Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 August 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW series:, ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 11th AUGUST, 1897. No. 18».
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      541 1 (Hotter X' Oriental Steam Xaviiiation Company. rrr 'i'HE steamers may be > expected to arrive outi wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards- Homewards. Aug 13 Jfirsapone Aug. 5 27 Thames 19 Sep: 19 Kaisar-i-hind Sept. *2 23 Rosetta 16 T' V Oct. 7 Rohilla 30 Ravenna
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      1619 1 ftloftcea BRITISH INDIA SIEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. _2ZXf_i_X____ KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BanknTE.J steam SHIP company. I NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong Shanghai Bank U EAST INDIAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. orrm /lAwnix’v r Paid-vf Capital f10.000.0U0. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. ESERVE f cki AND For
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      667 1 1 k EDERLAKOSLHE HANPKL HiATSCaiP*-’. (Netherland. Trading Society.) Established 1H24. Paid-up Capital 35,783,0P0 00 Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38 1 Head OrrrcE in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandach» Handel Maatschanpij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarnng, Sonrabaia. Padang, Cheribon. Tegal, Peealongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 2 Penang, 11th August, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/IO.J Do. 4 months’sight Bank... Do. 3 Credits 111 Do. 3 Documentary 1/11 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 147 J Do. iHdays’ sight Private 150 Bombay. Demand Bank 1474 Do. 3 days’sight Private 150 Madras, Demand Bank 1474 Do.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    143 2 Pknang. 11th August. '“.»7. Tin s<7 90 I TiHiur s2o,—sellers. Black Pepper, West Coast... 17- sellers. Acheen 6H- 18— do» White Pepper 25. do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 88— seller*. Maee Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 77 do. (No 1 do. Sugar' 2 3
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    22 2 Mails close To morrow For I'er str Time. Deli ...Langkat 1 p.m. I’a-igk dan Brandon A Langkat ...Perse 1 P.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    47 2 From Suez—s. s Maiia Rickmert tod Fkom Liverpool— s. s. fa-ion t--lay. From Hamburg—», h. Erato to day. Fkom Calcutta s Kut >ang ->n Friday. Fkom Singapore—s. s. Sui Sang on Fridav ami B. 1 >. s. Loodiana ami s. s. Generaal Pel <m Sifuidav.
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    115 2 Eastern A Oriental Hotel. Mr. A Mr-. Buckle. Egerton Eastwick. Shearwood. Mrs Earle. Capt. A Mrs van de Lee. Kev. S. S. Walker. Mr. Bicknell. W. Bruider, P J. Dalhs F. H Purler. E Lusink. J. Mac Heiissy. Rodermann. Scott. H. Stark. James. Mr William Smith Mrs.
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    REUTERS TELEGRAM.
    56 2 LONDON, 10th August. Turkey and Greece. FRESH PROPOSALS. Tewfik Pacha has submitted fresh proposals regarding the evacuation of Thessaly and the indemnity to be paid by Greece. REFERENCE TO THE GOVERNMENTS. The ambassadors are referring the proposals to their governments. Turkish Sympathy with Indian Sedition. Turkish journals are
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    MARRIAGE.
    52 2 Dickinson-Lihtek. —On the 18th July, 1897, at St. John’s CLu ch. Calcutta, bv Hpt-ci.i 1 license by the v H. B. Hyde, Edward George Murray, only sou of the late Surgeon-General J. Dickinson, I. M. D., of Ealing, to Beatrice Mary, youngest daughter of the late Jonathan LIsTKR, of
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    THE LATE MR. SAMUEL LAING.
    242 2 Ovk telegram to-day announces the death of a distinguished railway legislator, official, and man of letters. Samuel Laing was born in Edinburgh in 1810. and at the age of 22 he gmduated at St. John's College, Cambridge, as Second Wrangler and Second Smith's prizeman. A
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    MR. F.H. DALLAS.
    162 2 To-day the Municipality loses a very capable officer, and Penang an agreeable fellow-resident. Mr. Dallas has booked his passage to Singapore by the s.s. Japan and will leave Penang this afternoon for Sarawak, where he is about to take up an important post in connection with the
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    THE DETACHMENT.
    1175 2 The day is gradually drawing near, when, if the Government's threat is to be carried out, the Detachment will be definitely withdrawn from Penang. In the ordinary course of events, such as Penang has been accustomed to for several years, the officers and men of the Ist Battalion
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    667 2 A Muhammadan was iliis morning fiw $lO by Mr. Bn ant, for btiug in poweas/ of a false daebing weight. For BREACH OF Quarantine Reyulatiu two Hindus were each mulcted lesteidatl the sum of $5. The PRELIMINARY INQUIRY into til? i against I lie H\lain cook who
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      1075 2 New Advertisements. wanted to buy. Mrs. F. Bernstien, second-hand rifle (Martini /1 or Express) in good condition. DIPLOMAED PRACTICAL MIDWIFE. 0.” c/o Editor, Pinang Gazette. (iS Bishop Street, Penang. TJOT’ ypllß WANTED. rpHE Office of the Consulate for the Nether- I lands has been removed to 11 Union A CLERK
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      92 2 FOR SALE. i BLACK MARE A Apply to J. A. HARWOOD. Penang. NOTICE? i FIXED DEPOSIT RECEIPT of the .21 Honokong A .Shanghai Banking Corpora I ion, No. 32 64, for $l,OOO, dated 3rd September, 1896, in the name of Mrs. K. Crnigie, has been stolen during the piratical attack
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    6 2 Obituary. Mr. Samrnel Laing is dead.
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    THE JUBILEE CONTINGENTS.
    140 3 The P A 0. steamer Jupaw arrived here k hat night, Laving on board k -.1 i c-1 Walker and bis cun'inf; Malav States Guides consisting w Sikhs- Th-Straits Se’tler M v P uice, under Chief Inspector i.-N :th B'-rneo contingent of ■a- v-f ur Dvaka and
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    THE ROYAL RED CROSS.
    393 3 F om' ?I. 7- Correspondent.) Is .st of Jubilee honours coni'- V’he Q i-en at iLi- j-y -us season, ren g eater satisfaction than the E v Bed <Jr upoa t a d-v- -rd Sisters of Mercy who iv-« in tendii g the sick and x
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS
    32 3 (From our Correspondent.) IE LUK ANSON. 10th August. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 826 pikuls of tin. 11th August. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 554 pikuls of tin.
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    158 3 The following are the entries for the races to be held at Taiping on the 19th. 21st, and 23rd instant:— FIRST DAY. I.— The Maiden Plate. Lady Marion. Last Shot, Lady Bird, and Richmond Lass. 2.— Pony Race. Ta»w, Fashion. Bush rat, Flo, Mystery, Spiah, and Victoria.
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    102 3 (From our own Correspondent.) Domis, a Malay residing at Ekor Kuching, was charged before two Magistrates— M-ssrs. Bland and Innes^—with receiving an illegal gratifieati-n, for the restorati- n of s den property. Ti e further hearing of the ca>e wis postponed to the 15th instant. Tiie prisoner was
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    PERAK NEWS.
    137 3 A new issue of 25 cents Perak postage and revenue stamps is out and «ill be available at all Post Otfi es in the S'ate shortly. A hot spring is said to have been discovered at Ayer Kuuing, close to the new railway, but the properties of the
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    SPORTING ITEMS.
    348 3 The Goodwood Stakes. The f< IL wing is the result of the Goodwood Stakes run on 28th July The Goodwood Stakes <handicap) of 2" sovs. each. 10 ft. and only 5 sovs. if declared, with 3o<? sovs. added. 2$ miles. Mr. W. G Stevens’ Gluten. 4 yrs. 1
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    THE STEAM-LAUNCH "ELLIDE."
    87 3 THE STEAM-LAUNCH ELLIDE. Faster than any vessel in the world was th- EUide, the speedy st-am-lauuch bvlongto Burg-ss Warren, of Philadelphia, on her preliminary trial trip on 18lh June. The little vessel is the product of Mosher, the noted naval architect. She lowered the world’s record by covering a measured
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    COAL AND POLITICS IN THE FAR EAST.
    133 3 The fuel question Las become of late years a dominant factor in the East, writes a correspwndeut to tLe Daily Mail Not onlv are its commercial bearings of the greatest importance, but it has a large politi' al significance. If the naval squadrons
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    JAPANESE LABOUR IN CALIFORNIA.
    239 3 Labour Commissioner Fitzgerald having returned from a tour arnom; tLe beet fields of Pleasanton. Alvaiado, Watsonville and Salinas, has said iu an interview “I hive nude a thorough investigation in those territories, and while I would have been glad to find that I was mistaken in
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    MAT SALEH.
    279 3 Mr audeleur Creagb, C M G., who retired from the Governorship of British North B"tue<> ab- ut two years ago, and is now res ding at Southsea, has granted an interview to a reporter on the j-ct of the recent raid by M it Sal-h and his baud.
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    THE TYRANNY OF THE TALL HAT.
    270 3 Among the many practical beneficences suggested io mark the great Victorian festival one of the most droll has been put forward by Lord R nald G wer, says a con-” temporary This noble iconoclast lias the hardihood to lay his bands on the very
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    NEWS FROM CHINA.
    339 3 Floods on the Yungting River. The Yungting river, above Tientsin, has again oveifl >wed its banks, and news has been received that sixty-five villages belonging to the districts of Wutsing and Tientsin have been inundated, and all prospects of securing the ripening crops destroyed. Swatow Wild Geese.
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    NEWS FROM SIAM.
    663 3 Honours to Monsieur C. Hardouin. Monsieur Charles Hardouin, the French I Charge d’Affaires at Bangkok, who is the I eldest son of the late Mr. Hardouin of Bukit Tambun, in Province Wellesley, was lately accorded by the Japanese Government i.e de.■•■ration of Udi er t the R
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    THE MONTHS.
    212 3 According to tLe Corean Repository for June, amongst Things in General we notice the following paragraph relating to the lunar divisions of the year: “The Coreans have their own ideas of the use of time and the way it slips by. The first fifieen days of the first
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    CHINAMPO AND MOKPO.
    615 3 The two ports which have been just declared to l>e opened on the first day of next October, says the Seoul Independent, are situated on the coast of two of the most ri* li provinces of the kingdom. Chiuampo is 1 -rated u the Western coast in
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    152 3 Wednesday. 11th:— Town Band. Esplanade, 5 p.m Hockey Match, Esplanade, at 5.15 p m. High-water at New Jetty, 10-16 p.m and 10-43 a m. Entries close for Galloway Rice, Perak Meeting, at 8 pm. Thursday. 12th: Auniveisiry of the Settlement of Penang. Public and Bank
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    SHIPPING.
    207 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Canton from Teluk Austin. Yesterday. P. A O. s. s. Japan fre m London. 8. s. Erato from Hamburg. 8. 8. Fook Ching from Brandon. 8. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. Departures. To-day. s. 8. Jin Ho for Langkat. 8. 8. Frato fsr Ling»p re,
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    182 3 (.Str-re» to*»*-. 4th August Kaul» (13 1»> i».] -22 ex. div. a: I fab.» |»a < J 23 ex div. Puiijoiu- ($4 od. ?7 J»mt.*.- S. i *2.10. Paiiang <• P X: I-' '4 75 Pataling CofT-e <_< i?7upd. .N7** P-ngentng- ?o*.i |-l '4O t'Heri. Straits Insurance
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      77 3 CARD. Mr. James R. T. Lo#an, .< URG EON-DENTIST, Temp rary addr* N 1. Transfer Road. MR. LOGAN has returned to Penang and may be consulted daily aa advertised Gosling Co., litiich <{• Union Streets. ENGLISH MADE SADDLES HARNESS At exceptionally LOW PRICES. Manila Cigars. Egyptian Cigarettes AMBER MEERSCHAUM Cigar
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      1666 4 WHISHT A A To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co PenangKd g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and alt the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BEOS. 1 1 600^ 'I friends. sole importers—bs.ot.hebs, l imited insurance (notice ELLWODD’S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. The London Assurance Cor-
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      424 4 Municipality of Penang. n T HE Municipal Commissioner L architects to submit comnetiii. i for a Memorial Clock Tower and Fomr to be erected near the junction of r Street with Beach Street at a cost i ht »30,000. A prize »f *l5O wilH, J! for the accepted design, and
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