Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 January 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-01-26 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED D-A.ILTZ”. NEW SENSES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PFIICL 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. TUESDAY, 26th JANUARY, 1897. No. 20.22 words
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Advertisement552 1897-01-26 1 pipping Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rT??x 'PHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwar<^B» an d leave Penang h° niewar< is, on the following <-y-y dates Outwards. Homewards. 1897. 1897 i ii'-i-h'ii l Jan. 39 Rosetta Feb. 4 YHa Feb. 12 Mirzapore 18 G’ mges „27 Ravenna Mar.552 words
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Advertisement1224 1897-01-26 1 (Hofices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). BAWKS a I KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankfjCEAN STEAM ship company NEGAPATAM L NE OF STEAMERS. ins? Corporation. U east INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Sailing and'expeeted Arrival of Steamer,. SHIP. COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital JIO.UOU.OOO. Reserve Fund 8 6,000,0<>0. For Will sail Steamer From1,224 words
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Advertisement487 1897-01-26 1 IiSDKKLAiiL'hIfIS HAtIDKL MAATSCiihtFW (Net viand. Trading Society.) i Jtabllshcil 1824. Paim-up Cap: cal f 35,783,0« ’0. 00 Reseuve i’uNDS Hiap Office in Amsterdam. 11 bad Agency in Netherlands India.— T he I’uctorij of the Nederland ache Handel MaaUehappij, Batavia. Agencies end Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, 0487 words
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Article121 1897-01-26 2 Penang, 26th January. I 97. Rates close as follows: London. Demand Bank 2/1/,. Do. 4 months'sight Bank 2/1, Do. 3 Credit 1 Jjf Do. 6 Documentniy ‘2'2 Calcutta, Demand Hank Rs. 170 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 174 Bombay, Demand Bank 17» Do. 3 days’sight Private 174 Madras, Demand121 words
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Article152 1897-01-26 2 Penang, 26th January. 1897. Tin $33.70 sellers. 1 Trang small supply. Black Pepper, West (.'oast,.. 9 (io seders. Acheen 6U> 13.25 sellers. White Pepper... $17.50 do. Cloves (picked).. $29.<M) Mace No. 1 74 —sellers. Mace Pickings... 68 do. Nutmegs 67. do. No. 1 6.90 do. Sugar <152 words
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Article87 1897-01-26 2 M Alt.» «L< IM. I o-.MORKow Por Per rh Time. Asahan han Tai 11 a m Langkat and Pangkal n Bramlan Fuok Chiny Noon. Klang I'idar I p.m. Edi«*. Segli and Oiehleh H l auton 3 P.M Te uk Anson I ady Weld ‘2 P.M. Singapore and Hongkong87 words
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Article31 1897-01-26 2 From >lNgap<ißE h. s >irs>i no Thursday. s. s. I’alctdiau on Friday, and s s. (Jeneraal *f'' I on Saturday From Eiiie—h. s >/. G. r. I.antberge on Thursday31 words
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Article78 1897-01-26 2 LONDON, 25th January. The Plague and the Pilgrimage. Owing to the plague, pilgrimage from Bombay and Karachi is stopped. Visits by Count Muravieff. The Tsar has ordered Count Muravieff to visit Paris, to be presented to President Faure, and to see the French ministers, before returning to St.78 words
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Article27 1897-01-26 2 Mounsi y-Enzer —A’ St. Gpnrge’sChurch, Penang, on the 26th January, by the Rev. L. <’. Biggs, Colonial Chaplain, Robert Hknrt Mounsey, Baiu Feringgi, to Alice Enzer, London.27 words
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Article592 1897-01-26 2 We have been asked to inform our readers that all persons in the Settlement desirous of exhibiting at the Universal International Exhibition, to be held in Faris in 1900, should communicate their intentions and views to the Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce as soon as convenient.592 words
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Article277 1897-01-26 2 The Governor and Lady Mitchell, accompanied by the Hon. A. M. Skinner and other officials, left Penang on Thursday evening at 10 o’clock and proceeded in the Government yacht Sea Belle to the Lankawi Islands, which they reached on Friday morning, and where they were entertained277 words
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Article268 1897-01-26 2 {Perak Pioneer.) XV e hear that Dr. Wheeler is not expected to return to Perak. The floods at Beutoug are reported to be unprecedented, and the river rose as high as forty feet, flooding several villages. Service is now being held at Tapah at the District Magistrate’s office{Perak Pioneer.) - 268 words
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Article341 1897-01-26 2 We give the following extract from the Selangor Journal as likely to prove interesting to some of our readers “The Mercury Challenge Cup should furnish a field of six or seven, though I am sorry to say that Apology will be unable to start, she having been entered for341 words
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Article106 1897-01-26 2 To-day we announce the following f urj contributions to the above fund Amount already acknowledged Opium Fann j (|f) Green Hall Eee Soon Co. p HJ Swee Hock A Co. ]qq Hallifax Co. o|) Lim Leng Cheak» q Hon. A. M. Skinner -q Ban Joo106 words
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Article456 1897-01-26 2 London, 12th Januarv. Doctor Rogers, Sanitary Director j n Egypt, recommends that a doctor had better leave Cairo at once for Bombav, to studr the plague there. Calcutta. I.3th Jan. The fatal plague cases in Bombay non number 2,319. Surgeon-General CKdrm continues his investigations and will leave presently456 words
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Article40 1897-01-26 2 Arrivals. To-day. Der s. s Lady Weld from Teluk Anson: Mr. and Mrs Davidson. I’er s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli: Messrs. Soberik and Bluntschli. Y EBTERDAT. Per P. A O. s. a. Java from London Miss A* Enzer.40 words
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Article93 1897-01-26 2 Tuesday, 26th Assizes P.U. C. Tennis Tournament. High water at New Jetty. 4-32 P M- aC 4- 9 A.M Wednesday, 27th P. C. Tennis Tournament. Town Band. Esplanade. 5 p.m. Tableaux Vivants.|Town Hall, at 9 p Ul High water at New Jetty, 5-21 p aD93 words
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Advertisement698 1897-01-26 2 PRITCHARD Si CO. BEG to notify the THE “PINANG GAZETTE” public of Penang Calendar for 1897 that from this date wrrH A useful they are prepared to undertake the i Blotting Pad. Tuning Repairing Price 60 cents. Postage 15 cents extra. BY AUCTION a I n Saturday, 13th March, 1897,698 words
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Advertisement42 1897-01-26 2 POSADA WINE COMPANY. The Largest Wine Shippers in the East. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau Wines. Liqueurs. 23T’ Connossieurs are invited to test the above Choice Wines. SOLE AGENTS FOR Dawson’s Whisky, Sloe Gin, &c. Beach Union Streets.42 words
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Article20 1897-01-26 3 Ficom our Correspondent.) TELUK ANSON. 25th January. Tlie shipments yesterday were— I o Penang, 518 pikuls of tin.20 words
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Article96 1897-01-26 3 The Royal Indian Marine steamer IJorrea Hidings, from tlie Cape and Natal with (1 ~|,s lor tlie Mauritius and Bombay, was t >iv wrecked on i lie 141 h instant off the K.,uth coast of Bourbon. The vessel went shore at 2.30 a.m. on the 14th.96 words
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Article1041 1897-01-26 3 Ist January. Mr. Gladstone on 29th ult. completed Ids 87ih year. The day was celebrated with much rejoicing at Hawarden. j r js stated that the Spanish troops have i dieted a defeat with heavy loss on the ibsui-’ents in the Tinar de Rio province of Cuba. Mr1,041 words
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Article49 1897-01-26 3 The longest time during which a Bank of England note has remained uncashed is 111 years. The note in question was for <£2s, and it is computed that the compound interest gained by the Bank owing to ’its non-presentation amounted to no less than £6OOO.49 words
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Article141 1897-01-26 3 This forms the greatest Railway scheme in the world. When completed it will be 4,700 miles in length or about twice as long as the Canadian Pacific. The estimates of total cost, including rolling stock, vary, according to Indian Engineering, from 53 to 55 millions sterling. The141 words
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Article319 1897-01-26 3 The O’Mahonys were never a large tribe, in the sense that the O’Connors, the O’Kellys, or the O’Briens were large. To-day the name is supposed to be borne by some 13,000 persons in Ireland, and there are 45 other names shown by the census to be more319 words
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Article121 1897-01-26 3 At least twenty-five per cent, of the emigrants who leave Russia for England do so without the permission of their Government. Every subject of the Emperor is under strict legal obligation to obtain a passport before being allowed to leave the country, and this is invariably declined121 words
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Article125 1897-01-26 3 On Tuesday the Mail cart from Kajong to Sungei Besi was stopped by robbers at. the sharp bend of the road near Sungei Besi, and eight dollars odd were stolen, the driver being beaten black and blue. The news was first received by the Captain China,125 words
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Article96 1897-01-26 3 At present ramie is used for curtains and lace goods, and, says the Selangor Journal, holds its own against high-priced calendered flax a.nd spun silk yarns, while in the plush and velvet trade it makes a showy cloth. But once it can be produced at a96 words
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Article157 1897-01-26 3 It is rumoured that Mr. Baldwin intends sinking a shaft at Cheugkat Mamoot and, after proving it, forming a regular syndicate to work it. In previous issues, we (the Perak Pioneer) have commented on the yielding powers of this mine, and Mr. Cerrutti who has been157 words
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Article151 1897-01-26 3 Although the report has been flatly contradicted that the French and German War Departments are preparing to discard their existing field guns and re-ann their artillery with a new and greatly superior weapon than either the Canet or the Krupp,” the case is one in which151 words
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Article196 1897-01-26 3 Those interested in the progress of the great Oxford English Dictionary, says the Bookman, will be glad to hear that, by the first week of December, the whole of the letter D was in type. This involved tremendous pressure upon the staff, and the editor himself,196 words
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Article256 1897-01-26 3 Golf appears to hold one advantage which scarcely anv other game possesses it has no season, but can be played all the year round, in frost and snow, rain and sunshine alike. That it increases in popularity is indisputable, says the L. C. Express, for clubs continue to256 words
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Article127 1897-01-26 3 An exciting and very unpleasant adventure with a lioness occurred at Bingley Hall, Birmingham, on 28th ult. The animal was one of a number of wild beasts exhibited in a fair. After the public had left she was being moved from one cage to another127 words
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Article132 1897-01-26 3 The Wesleyan Conference Office in London, in issuing a number of facts and figures relating to the present position of all branches of Methodism throughout the world, gives the following totals :—Ministers, 43,368 lay preachers, 97,234 Church members and probationers, 6,978,404; churches, 78,581; Sunday schools, 77,250; officers and teachers,132 words
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Article187 1897-01-26 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. 8. s. Chan Tai from Asahan. s. s. Ho Kicei from Deli. s. s. Perse from Langkat. s. 8. < kelydra from Calcutta. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. Y esterday. s. 8. C. C. Smith from Asahan. s s.187 words
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Advertisement534 1897-01-26 3 FOR SALE. i COCONUT GARDEN of 110 orlongs in extent, forming part of Malakoff Estate in Province Wellesley. For further particulars apply to 41 A. L. de MORNAY. FOR SALE. I N almost new Cabriolet for Cob, by Lambert Bros., Singapore. Apply to Beach Street Dispensary. $4OO REWARD. A PAIR534 words
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Advertisement477 1897-01-26 3 (S "e) IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFIITS or at short notice. TERMS MOpERATE. PORT, SHERRY, MADEIRA, MARSALA, TOKAYAR, GRAVES, X MALAGA. These are the finest wines in the market ami defy competition as regards pricesSEND FOR A PRICE LIST. BODEGA BEER STOUT. Try these: you will be pleased. CHAMPAGNE PIPER-HEIDSIECKI477 words
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Advertisement220 1897-01-26 3 TO LET. HOUSE, No. 20 Leith Street. Rental §35 per month including all taxes. Apply to THEAN SIEW Co., 31 5'2 Beach Street, Penang. Ice and Aerated Waters. [BEG to notify to the Public that the Ice and Aerated Waters made at all the Factories in Penang may be had220 words
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Advertisement1552 1897-01-26 4 r... BUCHANAN WHISK. TC3 TWT7 'EZ'E'QI'T 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 BEOS. 1 J GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS— JgATZ BBOTHSP.S HIN LEE Co. GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY. It W TT1,552 words
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Advertisement313 1897-01-26 4 crushed food. Try it and You will be Sahsfi E 1 R. BELILIOS begs to inform the p n L, lie that since inferior Ci ti.slu i is offered for sale in the Penan<f Mai\ et at low prices, he desires to draw stt er fion to his certificated Crushed313 words
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