Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 19 August 1896

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. FTTBLISHED DA.IL3T. NEW SEHIES.) ESTABLISHED 1833. C.NTS. VOL. LIV. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1896. No. 168.
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      552 1 clipping I'eninsiiliir Oriental Steam Navigation Company. <TTT 'I’HE mail steamers may be A expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. 77 Aug. 29 Mirzapore Aug. 21 Sept 12 Ravenna Sept. 3 M"'. 20 Rosetta 17 Oct. 9 Kaiser-i-Hind 31 24 Rohilla Oct.
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      1138 1 SRtWiur BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. PF 5 L KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Shanghai Bank’NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. < ing Corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd Intended Sailing ami expected Arrival of Steamer,. Pi r CIPn L ,-kwxw-o axd Reserve Fund $5,750,000 Writ «Air Rtnntu From RimnnoN R»"»™ LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS $10,000,000
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      755 1 |nmniAsi)saa hanhi rMisdiAtHJ (Netherland Trading Society.) rda’.Ksk.'-J Paid-up Capital f 35.7' 3.(’(i() Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38 j Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands Indi? The Factorij of the Nedei hmdsvLe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapoie Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padan?, Cheribon. Tegal, Peealongan, Pasaroeau, and Tjilatjap. London’Bankers.—T
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Penang. 19th August, 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/1-& Do. 3 Credit... 2/IJ-j Do. 3 Documentary 2/lf Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 180 A Do. 3 days* sight Private 183 Bombay. Demand Bank 180 J Do. 3 days’ sight. Private IS3 Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    134 2 Penang, 19th August. Isn; Tin 832 60 sellers, f Trang out of season. Black Pepper West ('oast 28 sellers. P A<-Iie”ll tilti 1125 do. White Peppe; 1420 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. I x -Allers. Mace Pickings (5 do. Nutmegs h“ do. No. I
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    77 2 Mails close Tq-mokkow I' oe Per "tr. 'l'inte. Pangkor and T Anson Canton 2 P.M. Singapore Neibmiila 4 p m. Singapore Amigo 9 a m. Friday. 21st Klang an 1 Malacca Teutonia Noon. Deli Ho Kwei 2 P.M. Pangkor. Teluk Amon and Port Dickson Per»e 2 P.M. Etlie,
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    50 2 I ROM < AL.'l TI'A —s. s Si'i Sang to-dav. 1 rom Singapore s. s. M. Racgueheui today. s. s. M'rzapore. X s.s Tetarton on Friday, and s. s. Li ihfitimj on Saturday. I KoM Ran.joon s. s. I'ropontin on Saturday. From Hamburg s. s Irene on
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    40 2 LONDON. 18th August, 1896. Crete. Greek volunteers with artillery have lauded near Candia. Yacht Collision. The Emperor of Germany’s yacht Meteor while racing at Southsea collided with the Isolde, smashing its mainmast and killing her owner, Baron Zedwitz.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    712 2 LO CAL AND GENERAL. The Hon. the Resident Councillor is to-dav holding a Consular Court at Kota in Kedah, and to-morrow will hold his quarterly inspection at Butterwmth. The homeward P O. mail steamer \lirzafore v.ill have Singapore for Penang I to-day. The B I. steamer Nerbudda arrived this morning
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    THE ST. GEORGE'S GIRLS' SCHOOL CONCERT.
    95 2 THE ST. GEORGE'S GIRLS SCHOOL CONCERT. We learn that the. sum of 8334 has already been paid by Mrs. Shearwood to the Trustees, being net proceeds of Saturday’s Concert. As some of the tickets were 50 cents, and soldiers 25 cents, this shows how many tickets must have been taken.
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    90 2 The following ties will be played this afternoon Double Handicap. Sem'.-final Tie. Capt. Fletcher and W. H. Bell and Lieut. Leach. j x (E. W. Cooley. Mixed Doubles. Final Tie. Miss Jones and Miss Hogan and E. A. B. Brown j ls (E. Shropshire. The ties fixed
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    THE ACHEEN WAR.
    260 2 On the 7th instant, three regiments with artillery started from Kruug Raba, an advanced post, to attack Lepoug, Umar’s stronghold. Another regiment remained behind at Krung Raba. The road to Lepong lav along a mountain pass, guarded by torts which had been kept under bombardment by inen-of-war
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    THE QUEEN’S REIGN.
    33 2 London, 12th August. Sir Matthew White Ridley has been commanded by the Queen to intimate her desire that no celebration shall take place until she has actually reigned sixtv vears.
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    THE “ANCHISES” DISASTER.
    56 2 THE ANCHISES” DISASTER. Rangoon Times. The proceedings of the recent court of enquiry into the loss of the steamer Anchises has engaged the attention of the Local Government, who, as the vessel was outside port limits when the disaster took place, have sent them to the Board of Trade in
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    THE BURMAH RAILWAYS.
    169 2 Sir Cecil Clementi Smith is on the Directorate of the new Burma Railways Co., Ltd. The R ngoon Gazette thinks that belief in the great future of Burma was not the secret of the great success in placing the two millions of capital for the Burma Railways
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    THE CHARTERED COMPANY ENQUIRY.
    38 2 London, 12th August. The House of Commons have appointed a Committee of Enquiry into the rule of the Chartered Company and the Jameson raid. The Committee will consist of fifteen members, inclding Mr. Labouchere.
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    THE TRADE MISSION TO CHINA.
    40 2 London, J 2th August. The mission organized by the Blackburn Chamber of Commerce to develop the cotton trade with China sails on the 22nd instant, via Vancouver, and will occupy three vears in their investigations.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM
    38 2 (From our Correspondent i batu gaj ah. 19th August Inspector Brewer has been 4al bed by a Malay prisoner Tunbalada. He was pierced i n arm with a weapon which a penetrated the side slight] v.
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    618 2 TELEGRAPHIC EXCHA NGES. Via Rangoon.) THE MATABELE RISING. London, Auaud 9,—Gi-ncr.l r b natives are inclined to make peace. THE SOUDAN. London, Avgust 10.— An Italian seized the Dutch steamer Doelwvk <ft T I coast of Erythrea with a cargo of riffo a I ammunition on board ostensibly bon,'?? I
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    PASSENGERS.
    71 2 Arrivals. To-day. jPer s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli: MiF °Per B. I. s. s. yerbudda from' KaR 7? Messrs Khoo Cliean Hoe and Tai Gun ...Il .1 t tie We read in a home papei j||g. Town Council of Melrose present''' ,j minated address and a sword a'
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      996 2 n/t v G New advertisements. Pritchard bo. HOUSE No. 7, Logan Road. Entry from Ist September. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. Apply to SANITWONGSE. Pen mg, 19th August, 1896. 467 WE beg to call special attention to our Stock of High Class Woollen Goods, GLEN LINE. one of the largest and best selected
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      208 2 TO LET. <). 32. I‘i itAK Road. Entry from Ist August, 1896. Apply to TAN kang hock, 433 343, Reach Street. Mr. L. BOZZO, Nn. 4103, CH ULI A STREET. Repairing and Bronzing of Firearms also SEWING MACHINES and BICYCLES. Good work guaranteed. 424 CARD. Mr. James R. T. s
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    261 3 (From our Contemporaries H M S. Battler left on Monday on a xl up the East Coast of the Peninsula, j ip. Pahang, Trengganu and Kelantan. Mr K Summers, who recently joined m\sis Gilfil |au Wood and Co., died on L.nd iV evening at Nassim Lodge, the resPnce
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    251 3 Mining in Kuala Pilah. Gold. The District Officer in his June repott writes: I found Mr Da Pra, of the Batu Bersawali Gold Mining Syndicate, at Kuala Pilah on inv return from Terentong, and he informed me that everything excepting the foundation for the engine would be ready
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    THE SITUATION IN CRETE.
    272 3 London, August 10. Thousands of Christians are emigrating from Crete to Greece. It is reported at Athens that the Mussulmans have butchered twenty-five Christians near Candia and burned a priest alive. CONSTANTNOPLE. August 10. Zilini Pacha, Governor of Broussa, and Ikiadis Pacha, a high legal official,
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    82 3 Wednesday. 19th Town Band. Esplanade, 5 p. m. High water at New Jetty, 8-23 a.M. and 8- p.m. Thursday. 20th Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardeas 9 p.m. High water at New Jetty. 9-16 a.m. and 9- p.m. BJDAY. 21ST High water at New Jetty, 10-09
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    THE INDIAN BUDGET.
    372 3 The Secretary of State and Lord Wolseley. executive and judicial offices. London. August, 4th. In the Commons last night, the Secretary of State for India presented the Indian Budget. In doing so he eulogised the frugality and excellent financial control exercised by the Indian Government. He claimed
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    KUMAR SHUT RANJITSINHJI.
    563 3 How many people know the story of how Kumar Shri Ranjitsinhji became a cricketer? It is barely seven years since the young Guzerati Prince—then only seventeen —first held a bat. He had just come over with two other students of the same high caste to go through
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    THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF INDIA.
    473 3 (Madras Times.) The Pioneer is able to offer a little information on the proceedings of the Central Committee of the Pasteur Institute. Our contemporary, after noticing that a meeting of the committee will be held at Simla on the 10th instant, goes on to say
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    RAIN GAMBLING.
    732 3 Rain gambling has become quite an institution in Calcutta, and has successfully defied hitherto the attempts of moral legislators to suppress it. It is said that Sir Alexander Mackenzie is bent on putting a stop to it, but that the Marwaris, the chief supporters of the gambling, with
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    FASHION IN DRINKS.
    231 3 Friend of India. Ale, beer, porter, and t other fermented liquors would seem to be going rapidly out of favour in India. For the last three years the imports of these once universally consumed liquors have shown a steady decrease in the port of Bombay. The teetotallers,
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    SHIPPING.
    235 3 Arrivals. To-n v s. 8. Jlok Canton from Edie. P. A O. s. s. Sunda from Singapore. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli. B. I. s. s. Nerbudda from Rangoon. Yesterday. s. s. Good Luck from Klang, s. s. Flying Fish from Port
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    210 3 (Slrails Times, 15th August.) Jelebiis ($5 |»<l.) S3.UO Kiiulis 13 lo p<).) $5.2(1 buyers. A‘l fully paid $8.50 Punjoius ($4 pd.) SI3J Pahang <*orp. (JCI p<l.) $5 sales. Maynard A Co. fSIDO pd.) <3O Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 Pengeraiigs ($5O |>d.) ?67, Straits Insiiiain-e
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      163 3 Co. CLARETS JUST RECEIVED CHOICE WINES at exceptionally Low Prices. Pinta yrts. DOMAINE Vdoz. $3.-85 BOURG >.50 t; BERGASSE k- 7 BASMEDOC d-50 VERTHEUIL <>— s ĕ MOULIS 12 z ST. ESTEPHE 8.5011 ST. JULIEN MEDOC.. 10.50 18 m 2 CHATEAU PEYRAGUEY >. -20 m PONTET CANET -24 g DOMAINE
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      607 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. i PPLICATTONS for the appointment of Engine Driver for Steam Roller, at a salary of $35 a month, will be received bv the undersigned up to 4 o’clock p.m. on Thursd iv, the 27ih instant. Applications should be endorsed “Application lor appointment of Engine Driver.” Canvassing will render
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      162 3 TO LET. QURAW'ONGSEE HOUSE, Anson Road, lio 435 Apply to A. G. MACKIE. TO LET. QUFFOLK HOUSE. Aier Itam Road. 0 Apply to ALLEN A KENNEDY. TO LET. VO. 12, Clove Hall Road. Entry from LN Ist August, 1896. Apply to HYE KEE CHAN, 399 No. 31, Beach Street. SALET
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      306 4 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER .9, Union Street, CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Sai ismi, IR. BELILIOS begs to inform the i> n lie that since inferior Ciuslied I is offered for sale in the PetiHng M,,,,,.. at low prices, the undersigned liefer to (hamattention to liis
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