Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 August 1896

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DA.IL'ST. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. co C:NTS. VOL. LIV. THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1896. No. 169.
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      544 1 Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 'I'HE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outj wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Oat war ds. Homewards. Aug. 29 Mirzapore Aug. 21 1,1 Sept 12 Ravenna Sept. 3 M ,n 26 Rosetta 17 Kaiser-i-Hind 31 24 Rohilla Oct. 14 N ’°v.
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      1503 1 SRtnmntf TofttEK BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.), I BANKS. PP 3 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank! 0 U E A N st=n S o H JJan C S Y NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing corporation. SHIP COMPANY. Ltd Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. p,,,,.,., CIpIIJL SIO.OOO,OOO. xr
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      754 1 NEDERLASBSIfIE EANDEI MAATSCBAH’W (Nctherland Trading Society.) T •tnh.’Jsh?'! 7S2*-. Paid-up Capital f 35.783,000 Reserve Funds f 2.282,814.38| Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjiiatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Penang. 20th August. 1896. Rates close as follows London. Demand Bank 2/11 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/ljf Do. 3 Credit2/1 A-j Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 180£ Do. 3 days' sight Private 183 Bombay. Demand Bank 180. J Do. 3 days' sight Private I*3 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    131 2 Penang, 20th August. 189 Tin 832 75 sellers. C Trang out of season. Black Pepper West Coast 028 sellers A»4ie»-n till» 11 40 do. White Pepper 14*40 do. Cloves (picked) mit of season. Mace No. 1 se||e Mace Piekines '5 d > N ntniegs 70 <1 >
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    50 2 Mails close To-mokk<>w Fu> Per str Titim. Ceylon, Australasia. Ac., rot Brindisi for Euix»jh‘. Ac Mirzapore 8-'tO a M. Klang an Malacca Teutonia Noox. Deli Ho Kwei 2 P.M. Pangkor. T«4uk Anson ami Port Dickson Perse 2 P.M. E<lie. Telok Semawe, Segli and Oleh'.eh II Canton 3 P.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    45 2 From Singapore s. h. Lindnla. s. s. Te- trios to-morrow, ami s. s. 1. </htain</ on Saturday I ROM Rangoon s. h. Filijettrick aud s. s. I'roiHatlis on Saturday. From Suez >. s. Java on Monday. From Ha.mhvrg h. s /reae on Saturday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    53 2 LONDON 19th August, 1896. The Troubles in Crete. The Russian press unanimously accuse Great Britain of fomenting trouble in Crete to divert the attention of Europe. The Silver Market. The fall in silver is ascribed to American dealers unloading heavy stock because they have abandoned all hope of
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    THE QUEEN’S REIGN.
    617 2 Although we may take it for granted that, according to Her Majesty's express desire, the celebration of the great event that finds its completion on the 23rd of next iimnlli. will lie postponed until the 20th of June 1897, we cannot do better at the present time
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    332 2 The price of Langkat oil has risen 20 cts. since yesterday. Yet another case of possession of a false datching came before the Magistrate this morning. The Chinaman was fined 812. Four Chinese were to-day fined 810 each, and twenty others $5 each, for gambling. The informer
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    P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    317 2 Ladies and Gentlemen’s Double Handicap. Final Tie. Miss Jones and E. A. B. Brown—played Miss Hogau and E. Shropshire yesterday afternoon, before a large concourse of spectators, and secured this event by winning two sets to love. Score 6-5, 6-2. The play at first was somewhat weak,
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    THE NEGAPATAM MAIL.
    132 2 (To th> Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Dear Sir. Will you kindly correct your statement made in yesterday’s paper, that the s. s. Secundra on her last trip arrived too late at Negapatam to catch the mail train to Bombay. The s. s. Secundra arrived and delivered
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    PASSENGERS.
    36 2 Arrivals. Y esterday. Per s. s. Teutonia from Klang: Mr. Leech. Per s. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld: Messrs. Shaw and Hill Per s. s. Langkat from Tongkah Mr. Webber Jnr. and Mra. Webber.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    82 2 Thursday, 20th Town Band, Datu Kramat Garde»» 9 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 9-16 a.m. and 9- p.m. Friday’. 21st High water at New Jetty, 10-09 a. m. and 10- p m. Saturday, 22nd Town Band. Golf Club. High water at New Jetty, 11-02
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    20 2 (From our Corr EBpon TELUK ANSON. 20th August. 'l’he shipments to-day are— To Penang, 1,634 pikuh of tlt
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    THE P.C.C. TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    262 2 (To the Editor of the Pi niing Q SlR,—bl y..ur issue of yesterday y,*/*' good enough t.. devote valuable s,‘.. list of tennis ii.-s fi X( .d f t )P Those ties w.-ro posted at the p avi] M, da y Your annauntH? Tuesday’s n-sue that
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    THE NEW PARIS AMBASSADOR.
    245 2 Lord Salisbury has decided to appr; Sir Edmund Monson, at present Bn Ambassador at Vienna, io succeed Lr Dufferin as British Ambassador in P This decision is considered a verv pr one, for the appointment is not Ln.-; over to some individual outside the Ser who
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    THE CHRISTIANS OF CRETE.
    356 2 According to a recent Reuter’s telegram thousands of the Christians of Crete are migrating to Greece. This is perhaps w most sensible wav out of their Seeing that the total population <’f C: B under three hundred thousand, au-i Christians are only a part < f
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      1181 2 n i i v rf New Advertisements. pritcnard bo. ktsr •■'ENDERS for the construction of the 1 abutments for the new Juru Bridge in TAILORING DEPARTMENT. P‘o'in*ce Wellesley m concrete, and iilbblemasonry, will be received at the Hon’ble the WE beg to call special attention to our Resident Cotim-Tor's Office
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      218 2 Kerr Stuart’s Penang Steam Tramways, Ltd. ATOTIt ’E is her» •by given that Mr. Robert Young has been appointed Attorney ot the alxive 'ompaiiv. Kerr Stuart's Steam Tramways, Ltd, Bv their Atiornev A Grant MAt'KIE. Mr. L. BOZZO, No. lit nl. CH ULI A STREET. Repairing and Bronzing of Firearms
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    GOD SAVE THE QUEEN.
    1020 3 (Daily T- legraph.) ,).i the 23id day of September next, her i\i ijrstv the Q'leen —who may heaven long |A e —will have reigned for a greater l 'eri<>d than any other Sovereign in the long crlorious annals of our British Kings ■nd Queens. The knowledge
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    TOPSY-TURVEYDOM IN THE STATES.
    998 3 (Englishman.) It is evident that American politics are subject to the same influences as have been at work in England, and that disintegration of parties is at present the order of the day across the Atlantic. Hitherto the Presidential I Election may be said, generally speaking,
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    THE STUDY OF AFRICAN SUBJECTS.
    241 3 Slowly and surely, says the Daily Telegraph, the truth is forcing itself into the mind of the community that Europe is played out. And it is not America that is to succeed it, but Africa. Au instance of the decadence of the Old World and
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    ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL.
    287 3 The monthly general meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bengal was held on the sth August, Dr. A. F. R. Hoernle being in the chair. The first paper read was by Mr. S. E. Peal and dealt with Some traces of the Kol-Mon-Assam in the Eastern
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    THE BANK OF BOMBAY.
    254 3 Bombay. August 6. At the yearly meeting of- the Bank of Bombay this afternoon a dividend of 10 per cent, per annum was declared, together with a bonus of one per cent., and lakhs of rupees was added to the reserve fund, bringing the fund uf>
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    FAR EASTERN TELEGRAMS.
    187 3 Formosan Affairs. Tokio, July 29. —It is reported that the Government has decided to make Kelung a naval station, and Takow a commercial port. The Government has decided to augment the Formosa garrison by another brigade, thus making the total lour brigades. A mixed brigade will be
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    107 3 THE FAMOUS MINGUN BELL. The Irrawaddy Flotilla Company have successfully placed the famous Mingun bell in position, and on the 13tb iust. it was rung for the first time for very many years. It is just a hundred years since this great bell was cast. the mints. The
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    SHIPPING.
    256 3 Arrivals. To-day. s s. M. Bacqut hem from Singapore s. s. Took Ching from Langkat. s s. Sui Sang from Calcutta. s 8 Maha I ajtrunhis from Padang. s. s. Mogul from Suez. Y ESTERDAY. s. s. Teutonia from Klang. s. s Flying Dragon front Port Weld. s. 8.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    205 3 (Straits l unes, 17th AugUBT.) Jelflius ($5 p<l.) $3.00 Rauhs 13 10p<l.) $5.20 -El fully paid $8.50 Punjoms ($4 pd.) $13.) Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) ?5 sales. Maynard A Co. ($lOO p-l.) $3O Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 (sso pd.) ?(>7l sales. Straits Insurance (s2b
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      398 3 PENANG TURF CLUB. 4 SPECIAL General Meeting will be Li. held at the Chamber of Commerce on Friday, the 21st August, 1896, at 4 p.m., for the purpose of decidingas to the Griffins for the January Meeting. It is proposed to have Australian Horses, Galloways or Ponies at a subscription
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      485 3 ITOTICE. IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices will be held in the Court of Requests at 2.30-p.m., on Fridav, the 28th August, 1896. for the 'purpose of consid.ring l he undermentioned applications mid r T.ic Lijujrs Ordinance No. XI of 1894 T A.
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      1591 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS TTUEZ To be had at JIESSBB theanche^Tco. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BEOS. THEAN SLEW Co. SOLE IMPORTERS—*FTATg BROTHEfifi GOON YEN FRIENDS. m •wwr tel HIN LEE A Co. fr"”** RIppiNGiLLE’S iT s* BEER! BEER!!
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      302 4 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER .9, Union Street, Penang. CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Saiishk), T R. BELILIOS begs to inform t| le JL. lie that Binee inferim Cn ls e( j isoffeied for wale in the IV| lfin HI at low price.-, f he undersigned beast,,
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