Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 August 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DuAIL’F. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. ["VICE CO CENTS. VOL. LIV. TUESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1896. No. 162
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      561 1 lapping QJoticCbe Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be -L expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Vulsar-i-Hind Aug 14 Mirzapore Aug. 20 29 Earenaa Sept. 3 £J,. Sept. 12 i Rosetta 17 Virzapore 26 Kaisar-i-Hind 31 IIZ 1 Peshawur
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      1224 1 SRmmna BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank/acean steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM HWHiRIRBi UHfc iw uil.hitil.iiu. r SHIP COMPANY Ltd. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. p AID -ur capital $10,000,000. I Reserve Fund
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      624 1 NEDERLAM St/iE hAMUL ffiAAltl ßAll b' (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 182!. .Paid-up Capital f 35,78’ .0'>0 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38 j Hkad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsehe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan,
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 2 Pknang, Uth August, 1896. ft AIK 8 CLOBK AS FOLLOWS: London, Demand Bank 2/2A Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/2| Do. 3 Credit... 2/2J Do. 3 Documentary 2/2 Calcutta, Demand Bank R« 184 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 187 Bombay. Demand Bank 18L Do. 3 days'sight Private I"*' \ta.<lras.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    132 2 4 Pknang, 11th August. 18 Tin §3l 70 sellers. (Trang out < if season. Black Pepper West Coast '2B seller-. (Ael ntilli 10 91) do. Whib- Peppei 14-v do Gioves (picked; onto.' season. Mace No. I H.-lle>e. Mace 65 do Nutmegs 65 do. N"- I <• I
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    108 2 Mails clohk To-morrow Ear I’er »lr Time. Singapore... lEashi 11 A M. Langkat Quorra 11 AM Deli -M Austin 1 P.M. Klang Tate Tong 1 p .M Pangkor A Teluk Anson Hetty p.m. Teluk Anson hldg Weld 3P M. Singapore R. Cawder 3 p.m. Madras. Ac., taking mails
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    40 2 From Suez s. I'auton to-day. From Singapore s. Sirsa to-morow, s. s. Chclydra on Thursday, and s s Coconad'i. s. s. Ceneraal /V/. and s. s. Bisagno on Friday, and s. a. Af. H tcquehein on t-nturday
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    137 2 LONDON. 10th August, 1896. CricketRichardson, Abel and Hayward have withdrawn their demand for increased pay and have been included in the cricket team to play the third test match against Australia. The team comprises Dr. Grace, Peel, Hearne,’Jackson, Lilly white, Ranjitsingh, Wynyard, and MacLaren. 'l’o-day rain prevented play
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    THE FOUNDATION OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS.
    673 2 All the civilised nations of the world are great on anniversaries, and following that great example, we in Penang—a mite in the swarm that invest the British home imide article—derive the great bem fit of having a day ot rest on that account to
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    784 2 To-morrow being a public h< lidar, thete will be no’issue of this paper. The P. O. mail steamer Kaisar-i-hind, having left Colombo at 8 p. m. on the 9th instant, may be expecied here on Friday. The dead body of a well-known Chinese woman was brought yesterday
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    44 2 (From our Co« BBPOS Mtß TELUK Uth August. 'Phe shipments to-day areTo Penang, 807jn ku Softiii KLA Uth August, I’he Shipments to-day are— To Penang, 77? n t m q- 5 P ,k ’lls Of tin lo Singapore, 6 423 21 ore
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    SUPREME COURT.
    76 2 In the case of the Netherlands n Hgamst the two sureties of k Kam Guii*n Sean, i„ wlli( h laim.d the sum of S i s 000 (J|) security bond, Justice Law vesi,.,j U iug gave judgment in favour „f th ril- costs. Mr. Ross, counsel f Ol
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    185 2 P.C. C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. Profession Pairs Final Tie. Merchants I. j F. O. Halifax and t C /p? A. S. Anthonv f beat f, 1 Lieut. r u a( by two sets to love. Scorce 6-1 6 i This match was plaved ve s^l( i. ir noon, and resulted in
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    PUBLIC HOLIDAYS.
    539 2 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette Dear Sir,- You certainly made ratbe a mistake in your leader last week i< regards Thursday’s holiday, seeing that thisjioliday is fixed by Ordinance for tiie first Thursday in August. It is therefore but fair that the Governor in Councilslimild, to
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    PASSENGERS.
    16 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Messrs. Berwick and J. N. Jaolie-
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      1083 2 y hn New advertisements. bO. TOWN HALL. Saturday, the 15th August, TAILORING DEPARTMENT. AT 9 ENTERTAINMENT IN AID OF W E st?’k''.f Higb e c“a SS a woXnG<><X S. George’s Girls’ School, one of the largest and best selected in the Ull( j er ie p.iti-onaoe and in presence of
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      208 2 FOR SALE. r I'HREE Simp Houses, situated in WestI eru Road, l»armg Municipal Nos 7c to 7e (corner of Criminal Prison). Almost new. A reasonable offer will be maepted. Apply to KEE SAW A SONS, 111) No. 2'd). Penang Road. NOTICE. I R JAMES L WOODFORD bigs to ini' 1
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    POINTS IN ADMINISTRATION OF THE TRUSTS OF A WILL.
    883 3 The other Singapore case, to which we allii'led in >ur Saturday’s issue, involves the administration of the trusts of a will. By his will dated 30th April, 1862, Tan Kim Sems who died in 1894, appointed two of his Kl ,i)s
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    SALE OF THE BURMA STATE RAILWAYS.
    179 3 A telegram received from the Secretary of State announces that the prospectus has been issued bv Messrs. Rothschild for the f-rination of a Company to take over and ’■xt.-nd tire existing system of railways from Ist September. The capital is two millions st-rling with
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    A FREIGHT “COMBINE.”
    167 3 (Free Press.) A meeting of the agents of the Conference” liners was held at the Exchangej rooms, Singapore, on Saturday to consider the possibility and advisability of raising the rates of freight for homeward bound steamers, and after some discussion it was decided that homeward rates to
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    THE ACHEEN REBELLION.
    253 3 The Handelsblad publishes a letter from Heer Huet, of Delft, setting forth a plan for insuring the peaceful possession of Atjeh to the Dutch through the means of a mechanical contrivance. This is nothing less than the construction of dykes iu the region occupied by the Dutch
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    BICYCLE TOUR ROUND THE WORLD.
    186 3 Three young Englishmen named Fraser, Lunn, and Lowe intend to start next week from London on a bicycle tour round the world, says the L. C. Express of July 17th. On reaching Calcutta they may cycle down Burma, and thence take ship from Rangoon to
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS' ASSOCIATION.
    462 3 The following are the minutes of a General Meeting held in the Selangor Club, on Saturday, 18th July: Present: Messrs. E. V. Carey (Chairman). C. Meikle, Dougal, Walker, Lake Skinner (Members of Committee), R. Kindersley, D. Kindersley, Shephered, C. Glassford, J. Glassford, Rendle, Munro, J. D. Toynbee,
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    THE LOSS OF THE “ANCHISES."
    975 3 Marine Court of Enquiry. A Marine Court of Enquiry assembled on the 29th in the Court of the District Magistrate, Rangoon, to investigate the circumstances attending the stranding of the s. s. Anchises on the 27th ultimo, ten miles below the Eastern Light house whilst
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    A CEYLON ESTATE COMPANY TAKES UP LAND IN SELANGOR.
    124 3 We hear that the Oriental Estates Company have just taken up a large block of land iu Selangor for cultivation with Liberian coffee. The block amounts to 1,600 acres, aud they propose to open 500 acres iu Liberian before the end
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    PERAK NEWS.
    340 3 (Perak Pioneer, August Bth.) His Highness the Sultan, we understand, is not at all pleased at almost all his best officials being drafted to Selangor. The officers themselves are anything but pleased at the change. The Guides will be composed of five companies of 100 men each. These
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGE'S.
    401 3 (Via Rangoon.) tvukuy ANb GREECE. Athens, July 31 It is reported here that Greece has replied to the Porte, throwing responsibility of all the troubles ou the illwill of Turkey. tidal wave. Shanghai, July 31.—A tidal wave at Haichau, on the 26th July, destroyed many villages, and four
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    THE DECEASED WIFE'S SISTER BILL.
    183 3 In the House of Lords on July 10th t there was a biilliant assembly Lords on the occasoin of the debate on the third reading of the Deceased Wife’s Sister Bill. A large array of ladies thronged the Peeresses’ Galleries. On the cross benches on
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      333 3 scotch Whisky. k J Always drink the Best and preserve your > Health. t This you can do by drinking s ij Ferguson’s Special Cream Breadalbane. SCOTCH WHISKY. THE VERY BEST PEG WHISKY IN THE MARKET. VERY OLD. WELL MATURED IN SHERRY CASKS. Per Case of 1 doz. bottles, duty
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      351 3 SHIPPING. A rrivals. To-dav. s s Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. 8. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. s. 8. Cornelia from Singapore. Yesterday. 8. s Quorra from Langkat. 8. s. Mary Austin from Deli. s. s. Good Luck from Klang. Bepiirt ii res.
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      1993 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY T€ 3 <Hcus.-.s OF Parliament.) 0 KJBJSS* To be had at Mmsm ,thea s n chbeTco. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. sole importers—katz brothers. HIN LEE Co. the dispensary, fftof’ce»- I A| Insurance Qtofices. No.
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      318 4 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER 9, Union Street, Penang. CRUSHED FOOD? Try it and You will be S.m. Skh< r R. BELT LIOS begs to inform the t J, lie that since inferior C, Ob P(j j is offered for sale in the P nati V at low price*, the
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