Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 July 1897

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. FRIDAY, 16th JULY, 1897. No. 159.
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      566 1 QToftces. <fc Oriental Steam Navigation Company. Sri'HE mail steamers may be -L expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Jul X 17 Ravenna July 22 a 8 31 Mirzapore Aug. 5 Aug 13 Thames 19 L U 27 Rohilla ««Pt- 2 >re Sept
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      1257 1 SRommW OMm BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. aww» KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hnn^^Tsh...„, ha F Ra n k nCEAK STEAM ship COMPANY. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong Shanghai BankU EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. ‘‘3m AND For Will sail Steamer From
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      675 1 NEDERLANDSG/1K HANDEL MAATSCfIAPPU (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.88} 3iad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsch" Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and .Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samaraffg, Sourabaia, Padang, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers. —The
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 2 Penang, 16th July, 1897 Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/11; Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/1 lj Do. 3 Credits 2/oj*j Do. 3 Documentary 2/oj. Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 155 Do. 3 days' sight Private 160 Bombay. Demand Bank 155 Do. 3 days’sight Private 160 Madras. Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    149 2 Pknami. 16ih July. i w 97. Tin $36 60 sellers. Tntnu out of season. Black Pepper I West Coast... '4 16 sellers. I Aelieen 16.1 X) do. White Pepper 22. do Cloves (picked).. out of season. Mace No. 1 88. sellers. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 75
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    51 2 Mails close on To mokkow. For Ver str Time. Laogkat Jin H e I pm. Rangoon Calcutta.. Sirsa I p m L'ingkat Perse 2 P M. Paugkor AT- Anson.. Tur 'Tong 2 PM. D«-li lb, Kiree 3p M. Edie. T. Semawe, S« uli. i Olelileh C.r.L’insbe ye 3
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    60 2 From London s. >. Bcnlomond to-day From Sin iapore >. Generual Pel and s.s Letimbro to-morri>w. From Liverpool s.s Nestor on Sunday From Singapore -s. s. Lightning on Monday. From Hamburg —s. b. Aglaia on Monday. From Colombo— Maiia Valerie on Monday Fr<'M NegaPATAM B. I. S
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    REUTERS TELEGRAM.
    84 2 LONDON, 15th July. Crete. YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAM CONTRA DICI ED. The report of the conflict at Candia, which the Times published, is unfounded. The Naval Works Bill. THE SECOND READING. The Naval Works Bill has been read a second time in the House of Commons. DOVER. The estimate for
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    THE HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    129 2 Wk are pleased to see, from a telegram received by the Agent of the above Company in Penang, that the Bank’s dividend for the Half-year, subject to audit, will be 255. per share (the usual rate); that $506,000 will be pla«ed to Reserve Fund,
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    THE PIRACY OFF ACHEEN.
    205 2 Our renders will have noted, and that most probably with feelings of gratefulness, in which we most sincerely join, the prompt and kindly cure and attention, shown by the Resident of the Province and the Dutch officials at Teluk Semawe towaids the suffereis, both living and
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    BURGLARIES AND GANG-ROBBERIES.
    276 2 Burglaries, although relieved bv an occasional gang-robbery, are growing so frequent that the monotony is becoming positively wearisome. Police administration is a matter which readily lends itself to trenchant criticism, in Penang as in other Bi itish possessions, and the responsible duties of the various Police Officers
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    THE KEMPTON PARK APPEAL.
    1001 2 The full Court of Appeal, consisting of the Master of the Rolls, and Lords Justices Lindley, Lopes, Smith, Rigby, and Chitty, have allowed the appeal of the Kempton Park Race-course Co. against the decision of the Lord Chief Justice, which granted an injunction restraining betting in
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    487 2 LOCAL AND GEN E R AL The Dutch gunboat <7... here from Deli .yesterday. arr >M The 8. s. Hok Canton arrive.] i Old.lel, ,l.i s 1«» dismasted tongkang. 111 tow A Chinaman, for bung j n r illicit chandu valued al xd p essi0 M fined $50 by Mr.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    255 2 The JCling. Raman, charged with committing rape on a Kling girl, aged ab ut 2j years, was found “guilty" yesterday morning, and was sentenced by Mr. Justice Jones to ten years’ rigorous imprisonment. The Judge iu passing sentence dwelt upon the atrocity and gravity of the crime. The
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    PASSENGERS.
    44 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per B. I. s. s. Sirsa from Singapore: M» s srs. F. Smith, E. Bacon, Brambier, Zeine. and M. Silva. Per s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk Au >o Mr. O. Carrol. Per s. s. HoA: Canton from Olelileh: Barre Weisermau,
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      719 2 Tk ti i 1 Oft New advertisements. Pritchard Co. A COMPETENT Kling Krant. Apply to MANAGER, 342 Estate, Perak. Ladies’ department (Masonic Hall) fl 'HE Monthly Service for Children p 1 w ’ll be on Sunday next at JU 8 I Urt N t U 9 a.m. by the Rev.
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      82 2 Gosling Co., liiiicJi <(• I iiioii Streets. JUST ARRIVED. PUKE SCOTCH CONFECTIONERY. ENGLISH WHOLE FRUIT JAMS. Splendid Variety. ENGLISH SALTED iV Pol k 35 cents per lb. 0x Tongues. Hams. Bacon. licddar Cheese. Egyptian Cigarettes. From §1.50 per 100. Cigars. Tobaccos. Ceylon T(‘:iS 50 cents per lb. Saddles. Harness. Sporting
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    19 3 A j oUK CoLItESPVNDKNT.) IFI.UK ANSON. 16th July. The shipments to-day were—po Penang, 403 pikuls of tin.
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    THE NEW MAP.
    65 3 neW Jlap of the Malay Peninsula is \publication, having been passed iea '’i' Caw' il of the Stiaits Branch of the ’"i Viatic Society, with the membeis of K ’-'Vm Committee. The Map has been l e "I bv Mr. Van Cuyleuberg aud will eoinp l soou
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    FOOTBALL.
    99 3 pick-up game at Association Foot- yesterday afternoon on the C‘ t H ide between mixed teams of the pl' 1 8l Jade and the P. C. C„ captained b K a iie,/Tbr es be#» n a W. H. Bell, res- e V The came was fairly even turough- latter
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    MURDER OF A BRHISH OFFICER.
    85 3 A Calcutta paper of the Bth inst., receiv--1 i Penang vesterday morning records L minder of ‘a British officer, engaged in e Toclii Expedition, by a Sikh', on the s/maua heights, north-west of Kohat. Cant tin Gordon, of the 36th Sikhs, was on tlJrifle range
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    A BRITISH MAN-OF-WAR FIRED UPON.
    86 3 H M. S Immortalite has been fired at while Woo-ung. Two shots were tired fi in one of the forts but both fell short. T vessel was cleared for action and her UIS were trained on the fort but no further b ,ts were fired.
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    THE JUBILEE IN MANILA.
    58 3 THE JUBILEE I N MA NILA. The Diamond Jubilee was loyally celbrated in Manil i, all the ships in poit being g»ilv decked with bunting on the 23rd June, aud'the British aud foreign business houses were all closed. A ball was given in the English club at night, and the
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    TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    200 3 (Later than the Mail.) London. 6th June. The Colonial Troops in London. The Colonial troops have commenced returning. Detachments of the Jlongkong, Strait-, Ceylon, Mauritius, ami other artillery men and engineers have gone to Shoeburvness aud Chatham respectively for a course of instruction. Raiding in Thessaly.
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    COWING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    129 3 Psiday, 16th Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. Town Bind, Datu Kramat, 9 P.M. High-water at New Jetty, 1-12 A.M. and 1-39 p.m. l7th Tennis Tournament, Golf Club. Tmvn Bind, Golf Club, 5 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 2-01 a.m. and 2-28 p.m. rx'DAY, 18th
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    THE LOSS OF THE “SRI HONG ANN.”
    274 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —We now hfcve before us the finding of the Court of Inquiry re the loss of s.s. Sri Hong Ann, in which it is clearly stated that the ship was top heavy and unfitted to
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    A NEW DUTCH COALING STATION.
    740 3 < (Extracts from the Deli Courant.”) Under the title, The exploitation of Poeloe Way as assistance to the finishing of the Acheen War,” Mr. J. A. Schroder wrote in the Weekly Insulinde (according to a note written in 1892) “Again, the advisability to exploit the
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    MAIL NOTES.
    1895 3 Derelicts in the Bay of Biscay. Two derelicts dangerous to navigation were passed on the 16th June by the steamer Orizaba in the Bay of Biscay. Barnum’s Show at Olympia. The Barnum and Bailey Show will shortly return to Olympia, Addison-road. Messrs. J. Lyons and Co. have been
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    Novel Obituary Announcement.
    483 3 Here is a new way of announcing the death of an aged relative well worthy of imitation, says the Westminster Gazette. What finer eulogy could be passed on a man’s life than that he should leave two generations of goodly proportions? On April 23, at his residence,
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    CRICKET.
    388 3 The Bindings t&gt;. Lower Perak. The return match took place on Saturday last, at Tdok Anson, when Lower Perak (with considerable outside assistance) were again beaten, but on this occasion after a good game by 13 runs only. It was essentially a bowlers match, and Andrews and Cox did
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    SHIPPING.
    178 3 Arrivals. To-day. 8. s. Sirsa from Singapore. s. 8. Calypso from Singapore. s, s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson. s. s. Hok Canton from Olebleh. Yesterday. s. s. Teenkai from s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. s. s. Mary Austin from Klang. Departures. To-day. s. 8. Teutonia for Klang
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      428 3 TO LET. fI'HE TOW'ER,” Anson Road. 1 Apply to H. J. MARTYN, Jr. DENTAL NOTICE. A-j R. J. F. TEUFERT, Dental Surgeon, IVL has left for Kuala Lumpur and will re-visit Penang about four weeks hence. J. BERNSTEHL Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. BEACH STREET, PENANG. FITTERS. 11J ANTED, at
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    814 4 PROGRAMME OF August Meeting, 1897. TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 17th, 19th, and 21st. FIRST DAY. First Race, 3-30 p.m. The Maiden Plate. —Value 8200. For Maidens:—all Horses that have never won a race or anv Course —Griffin, Jump, and Roadsters’ Races excepted. Ex-griffins and Roadsters allowed
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      1687 4 WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Mxshbs. THEAN CHEE &Co pensngKd Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 1 gooxySJT frSnds. SOLE IMPORTERS-KA.TZ BROTHERS, I IMITFn HIN LEE Co. "’IIICU, -liJi Jjjp New York Life Insurance
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      356 4 VEGETABLES? a A U J g c REGISTERED TRADE MARK. Is competing with every branil in the market in QUALITY AND PRICE. fICKERMAN-IifIURENCE’S DRY-ROYAL. BRUT-ROYAL Friee W( I)|i(v 99 WHOLESALE PRU E ON APPLICATION DRY ROYAL is universally recognised as one of the choicest DRY SPARKLING WINES of Frartce. The
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