Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 July 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAIX.Y. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PfiICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. MONDAY, 12th JULY, 1897. No. 155.»
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      559 1 Jsßtpprig (Hoftees. I’eiiinsiiiar Oriental Steam Navigation Company. THE mail steamers may be A expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang r/ homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. r-. 1 July 17 Ravenna July 22 p ..31 Mirza pore Aug. 5 p Aug. 13 Thames 19 27 Rohilla Sept.
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      1365 1 Gtofkea BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. yiwrecß. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. HAnHcnne n cEAX steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong fhangha. BankV/ EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM a Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Pud-cp Capital VkS’SJ' AND For Will sail Steamir From Expected on
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      710 1 |KEDKRUHDSIAK HAS HKL UATSMAiWJ (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital 35,783,000.00 Rkservi Funds f 2,282,814.38, Hi ad Ofpick in Amstkrdam. Hkad Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandach* Handel Maatechappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    131 2 Penang, 12th Juf.Y, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/1 lit Do. t months’ sight Bank Do. 3 Credits 2/0 Do. 3 Documentary 2/0| Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 158 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 16 Bombay, Demand Bank 158 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 16 > Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    145 2 Pen a no. 12th July. P 97. Tin §36 60 sellers. I Tiling out of season. Black Pepper, West Coast... 1363 sellers. Acheen on. 15.25 do. White Pepper 22. do. Cloves (picked).. <>ut of season. Mace No. 1 88. sellers. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 75 do.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    52 2 Mails close on To-morrow. For I er str Time. Deb l.aigkat 1 P.M Padang .S'ooro,- 1 pm. I’angk'-r A T Anson. Il,tsi/ 2 p.m. E lie, T. Setmiwe, S gli. Ob Irl'h ami Padang H 'th 3 pm. Moulniein Ethiop a 3 p.m. Teluk Anson L ohj Wdd
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    56 2 From Calcutta—s. s Ohara 10-dav. From Singapore B. I. s. s. Sirsa and Loodiana on Wt dm sday. From Edie s. s. G. G. v. Lansberg on cduesda From London b. s. Benlomond on Wednesday. From Singapore s. s. M Harguehem on Friday. 1 rom Singapore s
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    204 2 LONDON, 10th July. Turkey and Greece. ANOTHER COLLECTIVE NOTE. The Ambassadors have presented a Collective Note to the Porte. DEMAND OF THE POWERS. They demand a cessation of Turkey’s obstruction to the negotiations. TELEGRAM FROM THE SULTAN. The Sultan has personally graphed to all the foreign Sovereigns and
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    PIRACY OFF ACHEEN.
    820 2 The 8. Pegu left Penang on Wednesday last. Chief Engineer Foggie was too unwell to proceed on the voyage, ami Mr. Craigie, of Ipoh, took his place. The vessel reached Edie safely and left for Teluk Sernawe on the Bth at 5.30 p.m. At Edie, eleven Acbenese
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    EXTRAORDINARY GANG ROBBERY IN PENANG.
    249 2 A party, consisting of two ladies and thirteen members of the Penang Literary Association, were visiting Belle Vue on Saturday last. The house, which belongs to Mr. Cheah Chen Eok, has only recently been made over to the Association as a country-house, and the party
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    MURDER AND SUICIDE IN PENANG.
    119 2 Between 7 and 8 a.m. to-day a Chinaman murdered his wife aud his child, aged 15 months old, at 76 Magazine Road, aud then committed suicide. It would apipear that the man returned home this morning, complaining of a headache; aud asked his wife for
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    598 2 The race horse Locky,” the property of Sir Frank Swetteubam, is advertised for sale. Mr. W. A. Cuscaden has proceeded from Singapore to Malacca, as Assistant Superintendent of Police. A Chinaman was this morning fined $25 by Mr. Hall, for being in possession of morphia, valued at
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    THE DUTCH IN ACHEEN.
    69 2 The enemy still continue very aeti« against the Dutch in Acheen. Glieng wh again occupied by Panglinia Pidiiu and b band who strongly fortified the paft whence the Dutch formerly lost so heavily® driving them. Aided by artillery the Dutch captured all the positions; destroyed tbt
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    TELEGRAPHIC INTERRUPTION.
    79 2 The Telegraph Company notifies I/'inst.) asfollows: —Cable communication fit Shanghai is still totally interrupted. I* weather in the China Sea is reported t (l improving, and the cable ship uiay let’’ pected to resume work shortly. I» meantime, telegrams for Northern t l and Japan are suffering heavy
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    THE ACHEEN WAR AND PENANG.
    163 2 Mr. Kruijt, formerly the NetherlasJ Consul-General at Penang, has taken trouble, says the Straits Times, to charge that Penang has thriven 11 mainly through the Acheen war. 1 plies drawn from Penang by the authorities for the troops in Acheen, 111 smuggling carried on to
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      647 2 rx *1 1~ lOfl New Advertisements. Pritchard to. notice. ipHE Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal I Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 3 p. m., On Friday, the 16th July, 1897. Arp now showing f. hallas, V <■} s ec to the Municipal Commissioners. FOR SALE. a
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      72 2 Gosling Co., lif ticJi Union Streets. JUST ARRIVED. ENGLISH SALTED Beef Pork. Ox Tongues. Hams. Bacon. Cheese. Eg’ypt ian Cigarettes. Cigars. Tobaccos Cevlon Teas. A meric m Bicycles EOR LADIES and GENTLEMEN Saddles. Harness. Sporting (ioods. IRON SAFES DEED BOXES. HAND BAGS. Large Assortment of Glassware. St. ifAPIITEL «hnd VIN
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    1326 3 (L. 4’ 6'. Express.) 18th June. The Mansion House Indian Famine Fund amounted last night to £537,500. Father Kneipp, the famous water curer, died vesteiday at the age of seventy-six. The Khalifa is preparing to resist the Fgyptian advance on the Nile at Omdurman. The Princess Adolphus of
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    THE COSTERS' CHURCH.
    199 3 A remarkable scene was witnessed in Southwark at seven o’clock in the morning of the 18th of May. Dr. Talbot, Bishop of Rochester, consecrated the Church of Si. Alphege or the “Costers’” Church, which, though built nearly 25 years ago through the efforts t>f the late Rev.
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    DICTIONARIES.
    225 3 Five or ten per cent of the Chinese literati are born with a certain nicety of ear which assists them to use a syllabic dictionary like the Mandarin Wu-fany-yuen-yin or the Sip-go-yim of Amoy. They can all look up words in Kanghsi, says the N. C. Herald, in which
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    PASSENGERS.
    58 3 Arrivals. Saturday. Per 8. s. Ho Kwee from Deli: Messrs. F. Kedding, J. Kerstens, J. Hermans, and G. Schoevers. Per s. s. M. Austin from Klang Messrs. Towers, and Norton. Yesterday. Per s. s. Langkat from Deli: Mr. Ross. To-day. Per s. s. Betsy from T. Anson; Mr. Andrews.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    36 3 (From our Correspondent.) TELUK ANSON. 10th July. The shipments "to-duy are— To Penang, 440 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 2,975 of ore. 12th July. The shipments to-day were— To Penang, 1,005 pikuls of tin.
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    41 3 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Results of play on Saturday Ladies' Doubles. Final Tie. Miss Hogan I Mrs. Kerr and Miss Jones J ea Mrs. Hallifax. Mixed Doubles. Miss A. Anthony Mrs. Peirce and &G. E. Mosley J \R. Peirce.
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    PERAK NEWS.
    614 3 In his report for May the District Magistrate, Lower Perak, writes We walked between seven and nine miles through newly opened land (Bagan Datoh and Rungkup) all planted with coconut trees; huge bunches of nuts on many of them were easily reached with our walking sticks. This portion
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    A ROYAL MOUNTAINEER.
    188 3 Much interest is being taken in Rome in the forthcoming mountaineering expedition of King Umberto’s nephew, the Duke of Abruzzi. His Royal Highness started on the 21st May from Liverpool for Alaska, with the special object of attempting the ascent of Mount St. Elias and Mount Logan,
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    LOSS OF A STEAMER.
    79 3 A terrible disaster has happened near to Bangplasoi. The small steamer that ran between Bangkok and Bangplasoi has been lost with all on board. The steamer’s boiler exploded while the vessel was off the mouth of the river, and all on board are reported to have
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    78 3 Monday, 12th Tennis Tournament, Golf Club. Town Band, Esplanade, 5 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 9-56 p.m. and 10-23 a.m. Tuesday, 13th 'Tennis Tournament, Golf Club. Town Baud, Esplanade, 9 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 10-45 p.m. and 11-12 a.m. Wednesday, 14th:— Town Band, Esplanade,
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    SHIPPING.
    280 3 A rrivals. To-day. s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. e. s. Hebe from Singapore. Yesterday. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s Langkat from Deli. s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. s. s. Ethiopia from Rangoon. P. OT s. s. Ceylon from London. s. s. Both from
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    184 3 (till ails Times, 10th July.) Raidis (13 IO pd.)... .*29.50 sales. jBI fully paid $30.50 Punjoiiis ($4 pd.) $B.OO Juieltus ($5 pd.) $2.40. Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) $475 Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd.) ($7B buyers. Pengerangs ($5O pd.) $4O sellers. Straits Insurance ($2O pd I $lB sales.
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      441 3 FOR SALE. Coloured Cement Flooring Tiles. 'IIHE prettiest, best, and cheapest flooring L for Halls, Dining Rooms, Bathrooms, Stables. &c. (lenient Drain Pipes, Stronger and cheaper than Burned Pipes. 115 HUTTENBACH BROS. Co. CARD. Mr. James R. T. Logan, S URGEON-DENTIS T, Temporary address, No. 1. Transfer Road. MR. LOGAN
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      421 3 QJnlernatioih IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFIUS or at short notice. TERMS MODERATE. PORT, SHERRY, MADEIRA, MARSALA, TOKAYAR, GRAVES, A MALAGA. These are I lie 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. TO
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      16 3 T SB A. P. K. Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY. orders promptly attended to.
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      1532 4 i-j,. BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Meshes. THEAN CHEE <t Co Pe gKd g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Cluhs GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J A THEAN SIEW Co h?n n lbe 4Co PKIE!fDS SOLE IMPORTERS —KATZ
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      367 4 VEGETABLES. z T co Vy fej; /rajir I c REGISTERED*TRADE MARK, Is competing with every brain] in the market in QUALITY AND PRICE. fICKERMfIN-LfIURENCE’S DRY-ROYAL. BRUT-ROYAL. Price $2O) s2l)utv 99 WHOLESALE PRI< E ON APPLICATION DRY ROYfllt is universally recognised as one of the choicest DRY SPARKING WIRES of France.
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