Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 May 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-05-10 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. iPHICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. MONDAY, lOnt MAY. 1897. No. 103.22 words
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Advertisement532 1897-05-10 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be vA expected to arrive out--1 rJ wards, ai\d leave Penang V homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. v -.1-Hiii I May 7 Mirzapore May 13 21 i Coromandel 27 p'tKii'im June 5 Rohilla June 10 tfirzapore 19 intermediate direct532 words
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Advertisement1415 1897-05-10 1 7 SRwßtnd fllofitta. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIBATION COMPANY,-(LTD.)/ > banks. gripping liioiwcß. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Rflnk steam ship company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. "T 8 U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. I SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-uf Capital $lO,OOOOOO. r. Reserve Fund b,500,000. AND For1,415 words
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Advertisement421 1897-05-10 1 IEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL «AATSCBAPPU (Nethirland Trading Society.) Established 1824. ’‘aid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38 j Head Office in Amsterdam. Read Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederland «ch» Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, PecalongaD, Pasaroean, and Tjiiatiap. London421 words
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Article121 1897-05-10 2 I’knanu, 9th May, 1897. K.ATES CLOSE AS FOLLOWS: London, Demand Bunk 1 1 jf Do. 4 nxHiths’ sight Ra.nl>... Do. 3 Credits 20J Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 163 Do. 3 days'sight Privato... 15 Bombay, Demand Bank 163 Do. 3 days’ sight Private... 165 Madras, Demand Bauk121 words
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Article137 1897-05-10 2 Penang, 9th May, 1897. Tin $31.724 (Trang ]8. sellers. Black Pepper < West Coast... 13 63 > (.Acheen 6H> 15.5'» White Pepper... 21 50 sellers. Cloves (picked).. 36. do. Mace No. 1 80.— do. Mace Pickings... 75 do. Nutmegs 77 do. (No 1 6.90 do. Sugar 2137 words
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Article72 1897-05-10 2 Mails clomk To-morrow Ftr Per uh Tun.. Calcutta... Stu' S<m<j 11 a.si. Tongkah... Petrel 1 P.SI. Deli Vidor 1 P.vi. Pangkor A Teluk Amon IleLty 2 p st. Singapore Pnlamrotta 2 P.SI Teluk Anson Lady Weld 4 P si. Wednesday. 12th. Klang Deli 1 p.m. Pangkor A Teluk72 words
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Article25 1897-05-10 2 From Singapore -s. r. \'ind<>l>ona and s. s. Candin to-day. From Negapata.m -k s. t t-niorrow. From Hamburg' -s. k Fifipatrick to-mor-row.25 words
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Article161 1897-05-10 2 LONDON, 9th JM ay. Left in Phersala. The Greeks have left in Phersala quantities of munitions of war and provisions, besides several guns and the Princes’ personal effects. The Repeal of the Aliens Im mi grant Law. Mr. Chamberlain says the repealing of the Aliens Immigrant Law will161 words
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715 1897-05-10 2 At an early hour yesterday morning the P. A O. steamer Japan left Penang Harbour on her voyage to Europe. Among her passengers are the Police Contingents from Hongkong.the Straits, ami the States, which are to represent the two Crown Colonies and the Federated715 words
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Article670 1897-05-10 2 Nine Chinese were this morning fined $5 each by Mr. Hall for gambling. Mr. 0. Schule has been recognized by the Governor as Consular Agent for the U. 8. at Penaug. Mr. A. Bowers Smith, a relative of Mr. Morison Allan’s, has taken up the duties of670 words
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Article237 1897-05-10 2 P. F. S. v. S. X. R. C. A cricket match was played on Saturday last on the Esplanade between the St Xavier R ireation Club and the Penang Free School. The former won bv 27 ruus The following are the scores:— P. F. S. Whee Leow bS. Augustin237 words
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Article122 1897-05-10 2 (From a Correspondent.) A Chinaman of Paya Kladi, was charged at Penaga with dishonestly retaining stoles property, and on conviction was seuteuerd to 10 days’ rigorous imprisonment. A Kling coolie of Prye Estate, named Vythelingam, was convicted of assaulting Karuuayee a woman wording there also,and was fined $2,122 words
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155 1897-05-10 2 The charge against Vanjoorsah, the Manager of the Straits Cattle Trading (X was heard at Singapore on Tuesday and was dismissed, but no order was made as to the cattle which had been seized by the Poli* For the defence it was155 words
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Article134 1897-05-10 2 The attention of the Under-Secretary State for Foreign Affairs has been drawn a correspondent to the following re P' r Lord Carrington’s recent speech at heater He then reminded his the happy auspices under which the Government came into power, as was b fied by Mr.134 words
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Advertisement829 1897-05-10 2 DIAMOND JUBILEE JMew advertisement.! CELEBRATION JJO. C I A MEETING of Planters and others interested in the question of Indian Immigration will be held in the Chamber of, /M Commerce at noon on Friday, the 14th T| *A, 1_ J I/ instant, for the purpose of framing a petiLz Yl829 words
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Advertisement104 1897-05-10 2 Gosling Co., Beach <(• Union Streets. JUST ARRIVED. Cheddar Cheese, Streaky Bacon, AND Hams. Ex. s. 8. ADEN.” ENGLISH HARNESS for Cob 9 Horse. SILVER or BRASS MOUNTS. TENNIS POLES NETS (Avres). GOLFERS’ REQUISITES. CRICKET SETS,BATS,STUMPS, BALLS, LEG GUARDS, &c. MARTINI REPEATING RIFLES, Winchester Model, $35. MAUSER MAGAZINE GUNS, $25,104 words
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Article28 1897-05-10 3 FliO.U 01)11 ('<»!< respondent.) /El I K 4 NSON. Sth May. The ship ,nen^s to-day are— To Penang, 324 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 2,198 of ore.28 words
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Article74 1897-05-10 3 m k W Egerton is appointed Inspector f prison* will* effect, from t lie sth instant. V- will continue to act, for the ent as Deputy President of the Muni- t l Commissioners, Singapore. 1 The export of cattle from Singapore is >hibited for a further period of74 words
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Article87 1897-05-10 3 PisORHER is increasing in Kelantan, says the F ,ee ress A Siamese was shot dead in A' e s liee,s a short, time ago and this murder was followed by that of a C nuaman who meet his death in the same iuinner. Still another outrage is87 words
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Article116 1897-05-10 3 Mr. Arthur Keyser in his report for 1896 remarks: I last vear wrote The condition of the township of Kuala Klawang leaves much to be desired, for with the exception of a brick drain in the main street there are no sanitarv arrangements whatever. Householders c.uitiuue to116 words
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Article28 1897-05-10 3 Berlin advices state that the firm of Liewe, of Berlin, has been entrusted by the Chinese Government with the organization of the arsenal of Hankow.28 words
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45 1897-05-10 3 Owing to the statements in the English sporting papers that the members of the Winnipeg crew are unable to conform to the rules of Henley Regatta, the crew will not visit England unless direetly invited by the Heulev Committee.45 words
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53 1897-05-10 3 While engaged excavating a portion of Hastings Street, Calcutta, the work people, savs Indian Engineering, came across a subterranean passage ten or twelve below the surface. As nobody seems to understand the origin or object of it, Calcutta and other antiquarians are appealed to fur information53 words
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Article68 1897-05-10 3 The Diarist in the Cornhill Magazine makes a. funny quotation from the catalogue ofa Birmingham curiosity dealer. It runs “Clergymen.—A tine collection of 200 clergymen, consisting of Protestant Ministers, Boman Catholics, Wesleyan Methodists, Unitarians, and Presbyterians. Nice clean lot, ss.’’ that, the Diarist remarks, sounds almost68 words
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Article84 1897-05-10 3 Colonel Baden-Powell is writing a volume in which he will relate his experiences during the recent war against, the Matabele. H>- was one of the leading officers engaged in the campaign, and was in the thick of the fighting. He means to call the volume ‘Campaigning in84 words
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Article92 1897-05-10 3 It has been finally decided, says the ILrW, that Cavalrv regiments on home service are to retain their distinctive headdresses. It would have been madness to have interfered anv further with regimental traditi' n. There is nothing to be gained by a policy of continual change, and one92 words
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Article83 1897-05-10 3 Monday. 10th Town Band, Esplanade. 5 p.M. High-w dcr at New Jetty, 6-00 A.M. and 6- pm. It ESDAY, 11th Hhfh-water at New Jetty, 6-49 AM. and 7- p.m. "ehnesday, 12th Town Band. Esplanade. 5 P.M. Hiizb-water at New Jetty, 7-38 A.M. and 8- p.m.83 words
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Article601 1897-05-10 3 (L. C. Express.) London, 16th April. Colonel John Hay the new U. S. Minister, arrives on 2nd May in the steamship Rome. The will of the late Mr. Agostino Gatti has been proved, the personal estate being valued at <£ 167,828. Sunday visits to the National Gallery(L. & C. Express.) - 601 words
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Article155 1897-05-10 3 Mr. Arthur Keyser reports; Reference to annual reports will show that it is the custom of Chinese to send their sick to hospital when in a dying state only, in order to avoid the unpleasantness of a death or expense of a funeral. Though all155 words
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Article120 1897-05-10 3 A Question that has been occupying a judge and a special jury for two days is whether an illustration that is first drawn on paper and then transferred to stone is entitled to be called a “lithograph,” or whether the use of that word is properly120 words
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Article63 1897-05-10 3 The visit of the King of Siam to Europe is causing an uneasy feeling in French Government circles. They are touchy lest more homage should Ire shown by the King to England than to France, and anticipate that he tnay solicit a British protectorate over63 words
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Article78 1897-05-10 3 Owing to the t’oochow counterfeiters’ being able to make spurious silver dollars and subsidiary coins in close imitation of the somewhat crude specimens issued by the provincial government, tin* authorities, says the N. C. Herald, have decided to buy foreign machinery for the purpose and will recall78 words
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Article81 1897-05-10 3 The devoted members of the National Cyclists’ Union discussed many more or less weighty matters for fully five hours at their General Meeting the other day. Mr. A. J. Balfour was re-elected president, and an efficient body of working officers was chosen. An unsatisfactory announcement was81 words
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149 1897-05-10 3 A very important shipment of Tropical Fruit, says the Daily Mail, has been made by the Queensland Government—the first of its kind—as an experiment and very shortly the consignment will be here. The fruit includes mangoes and pineapples, and these are of the finest description.149 words
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Article158 1897-05-10 3 A curious, but by no means unusual, ceremony in this countiy. took place the other dav in Soocliow, Ihe A. C. Herald reports. This was the marriage of Miss Hsu, a young lady belonging to one of the gentle families of the city, to a158 words
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Article367 1897-05-10 3 (Times of Ceylon.) After the King and his immediate attendants had left, the remainder of the suite and the four young sons of the King wailed for the launch which was to take them to the vessel. The Princes were standing dose to the water’s edge,(Times of Ceylon.) - 367 words
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Article37 1897-05-10 3 A rrivnls. To-day. Per s. s. Betsy from Tehik Anson Mr. and Mrs. Andrews. Y ESTERDAY. Per s. 8. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson Mr. and Mrs. Smith and three children, Messrs. A. Suijth, and Edwards.37 words
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Article80 1897-05-10 3 Slowly and dustily old London is steadily disappearing. The Magpie and Stump” in Fetter-lane is doomed, and is shortly to be pulled down. This tavern, which claims* an existence of nearly three hundred years, was a favourite haunt of Otway, Dryden, Hobbes, and Cowley, and under its roof80 words
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Article356 1897-05-10 3 (The Statesman.) By the retirement, on account of ill-health, of the Hou’ble and Rev. Dr. William Miller, M.A., L.L.D., D.D., C.1.E,, Principal of the Madras Christian College, (he cause of education in India is deprived of one of its most eminent and zealous workers, who,(The Statesman.) - 356 words
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Article137 1897-05-10 3 M EETING OF THE MUNICIPAL COM M ISSIoN ERH held on Friday, the 23rd April, 1897. Present. J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., (President), A. H. Cupper. Esq.. J. Gibson. Esq., G. F. Adanißon, Esq., and Cheat lien Eok, Esq.. Absent. R. A. P. Hogan, Esq. 1. Th»* minutes of137 words
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Article40 1897-05-10 3 NOTICE. i SPECIAL MEETING will be held at lhe Chamber of Commerce ou Friday, the 14th instant, at 4.15 p.m. Business: To settle Programme of the August Meeting. 207 J. F. LAMB, Penang, Ist May, 1897. Secretary40 words
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Article285 1897-05-10 3 iriivaK. To-day. s. s Sui Sang from Singapore. B. I. s. s. Pundua from Singapore, B. I. 9. s. Palamcotta from Rangoon. s. s. Betny from Teluk Anson. X ESTERDAY. s. s. Telemachus from Liverpool, 8. s. Hebe from Singapore s. a. New Guinea from Calcutta. 8. 8. Lady285 words
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Article196 1897-05-10 3 (Straits Tinies, IST Mat I Jvlel>UH ($5 pd.) f 2.60 sales. Ranhs (13 to jxl.) $l9 sales. -£1 fully pai>l $2O. Punjoius ($4 £d.) $5. Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) $4. Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd.) $77. Pengeraugs ($5O pd.) f4O sellers. Straits Insurance (S2C pd > $l9196 words
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Advertisement189 1897-05-10 3 Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. (pIIE s. s. Neeba” will leave here every 1 Sunday at noon for Klang and Singapore. For freight and passage applv to H. J. MARTYN. Jr, 20tl Agent. CHEAP ENVELOPES. pREAM LAID SECURE. 1.000, $l.BO. (j SMALL BROWN. 1,000, J 1.80. TO BE HAD AT THE189 words
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Advertisement380 1897-05-10 3 y. a Q) IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFIITS or RS at short notice. TERMS MODERATE. POJtT, SHEKin, HADEIIIA, MARSALA, TOKAYAR, GRAVES, MALAGA. These are the finest wines in the market and defy competition as regards prices. SEND FOR A PRICE LIST. BODEGA BEER STOUT. Try these: you will be pleased.380 words
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Advertisement34 1897-05-10 3 TO LET. ORANGE GROVE, No. 54 Northam Road. Entry from Ist May, 1897, or earlier. Apply to 168 MAHOMED ARIFF. THE A. P.K. Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY. orders promptly attended to.34 words
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Advertisement1776 1897-05-10 4 I "ta/T’' ~W£?k w- sS vM Vsi >«■ wf fß| i lj BUCHAIiA.H w KISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at "'‘“Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co Pe Ed g ame as SU ppiied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 x1,776 words
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Advertisement295 1897-05-10 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY, SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus* Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AN D GLASSES SUPPLIED THE DISPENSARY, 2 Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday fo 3 Dni Sunday hours 11 a.m. to l’pm Prescriptions accurately dispensed. SPECTACLES to suit every variety of TOILET295 words
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