Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 September 1896

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    21 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED NEW SESIES.) ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIV. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1896. No. 202.
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      441 1 loticeise -hr Oriental Steam ligation Company. ,’iIE mail steamers may be L expected to arrive out- U -J s and leave Penang wards, on the following f dates Homewards. nt. 26 Rosetta Sept. 17 Kaiser-i-Hind 31 21 Rohilla Oct. 14 i: Xov. 6 Pekin 28 21 M c Nov. 12
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      419 1 «EDEKLAIiDSUIE HAIWEL EAAISIBAPfU (Ncthcrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital 35,783.U'-'O. Reserve Funds f Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Ned er land ache Handel Maatscbappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 2 Penang, 16th September. 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/0f Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/1 ADo. 3 Credit... 2/lf Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 177 i, Do. 3 days’sight Private 180 Bombay, Demand Bank 177| Do. 3 days’sight Private 180 Madras, Demand Bank 177
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    138 2 Penang, 16th September. 1896. Tin $32.35 sellera. S Trang out of season. Went Coast... 960 seHtA's. Acheen 6lh 11.75 do. White Pepper 15. do Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 B<>. sellers. Mace Pickings... 65 do. Nutmegs 68 do. No. I 050 d>. Sugar 1
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    31 2 Mails close To-morrow For Per str. Time. PangkorA Teluk Anson Canton 2 P.M. The homeward P. A steamer Rosetta is expected to leave Singapore at 4 p. m. today.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    44 2 From Moulmein—s. s. Palamcotta to-mor-row. From Singapore— h s. Pak Shan and s. Medusa, to-morrow and s. s. Rosetta on Friday. From Calcutta—b. b. Kut Sang to-mor-row. From Rangoon—s. b. Shiganoura Marti on Friday. From Hamburg— b. b. Hertha on Saturday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    62 2 LONDON, 15th September, 1896. United States. Mr. Powers, Republican, has been elected Governor of Maine by an immense majority, which is a triumph for the sound money party. The Armenian Agitation. In a letter Mr. Gladstone urges that a great meeting should be held in Liverpool to protest
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    545 2 Another case of small-pox was removed to the Quarantine Station from Chulia Street last night. The steamer Fitzpatrick came in from Rangoon this morning. She brought about 12,000 bags of rice and bran for this port. The question of working cargoes on Sundays and holidays in Bengal
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    ANGLO-CHINESE SCHOOL.
    64 2 The results of the examination of the above School, held on Monday and Tuesday, are as follows Standard. No. of boys. Possible imsses. Passes. I- 55 165 161 11. 73 219 170 111. 72 216 195 IV. 31 93 90 V. 22 110 90 VI. 19 95 58
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    GOLF CLUB LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    163 2 Results of yesterday’s play Ladies’ Doubles. Mrs. Adamson and Miss Biggs 4-15 beat Mrs. Adams and Miss Jones (scratch) 4-6, 6-4, 6-5. Men’s Doubles. A. S. Anthony and A. Durler —3O beat E. A. B. Brown and F. O. Hallifax —15|, 6-2, 6-3. Men’s Singles.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    62 2 The Crown vs. Khoo Swi Bo«k and Low Chang. The following witnesses were called for the prosecution yesterday, viz., Mydin, who is a clerk to Mr. Neubronner, Liin Kek Chuan, two Parsee merchants, a Tamil kraui, and Chief Inspector Fiddes. This closed the case fipr the prosecution which
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    JAMESON'S OFFICERS.
    216 2 of course, a foregone conclusion— Rangoon Times.] London, Sept. 9. Sir John Willoughby, the Hon’ble F. White and the Hou’ble R. White have been retired from the Army with the ordinary privileges of retirement. Dr. Jameson’s other officers will be permitted to return to their regiments. [Dr. Jameson's
    of course, a foregone conclusion—Rangoon Times.]  -  216 words
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    160 2 (Vid Rangoon.) The Tsar. London, September 9.—The Tsar has sailed from Kiel for Copenhagen. The Irish Dynamiters. Gallagher, the released dynamiter, arrived at New York insane, and has been placed in an asylum. Whitehead, who was also released lately, is deranged in mind. The N. W. Frontier. Reuter’s
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    135 2 The Secretary of State is sympathetically disposed in the matter of increasing the number of British officers with Indian troops. The question is one of the highest importance and has already engaged the attention of the Government of India. Calcutta. September 9.—The weather here during the past few
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    THE "ANCHISES."
    187 2 (Rangoon Gazette.) The papers in connection with theQ Court of Enquiry convened on the27tl 1 last to investigate the cause of the J of the s. s. Anchises have been ref nr the Chief Commissioner’s orders The Master of the vessel, Mr Tho was unanimously found guilty Court
    (Rangoon Gazette.)  -  187 words
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    PERAK NEWS.
    680 2 (Perak Government Gazette, 11th Sept Appointments. FEDERAL APPOINTMENTS. Captain H. L. Talbot, Second in Com maud of the Regiment of Malay Guides, left the State for Selangor on tfe 2nd September.—Captain H. C Metcalfe the 58th Regiment, to be a Wing Commander in the Regiment of Malav’ States
    (Perak Government Gazette, 11th Sept  -  680 words
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      287 2 NOTICE. r |IHE interest and responsibility of Ong I Chye Boh otherwise called Ong Chin Chve, in chop Eng Choon of No. 2, Bridge Street, Penang, Rice Dealers and General Traders, ceased as and from 22nd August, 1896. The undersigned will not be responsible for the debts of the said
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    MILITARY RELIEFS.
    159 3 MILITA RY RELIEFS. 1 mid Troop Relief Season for commence on Oct. 1 and end '"igpy On Ihe former date the Feb r 1 Northumberland Fusiliers and ]st bad’ 111 1 f t] ie 2ud battalion Dorset 'leave England for Gibraltar, and M W 1 that'carries out this service t
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    DISASTROUS EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN.
    247 3 SHUiueiu 10.110 r was raging on the same day.—Shanghai Mercury. The Woes of Japan. Wnest sympathy will be felt, by T flE in China with the gallant little fe r e’- liel n f or the series of cruel blows ft’die elements have dealt her this
    SHUiueiu 10.110 r . . . was raging on the same day.—Shanghai Mercury. _________________  -  247 words
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    A NOVEL BOAT RACE.
    431 3 As I came down from Soochow on boat, which was one of a string of seven towed br a steam-tug, I was awakened about midniirht bv suppressed sharp cries, Hi Hoh H h r The tug with its string of houseboats was trving to pass the
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    PASSENGERS.
    21 3 Arrivals. To-day. Prs s. Vidar from Deli: Mr. Martyn Jr., v R. Heme Van Rhyn and Mr. J. W. •'aezer.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    80 3 Wednesday, 16th Town Band. Esplanade, sp. m. ia tmsDAY. 17 TH r Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens t op M. lfiI KAY. 18th High water at New Jetty, 6-37 A.M. and j <-04 p.M. Ba tvrday, 19th Town Band, Golf Club. water at New Jetty,
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    THE REBELLION IN THE PHILIPPINES.
    50 3 Madrid, September 10.—The latest advices from the Philippines state that a stubborn encounter has taken place between rebels and the Spanish troops, in which the former were repulsed with a loss of forty-eight killed. The troops lost eight killed. Large reinforcements have arrived from Spain.
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    DISASTROUS FLOOD AT KOBE.
    428 3 Great Loss of Life. A typhoon made things lively in Kobe on the 28th ultimo, stripping trees of their foliage, blowing down several insecure houses and causing the death, by drowning, of several Japanese, and on shore very extensive damage resulted from floods caused by heavy
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    SNIPE SHOOTING IN CHINA.
    463 3 While out snipe shooting a few Sundays ago, a party of Hongkong gentlemen had a very unpleasant experience. In the course of the afternoon one or two pellets from one vf the guns happened to strike the man who was carrying the refreshment basket. Only one
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    THE MINISTER CRISIS IN JAPAN.
    170 3 Tokio, August 28th. This morning Marquis Ito proceeded to the Imperial Palace and tendered his resignation to the Emperor. At; the audience, Marquis Ito explained that very able statesmen were required for .tlifi.iutniiigement of the country’s financial and foreign affairs. The responsibility and importance of
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    THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
    777 3 “This Magnificent Spectacle.” The Times prints a long and interesting telegram from Vadso in Norway giving an account of the scene there at the critical moment. As the supreme moment of totality approached (says the correspondent) the broad landscape sensibly darkened and the fiord became
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    THE KQLAO-HUI.
    639 3 then punished for becoming so. N. C. Daily News. Execution of a Kolao Chief. On the 24th ultimo there was summarily executed at Hanyang one Liu C’hang-sheng, a nativie of Hunan and one of the principal chiefs ®f the great revolutionary society Kalao Hui. A man of fine
    then punished for becoming so.—N. C. Daily News. .  -  639 words
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    SHIPPING.
    325 3 A r rivals. To-day. b. 8. Vidar from Deli. 8. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. P. O. 8 s. Bombay from Singapore, s. s. Fitzpatrick from Rangoon. Y ESTERDAY. s. s. Deli from Klang. s.s. Flyiny Fish from Port Weld. departures. To-day. P. A O s. s. Bombay for
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    191 3 (Slraits Times, 1 tTH SEPTEMBER.) Jelebiis ($5 p<l.) $3.00 Raabs 13 10 pd.) $5.50 sales. fully paid $8.50 do. Punjoms ($4 pd.) sl3| Pahang Corp. (JEI pd.) $5 sales. Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 -C rs Pengerangs ?5 pd.) .-671 sales. Straits Insurance (S2C pd.)
    (Slraits Times, 1 tTH SEPTEMBER.)  -  191 words
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