Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 September 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, Bth SEPTEMBER, 1897. No. 203.
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      542 1 Kipping (Mottces. PenTiisuLr Oriental Steam Navigation Company. JIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outJ wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Oatwards. Homewards. ,nnre Sept 10 I Rosetta 16 Oct. s m;. •zapore Oct. 14 22 Ravenna 28 Nov. 5 Thames Nov. 11 O ,H/ 19
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      1398 1 SlVimmW BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai /ACEAN steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. p A id-uf Capital $i0,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Reserve Fund 7’oOoW AND For Will sajl Steamer
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      376 1 KKOBIILAfiftSUIIi HAHUKL MAATSCHA? <* (Motherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandach® Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Brancito. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap London
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 2 Penang, Bth September, 1897 Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 1/10) Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... 1/10j Do. 3 Credits i/loj Do. 3 Documentary lOOfj) Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 140 Do. 3 days’sight Private 14‘> Bombay, Demand Bank 140 Do. 3 days’sight Private 145 Madras. Demand Bank 139
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    168 2 Penan... BtH SEPTEMBER. 1*97 Tin 897.90 sellers. Trang 822. —sellers. Black Pepper West Coast... i7 sellers. I A« h«»Rn iUI 19 50 do. White Pepper... 27. do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 .98 sellers. Mace Pickings,.. Ho— <!<>. Nutmegs 83— do. < No I
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    62 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Ter str Time. Tongkab, K"|>ili, Maliwun. Mergui ami Tavoy ...Corn-Jia 8A M. Edit* A Ol'dileh ...G, </»'3 p >i. Madras, A-, taking mail» for Em ope. A'-., via Negapatain k .Lau'adi 4P M. Registration up to 3 P.M. The P. A O. mail steamer
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    41 2 From Sing kpore —B. L nrada s. s Hong Leong to-morrow, s. Kat Sang on Friday, s. Generaal Pel and s. s. Palamcotta on Saturday. From Ne iapatam s s. Friday. From Bombay -h s. Socotra on Sunday.
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    105 2 Fa-urn A Oriental Hotel Mr. A Mrs Buckle. Egerton Eastwick. Shearwood. Mrs Earle Capt. A Mrs van de Lee. Mr. W. Bicknell. E. Durler. J. Lusink. Mae Heussy. Rodermann. J. Stark. William Smith. Mrs. E. E. Wil ling. Rev. W. Murray. Lieut '<>l. Pennefat her. Mr. A.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    134 2 London, 7th September. Indian Finance. The ten days’ drafts on Calcutta or Bombay tendered amounted to Rupees 291,90,000. One hundred lakhs have been accepted at an average of Tenders at 16/r receive about 11 per cent., and those lower in full. New Guinea. The Governor of German New
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    THE LIGHTING OF SOCOTRA.
    319 2 We published yesterday the finding of the Marine Court of Inquiry as to the loss of the s. s. Aden. It is unnecessary to dwell upon any of the various points dealt with in detail by Mr. Robert Marshall). We would, however, say a few words
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    300 2 H. M. S. Plover leaves for Singapore to-inorrow. One of our local sportsmen was out snipe-shoot ill)? in the Province yesterday and bagged 27 buds. The Dutch gunboat Ceram arrived here from Olehleh yesterday and proceeded direct to Prye River Dock. A Chinaman was this morning fined
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    THE ASSIZES.
    118 2 The case against a Chinaman, named Ng Tek Hak, charged with voluntarily causing grievous hurt at Juni, was concluded yesterday. The jury, having retired and returned to the Court, convicted the accused by a majority of 6 to 1. The Judge concurred in the verdict. Sentence was deferred.
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    BURGLARY IN PENANG.
    104 2 The residence of Mr. W. H. Pengellev, at Clove Hall Road, was entered by thieves last night, who succeeded in appropriating only h little money box containing some loose change. The burglars effected an entrance by cutting one of (he wo< den bars <>f the dining-room window
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    NEWS FROM ACHEEN.
    72 2 It appears that the Dutch gun-boat Ceram, now at the D >ck, was engaged in conveying to Edie the man and woman who Were arrested by the Rajah of Kerti in connection with the Pegu tragedy. They were put in irons while on board. It is lielieved
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    ALLEGED ILLEGAL ARREST OF 'RIKISHAS.
    101 2 ALLEGED ILLEGAL ARREST OF 'RIKISH AS. A correspondent writes:— On Saturday last, about 1.30 p. m., when all lhe Courtshad risen, several ’nkishas, including those engaged by the clerical staff <>f the Police Uoiirts and others, were taken up and suspended from hire for 7 days for infringing the Police
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    275 2 (From our Own Correspondent.) A Chinam\n was convicted of disposing of 400 stolen ducklings at Bagan Ajam, and sentenced to six weeks’ rigorous imprisonment. Two indentured Kling coolies of Malakoff Estate were charged with cutting the Estate jungle without permission, and fined $2 each, with the alternative of
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    PASSENGERS.
    51 2 Arrivals. To-day. Pers. s. Ho Kwei from Deli: Messrs. Heim, Collins, Saskiu, Elliot, Hearn, and Aukersmidt. Yesterday. Per s.s. Mary Austin from Klang: Mr. Browne. Per s. s. Betsy from Port Weld Messrs. Petts, Leach and Storkes. Per s. s. A. A pear from Calcutta: Mrs. West and two
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    POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN COMPANY.
    310 2 Last night’s perf omiihj of a amusing opera La Mascotte d.™ «a 11 1 good bouse. On.e (be el™™ successful evening’s entertaii lllleilt U which the audience were well p] t ltl judge from the frequent encores’ -were all there, viz., good seenerv su dresses, mirl h-provoking
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    THE FRONTIER WAR.
    829 2 British Forces on the Froxtub There are now, including th? Tockiand Malakand Field Forces, about 4’2,0(10 men on lhe frontier, counting the ordinaiv g u risons 32,000 of the total are mobilized troops. Recall of Officers There is great pressure on all military departments. Office»s are being
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      780 2 t\ »i i inn New advertisements Pritchard Co. 7 ONE Rippingille’s No. 78 A. B. C. Stove with utensils. Apply to 460 Stove,” c/o Pinang Gazette. FOR SALE?” SOLE AGENTS MNE High Doocart by Lambert Bros., V/ Singapore, and one set single Harness. FOK 461 -Apply to Alan WILSON. PENANG
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      96 2 JUST RECEIVED. A supply of CHEA P ENVELOPES Prices from $2 per 1,000. “Pinang Gazette” Office. Perak Government Notice. A PI’LICATIONS are invited for the post /I of Chief Chinese Interpreter of the Courts, Taiping. Salary commencing on $1,200 per annum. Proficiency in the English language, and a perfect knowledge
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    EXPULSION OF A BRITISH MISSIONARY FROM MADAGASCAR.
    36 3 General Gallieni, the French Resident Aduiiui>tiator of Madagascar, has expelled Mi. Hall, a British missionary, for the allied offence of having incited the Hovas to rebel against French rule.
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    A VILLAGE TERROR.
    68 3 “One Pangeran Salihu was also fined 850 and renmvtd from up-river, under circumstances detailed in diary,” the Ova District Officer reports to the Sarawak Government. “Thi> woman seems to have been a perfect terror in the village of Dalat Hud were she lived, and the people are
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    AMERICAN SAVAGES.
    204 3 A special session of the Court was called to trv an accused negro the other day. He was leadily convicted on indubitable evidence and promptly sentenced to be hanged. After his condemnation, the Judge pleaded with the people to let the law take its course, but they became
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    RHODESIA.
    224 3 In his article on Rhodesia in the National Hetietr Mr. Blake thus describes himself I should like to say of myself, that I am an American citizen, of the State of Texas, bom in 1856, that I graduated at the Military Academy. West Point, and was assigned to the
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    100 3 Wednesday, Bth: P. C. C. Tenuis Tournament, at 5-10 P.M. Town Band, Esplanade, 5 p.m. Pollard’s Lilliputians, Town Hall, in Dorothy,” at 5-10 P.M. High-water at Mew Jetty, 9-08 P.M. and 9-35 a m. Parsi Theatrical Co.’s performance, 9 p.m., “Zulme-Azlam.” Ihcrsday, 9th P- C.
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    PROSPECTIVE RE-ORGANIZATION OF GOVERNMENT APPOINTMENTS IN CEYLON.
    140 3 The Times of hears that H. E. the Governor has submitted a scheme to the Secretary of State for the Colonies for the re-organization of Government appointments in Ceylon. Its object, it is understood, is to reduce the number of European officials and
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    THE PRICE OF RICE.
    264 3 {Bangkok Times.') If the price of silver is a source of alarm to the European in the East, the price of rice seems to be no less serious a subject to the Asiatic just at present. From China to the Straits Settlements the tale is the
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    SARAWAK NEWS.
    257 3 SARA WAK NEWS. The races turned out a success and afforded much amusement to a fashionable gathering of European and Native notables. The Sarawak Police now consist of 1 Sergeant-Major, 3 Sergeants, 2 Lance Sergeants, 6 Corporals, 10 Lance Corporals, and 79 Constables. A complaint was lodged that certain Chinese
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    A LINE PATROL PARTY.
    324 3 Tn his July report Mr. R. V. K. Applin of the B. N. Borneo service writes On Ist instant, I received a message from Sapong reporting that a Kwijou living near Senagang had gone “amok and had killed a child and seriously wounded a woman and
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    536 3 Cholera. Cholera, it is reported, has occurred in the Northamptonshire and Dorset Regiments which halted this side of Rawal Pindi. The Unemployed. A relief work for the lias been opened at Bombay. Plague. There is a recurrence of the Plague round Poona and at Kirkce, of a virulent
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    201 3 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Play to commence not later than 5.10 p.m. Wednesday, Bth September. Mixed Doubles. Miss Jones and Mrs. F. O. Hallifax D’Arcy Symonds j (&A. S. Anthony Mrs. Miller <fc Rev. t Miss Anthony and H. C. Henham j V I F O Hallifax. Miss
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    ON THE CULTIVATION OF POT-PLANTS.
    738 3 Part 111. Annuals. Few plants grow so easily and quickly or make more show when in flower than annuals, but much disappointment (and sometimes unnecessary expense) is experienced when unsuitable kinds of seeds are obtained as is often the case with beginners. None of the
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    CONSULAR REPORT ON THE TRADE OF CHINKIANG FOR 1896.
    830 3 In Imports there was a very marked increase in the demand for English cotton and woollen piece goods and for Indian yarn, and there was also a great increase in the import of hand-made cloths of native manufacture. Indian Opium. There
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    SHIPPING.
    175 3 A rrivals. To-day. s. s. Ho Kirei from Deli. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. C. C. Smith from Brandon. s, s. Artsadong from Trang. 8. s. Mary Austin from Klang. s s. Betsy from Port Weld. s. s. A. Apcar from Calcutta. H.N.M.S. Ceram from
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    210 3 (Straits Times, 4th Skptembebj Itaiil'H (13 10 ]><].)... sellers. >!1 fully paid J2O b’yers. PunjoiiiH ($4 pd.) ?6 50 (ss pd.l >2.20 Pahang Corp. t.£l p-l 4.75 sellers. Pataling Coflee Co. (?70 pd.) >77 sellers. Penoeraio/- <.-5“ <1 40 sellers. Klang Coffee Cultivation Coy. Ltd. (Fully paid
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      201 3 Mrs. F. Bernstien, DIPLOMAED PRACTICAL MIDWIFE. 6S Bishop Street, Penang. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TIIK STRAITS SEITLEMENTS. Settlement of Fenang. In the Goods of CHEW OH CHEOW, Deceased. IN pusuance of section 46 of the Conveyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886, all creditors and other persons having any
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      139 3 LOST. TjLACK and white Fox Terrier Dog, ReJL) gistered No. 265. Finder will be rewaded. KOH ENG HIN, 454 36 Beach Street. FOR SALE. \NEW Sailing Yacht, length 20 ft. over all 26, beam 5 ft. 6 in., depth sft., cabin -8 ft., has main sail, guff top sail, inner
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