Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 August 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Pff/Cf 9.0 CINTS. VOL. LIV. SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, 1896. No. 165.
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      1326 1 SRnuttW flWtea BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. 5 I KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Intended Sailing and, expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up Capital $10,000,0c0 I Reserve Fund $5,750,000 AIN It Reserve Liability or Proprietors $10,000,000 NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART I W,LLBI,L
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      698 1 mmimuiE hahhei k/aisci af’ij (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35, '83,000 Reserve Funds /2,282,814.38| Hbad Omci in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandache Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapoie Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sonrabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 2 Penang. 15th August. 18‘Jti. Rates closk as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/2 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/2| Do. 3 Credit... 2/2 Do. 3 Documentary 2/2| Calcutta, Demand Bank R” 183| Do. 3 days’ sight Private 187 Bombay. Demand Bank >■ 1834 Do. 3 days’sight Private H< Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    131 2 Pknang, 15th August. 189 Tin *3l 90 sellers. (Trang out of season. Black Pepper 1 West Coast "28 seller-. Aeheen GIL 1125 do. White Pepper do Cloves (picked) out. o season. Mace No. I «‘*U<* Mace Pickings -I > Nutmegs 1 5 -I (No I '-5 >
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    31 2 Mails close on Monhay. I', e I'er «/r line Klang Taw Tony 1 P.M. Deli M"ry Auetin 1 P.m. Pangkor < 'anton 2 p.m. Tuesday. 18th. Singapore Anuyo 3 PM.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    43 2 From Singapore s h. Dinfe to-morrow, h s I 'oconada. s. s. Hebe, ami s. s C. Hock Kian on Monday, and s. s. Bacquehem on Wednesday. From ai.cutta—s. s. Sui Sang on Monday. From NegapaTam—s s Stcundra on Tuesday
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    119 2 LON DON, 14th August, 1596. The Venezuela Dispute. Mr. Balfour in the House of Commons said there was every hope of an early agreement with America relative to the arbitration of the Venezuela dispute. Parliament. Parliament has been prorogued. The Queen’s Speech. The Queen’s Speech said that portions
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    479 2 LOCAL A ND GENERAL. Sir Cecil Clementi Smith presided at tlm banquet given (<> Li-Hung Chang at the H tel Metropole, on the 7th instant. Four Mussulman Klings were arrested this m<>riiing for ttying to leave the Settlement without the usual pass. The Uganda Railway and the East Africa Protectorate
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    THE MUNICIPAL MEETING.
    383 2 A meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday at the Town Hall. There were present: Mr. J. Y. Kennedy (President), Mr. J. Gibson, Mr. R. A. P. Hogan. Mr. G. F. Adamson and Mr Cheah Chen Eok. After the minutes of the last meeting were read
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    363 2 Single Handicap, Class B. Semi-final Tie. W. H. Bell —l5) heat J. A. Harwood (scratch) after a well fought game by two sets to love. Score 6-3, 6-2. Bell opened with the service, and won be also following two. Score 3-0. Harwood interfered in the fourth, 3-1.
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    COUNTY CHAMPIONSHIP.
    82 2 (To the Editor of the "Pinang Gazette.”) Dear Mr. Editor, —Your correspondent who desired to be informed as to how long Surrey had held the title of Champion County, might be-glad of a little further information on the subject. From 1887 to 1895, with the exception of the
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    PASSENGERS.
    33 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. a. Flying Fish from Port Weld J. M. Leeve. Per 8. s. Quon-a from Langkat: Mr. Henzell. Yesterday. Per s. a. Calypso from Singapore: Messrs* Schjut and Adams.
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    THE TELLUSSON ACT.
    662 2 The Minor’s oiY]i lljti W u usson Act i,.r,. in a recent decisioiL the Chinese will <1 t. Je we reported in a 1 t r, illustration of the V t r s an lature to gratify p tLe giswas at the dose of V named Thellusson
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    A MEMORIAL TO SIR JOHN PENDER.
    172 2 A telegram forwarded to Bombay k the Marquis of Tw<.e<ldale, the Cliiiirm..n d the E is’ern and Anglo-American Compuo s. dated London, the 2nd Auu stales i hai a Committee is about t" r formed io inaugurate an internatioial infmoiial to commemorate inception arUxirusion
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    TO-MORROW’S SERVICES.
    113 2 TO-MORRO W’ S SERVICES. The following is the order of the »e at St. George’s Church to-morrow. Eleventh Sunday after Trinity j Morning Service at 8. —Hymns S 3 0111 4. and 269. T YX yii. Evening Service at 6. —Psalms L* LXXXIII, LXXXIV. and LXX-W Am--219. Hymns 16 and
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      99 2 Qojliqg a; Co. CLARETS JUST RECEIVED CHOICE WINES at exceptim all) Low Prices. Pints QrUt. DOiiIAINE ‘Ps.’> BOURG 3-w 6 BERGASSE J— BASMEDOC t. 50 8 VERTHEUIL •>— g MOULIS <•-12 z ST. ESTEPHE 8.5014“> ST. JULIEN 1 MEDOC- 10.50 18 rn g C 'ATEAU PEYRAGUZY -20 3 j_ PONTET
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    406 3 TE LEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES. (Vid Ceylon.) LORD WOLSELEY ON THE INDIAN ARMY. Calcutta, August 7,—Lord Wolseley’s «f jtetneuts concerning the Indian army are b much indignation. The Englishman 111 LA strong article declines to recognise Lord o- i 1.. v an authoritv’on the present olseic» j u ]i tn army, and
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    238 3 THE QUEEN AS INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATOR. Her .Majesty the Queen has consented, at the request of the Governments of the countries concerned, to act as arbitrator in the Chilian-Argentina frontier dispute. THE FRENCH IN WEST AFRICA. Some French officers who have arrived at L >ango, ou the Congo, report
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    A CRUSADE AGAINST TOBACCO.
    202 3 Certain American Universities have entered on (l campaign against tobacco as injurious to physical health and intellectual development. Boston University has resolved that students unwilling to forego tobacco, while within the University precincts, will have their fees returned, and their names taken off the books. Other
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    DROUGHT IN ENGLAND.
    256 3 weather speedily comes to an eud.— L. C. Express, 24th July. The heat continues very great all over England. The shade temperature has been over 80 deg. in most of the inland districts. In London the maximum reading has been as high as 87 deg. There have
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    PRINCESS MAUD'S WEDDING.
    278 3 London en fete. The wedding of the Princess Maud (third daughter of the Prince aud Princess of Wales) to Prince Charles (second son of the Crown Prince Frederick of Denmark) took place in the private chapel at Buckingham Palace. London was en fete for the occasion, and
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    COLONIAL NURSES AND WIVES FOR COLONISTS!
    276 3 A meeting was recently held in London to draw attention to the newly-formed Colonial Nursing Institution. Lord Loch was in the Chair, and he read a letter addressed by Mr. Chamberlain to the Governors of the Colonies, stating that the movement had his warm
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK
    93 3 Saturday. 15th Entertainment in aid of the S. George's Girls' School. Town Band. Golf Club. High water at New Jetty, 4-51 A. M. and 5- p M. Sunday. 16th 11 th Sunday after Trinity. First Quarter 3 57.8 A.M. High water at New Jetty, 5-44
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    OBSTRUCTION IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.
    199 3 Speech by Mr. Chamberlain. Mr. Chamberlain, speaking at the dinner of the Cord wainers’ Company on July 22nd deplored the growing tendency to obstruct business in the House of Commons. No other Parliament in the world, remarked the Secretary of State for the Colonies,
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    DANCING, GOLF, AND CURLING, IN 1774.
    320 3 The Scottish Antiquary, which this quarter appears under the editorship of Mr. J. H. Stevenson, Advocate, has, among other valuable quotations, the following taken from A New Geographical, Historical, and Commercial Grammar and present state of the several Kingdoms of the World, by William
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    AN ESSAY ON CRETE.
    1180 3 Abridged from the Pall Mall Gazette. By a schoolboy who knows.] Crete is awfully out of the way, and Henry says I’m jolly lucky to have been in it. He bets there isn’t another fellow at school in England who has. It was all because there
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    SHIPPING.
    227 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. 8. s Quorra from Langkat. s 8. 11. Halewyn from Asahan. s. s. Mary Austin from Deli. 8. s. R. KAtjeh from Singapore. Y esterday. s. s. Van Coens fiom Singapore. s 8. Halmoral from Singapore. s. 8. Priam from
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    213 3 (Straits Times, 12th August.) Jwlel.us ($5 pd.) $3.00 Rauba 13 ]Op<l.) $5.15 buyers. J!1 fully paid $8.50 Punjoins ($4 pd.) SI3J Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) $5 sales. Maynard A Co. ($1(10 p<t.) $3O Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 b’ers. Pengerangs ($5O pd.) $65 buyers. Straits
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      163 3 TO LET. SURAWONGSEE HOUSE, Anson Road. 435 Apply to A. G. MACKIE. TO LET. QUFFOLK HOUSE. Aier Ham Road. 0 Apply to ALLEN KENNEDY. TO LET. O. 12, Clove Hall Road. Entry from L\ Ist August, 1896. Apply to HYE KEE CHAN, 399 No. 31, Beach Street. TO LET. ]\]O.
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      413 3 scotch WHiskY. Always drink the Best and preserve your Health. This you can do by drinking Ferguson’s Special |l Jfli 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 paid, SI 1.50. For
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      121 3 NOTICE OF SALE. Sathapa Chetty of Ipoh, Mortgagee versus Chin Ah Hi of Sungei Raia, Mortgagor. In the District Court of Kinta. BY virtue of an order made in the above Court, motion No. 53, dated 7th July, 1896, the undersigned is instructed to sell by Public Auction at Sungei
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      1688 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST* To be had at mm... theaTcheeTco. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. b yen:™. sole importers-KATZ brothers. HIN LEE A Co. the dispensary, Insurance (Tlottces. Insurance Qtofwes. No. 2. Bishop Street, ,J| MATURED
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      287 4 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER 9, Union Street, Penang, CRUSHED FOOD. Trt it and You mij, be Satis™». F R. BELTLIOS begs to inform the pub. 1. lie tliHt since inferior Crushed is offeied for ssle in the Penang JLik et at low prices, the undersigned beg B to drn
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