Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 August 1896

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 9.0 CENU. VOL. LIV. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 28, 1896. No. 164.
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      611 1 sapping Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Ifrp rpHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive out- < wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following ateS Outwards. Homewards. lu<r 29 I Ravenna Sept. 3 iUa Sent 12 i Rosetta 17 M’b’ 26 Kaiser-i-Hind 31 JfcW o'’® 0 Oct 9 Rohilla
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      1321 1 £Bwmna (Hotter BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. SI KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank’OCEETSTS0 CE E T S TS N S o H JE P AN CO S E P A A r- NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer»,
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      616 1 KEDERLARfiSIIIE HAHDKL- KAAISChAH'iJ (Netherland Trading Society!) Established 182-1. Paid-up Capital Reserve Funds /2,282,814.381 Head Office in Amsterdam. 1 Hiad Agency in Netherlands Indin.— The Factorij of the Nedertendsyhe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Soui-abaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongar. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union Bank
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 2 Penang, 26th August. 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/1 f Do. 4 months’sight Bank 2/l| Do. 3 Credit 2/1 Do. 3 Documentary 2/1 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 181 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 185 Bombay. Demand Bank 181 Do. 3 days'sight Private I*s Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    127 2 Pknang, 26th August. 18»; Tin $32 50 sellers. (Trang out of season. Black Pepper < West Coast 960 »eller-< (A'dieen Oll< 11 50 do. White Pepper 1420 do. Cloves (picked) ••ut o'season. Mace No. 1 sellers. Mace Pickings i’5 do Nutmegs 70 d No. 1 5i do
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    48 2 Mails close T<»-m<>kk<>w Ear Per str. Tiw Lankat Qtorra .11 am. Siugajstre Dean 11 AM. Deli Langkat 1 P.M. Pangkor AT. Anson Caniott 2 pm. Friday, 28th. Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noon. The P. A O. mail steamer Rohilla left Colombo for Penang at noon yesterday.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    16 2 From Rangoon—B. I. s. s. Colaba tomorrow. From Calcutta —s. s. Kangra to-morrow.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    369 2 LONDON, 25th August, 1596. Zanzibar. The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead. Said Kalid has proclaimed himself Sultan. He lias seized and barricaded, the palace, and has command of seven hundred armed men. The I’hilomel, Thttish and Sparrow have landed men and tire waiting for orders. Trouble is feared.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    411 2 The B. I. steamer Colaba is expected from Rangoon to-morrow with 6,000 bags of rice and bran for this port. The P. O. mail steamer Bohilla left Colombo for Penang at noon yesterday, ami may be expected hereon Saturday evening. We hear that, owing to his prolonged
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    THE APPEAL COURT.
    160 2 Owing to the illness of Mr. Justice Law, there was no sitting of the Court of Appeal yesterday. There are three criminal appeals in the list in which points have been reserved for the full Court of Appeal, and in which it is necessary to have all
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    THE DURBAR.
    179 2 (Selangor Journal.') The formal inauguration of the Federation of the Protected Malay States has now been definitely fixed to take place on 15tb September and the four following days. A Committee, consisting of several gentlemen, official and private, has been formed to make and carry out the necessary
    (Selangor Journal.')  -  179 words
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    HEALTH OF PENANG IN 1895.
    615 2 (From Report by Dr. T. S. Kerr, Colonia Sjirgeon.) The public health may be regarded from two standpoints, viz. —(a) the actual mortality, calculated on the number of deaths registered (b) the sick rate. In the absence of any system of registration of disease, economically
    (From Report by Dr. T. S. Kerr, Colonia Sjirgeon.)  -  615 words
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    20 2 (From our Correspondent j TELUK ANSON. 26th August. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 336 pikuls of ti„.
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    THE ACHEEN DISTURBANCES.
    367 2 The recently published N| in 11,e Won/, lwrhi „*>l treacherous behaviour of the re i > '"t Tunku Oimr, I.as raised a fresh .'j fthe Dutch Press respecting tb e entn?'^ ln upon which the administration of tl )e N'.o lands Goveri nient in Atjeh rests b-ginning
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    240 2 (Selangor Journal, 21st August.) It hits Let'll decided to erect the large and oriiamenlul fountain for the town of Kuala Lumpur in front of the Central Market. It is hoped that the new Recreation Club House may be ready for the use of members l>y the middle of
    (Selangor Journal, 21st August.)  -  240 words
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    PASSENGERS.
    80 2 I rrivals. To-day. Per s. s Hebe from Singapore: "r. and Mrs. Merten iito 1 Messrs. Aritis and Alexander. Per B. I. s. s. Secundra from Singapore Mrs. Bacon. Yesterday. Per s f. Hetsy from Teluk Anson: Messra Osborne. White, and Corteling. Per s. a. I.angkat from Deli: Mrs.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK
    107 2 Wednesday, 26th Town Band. Esplanade, sp.m. High water at New Jetty. 2-12 a.m. in 2- p.m. Thursday. 27th Town Band, Datu Kramat Garden’ 5 P.M. i High water at New Jetty, 3-05 A. M. >* 3- pm. Friday, 28th r Special Meeting of the Municipal
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      432 2 Pritchard Co. TAILORINGJEPARTMENT. WE beg to call special attention to our Stock of High Class Woollen Goods, one of the largest and best selected in the East. DRESS SUITINGS. A fine range of these goods at prices from $4O, complete suit. COATINGS. Black, Blue Fancy Cashmeres Vicunas. SUITINGS. Fancy Tennis
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      742 2 NOTICES. I BUKIT MAS NORTH GOLD MINIMU Co., Limited OTICE is hereby given that the Ordinary Yearly Meeting of Shareholders will be held at the Registered*Office of the Companv, No. 9, Weld Quay, Penang, on Tuesday, the Bth September, 1896, at 1 p in. precisely. By Order of the Board
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      234 2 TO LET. THE “TOWERS” Anson Road. 1 435 Apply to R. YOUNG. DENTISTRY. DR. S. NEWTON, American Dentist, will be leaving Penang on the 31st August. No accounts opened NOTICE. PENANG TV KF CLUB. SETTLING DAY is fixed for Wednesday, September 2nd. Accounts may be settled at the Chamber of
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    THE LOSS OF THE “ILTIS.”
    1168 3 The German Admiral’s Report. jx quoting the following account of the ivp scenes on the deck of the German runboat litis shortly before she foundered, fndh the Hongkong Daily Presi of the jjith inst., a contemporary writes :—There b e nothing but the deepest admiratpn
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    THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    937 3 Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders. The ordinary half-yearly meeting of the shareholders of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held at Hongkong on the 15th inst. Mr. A. McConachie presided. Mr. T. Jackson (Chief Manager) read the notice calling the meeting. The Chairman, alter
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    AMERICA.
    567 3 The Coming Elections. The Statist, July 25.) The coming elections in the United States will take place early in November. They will be partly Federal and partly State. Leaving the State contests out of account, in November a new President will be chosen a new House of Representatives will
    ( The Statist, July 25.)  -  567 words
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    433 3 Th e medical examination has resulted in the decision that Francois, who fired a revolver at M. Felix Faure on July 14 is not responsible for his acts. He will, therefore, be confined in an asylum. Mr. C. Tripp, of the British Deli and Langkat Tobacco Company, whose
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    AMSTERDAM TOBACCO SALES.
    341 3 The concluding sale of the first and more important half of the season took place on 29th July, when a total of 18,097 bales was put up to tender. Of this 16,975 bales were Sumatra leaf, while Borneo was represented by 1,041 bales, and 81 bales were
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    SHIPPING.
    225 3 rri vats. To-day. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. s s Glenshiel from London. s. s. Hebe from Singapore. B I s. s. Secundra from Singapore. Yesterday. s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. s. s. Langkat from Deli. s. s Qoorra from Langkat. s k. R. Halewyn from Asahan.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    209 3 Ih'ie*. 22nd August.) Jelel.U- ($5 |XI.) S3.UO Rauhs )3 JUpil.) $5.30 n.“> .£1 fully paid $8.50 I’unjoiiis (§4 pd.) ?13J Pahang <'<>rp. iXI pd.) $5 sides. Mayiuird A •'<>. (Sloo j,d. $3O Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) 815 Petigemngf ssOj>d.l ;674 sat«f. Straits Insuraib-e ($Zv p'i.)
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      182 3 TO LET. SUFFOLK HOUSE. Aier Itam Road. Apply to ALLEN KENNEDY, (qogliqg Co. CLARETS JUST RECEIVED CHOICE WINES at exception ally Low Prices. Pint* Qrtc. OOMAINE V<loz.S3—S5 BOURG 3.50 o BERGASSE J BASMEOOC 3.50 8 VERTHEUIL 5— 8 Smoulis 2 z s ST. ESTEPHE 8.5014«° ST. JULIEN MEDOC>. 10.50 18
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      760 3 WOTIOE. IT is hereby notified that a meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices will be held in e the Court of Requests at 2.30 p.m., on Friday, the 28th Angii’t, 1896. for the purpose of consiu'e.ing the undermentioned applications under The Liquors Ordinance No. XI of 1894”: •A. T.
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      75 3 INTERNATIONAL BODEGA AND RESTAURANT. WINES DIRECT FROM THE VINEYARDS. SHERRIES from to $2l per case of 1 doz. PORT from SI 2.75 to $2l per case of 1 doz. Try our No. 7 Port, highly recommended, guaranteed 2U years old. DEWAR’S WHISKY. Don’t forget our light and tuholesome Bodega Beer.
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      1472 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE importers— KATZ BROTHERS. HIN LEE Co. the dispensary, Insurance fllohceb. Insurance (Hoftces. jvi
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      288 4 CARD. C. GILMOUR. CONSULTING ENGINEER -9, Union Street, Penang. CRUSHED FOOD. TRY IT AND YOU WILL BE SaTISHE!.. IR. BELIMOS begs to inform the pnh- lie tliHt since inferioi Crushed |<' onf is offeied for sale in the Penang Matket at low prices, 'he undersigned begs to draw attention to
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