Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 August 1896

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DA.IL7. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. ?5 CLNTS. VOL. LIV. TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 1896. No. 167.
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      569 1 pipping OJo&w.. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be g'>\a expected to arrive out- <, wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Aug 29 Ravenna Sept. 3 Pekin Sept.l2\ Rosetta 17 W.;-ipore 26 Kiisar-i-Hind 31 Peshawur Oct. 13 Pekin 27 Mirzapore Nov. 11
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      1293 1 SKrntthur Mediae BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. VPF 3 I KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. S^ ko ng Shanghai BankOTsrSMT NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Yntewterf Sailing awl expected Arrival of Steamer,. CimjL «iu.wo.ow Reserve Fund $5,750,000 Wit I «Air Steamer From Expected on Reserve Liability or
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      564 1 HEDERLAfirSME HANDEL EAAISCBAFFU (Netherland Trading Society.) Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve f 2,282,814.381 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. 3he Factorij of the Nedei landsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Upion Bank
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Penang. 18th August. 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/lf Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/I}s Do. 3 Credit... 2/2 Do. 3 Documentary 2/2 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 18.' Do. 3 days* sight Private 185 Bombay. Demand Bank 182 Do. 3 days’sight Private P 5 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    127 2 Penang, 18th August. IB.ii Tin $32 sellers. Trang out of season. West Coast 928 sellers. A'-heen G|h 11.25 do. White Pepi>er 14— do. Cloves (picked) <>ut of season. Mace No. I <"— sellers, Mace Picking* •>-"> d Nutmegs (i 5 d> (No I t. 5 d Sugar
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    66 2 Mails close 'l'o-mohkow I' or Per »h. I'iuie. Langkat Jin Ho 11 am. Asahan <'veil Smith Noon. Singapore Washi 11 am. Deli Araijyee 1 P.M. Pangor X Teluk Anson Petey 2 P.M. Teluk Anson La ly Wehl 3 P.M. t Thursday, loth. .4 m iyo 3 PM. The
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    23 2 From Calcutta >. h Shi to-<lay. < From Rangoon -h. s. Nerbudda to-morrow. From Singapore s. Jf. and s. s Shh<l<i to-morrow
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    HYGEIAN.
    555 2 We called attention some little time ago to the action of the Municipal Commissioners in connection] with the question of night-soil. From time to time the President has given promises that the most objectionable custom that has been introduced recently, of cu t ving it out along the roads
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    LOCAL.
    1015 2 In the Quarterly Returns (p. 177) recently issued from the Singapore Imports and Exports Office, we have been officially informed of a large excess in the figures given as regards Penang in the exportation of silver cuin to Sumatra. Instead of $1,194,189 shown to have been so exported the
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    42 2 LONDON, 17th August, 1896. Crete. The rising in Crete is extending. Diplomatic Service Changes. Sir Edmund Monson succeeds the Marquis of Dufferin as British Ambassador at Paris. Sir Horace Rumbold* Minister at the Hague, replaces Sir E. Monson at Vienna.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    19 2 (From our Correspondent TELUK ANSON. 18th August. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 250 pikuls of tin.
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    68 2 P. C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT. No ties have been played for Bome avs and none p.-rted for yesterdav, t O -dav any other day this week but we bear'd'' in the absence < f any official fixtures competitors still left in are arrana in vately among themselves as io the’] a
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    GOLF CLUB.
    60 2 The Lawn Tennis Tournament will »oni mence on 31st inst., and will comprise t h e following events Ladies.—Championship. Single Handicap. Double Handicap. Mixed Doubles (Handicap) Gentlemen’s—Single Handicap. Double Handicap. Entries close for the several events on 26th instant, and may be made either in writing to the
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS FOR JULY.
    117 2 Penang. Temperature— Maximum 93 Minimum 71 0 Rainfall— Fort Cornwallis No record Central Piison H. 55 Government Hill 11 79 Balik Pulau 339 Dindings. Lnmut The greatest fall of rain in 24 hours was on the Bth, when 327 in. was recorded at the Government Hill.
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    THE ENTERTAINMENT AT THE TOWN HALL.
    472 2 The cone i t in aid of St. George’s Girls’ j School, giv.-n at the Town Hall on Saturday evening, was a great success. There was a crowded attendance. The program me opened with a character song by the pupils of St. George’s Girls’
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      1025 2 n I ,J a rt New ADVERTISEMENTS. I Jritcnnra bo. A WHITE Fox Terrier *****, Municipal No. 266. Finder will be rewarded TAILORING DEPARTMENT. on reluming to this office. G. E. M„ WE beg to call special attention to our 464 c/o Pinang Gazette. Stock of High Class Woollen Goods,
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      224 2 FOR SALE. A PALANQUIN A Australian Horse, the pl’o|>eriy <>f the late Inspector Drum Apply at The Fort. TO LET. \O. 32, Perak Road. Entry from Ist August, 1896. Apply to TAN KANG HOCK. 433 ULI. Beach Street. Mr. L. BOZZO, Ao. 110.1, CH ELIA STREET. Repairing and Bronzing of
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    28 2 DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE. 9 Drath. Alexander. —On board the Jin Ho, on the 17th inst., Margaret, wife of C. W. Alexander, of Boeloe Talaug, Langkat. Aged 26. Deeply regretted.
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    THE COURT OF APPEAL.
    127 3 The following is the list of cases for r before the Court of Appeal which on Friday, the 21st August: *1 The Q liee vs Mariam.-Ques-f In reserved by Mr. Justice Law. U’U M ''ist'idf’s Appeal in the matter of ',h,'nn Farmer by his agent Yeow
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    PERAK NEWS.
    335 3 Prraik (Jorernmenf Gazette August 14). Lh AVE. p.. yf j. Wright, State Surgeon, rebis return from leave of absence and duties on the 30th July.—The leave 7alienee grunted to Mr. E. Burnside, j|,.,. t „r of Ltnd Revenue, Lower Perak, been extended for three months, with T xalarv,
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    332 3 (Selangor Government Gazette, Aug. 14th.) Federal Appointment. Mr. H. Conway Belfield, Senior Magistrate, Perak, to be Commissioner of Lands and Min»s for the Protected Malay States, with effect from 27th July. Appointment. Mr. AV. D. Scott, Assistant Government '-cretary, to act as District Officer, Kuala Selangor, with effect
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    PASSENGERS.
    62 3 Arrivals. To-day. R s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson J' 851 Addis and W. Thorpe and Mr. and 's Buswell, Miss Buswell, Mrs. Rodyk and MIR -Osborne. Yesterday. s from Deli Messrs. Brujel P,- 8 from Klang Mr. Brigly. jy t I'haipiug from Bort Weld: Messrs. Ur y U
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    CATTLE QUARANTINE AT DELI.
    147 3 The following letter has been handed to us for publication Penang, 18th August, 1896. Sir, —I have the honour to inform you that I am in receipt of a letter from the Resident of the East Coast of Sumatra to the effect that on the 13th
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    GENERAL.
    743 3 In New’ Y r ORK they are constructing a building that will have twenty-five stories and be 313 feet in height. The Pioneer points out, with regard to Dr. Jameson’s officers who lose their commissions, that nearly all if not all of them had abandoned the army as a
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    161 3 (Vid Madras.) ROYAL REGRETS. Simla, August B.—The Cominander-in-Chief in India directs the publication of a telegram which His Excellency has received from Lieut.-Col. Sir A. J. Bigge, Equerry to Her Majesty the Queen-Empress. It begins I am commanded to express to you and to her army in India
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    THE RONTGEN RAYS AND THE VICTORIA INSTITUTE.
    729 3 The annual meeting of the Victoria Institute of 8, Adelphi Terrace. London, England, held last month, must certainly be regarded as the most important one in the history of this Institute. For the last twenty-six years the Victoria Institute has held each successive
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    GOLD MINING.
    172 3 The most important announcement made at a recent meet ing in London of the West Australian (Gold District) Trading Syndicate was that the directors have secured the sole com ession for Western Australia of the Ore Atomic Reduction Process,” which, Mr. Goodman says, is destined to revolutionise the
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    DISASTER AT SEA.
    402 3 —EI Comercio. The British sailing ship Flora P. Stafford, with a full cargo of coal from Australia, caught fire in the Pacific Ocean on the 6th June. Her crew consisted of the Captain, boatswain and fourteen men. The Captain states that at 2 a.m. on the morning
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    HOW TO FIGHT ENTERIC FEVER.
    407 3 (Pioneer, August 1.) In the fight with enteric fever which is being carried on in every cantonment in India the greatest success has been gained where permanganate of potash has been freelv used as a disinfectant ami as a purifier of water. In one station
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    SHIPPING.
    214 3 Arrivals. To-day. B. I s. s. Secundra from Madras, s s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson, s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. Avagyee from Deli. s. s. Deli from Klang. s. s. Cecil C. Smith from Asahan. 8. s. Thaiping from Port Weld. itepart u res.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    204 3 (Straits Times, 15TH AUGUST.) Jhlmlhih ($5 pd.) $3.00 Kaulis 13 lOpd.) $5.20 buyers. -Cl fully paid $8.50 I’iuijoiiiK ($4 pd.) SI3J Pahang Corp, (jgl |>d.) $5 sales. Maynanl A Co. (s|(M> p.|.) $3O Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 (sso pd.) ffi7J Straits Insurance (S2C pd.)
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      27 3 NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on bromide paper. W. JONES, No. 10, King Street. Photohraper,
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      375 3 EXPRESS NOTICE. The Aerated Water Co., Penang. Works 5(7, Cant one meat 'Road, Pulo TUcus. Proprietor: ARCHIBALD KENNEDY. Telegraphic Address RCIH BA LI>—PENANG. Great Increase of the A. P. K. Aerated Water Trade. All our Machinery being in excellent order. Patronize your own Local Manufactory. Ask for A. P. K.
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      163 3 TO LET. SURAWONGSEE HOUSE, Anson Road. 435 Apply to A. G. MACKIE. TO LET. QUFFOLK HOUSE, Aier Itam Road. kJ Apply t<> ALLEN A KENNEDY. TO LET. \O. 12, Clove Hall Road. Entry from Ist August, 1896. Apply to HYE KEE CHAN, 399 No. 31, Beach Street. FOR SALE. r
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      1842 4 i-c. BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Mm .h. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. SKl™* SOLE importers— KA.TZ BROTHERS, HIN LEE Co. the dispensary, Insurance (Hofices. /ft S SR Insurance (ftofices* No. 2, Bishop
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      307 4 CARD. Q. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER .9, Union Street, Penang. CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will he S.nism I R. BELI (JOS begs to inform the X, lie that since inferior Cius|i e( j j is offered for sale in the Penam. j;.'.., at low prieew, the undersigned 1«»,* t
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