Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 January 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-01-12 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED D-A-ILV. NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. [Pfl/CE 20 CENT& VOL. LV. TUESDAY, 12th JANUARY. 1897. No. 9.22 words
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Advertisement549 1897-01-12 1 pipping .Uoftcee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. 1897. f 1897 Jlavenna Jan. 15 Ganges Jan. 21 Kaisar-i-hind „30 Rosetta Feb. 4 Rohilla Feb. 12 Mirzapore 18 Ganges 27 Ravenna Mar. 4549 words
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Advertisement1361 1897-01-12 1 SEwmna (Hotter. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. 5 drew». KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. ttori[M rAq M^rß.M i t /ACEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hon k ?"J £J^ a "ghai BankVJ EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000.1,361 words
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Advertisement452 1897-01-12 1 BEDEKLAtiDSIHE HAKPKL MAATSCiIAffU (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,0( 0 00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38 j Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,452 words
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Article118 1897-01-12 2 Pknang. 12th January. 1>97. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months' sight Bank Do. 3 Credit Do. 3 Documentary 212 Calcutta, Demand. Bank Rs. 16 t Do. 3 days’sight Private 171 Bombay, Demand Bank 16 J Do. 3 days'sight Private... 171 Madras, Demand Bank 165 Do.118 words
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Article146 1897-01-12 2 Pknang, 12th January. 1897. Tin 831.90 f Tnmg out of season. Black Pepper’ West Coast... 960 sellers. Aeheen 6H> 13.—sellers. White Pepner 13.25 sellers. Cloves (picked).. $29.00 Mace No. 1 72 —sellers. Mace Pickings... 68— do. Nutmegs 68. do. I No. I 6.50 do. Sugar’ 2.. 385146 words
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Article117 1897-01-12 2 Mails close To-morrow For Per str. Time. Langkat Perse ...11 A.M. Langkat Jin Ho 1 P.M. Klang Good Luck I P.M. Deli Ho Kwei 2 p.m. Teluk Anson Lady Weld 3 p.m. Thursday. 14th. Deli Langkat 1 P.M. Pangkor A T-luk Anson Canion 2 p.m Madras. Ac., taking117 words
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Article31 1897-01-12 2 From Rangoon—s. s. Jara to-day. and 8. s. Bhtnulara to-morrow From Suez —a. s. Canton to-day. From Singapore b. b PuadMa to-morrow, and s s. Goalpara on Thursday.31 words
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Article49 1897-01-12 2 LONDON, 11 th Januabt. Tenders for India BillsTenders are invited, to be sent in by the 19th instant, for India Bills *to the amount of one million sterling, payable at three, six, or twelve months. CubaThe Cuban insurgents are demoralized, owing to their munitions having become exhausted.49 words
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Article480 1897-01-12 2 Our attention has been called to a species of gambling which is being carried on daily, Sundays ami holidays excepted, in Beach Street in the vicinity of the Tin Sales’ Room, behind the godowns of Messrs. Katz Bros., by several classes of Chinese, Klings, and480 words
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Article319 1897-01-12 2 Several cases of plague have occurred among Europeans in Bombay, but so far not one has proved fatal. The s. 8. Ho Kwei came out from Dock yesterday, and will resume her run to Deli to-morrow. The s s. Rosa, which has hitherto been running between this319 words
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Article192 1897-01-12 2 {To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.’ 1 Sir, —I thought that the hint you gave in a recent issue of the possible return of Mr. Dudley Hervey to this Colony as Resident Councillor of Penang would have caused an outburst of protests in your columns. I192 words
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Article179 1897-01-12 2 (From a Correspondent At Penaga Court, two Chinamen were charged with illegal pawnbroking at Kepala Batas, P. W. North. One of the prisoners was convicted under the Pawnbroking Ordinance and section 225-B of the Penal Code, and fined $25. The other man was discharged. At Butterworth Court, a179 words
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402 1897-01-12 2 Lady Scott, who has just been sentenced to eight months’ imprisonment as a firstclass misdemeanant for having libelled her son-in-law, Earl Russell, is a daughter of Dr. H. C. Burney, who at one time lived down Portsmouth way and coached for the402 words
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Article29 1897-01-12 2 (From our Correspondent.; TELUK ANSON. 12th January. The shipments yesterday were— To Penang, 539 pikuls of tin. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 1,041 pikuls of tin.29 words
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Article204 1897-01-12 2 (Perak Pioneer.) Mr. Birch did not accompany the Re B sident-General to Selangor, owing to the in disposition of Mrs. Birch. Mr. Duban, the Deputy Commissioner r.f Police, Perak, has resigned his appointment we hear. It is rumoured that Mr. C. E. Donaldson who is at present in(Perak Pioneer.) - 204 words
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Article138 1897-01-12 2 Gazette Notifications—2nd Jan 1897 Mr. C. V. Dyson is appointed a Junior Officer with effect from 6th November last Mr. P. Lewis, ext ia Clerk, Resident Gentral’s Office, is appointed Post aud Telegraph Master, vice Mr. A. B. Kern, transferred t Perak, with effect from 15th October last.138 words
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Article150 1897-01-12 2 The reign of terror in Kinta still exists despite the efforts of the Police. Gang and highway robberies, says the Perak Pionttr, are daily occurrences, except in some part* of the district which are exceptionally quiet. It has been said by experienced police officers that Kinta150 words
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Article173 1897-01-12 2 It would appear that a Lance-Corporal and a police constable, both Malays, were returning from patrol duty in the Sungfl Didap. According to the Perak Pioneer, they were in a small boat, coming down the river to go to Kota Stia, where they were stationed.173 words
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Article80 1897-01-12 2 Tuesday, 12th Penang Races, Ist Day. High water at New Jetty, 7-11 PM7- a.m. Wednesday, 13th Town Band. Esplanade. 5 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 8-23 a.m. a BJ 8- p.m. Thursday, 14th :—1 Penang Races, 2nd Day. At Home at the Club. High80 words
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Advertisement871 1897-01-12 2 T\ i i i n A New Advertisement. Pritchard Co. police notice. THE Hindu Festival of Taipusam will be 1 observed on the 18th inst. between 7 4K Dis APM CTPFFT am. and I pin. On the morning of that ivj DEAvfl J J JiLL 1 a y th e871 words
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Advertisement37 1897-01-12 2 POSADA WINE COMPANY. The largest Wine Shippers in the East. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau Wines. Liqueurs. Connossieurs are invited to test the above Choice Wines. SOLE AGENTS FOR Damson’s Whisky, Sloe Gin,.&c.37 words
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Article73 1897-01-12 3 ing Teetotal fellows go to.”— (St. James's Gazette). Speaker (from top of a tub, surrounded by a crowd of country bumpkins) Now, what was it the rich man in Hell called for AV as it whisky No. Was it brandy No. Was it rum No.ing Teetotal fellows go to.”—(St. James's Gazette). - 73 words
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Article57 1897-01-12 3 A correspondent to the Madras Mail having inquired if members of the Legislative Councils of India and Colonies are allowed to use the title of Honourable,” when in England, the editor replies that “The use of the honorific at home is now recognized and sanctioned in57 words
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Article138 1897-01-12 3 Report of the Committee. The report of the House of Commons Kitchen Committee for the last session can scarcely be acceptable reading to the AntiTobacco League or to Sir Wilfird Lawson and his Teetotal friends. It appears that during the session 13,327 luncheons and 22,313138 words
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Article222 1897-01-12 3 What triumphs Millais’s robust geniality might have achieved by way of after-dinner oratorv in connection with so stately a function as the Academy banquet can now, alas! but be conjectured. With Leighton’s marvellously mellifluous phrases and felicitous turns we have long been acquainted, and if, as many aver,222 words
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Article209 1897-01-12 3 Opinions of French Actors. The opinion of Coquelin in his own words i s; I am convinced that one can only be a great actor on condition of being able to govern one’s sejf absolutely, and to express at will sentiments which one does not feel,209 words
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Article242 1897-01-12 3 The celebration of the Queen of Siam’s and the Crown Prince’s birthdays was as complete a success as last year. The compan v, says the Bangkok Times, was even more numerous. The Royal Gardens presented a most attractive appearance, and on every hand the beneficent influence242 words
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Article351 1897-01-12 3 In the history of cattle disease, remarks an Indian contemporary, there are few parallels to the ravages rinderpest is making in South Africa at present. Cattle have been slain in vain by tens of thousands to stay the progress of the disease. A recent observer, in an interview351 words
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Article501 1897-01-12 3 From an old but reliable authority a correspondent to the Bombay Gazette is enabled to give the following particulars regarding this ancient form of sport: —Cockfighting is a sport of great antiquity. It is supposed to have first originated with the Greeks, and that at one501 words
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Article58 1897-01-12 3 Arrivals. To-day. Pe; s. s. Mena from Port Weld Mr. E. W. Birch, Dr. and Mrs. Williams, Mrs. Pyemont, and Miss Fraser. Per s s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson: Messrs. C. R. Anson and R. A. Hyrdes, and Mr. and Mrs. Joo Hoe. Y ESTERDAY. Per 8. s.58 words
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Article1426 1897-01-12 3 —Pall Mall Gazette. Leon Hennique. This name was all but sprung upon an unsuspecting literary world when it became known that Edmond de Goncourt had coupled it with that of Alphonse Daudet’s in the capacity of universal co-legatee to a considerable fortune and co-executor of noble and unique—Pall Mall Gazette. - 1,426 words
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Article199 1897-01-12 3 (Straits Times, 9th January.) JdebtiH ($5 pd.) #2.70 Raubs (13/10 pd.) $9.10. XI fully paid $11.25 Punjoms ($4 pd.) $l3 Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) S4J. Pataling Coffee Co. ($45 pd.) $5O sales. Pengerangs ($5O pd.) J 55 Straits Insurance (S2C pd.) $26 sales. Straits Fires ($2O pd.)(Straits Times, 9th January.) - 199 words
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Article308 1897-01-12 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Mena from Port Weld. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s s. Artsadong from Trang. Yesterday. b. s. Perse from Langkat. s. s. Sri Bangka from L’adang. s. s. Taw Tong from Klang. s. s. Chan Tai from Asahan. s. s. Thaipeng from Port308 words
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Advertisement212 1897-01-12 3 THE CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILL. rpHE above Hotel will be continued, and 1 will remain open for Visitors from the Ist January, 1897. G. H. SLOT, 2 For Owners. KUAN TEK Co. General Store Furniture Dealers, No. 218, PENANG ROAD. T)EG to state that prompt and strict I) attention will212 words
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Advertisement420 1897-01-12 3 ELLWOOD'S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. A HOUSEHOLD WORD in INDIA. Worn in the Eas t by all I AWARDED THE OFFICERS, THE CIVIL THE GOLD MEDAL SERVICE THE COGNOSCENTI. I. H. E„ LONDON, 1884. ELLWOOD’S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. MELLIN’S FOOD For INFANTS and INVALIDS. MELLIN’S EMULSION Of COD LIVER OIL and420 words
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Advertisement40 1897-01-12 3 FOR SALE or TO LET. rpWO Spacious Houses close to GoveruI ment Offices, Batu Gajah. For particulars apply to 640 J. HARFLEET, Batu Gajah. THE A. P.K. Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY. OST Outstation orders promptly attended to.40 words
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Article892 1897-01-12 4 PROGRAMME. January Meeting, 1897. 12th, 14th, and 16th January. FIRST DAY. TUESDAY, 12th JANUARY, 1897. I.—The Maiden Plate. —3.15. Value 8200.—For Maiden Horses (per Rule XIV, Straits Racing Association). Weight per scale (10 st. 9 lbs.) Horses entered in 6th Race, Ist Day, or 7th Race, 2nd892 words
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Advertisement1009 1897-01-12 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY 6 Mi F 5 K itorecs• r. is THE HESTTo be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London. Clubs. GUAT CHENG BEOS. X J ■™onyrn E Ip K Snds. SOLE IMPORTERS— BROTHERS. HIN LEE Co.1,009 words
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Advertisement300 1897-01-12 4 CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Satisfy,, JR. BELTId OS begs to inform the pob. lie that since inferior Crushed Food is offered for sele in the Penang Market at low prices, the undersigned to draw attention to his certificated Crushed Food for Horses, and is prepared, even300 words
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