Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 28 May 1897

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    23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AN D STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. {.PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. FRIDAY, 28th MAY. 1897. No. 121.
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      554 1 ■Shipping (Jloftced. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- var^s > au< l leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. .loiuewards. Rioen» 1 June 5[ Roh ilia June 10 \r-,--iirn-e 10 Kaisar-i-hind 24 July 2 Rosetta July 8 Pohilla »17 Ravenna 22
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      1253 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. pipping tiwiwto. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. A nvhs<i R nk zymAN steam SHIP company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong BankU EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. Reserve Fund S b,500,0<»0. AND For \v ill
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      601 1 NBDERLABDSUHE HANDEL BiATSCBAPPU (Nethcrland Trading Society-) Established IHB4. Paid-up Capital /’35,783,090.00 Reserve Funds Head Office in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschapjfij,Jßatavia. Agencies and Bbawchbb. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union Bank of London
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 2 Pknang, 28th May, 1897. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 1 11» Do. 4 months’sight Bant.... l/ll|£ Do. Credits 2 Oyij Do. o Documentary 2,0| Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 165 Do. 3 days’sight. Private... 16$ Bombay. Demand Bank 165 i_• Do. 3 days’ sight Private 166.1 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    139 2 Penang. 28th MiY, 1-97. Tin $35 85 sellers. (Trang out of season. Black Pepper J West Coast... 13 < 3 sellers. Aeheen 15.25 do. White Pepper... 21 sellers. Cloves (picked).. 36. sellers. Ma«;e No. 1 ...80 do. Mace Pickings... 75 do. Nutmegs 78 do. (No 1 6.90
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    58 2 Mails close To-.mokh<>w F,n' Per sti Inline, Rangoon Megna 11 a.m. Deli Langkat 1 P.M. Tongkah Petrel 1 p M. Klang Deli Ipm. I'angkalan Brandon Sri Ba»gka I pm. Pangkor A Tebik Anson Taw Tong 2 p.m. Singapore anil Hongkong Sui Sang 2 P.M. Rangoon Fittpatrick... 5 P.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    46 2 From Singapore—s. s. Ca/ypso to-morrow, s. s. Pentakota and b. s. .S'ri Han Ijer on Monday. From Liverpool—a. s. Orestes to-morrow. From Edie- s. h Both on Monday. From Bombay s s. M. Bacquehem on Sunday. From Suez —8. s. Canton on Monday.
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    REUTERS TELEGRAM.
    115 2 LONDON, 27th Mat. Attitude of the Porte. It is stated that the Porte has decided to prolong the armistice indefinitely, but refuses even to discuss the relinquishing of Thessaly. It leaves the other points to the arbitration of the Powers. The Rebellion in Crete. The insurgents in Crete
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    TEMPERANCE.
    728 2 The Russians, our readers will be glad to bear, are to l»e persuaded into becomim; moderate drinkers. At least, M. de Witte, the Russian Minister of Finance, believes the task, which he has set himself in that direction, to be possible. The means towards this most desirable end are
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    IS TRIAL BY JURY A FARCE ?
    503 2 IS TRIAL BY JURY A FARCE Our readers will probably recollect having seen in our columns several leaders, paragraphs, and letters under the above heading, all referring to tbe case of Oug Kia, the Chinam in, who was sent to prison by a magistrate for the theft of a gold
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    391 2 Wk hear that Mr. Bryant will be away to-morrow on Immigration Inspection duty in the Province. Mr. W. P. V. Jones has been appointed Secretary to Mr. Justice in Singapore He leaves for the southern port to-morrow afternoon by s. s. Sui Sang. A Confirmation Service will
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    PICTORIAL PENANAG.
    117 2 Mr. Wellesley A. Parker, who was i n t le Straits a short tune ago preparing f lir ,i plication of the pictorial and C oln u J supplements to the Pinang J. contemporaries, the Straits Times Mail, is passing again through P,n ;tII l his way from
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    THE ASSIZES.
    265 2 A man, named Awaug, was yest<iay charged with the murder of a woi’na,,, wjti whom he was living on the 16th of Decently last in Bengal Lane, a turning out of Penang Road. Mr. Shearwood appeared for the defence. Mutu Ibrahim, a former husband of fie woman, and
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    132 2 (From our Correspondent.) Thk Malays in the north of tbe ProriM are very busy preparing their land for planting the next padi crop. The Assistant Superintendent of Police, P. W., visite-1 the Telnk Ayer Taw, Lahar Ikan Mati, and Pinang luugi’d Stations, on the 23rd and 24th instant
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    THE "DAILY CHRONICLE" THE SITUATION.
    94 2 Here is the Daily Chionicles s’-® mary of the European situation on tieApril:— -.i. “The leaders of tbe Six are devising what mischief they may 1 Gnece when, as they hope, she is Kal ll her knees. It is a spectacle sue > cool wickedness
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    77 2 Friday. 28th a p M jji High-w.iter at New Jetty. 9-09 a m. Saturday, 29th Cricket. P. C. C. v. B. R. < Es l L Town Band, Golf Club. 5 r tf High-water at New Jetty, 9- a.m. Sunday. 30th Sunday after A scension.
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      650 2 i i a A New advertisements. Pritchard Co. A GOLD Pince-nez near Penang Road Police Station. Finder will be rewarded. Apply to 248 E. O Pinang Gazette. n r k| A M H GUATCHENGBROTHERS, r t IN A IN VI No. 27a BEACH STREET. G*REAT CLEARANCE SALE of all their
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      102 2 Gosling Co., Beach. <(■ Union Streets. JUST ARRIVED. Cheddar Cheese, Streaky Bacon, AND Hams. Ex. s. s. ADEN.” ENGLISH HARNESS for Cob Horse. SILVER or BRASS MOUNTS. TENNIS POLES NETS (Ayres). GOLFERS’ REQUISITES. CRICKETSETS,BATS,STUMPS, BALLS, LEG GUARDS, &c. MARTINI REPEATING RIFLES, Winchester Model, 535. MAUSER MAGAZINE GUNS, $25, with 50
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    23 3 t oM OUK CoK RESPONDENT. > IE LUK ANSON. 2Sth May. ]’he sbipnt eu^s to-day are -p 0 Penang, 245 pikulsof tin.
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    SINGAPORE RACES.
    449 3 FIRST DAY. t 1... Maiden Plate” King of Clubs favourite. He led to tbe straight ll was collared by Leichol and V! nuralh beaten by four lengths. Calder tne winner. Campbell was on tbe I King of Clubs, and Kirwan steered I Youna Gladstone. Time 1 min. the
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    LIGHTTHOUSES IN THE RED SEA.
    327 3 A Demand for More. The Calcutta Englishman publishes an important article on lighthouses in the Red Sea, and calls upon the Government to take steps, especially owing to the increased qieed demanded in the mail contract, which should compel them to make the steamer track
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    PASSENGERS.
    15 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s Sui Sang from Calcutta: Mr. and •b ,R Parker.
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    MAIL NOTES.
    745 3 The Madrid Press announce the pacification of Cuba to be complete and predict that this very desirable State of affairs wili be lasting. The Canadian Tariff is denounced by the merchants interested in West Indian sugar, as.favouring German beet-sugar to the destruction of the West Indian trade with
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    A WORD ABOUT THE FASHIONS.
    232 3 Colour contrasts are still startling. For instance, a blouse of figured taffeta on a violet ground has, says a corresp indent to the Globe, a-knot of the most vivid burnt orange at the throat, with the same shade of velvet at the back of the
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    BETTING "PLACES."
    97 3 BETTING "PLACES. Mr. Duncombe asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the 27th of April whether he jvould introduce a short Bill defining a “place” under the Betting Acts, 1853 and 1854, in intelligible and unmistakable words, and in’ accordance with the expressed intentions of the framers
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    A "FANCY" RACE.
    145 3 At Umballa Gymkhana Meeting, held on Saturday, 24th April, a very amusing race was included in the programme. It was called “The Jameson Raid.” The following account of the proceedings appears in the Asian “Conditions of the “Jameson Raid” Race: Riders to go half a mile over
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    THE LATE ASSISTANT UNDERSECRETARY FOR THE COLONIES.
    191 3 The death of Mr. Edward Fairfield, C. 8., C.M.G., Assistant Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, says the >7. James's Gazette, deprives Air. Chaiuberlaiu of a very valuable assistant. As the Secretary of State said when speaking of Mr. Fairfield’s work in connection
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    A REMARKABLE SEA-MONSTER.
    280 3 On tin- coast of Florida has recently been discovered the most remarkable marine monster which human eyes have ever seen, sivs an English contemporary. It was found in a mutilated condition, embedded in the sand, and at the time of its discovery had probably been washed ashore
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    A TERRIBLE STORY OF THE SEA.
    252 3 A terrible tale of the sea has been disclosed at St. Pierre, an island at the South of Newfoundland, says the Central News. The Miquelo baiquentine Victor Eugene arrived with four survivors from the fishing brigantine Vaillant, which struck upon an iceberg off the
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    IS THIS THE END OF EXPLOSIVES IN WAR?
    874 3 The Miracle of the Marconi Waves. The novelty of the Rontgen rays has hardly worn off before we are confronted with a much more startling development of the electrical miracle. It is one which brings the science of tbe Materialist very close
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    SHIPPING.
    243 3 Arrivals. TO-DA V s. 8. Sui Sang from Calcutta. s. s. <t. Hock Kian from Singapore. s. s. Alboin from I otoeorin. s. s. Sri Bangka from I’adang. s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. P O. r. s. Coromandel from Singapore. s. s. Langkat from Deli. 8.
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      77 3 BROWN CO., Monumental Sculptors, 42 BENTINCK STREET, CALCUTTA, Established A. D. 1852.] All works under European Supervision. Done in Italian Marble, Aberdeen, Granite, and Chunar Stone. bailie slabs for fixing on gates or otherwise from $3.50 each and upwards according to amount of lettering. SOLE AGENT for the Straits Settlements,
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      475 3 iri>" ksBO to-... IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFIUS or DIITIT-iRS at short notice. TERMS MODERATE. PORT, SHERRY, M ADEIRA, MARSALA, TOKAYAR, GRAYES, 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
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      138 3 TO LET. HOUSE No. I Contonment Road, known as Aver Rajah Estate. 228 Apply to C. TEK SOON. LUBRICATING OIL. LUBRICATING, SHAFTING, and ENGINE OIL to be bad at PENANG FOUNDRY’ Co. KHYE HO FOUNDRY Co. FIRS'! QUALITY. PRICES MODERATE DENTAL NOTICE. MR. J. F. TEUFERT, Dental Surgeon, has arrived
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      1873 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messes. TIIEAN CHEE &Co penangM Same as supplied to tlie Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 goon YEN 4 ™ends. SOLE IMPORTERS— -gATZ BROTHERS, Mannheim Insurance Company. A d M «4»« b.„ “W.
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      294 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY I SOLE AGENTS FOR I N. Lazarus’ Spectacles I SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED A J GLASSES SUPPLIED -.H THE 2 Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9am. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3 Sunday hours 11 a.m. to I'p.rn Prescriptions accurately dispeng, SPECTACLES to suit everv variety of
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