Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 July 1897

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    23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. SATURDAY, 10th JULY r 1597. No. 154.
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      557 1 (Hofices, Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 'I'HE maM steamers may be > J- expected to arfive out- ££«>3s wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following ffF dates Outwards. Homewards. r- 1 July 1“ Ravenna July 22 31 M irzapore Aug. 5 P Aug. 13 Thames 19 -j, 27 Roldlla Sept.
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      1512 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). banks. lyowc* KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hn n. kl Bank /^EA.rsTEAM^' comply. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongk n "J corp O Ga&n (J EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY. Ltd. Z «SES AND For Will sail Steamer From Expected
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      708 1 tEDBRLAtiDSUE HANDEL MAATSCBAPPI' (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38| Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands Indif. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch» Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medp.n (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and
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    EXCHANGE.
    134 2 Penang, 10th July, 1897. Rates close as Follows London, Demand Bank 1/lljf Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... 2/Do. 3 Credits 2/0 F Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 159 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 16 5 Bombay, Demand Bank 159 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 16 I Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    140 2 Pknang. 10fh July. i>97. Tin s3p 60 sellers. Trang dut of season. Black Pepper West Coast... (3 63 sellers» Acheen ♦*<»• I*3 25 do. White Pepper... 22. do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 88— sellers. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 75 do. (No 1
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    31 2 Mails close on Monday. For Ter str Time. Klang Marg Austin. 1 p.M. Langkat Jin H > 1 P.M Singapore lie in 2 p.M. Paugkor T. Ansoo. Conlon 2p m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    39 2 From Hamburg—s. s. Irene to-day. From Rangoon—a. s. Ethiopia on Sunday. From London-s. Benloniond on Sunday. From Calcutta-—s. s Okara on Monday From Edie—b. m. Both on M ndav. From Suez s. s. Ceylon on Monday.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    50 2 LONDON, 9th July. Turkey and Greece. The Austrian Ambassador on Wednesday handed Tewfik Pacha a Note to the effect that, unless the Porte names a day for the discussion of the Thessalian frontier, as proposed by the Powers, the Ambassadors will request their governments to adopt energetic measures.
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    THE LOSS OF THE “SRI HONG ANN.”
    631 2 The Court of Inquiry resumed its sitting on Saturday morning last. Captain Rawlinson, recalled, said the lost vessel was nearly 5 years old. The ship’s manifest and papers and his own certificate were lost with the vessel. Lim Ho Puah (Wee Bin Co.)
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    479 2 Seventeen Y.ong-sentenck prisoners left by the s. s. Sirsa on Tuesday last. The Band will play at the Esplanade on Tuesday night at 9 o’clock. Dr. and Mrs. Lease have reached Singapore. They were passengers from Glasgow by the Japanese steamer, Kawachi Main. The mail despatched from
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    IMPORTANT LEGAL POINT.
    343 2 (Contributed.') A Chinese will case came before Mr. Justice Jones on Thursday last, when Mr. van Soineren appeared for the Plaintiff and Mr. Capel for the Defendant. The point raised by the Counsel for the defendant is an important one, affecting as it does the capacity of
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    TO-MORROW'S SERVICES.
    99 2 St. Geokge's Church. Fourth Sunday after Trinity. Morning Service, with Holy Communion, at 8 o’clock. —Hymns 260 and 236. Evening Service at 6 o’clock—Psalms LIX (129;, LX, (159), and LXI (129); Hymns 264, 231, and 274. 3 Chubch of the Assumption. Ist Mass at 6 am., High Mass
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    30 2 LiW« T. mis Tovek 4mm KEBULTB of play on Friday t t, Men g Boubles. J. F. Lamb and 1 a 8 E M'-'O I /C. A.
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    THE N. O. B. C., LD.
    48 2 THE N. O. B. C., L D Creditors of the New O. B. C Tj note that the liquidator has remaining assets on terms which will e him to pay, within the next two mont r dividend of about Is. 2d. in the 10s. lid. in all. 4,1
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    THE EARTHQUAKE.
    825 2 Anecdotes from Calcutta. The Calcutta papers still abound descriptions of the appalling dis aster has come upon Bengal. The sight of? dancing steeple of the Free Church of&J land at Calcutta must verily have been citing. An account of the scene i s follows: ui| The scene in
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      562 2 n »1 1 J 0 A New advertisements. Pritchard Co. A VONDALE at Butterworth, from Ist August. Apply to t 331 R. A. P. HOGAN. Are now showing J. BERNSTEIN, Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. a very large stock of J 12 BEACH STREET, PENANG. NOTICES. Art Joslins TO LET.
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      73 2 Gosling Co., Beach (t Union Streets. justTrriveo. ENGLISH SALTED Beef Pork. Ox Tongues. Hams. Bacon. Cheese. Egyptian Cigarettes. I igars. Tobaccos. Ceylon Teas. American Bicycles COB LADIES and GENTLEMEN. Saddles. Harness. Sporting Goods. IRON SAFES DEED BOXES. HAND BAGS. Large Assortment of Glassware. St. RAPHAEL and NOSS’ VIN (suitable for
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    BRIBES TO STUDY.
    90 3 Officlks 'f the British Army who mav be erring 1U Hougkoug or Ibe Straits Settlea3.nt® are tempted the Government to a quire c>'lL>quial Chinese. The mnArnifiwut sum of X5O will be paid to a proficient, h will scarcely cover bis riny-Mmf* little account. Engineers in Ceylon and
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    ENGLAND’S PRESTIGE IN THE EAR EAST.
    105 3 I>- a recent article on England’s Prestige” fi i- J.u-an Mail asks V\ bat is the mailer, w w nder, with England's prestige-” The al 1 urnals, it says, are apparently agreed ,t Hits prestige has been misplaced, or j. t suffered some kind
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    TURNING THE WAR TO ACCOUNT.
    107 3 There is a man in Glasgow who is vend,L(r Turkish Delight with the following non bis barrow Five thousands tons of pure Turkish prii/ut captured by the Greeks at the Batt!- f Alaluna Pass to be heaved away at ueaitrending prices. Another big contaken at
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    A WASTTD LIFE.
    137 3 Dav d Griffin, who dird the other day in Dartino r prison at the age of fiftysix vears, has enj<yed freedom for eighteen m mths onlv since be was nine years of ac Neailv f rty-six years he spent in I -'H H- was convicted tbirty-f. ur
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    FOOT-BINDING IN CHINA.
    133 3 According to a leading article in the > recently issued, exhorting its read rs t tab- o bound feet in w men. and str. nglv advocating natural feet for the next cei eratiou of w men in China, it ap-p-tr« that a numler of influential members of
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    A SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
    209 3 The A*. C. Hera d'e Shantung correspondent in company with Dr. Chas F J .hns n. the resident physician, recently made a tour which took them through the wild mountain region of northern Isuei. En route they J.-.s«ed through a wild, mountain village, kn wn as Wangchuang
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    THE UNION JACK.
    191 3 Exclusive of men-of-war and yachts, there are about 9,000 British vessels afloat, ea h f a net tonnage of 100 tons and upwards. Thev are to be met with in every E-a. and thev constitute the most magnificent Ei-r.Lant navv that the world has ever seen, let
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    MAIL NOTES.
    486 3 A Dcchess’s Fancy Ball Denounced. The Rev. the Hon. James Adderiey has just been making a protest from the pulpit ■of Berkeley Chapel, London, against the extravagance which is to mark a forthcoming fancy-dress ball to be given by the Duchess of Devonshire. One learns from the Morning
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    A Question of Reverends.
    268 3 The question of the different degrees, if not of reverence at all events of dignitv, signified by the prefixes Reverend,” Verv Reverend,” and Right Reverend,” has long been a vexed one north of the Tweed The Moderator of the Genend Assemblv of the Church of Scotland
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    97 3 Saturday, IC>th: Golf Club, Monthly Meflal Cup. Tennis Tournament, Golf Club. Town Band, Golf Club, 5 P M. High-water at New Jetty, 8-18 PM. and 8-45 a m. Sunday, 11th: 4th Sunday after Trinity, High-water at New Jetty, 9-07 p.m. and 9-34 a m. Monday,
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    PASSENGERS.
    49 3 Arrfva/s. Yesterday. Per s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld Rev. F. Pyemont, Messrs Collinge and Rogers, and Mr. and Mrs. Greene A family. To-day. Per 8. s. Glenogle from London Miss. Murray, and Mrs. and Miss Campbell. Per s. 6. Jin Ho from Langkat: Miss. Van der More,
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    FEDERATED MALAY STATES.
    1815 3 Prisons Report. (1896 (ErfracD.) As I only assumed the duties of the appointment of Inspector of Prisons towards the end of 1896, and have been busily engaged in the organization of the Malay States Guides, I have not been able to give this duty the attention I
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    SHIPPING.
    358 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Glenogle from Loudon. s. s. Chelydra from Siuga]x*re. s. s Canton for Teluk Auson. s s. Jin Ho from Langkat. Yesterday. s. s. C. C. Smith from Brandon. b. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. R. Halewyn from Asahan. Departures. To-day. s. s. Quorra for Lvngkat.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    181 3 {Stmitf Timer, STH July.) Raid- (13 io nd.) .‘29.50 sale*. j£l fully paid $30.50 Puiijoius <s4 pd.) $7 50 Jclei.u» ($5 pd. I $2.40. Pahang Corp. (jEI pl > $4 75 Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd.) ($7B buyers. Pengeraugs ($5O pdj $4O seller*. Straits Insurance (s2u pd
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      26 3 CARD. Mr. James R. T. SURGEON-DENTIST, Temporary address, No. 1. Transfer Road. irR. LOGAN has returned to Penang jjJL and may be consulted daily as advertised.
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      539 3 FERGUSON’S SUCCESS fte entirely due to giving the very best whiskies. TRY THEIR 4 1 o s j| AND ALSO S -S bftMjjri Duty paid Export $l2, Duty paid $12.50. Export $9.50, per Case. per Case. A.ITD SOLE AGENTS: PRITCHARD Co., pe.xaxg. TO LET. HOUSE No. 7 L »gan Road
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    729 4 PROGRAMME. A u g’u st Meeting 1897, sth 7th August. First Day. Thursday, the sth August, 1897. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Value $2OO. —For Maiden Horses (per rule XIV S. K. A.) Weight per scale (10st. 91bs.) All ex-griffins and ex-roadsters allowed 141bs. Distance one mile. Entrance
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      1424 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IQ TT-TT7 'RTTRT (Houses of Parliament.) JL JL jlk JL& JL To be had at Messes. THEAN CHEE Co Pena M Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 TWAN STFW «V Cn A GOON YEN 4
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      263 4 VEGETABLES. < V r \lr AS j n 5 11 f >n. 2 REGISTERED TRADE MARK. Is competing with every brand in the market in QUALITY AND PRICE. fICKERMfIN-IifIURENCE’S DRY-ROYAL. BRUT-ROYAL, Price 820) ...> -Dntv. 99 WHOLESALE PRI< E ON APPLICATION DRY-ROYAh is universally recognised as one of tin* choicest
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