Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 January 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. FTTBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PHICF. /0 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 28th JANUARY. 1897. No. 22.
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      559 1 pipping (ttoftees, feniiisuiar Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r IHE mail steamers may be ex P ec ted to arrive out- i* wards, and leave Penang h° mewar< i B on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. flohilla -Tan. 31 Rosetta Feb. 4 Kaisar-i-hind Feb. 12 Mir zap ore „18 Canges »27
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      1430 1 (Hotter BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Honsrkonir Shanghai BankryjEAN STEAM ship company JJEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS nongkong U east Indian ocean steam 1 mg Corporation. OTTT -r Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. Ajq-p Rkserve Fund 6,000,000. For I
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      652 1 NEDISKLWdiSUK HANJIEL tIAATSCiiAffU (b jrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Capital /35,783,000 00 b‘ erv Funds f 2,282,814.38 J Head O/i’ice in Amsterdam. Hkad Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandscbe Handel Ma n +schappij, Batavia. Agencies .■•mi Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaiaj Padang, Chcribon, Tcgal, Pocalongan. Pasaroean,
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 2 Penang. 28th January. 1>97. Rates close as follows: London. Demand Bank Do. 4 months" sight Bank 2/H Do. •“> Credit 21 Do. 3 Documentaiy 2/2 Calcutta. Demand Hank Rs. 169-168. J Do. 3 days’ sight Private... 173 Ifcmibay, Demand Bank 169-168. J Do. 3 days’sight Private 173 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    148 2 Penang, 28th January. 1897. Tin $3330 sellers. Trang small supply. Black Pepper} West Coast... 960 sellers. Acheen 66' 13.25 sellers. White Pepper slB.on sellers. Cloves (picked).. $29.00 Mace No. 1 74 —sellers. Mace Pickings. 68 do. Nutmegs 67. do. INo 1 6.90 do. Sugar} 2 3.85 do.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    54 2 Mails close To-morrow For Per »tr. Tiutr. Deli Lanykat I p.m. Klang Taw Tony 1 p.m Klang and Malacc t Teutonia 1 P.M. Pangkor, Teluk Anson and Port Dickson M Austin 2 P.M. The P. A O mail steamer RohiUa left Colombo for Penang at 6 p m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    42 2 From Singapore: h s Calypxo g. s. Penhatcur to-morrrw. s. s. (Icneraal pel s s. Pakehan on Saturday, and s s Sui Sony on Mondal" From Liverpool—r s Palmuru» on Saturday. From Cal« utta —s. s. Lightning on Monday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    62 2 LONDON, 27th January. The Address Voted. The Commons have voted the Address to the Queen’s Speech. The Plague. The plague conference will meet at Venice on the 10th of February. The plague at Bombay is unabated. Russian Help to India. The first cargo of Russian grain, collected for
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    448 2 It is reported that the rice crop at Saigou has turned out to be abundant this year. Bimhop Thoburn, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is expected here on the 9th prox. A Chinaman, for being in possession of a false da< hing weight in Penang Road, was
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    THE ASSIZES.
    150 2 The first case called yesterday was that of a Chinese woman and a Chinaman, who were charged with concealment of birth by depositing the body of an infant child on the sea-beach at Jelutong. No. 1 pleaded guilty, and stated that she was a poor woman and had
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    202 2 (From our Contemporaries.') Report says that Mr. A. P. Talbot is to replace Mr. Kynnersley in Malacca; and it is generally hoped that the report is a true one. Mr. Talbot is too well known to require liis good qualities to be put in a newspaper. A number
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    THE PLAGUE AT BOMBAY.
    39 2 The bubouic pestilence on 16th January showed no sign of abatement and was spreading where refugees had fled. The exodus from Boftjbay still continued, and the death rate stood at 102 per thousand per annum.
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    PUNJOMS.
    47 2 The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company, Limited, has received the following telegram giving the result of the December cyanide dean-up The cyanide plant worked 36 days, treating 920 tons of tailings, yielding 285 oz. of bullion, of an average assay value of 1.11.0 per ounce.”
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    THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
    100 2 The Hongkong Daily Press says the rebellion seems to be losing its force. The China Mail remarks that the information obtainable about the rebellion is not of a very satisfactory nature, aud there is evidence of the work of the censor on the face of all of
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    CRUSADE AGAINST LOTTERY TICKETS.
    130 2  -  i.inuiKi K.ntrij in thrift. iue same raw is to be set in force again this year.— N. C. Daily News. The Viceroys at Nanking aud Wuchang aud the Governor of Chekiang have begun another crusade against Manila and other lottery tickets within their jurisdiction This lias
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    LAWLESSNESS IN SIAM.
    342 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Dear Sir, —With reference to the article in your issue of yesterday headed Lawlessness in Siam,” I do not know from whom you obtained the information re the alleged “gang robberies on the coasts of Trang and Gerbi, Ac.,” but
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    THE PENANG INDIAN FAMINE FUND.
    509 2 Reuter’s Agents at Penang received a following telegram from Calcutta late terday afternoon “The Central Committee express tU grateful thanks to the organizers of, and t) contributors to, the Indian Famine F J for their valuable assistance.” 5 The Singapore Indian Famine F lln d
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    PASSENGERS.
    69 2 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. s. s. Sirsa from Singapore: M r Master Huttenbach, Mr. and Mrs. C ral 1 Nurse and three children, Mr. an< T Fraser, Mr. and Mrs Evatt, Messrs. Chater, Goodwin, Wheatley. Angus, and Fernandez and child, and Mrs. Sin Tat. Y EBTERDAY. Per s. s.
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      830 2 |NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. Pritchard a Co. 7 I Ist Al ay next. Apply to r“ k i A Kl 5O A. R. ADAMS. PENANG. PENANG TURF CLUB. SETTLING DAY. a -ss* gi* rhotQETTLING DAY is fixed for Monday, I IO Bth February, 1897. Accounts may U| be settled at the Chamber
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      44 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. The Posada, Penang. Beach Union Streets.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    60 3 (From our Cor respondents.) TELUK ANSON. 28th January. The shipments to-day are—To’Penang, 839 pikuls of tin. ki.a A 2Sth January. The shipments on Monday were— To Penang, 498 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 314 The shipments on Tuesday were— To Penang, 580 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 6,503
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    491 3 The Chinese postal service is to be commenced with the Chinese New Year. The Carew case is still creating a great deal of interest, and developments are anxiously awaited. A severe earthquake shock has been felt at F<>och"W, and slight shocks have been felt at
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    THE AMIR AS AN AUTHOR.
    80 3 The Amir of Afghanistan has just published a book entitled (Takwee-m-ud-din) that is, "To strengthen the faith,” which' has been edited by two IVlaulavies, one ftom Cahul, the other from Delhi, at His Highness’s direction. Each copy is impressed with the Amir’s signature, and it
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    DISINFECTING KISSES.
    191 3 It is an old story by this time that the practice of kissing assists in the dissemination of disease yet young people go on kissing each other with the perversity of those who love darkness rather than light. What is to be done America, as usual, comes to
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    THE CAREW CASE.
    2436 3 The Speech for the Prosecution. The Hongkong Weekly Press gives a summary of the speech for the prosecution in the above case, and the following are the most interesting portions of the speech, &c. The'trial of Mrs. Carew on a charge of murdering her husband commenced in
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    A DISASTER TO FRENCH TROOPS ON THE TONKIN BORDER.
    97 3 The Courrier d’ Haiphong reports a disaster to the French troops, on which, it says, the authorities have been trying to maintain silence. In the neighbourhood of Pholu, on the Red River, a French detachment fell into an ambuscade. An Adjutant
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    THE “WORLD” AND THE FAMINE.
    141 3 The New York World, true to its traditions, has apparently decided to make a boom of the Indian Famine. It writes: “If England refuses to fulfil her obligations, and prefers to let her subjects perish by thousands rather than spend in their relief some part
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    JAPAN AND AUSTRALIA.
    141 3 At a recent meeting in Alelbourne the Japanese Consul is stated to have pointed out that he represented there a nation of 40,000,000 of warlike people, situated just off Australia’s weather bow, 5,000 miles awav, and went on to say that he hoped that” no acts of
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    112 3 Thursday. 28th P C. C. Tennis Tournament. Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens, sp.m. Young Men's Association, Debate. 8 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 6-Iop.m. and 6- am. Friday. 29th At Home” at the Residency. Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, Town Hall. 3 p.
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    SHIPPING.
    197 3 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. s. s. Sirsa from Singapore, s. s. Kong Alf from Singapore. Y esterday. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. s. s. Langkat from Deli. I s. s. Artsadong from Trang. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. s. Thaipeny from Port Weld. Depart ii res. To-day.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    201 3 (Ulrails Times, 23kd January.) Jolkliiim ($5 |xl.) j 2.70 Kaubs (13/10 pit.) $l2. sales. XI fully paid $l4. sales. Punjoins ($4 pd.) $ll Pahang Corp. (1 pd.) S4J. Pataling Coffee Co. ($45 pd.) $5O buyers. Penoerangs ($5O pd.) $55 Straits Insurance ($2O pd.) $26 sellers. Straits Fires
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      143 3 FOR SALE. A 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. Ice and Aerated Waters. [BEG to notify to the Public that the Ice and Aerated Waters made at all the Factories in
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      274 3 IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFINS or at short notice. TERMS MODERATE. PORT, SHERRY, MADEIRA, MARSALA, TOKAYAR, GRAVES, A MALAGA. These are the finest wines in the market ami defy competition as regards prices. SEND FOR A PRICE LIST. BODEGA BEER STOUT. Try these: you will be pleased. SCOTCH WHISKY. Always
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      2079 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at "'ZL^hL^chbl o^ co Pe s sW Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BEOS. > A GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS HIN LEE Co. T hereby b y V PERAK STATE
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      317 4 CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Satisfu» I R. BELILIOS begs to inform th ft pnl I I, lie that since inferior Ci ushed p^’ l is offe ed for sale in the Penang Marj( lt I at low prices, he desires to draw R tt ts I
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