Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 December 1895

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIII. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1895. No. 285.
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      570 1 Mining (Tlottces. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. fpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang h° mewar d s on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Peshawar Dec. 21 Khedive Dec. 12 Pekin Jan. 4 Roh ilia 26 Mirzapore 18 i Rosetta Jan. 2 Khedive Feb.
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      1951 1 OWw* BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.>. BANKS. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, Paid-up Capitalslo,ooo,ooo. A —*7t\ Reserve Fund $5,500,000. t. i Reserve Liability op Proprietors $10,000,000. For Will satt Steamer
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      686 1 NEDERLANDSGfIK HAS DEL BAAISCIIAPHJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 Reserve Funds f 2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandache Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 2 Penang, 11th December. 1895. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 2/11 dol. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/1 Do. 3 Credit 2/lf Do. 3 Documentary... 2/1-11/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 183 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 185 Bombay, Demand Bank 183 Do. 3 days’sight Private 185 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    115 2 Penang, 11th December, 1895. Ti n $33.60 sellers. (Trang no supply. Black Pepper < West Coast... 9.70 sellers. (Acheen 51b Boz. 10.25 do. White Pepper 13.10 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 «4. sellers. Mace Pickings 74. do. Nutmegs 92. do. r No. 1
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    77 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Tongkah Petrel 1 P.M. Pangkor Teluk Anson Canton 2 P.M. Ceylon, Australasia, &c., via Brindisi for Europe, &c., Khedive 5 P.M. Do., do. Registration up to 4 p.m. Friday, 13th. Deli Avaggee 2 P.M. The homeward P. O. steamer Khedive left
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    60 2 From Olehleh By the s. s. Maha Vajirunhis to-day, and the s. s. G. G. v. Lansberge tomorrow. From Singapore: By the s. s. Java tomorrow. and the B. 1. s. s. Pundua on Friday, and the s. s. Hebe and the s. s. Chelydra on Saturday.
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    SHIPPING.
    286 2 Ari hals. To-day. s. s. Canton from T. Anson. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. Yesterday. s. s. 11. Halcwyn from Asahan. s. s. Petrel from Tongkah. s. 8. Good Luck from Klang. Departures. To-day. s. s. Good Luck for Klang. 8. 8. Jin Ho for Langkat. s.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    37 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Messrs. Mackinzie, Campbell, ami Woodgate. Departure. Yesterday. Per s. s. A. Apcar for Calcutta. Dr. Haviland. Per B. 1. s. s. Secundra for Singapore, Miss Curruthers.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    75 2 Wednesday. 11th Town Band. Esplanade, 5 P.M. Football Match. Penang, vs. the Detachment, at the Lines 5 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 7-30 a.m. and 7- P.M. Thursday. 12th Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens, 5 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 8-23 a.m. and
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    81 2 LONDON, 10th December, 1895. Turkey. An Trade authorises tlie guardships passing through the Dardanelles. Said Pacha has returned to his home. The Massacre of Italian troops in Abyssinia. Seventeen officers and forty noncommissioned officers, also a mountain battery with General Toselli, have been massacred at Ambagali after six
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    THE STATE OF PERAK.
    857 2 The Perak Government Balance Sh. et and Estimates for 1896 are published in the I’erak Government Gazette of the 6th inst.., and mark the increasing prosperity ami steadv development of the State, the estimated revenue for the year being $4,202,000, as against a probable revenue for
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    LOCAL.
    859 2 The people in Krian are all confident of a bumper paddi crop this season. Dr. Haviland left for Calcutta yesterday per steamer A. Apcar. A Kling milk-vendor was prosecuted and fined to-day for selling milk adulterated with water. It is rumoured that Mr. D. Logan, Solicitor-General, intends retiring from
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    THE GOVERNOR’S HOLIDAY.
    131 2 H. E. the Governor, accompanied bv Lady Mitchell and suite, will leave Singapore for Sungei Ujong on the 13th proceeding thence to Kuala Pilah and Selangor, and is timed to arrive at Penang on Christmas Eve. There will be a Dance at Government House, Singapore, on the
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    SUPREME COURT.
    148 2 The Datu Kramat Jewellery Case. Mr. Rogers, for prisoner No. 3, was the first counsel to address the jury yesterday morning in the Datu Kramat jewellery robbery case. In a lengthy and powerful speech, he pleaded his client’s innocence. Mr. Gottlieb, for prisoner No. 4, then followed, ami
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    CRICKET.
    109 2 B. R. C. 2nd XI vs. Sepoy Lines R. C. This match was played on Saturday last at the Sepoy Lines, and for want of time resulted in a draw decidedly in favor of the visitors. Butterworth wou the toss and went in to bat. After over an hour’s
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    GENERAL.
    306 2 An Australian prnper publishes the following remarkable domestic announcement: “On the 19th instant, the wife of Janies Fisher, of twins. *To err is human, to forgive divine.” The Bombay Gaz tte hears that the movement among University women in London in the direction of foreign mission work is about
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      513 2 New Advertisements. TO LET. NO. 3, WESTLANDS BUNGALOW, from Ist January. 1896. 664 Apply to F. O. H ALLI FAX. AUCTION SALE. AN AUCTION SALE of Household Furniture and Effects, also a Gharry j and Burmah Pony and Horse and Dogcart, will take place on Saturday, 14th instant, commencing at
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      98 2 Irifechard Co. HAVE J IST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING Per S. S. GLENESK,” Sideboard Covers, D’Oyleys, Tray Cloths, Table Napkins, Unbleached Table Damask Covers. White Table Damasks, Plain Sheetings, Twill Sheetings, Brown Holland, Fine Calicoes. Fancy Coloured Tickings, Art Muslins, Curtain Nets, Toilet Covers. Double width Cretonnes, latest designs, White Wool
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      70 2 WEATHER REPORT. Taken at I’i isoii Hospital Observatory. 10th December, 1895. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. 29.896 .751 .847 Temperature 78.—• 82. 77. Wet Bulb Thermometer 76.—• 79.—• 76. Max. Temp, in shade 90. Min. do. do. 74. Max. in Sun 140.6 Terr. rad. Ther.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    61 3 From our Correspondents. l TAIPING. 11th December. The Perak cricketers will leave on the 1 9 tli f° r Telnk Anson, thence by the Mulacca to Singapore. 139 pikuls of tin will be shipped to-morrow. TELUK ANSON. 11th December. The shipments yesterday were To Penang, 444 pikuls of
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    THE PENANG KHEAN GUAN INSURANCE CO., LTD.
    270 3 The Tenth Ordinary General Meeting of the above Company was held on Monday, t jp. ptli inst., when the Directors submitted tlieir report to the shareholders, which was as follows: Your Directors beg to submit to you a statement of accounts for the
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    UNITED STATES CONSULAR REPORTS.
    703 3 Singapore. The decrease in American imports in 1894 was due, mainly, to the fact that there were no importations of silver. specie in that vear against the extensive ones of the year previous. On the other hand, it is encouraging to note that the imports of
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    PERAK.
    261 3 Estimated Revenue and Expenditure for the Year 1895 and 1896. Revenue. 1895. 1896. Land Revenue 227,316 246,660 Rents exclusive of Land 2,766 3,030 Licences 826,818 805,880 Customs 2.206,433 2,172,185 Taxes 805 1,030 Port and Harbour Dues 14,040 8,100 Fines and Fees of Courts 68,361 69,715 Fees of Office... 9,610
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    THE SHIPBUILDING DISPUTE.
    221 3 (L. A C. Express, 15th Nov.) Mattkrs relating to the shipbuilding strike on the Clyde and at Belfast are in statu quo, an offer of mediation by Sir Donald Currie having failed. Everything now depends on the joint, conference to be held in Loudon on 16th inst.,
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    THE SULTAN SHOAL LIGHTHOUSE.
    278 3 (Free Press.) The step required to complete the proper lighting of the Straits has now been taken in the erection of the new lighthouse on Sultan Shoal, replacing the Ajax lightship, which was built in Hongkong in 1881, at a cost of $50,000; it being notified
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    347 3 (Selangor Government Gazette, Dec. 6.) Appointments. Mr. W. Willes Douglas, Collector and Magistrate, Port Dickson, to be District Officer, Klang.—Mr. J. R. O. Aldworth. District Officer, Klang, to be District Officer, Ulu Langat.—Mr. H. C. Holmes to be District Officer, Kuala Selangor. The above appointments to take effect
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    NAVAL ITEMS BY THE MAIL.
    316 3 A telegram from Victoria (B. C.) states that Her Majesty’s cruiser Royal Arthur will remain there all the winter, ready to proceed to the Far East. It is announced that the Narcissus, cruiser, is to be commissioned on 19th inst. bv Capt. H. B. Lang,
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    WARREN FOOTBALL SHIELD.
    356 3 The Rules have been altered as below. The Competition will begin on Jan. 15th, 1896, having been delayed on account of the Christmas cricket week. Entries to be made by letter to F. G. Guggisberg, r.e., Pulau Brani, Singapore, not later than January Ist, 1896. The entries
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    QUARANTINE REGULATIONS.
    415 3 Imposed by the Turkish Government on Pilgrims to the Hedjaz. Ships carrying more than five pilgrims per 100 tons register will proceed direct to the Quarantine Station on the Island of Camaran, which will remain open from 1 Redjeb till the end of Zilhidje, without touching at any
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    COUNT TAAFFE.
    210 3 Edward Francis Joseph Taaffe, a Count of the Holy Roman Empire, whose death is reported by Reuter, was born at Prague in 1833. It is interesting to note that, although an eminent Austrian statesman, he was a nobleman in the Irish peerage, duly recognised in Debrett. Sir John
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    ALEXANDRE DUMAS.
    218 3 Alexandre Dumas the younger is dead. He was not so very much the younger after all, having been born before his father was twenty-one, and needing to be legitimised by official recognition. Alexandre Dumas, senior, the author of the immortal Monte Cristo and the Three Musketeers, after squandering
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      396 3 ID K I N K ®SB g■■ -.fe» Xttb/ Same as supplied to tile HOUSE OF LORDS, /eX the HOUSE OF COMMONS, The Spirit Farm. and all the leading /Messrs. Thean Chee Co. CLUBS Theah Siew Co. Goon Yen Friends. .yLp Hin Lee Co. KATZ BROTHERS, SOLE AGENTS. THE DERATED
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      269 3 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER, .9, Union Street, Penang. NOTICE. f I TAKE notice that my wife, Moey Geok 1 Chee, left my protection about a month ago. I am not responsible for any debt or debts contracted by her from this date. (Sgd.) CHAN SENG YEOK, Goldsmith, No. 127,
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      211 4 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore. p erak Selangor and Sumatra. 1 Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ff on biom’de paper. W. JONES No lu. King Street. THE DISPENSARY, No. 2, Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9am. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 3 p. m Sunday hours 11 a.m.
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