Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 April 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED Da&.lL*?. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIV. FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 1896. No. 93.
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      551 1 peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. pHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following X; dates Outwards. Homewards. Mirzapore Apr. 24 f Peshawur Apr. 30 Rosetta May 10 I Pekin May 14 Kaisar-i-hind 24 i Ravenna 28 Peshawur June 5 Mirzapore Junell Pekin
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      1350 1 Sftamner (Tloftttft BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. POFF 1 kt KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank- Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. L HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up Capitalslo,ooo,ooo. TK t Reserve Fund $5,750,000. j I Reserve Liability op
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      602 1 NEDERLAUDSI/iE HANiIEL fUATSCHAFFIL (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,01 >C Reserve Funds J 2,216,514.01 Hbad Okfice in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch® Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 2 Penang, 24th April, 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/24 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/2 Do. 3 Credit 2/2f Do. 3 Documentary... 2/2ft Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 186 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 190 Bombay. Demand Bank 186 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 190 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    133 2 Penang, 24th April, 1896. Tin $31.074 sellers. Trang small supply. West Coast 9.70 sellers-A<-been 61b 10.75 do. White Pepper 13.75 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 80.— sellers. Mace Pickings 65 do. Nutmegs 877 Chinese Packed do. No. 1 7. do. Sugar 2.. 4.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    40 2 Mails close To-morrow For Per »tr. 'l'iine. Klang Taic Tong 1 p.m Pangkor. A T. Anson Betty 2 p.m. Singapore X ('hina Hong Leong 2 P.M. Edie. Telok Semawe and Segli Rom 3 P.M. Deli Ayayyee 5 P.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    22 2 From Singapore -In. s. Generaal Pel) tomorrow. From Negapatam—(s. s. Secundra) on Monday. From Calcutta—(s. s. KutMng) on Monday.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    163 2 LONDON, 23rd April, 1896. The French Cabinet. The Bourgeois Cabinet has resigned. A Presidential crisis is possible. Expenditure for Military Operations. Sir Michaels Hicks Beach stated that the Government had to provide no great expenditure for military operations. The Chartered Company pay Matabele, and the Nile was purely
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    LOCAL.
    927 2 The band will play at the Esplanade on Monday night, at 9 o’clock. The Governor of Trang arrived this morning |a*r s. 8. Artsadoug. From the 1 Ith to the 21st instant, there have la-eti 53 cases of cholera in Singapore, of which 35 proved fatal. Mr. Huttenbach has
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    226 2 The B»*cond ties for the Championship have resulted in the victory of D. A. M. Brown over A. W. O’Sullivan by 7 up and 5 to play, and L. C. Brown over W. N. Dow by sup and 3 to play. The Messts. Brown will play off
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    SUGAR PROSPECTS IN PERAK.
    122 2 A correspondent to the Straifs Times says: —It is believed that the present year will prove a prosperous one |to the cane growers of Perak. Not only is there an increase in the area of cultivation on the old estates, but there have been applications for
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    114 2 Arrivals. The following passengers arrived here this morning per P. A O. steamer Mirzapore from London :—Major Tranchell, two Misses Tranchell, Dr. and Mrs. Fox, and Mr. H. C. DeMornay. The passengers for Singapore were Lieut.-Colonel C. B. Harvey, Rev. S. S. Walker. R. H. Phillips, Mr. P.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    55 2 Friday, 24th. Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens. 5 p.m. Auction Sale of Furniture, Jewellery, &c., at Glugor. High water at New Jetty, 10-09 a.m. and 10- p.m. Saturday, 25th Golf Club Tournament. Auction Sale of Furniture, Jewellery, Ac., at Glugor. High water at New Jetty,
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    64 2 (From our Correspondents SINGAPORE. 24th April. The plague i. raging vir|ll ly at Canton. The deaths from plague in kong yesterday were eleven sixteen. The Municipal Amendment Bill and the Police Ordinance were r'! a first time, and the Council into Committee on the Def Contribution Bill. TELUK
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    934 2 (Vid Rangoon.) .THE IRISH LAND BILL. London, April 14 —ln the House of mons last night Mr. Gerald Balfour i duced his Irish Land Bill, designed to i mot»* a more rapid and effective w r i ing of the Lind Purchase Acts of 188s 3 J 1891.
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      1066 2 r BNANo°sIZ E V R oair pritchard Co. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE. The undersigned has received instructions J LIST OPENED. to sell by Public Auction 1 At GLUGOR HOUSE," PENANG, Thi‘ follow!!! 0 On Friday Saturday, 24th lu tOl 25th April, UEV NOVELS: All the Valuable Household Furniture, Piano, Horses, Traps,
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      441 2 INDIAN ENGINEERING. Ax lLi.tsTß.vrEi» Weekly Jovhnal. The Recociiizeo Ohcai of the Profession in India With <i <inar.i hlk-.I l.iHKi-fiile <'ircnlalion. Lisi’S <>l’i:N TO INSPECTION NOTICE. In the Goode oj PERCY DOUGLAS STEPHENS, Deceased. F'RSUANT to section 46 of the “Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance. 1896,” notice is hereby given
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    INTERESTING MAIL ITEMS.
    272 3 The Japanese battleship Fwji was successfully launched on 31st March at the yard of the Thames Ironworks Company, where she has been built. She is the heaviest battleship ever launched from a slip, either in a public or private yard. The ceremony was performed by Mme. Kato,
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    313 3 The latest returns relating to recruitment of soldiers in British India for ihe Hongkong regiment is eminently satisfactory. CHOLERA INOCULATION. An attempt on the part of the Calcutta Municipality and the police to introduce cholera inoculation among the poorer classes at Naihattv and Bhatpara has caused quite a
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    914 3 (L. C. Express, April 3.) The Court. Favourable telegrams have been received from Nice as to the health of the Queen. Her Majesty takes daily drives. The Prince of Wales went to Cannes on 27th ultimo, and met the Dowager Empress of Russia as her train
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    BRITISH RULE IN MALAYA.
    3186 3 The lecture on the subject of British rule in Malaya, delivered at the Royal United Service Institution before a special meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, by Mr. F. A. Swetteuhain, c.m.g., Resident-General of the Malay States, gives some interesting details respecting the growth of British
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    SHIPPING.
    244 3 Arrivals. To-day. P. O. s. s. Mirzapore from London. B. I. s. s. Purnea from Rangoon. B I. s. s. Pundua from Singapore. s. s. Telemachus from Singapore. s. s. Trocas from Batoum. s. s. Hebe from Singapore. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. 8. s. Avagyee from Deli.
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      496 3 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor aud Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on bromide paper. W. JONES, No. 10, King Street. Photographer. NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that the partnership between us, Toh Jim Swee and Lim Boon Tow others, as merchants trading under the
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      2071 4 s. BUCHANAN WHISKY yq T’XJTTr (Houses of a To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 goon yen friends. SOLE IMPORTERS—- HIN LEE 4 Co. TH N® X S M Y
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      236 4 KHYE IK? FOUNDRY COMPANY, WELD QUAY. I I ENGINEERS, BOILER-MAKERS, 5 IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, AND I GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Boiler Tittings and Engineer's Stores, etc., always in stock. .L G. ALLAN, V anoQPf i PENANG ICE WORKS. BEACH STREET OI’EN on week days from 7.30 to 10 a m, and
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