Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 September 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED* 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. SATURDAY, 18th SEPTEMBER, 1897. No. 212.
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      541 1 (notices. CeuiiisiiiaF Oriental Steam navigation Company. 'iiHE mail steamers may be I- expected to arrive out--5 wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. V,-/.jwre Sept 10 I Rosetta 16 23 Rohilla 30 [lin I Oct. 8 Mirzapore Oct. 14 22 Ravenna 28 Nov. 5 Thames Nov.
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      1325 1 afcnmnff rtlntw* BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. lIWMCC». KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPU. Hongkong Shanghai Bank/acean steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer 9. Paid-up Capital j 10.000.000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Reserve Fund 8 7,000,0*0. AND Fob
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      627 1 «KUKKWHDStIIK «ASDKt MAATSCHaPF (Netherland Trading Society.? Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783. 0G Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.44 Head Office in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschanpij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, PeUalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 2 Penang, 18th Septembeb, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... l/10| Do. 3 Credits Do. 3 Documentary 1 10}$ Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 143 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 147 Bombay, Demand Bank 143 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 147 Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    177 2 Phnang. 18th S ptember. 1*97. Tin ...837.90 sellers. Trang $22. —sellers. Black Peppers West Coast... 17— sellers. Acheen t*n> 19 50 do. White Pepper 27 25 do Cloves (picked).. out of season. Mace No. 1 lOo.— sellers. Mace Pickings... 88— do. Nutmegs 83— do. iNo 1 *».90
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    67 2 Mails close on Monday. For I'er str Time. S’pore. Hongkong, Swafowand A im>y... 7’»/.sAm ...11 A.M. Tongkah ...Petre! 1 P.M. Klang ...Deli 1 p.m. Langk.it ...Jin Ho 1 P.M. Asahan <& Bafu Bahru. 11 Halewyn... 2 p.m. The BI.SN. C'.v’s s s. Nerbudda with the Mails from Europe
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    24 2 From Steamers To arrive on Rangoon Nerbudda to-morrow Singapore CheangUhew do Edie 31 irtsuycker 20-3-97 Singapore Medina 20-9-97 Calcutta Lightning 21-9-97
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    143 2 Eastern Oriental Hotel. Mr. A Mrs. Buckle. Mr. A Mrs. Shearwood. Egerton Esstvick. Mrs Earle. Capt. A Mrs. van do Lee. Mr. W. Bicknell. Mrs. E. E. Wilding. E. Durler. K<-v. W. Murray. J. Lusink. Mr. J. Eleuni. Mac Heussy. .1. Rigby. IL'dcrmnnn. R F. Hanna. J.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    46 2 London, I 7th September. Turkey and Greece. The treaty between Turkey and Greece has been finally initialled. One of the provisions is that Thessaly shall be evacuated by the Turks within a month after the financial control of the assigned revenues has been established.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    387 2 There will be a. Children’s Service at the Masonic Hall to-morrow, at 9 a.m. Mr. Surawongsi bagged 23 couple of snipe in the north of Province Wellesley yesterday. The Perak Government invite tenders for the removal of the wreck of the Poh Hin Guan at Teluk Anson.
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    POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPERA COMPANY.
    249 2 POLLARD'S LILLIPUTIAN OPERA COMPA NY. The above Opera Company presented last night to an entbusiatic audience the wellknown comic opera, “Under the Pump.” Master Willie Stewart, as Barnaby Bam pas, played very well indeed, entering thoroughly into the spirit and humour of the part. Master Alfred Goulding’s acting of Joe
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    INTERESTING EX-RAY EXPERIMENT IN TAIPING.
    121 2 Mr. Curtis, the Settlement Officer attached to the Land Office, Taiping, who had unfortunately met with an accident which resulted in the fracture of the bone of one of Ins fingers, submitted this week to an examination of the injury sustained bv him, bv means
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    HOW TO REFORM OUR CURRENCY.
    337 2 In his letter on the above subject to the Editor of the Stiails Times, Mr. A. Hildebrandt, of Batavia, thus concludes The people who would benefit by the proposed “Straits Dollar” are: 1. Government, as it buys bar silver cheap ami issues dollars, to be
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    GOLD COINING IN JAPAN.
    92 2 The Grandest Sight Ever Witnessed. The Osaka Mint is reported to be woiking day and night now on the new gold coins. By Ist October 48,000,000 yen in twenty and five yen pieces is to be ready, while 10,000,000 yen’s worth of the new subsidiary silver
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    THE HONGKONG POLICE SCANDAL.
    187 2 This week we have had a blast from the horn of the defence in the gambling scandal, says the China Mail. Detective-Juspector Stanton, Chief of the Detective Staff, having been dismissed from the Force, by order of H. E. the Governor, for gross neglect of duty
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    PASSENGERS.
    32 2 Arrivals. Yesterday. Per s. 8. Betsy from Port Weld: Rev. Father Rivet, and Mr. and Mrs. Ferao. To-day. Per s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli: Ton Isiailes, Spaan, and Dr. Veller.
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    TO-MORROW’S SERVICES.
    110 2 ST. George's Church. Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity. Morning Service, with Holy Communion, at 8 o’clock. —Hymns 353 and 257. Evening Service at 6 o’clock—Psalms XCVIII and XCIX (254), and C and CI (255); Hymns 179, 284, and 28. Church of the Assumption. Ist Mass at 6 am High
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    TAIPING.
    575 2 (From our Correspondent.) 16th SeuUn.l TB.Cenlr»! g T>j Itrary lo «p«t,,tio uB K vul( ,j "•H .Master in the person of Mr. gentleman fiom Sarawak IJ P jthis corning and will nter upon’], lat once. He has had martini ex.,er'' North Borneo, having le< n eno-J )f i >ia
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    MASTERS AND MATES.
    338 2 Increases of Salary. In conversation, recently, with the v tain of one of the Straits Steamship I pany’s steamers, a representative of J Straits Times was informed that theStrtf Company have just granted substantiiJcreases of salary to the masters and mo engaged on their steamers. Masters, to
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      284 2 n »1 1 1 n fl New advertisements Pritchard Co. town hall. TO-NIGHT TO-NIGHT!!! Saturday, iBth September. Pollards Lilliputian Opera Co. JUST RECEIVED. Planquette’s Comic Opera in 3 Acts Paul Jones! Paul Jones!! Paul Jones pniißT H I I Plan now open at PRITCHARD Co.’s, 15 Beach Street. Prices, $2
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      127 2 PENANG SALES ROOM. IMPOJTANr AUCTION SALE The undersigned is favoured with instructions to -ell by Public Auction On Friday 24th, and Saturday 2Sth Sept. commencing at 11.30 a.m. each day At 837 Anson Road, Penang, All the Valuable European A Countrymade Household Furniture, Ac., comprising Sideboards, Dinin.' and Drawing Room
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    NEWS AHEAD OF THE MAIL.
    661 3 PI’SSIA AND THE INDIAN TROUBLE. r y [(l .< Cologne Gazette rebukes the Ger- wspapers for inciting Russia to take "iv'ditit 'e of Great Britain’s difficulties in India- »lit»man and British Commerce. Gazette” admits that German comiias attained its present greatness iiv through following in
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    THE CHARGE AGAINST LADY SYKES.
    24 3 The charge brought by a money-lender agaii st Laly Sykes, of obtaining cheques by false pretences, has been withdrawn.
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    THE ARMY MEDICAL STAFF.
    23 3 In the last examination for admission to tbe Army Medical Staff there were only 22 candidates for 36 vacancies.
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    HOLD IN BRITISH NORTH BORNEO.
    68 3 Dr. Seelhorst having reported finding a diluvial gold field of a much richer nature than anv vet found, 11. E. the Goveruor, savs the B. N. Borneo Herald, left for Marvel Bav with a view of inspecting the Hold district on the 27th August. It
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    PEGU.
    78 3 Two tigers came to a village four miles r m Pegu on two successive eveningsand billed two bullocks. The higher portions of ’be Pegu district are said to be full of deer ai ‘d snakes at the present time, owing, says Rangoon Times, to the low-lying jungle "'ng flooded.
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    THE MARINE ENGINEERS' STRIKE.
    198 3 .—Straits Times. A Hitch about the Small Steamers. The negotiations between the Marine Engineers’ Association and Messrs. Wee Bin Co., regarding the increased rates of pay for the engineers on that Company’s steamers, have reached a deadlock. Messrs. Wee Bin Co., while granting the increases on
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    FINANCIAL CRISIS AT SHANGHAI.
    453 3 The Banks and the Silver Speculators. It is fortunate that the foreign banks have been able to come to an arrangement with the Chinese speculators in exchange, says the Shanghai Free Press. Although we have no sympathy with the losers in tbe game it is one
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    DUBLIN “GODS.”
    415 3 The liveliness of tbe Celestials who patronize tbe drama in Dublin has been commented upon for many long years now, but a tale told of Mathews is worth repeating here. One of the best yarns I remember, writes a correspondent to the Rangoon Times, was told in connection
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    MINING IN JELEBU.
    418 3 In his report for July, the Acting Collector and Magistrate, Jelebu, writes I received eight applications for mining lands during the month, but they were chiefly for lands, some of which had been already worked or lay at the foot of hills in the Seml&ah and Titi
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    ON THE CULTIVATION OF POT-PLANTS.
    913 3 Part VII. Aroids. This very large Order, exclusive <f Caladiums which have already b-eu mentioned, includes a great number of very ornamental garden plants with bold,effective, often variegated, leaves, and in a few cases 1 striking flowers, though as a rub* the flowers are inconspicuous.
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    579 3 The rice crop in Eastern Tongking promises to be very rich this season. There was a big fire at Ningpo on the 30th ult., some 5O houses being destroyed. Nothing has been stirring in the political world, and commercial affairs are still some- what gloomy
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    NEWS FROM SARAWAK.
    456 3 (Sarawak Gatelte.) A snake, Bungarus fasciatut, was presented to the Museum iu August by Mrs. Barker. On the 30th August H. H. The Rajah distributed the prizes which he gives annually to the pupils of the S. P. G. Mission schools. H. H. Vyner Brooke, Rajah Muda
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    106 3 L»wn Tennis Tournament. Ties to be Played. Monday, 20th September. Cha m ptonshi p. F O H illitax v A H. Capper. Di.itbli s Handicap. Lamb ami ifiown v Bell ami Henham. On Tueday, 21st September. Championship. Capper or Hallif.ix v Henham. Doubles Handicap. Lamb and Brown
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    83 3 Saturday, 18th Pollard’s Lilliputians, Town Hall, in Paul Jones at 9 P.M. Parsi Thcatric d Co ’h peiformance, at 9 p.m Farebe Fitna or All for Gold.” Golf Club, Distribution of Prizes. Town Band, Golf Club, 5 p M. High-water at New Jetty, 6-23 am.
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    SHIPPING.
    196 3 A rrivals. To-day. s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. 8. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. Pukshan from Hongkong. s. s. Gerda from Hamburg. YICSTERDAY. s. s. Perse from Langkat. s. s. Betsy from Port Weld. 8. s. To<a Maru from Yokohama.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    213 3 (Strait» 'l'im»», 15th September.) Ki p<l.) .*l9 sales. JĔI fully pai'l P2o buyers. Punjoiiis ($4 pd.) ?6.50 pd.) >2.20 L’aliang Corp. (JJI pd i >4 sellers. Pataling Codec »’o. (’7O p»l. < *77 sellers. Poime, :<i> ,i 40 sellers. Klamr < oftee Cultivation Coy. Ltd. (Fully paid
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      230 3 XTOTZCS. I MEETING of the Board of Licensing Justices will be held iu the Court of Requests /1 at 2.30 p.m., on Friday, the 241 h September, 1897, for the purpose of considering the undermentioned applications under sections 32 and 33 of The Liquors OrdinanceXl of 1894”: No. Name of
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      172 3 FOR SALE. ONE DOUBLE-BARRELLED, bottom lever, Express Rifle, .450 bore, in case: 850; also, a pair of Martini Sporting Carbines in case, ami about forty rounds of ammunition 860; or will take 8100 for the lot. These aie in first class condition. 473 E. W. c/»> Pinang Gazette. Perak Government
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      1502 4 £BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at i_iti K ?^H 4 E^V e sßd Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. theansiew&co SOLE IMPORTERS— BROTHER GOON YEN FRIENDS. w ***»4AU^, LSiViSItD HIN LEE Co. notice. Jncuronee Qtofice*.
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      363 4 TAIK CHEE S Co. 28 34 CHURCH ST., PENANG Ship Chandlers Wholesale Dealers in European Goods. B Camel Hair, Cotton and Leather Btking. Canvas Hose. Cotton Waste. Caustic Soda. e Coiks. Sulphuric Acid. Bottling Wire Soluble Essence Aerated Water Requisites Tuck’s Packing. India Rubber and Asbestos Goods. Hubbuck’s Zinc Paint,
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