Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 May 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-05-20 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PRICL 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 20th MAY. 1897. No. 115.22 words
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Advertisement507 1897-05-20 1 (nofteeu. Oriental Steam Navigation Company. »r|YHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. May 21 f Coromandel May 27 June 5 Rohilla June 10 19 Kaisar-i-hind 24 Rosetta j7ly 8 Ravenna 22 Mirzapore Aug. 5 intermediate direct 1 service,507 words
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Advertisement1342 1897-05-20 1 atdftMc. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. IF*» KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. n wwltM ..A S h.'XT ß .n l[ n 0E AN steam s HI p company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongk n g corp or ado„ U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. QWTP1,342 words
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Advertisement520 1897-05-20 1 NEDERUKDSUE HANDEL lAATSCBAFPU (Nethcrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,090.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38| 4 KAO Office in Amsterdam. H«ad Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsch Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The520 words
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Article, Illustration671 1897-05-20 2 PROGRAMME. August Meeti n'g 1897, sth 7th August. FIRST DAY. Thursday, the sth August, 1897. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value §2oo.—For Maiden Horses (per rule XIV S. R. A.) Weight per scale (lOst. 91bs.) All ex-griffins and ex-roadsters allowed 14lbs. Distance one mile. Entrance $lO. 2. —The671 words
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Article108 1897-05-20 2 LONDON, 19th May. The Tsar and the Sultan. The suspension of hostilities is said to have been due to the direct appeal of the Tsar to the Sultan. The Powers Conferring. The Powers are conferring, before replying to the Note from Turkey. Germany no longer Independent. Germany is108 words
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258 1897-05-20 2 A FF AIRS OF THE SIAMESE MALAY STATES. We learn, on reliable authority, that the Provinces of Purlis and Situl have been placed under Kedah by His Majeb.v the King of Siam, ami that the ceremony of reading the Proclamation notifying th? above was held on Monday last, the 17th258 words
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Article1876 1897-05-20 2 In an itnpartinl leader, descriptive <>f tfie proceedings at the recent meeting in JVuang and headed Planters and GjZnes,” the Straits Times thus concludes “The sugar planters, iiiykhort, condemn the Ordinance outright. They dread a departure from the old Avars of penal labour conditions and !<>w1,876 words
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Article356 1897-05-20 2 The Newmarket Stakes,” which was run yesterday aud won by Mr. J. Gubbin’s Galtee More, is one of the valuable races reserved for three-year-old horses, colts, aud fillies. The former carry 9st., and the latter Bst. 11 lbs. The stakes have been so much as 414,500, but356 words
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Article544 1897-05-20 2 The programme of the August Meeting of the Penang Turf Club is advertised in another column. Rajah Brooke is now staying at Singapore and will remain there till after the races, for which he has a horse or two entered. The Straits Times has received sufficient subscriptions544 words
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Article99 1897-05-20 2 A very successful start at Hocker in Penang was made yesterday evening. Both sides played two short. The match resulted in a draw 2 goals each. The sides were: Merchants, Bankers, —A. S. Antlionr, T. H. Summerfield, C. A. Law, Rev. H. C. Henham, A. M. Gibbon,99 words
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Article223 1897-05-20 2 The difficulty of recovering advances Io dishonest maistries aud coolies on coffee estates in Travancore, writes a correspondent to the Englishman, continues to be a source of very great hardship. Cooliesirom the Travancore side d< not care, in any considerable number, to labour on estates, while planters223 words
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Article135 1897-05-20 2 Thursday, 20th Abadie's Menagerie at 7-30 p ni Town Band. Datu Kramat Ganl« ns o High-water at New Jetty, 2-10 p m. a 2- a m. Friday. 21st Abadie's Alenagerie at 7-30 P M. Sale of Furniture. Ac., at L an Sepoy Lines. Ham r135 words
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Advertisement136 1897-05-20 2 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that all persons desiring to register their dogs for the vear commencing Ist June, 1897, and ending on 31st May, 1898, must register them at the Municipal Office, Town Hall, between the Ist and 15th June. The tax payable at the time of registration,136 words
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Advertisement532 1897-05-20 2 New advertisements. ABADIE’S MENAGERIE. Open To-night!!! EVERY NIGHT AT Penang Road, close to the Magazine Police Station. Professor Abadie was formerly the Lion-Tamer in Chiarani’s Circus. A MENAGERIE OF WILD ANIMALS. COME and see the beautiful Tiger. Come and sre the Baby Elephant, one year old, living on milk and532 words
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Article619 1897-05-20 3 rr ir Pill'll Hites h ive met in Dublin and ']e<l upon starting »n “Irish IndepeuLeague” and upon proceeding with f. itpi im' purpose along thp lines of the Jj’dei'eudent policy laid dowu by Charles painellThe present Speaker of the House of o Dinoiis is a Golf619 words
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Article159 1897-05-20 3 Sir John Willoughby, who has been*released from Holloway Prison, and has been giving evidence to the South Africa Committee, is a rather short, muscular, darkhaired, keen-eved, and bronzed man of thirty-six. His father was an Indian official who was closely identified with the suppression of the customs159 words
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Article236 1897-05-20 3 In reply to a request from the «editor of “Pearson’s Magazine a number of popular novelists tell the extent of their daily productivity. From these confessions we learn, says a correspondent to the Rangoon Times, that Dr. Conan Doyle thinks from fifteen hundred to two thousand236 words
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Article114 1897-05-20 3 Nansen’s most important discovery on his recent voyage was, perhaps, the existence of a very deep sea at the Pole. Some geographers believed that the Polar Sea would not much exceed 150 fathoms; others argued that since there was a continent at the South Pole, 10,000 to114 words
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397 1897-05-20 3 (The World, 14th April.) To the average lay mind it will appear nothing less than extraordinary that it should have been reserved for a Conservative Government, in the sixtieth year of Her Majesty’s reign, to propose and carry a measure to remedy one(The World, 14th April.) - 397 words
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Article230 1897-05-20 3 The following reply from the secretary has been received by a gentleman who recently addressed the Board of Agriculture on the subject of the wholesale destruction of sparrows by some farmers:— Board of Agriculture, 4, Whitehall-place,London. Sir, —I am directed by the Board of A230 words
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Article198 1897-05-20 3 The popularity of the public school events at the L. A. C. sports was evidenced by the large attendance, says Truth of the 15th April. Leggatt, Bedford G. 8., won the 100 yds. easily. The jumps were won by Harrison, of Haileybury. In the long he cleared 20ft.,198 words
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Article25 1897-05-20 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson: Mr. Lamb. Yesterday. Per s. s. Teutonia from Malacca: Messrs. Ware, Wood, Guineas, and25 words
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Article140 1897-05-20 3 Johannes Brahms, the* composer, who died the other day at Vienna, had been in ill health for some time, but until the beginning of the week a serious issue was not expected. Brahms, whose father was a double-bass player, was born in Hamburg on 7th May, 1833, and early140 words
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165 1897-05-20 3 Of Naini Municipal news the blasting of Cheena is the absorbing topic, writes a correspondent to the Morning Post. Every afternoon from 4-30 to 5 p.m. all the occupants who live within a certain radius have to turn out with all their babies, live stock,165 words
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Article327 1897-05-20 3 (Pall Mall Gazette, 16th April.) There was an enormous attendance at the Empire last night, and all on account of Trikoli. According to the programme The Great Trikoli is a protean absurdity” The constructor of the programme made no mistake, for no one but Mr. Arthur(Pall Mall Gazette, 16th April.) - 327 words
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Article124 1897-05-20 3 Pena no, 20th May, 1897. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 11 If Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/11-H Do. 3 Credits 2/0 Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1644 Do. 3 days’ sight Private... lii6 Bombay, Demand Bank 1641 Do. 3 days’ sight Private... 166 Madras, Demand124 words
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Article134 1897-05-20 3 Penang. 20th May, Tin ...$36 (Chinese) Trang out of season. Black Pepper West Coast... 13.63 sellers. (.Acheen 611» 15.50 do. White Pepper 21 50 sellers. Cloves (picked) 36. do. Mace No. 1 80. do. Mace Pickings... 75. do. Nutmegs 78— do. No. 1 6.90 do. Sugar' 2134 words
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Article53 1897-05-20 3 From Liverpool —s. s. Titan to-day. From Suez —s. s. De ike Rickmers to-day. From Singapore —s. s. Calypso s. s. Sirsa to-morrow, and s. s. Generaal Pel s. s. Hong Ijeong s s. Gisela on Saturday, and s. s. Chelydra on Monday. From Calcutta —s s.53 words
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Article242 1897-05-20 3 V i r>iills. To-day. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. s. s. Artsadong from Padang. 1 ESTERDAY. 8. s. Menelaus from Singapore. 8. s. Q.uorra from Langkat. 8. s. Teutonia from Malacca. 8. s Thaipeny from Port Weld. i> ‘Bill lIIIT*. I’o242 words
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Advertisement77 1897-05-20 3 TO LET. ORANGE GROVE, No. 54 Northam Road. Entry from Ist May, 1897, or earlier. Apply to 168 MAHOMED ARIFF. TO LET. HOUSE No. I Contonment Road, known as Aver Rajah Estate. 228 Apply to C. TEK SOON. TO LET. FINE Comfortable House, No. 207 Burma!) Road. Rent 835 per77 words
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Advertisement187 1897-05-20 3 MAIL NOTICE. Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Colombo Menelaus 11 AN. Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noon. Kl»ng Artsadong Noon. Klang Deli 1 P.M. Deli Vidar 1 P.M. Pangkor and T. Anson Betsy 2 P.M. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson Jxidy II ekl 4 P.M. Madras, Ac., taking mails187 words
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Advertisement514 1897-05-20 3 FOR SALE. AN American Gig, with English leather hood in good condition, suitable for a Ponv. Price $l6O. Apply to W. PENGELLY, 214 11 Clove Hall Road. DENTAL NOTICE. \rR. J. F. TEUFERT, Dental Surgeon, 1M has arrived and may be consulted at fhe Sea View Hotel. Office hours: 9514 words
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Advertisement120 1897-05-20 3 Pritchard Co. LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. JUST OPENED ex s. s. Formosa. H ATS. l!la< k Fancy Straw Hats, e/ Latest Fancy Purl Straw Hats in new colors White, White and Brown, White and Green. White and Black, White and Blue, &c., &c. Colored Fancy Chip Straw Hats. Girls’ and Boy’s bailor120 words
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Advertisement1412 1897-05-20 4 ,L bk BUCHANAN WHISKY TQ TII'E’ RTTCI'T (Houses of To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co s ame a s supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 4 J THEAN SIEW Co GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS— TT ATZ BROTffTip1,412 words
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Advertisement291 1897-05-20 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY. SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AND GLASSES SUPPLIED. THE 2 Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3nm Sunday hours 11 a.m. to I‘p.m. P Prescriptions accurately dispensed SPECTACLES to suit every variety of defective sight TOILET291 words
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