Delaines, Creponnes, Art Crepes, Nui>3 Cloth, Satin Cloth. Cheviot and French
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  • 95 3 At Kuala Lumpur less than a year ago, an inspector of weights and measures was appointed with a view to guide the local storekeeper into the path of morality and good weight. This official’s salary is paid by the Government, but the commercial community
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  • 103 3 The Japanese Government has given an order for eight hundred miles of submarine cable to the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company, the line being intended for effecting telegraphic communication between Japan and Formosa. The most surprising part of the business to British submarine engineers is that the
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  • 160 3 In an interview which appears in the Sunday Times, Mr. Frederick Boyle, who knows his subject, does his best to further the vulgarisation of the orchid. According to Mr. Boyle, orchids are really cheaper to grow than other flowers. The vast majority of the species can be grown in
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  • 437 3 The French now’ frankly acknowledge that their battle-ship Marengo is a mistake, and she has been sold by auction, probably for old material, at Cherbourg. She was launched as long ago as 1869, and since then large sums have been expended on various experiments, undertaken
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  • 98 3 New York, October 14.—Mr. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, in a speech at Boston last night, urged a reform in currency. He said he upheld the gold standard and favored the withdrawal of greenbacks and the cessation of the issue of notes by Government payment, cancelling
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  • 1286 3 The new Municipal Bill was presented in Council on Monday. The following are extracts from the objects and reasons” The object of this Bill is to consolidate and amend the law relating to Municipalities. Section 2 repeals the Municipal Ordinance of 1887 with certain other enactments,
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  • 1921 3 —J. C. P. ll.—Labur and Labour. (Questions of Finance.) The question of Labur and Labour has been so often dealt with by the Government and thrashed out in the Civil and Criminal Courts of Selangor that any mention of the same from the official point
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  • 770 3 In a certain prison that we all have heard of lay a convict upon his narrow iron cot. He was to be hanged the next morning. Yet he lay there covered by a rough blanket, sleeping as quietly and soundly as a tired
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 201 3 WANTED. \N Assistant Dresser (Chinese) for the Gula Estate. For particulars apply with testimonials to ALLEN A KENNEDY, 558 Agents, Perak Sugar Cultivation Co. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. rpHE next Ordinary Meeting of the MuniL cipal Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 3 p. m., On Friday, the 25th
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    • 535 3 Just arrived ex s.s. “A, Apcar,” Ponies, Cobs, and HorsesA BATCH of fresh Horses and Ponies, £l. including a few pairs. All broken to harness. On view at Leith Street. 569 J. COLLINS, Penang. NOTICE. WANTED by a Bachelor, by the Ist of November next, a really good Boy, who
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 2154 4 No T^^ac^Se^et& Penang IttSWtftntt QWfcfcS. MCLARTY COMPANY. I KHYE ho M CONSULTING ENGINEERS. NAVAL ARCHITECTS, eni|Mnpv COMPANY commission Agents, Mannejnsurance. SURVEYORS CONTRACTORS. FOUNDRY GUMrANij General Store Keepers, The Federal Marine i Muran ce Company, supply all machinery materials, fittings, tools, appliances and stores -g QUA Y. AND mHE undersigned having
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    • 282 4 INDIAN ENGINEERING, An Illustrated Weekly Journal. The Recognized Organ of thf Profession in Indk With a Guaranteed bona-fide Circulation. LISTS OPEN TO INSPECTION NETHERLAND HOTEL? No. la, King Street, Penang, ipHLS «ell known Hofei, which is situafed I in Ihr most convenient part of t| )e Town recoin mends itself
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