Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 August 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [IWCE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. TUESDAY, 3rd AUGUST, 1897. No. 174.
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      519 1 gapping (Uotfceg. Insular' Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be el l >ected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Aug. 13 Mirzapore Aug. 5 27 ThanMSB f l 9 /{arertoi Sept. 10 Kaisar-i-hind Sept. 2 p 23 Rosetta 16 Oct. 7
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      1343 1 Sferiw (Itofteec. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,*-(LTD.). banks. IF”* KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankrxCE an STEAM SHIP COMPANY. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. inf Corporation U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. eiTTD nnwnivv Paid-cp Capital $10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. r KBBRVI Fund 6,500,000. AND
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      541 1 KDKKLANDSbfIE HANIiEL IWTBOULY J (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1524. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38$ Head Office in Amsterdam. Head 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
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 2 Penang, 3hd August, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/11 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... Do. 3 Credits IHIJ Do. 3 Documentary l/ll Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 152 Do. 3 days’ eight Private 155 Bombay. Demand Bank 152 Do. 3 days’sight Private 155 Madras, Demand Bank 151
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    151 2 Pmumi. 3» d August. ’*97 Tiu $37 50 hinese t Trang out of season. Black Pepper West Coast... 1 7. sellers. A<*heen <>•*• 17 do. White Pepper 24. do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 88.— sellers. Mace Pickings. 77 do. Nutmegs 76 do. No
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    28 2 Fkom Liverpool—s. s. Pot rod r today. From Singapore —s s. C. Apcar to-mor-row. Fkom Olhiijh-F<im Goean on Thursday. From Singapoks —*.s. Hebe on Thursday.
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    82 2 Eastern A Oriental Hoiel H. H the Miltan <»f Johore. Tungku Mohamed. J. <’ampbell Kerr, Private Secretary t> the Sultan Captain Daud, A I>. C. to the Sul an. Mr. A Mrs. F. D. Osborne. Mr. A Mrs. C. Tripp Mr. A Mrs. Brewster. Messrs S and
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    138 2 LONDON, 2nd August. Turkey and Greece. UNACCEPTABLE AMENDMENTS. At the conference on Saturday Tewfik Pacha submitted amendments, which the Powers could not accept, and which foreshadowed fresh difficulties. THE FRONTIER DIFFICULTY. Lord Salisbury says the Porte has agreed to the proposed frontier, but is desirous of holding strategic
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    THE INDIAN IMMIGRATION BILL.
    449 2 Yesterday we published the text of the Petition to the Secretary of State for the Colonies against the Indian Immigration Bill to-day we produce from a home paper an article, evidently inspired, containing gross misrepresentations of the motives and actions of the sugar planters in opposing
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    GOOD MILK.
    606 2 At the present time when, if what we hear be true, cases of typhoid fever are numerous in Penang, it naturally occurs to the European to inquire into the quality of the milk supplied to him and his family. Diseased milk is a wellknown and justly feared source
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    835 2 Fourteen houses are reported to have been burned down jin Friday last at Parit Jawa. The homeward P. O. mail steamer Mirzapore is expected to leave Singapore at 4 p.in. to-morrow. H. H. the Sultan of Johore is going over to Batu Hawaii to-day, and will remain
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    41 2 The usual Half-vearlv TennisTournatnet» of the Penang Cricket Club will eemmeurt on 23rd August. Entries will close Monday, 16tb inst. The events are Chaitpionship, Singles Handicap. Doubles Hat l cap. Profession Pairs, juid Ladies a ll Gentlemen’s Doubles.
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    STREET LIGHTING IN PENANG.
    77 2 A cmbespondlNt writes .—I s? e your Saturday’s paper that tbe MunilipCommissioners intend to place lamps Logan Road. I would suggest that lamp should also lie placed at tbe J unctl of Larut Road and Mac Alister Road, is insufficiently lighted. It is a ve, v
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    ACCIDENT ON BOARD S. S. "LOODIANA."
    92 2 A Muhammadan passenger onl Straits, named Sheik Seila, is have met with a serious accident on the s. s. Loodiana when at Negapata’ 11 charging cargo. The man fell t |On) upper deck into the bold, fi' ac<u r, 1 I1 f t u
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      824 2 Tk *1 1 lOfl New advertisements. PritCiiarU tO. AUGUST BANK HOLIDAY. 'HE undermentioned Banks will be closed I on Thursday, the sth August, 1897, the same being a Public Holiday. For the Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. Provision Department. Ag. Manager. For the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation.
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      46 2 Gosling Co., Beach <(• Uaion Streets. ENGLISH MADE SADDLES HARNESS At exceptionally LOW PRICES. Manila Cigars. Egyptian Cigarettes AMBER MEERSCHAUM Cigar Cigarette Holders MOUNTED in GOLD and SILVER. PIPES. PIPES. Wine and Spirit JVlerchants. Finest Stock in the East. Send for Price Lists of POSADA WINE COMPANY,
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    28 3 I >t <_*L K L'oKHESPUNDKN'IS.) SINGAPORE. 3rd Avgust. The combined tenders accepted an increase of §500,000 «600 000) /*er annum to the revenue of the Colony.
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    TELUK ANSON.
    19 3 31st Jvlt. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 324 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 2,501 of ore.
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    THE COLONIAL OPIUM AND SPIRIT FARMS.
    128 3 The represent**»** of the Opium Farm dS ‘received a telegram from Air. •l Ek m the following effect:— Z Opium and Spirit Farms, the "‘C_ 5 tender is that of Mr. Song Siab’s, $;55.'-' ’be s<*eond is that of Mr. Qui g n '.'s.
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    PENANG FLOWER-SHOW.
    141 3 A mketiso in reference to the proposed p -tv was held at the Town Hall afternoon. Among those present h: _Mr Jtgo, Mr. G F Adamson, Mr. s. M' Capper, Mr. Peirce, Mr. WoolTr-. Mr. J A. Bk.wu, and Mr Gottlieb. I» wi- decided to hold the Show
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    HONGKONG POLICE SCANDAL.
    147 3 Ix consequence of reports current on the 21st Julv I more police officers being in J le. a Hongkong Telegraph reporter rilled n the Captain Superintendent of t oak- inquiries and was courteously iif-rin-J bv him that 16 Chinese detectives tire s-rgeants and 14 detective .Odblesi were
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    347 3 Outbreak of Cholera. C olen f a virulent type has broken out at HaZiribagh, and the local medical authorities are having recourse to Haffkiue’s tnetb dof inoculation. The people as a rule view it with suspicion. Free Pabdon fob Information’. L rd Sandhurst has offered a free pardon
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    684 3 21st—26th July. M. Herz and the Panama Scandals. In consequence of M. Herz’s postponing the reception of the Panama Committee at Bournemouth for three weeks, the Committee has decided to dispense with his evidence. The South Africa Committee’s Reports. After a heated debate in the
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    PENANG HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT.
    1087 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette”) Dear Sir, —Your issue of the 27th ult. contains much of interest on the above work, and even includes points that have either been brought forward, as arguments, with the deliberate intention of obscuring the main issue, or from ignorance
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    PASSENGERS.
    34 3 Arrival». Yesterday. Per s. 8. Thaipeng from Port Weld Mrs. Velge aud Mr. Mackie. Per s. s. Henzada from Singapore Mrs. J. R. Magness child, Sergeant J. Morn »v, aud Mr. Geo. Peotaua.
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    THE INDIAN IMMIGRA TION BILL.
    1840 3 (To the Editor of the Singapore Free Press.) Sir, The statements made by the Acting Attorney-General, when proposing the third reading of this Bill in Council last Thursday, should not be allowed to pass unchallenged. He began by saying that the only conclusion that could
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    43 3 Mails close To-morrow. For T’er str Time. Lnjgkat ...Quovra ...11 a.m. Klang Deli 1 P.M. Dei ...Vidar 1 p.m. !‘angk«<r T. Anson Taw Tong 2 P.M. Singapore ...Stentor 3 P.M. Tongk- h, Kopah, Maliwun. Mergui ami Tav< y ...Pegu 3 P.M.
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    SHIPPING.
    143 3 A rrivais. To-day. s s. Betsy fr<>m Teluk Anson. s. s. Ganymede from Singapore. Y estkrday. s s. Quorra fr< m Langkat. 8. 8. Vidar from Deli. s. s De/i from Asahan 8. s. Root fr in Tavov. s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. s. s. Henzada from Singapore.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    184 3 (Moot. itiio. 31st July.) Raul*» (13 io p.|.) >23 XI fully pai-t $24. Piiiijoiiis (§4 pd.) j“ 00 l-i-1..,- |,.1., J 2.40. Pahang i'--11> I£ I *475 Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd I ($7B buyers. Peti.eiang- sst|>.i f4O sellers. Strait- Insu an >2- $17.75 Hongkong ILank ($125
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      360 3 Notice. DRITCHARD Co., in consequence of the continued depression in exchange, beg to notify that in order to enable them to maintain a fair standard of charges, on and after the Ist Augibt their prices will be fixed on a basis of 2s. per dollar, and that upon each fall
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    Government of Perak.
    770 4 NOTIFICATION. GtOVERNMENT Notification No. 251 is r is cancelled, in so far as it relates to the Coast and Lower Perak Chandu Farms, and the following is substituted therefor Coast and Lower Perak. B. The Coast and Lower Perak Chandu Farms, within the limits defined below, for
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    815 4 PROGRAMME OF August Meeting, 1897. TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 17 th, I9th, and 21st. FIRST DAY. First Race, 3-30 p.m. The Maiden Plate.—Value $2OO. For Maidens:—all Horses that have never won a race or any Course—Griffin, Jump, and Roadsters’ Races excepted. Ex-griffius and Roadsters allowed 14
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      1508 4 ,t_. BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THE AN CHEE Co Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J 1 THE AN SIEW Co. GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS TT ATZ BHOTHEHS I IMITE[
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      351 4 penang ice works Depots:— Beach Street—Oi,ph days from 7.30 to'io* from noon to 5 p m days from 8 a.m. to Sun> 32 Penang Road <fc 11 p STBET. 7 Open M »lI|im 1 imr and night. Prien .—For 1 lb. 3 rt,. retail, jn He. over 1 11,. 2
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