Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 December 1895

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DA.ILT. NEW SERIES,] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTB. VOL. LUI. MONDAY, DECEMBER 23, 1895. No. 295.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 560 1 isßip/injj (Tloficeis. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Pekin Jan. 4 Rohilla Dec. 26 Mirzapore 18 I Rosetta, Jan. 9 Khedive Feb. 1 Kaisar-i-hind 23 Rosetta 15 Peshawar Feb. 6 Kaisar-i-hind, 29
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    • 1745 1 £K inn lt BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. v KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. in corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. 7, Tk Reserve Fund 85,500,000. /hCn. Or- I Reserve Liability of Proprietors
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    • 753 1 NEDERLANDSCAE HANDEL fiAATSUHAPPIJ(NetherIand Trading’Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f Reserve Funds /2,216,514.(1 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 Bank of
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  • 158 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Calcutta ...Lightning .11 a.m. Tongkah Taw Tong 1 p.M. Olehleh Padang R. K. Atjeh 1 p.M. Singapore China Rio 4 p.m. Edie, T. Seniawe, Segli Deli Ho Kwei 5 p.m. and Olehlen G. G. van Lansberge 5 P.M. The homeward P.
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  • 33 2 From Negapatam:—By the B. I. s. s. Sirsa to-morrow. From Singapore —By the B. I. s. s. Purnea on Wednesday. From Olehleh By the s. s. Generaal Pel on Thursday.
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  • 208 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Maria Valeria from Singapore. s. s. Rio from Singapore. s. s. Telamon from Singapore. s. s. G. G. van Lansberge from Olehleh. Y esterday. s. s. Lightning from Singapore. s. s. Anchises from Liverpool. s. s. Thekla from Hamburg. Depn it ii res. To-day. s.
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  • 132 2 t 1 riuils. To-day. Per s. s. Lightning from Singapore, Mr. Fair. Mr. A an Rees, and Mr. Gompertz. Per s. s. Telamon from Singapore. Major Hon. C. Lambton. ami ('apt. E. W. Fletcher. Lieut. A. G. Tozen. Lieut. H. B. Leach and Mrs. Leach. Friday. 2(>th. Per
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  • 209 2 Monday. 23rd Town Band. Esplanade 5 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 5-44 A.M. and 6- P.M. Tuesday. 24th First Qtr. 16.7 P.M. High water at New Jetty, 6-37 A.M. and 7- P.M. Auction Sale of X'mas ami New Years Presents. Ac., at No. 1.
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  • 79 2 I.ON DON, 22nd December, 1895. United States. The Senate have passed a resolution ordering the Finance committee to enquire into the Expediency of opening mints to free coinage. The Venezuela bill has been passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives. The losses caused by the panic
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  • 859 2 Mr. D. A. M. Brown, the last of the Penang Golf Team, left for Singapore to-day. The Dutch gunboat Flamingo, Commander T. Visser, arrived from Bela wan yesterday. The annual report of the Howard Association alleges that the prisons of Burma and Singapore greatly need improvement. A
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  • 262 2 The annual general meeting of the Club was held in the Pavilion on Saturday afternoon, at which there were present twentyfour members. In the absence of the President, Mr. C. V. Norris was voted to the chair. The annual reports were then read and, after some discussion,
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  • 219 2 We have been favoured with a copy of the following letter, conveying to the subscribers to the Penang Free School Funds the Governor’s appreciation of th' liberality shown by the Chinese community in the cause of «-ducation. And we take the opportunity of endorsing
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  • 122 2 It is estimated that there will be available this year for export from Burma 1.550.000 tons of cargo rice equivalent to 26,270,000 cwt. of white rice. White Rice. Our market keeps quiet with very little doing in either new or old rice. A sudden fall in exchange in
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  • 56 2 [From our Correspondents." SI NG A PORE. 23rd December. The s. s. Tetartos is badly ashore at Rhio. In the match, Straits Planters r. s S. C. C., Singapore made 203 runs The Planters scored 90 for 4 wickets Scott contributing 20. TAIPING. 21 st December. 204 pikuls
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  • 296 2 (Vi'i Ceylon.) ADDITIONAL ITALIAN WAR VOTE. Rome, December 12.—The Italian Budget Committee have approved an extra giant of four million lire for military expenses in Abyssinia. BLACKBURN OPERATIVES TO APPEAL TO LANCASHIRE M. P’s. London, December 12.—The Blackburn operatives have resolved to appeal to tlip Lancashir»* members of
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  • 590 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —As pointed out in your leader of the 17th tilt., some reform in the jury system is imperatively necessary, and the unprecedented length of the one case this last Assizes makes the present time a fitting one for a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 453 2 NEW Advertisements. n-jj.pl.HrtJ S, On PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. /1 IbullUl U OC UU. (Masonic Hall A FLOWER SERVICE for Children will be held on Chris™as morning at 8 o’clock. Adults also are invited. 685 notice: T(|YQ’ SHOOTING is not allowed in the Can- IU I 1 tonese Burial Ground at Mount
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
    • 63 2 WEATHER REPORT. I aken at Prison Hospital Ohscrnilwry. 19th December. 1895. 9 a.m. 3 P.M. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. .930 .714 .918 Temperatun' 81,— 83. 78. Wet Bulb Thermometer 76. 78. 75. Max. Temp, in shade 90.2 Min. do. do. 71. Max. in Sun 149. Ten-, rad. Ther.
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  • 86 3 Mr Gompertz. the Acting 3rd Magistrate. who has been on leave, sat in Court at Butterworth this morning. The Senior District Officer. Mr. Penney, a mpanied the Hon. the Resident Couiivill,.r on Saturday last to the Southern P riet. on inspection duty. They returned in the evening. Mr
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  • 208 3 The following should lie a warning to -e engaged in patching up old houses, a w rk of almost daily occurrence here:— A most painful catastrophe occurred at Bombay recently. A portion of a house Ideniy collapsed, burying under the debris two Parsee ladies and a girl, two
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  • 575 3 (From our contemporaries.) Following the good example of other ships' companies, the “Ebony Minstrels” of H M S. Undaunted are giving a jierformance in the Town Hall on December 28th in aid of the Widows and Orphans of Seamen Society. On Friday afternoon, at Messrs. Powell and Co.’s
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  • 513 3 Notes from one Present. (Special for the “Pinang Gazette.") H. E. the Governor received the Selangor Planters’ Association’s deputation at Kuala Lumpor on Thursday. 19th inst., at p m., and granted them an interview extending over two hours, during which, after giving it as
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  • 1540 3 To Hie Excellency Sir Charles Bullen Hugh Mitchell, G.C.M.G., Governor and Common ler-in-Chief of the Straits Settlements and its Dependencies Your Excellency, —We, the undersigned members of the Committee of the Selangor Planters’ Association, desire on behalf of our|Association to offer to Your Excellency and Lady Mitchell on
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  • 1245 3 Meetings. Ordinary meetings of the Municipal Council were held on the Bth and 22nd of the month, and special meetings, to consider the Budget, on the Ist and sth. Revenue and Expenditure. The revenue collected during the month amounted to 815,778.23, and the expenditure
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  • 191 3 Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners HELD ON THE ‘-TH DEC.. 1595. Present. J. Y Kennedy. Esq. (President}. R A. P. Hogan. Esq., j. Gil>son. Esq., and G. F. Adamson. Esq. Capt. Anderson, k.e.. and Koh Seaug Tat. Esq. 1. The minutes of the last meeting are read
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  • 114 3 Penang. 23rd December. 1895. Tin $33.40 sellers. Trang no supply. Black Pepper West Coast 9.70 sellers, t Acheen -sib Boz. 10.25 do. White Pepper 13.10 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 $4. sellers. Mace Pickings <4. do. Nutmegs 85. do. < No. I 6.40
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  • 125 3 Penang. 23rd December. 1895. Rates close as follows: London. Demand Bank 2/lj dol. Do. 4 months' sight Bank 2/1 j Do. 3 Credit 2/2 Do. 3 Documentary 2/2-1/16 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 184 Do. 3 days' sight Private 186 Bombay, Demand Bank 184 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 186
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 201 3 TO LET. y<i 3, WESTLANDS BUNGALOW, from Ist January. 1896. 664 Apply to I’. O. HALLIFAX. NOTICE. THE undermentioned Exchange Banks will be closed for business on the 25th, 26th and 27th instant, the same being Public Holidays in the Colony. J. WILLIAMSON JONES. Ag. Manager, Chartered Bank of I.
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    • 434 3 FOR SALE. 0~ NE Bay Australian Gelding. 5 years, guaranteed sound, thoroughly broken to harness and saddle, with new gig and harness complete. Owner leaving for home. Applv to Penang Horse Repository. 678 For Sale or Charter. The s. s. FANTEE. For Sale. tpHE Steam Launch I.INTY; Sisson's 1 patent
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  • 658 4 JANUARY MEETING, 1896. PROPOSED PROGRAMME. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, the 14th January, 1896. First Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE —Value i $2OO For Maiden Horses (per Rule XXXII.) Weight per scale (10 st. 7 lbs.). Distance I mile. Entrance $lO. Second Race. Value $2OO. —For Roadsters under Rule XXVI.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 45 4 NOTICE. rpnotice that my wife, Moey Geok Chee, left my protection about, a 'J I 1 1 I ani n °t responsible for any r contracted bv her from this <iate. (Sgd.) CHAN SENG YEOK, Pena.™ No 127 > PM Street. Penang, 7th Dec., 1895. 658
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    • 1009 4 a 11 f MR > 3ttgutctftce jhK "The Royal Co. WW tjgg I CONSIDERABLE reduction in local 'W ggE R/ts. X Life Rates is announced, and prosgr Jg pectuses will be supplied and all information» flb obtained on application to the Agents Messrs. BOUSTEAD Co dlfek Fire Insurance Co. of
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    • 301 4 .H. J. IVlartyr], Jr,', 1 SOLE IMPORTERS. k—j L>\ OXAMPAGb f E 1 tALWAYS AT THE TOP 1 1 IT’ < t J importation in the U.S.] ,in 1894 doten BottleA 1 Jvx Kb Lucas Bol’s Ola ID GINVan Straalen Monsieur and Erkelens’ CLARETS, HOCKS, BURGUNDIES, 4c. Regular Shipments of
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