Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 2 August 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. MONDAY, 2nd AUGUST, 1897. No. 173.
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    • 535 1 I gWpH (HoHceg, feffToriental Steam Navigation Company. riiHE ina.il steamers may be I i’Mck ex P to arrpve out_ I tWS wards and leave Penang I homewards, on the following dates I outwards. Homeward». B Au». 13 I Mirzapore Aug. 5 27 Thame» 19 a e nt 10 Kaisar-i-hind Sept.
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    • 1334 1 SBimrinfr Moftce*. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. 5 uww. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Banksteam ship company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing corporation. U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, OTTTK» ririMT» 4-N.T-V T PAID-Uf CAPITAL $10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. 11 Reserve Fund 6,500,000.
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    • 539 1 NEDKKLANDSUIK HANDKL MAATSCHAFFi (Netherland. Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 00 Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38 J Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch» Handel Maatscbappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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  • 185 2 LONDON, 31st July. Commercial Treaties. THE PREATY WITH BELGIUM. The commercial treaty with Belgium has also been renounced. NEW TREATIES PROPOSED. Great Britain has proposed to negotiate for a new treaty with Germany and Belgium. THECAUSE OF THE RENUNCIATIONS. The renunciations are the result of the reduction in
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  • 386 2 Oi k readers will see in the Supplement the exhaustive report which Major Anderson has recently issued on the Penang Harbour Improvement scheme. On the 22nd and 24th of July, the Legislative Council considered a vote in reference to the matter, a vote of 81'59,000, which the
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  • 474 2 The recent somewhat violent further depression in exchange must have saddened the hearts of some, who were able to recall as a personal and pleasant experience the time when the dollar stood at 4s. 3d., or, later on, when after a depreciation its value in sterling again
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  • 1154 2 Major Anderson is <>f opinion that the Penang I*. W. D. is lauieiUably destitute of plunl. Captain H. L. Talbot, Acting Command.mt of the Malay States Guides, has arrived in Penang. Last night, at Bishop Street, the house of Hoey Ah Fook was entered bv a thief,
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    • 1104 2 Pritchard Co notic k. 1 1 lUvlllll U. VU VVi Co., in co: sequence of the continued I depression in exchange, beg to notify that in order tol enable them to maintain a, fair standard of charges, o i and Prnviqion Dpnartmpnt «<"’'• ,l|C lst d ir p,ice s I)P
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  • 226 3 ijhc i.dil'jr of the Pinang Gazette”) A, a public meeting held in the Mh»" 1 r f Commerce on 14ih May for I, ’i u 1 i f fiammg a petitionfto Go- i' 1 I :ii mid if necessary to the Secretary ,d>iithat the Indian Immigration
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  • 104 3 MINING IN SERENDAH The As'istant District Officer, Seieudah, ’dug on die subject of mining in Seieu,,h -tales; —“A Serendah miner, whois -,V id'io I limpan at Suugei Tampeian, has a finding a considerable percentage of almi.il e ld, amounting very often to over iolf in ounce in a pikul of
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  • 235 3 Mi;. Curzon said in the House of Comm on the sth July —ln 1889 the Egyptic; Government undertook to surrender 1 d p-r annum of the light dues when ’ir m w tariff slmuld come into force. No in. nr li* was made as to the disposal
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  • 246 3 nv his M iv repoi the District Officei, Hu Selangor" (Mr JC. Grey), writes: 1 a* i, xt (22nd) dr we visited the Kuala K’ ”i H' spital and 1 the afternoon the Act-"-R 'idcnt.theDistiet Surgeon, and I drove Rasa andinsp-led the site of the new ’""■nship and
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  • 1012 3 Meetings. Ordinary meetings of the Commissioners were held on the 4th and 18th of the mouth and a special meeting on the 15th, to consider an offer made by, Mr. Cheah Chen Eok to present a clock tower to the Commissioners as a memorial
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  • 938 3 Final Notes and Anticipations. An exceedingly large muster (among whom I was glad to see a number of' ladies) were very busy scannL g on Saturday morning some of the winding-up gallops of the various candidates, and a deal of capital work was put in. The Course
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  • 665 3 (L. C. Express London, 9th July. A great strike has occurred in the engineering trade. The visit of the King of Siam to the Netherlands Court has been fixed for September next. In the House of Commons the Workmen’s Compensation Bill haabeen proceeded with. The Queen is at
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  • 75 3 M</ /INDAY, 2nd Town Band, Esplanade, 5 PM. Meeting Town Hall, re Flower Show. High-water at New Jetiy, 2-55 p.m. Ti\ and 3-22 a m. iesday, 3rd:— I High-water at 3-44 p.m. W and 4-11 a.m. EDNESDAY, 4TH Association Football, Esplanade, at 5.15 p.m. Town
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  • 77 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Canton from Singapore: Mrs. N. Ware, and Messrs. E. H. Sharp, and A. Perry. Yesterday. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson Mr. Mrs. Brewster, Mr. Mrs. D. Osborne, Mr. Mrs. Bryant, Messrs. Bascom and DeMornay. Per s.s. Flying Fish from Port Weld
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  • 294 3 Arrivals. To-dat. s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson. s. s. Canton from Singapore. Yesterday. 8. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. 8. Petrel from Tongkah. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. s. 8. Calypso from Singapore. 8. s. Tekoa from Liverpool. 8. s. Medusa from Trieste.
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    • 606 3 FOR SALE. i BLACK MARE A Victoria. A Apply to J. A. HARWOOD, Penang. PUPILS io teach Music. Terms moderate. Apply to Miss C. W.,” 322 <•/<> Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE. A DWARF CALF, 1 ft. 7 in. height, 2 ft. 1 in. length, with the mother, giving 5 ehupahs
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    • 244 3 J. BERNSTEIN, Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. 12 BEACH STREET, PENANG. PENANG TURF CLUB TICKETS. rnICKETS for the Races, to be held on 1 sth and 7th August, 1897, may be had from Messrs. Pritchard A Co., or on application to the Secretary. Grand Stand Tickets for the Meeting... $3
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    • 2222 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY jg THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co PenansM g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 M GOON-YEN <t FRIENDS. sole importers— gA,TZ BROTHERS IIMITFn HIN LEE Co. l— > GOLD iiiLUflUj-boiogiie,
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    • 379 4 PENANG ICE WORKS? Depot» .—Beach Street -Open on week days from 7.30 to 10 a m an d from noon to 5 pm., ou s days from 8 a.m. to noon 32 Penang Road H' p STRET.-Open at all hours day and night. Price»:— For 1 lb. 3 cts. retail,
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE “ PINANG GAZETTE,” 2nd AUGUST, 1897.1897.
    • 3095 1 n t 0 accompany project for the l{ep J n f si Iron Pier to accommodate 0 tan-going Steamers in Penang LkW Harbour. r ,IN OF TH> PROJECT. wit's past complaints bare r -ijr ii ;»u< qcacy of the means at Penang, owing to there f..i Ocean
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    • 1303 1 Interview with Mr. A. M. Skinner. Commerce of 23rd June, the Straite Time* points out, gives a “commercial conversation” with Mr. A M Skinner, c.m.g., the late Resident Councillor of Penang. Mr. Skinner, at the outset, took pains to renr ve from the interviewer's mind the prevalent impression
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    • 1139 1 A C 'BKEBPONDRNT write»: —Willi referen e to lhe para, iu the Perak Pioneer of the 31st ul irno re The Oid Club,” I may s’ate for the inf >rmati<>n of the Editor 4 that journal that I am not a member of that Club, and
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    • 86 1 The currency in us- in British North B-rnwis the Mexican Dollar, which since 1*94 has fluetuaieti in value between 1 11| aud 2 lj, says the B. A. Borneo Herald. I be average rate f pay on the cstalefi, iuvluding the Maiidore
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    • 191 1 A professional Engineer writes to an ludiau contemporary :—“I am beginning to sus| ct it possible that our telegraphs aud railway lines have so materially altered tiie electrical C' nditions, that, combined with the forest clearances there have been evervwheie, the rainfall is disturbed. An immense
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    • 287 1 It seems evident that with a Governor favourable to ihe scheme, writes a Chinanfu corespondent to the A'. C. Herald, there would be a considerable number of the better class iu Chinanfu who would be glad to see a school of Western learning started beie. but the Governor
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    • 3668 2 To The Right Honourable JOSEPH CHAMBERLAIN, Her Majesty’s Piincipal Secretary of State for the Colonies. The humblĕ petition of the undersigned Planters, Merchants, and other persons interested in Agricultural Industry in the Straits Settlements. Showeth, That Your Petitioners desire to invite your attention
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    • 860 3 PROGRAMME. August Meeting 1897, sth 7th August. First Day. Thursday, the sth August, 1897. 1. —The Maiden Plate 2-30 p.m. Value s2oo.—F<>r Maiden Horses (per rule XIV S. R. A.) Weight per scale (lOst. 91bs. All ex-griffius and ex-roadsters allowed 141bs Distance one mile. Entrance $lO. 2.
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    • 1261 3 New York Life Insurance Cc. The North-British and Mer- North German Fire Insurance Jnsurancc cantile Insurance Co. Company of Hamburg. c Funds £33,335,755 Established 1868. Hamburg- Bremen i-ire insur- Heavy Reduction in Rates. Established 1869. Capital ...M. 7,500.000. ance Co. of Hamburg. New plan” life policies on European, Capital £2,000,000.
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    • 17 3 THE A. P. K. r Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY. orders prompt* lj attended to.
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    • 2175 4 TO LET. PENANG TURF CLUB. a IW fTTr?!»k "Toilet < 4 rrHK TOWER." Anson GENERAL MEE ING of the Turf 'U JL AjU' IKk .LatlOlint" 1 Apply to H. J. MARTYN, Jr. A Club will lie held at the Race Course v)££cSfc eWBi 1 <>n Wednesday, 4 h August, at
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