Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 August 1897
1897-08-16
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-08-16 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. MONDAY, 16th AUGUST, 1897. No. 183.22 words
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Advertisement534 1897-08-16 1 pipping (notices» ,'p nfis ilir <fc Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rVr fpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following fy dates Outwards. Homewards. Aus. 13 Mirza pore Aus. 5 27 TfeaJ* 19 Sept. 10 Kaisar-i-hind Sept. 2 23 Rosetta 16 Oct. 7534 words
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Advertisement1430 1897-08-16 1 Sfrnmnu ftlofte« BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). banks. nwncw. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. acean "steam SH.P company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hong jn’FcorpoS vJ EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and, expected Arrival of Steamers. W r>TTTr> OAWDIVV T Paid-cf Capital $10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. j Reserve Fund 8 6,500,(M<0. AND1,430 words
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Advertisement568 1897-08-16 1 EDERLAIIDStfIt HAH PEL iHTSCBAfPU < Nether land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 00 Rkservb Funds f Hiad Ohici in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and568 words
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Article128 1897-08-16 2 Penang, 16th August, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/9*l Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/HP> Do. 3 Credits 1 lO’,‘ Do. 3 Documentary I/10] 3 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 144 Do. 3 days' sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 144 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 146 Madras,128 words
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Article152 1897-08-16 2 Pknang. 16th August. '•97. Tin ...838.20 sellers. I Trang 820. —sellers. Black Pepper J West Coast... 17 sellers. I Acbeen 18— do. White Pepper... 25. do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 88. sellers. Mace Pickings.. 77 do. Nutmegs 77 do. i No 1 6.90152 words
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Article43 1897-08-16 2 Mails close To morrow For Per sir Time. PoH Weld A Teluk Anson Lady Weld 10 A.M Calcutta A. A/ r</r 11 a.m. Klang Deli 1 p.m. Dc|i ...L'inijkat 1 pm. Pangkor T Anson Hetty 2 PM. Singapore McAlister 4 p.m43 words
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Article21 1897-08-16 2 From Negapatam BI- Secundra to-morrow. From Olehlui -s. Maha Vajirunhis on Thin «day. From Singapore—s n. on Thursday.21 words
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Article111 1897-08-16 2 Eastern A Oku ntal Hotel Mr. A Mrs. Buckle. Egerton Eastwick. Shearwood. Mrs Earle. ('apt. A Mrs van de Lee. Mr. Bicknell. W Bruider, K J. Durler. E. Lu»ink. J. Mac Heussy. Roderniann. Scott. H. Stark. James. Mr William Smith. Mrs. E. E. Wilding. Mr A Van111 words
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Article179 1897-08-16 2 LONDON, 15th August. The Hill Risings in India. Upwards of 20,000 troops are concentrated at Rawal Pinifi and are prepared for all eventualities. The Turin-Orleans Duel. WHERE AND WHEN IT OCCURRED. The Count of Turin and Prince Henry of Orleans met somewhere in the outskirts of Paris, on179 words
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595 1897-08-16 2 In spite <>f all the great progress which has been made in the Straits during the lust twenty years. Penang is still suffering from an evil which could easily be remedied, were the Government to take the matter in hand and be just, and yet liberal, in595 words
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Article839 1897-08-16 2 Typhoid and other kinds of fever are, we regiet t<> sav, prevalent in Penang at the present time. Mr. M Schiffmann baa taken over again the duties of Vice-Consul for Denmark at Penang. The Rev. R. Burges, General Secretary of the Delia Sunday School Union, is now839 words
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Article92 1897-08-16 2 Wk with regret announce the death from fever of Mr. A. R. Ritchie, Chief Eiginter of the s. s. Fontianak, which occurred last night at eleven o’clock in the General Hospital. Mr. Ritchie was a native .f Dundee and had been engaged iu the Chna92 words
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Article70 1897-08-16 2 A Pejjang correspondent thus commats upon the paiagiapb in the Perak Pioneer' in reference to there being no maiket ii Penang for Liberian Coffee:—The partgraph is practically correct; there is no proper market for coffee here; the reason I presume, being that it could not bebn ugl: here in70 words
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Article72 1897-08-16 2 The Chi» f Police Officer, Penang, io accordance with section 35 of Ordinance! of 1872, has a[ pointed the period befwrf» the 10th August and 31st October next, b ,r i <lavs inclusive, as t(ie period during wlii"» all dogs found m streets, roads, orpuhk thoroughfares, or beyond72 words
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Article311 1897-08-16 2 By One of the Guests. Those who were fortunate enough to have been at Caledonia last week in well ivganl last Friday as a red i iu their calendar. Ihe entt-rtHimih iv. was given by Mr. and Mrs. Tumen» honour of the wiuding-up of the Slum■ son,311 words
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Advertisement775 1897-08-16 2 T\ 1 i i ort INew advertisements. Pritchard Co.! t et rpHE following residences are to let:— I 21 Penang Road 54 Nortbam Road 1 (“Orange Grove and 21 Northam Road Kensington Lodge.”) 4lB Apply to MAHOMED ARIFF. BAGNALL HILLES, I fldipa’ Electrical Engineers and Contractors, LUUIVU IMPORTERS OF Electrical775 words
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Advertisement180 1897-08-16 2 NOTICE. In the Goods of Alexander FORSYTH, Deceased PURSUANT to section 46 of the“Con- vevtineing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1896,” notice is hereby given that all persons having any demands upon the Estale of Alexander Forsyth, late of Aur Gailing Estate, Province Wellesley, who died at Aur Gading Estate180 words
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Article205 1897-08-16 3 From our own Correspondent.) •all-dav” cricket match has been to be played at Butterworth, on instant, iietween the Krian and '"o’, teams. The visitors will he enterj a t tiffin by the B. R. C., and will be tai:: .\m' jated for the night by some of the205 words
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Article70 1897-08-16 3 p H r main trunk road from the Selangor V a t Tanjong Malim to the Colonial lai} at Pant Buntar will have a length 'f 'p.ut' ls 2 miles. Of this 132 miles have made, and are open for traffic; 25 miles are under construction70 words
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Article127 1897-08-16 3 >hvs Yet Loy. the Chinaman who was clmD’td with the murder in Pahang of a Milav. Mat Dris by name, has been acquitbv in English-speaking jury sitting o re the Judicial Commissioner but Chow j who was charged with the murder of Malav girl, was127 words
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Article158 1897-08-16 3 A PHA N TOM SHIP. A Malay friend of mine, who goes down to the sea in a ship, has told me, says the M rali't” in the Straits Times, a story with a solemnity that carried conviction. H- assures me that the ghost of the illfated Sri Honq Ann158 words
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Article69 1897-08-16 3 Penang. Temperate— Maximum 93 0 Pah. Minimum 71.5 Rainfall— Fort Cornwallis 633 ins. Central Prison 9.99 G vprnment Hill 10 23 Balik Pulau 5.72 Greatest fall in 24 hours 2.45 ,i Bindings. Lumut 4.58 Province Wellesley. Temperatun— Maximum 98.0 Fab. Minimum 72.0 Rainfall—--6.01 ins., divided as69 words
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Article53 1897-08-16 3 Eighty chests of Benares, 5 chests of and 1 chest of Turkey Opium were il! rted into Penang during July. Le exports for the month were as folMalayan Peninsula West 151 T Selangor 23 Siam West Coast 58| Achenese ports 21 Sumatra, exclusive of Acheen hedah territory Singapore Hongkong53 words
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Article70 1897-08-16 3 Arrivals. To-day. 1 s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson Messrs. “'ffman. and H. Scott. 1 B I s. s. Nerbudda from Singapore ~r A Mrs Cheah Chen Eok, Messrs. Gan B-e, Khoo Aing Thye, Mrs. Scully, A Mrs. Reutens and Mrs. Alvisse. Yesterday. MI" S L d V Wdd70 words
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Article36 1897-08-16 3 (From our Correspondent.) TELUK ANSON. 14th August. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 997 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 5,931 of ore. 16th August. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 888 pikuls of tin.36 words
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108 1897-08-16 3 Two Ribs Broken and the Right Lung Bruised. Lady Brassey was severely injured in Elizabeth-street, Melbourne, on 22ud Julv. She was in her carriage with the Hon. Dorothy Brand, when a baker’s cart bolted, and the shaft of the cart ran into Ladv Brassey’»108 words
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Article307 1897-08-16 3 Parliament was prorogued on 6th Aug. The Lord Chancellor read the Queen’s Speech as follows The cordiality of my relations with Foreign Powers remains unchanged. The negotiations for peace between Turkey and Greece have been protracted, and a formal Treaty has not yet been signed, but there307 words
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Article399 1897-08-16 3 The British Columbia Rush. Reuter says that the rush to British Columbia is creating intense excitement, but the food is scarce. The Governor of North-West Canada confirms the extreme richness of the discovery. Many Canadians are clamouring that Sir Wilfred Laurier should allow only Biitishers on the Klondyke399 words
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Article73 1897-08-16 3 Judgment of the Board of Trade. According to a London telegram of 10th inst., the Board of Trade judgment on the loss of the steamer Aden states that the speed was slightly reduced whereby the current altered the course, but the evidence is insufficient to73 words
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Article86 1897-08-16 3 The Java Output. The petroleum industry in Java makes rapid progress, says the Straits Times. Statistics show that the production of refined petroleum in the island has increased from 8,000 cases in 1889 to 1,250,000 cases in 1896, and that the net receipts of the Compagnie Dordt'sche which works86 words
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Article353 1897-08-16 3 Rumours are current in Peking and Shanghai that the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank is negotiating a loan of £16,000,000 for the Chinese Government. Another gold mine has been discovered in Japan. A prolonged earthquake shock was felt at Yokohama on the 22ud Julv. General Archinard353 words
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Article341 1897-08-16 3 H. M. S. “Pigmy.” H. M. S. gunboat Pigmy has come to Bangkok after all, arriving on 3rd August. She will only stay for about a week here, and then go on to Hongkong. Official Carelessness. The Siamese Postal Department ought really to provide mail carriers with waterproof341 words
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Article205 1897-08-16 3 P. C. C. v. B. R. C. On Saturday, the 14th instant, at Butterworth, the Penang Cricket Club played the Butterworth Recreation Club. The match resulted in a win for the home team by 73 runs. The P. C. C. batted one man short. Scores as under:— Butterworth Recreation205 words
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Article647 1897-08-16 3 In Lis May and June Reports the District Officer, Tarnpiu, (Mr. W. C. Parr) thus writes: The Murder at Repah. On Ist May I held the preliminary inquiry regarding a murder at Repah. The Acting Residency Surgeon attended to give evidence and left again in the evening. On Bth647 words
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Article363 1897-08-16 3 Mbbtingof the Municipal Commissioners meld on Friday, the 30th July. 1897. Present. J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., (President), A. H. Capper, Esq., J. Gibson, Esq. Absent.— G. F. Adamson, Esq., Cheah Chen Eok. Esq., and R. A. P. Hogan, 1. The minutes of the last Mating are read and363 words
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Article186 1897-08-16 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. 8. Betsy from Teluk Anson. s. s. Perse from Klang. s. s. Calypso from Singapore. 8. s. McAlister from Singapore. s. s. Neihudda from Singapore. s. s. Sonneberg from Singapore. s. s. Ganymede from Singapore. Yesterday. 8. s. Langhat from Deli s. s. Lady Weld from186 words
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Article60 1897-08-16 3 Aug. 17 B. I. s. s. Secundra from Negapatam for Singapore, Hutleubach, Lieberl A Co. 19 Homeward P. A O. s. s. Thames fiom Singapore for Colombo and London. Gilfillan W< cal A Co. 19 s s. MahaVujiruiihis from Olehleli for Singapore, Hutteiibach, Liebert A Co. -4 P. AO.B.60 words
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Article190 1897-08-16 3 (Ntrui/» Thue,, 14th August.) lUiiLh(l3 IO p<l.) j!7NOex. div. XI fully pai.l >l9. ex. div. Puiijoiua ($4 p<|.) $7.00, sales. Jninbun (s•> pd.l *2. Pahang <’o. p. (£1 pI > i 4 75 sellers. Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd.) ($77 sellers Peilgerangß (sso p.| Straits Insurance (s2c190 words
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Advertisement19 1897-08-16 3 WANTED TO BUY. A SECOND-HAND RIFLE (Martini or Express) in good condition. I Address G.,” c/o Editor, Pinang Gawtte,19 words
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Advertisement315 1897-08-16 3 W to '«j MH j GOES EiZPTHEST. Adde-i to s»ouos it acts like a Jt 3lwav for the BLUE uHr ili.-re a-e ’m'tatlr'os which do not taste so nice, and are not so carefully manufac- tured. it.- aj-r- -< f (Maa——l NOTICE. 'I HIE Offi -c of the Consulate for315 words
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Advertisement54 1897-08-16 3 DENTAL NOTICE. A J L. J. I. 1 EL I ERI, Dental Surgeon, irJL has left for Kuala Lumpur and will re-visit Penang about four weeks hence. J. BERNSTEIN, Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. 12 BEACH STREET, PENANG. T HE A. P. K. Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY.54 words
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Advertisement2078 1897-08-16 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co p.n» g ßa. g ame as SU pp]ied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs I GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 1 ™ON YEN 4 Abends. SOLE IMPORTERS-KLA.TZ BROTHERS I IMITt, HIN LEE2,078 words
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Article192 1897-08-16 1 Details of the Works. Yhe next, five years should be a busy and (incr time for those in charge of Railway S iietion in Perak and Selangor, says c JowrnoZ, for, during that period, sp)000,000 are to be s|>ent on that, work in i two States, and five192 words
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Article408 1897-08-16 1 SELANGOR PL ANTERS' ASSOCIATION. General Meeting was held at Kuala Lumpur on 17th July and the following are some extracts from the minutes: Re<d letter from Government Secretary quit-rents, intimating that no rent need be paid in respect of land taken up during the last quarter of any year for408 words
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Article366 1897-08-16 1 In bis May report, the Acting District Officer, Kuala Langat (Mr. W. W. Skeat), writes;—• By far th»» most important work of the P.W.D in this district is the work of filling on the Klang-L ingat Road, the non-com-pletion of which is holding bactybe district owing to the366 words
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Article157 1897-08-16 1 Hongkong Opinion. The Hongkong Daily Press, in noticing Mr. Egertou’s arguments for a law to enforce the registration of partnerships in Singapore, says that the same question has arisen at Hongkong. That journal points out that, in Hongkong, the Chinese, some years ago, petitioned for a law rendering157 words
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428 1897-08-16 1 D. O.’s Report. Amelioration of Condition of Sakeis. There is little if anything that can be done (with the sole exception perhaps of a guarantee of immunity from taxes on jungle produce, boat and fishing licenses, etc.) to better the condition of the428 words
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Article391 1897-08-16 1 Among the papers read at the meeting of the Bombay Medical and Physical Society, the proceedings at which are reported in the Indian Medical Gazette for June, is one of great interest by SurgeonCaptain Childe on the Pneumonic Type of Plague, a form of the disease which391 words
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Article219 1897-08-16 1 As an example of .the spirit in which a section of the native press is commenting upon the Poona murders, the following extract from a Bengal paper is of interest Mr. Rand, the Poona Plague Commissioner, who had covered himself with unpopularity from the219 words
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Article203 1897-08-16 1 The following proclamation has been issued by Emilio Aguinaldo, the rebel chief in the Philippines, who adds that the rebellion will, continue until the reforms be granted We have found it to be bad policy to be fortified in one fixed place awaiting the attack from the enemy.203 words
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Article131 1897-08-16 1 The Amir of Afghanistan is about to issue new kinds of postage stamps and, as each Province is to have its own stamps, will order provincial postmasters to remove before delivery the stamps from all letters and postal packages, which may be scut from oue province to another, and131 words
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Article196 1897-08-16 1 In the last report on the Labuk-Sugnt District one reads:—This place is increasing rapidly. There are over 400 people and 3 Chinese shops, and the place presents a business like appearance. The men and women start at low tide for the pearl beds, get196 words
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Article224 1897-08-16 1 Among the subjects to which the attention of Colonel Waters was prominently directed during the journey across Siberia, says the Statesman, was naturally that of the probable effect of the great Siberian Railway on Russian and other interests. The commercial value of the line to224 words
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Article31 1897-08-16 1 Four British regiments and a mountain battery have been despatched to check the revolt at Damaralaud, S. W. Africa, where the natives have killed a number of Germans.31 words
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Article26 1897-08-16 1 English relations with the Transvaal are greatly improved, owing to pacific legislation in the Volksraad re immigration and expulsion of aliens.26 words
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Article68 1897-08-16 1 In an interesting survey of Postal and Telegraphic progress under Queen Victoria, Mr. Henniker Heaton draws attention to several particulars in which the progress of the British postal system falls short, in his view, of what is to be desired. Among these is the non-introduction of what68 words
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Article103 1897-08-16 1 To play two match games a day during the present climatic conditions is nothing short of heroic, says the Chess Editor of the Westminster Gazette. A spectator coming to the rooms without the knowledge that he is to witness a chess contest, would be under the103 words
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Article130 1897-08-16 1 The Principal Medical Officer thus writes in bis annual report for 1896 —During the year all the cases of leprosy that could be discovered in the territory, 5 in number, were sent to the asylum in Canton. All these cases gave a history of the130 words
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Article122 1897-08-16 1 The Cost of Students to Government. e The following table, giveu iu the Educational Review, shows the annual cost to Government for educating a student in the principal Colleges maintained by it Rs. Madras Presidency College 276 Bombay Elphinstone College 243 Bengal Presidency College 223 N-W.122 words
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Article162 1897-08-16 1 A passage from Lord Dufferin’s recent discourse ou the Civil Service is worth a special quotation. It occurs in the part of Lord Dufferiu’s address in which he commended the Civil Service for their “greatest merit,” namely, the silent way in which they do their work. The passage to162 words
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252 1897-08-16 1 Mr. Byron Brenan’s peripatetic inquiry into the State of Trade at the Treaty Ports of China has resulted iu the issue of a Report, dated Chefoo, the 15tli of October, Io the Foreign Office, which has just been published in252 words
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Article186 1897-08-16 1 Racing at Henley was brought, to a conclusion ou 16th July, the meeting, thanks to the lovely weather, having been one of the most successful on record. The results of the finals were as follows: -Diamond Sculls, Mr. Ten Eyck, Wachusetls 8.C., Mass., U S A., beat186 words
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Article577 1897-08-16 1 A Question of Privilege (L. f C. Express On the 16th July, iu the House of Commons, Mr. Labouchere raised a question of privilege arising out of Mr. Hawksley’s refusal to produce certain documents which he had been ordered by the South Africa Committee to produce, afterA Question of Privilege (L. f C. Express ) - 577 words
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Article254 1897-08-16 1 Ln his Report on the State of Trade at the Treaty Harts of China Mr. Brenau mentions that; “In Foochow the import trade is wholly in the hands of Chinese, but as a matter affecting the prosperity of the port, the British mercantile community complains, that although254 words
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270 1897-08-16 1 I Sir John Carrington, Chief Justice of Hongkong, distributed the prizes on 30th July to the deserving girls of the Belilios Public School, Hongkong, which was mainly intendi d for Chinese girls, though Mrs. 1 Bateman, the Headmistress, pointed270 words
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Article91 1897-08-16 1 At an amnesty meeting in Dublin last, month a new movement was sp ken of. Mr. Harrington said they would appeal no longer to the English Government, but would appeal against it to the civiliz <1 world. Mr. Field said they would call upon the voices91 words
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255 1897-08-16 1 After considerable trouble and many vexatious deiays lasting several vears, writes a native correspondent at Peking, in the s lection of a suitable spot combining all the r quisite Fengshui, a beautiful place in the Hsishau or Western hills of Peking, near the Lama255 words
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364 1897-08-16 1 Interesting light upon the internal effect of the Russian policy of practically dosing the Central Asian market to Indian goods is furnished by Mr. O’Dwyer’s account of his travels, says an Indian contemporary. It appears that the result is a fatal blow to the commercial364 words
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Advertisement2767 1897-08-16 2 for sale. wanted. Insurance (Tlotitta. PRITCHARD Co., KH Y E HO A B K Tharwood. p e „«n,. p UPlLS,otea tl"t-..Xc‘”w e te Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insur- Sole-Agents for Penang and Districts. FOUNDRY COMPANY -™s»sir-“ "'““A Z EMOOD'S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. wku> Wav 1 A SECOND-HAND RIFLE (Martini THE undersigned have2,767 words
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