Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 August 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-08-25 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 25th AUGUST, 1897. No. 191.22 words
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Advertisement558 1897-08-25 1 (Hotter v?; Lvilir Oriental Steam Navigation Company. .*mHE mail steamers may be 'A expected to arrive out'var<^s an leave Penang T/J* homewards, on the following dates Oatwar is. Homewards, Aug. 27 Kaisar-i-hind Sent. 2 J"'’’ Sept 10 Rosetta 16 23 Rohilla 30 I- :r-i-hiii-l Oct. 8 Mirzapore Oct. 14 22558 words
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Advertisement1589 1897-08-25 1 (Hofices BRITISH INDIA SI EAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). BANKS. (I WWW» KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkontr Shgnehai Bankn cEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong Bank U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. qirrp nntfPAlW T P*iD- Cf Capital $10,000,000. btilF COM VAIN I, Ctd.1,589 words
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Advertisement616 1897-08-25 1 ‘lUDrliaUiilSl.lt HASIIKh RSATSt'iiM'I'lJ (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,4)1’0 00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 Bead Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschanpij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore .Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London616 words
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Article125 1897-08-25 2 Penang, 25th August, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/9.) Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... Do. 3 Credits 110 Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 137 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 140 Bombay, Demand Bank 137 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 140 Madi as, Demand Bank125 words
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Article169 1897-08-25 2 Pknan... 25th August. 1 -97. Tin 839.45 sellers. Traun 822. —sellers. Black Pepper West ('oast... ,7 sellers. Aeheen 18 50 do. White Pepper... 27 25 do Cloves (picked).. out of season. Mace No. I 95 sellers. Mace Pickings... 82 do. Nutmegs 82— do. INo I n.JIO do.169 words
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Article31 1897-08-25 2 Mails close To-morrow. For l er »'r Time. Calcutta ...Chelyiha ...11 am.. Lnngk.it Jin Ho 1 p.m I‘angkor A. T Anson ('iinton *2 P.M Deli Ho Ktrei 3 P.M31 words
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Article43 1897-08-25 2 From Colombo—s. s Sumatra to-day. rK- M Deli s. s Ganymetl fo-m<>rrow. From Sin japoke B I s. s. Secundra to-inort<>u, un<| s. h Maha Vijirunhis and 8 s. ll<l>< on Fri'l.iv. From Liverpool—s. s. Jae n <>n Monday next.43 words
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Article114 1897-08-25 2 Fi'ii rn A Oriental Hotel. Mr. A Mr- Buckle. m Egerton East wick. Shearwood. Mrs Earle. (’apt. A Mrs. van de Lee. Mr. Bicknell, W Hruider, E J. Durler, E. Lusink. J. Mac Heussy. Bodennnnn. Scott, H. Stark. James. William Smith Mrs. E. E. Wilding. Mr. P114 words
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Article137 1897-08-25 2 LONDON, 21th August. Turkey and Greece. The Powers, while agreeing to Lord Salisbury’s proposal, are now inquiring of Greece what revenues she is able to assign in return for an indemnity loan. The Excitement in the Markets. The excitement has extended to the British wheat market, where the137 words
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Article794 1897-08-25 2 A certificate of iiat uraliz.it iou bah be<-n granted tu Mr. Look Yau Kit, of Singapore. Mr. Wickwar. a well-known Ceylon planler, is now on a visit to Selangor, says the Malay Mail. The Pollard Lilliputians opened their opera season at Singapore on Monday with “The Mikado.”794 words
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Article50 1897-08-25 2 A hat-snatcher was pursued on Saturday night in Singapore and was run to earth, or rather Io water, in a drain near Stamford Road, whence he was promptly stoned out and captured. On Monday morning he received a sentence of three mouths’ hard labour and 20 strokes.50 words
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Article66 1897-08-25 2 The Queen Regent of Spain in the name of her august s-m. King Alfonso XIII., <lecie» s, as announced in the Straits Government Gazette, an increase in certain taxes, including customs duties, by 10 |»-r cent. Among these may be mentioned special octroi duty on colonial importations, tax66 words
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Article78 1897-08-25 2 About eight o’clock last night a fight took place in Noordin Street between jinrikisha coolies and boatmen, numbering about one hundred persons altogether. Sticks were freely used, and one of the men received a cut over the eye and was sent to the Hospital. The Police promptly78 words
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Article74 1897-08-25 2 The members of the Young Men’s Association are informed that the debate on “That Chinese and Malay ladies should adopt European customs,” (Mr. Cullin proposer, and Mr. M. H. M. Noordin opposer) has been unavoidably postponed for a fortnight but a meeting will be held to-morrow evening,74 words
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Article76 1897-08-25 2 For stealing some umbrellas at the Jettv Sheds, a watchman was this morning sentenced to one month’s rigorous imprisonment. Three convictions for similar offences were obtained last mouth, the sentences varying from two months’ to fourteen davs’ hard labour. Formerly thefts occurred at the Jetty76 words
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Article86 1897-08-25 2 After grounding near Jjong Pangka, on her voyage from Singapore to Adelaide, the s. s. Bucephalus was floated off and navigated to Sourabaya without damage. The meagreness of her cargo rendered her position dangerous at first, but the master soon shifted the coal and ballast. The steamer86 words
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Article26 1897-08-25 2 Z v r 'A!V| (From our CoRKEsp O s ni ni-UK 2,. 2olh August. lhe shipments to-dav areTo Penang, 461 pik u ls of26 words
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Article138 1897-08-25 2 A telegram has just been r Peuung to the eff-vt that lbe I i. uuderwiiters, whom Mr. H J A! represents, have agreed to t| IP 11 4 r #2OO to Mr. Craig.e, w| ;o act.?F Engineer on boaid the al ',j the recent piracy, and138 words
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Article67 1897-08-25 2 News comes from Lombok, Time,, tluu Jlr.V»,, d.r H.’« th. t Controller at lhe village of Sisela had 1‘ murdered by insurgents. Another Can? ler Was wounded. The Resident J; troops out and summoned the surrender. On their refusal, the'vi was stormed and burned. Tweutv-g/) the insurgents67 words
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Article631 1897-08-25 2 (26th July—loth August.) The military authorities in India U their hands pretty full now, with two tions operating at the same time in diffi countiy against stubborn hill-meu. f. Tocln Expedition was rendered necessirrh the unfortunate occurrence at Maiz.ir the Chitral Expedition bv the rising ir631 words
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Advertisement794 1897-08-25 2 ii i IDA New advertisements. Pritchard Co. w ANT e D APPOINTMENT Wanted by one with experience in Mining and Prospecting. High est references given. Apply to 439 “Mica,” c/o Pinang Gazette. HE CRAG HOTEL. NOTICE. f A S the main building of the Hotel is now I under repairs,794 words
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Advertisement77 1897-08-25 2 BROWN CO., Monumental Sculptors, 42 HENTINCK STREET, CALCUTTA, [Established A. D. 1852.] All works under Eiii-<)|ienn Supervision. Done in Italian Marble, Aberdeen, Granite, and Chunak Stone. Name sinhs for fixing on gules or otherwise from $3.50 each mid upwards according to amount of lettering. SOLE AGENT for the Straits Settlements,77 words
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1462 1897-08-25 3 (H itgk ’Uy Telegraph.) 4th rep •i t of the Court of Directors ve C rporation, together with the fa' uuts for the half-year, was L 1 it the ordinary half-yearly general ~t of shareholders held iu the Citv L u ]4:h instaut. j Cti.-f(H itgk ’Uy Telegraph.) - 1,462 words
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Article75 1897-08-25 3 Ihe Kaiser’s claim to the throne of England in succession to Queen Victoria is (>ays the Ft iecj Chronicle) founded on the tact that he is the descendant of the eldest child of the Queen, and, while it is very good as claims go, it will be75 words
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Article102 1897-08-25 3 The number of Sakeis in the Kuala Lumpur district whose habitations are known, and more or less permanent, does not exceed 125, including women and children. The greater piart of these are to Le found in the mukims of Ulu Klang and Petaling there are also102 words
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Article113 1897-08-25 3 Spfakix/j of the condemned murderer Butler, the Sydney I'aily telegraph, of 10th, July savs that a medical expert has appli-d for permission to examine his brain after the execution, with a view to finding whether it showed any abnormal developments that could account for the man’s extraordinary113 words
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Article239 1897-08-25 3 A big flight of locusts p.assed over Lahore on 11th inst. They resembled a snowstorm, and the ground iu a short while was covered with masses of yellow insects. The Amir has issued a firman forbidding his subjects from joining the Adda Mullah or raiding British territory. This239 words
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Article976 1897-08-25 3 Imported Australian Mutton. Sixteen years ago there were TOOcarcases «•f Australian mutton imported into the United Kingdom, while last year there were no less than 1,613,000 carcases. A Law Story. Mr. Birrell, in his new book, tells a good story. “An eminent Chancery practitioner, afterwards a Vice-Chancellor, on976 words
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Article97 1897-08-25 3 Lawn Tennis Tournament. The following ties were played off yesterday Singles Handicap. Class .4. D. A. M. Brown 15 beat Rev. H. C. •Henharn —l5 by 6-5, 6-2. Class B. J. Williamson Jones —3O beat J. D’A. Symonds— 15 by 6-3, 6-1. Class C. C B. Mitchell97 words
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Article142 1897-08-25 3 Under the above heading the following paiagraph appears in the Straits Times: A disgraceful exhibition of callousness was witnessed ou the Esplanade vesterd .y afternoon (22ud August.) A victoria, driven at a fast pace, aud containing three Europeans, ran over a Chinese boy, aud the occupants drove on after142 words
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Article125 1897-08-25 3 AMERICA N LEGISL ATION. A Chicago paper assures us that a San Francisco gentleman, so rich that he used to light bis five Habanuas with “gieenbacks,” was prosecute! the other day for expectorating in a street car. The millidfraire handsomely < ffered to pay the fine, and put his jewelled125 words
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184 1897-08-25 3 The Amir's Complicity. Lahore. 13th August. There is an impression in Peshawar that the Amir, if not actually assisting the present risings, is c •nniving at them. A report is current that numbers of the enemv at SliaLkadar were the Amir’s men in mufti. There are184 words
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Article142 1897-08-25 3 Wednesday. 25th High-water at New Jetty, 9-42 A M aud J 0 09 p m. Parsi Theatrical Co.'s performance, 9 P.M Thursday, 26th P. C. Tennis Tournament. Town Bind, Esplanade. 5 pm. High-water at New Jetty, 10-31 A M and 10-58 p m. Debate, Young142 words
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Article24 1897-08-25 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. 8. Canton from Teluk Ansou: Nutt and Auvers. Yesterday. Per s. s. Thai pi Uglova Purt Weld: Mr. Hansen,24 words
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Article216 1897-08-25 3 A rrivals. To-day. s. s Lang Lat from Deli s. s. Cinifoii from Teluk A> sou. s. s. Chelydra from Singapore. YI STI RDAY s s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. Deli from Klang s. s. Thaipeng fr<»m Port YV<ld. Departures. To-day. s s. jGli for Klang. s.216 words
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Article196 1897-08-25 3 (Straits 21st August Raut>- (13 lo I’d sl9 5C>. sellers. fully paid $20.50. Pun joins <s4 pd.) $7.00, safes. Jelebu- ($5 pd.) $2.15. P mane •11> -£1 pd 1 $4 75 sellers. Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd.) ts 77 sellers. Peiieeiaues ssOj"i.» $4O sellers. Straits Insurance ($2O(Straits 21st August - 196 words
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Advertisement571 1897-08-25 3 NOTICE. PRITCHARD 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 ami after the Ist August their prices will be fixed on a basis of 2s. per dollar, and that upon each fall571 words
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Advertisement181 1897-08-25 3 DENTAL NOTICE. MR. J. F. TEL FEIiT. Dental Surgeon, has left for Kuala Lumpur and will re-visit Penang about four w. «-ks heuce. •WANTED. lA’ ANTED at once f-»r a Coffee Estate I v in Kiuta, Perak, a Conductor, who thoroughly understands liuiug, peggiug, planting, aud general estate work. Apply181 words
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Advertisement1458 1897-08-25 4 whisk; t bVd r L tKTj IS THIS To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co penangw g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs, THEAN SIEW Co. GOONJEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS TT BItOTHEHS, IMITED TEMPLE BAR HOTEL, w— www icx 11,458 words
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Advertisement393 1897-08-25 4 NOTICE. rpHE following Government Fnnns i. n I District, Bengkalis (R e <i<| tncv p'; Coast of Sumatra) for 1898, alll f 1899, and 1900. will be let at Be t) o k 8 Thursday, the 30tb September next:-M n a. The Spirit Farm. b. The Pawnbrokers’ Fmm (except Bagan393 words
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