Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 August 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-08-21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PR!CE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. SATURDAY, 21st AUGUST, 1897. No. 188.22 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement538 1897-08-21 1 (notices. Oriental Steam Navigation Company. .«tp’k J ’HE mail steamers may be r< expected to arrive out- w ards, leave Penang homewards, on the following X-yy <lates Oatwards. Homewards. Aug. 27 Thames Aug. 19 Sept 10 Kaisar-i-hind Sept. 2 V’ 23 Rosetta 16 Sr-i-Aind Oct. 8 Rohilla 30 ar Mirzapore538 words
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Advertisement1378 1897-08-21 1 aiVnmnn BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. lAioncw. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. .i,,-.,!,.; R.m. HCEAN STEAM ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. H n? inf CorporXn.’ U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». n T P A ID-L P C A PIT A L $10,000,000. SHIP1,378 words
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Advertisement499 1897-08-21 1 ’KUKKI.ABUSf.HK H ANHEL'«I« ATSCiiAl 1 ril (Nethcrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,01*0 00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 Head Office in Amsterdam. Hiad Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschanpij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Sama rang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,499 words
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Article132 1897-08-21 2 Penang, 21st August, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank l/9jj Do. 4 rtionths’ sight Bank... 1/10 Do. 3 Ci-edits 1 1 Do. 3 Documentary I Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 139 J Do. 3 days' sight Private nominal. Bombay, Demand Bank 139 Do. 3 days’ sight Private nonimal.132 words
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Article137 1897-08-21 2 Pmmam.. 21 'T August. '•97. Tin 939.50 sellers. i Trang 822. —sellers. Black Pepper West Coast... l7 sellers. I Aelieen tin. 18 50 do. White Pepper 27. do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 94 sellers. Mace Pickings 80— do. Nutmegs 80— do. (No 1137 words
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Article44 1897-08-21 2 Mails close on Mon oat. For >r »/r Time. P'ligk ilin Bramloii t'e>se Noon. K'ang M .-Lir'i/i 1 pm. Pangk'lan B>a'i<]<>ii r' i’ Smith 1 p.m. B’pore. H >ngk<mg. Swat Wain! \ni'>y Cheamj ('heir 2 PM. Sap'Te A. Hongkong Apcir 2 p.m.44 words
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Article33 1897-08-21 2 From Hamburg —s.h Ffe./Aa to d ty. Fk<»m Rangoon —s Lindulu to-mor-row Fa M Edik— s Mac'suuclcrr on Monday. Fr<>m Singapore—s. t>. McAlister on Monday, ami s. Secundra on Wednesday.33 words
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Article114 1897-08-21 2 Eastern A Oriental Hotel Mr. A Mrs Buckle. Egerton Esstwtck. Shearwood. Mrs Earle Capt. A Mrs van de Lee. Mr. Bicknell. W. Braider, E J. Durler, E. Litsink. J. Mac Heiissy. Rodermann. Scott, H. Stark. James. WiPiatn Smith. Mrs. E. E. Wil.ling. Mr A Van Someren. C.114 words
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Article94 1897-08-21 2 LONDON, 20 th August. Collision Between Warships. The torpedo-destroyer Thrasher and the cruiser J'haeton collided in the English Channel during heavy weather. The Thrasher was badly damaged. Execution in Spain. The murderer of Senor Canovas has been executed. The Hawaiian Difficulty. Secretary Sherman’s reply to the latest note94 words
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Article216 1897-08-21 2 The fall in the exchange and the increase in the price of certain commodities, particularly in that of rice, are being felt among most classes of the community. Certain Government officials have long since received an increase to their salaries, in consequence of the fall in216 words
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Article270 1897-08-21 2 Tras and Bentong in PaliHiig are to be connected by road us soon as possible. Tamils are reported to be in possession of one of the Selangor Rest Houses. The dance at the Lake Club. Kuala Lumpur, on Monday evening was attended by only eight ladies. There270 words
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Article58 1897-08-21 2 Mr. Douglas is circulating two subscription lists in Perak od behalf of the Syers Memorial Fund. In the event of Government doing nothing for Mrs. Syers, says the Malay Mail, we shall have to ask our good friends of the Singapore aud, Penang Press to help us in58 words
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Article70 1897-08-21 2 The surplus of S2OO from the Diamond Jubilee fund in Perak has been divided between the Tuif Club aud the policemen who gave their assistance iu the decorating and illuminating of Taiping. We wish to know whether there is a balancebf any sort after defraying the cost70 words
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Article96 1897-08-21 2 Commander Spencer de Horsey, of H. M. S. Plover, reports that at 5.30 p. in. on the 19th iust. he picked two Chinamen off a juuk (bottom up), in latitude 3.18, aud longitude 100.45, which bad been capsized the night before, and as she96 words
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Article118 1897-08-21 2 Should not the Committee of the Penang Club take the opportunity of com-uhing Mr Hilles, now staying here at the E &O. Hotel, in view of providing their premises with electric lighting? The Club, after sunset, is about the both st Building in the world, but the use118 words
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Article168 1897-08-21 2 About quarter to seven o’clock last evening a detective received information i hat a certain Chinaman was coming to the Ciiulia Street pawnshop to redeem some piop.-ity with a fal»e note. The man’s des liption was also given. The officer waited for the Chinaman patiently, who appeared168 words
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169 1897-08-21 2 This Company, according to t he pr« «spec! us, is being started with the object of exploiing certain lands in Japira. upon which the Company has the sole right of prospecting with a view to Petroleum aud Minerals. These lauds are sifu.ited in the “Angkattan169 words
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Article266 1897-08-21 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —It is reported that a European Contractor has promulgated a notice, to the effect that he requires 500 labourers for the Prai and Paii’-Buntar railway construction, to be woiked from the Jahlan Bahru end. That each labourer will receive266 words
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Article22 1897-08-21 2 (f«°m °vrc^; BPM lELUK AN son 21st August. The shipments to-day areTo Penang, 646 piknk t To Singapore, 4,702 tlB22 words
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Article101 1897-08-21 2 August Meeting, 1897 (Ry Special Telegram) Entr.es fur the Handicaps <>n Thikd Day. I.— For All Runner Lord of the Isles 910 Why Not 9 7 I'armesan 99 2—Taiping 1897 Grif FI!{8 Bessie Macarthy 9.p2 A. B. 92 Aurora 92 3. For all Runners Why Not 10.7101 words
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447 1897-08-21 2 Greece and the Financial Control 10th to 13th JT was authoritatively slated iu Lojl •■n the 1 Oth iuBt. that the Greek regarding a new loan are not likely to attf the financiers, and that Greece will be a able t<> raise funds to procure447 words
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Article83 1897-08-21 2 Saturday, 21st Town Band, Golf Club, 5 PM-High-w ater at New Jetty, 0-' and 6-53 p.m. j Parsi Theatrical Co’s performamP.M. Sunday, 22nd: 10th Sunday after Trinity High-water at New Jetty, <• and 7-42 p.m. Monday. 23rd Town Band. Esplanade, 5 F* P. C. C. Teuuis83 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement785 1897-08-21 2 Pritchard Co. WANTED at once for a Coffee Estate in Kinta, Perak, a Conductor, who thoroughly understands lining, pegging, i planting, and general estate work. Apply stating qualifications and salary required to .4 F. C. BASCOM, A M Kell ax Estate, Batu Gajah, Perak. QNIPF l NOTICE. tpHE Perak and785 words
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Advertisement135 1897-08-21 2 TO LET. TITHE following residences are to let;— 1 21 Penang Rond 54 Northam Road Orange Grove and 21 Northam Road Kensington Lodge.”) 418 Apply to MAHOMED ARIFF. NOTICE. ON Thursday, the 9di September, 1897, the Resident of Rhio ami Dependencies will receive lenders at Taml j >ng Pinang for135 words
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Article258 1897-08-21 3 Cwt H 0 Metcalfe of the NorthamptonLjie Raiment, who was known as LieuteMetcalfe in Penang, where he served 'vith the Detachment of his regiment at the L, ,v Lines, and acted for a time as Assistant Superintendent of Police, has left the .straits, as has already258 words
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154 1897-08-21 3 The following regulations relating to the aihmssion of Colonial Barristers to the English Bar is published by the Secretary ~f State for general information —While the t<o branches of the profession are kept distinct in New South Wales and Ceylon, as at154 words
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Article476 1897-08-21 3 The f .Rowing extracts from Mr. Theodore B nt’s article in the Nineteenth Century utav be of interest to our readers at the present time, when so much is being said about the island of Socotra Mar riel te Bev, the eminent Egyptologist, identifies Socotra with To Nuter, a476 words
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Article94 1897-08-21 3 St. George’s Church. Tenth Sunday after Trinity. Morning Service, with Holy Communion, at 8 o clock.—Hymns 175 and 322. Evening Service at t> o’clock —Psalms cv 11 i (251) and CIX (252); Hymns 295, 288, and 21 or 270. Church of the Assumption. Ist Mass at 6 a.m,94 words
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Article1116 1897-08-21 3 ANNUAL MEETING, 1897. (Special Report for the Pinang Gazette.") Second Day, 19th August. The following are the details of the several races on Thursday, the second day of the above meeting: I.— The First Race. Value s2oo.—Handicap for all Ponies that started in the second race on1,116 words
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Article1848 1897-08-21 3 I n his report on the expedition to the relief of Gaya, Mr. Hewett, after telling how he reached the place proceeds to say The att ck on Gaya took place at 4-30 a m. on the 9th J uly, and the burning of the shops1,848 words
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Article68 1897-08-21 3 Some counterfeit one cent pieces have been tested by the Government Analyst. He reports that these imitation copper coins were made of a tin and zinc alloy, free from copper, and so varnished as to present all the appearance of a genuine well-worn copper coin. In several instances,68 words
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Article185 1897-08-21 3 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following Ties are fixed to be played during next week Monday 23rd August. Singles Handicap. Class A. H. H. Gilby v. R. A. Law. Class R. B. Howdle v. G. H. Stitt. Class C. J. A. Shear wood v. R. Butler. Doul'les Handicap.185 words
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Article197 1897-08-21 3 Arrivals. To-day. h. s. Hok Canton from Olehleh. 8. s. Pontianak from Brandon. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. s. s. Hydasyes 8. s. C Apcar from Calcutta. Yesterday. s. s Thaipeng from Poll W. Id. s. s. I'heng Ghew from Singapore. s s Ajax from Biltora. Departures. To-day.197 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement57 1897-08-21 3 CARD. Air. James R. T. Logan, S’ URGEON- DENTIST, Temporary address, No. 1, Transfer Road. MR. LOGAN has returned to Penang and may be consulted as adver--1 ised. THE CRAG HOTEL. NOTICE. AS the main building of the Hotel is now under repairs, no rooms will be available until the57 words
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Advertisement832 1897-08-21 3 Notice. DRITCHARD Co., in cor.sequence of the continued depression in exchange, beg to notify that in order to enable them to maintain a fair standard of charges, on ami after the Ist August their prices will be fixed on a basis of 1 2s. per dollar, and that upon each832 words
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Advertisement1593 1897-08-21 4 EU3HANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST* To be had at ME M T 8 M K ?HEA S NCHEI O fc». PB sM Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 a goonyenTrends. SOLE IMPORTERS— BROTSTma M K Singapore Straits1,593 words
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Advertisement298 1897-08-21 4 btuHbt IUWNJISPENSARy, SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED Ayj GLASSES SUPPLIED fi THE DISPENSARY 2 Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday io 3nm Sunday hours 11 a.m. to 1 p. m f Prescriptions accurately dispensed. SPECTACLES to suit every variety of298 words
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