Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 January 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section21 1897-01-08 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED D-A.ILT. NEW [PRICE JO CENTS. VOL. lj_ ESTABLISHED 1833. FRIDAY. Bth JANUARY. 1897. No. 6.21 words
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Advertisement578 1897-01-08 1 pipping (Hotter Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. PHE mail steamers may be jVfl expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang I homewards, on the following dateslOutwards. Homewards. 1897. I 1897 11 ivenua Jan. 15 Ganges Jan. 21 Kiisar-i-hiiiil 30 Rosetta. Feb. 4 Rohilla Feb. 2 i Mirzapore 18 Ranges578 words
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Advertisement402 1897-01-08 1 S HI r ?<HIP COMPANY. HbCEAN STEAM NEDERLA*gINY, Ltd. MAATAeI rpHE Companl? I- Liverpool kWl'c,! OCEAAN. and Japan, •0— *—\O-W London everyftßier > tHI despatched from tion for first the Straits, China, ryjrig a Stirgyin* for The Compaiys, and'haie accommodaare despatehe ird clas? passengers, carj every rdese. rang, and o'l402 words
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Advertisement1350 1897-01-08 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONII Nrr4P4TAM S C R? PPIi Hongkong I NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. j n g corporation. Intended Sailiny and expected Arrival of Steamers. i J Paid-cp Capital {10,000,000., For Will sail Steamer From Expected on Reserve Fond 8 6,000,000.1 Reserve Liability of Proprietors 810,000,0001,350 words
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Advertisement655 1897-01-08 1 hfUOElLA’llliUlfi HANDKL HiATSUjAffh (Net her land Trading Society. M Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f Reserve Funds f Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands The Factorij of the Nederlandscha Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.655 words
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Article70 1897-01-08 2 NOTICE. tpICKETS for the Races, to be held on the 1 12th, 14th, and 16th inst., may be had from Messis. Pritchard Co., or on applicati m to the Secretary. Grand Stand Tickets for the Meeting, S 5. Do. do. for each Dav, 82. Public Stand Tickets70 words
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Article123 1897-01-08 2 Penang. Bth January. 1897. Rates close as i ollows: London. Demand Rank 2/1 Do. -I months’sight Bank 2/1 Do. 3 Credit 2/l£ Do. 3 Documentary 2/2 Calcutta. Demand Hank Rs. !<>•> Do. 3 days'sight Private 171 Bombay. Demand Bank H»6 Do. 3 days’sight Private 171 Madras, Demand Bank 16dA123 words
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Article150 1897-01-08 2 Picnang, Bth JiNUary. 1897. Tin 831.90 Trang out of season. Black Pepper West Coast... 960 sellers. I Aeheen 6u> 13. —sellers. White Pepper 13.—sellers. Cloves (picked) $29 00 Mace No. 1 72 —sellers. Mace Pickings. 68— do. Nutmegs .68. do. t No. I 6.50 do. Sugar ~2150 words
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Article36 1897-01-08 2 Mails close To-morrow For Per str Time. Rangoon Victoria 11 am. Ddi Langkat 1 p.m. Klang Good t uck I P.M. Teluk Anson Lady IFe/d) 3 P.M. Singapore Hongkong N Shanghai Priam b p.m.36 words
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Article31 1897-01-08 2 From Liverpool -s s Priam to-day. From Sin*.m ore s hicnehan to-day. s.s Ihbe to-morrow, ami s. s I'. Hock Kian on Sunday From Suez— s. t'aiß»»/'on 'l’nesday.31 words
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Article88 1897-01-08 2 LONDON, 7th Januakt. Hurricane in North Australia A. hurricane has swept over Port Darwin and wrecked the town. Armenians released. All the Armenian prisoners at Constantinople have now been released. The Russell v Scott and others Libel Case. The Russell f. Scott libel case has been stopped by88 words
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1116 1897-01-08 2 THE SING APORE-KRANJI AND PRAIPARIT BUNTAR RAILWAYS. We do not wish to throw any more cold wafer on the scheme of I lie Singapore-Kranji railway, seeing that, as the Prai-Taipiug railway is hung up for a few months, some railway at ouee is better for the Colony than no railway1,116 words
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Article132 1897-01-08 2 On the morning of the 27th .Decern, »1 last a gentleman was arrested by P. C. 4 f Ahmat, and, later on, was cautioned a j discharged by the Magistrate. On the 28th ult. the gentleman in questiq reported to Inspector Black that he had lo|132 words
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Article81 1897-01-08 2 (From a Correspondent.) Mr. F. G. Penney has returned from leave and resumed charge of the Senior District Office. Lhe Chief Police Officer, Penang, and the Assistant Superintendent, P. W pro ceed to-day iu company to the north of the Province on inspection duty. Inspector Holmes of Butterworth81 words
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Article34 1897-01-08 2 Arrivals. To-day. frum Teluk Auson M and Mrs Thoroe Messrs. T. W. Nicholson, W d D m ße£’k C I 4 Yesterday. Per s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld 1 Taylor- r34 words
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Article34 1897-01-08 2 (From our Corkespondk NTB TELUK AN SOX, /th January. e The shipments yesterday To Penang, 1,831 piknis of Bth January e The shipments to-day are—--1 To Penang, 255 pikuls of ti n34 words
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Article672 1897-01-08 2 1 (From, our Lights are now Ireing fix J ()I] light-house at Koh Chui, Gulf ~f s A Bangkok paper appeals to thin]Mr. rage, a lawyer who is on )ls l>t Siam, may perhaps go to the P Malay States. r Niws has been received in Sin</„-.,, r672 words
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Article73 1897-01-08 2 c |on the 2nd instant, four ships left K 1 ’lijah with military forces for L thutbern Aeheen, where, according 'V: Times. Tunku Umar, the Aebvyjheftain. is gaining ground. He <**3ll influence there that the local < 3 ■yjA e not oppose him. The forco way consist of tour73 words
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Advertisement183 1897-01-08 2 Co. f 15, BEACH STREET. Tailoring Department are now showing a Large Stock of New Goods I comprising Racing Silks in all colours. Fancy Tropical Tweed Suitings, latest styles, in single suit lengths. Tropical Homespuns and Cheviots, in self colors, also in new designs. Fancy Tropical Angolas. Fancy Silk Mixtures.183 words
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Advertisement556 1897-01-08 2 New advertisement. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. riVHE Municipal Commissioners of George I Town, Penang, invite tenders for the supply of a certain number of 18 in., 6 in., 4 in., and 3 in. cast iron pipes and special castings. Full particulars can be obtained at the Municipal Engineer’s Office. Tenders, which should556 words
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Advertisement45 1897-01-08 2 POSADA WINE COMPANY. The Largest Wine Shippers in tip East. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau Wines. Liqueurs. Connossieurs are invited to test the above Choice Wines. SOLE AGENTS FOR Dawson’s Whisky, Sloe Gin, &c. Gosling Co. BcacK <4 Union Streets. w-_45 words
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Article303 1897-01-08 3 (Perak Pioneer/) SUGAR-caue planting is not desirable at Matang. —w Ihe Resident-General proceeds to Selau- gor on the 7th inst.* The Secretary to Government accompanies him. Mr. Tregarthen has row been transferred o the Residedt-General’s staff, and will •eturn with him to Selangor. Settlers are coming in fast(Perak Pioneer/) - 303 words
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Article349 1897-01-08 3 11th December. A MEMORIAL to Stevenson, the novelist, is being erected in Edinburgh. At home, affairs generally continue quiet. The Cabinet has met twice, but there is very little stirring in political circles. The three great English racing yachts will m.t go to the Mediterranean this year namelv.349 words
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152 1897-01-08 3 Hanover Square, which has recen V suffered from a conflagration, was one o Viftv churches built by Act of Parliament £ly m the eighteenth century. It was consecrated in 1724, the architect being John James, and its portico was considered one of the finest in152 words
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Article161 1897-01-08 3 Though the preliminary vote for the railway across Singapore Island has been carried through the Council, opinions do not seem to be entirely An its Tavour. With more lroin the Government of the day, accordinj' ilo the L. C. Express, the line would prophbly have been built161 words
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287 1897-01-08 3 On Friday last, New Year’s Day, a Gymkhana meeting was held at Sa,. A*., a. »ViilT the exception of a shower late in the afternoon, fine weather prevailed, and the course was in excellent condition. The racing was fairly good, but there were no287 words
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Article215 1897-01-08 3 The torpedo destroyers Hart and Handy arrived at Hongkong on the 24th December. General Polavieja was sworn in as Gov-ernor-General of the Philippines on the 13th December, the function being attended with great ceremony. General Blanco, the retiring Governor-General, left by the Leon XIII. on215 words
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Article226 1897-01-08 3 The Singkep Tin Company has issued its annual report. Although the tin price is reduced, the preceding year closed with a larger profit, ow ng to the larger production and more ecor jmy in the expenses. The profit obtained was#fl. 124,220 of which f 1.47,345 will226 words
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Article42 1897-01-08 3 The P. and O. Company is sending Bengal coal to Aden as well as to Colombo and Bombay, and Messrs. Andrew Yule and Co. are about to ship a cargo of between 5,000 to 6,000 tons for the first-named port.42 words
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Article38 1897-01-08 3 The President of the Republic of Liberia, the Hon. Joseph Cheeseman, died at Monrovia on 11th November. Vice-President the Hon. William David Coleman took the oath of office as President on 13th November.38 words
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Article61 1897-01-08 3 The custom amongst the beggars of Shanghai in cold weather is to eat a certain quantify of Hung Fei or red arsenic, once or twice a day, in proportion to the severity of the weather, as this arsenic is said to give either artificial heat to the61 words
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Article66 1897-01-08 3 The serious change for the worse which has, according to report, recently taken place in Lord Rosmead’s health, occasions his friends much anxiety; and in official quarters it is now regretfully recognized, says the Manchester Guardian, that it is no longer possible to ask him to continue making66 words
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84 1897-01-08 3 A Chinese merchant at Canton having petitioned for leave to establish a match factory at Canton and for the materials to be exempted from likin, the Government, says the N. C. Herald, have granted the requisite permission, and in order to assist him further have84 words
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Article113 1897-01-08 3 The following remarks from a Bombay correspondent illustrate the present condition of things in that city —The plague numbers more victims daily, and all communities are trying to leave the city as fast as they can. Business is very much at a standstill, and it is113 words
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Article104 1897-01-08 3 One of the most commendable methods by which it is proposed to celebrate the sixtieth year of Her Majesty’s reign is that of a Committee, of which the Duke of Westminster is Chairman, to raise a national fund for extending aud endowing in perpetuity Queen Victoria’s Jubilee104 words
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Article132 1897-01-08 3 Mr. Dalrymple-Clarke, Superintendent. Government Keddahs, has made a most successful drive in the Garo Hills, a held of some sixty wild elephants being stockaded on the 20th inst. The scene was magnificent. The drive took place in the early morning by moonlight, and the herd132 words
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Article295 1897-01-08 3 In the account given by the N. C. Herald of the proceedings at a recent meeting of the Shanghai Debating Society the following characteristic story is told by one of the members In conclusion, I will relate a story of an artful old darkey who was295 words
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Article301 1897-01-08 3 Much confusion exists in the popular mind about the relations His Majesty, the King, sustains to his father, the National Grand Duke or Tai Won Kun. That is, most people fail to see why the son should be king and not the father. A few words,301 words
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Article525 1897-01-08 3 For the third year in succession the Viceroy’s Cup —the blue ribbon of the Indian turf—lias been won by an English horse, and for the second year in succession the wellknown sportsman, the Maharajah of Patiala has had the pleasure of leading in the525 words
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Article214 1897-01-08 3 trrhals. To-day. s', s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s Hok CanKn from Olehleh. B. 1. s. s. Neiv Guinear from Calcutta. s. s. Banjermassin from Singapore. s. s. Chwnshan from Singapore. Y ESTERD AY. s. s. Marg Austin from Teluk Anson, s s. Artsadong from Padang. s.214 words
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Article203 1897-01-08 3 (Strails I'inies, oTH JANUARY.) JelelxiH (.s.'» pd.) .'2.70 iiaui-s (13 lo p-t.)... sales. fully pai-l $11.25 Punjoms (s!■ pd.) $l3 Pahang Corp. (JGI pd.) $4.). Pataling Coffee Co. ($45 pd.) $5O sales. t’engeian-p. ($5O pd.) >55 Straits Insurance (s2u pd.) $26 salt’s. Straits h ires ($2O pd.)203 words
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Advertisement74 1897-01-08 3 INTERNATIONAL BODEGA T)EF()RE buying your reejuire--1) incuts for this festive season, Try our fine old PORT and SHERI;V. We defy Competition. Per case. Sherries from $12.7-) to $2l Port, red white 16.50 21 Fine Old Madeira $l9. per case Fine Old Marsala 16.50 Muscatel 12.75 Old Red Malaga 16.50 Bodega74 words
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Advertisement339 1897-01-08 3 SCOTCH V/HISKY. Always drink the Best and preserve your I leaith. This you can do by drinking 1 Ferguson’s Special L .1 Cream Breadalbane. w SCOTCH WHISKY. THE VERY BEST PEG WHISKY IN THE MARKET. VERY OLD. WELL MATURED IN SHERRY CASKS. Per Case of 1 doz. bottles, duty paid,339 words
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Advertisement81 1897-01-08 3 FOR SALE or TO LET. r pWO Spacious Houses close to Govern--1 ment Offices, Batu Gajah. For particulars apply to 640 J. HARF LEET, Batu Gajah. FOR SALE. ONE Australian Bay Horse, six years old, 14.2, with Dogcart and Harness complete. Price $450. Any trial allowed, 701 H. J. MARTYN,81 words
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Advertisement1894 1897-01-08 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. M =s?ll A ?H i E |°rco peM M Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 1 mm a STITS U l.m* THEAN SIEW Co. SOLE IMPORTERS KrATZ BROTHERS, GOON YEN FRIENDS. HIN1,894 words
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Advertisement129 1897-01-08 4 Robinson Co., SINGAPORK. Dressmaking, Millinery, Hosiery and Gloves, e Ribbons and Laces, Underclothing Manchester Goods, .Evening and Walking Shoes, Xace Curtains Tailoring, Outfitting, Rngs and Shawls, Electro-plated Ware, Steel Trunks Sheffield Cutlery, Cricket Goods, and Tennis Goods Sole Agents: Singer’s Sewing Machines Wingfield ft Pnwhot.ha.mß fntlprv The Raglan Cycle Co129 words
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