Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 August 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section21 1897-08-20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. FRIDAY, 20th AUGUST, 1897. No. 187.21 words
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Advertisement553 1897-08-20 1 SRipptnot (Hotieee. ft Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 'IIHE mail steamers may be > vn expected to arrive outJ '■vAsS wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Aug. 27 I Thames Aug. 19 Sent 10 i Kaisar-i-hind Sept. 2 X 23 Rosetta 16 Oct. 8 j Rohilla553 words
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Advertisement1580 1897-08-20 1 SR'fffltiu BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. IIWUCEB. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BanknOEAN STEAM ship company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. g ?n J Corporation. (J EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». ohtdoamdiw T Paid-up Capital $10.000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Reserve Fund 8 7,000,000. AND1,580 words
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Advertisement486 1897-08-20 1 HANDEL lUA (Nethcrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital 35,783,0<>0 00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Faetorij of the N.ederlandsch* Handel Maatschanpij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjiiatjap. London Banker^ —The Union486 words
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Article128 1897-08-20 2 Penang, 20th August, 1897. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 1/9| Do. 4 months' sight Bank 1/10 Do. 3 Credits 1 101 Do. 3 Documentary I Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 139$ Do. 3 days' sight Private none. Bombay. Demand Bank 139' Do. 3 days' sight Private none. Madias.128 words
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Article146 1897-08-20 2 Pknan.l 20th August. C 97. Tin 539.50 seller», t Trang $20.-—seller». Black Pepper West (’oast... i7 sellers. Aelieen 18.50 do. White Pepper.. 2-5 50 do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace ,\<>. I 88.— sellers. Mace Pickings .77 do. Nutmegs .77 do. (No I *>.9o do. Sugar146 words
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Article60 1897-08-20 2 Mails close To m< rkow For I er sir Time. Liugkit ...Jin fl<> 1 P.M Klang Deli 1 I’M. T-n.kah ...lelrel 1 P.M Singapore ...Alimin I pm. Deli Hi, Ktrei 2 PM. Pangk >r A I'eluk \ns m'/'n/' Ton i... 2 P.M. Madias, A*-., taking mall- foi Europe,60 words
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Article31 1897-08-20 2 From Calcutta s. s C Apcar to-mor-row From Hamburg-*, s /fe»/Aa 10-morrow’ Fr"M Sin 'APOKE —s. e. Mu' Bmlajer to-to-niot i w, and s. s. Secmidr on Wednesday.31 words
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Article116 1897-08-20 2 Eastern A Oriental Hotel. Mr. A Mrs. Buckle. Egerton East wick. Shearwood. Mrs Earle I'apt. A Mr* van de Lee. Mr. Bicknell, W. Bruider. F J. Durler, E Lusink. J. Mac Hetissy. Rodermann. Scott. H. Stark. James. William Smith Mrs. E. E. Wil.ling. Mr A Van Someren.116 words
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Article100 1897-08-20 2 LONDON, 19th August. The Gold Discoveries. It is reported that new rich gold discoveries have been made on the Stewart River and the Upper Yukon. A Jehad. The Porte formally and positively denies the malevolent report that an agreement exists between the Sultan and the Amir of Afghanistan100 words
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Article61 1897-08-20 2 This vessel, to which reference is made in our telegram from Reuter, belongs to the Channel Squadron. She is a tirstclass battleship and carries 14 guns. Her tonnage is registered at 14,150. According to the latest list to hand, the name of her Captain is Reginald F.61 words
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Article120 1897-08-20 2 The advice, offered by Mr. W. W. Bailey to the growers of Liberian coffee in Malaya and sent by him to the Straits Times, is, to say the least of it, a rather nasty rap on the knuckles for the planters. Their methods of dealing with120 words
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Article333 1897-08-20 2 The appointment of a special magistrate to deal with all Municipal cases, criminal and civil, is advocated by a writer to the Straits Times. Mr. Gentle, he save, long cherished the idea, for he was of the opinion that the Municipal Ordinance had become so complex that333 words
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Article658 1897-08-20 2 The mail leaving Penang to-inorrow for Europe, via Nvgapatam, will close at 3 p.m. A scheme for 1 lie improvement of the entrance to the Malacca river is in course of preparation. The Consul for the Netherlands advertises the letting of several farms iu Rhio and Dependencies.658 words
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Article100 1897-08-20 2 We hear that the owner of the racer Kitty lias appealed to the Straits Racing Association agaiust the decision of the Committee of the Peuaug Turf Club, which overruled his objection to Jubilee laid on the ground of crossing and thereby interfering with Kitty iu the100 words
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Article66 1897-08-20 2 The Dutch are reported to be advancing more into Acheen aud to be driving the emtmy before them. Later. The Dutch field force are now returning to head-quarters, as the expedition to Segil has come to au end.—What does this mean? Have the pt rites been given up, or66 words
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Article19 1897-08-20 2 (Fkom ub Co«,« po tki.vk J.v.so.v. 20th August. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 683 pikul Sof19 words
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Article151 1897-08-20 2 Second Day, Thursday, ig th (Bu Snecml T.i. (By Special Teleg rarn V'UIIL The following are (1)e Second Day’s racing;— 8 of II, I—Pony R ACe 1. Victoria 2. Bushrat 3. Jane. W..n b, f„ U r le„ gll s 1. kr!lie FF,S .2. Claudius 3. Bessie(By Special Telegrarn } - 151 words
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164 1897-08-20 2 THE LATE MESSRS. F. AND R. W. MAXWELL. The sad d. ws of the deaths of two sons of the late Sir Benson Ma»-' Chief Justice of the Straits reached Penang within the last w- Boih were brother» of Sir \V. MawGovernor of the Gold Coast. Mr. Frank Maxwell served164 words
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Article252 1897-08-20 2 Captain Metcalfe has proceeded t Europe by the s. s Thames. A village, it is stated, is about to If established by the Government iu the Piiit Valley, Kinta. The Judicial Commissioner will probab hold a Court in Kinta (2 murder cases a: 1 civil appeal) at the252 words
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Article54 1897-08-20 2 Arrivals. To-dAY. j| r Per s. s. Loodiana from and Mrs. C. Dennison. sOD Per s. s. Taw Tong from felnk Mrs. M. Mclntyre. Yesterday. Per P. A O. s. s. Thanvs from Captain Warren, Messrs. Arthur, Clayton, and Meger. Per s. s. Flying Dragon from 1 01 Captain54 words
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Advertisement983 1897-08-20 2 Ti i ion |New advertisements Pritchard Co. wa 11 7 ANTED at once for a Coffee Estate |V in Kinta, Perak, a Conductor, who thoroughly understands lining, pegging, planting, and general estate work. Apply stating qualifications and salary required to F C BASCOM, A B Kellas Estate, Batu Gajah, Perak.983 words
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Advertisement96 1897-08-20 2 PENANG SALES ROOM. IMPOHTAHT AUCTION SALE The undersigned is instructed to sell by Public Auction On Tuesday, 24th August, 1897, At 11 30 am. At 3 College Lane, Pul-> Tikus, All the Valuable European Countrymade Household Furniture, consisting of Sideboard CliiiLmier, Bentwood A Japanese Diawing and Dining Room Suites, Tables,96 words
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Article121 1897-08-20 3 M ACCASSAR. j> IC is rising so enormously in price, )tJ Macassar Courant, that the labourer l.po'id to live on Indian corn. The will c Mainly experience a very trying time later on. Chantaboon. Pice is still at 5 Ticals a bucket of 40 t tiies at121 words
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Article170 1897-08-20 3 (To the Editor the Perak Pioneer.") Pear Sir, —In your issue of the 11th instant you say that the statement which v ,,u made, that “the desertions from the Gu a Estate still continue to be numerous” i< denied both from the Estate and Penang.170 words
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164 1897-08-20 3 The Government are still continuing then inquiries into the gambling scandal, but great secrecy is being maintained and it is difficult to obtain information as to the nature of their investigations. The Executive Council sat as a High Court of Justice ou 7th August, to164 words
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Article263 1897-08-20 3 Chief Inspector Jennings has been interviewed bv a representative of the Straits Tunes From among many interesting com-muiiicati>-ns the following have been selected as they refer to some gentlemen whom Penang knows: The British Museum. Outlie 25t.h of June, Mr. Wegg-Prosser, late Superintendent of Police here, took263 words
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Article93 1897-08-20 3 Friday, 20th Lust Quarter, 3-24 P.M. High-water at New Jetty, 5-37 A.M. and 6-04 p m. Farsi Theatrical Co’s performance, 9 P.M. Saturday, 21st:— B'wn Band, Golf Club, 5 P.M. High-water at’J New Jetty, 6-26 a.m. and 6-53 p.m. Farsi Theatrical Co’s performance, 9 w»»ay,93 words
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Article394 1897-08-20 3 To those in Penang whose clothes are taken to the river to be washed the following remaiks of Surg.-Capt. James, of the Punjab, may prove interesting reading Besides these actual dangers, there is something very filthy and loathsome in the present arrangement of washing. It is not a394 words
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Article81 1897-08-20 3 The Deucalion, on proceeding from Sandakan to Timbong Mata in Darvel Bay, found that the natives inhabiting the coast villages were all aware of Mat Salleh’s raid ou Gaya, although no steam communication had taken place between the West and East coasts of North Borneo since the81 words
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Article562 1897-08-20 3 No Trial and no Release. Several Cambodian chiefs have been kept in prison for a year without having been brought to trial, and the King of Siam has refused to release them. Carrying Arms. Three days’ rigorous imprisonment was the sentence passed the other day on a562 words
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Article171 1897-08-20 3 With regard to the statement made by Kongsi in our last issue, says the Hongkong Telegraph, in the course of his notes on Bornean affairs, to the effect that M*t. Salleli, the notorious bushranger, is considered by the natives to be a heavensent prophet, our readers may be171 words
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Article671 1897-08-20 3 British Care of Old Masters. One result of the re-arrangement of the British School pictures in the National Gallery, since the weeding out of the canvases which now fill two of the rooms of the Tate Gallery, has been to group all the masterpieces of our native artists671 words
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138 1897-08-20 3 Peking, according to an Imperial edict of the 31st July last, has lost a well-known personage in the death of Li Hung-tsao, Assistant Grand Secretary and President of the Board of Civil Appointments, ou the 30th ultimo after a lingering paralytic illness of138 words
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Article753 1897-08-20 3 French Administration. A tax on matches has been imposed in Tongking. Each box is to bear a one-cent stamp. As the price of a packet of ten boxes is only five or six cents, this means a tax of two hundred per cent. The Cowrrier753 words
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Advertisement39 1897-08-20 3 WANTED. I)UPILS to teach Music. Terms moderate. 1 -Apply to “Miss C. W.,” 322 c/o Pinang Gazette. DENTAL NOTICE. IIR. J. F. TEUFERT, Denial Surgeon, 1)1 has left for Kuala Lumpur and will re-visit Penang about four weeks hence.39 words
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Advertisement1049 1897-08-20 3 Notice. PRITCHARD Co., in consequence of the continued j depression in exchange, beg to notify that in order to enable them to maintain a, fair standard of charges, on and after the Ist August their prices will be fixed on a basis of 2s. per dollar, and that upon each1,049 words
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Advertisement1570 1897-08-20 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY ■_^jliM|2|^MMii^M»‘w I MM IlB||| M ''l TCI rnXIXP Q TrC?" A JL JEm JL. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co Pe gKJ s ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. I J N yln I1,570 words
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Advertisement298 1897-08-20 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AND GLASSES SUPPLIED J THE DISPENsTryT 2 Bishop SI reel, IS OPEN DAILY from 9am. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3 Dffi Sunday hours 11 a.in. to Prescriptions accurately dispensed. SPECTACLES to suit every variety of defective siirlu298 words
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