Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 June 1897

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. HEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 10th JUNE. 1897. No. 131.
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      529 1 Qloftces» peninsular- Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be .»> A expected to arrive out- <. wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following y-jjK dates Outwards. Homewards. Wrzanore June 19 Rohilla June 10 s Jul y Kaisar-i-hind 24 sogetta5 ogetta July Raisar-i-hind ol Ravenna 22 JfosefM Aug.
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      1460 1 S6Wna (Hofices. British India steam navigation company, -(ltd.). §anks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. g /-kCEAN steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. 1 ong corporation 1 a V/ EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing anti expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-lp Capital $10,000,000. AND Fob Will sail Steamer From
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      755 1 HEDKKLAUDSUIi HAHDEL EAAYSCHAPPU (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,<X.*0.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38| Head Office in Amsterdam. Hiad Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandach» Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    371 2 Diamond Jubilee Meeting. Saturday, the 26th June, 1897. PROGRAMME. l.—The Hack Plate, 3-15 p. m. Value 8150.—ASelliug Race for all Horses that hare been regularly ridden or driven up to 31st May, 1897, in Penang or Province Wellesley. Horses entered at 8350 to carry 11 st. 7
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    EXCHANGE.
    136 2 Pmnang, 10th June. 1897. Ratus ci.osk as foli.«»ws: London, Demand Bank 1 11J Do. 4 months' sight Baid 2 Od. Do. 3 Credits Do. 3 Documental y 2/Ojf Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. t»3s Do. 3 days’sight Private... I 6 j Bombay, Demand Bank 34 i Do. 3 days’sight Private...
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    145 2 Pknanu. 10th June. ’•97. Tin $35 65 (Chinese) Tiling out of season. Black Pepper West Coast... 13 < 3 sellers. t Acheen 15 25 do. White Pepper.. 20 75 do. Cloves (picked).. 36 do. Mace No. 1 86— do. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 78— do. (No
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    107 2 Mails ii.osk T<»-m<»i. h<*w /C„r /‘ei •/> /'<»<«. Ceylon, Australasia. .Vc.. ria Brindisi fqr Europe, Ac, ItohiVa t!-'O a.m Today. Registiation tip to I p, m. Klang and Malacca 7'e fount Noox. Klang Deli IPM. Asa han ft. Hulcwyu 1 P.M. Calcutta.. Kut Sang I P. Pangkorand T
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    39 2 From Liverpool— s s Achilles to-day. From t siiapohe- h. s Ran Poh liin tomorrow. and s. s. I.indula o i Saturday Fr m Raxgoof—s. s Pundua <»n Saturday. From Sui Z— > s Malacca < n Monday.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    133 2 LONDON, 9th Junk. Peace and the Powers. The discussion, concerning the terms of peace, is making slow progress and is likely to be protracted. Meanwhile, Greece is pressing the Powers to accelerate matters, because the maintenance of her army in the field is draining the resources of the
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    951 2 CONCESSIONS FROM CHINA. The ’news is good news, indeed, which we publish to-day with regard io the signing of a protocol at Peking, under which several highly important concessions ate made to Great I ritain by the Chinese Emperor. For some years, the Fiemh advance northwards along the
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    714 2 LOCAL AND GENE RAL. Thirteen Chinese wkrk this morning fitn d $3 each by Mr. Hall, for gambling. In the last Peking Gazette to hand we noticellial fathers and sons are prohibited Ironi serving in official capacity in the same province. Wk heah that the H- ns. J. M. B.
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    "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS.
    62 2 (4th June.) 118. J. T Laast. m r.c t„ be C i<| burgeon Resident, Singapore'; Nir G b Freer, m.r.c.s., to be Colonial Surgeon dent, Penang and Mr. F. Croucher" M b <m to be Colonial Surgeon, Malacca; all with ffect from the Ist January last. Mr. L
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    THE ASSIZES.
    215 2 The case against Tulip, charged with the murder of his wife at Halfway Lane, w rtS concluded yesterday afternoon. The h Jrv having first retired, brought in au uuau'i’ mous verdict of guilty,” and Mr. Justice Law assumed the black cap and passed sentence oi death iu the
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    CHINESE RAZORS.
    86 2 Consul Gardner, in his Amoy trade report, says:—“lt is a noticeable featured the trade iu cutlery at this port that native razors iu large quantities are exported from this to the Straits Settlements, the wholesale price being about 7s. Bd. per 100. As all children and grown-up men
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    A SLIGHT REBUFF.
    137 2 In his report for April, 1897, the Resident in Pahang thus writes Large quantities of rice, imported by the Government, were distributed during the month to the native chiefs on the security of their salaries Eight thousand gaufaug of padi seed, which had been imported, were also
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    RHEA CULTIVATION.
    152 2 Mr. Playfair, of Ningpo, says that t new method of decorticating and degumming the fibres of rhea has apparently given soni? stimulus to its cultivation in the Straits Settlements, for he has had an applii‘* ,ri from a planter in Singapore requesting seeds and young plants. He had
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    PASSENGERS.
    62 2 Arrivals. To DAY Richt Per s. s’. Kut Sang from Singapore- Rev. Dr R. Fee. q r Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk H. R. Baldwin. jfr. Per s. s. Betsy from Teluk An->" Andrew. jjrs. Per s s. Ho Ktcei from Deli: Kerstens, and two children, and
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      19 2 PmTCHAIKD Co. LADIES' HALF-YEARLY CLEARANCE SALE commencing THURSDAY, the 10th JUNE, 1897. ter FOR TEN DAYS ONLY. IMMENSE REDUCTIONS.
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      339 2 NOTICES. Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Celebration. rpHE next Meeting of the General ComL mittee will be held on Monday, the 14th June, and nit on Tuesday, the Bth June, as originally arranged. J. R. INNES, 265 Hon. Sec. to General Committee. guatcheng brothers, No. 27a BEACH STREET. Great clearance sale of
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      68 2 Gosling Co., Beach <(• (Inion Streets. JUSTJpIVED. ENGLISH SALTED Beef Pork. Ox Tongues. Hams. Biron. Clierse. Egyplian Cigarettes, t’igars. Tobaccos Ceylon Tens. American Bicycles EOR LADIES and GENTLEMEN. Sadd •s. IL rness. Sporting (rods. IRON SAFES DEED BOXES. HAND BAGS. Large Assortment of Glassware. St. RAPHAEL and NOSS’ VIN (suitable
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    43 3 S- >M OVK C'OKKESPOXItKST.) IELVK AX SUN. 9th Junk. r R j meats on Monday were •j I'- naag, 525 pikuls of tin. r ...patents on Tuesday were— Penang, 815 pikulsof tin. 7, shipments to-day are—- Penang, 592 pikuls of tin.
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    NEWS FROM THE EAR EAST.
    878 3 J h? Imperial Bank of China. ria. Bank ot China was to havt? .»iuc»s at Shanghai on 27th st M‘. v ILMANENT MEMORIAL AT CANTON. h Jjim-Li residents al Canton axe to vimauent memorial, to the Queen’» heitiu, in the shape of a Lust in
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    A NEW ENGLISH SCHOOL IN CHINA.
    133 3 A most interesting ceremony took place last week in connection wiiL the Laying of the f undation stones < f the new English School which, writes a Chuiwkiug correspondent to a contempoiai v, is oeing erected on the opposite hills and which is to
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    AN INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE AT PEKING.
    156 3 Rev Gilbert Reid, founder -f the Mission t--the Upper Classes of China, at Peking, La» after some years of energetic w- tk am mist the educated an d official classes of China, secured official -auction and support t<> a large scheme for the establishment of
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    END OF THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
    126 3 The Philippine rebellion may now be regarded as at an end. Cavite province has been completely reconquered, and the rebels still under arms have retired to the mountains. On the 17th May, the birthday f the King of Spain, a proclamation was issued bv the
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    THE JACOB DIAMOND.
    368 3 The news that the Nizam’s celebrated diamond has been stolen is startling, say» the Madras Timet. The gem ba» had an unfortunate history. It was the sul-j-ct < f a law suit, it will be remembered, «hen r assed from the hands of Mr. Jacob, the _-reat
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    REPORT OF THE BRITISH RESIDENT IN PAHANG FOR APRIL, 1897.
    914 3 Account of a Journey through Ulu Kuantan to Pekan by Wat of the Tkmbeling. I left Pekan on the 7tb April, and, after a delay of a day at Kuala Pahang, where I awaited the arrival of a steamer —which,
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    NAURAL HISTORY IN SIAM.
    164 3 Mr. Flowers of the Royal Museum may c- nuratulrte himself, -ays the Siam Free Pre»f, on making a capture which ought to proveof interest to naturalists all the world over. He has discovered and annexed a two millimetre bug —not a big catch it «11observed, as
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    THE TRADE OF THE PORT OF BOMBAY.
    212 3 The returns laid before the Port Trustees at their latest meeting—that of the 11th Mav—give an onlv too graphic account of the effect that plague and famine have bad up-on the trade of Bombay, says the Timet of India. The quantity of merchandise
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    CoNFUCIUS.
    422 3 The -V. C. Herald devotes one or two leaders to dealing with Mr. Parker’s recent article in the Imperial and Ahiatic Quarterly Rerietc, and in one of them app-ear the following remarks and extracts: Mi. Parker devotes some pages to an account of the town and home of the
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    SHIPPING.
    295 3 A rrivals. To-I> A V s. s. Ch el yd ra freun Cal utta s. s Itidy Weld from Teluk Anson s. s. Betty from Teluk Anson. s s. Ho Ktoei from Deit. 8. s Jin Ho from Langkat. s. a. Kut Sang fro-u Singapore. P. O. s s
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      155 3 AGENTS WANTED FOR THE SALE OF GERMAN PIECE GOODS AND SUNDRY GOODS Address, with European references, to Messrs. EMIL ZIPPEL A Co., 254 Hamburg. Commercial Liiion Assurance Company, Ltd. Hold (Jnice —‘24. 25 A 26, CORN HILL, LONDON, E. C. FIRE-LIFE-MARINE. pAPITAL ful y Sub-ril-J X2,500.”90 Life Fund in Sj-ecial
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      663 3 FERGUSON’S SUCCESS is entirely due to giving the very best whiskies. TRY THEIR S S 3 I; J -1 Sa A.XD ALSO mMM 3 fScoTCH wmiskX w wrTknJ I I Duty paid 815. Export 812, Duty paid 812AO. Export $9.50, per Case. per Ca«e. AND CONVINCE YOURSELF. SOLE AGENTS: PRITCHARD
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      1551 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co pe„ MK M g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clnh« GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 1 aooNjKN SOLE IMPORTERS— KA.TZ BROTHERS, LIMITHI Jnsuronce QXotaes?, If tb 581,6 f Fire
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      301 4 GEORGE TOM DISPENSARY SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AND GLASSES SUPPLIED y THE (DISPENSARY 2 IJisliop StrM, IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3 Dm Sunday hours 11 a.m. to p Prescriptions accurately dispensed. SPECTACLES to suit every variety of defective
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