Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 December 1895

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIII. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1895. No. 288.
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      614 1 NOTHING EQUALS CALVETT’S CARBOLIC SOFT SOAP A- a remedy for Mange, Sore-;. Greasy Heel.Barsa'i. or Mud Fever and a destroyer parasites on anima's It prevents skin ,i :i and keeps the Coat in good condiUSED IN HER MAJESTY'S KENNELS. I 1 a: d 2ii>. Jars, Is. and 2-. each; 4
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      1879 1 Sfibw-nY -Ibfrw BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). -—**nks. r KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hdngfcong Shanghai Bank- Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. in z Corporation. HOLT'S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Pau. Capital si«.wo,ovo. -t Tb Rescue Fcxd $5,500,000. Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000. Fok
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      692 1 SMOKERS SHOULD USE CALVERTS DENTO-PHENOLENE, Is. 6<L A 2s. «9. bottk*. (Borifeir Kates.) A few drops in water make a delicious mouth-wash, which smokers and 'hers will find effectual for sweetening the breath, leaving a p easant taste and <-o< -ness in the m< uth, and as a dental preservative.
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 2 Penang, 14th December. 1895. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 2/H dol. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/1 Do. 3 Credit 2/2 Do. 3 Documentary 2/2-1/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 185 Do. 3 days' sight Private 187 Bombay, Demand Bank 185 Do. 3 days' sight Private 187 Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    116 2 Penang, 14th December, 1895. Tin $33.70 sellers. {Trang no supply. West Coast... 9.70 sellers. Acheen 51fi Boz. 10.25 do. White Pepper 13.10 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 84. sellers. Mace Pickings 74. do. Nutmegs 92. do. f No. 1 6 do. Sugar s
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    24 2 Mails close on Monday. For Per str. Time. Calcutta Chelydra .11 a.m. Deli Langkat 2 p.m. Tuesday, 17th. Rangoon Baghdad .11 A.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    24 2 From Suez —By the P. O. s. s. Palawan on Monday. From Singapore By the s. s. Maria Valeric on Tuesday.
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    SHIPPING.
    294 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Chelydra from Singapore. B. I. s. s. Punlua from Singapore. B. I. e. s. Baghdad from Rangoon. 8. s. Decina from Singapore. b. s. Artsadong from Trang. r. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. h. s. Rosa from Segli. B. I. s. s. Purnea from Rangoon.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    47 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Chelydra from Singapore. Mr. Cook. Perß. I. h. s. Pundua from Singapore. Mr. P. I). Stephens. Mr. J. F. Teufert. Si-ter Francis. Sister Marie Louse. Mr. and Mrs. Eckersall, Mr. H. J. Hosking. Mr. D. M. Cooper, and Miss Emerson.
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    BANK SHARES.
    78 2 (L. <£• C. Express, Nov. 15th.) Shares. Banks. p H id le*' n ir prices. C f 20 Chartered of India. Australia, A China AH 26 to 27 284 Hongkong A Shanghai 281 40 to 41 25 Mercantile Bank of India (Ltd.) “A Shares 12} 9 to 10
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    157 2 Saturday. 14th Cricket Match M. C. C. vs. S. L. R. C.. Sepoy Lines. High water at New Jetty, 10-09 A.M. and 10- p.m. Sunday, 15th Third Sunday in Advent. Ember Sunday. Services at St. George's Church Morning Service at B.—Hymns 53 and 354. Evening
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    61 2 LONDON, 13th December, 1895. British Missions Attacked in Madagascar. Further attacks by the natives have been made upon the British missions in Madagascar. Parliament. Parliament meets on February 11th. Desolation in Armenia. There is utter desolation in Armenia thousands are homeless and perishing from cold and starvation. Turkey.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    883 2 It is reported that the Christmas holidays will beou the 25th, 26th, and 27th iust. Two hundred and eleven Chinese passengers arrived this morning from Singapore per steamer Hebe. The B. I. steamer Purnea, with the outward English mails via Rangoon, arrived this afternoon. The B. I.
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    SUPREME COURT.
    73 2 The only case heard yesterday was against a Kling named Savarmiutu, charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt to another Kling at i J ulo Tikus. Mr. Gottlieb appeared for the defence. At the conclusion of the case for the prosecution aud before the defence was gone into, the
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    A CASE OF CHEALING.
    355 2 Yesterday, before Mr. Broadrick, a case of cheating came up for hearing. According to the evidence it would seem that the prosecutor, who is a Chinese cloth hawker, named Lim Hoy, had used the 5-foot path of the house of the accused without her knowledge, for
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    SAVINGS BANK ENTERPRISE IN SELANGOR.
    119 2 With a view to encouraging thrift among the rising generation, Mr. A. R. Venning has brought out an ingenious stamp card in connection with the Government Savings Bank. On the front of the card ten squares are ruled, and children and others are invited to
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    THE LIMITATIONS BILL.
    156 2 The second schedule of the Limitations Bill, which was to come before the Legis ative Council in committee yesterday, enacts that any suit of the kind mentioned below must be commenced within one year:— Wages of household servant, artisan or labourer. Hotel or lodging-house charges. Hire of
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    55 2 [From ovr Cokrbbrohdents.' TELUK ANSON. 14th December. The shipments to-dav are— To Penang, 674 piknls of lo Singapore, 4,139 of d 82 oft£ KLANG. 14th December. The ship) nents yesterday were— To Penang, 393 pikuls of tin To Singapore, 73 TA I PING. 14th December. 203 piknls of
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    THE HUTTENBACH COMPETITION.
    109 2 The following has been received in connection with the competition for the Huttenbach medal in the Straits Tinies. It larf complies with the terms of the competition which requires a four line verse, in a specified style, describing how the condition of credi. tors and debtors would
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    335 2 (From our contemporaries A Major McCallum continues to improve, though the progress has been slow. Bishop Gasnier is much better, and will probably leave the hospital soon. On Friday, 3rd January, there is to be a Eurasian Fancy Dress Ball in the Town Hall The Cashin-Seth case has
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    TELEGHAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    206 2 STEAMER ASHORE OFF ZANZIBAR. London. December 2.—A telegram received from Zanzibar states that the steamer CDn Graham ran ashore on Cosmoledo Island, but is seemingly undamaged. RE-ELECTION OF MR. SPEAKER REED. Wash in Jon, December 2.—The United States Congress met to-day when Mr. Reed, Republican, was elected Speaker
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      105 2 Mtchafd Co. HAVE JUST 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 Clouds,
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      419 2 New Advertisement. NOTICE. '[’HE interest and responsibility of our 1 firm or chop Cheong Wo Kong Kee otherwise called "Cheong Wo Wong Kee lately carrying on business at Nos. 81, 83, and 85, Penang Street, as General Shopkeepers, ceased on the 6th day of December, 1895. All debts due to
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    LIGHT RAILWAY FROM SELANGOR TO PAHANG.
    441 3 In his last monthly report, the mining manager at Raub gives the following particulars of the successful working of the light railway, which has recently been constructed there, and points out the mistake which, in his opinion, the Government have committed in not making
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    POUDRETTE MANUFACTURE.
    664 3 The following extract from the Madras Mail of 16th ultimo will be of interest, in view of the treatment of night-soil by the Municipality here in a year or two The Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of Madras attached to his inspection D ,r. -of the Mettapolliain Union,
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    THE SHIPBUILDING DISPUTE.
    71 3 Government and Strikes. London, Dec. 4. Mr. C. T. Ritchie, speaking at Croydon last night, said he expected there would be a speedy end to the Clyde dispute, and it was proposed to introduce a Bill for a quicker and more effectual settlement of such disputes. He
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    WARLIKE PHEPARATIONS AT BOMBAY.
    114 3 Bombay, Dec. 4. For some days past unusual activity has prevailed at the Bombay Dockyard, and the war vessels in harbour are, it is said, to be shortly put on a war footing. Large stores of munitions of war will be withdrawn from the arsenal for
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    SHOOTING CASUALTY IN SOMALILAND.
    180 3 A very sad accident occurred to Major Sandbach, r. a. It seems he went over to Somaliland to shoot lions and was accompanied by a friend and a few shikaris. Several days passed without any sport, and then Major Sandbach came upon a lioness and fired
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    ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY MILES AN HOUR.
    464 3 By an Electrical Bicycle Railway. In Lippincott's Magazine for October there is an interesting article by the author of Wonders of Modern Mechanism.” It is a description of the railway which, if he is to be believed, is destined to revolutionise all our
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    GERMANY’S ATTITUDE TOWARDS TURKEY.
    100 3 Berlin, December 3.—The Reichstag was opened to-day, and the Emperor William in his speech from the throne said the situation arising from the deplorable events in Turkey had .occupied the serious attention of Germany, who, faithful to her alliance, and the principles of German policy, was
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    MAIL NEWS.
    1201 3 To November 22. Launch of the “Jupiter.” The Jupiter, a first-class battleship of the Majestic type, has been successfully launched at Clydebank. Her displacement is 14,900 tons. Great Fire in Chicago. A fire broke out in Chicago demolishing three enormous buildings. Nineteen business firms were burnt out. The
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    DIABOLICAL ATTEMPT TO SCUTTLE A SHIP.
    327 3 Shanghai, Nev. 29. Two Ningpo men, boatswain and carpenter respectively of the China Navigation Co.’s s.B. Whampoa, Captain Goodall, were charged in the Mixed Court this morning, before the Magistrate and Mr. Scott British Assessor) with maliciously and wilfully damaging a waterpipe in the
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    THE NAVAL DISASTER AT CHEMULPO.
    331 3 Account by a Survivor. A letter from Mr. C. E. Lloyd-Thomas, one of the officers, has been received in Yokohama, and the Daily Herald has been furnished with the following extract. The writer, it will be seen, was one of the survivors of the accident.
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      10 3 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER, .9, Union Street, Penang. 574
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      1133 3 JTOTIOE. 4 MEETING of the Board of Licensing Justices will be held in the Court of Requests A. at 2.30 p.m., on Friday, the 20th December, 1895, for the purpose of granting, renewing, or cancelling licenses for the year 1896 under The Liquors Ordinance XI of 1894 A. T. BYRANT,
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    698 4 PROGRAMME OF ANNUAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT ZB-A-TTT Gr-A-CT-A.., On 15th and 17th February, 1896. FIRST DAY. Ist Race. Kinta Grand Annual.—Value 8250. A Hurdle Race for all Galloways 14 hands and under, pony scale of weight and penalties. Distance 1 mile over 5 flights of
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      27 4 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on bromide paper. W. JONES, No. Ic. King Street. Photographer
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      1582 4 NOTICE »9 only Medicine of the kind awarded a Certificate at the Calcutta Exhibition, 1883-84, open to all CountrfU D" LALOR’S stock-in-trade in N<>s. 81, 83, ami 85, K w Marine Insurance. M JU fl fl B El B WW The Federal Marine Insurance Ccmpany Bfl fl fl fl fl
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      277 4 ,H. J. Jj,, SOLE IMPORTERS. d A h ©IAMPytGNE 1 Llways at the top! ,< I Ijinportation in the U.S. I I >894 f dozen e A Ik-.kxira Dry P.ttilumiT»lrU Lucas Bol’s OLxID GIN. I VanStraalen Monsieur I and Erkelens’ CLARETS, HOCKS, BURGUNDIES, to Regular Shipments of HARTS’ HORSEFOOD. H.
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