Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 December 1895

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED Dja.ILT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIII. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1895. No. 290.
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      614 1 (Roticeu, Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. I i Til steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. pediaicur Dec. 21 Rohilla Dec. 26 Pekin Jan 4 I Rosetta Jan. 2 yf/rzupore 18 i Kaisar-i-hind 23 Khedive Feb. 1 Peshawur Feb. 6
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      2011 1 SRfomna BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD BANKS. ZL-LL s I KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hon-kong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. 4 Paid-vp Capital $lO,OOO, qoo. I—. 1 1.,, —Upservl*' Fund 85,500,000. hkx Reserve Liability of
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      665 1 HEDERLAfiDStdE HANDEL HAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000. Reserve Funds 2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers. —The Union
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    112 2 Penang, 17th December, 1895. Tin §33.70 sellers. {Trang no supply. West Coast 9.70 sellers. Acheen 51b 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 <„
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 2 Penang, 17th December. 1895. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/1A dol. Do. 4 months' sight Bank 2/1 Do. 3 Credit 2'l; Do. 3 Documentary. 2/1-13/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 184 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 186 Bombay, Demand Bank 184 Do. 3 days' sight Private 186 Madi
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    81 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Deli ...Petrel Ip.m. Tougkah Taw Tong Ip.m. Pangkor and T. Anson Betsy 2 p.m. Teluk Anson Lady Weld 3 p.m. Thursday, 19th. Madras, &c. taking mails for Europe, Ac., via Negapatam Secundra ,4 p.m. Do., do. Registration up to 3 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    46 2 From Singapore —By the s. s. Maria Valerie, the s. Calypso and the s. s. Bisagno to-morrow and the B. I. s. s. Secundra on Thursday. From Hamburg —By the s. s. Thekla on Thursday. From Calcutta:—By the s. s. Wingsang on Friday.
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    SHIPPING.
    247 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Lady Weld from T. Anson. Yesterday. s. 8. 11. K. Atjeh from Padang. P. A O. s. s. Palawan from London. h. 8. Petrel from Tongkah. 8. s. Taw Tong from Klang. s. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. Ilepi! rimes. To-day. B. I. s.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    35 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. La in Weld from T. Anson. Mr. and Mrs. Tayer and Mr. Raymond. Yesterday. Per P. A O. s. s. Palawan from Port Said. Mr. H. E. Waite.
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    65 2 Taken at Prison Hospital Observatory. 16th December. 1895. 9 am. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. 29.947 .782 .930 Temperature 79.5 83. 79. Wet Bulb Thermometer 74 78. 77. Max. Temp, in shade 89.5 Min. do. do. 72. Max. in Sun 145. Terr. rad. Ther. 69
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    BANK SHARES.
    78 2 (L. <f C. Express, Nov. 22ml J Shares. Banks. Paid. loaing prices. A A 20 Chartered of India. Australia. A China All 26 to 27 28J Hongkong A Shanghai 28} 40} to 41 i 25 Mercantile Bank of India (Ltd.) “A Shares 12} 9 to 10 25 Do.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    168 2 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, 12-26 A.M. and 12-53 p.m. Wednesday. 18th Meeting of an Evangelistic Conference, Mission Chapel. Farquhar Street from 7 to 10 a.m.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    86 2 LONDON, 16th December, 1895. Affairs in Armenia Appalling. The state of affairs throughout Armenia is appalling. Thousands of Armenians are compelled to embrace Islamism to escape death. More Qnardships at Constantinople. The French, Austrian, and Russian guardships have arrived at Constantinople. The United States. Mr. Carlisle, in his
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    THE JURY.
    749 2 In order to foster the practice of rifle 'shooting in Penang the Singapore Free Press advises annual matches with Perak and Selangor, ami most liberally offers to present commemorative “pewters” to each of the Penang team (six or eight) on the occasion of its first, win. The new
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    LOCAL.
    803 2 The band will play at the Datu Kramat Gardens on Friday, the 20th inst., instead of Thursday the 19th. Mr. Bryant, the Ist Magistrate, being indisposed, Mr. Broadrick sat in the Ist Magistrate’s Court this morning. Two-hundred and thirty-six Chinese passengers arrived this morning from Teluk Anson per steamer
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    97 2 [From our Correspondents 1 taiping. 17th December. The cricketers will leave by the Mena, to catch the P. 0. steamer Peshawur. They will not go Teluk Anson. 191 pikuls of tin will be shipped to-morrow. 16th December. 320 pikuls of tin will be shipped to-morrow. TELUK ANSON. 16th
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    THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC.
    246 2 (z”> the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —Your correspondent D. G. C. T.” is evidently a well meaning man, but, like others of his kind before him, he has gone all astray. In his dislike to the liquor, traffic generally, he fails to see its beatings
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    SUPREME COURT.
    282 2 The sugar-case in which Messrs. Boustead A Co. are the prosecutors was called yesterday morning. The first prisoner, Mohamed Hussain, the store-keeper employled by that firm, was charged with criminal breach of trust as a servant and criminal misappropriation the second prisoner, Khoo Ngob, with dishonestly receiving stolen
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    THE UPS AND DOWNS OF CEYLON PLANTING.
    225 2 The veteran editor of the Ceylon Observer, in responding to the toast of the Press at the St. Andrew’s dinner, said in the course of his speech :—When we think of the ups and downs of Ceylon planting as recorded in the Press,
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      343 2 New Advertisements. PENANG SALES ROOM. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF Japanese Curios. A SPECIAL CONSIGNMENT FROM The Museum Co. of Ari Manufacture, Japaij. OF Japanese Fancy Goods and Art Objects will be sold by Public Auction To-morrow, Wednesday, 18th Dec., at 11.30 a.in., At No. 1, Union Street, (LATE ORIENTAL TIFFIN
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      98 2 Jritchard 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 'Pickings, Art Muslins, Curtain Nets, Toilet Covers. Double width Cretonnes, latest designs, White Wool Clouds,
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    636 3 (From our Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 14. Dr. Travers and Mr. Prior shot twentyfive couple of snipe at Klang yesterday. The coffin containing the remains of Mr W. H. Kelly, who died of hydrophobia at Tanjong Maliin on Sunday last, was conveyed overland to Kuala Lumpur and interred
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    PERAK NEWS.
    291 3 (Perak Pioneer, Dec. 14th.) The Medical Department is untiring in i’s efforts to make the Outdoor Dispensary as popular as possible, and this is nowhere more noticeable than in Kinta. Mr. A. F. Martin proceeded to Kinta this morning to relieve Mr. G. W. Fryer of the Kinta
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    321 3 The general gist of Lord Salisbury’s speech at Brighton was to the effect that although Great Britain formed part of the concert of Europe, which had resolved so far to act with unanimity, he would not admit that the responsibility for any decision that the Powers might come
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    FOOTBALL MATCH.
    403 3 Perak vs. Fusiliers. (Perak Pioneer, Dec. 14th.) The Northumberland Fusiliers sent over their Penang Detachment football team this morning for a second time to contest with us. on our own ground, the palm for football. The rain having held off for the past three days the ground was
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    THE MALAYS OF KUALA LUMPUR AT FOOTBALL.
    279 3 —Selangor Journal. This game has been started in Kuala Lumpur amongst natives in consequence of the kindness of the Acting British Resident, Mr. Rodger, in presenting a silver challenge cup for competition. The game, as played at present by the Kuala Lumpur players,
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    GENERAL.
    111 3 The recent crisis in South African goldmining stocks resulted in a fall in market values equal to Penak wood, which is used in Negri Sembilan for telegraph posts, resembles oak in quality and, accordingeto the natives, it stands almost a quarter of a century in the ground. Mark Twain
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    VALUABLE METALS.
    259 3 We commonly think of gold as the most valuable of metals, because it is the most precious of the metals that are produced in sufficient quantity to be in common use. There are, however, several rare metals that are of much more value than gold. Gallium, for example,
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    THE INFLUENCE OF ELECTRIC RAYS ON THE GROWTH OF PLANTS.
    554 3 Many years ago the late Sir William Siemens made experiments on the influence of electric rays on the growth of plants, and since that time several experimenters have done further work in this direction. American men of science, however, have,
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    LORD HARRIS ON CRICKET.
    387 3 —0. Mail, Nov. 16th. At the Stratford Town Hall, on November 11th, in the presence of a large company of ladies and gentlemen, Lord Harris distributed the medals and prizes to the cricket clubs belonging to phe Victoria Park Cricket Association, the Knutsford Cup being presented
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    MARKET PRICES.
    170 3 Penang, 17th December, 1895. Central Market. Description. Beef— Soup per catty 8 Roast 18 Steaks 18 Stew or Curry Meat It Rump Steak 18 Ox Tail each 15 Tongue 35 Feet 10 Heart per catty 20 Tripe 8 Liver IS Pork Pork Pig’s Head each 22 Feet U
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      99 3 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER, .9, Union Street, Penang. 574 TO LET. IVTO. 3, WESTLANDS BUNGALOW, from Ist January, 1896. 664 Apply to F. O. HALLIFAX. THE /ERATTDWATER CO. ANEW and excellent brew of brewed Ginger prepared from the finest Jamaica, root, is novf on sale. Nothing can equal it
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      917 3 The Oldest and Purest and Best.” JOHN ROBERTSON S SON’S FINE OLD SCOTCH WHISKY Brand: J. If. D. Messrs. John Robertson Son Have pleasure in stating they have again secured the very important contract for the exclusive supply of SCOTCH WHISKY to Messrs. LYONS A Co., Ltd., during the run
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      2082 4 notice" m r 7* HOTICE. the dispensary, LOttCvP» MEETING of th’e Board of Licensing Justices will be held in the Court of Requests No. 2, Bishop Street, NOTICE is hereby given that all the a t 2.30 p.in., on Friday, the 20th December, 1895, for the purpose of granting, IS
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