Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 December 1895

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DJMLIT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LUI. MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1895. No. 289.
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      571 1 pipping (notices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r mail steamers may be */1 expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Dec. 21 Rohilla Dec. 26 pelcin Jan. 4 Rosetta Jan. 2 Mirzupore 18 i Kaisar-i-hind 23 Khedive Feb. 1 Peshawar Feb. "*6 Rosetta
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      1683 1 aßtnmnff Qtoficee BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. in x Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. Reserve Fund §5,500,000. Reserve Liability of Proprietors §10,000,000. For Will sail .Steamer From
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      673 1 NEDERLAfiDSIHE HANDEL MAATSCHAFHJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 Reserve Funds /2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandscbe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tcgal, Peealongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers. —The
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 2 Penang, 16th December. 1895. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/l£ dol. Do. 4 months' sight Bank 2/1$ Do. 3 Credit 2/lf Do. 3 Documentary 2/1-15/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 184 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 186 Bombay, Demand Bank 184 Do. 3 days' sight Private 186 Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    112 2 Penang, 16th December, 1895. Tin $33.70 seilei’s. ("Trang no supply. Black Pepper < West Coast.. 9.70 sellers. Acheen 51t> 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. No. 1 6. do.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    33 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Rangoon Baghdad 11 A.M. Klang Mary Austin... Ip.m. Singapore Purnea 2 p.m. Wednesday. 18 th. Deli Petrel 1 P.M. Tongkah Taw Tong 1 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    44 2 From Suez By the P. AO.s. s. Palawan to-day. From Singapore By the s. s. Maria Valerie to-morrow and the s. s. Calypso on Wednesday. From Hamburg:—By the s. s. Thekla on Thursday. From Calcutta:—By the s. s. Wingtang on Friday.
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    SHIPPING.
    294 2 Arrivals. To-day. k. s. Reale from Batavia. s. 8. Darius from Calcutta. s. 8. Betsy from T. Anson. 8. s. Perse from T. Anson. s. s. Avagyce from Deli. Y esterday. 8. a. (rood Luck from Klang. s. s. Canton from T. Anson. s. 8. Samtwonysi from Asahan. s.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    27 2 A rrhals. To-day. Per 8. h. Thai piny from Port Weld. Mr. and Mrs. Keyt, 3 Misses Keyt, Capt. Booth. Lieut. Binny, and Mr. Chalmers.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    139 2 Monday, 16th Town Band. Esplanade 5 p.m. New Moon 25.1 p.m. High water at New Jettv. 12-00 a.m. and 11- p.m. Tuesday. 17th Meeting of an Evangelistic Conference, Mission Chapel, Farquhar Street from 7 to 10 a.m. and 8 p.m. High water at New Jetty.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    65 2 LONDON, 15th December, 1895. Turkey. The Kurds are pillaging in all directions unopposed. A hundred and sixty villages have been plundered during the last three weeks. An Trade issued by the Sultan decrees merciless punishment to the murderers and pillagers, and orders the troops to forcibly suppress disorders.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    20 2 birth. Holmes: —On the 14th instant, at Penang, the wife of Acting Inspector A. Holmes, of a daughter.
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    LOCAL.
    383 2 One hundred ami twenty Chinese passengers arrived from Teluk Anson yesterday morning per steamer Canton. We have to announce that the Resident Councillor will be At Home on Thursday next, the 19th instant, at the Residency at 5 p.m. The B. I. steamer I'uiidua. which arrived from Rangoon on
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    THE LATE MR. RODYK.
    239 2 We regret to hear of the death of an old resident of Penang, Mr. Alexander Rodyk, late Registrar of the Supreme Court. Penang, at his residence in Marlborough Road, Richmond, Surrey, on the 20th November, in his 91st year. Ihe late Mr. Ifcxlvk will still be
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    EXCHANGE COMPENSATION TO THE SUBORDINATE OFFICERS.
    280 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Pear Sir, —While not agreeing in the main with Onlooker,” still the point, “why grant compensation at all,” is worthy of consideration. Few indeed of the European civil servants were engaged in sterling, a larger percentage of
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    THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
    510 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —It is acknowledged that the use of intoxicating liquors is resjionsible for fourfifthsof the crime which doesexist. This being the case, it is with some degree of surprise that we witness the attempt now being made to increase the
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    162 2 (Front our contemporaries.) Lady Mitchell s dance at the Government House on Thursday evening was well attended, and was much enjoved. It is proposed to lay a new roadway of wooden blocks on Cavenagli Bridge at* the beginning of next year. A shark has been caught in the
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    61 2 Mr. Yeats being unable to get away f or the X’inas Tournament at Singapore, Mr M. Morrison of the Chartered Bank h as agreed to take his place in th<? Penang team Mr. Morrison is said to be plaving </ o od gam.- just now. and will,
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    THE METRIC SYSTEM.
    74 2 Mr. Balfour, on 20th Nov., received a deputation from the Chambers <>f Commerce of ihe United Kingdom, who ureed the adoption of the metric system in regard to weights and measures. *The First Lord of the Treasury said that no doubt the metric system was the only
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    THE DEEPEST BORING IN THE WORLD.
    71 2 The deepest hole constructed artificially by boring in the civilised districts of the world at present exists in Parus< howitz, in Silesia, where the boring apparatus has attained a depth of m. 2,003.34. The temperature in the depth was measured to L e 69.3
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    THE LOMBOK TREASURES.
    92 2 The treasures of Lombok, estimated at about 11.850,000, are shipped successively to this country, says the Amsterdam cor’respondeut of the China Express, in order Io be soil here, and per Burgemees'er den Ter. arrived last week a collection valued nt* about 11.100,000. It is to be expected
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    NEW CRUISERS FOR THE CHINA STATION.
    180 2 The Immortal ti, first-class cruiser, was commissioned at Chatham on 19th N r by Captain E. Chichester, with a complement of 504 officers and men. Since the Immortalii>' was paid off from the Channel Squadron her ten 6 in. breech-loading guns have been replaced
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    THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS ASSOCIATION DINNER.
    197 2 The dinner of the Straits Settlements Association took place at the Grand Hotel, London, on 20th November. Mr. William Adamson presided, and the chief guest was Sir Cecil Smith, the late Governor. The gathering was the greatest success the Association has had, in point of
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    GEORGE AUGUSTUS SALA.
    244 2 home papers received by the last us for the sad news tele- v Benter to the Indian papers on Vnstant. that tftis veteran journalist 8 lt is not. stated exactly what coinphudt he suffered from, but it is evident he t o the effects of the worry
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      493 2 New Advertisements. NOTICE. EVANGELISTIC Conferences will be J held, D. V., at the Mission Chapel, Farquhar Street, from Tuesday 17th to Friday 20th instant. Hours 7to 10 mornings, Evenings at 8. Messrs. Hosking. Hony will, and other Missionaries, will take part. Seats Free. 672 Chartered Bank of India Australia China.
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      103 2 JritcharM Co. HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING Per 8. 8. 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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      62 2 WEATHER REPORT. Taken al Prison Hospital Ohserialory. 15th December. 1895. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. 29.921 .827 .906 Temperature 79.2 83. 77. Wet Bulb Thermometer 76. 79, 75. Max. Temp, in shade 90. Min. do. do. 73.Max. in Sun 149.2 Terr. rad. Ther. 70’4 Rainfall
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    785 3 (Fid Rangoon.) resignation of a german minister. Berlin, December s.—Herr Koeller, the Home Minister, has resigned owing to his having dissolved. Socialist Committees without consulting Prince Hohenlohe, the German Chancellor. the new TURKISH AMBASSADOR AT LONDON. udon. December s.—Costaki Pacha has been appointed to succeed Rustem Pacha as
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    THE PENINSULAR AND ORIENTAL COMPANY.
    87 3 At the fifty-fifth annual meeting of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company to be held on Dec. 12, 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 on
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    APPLICATIONS FOR COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIPS.
    183 3 choke off some of them at any rate.— Mail paper. Mr. Chamberlain is deluged, it seems, with applications for colonial governorships. A large portion of his time, he said jocosely (in the course of a speech) is devoted to explaining to a number of estimable gentlemen
    choke off some of them at any rate.—Mail paper.  -  183 words
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    MUNICIPAL SCANDALS IN MADRID.
    161 3 Madrid, November 27. The Marquis de Cabrinana has published in the local papers a hair-raising expose of Municipal frauds and abuses, and in consequence thereof a dastardly attempt has been made to murder this outspoken public benefactor. Fortunately, however, the Marquis escaped unhurt. Madrid, November 28.
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    GENERAL.
    478 3 GENER A L. Messrs. Sarkies Bros., of Rangoon, intend to open a bodega there. It was expected in Madrid that by the middle of December reinforcements numbering 13,000 men of all arms will have lieen forwarded to the seat of war in Cuba. The construction of the Mombassa-Ugan-da Railway will
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    883 3 (L. C. Express, Nov. 22.) The Court. Accompanied by the Princess Louise and Princess Henry of Battenberg, the Queen arrived at Windsor from Balmoral on 16th« inst. Her Majesty received at Windsor Castle, on 20th inst., Khama and the other Chiefs who have come to England
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    THE CHIEF ENEMY OF PEACE.
    1569 3  -  By Mr. W. T. Stead. The storm cloud which threatened has not yet burst, and with every day’s respite there is hope that the sky may clear, and the rumbling of distant thunder die away along the horizon. At present the alarums of war are
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      750 3 WHAT DREAMS MAY COME. lx a recent lecture at the Royal Institution. Dr. B. W. Richardson says that the sleep of health is dreamless. Dreams,” says Shakespeare, are children of an idle brain.” If both the doctor and the poet are it follows that idle brains are unhealthy brains. No
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      551 3 THE DERATED WATER COMPANY, 4a, Logan’s Buildings. Works 50, Camlonement Road, Pulo Tikus. Proprietor A RCHI BA LD KENNEDY. Telegraphic Address A RC HI BALD—PENANG. A gen Is: Penang HIN LEE Co. Do. GOON YEN FRIENDS. Deli SENG HAP A Co., Medan. Ipoh CHARLES LOWE. Batu Gajah M. P. K.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    662 4 JANUARY MEETING, 1896. PROPOSED PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, the 14th January, 1896. First Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE—VaIue $2OO For Maideu Horses (per Rule XXXII.) Weight per scale (10 st. 7 lbs.). Distance I mile. Entrance 810. Second Race. Value $2OO. —For Roadsters under Rule XXVI. Optional Selling
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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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