Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 September 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Pfl/Cf 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 23rd SEPTEMBER, 1897. No. 216.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 557 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. StpHE mail steamers may be I expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. m Sept 23 I Rohilla Sept. 30 T- -Hind Oct. 8 Mirzapore Oct. 14 i’T 22 Ravenna 28 Nov. 5 Thames Nov. 11 v-IP ve
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    • 1322 1 SBwmntr Otofutc. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAAJSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bankzacean steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. (J EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». Paid-cf Capital 5i0,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. 1 Reserve Fcnd S 7,u00,000. AND For Will sail
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    • 568 1 ISDdKUmiSUB HAHmSL IiITStW u (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35.783,0» H> Oft Reserve Funds J 2,404,166.4» Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factor! j of the Nederlandach* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 124 2 Penang, 23hd September, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank l/10f Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... 1/11 j) Do. 3 Credits I/Ilf Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 146 Do. 3 days’ sight Private l'*s Bombay, Demand Bank 146 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 152 Madras, Demand
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  • 173 2 Pknanu. 23rd S ptember. 1*97. Tin s <7 Trang 821.50 do. Black Pepper < West ('oust... 18.— do. Ai'lipen 23 do. White Pepper... 32 do. Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 100. sellers. Mace Pickings... 88 do. Nutmegs 85— do. i No I'<9o do. Sugars
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  • 65 2 Mails close T*-morrow. For /'er »lr Tune. Klang A Malacca ...Teutonia 1 P.M. Asahau A Bam Balira /2. /Tu/eirya... 1 p.m. Klang ..belt 1 p.M. B’pore, Hongkong, SwatoWaud Amoy...CAe-my CAewr. 3 P M. T* Ink Anson A Port Dickson Lady Weld... 4 p.m. The P A O Mail
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  • 21 2 From Steamers To arrive no Colombo Suadtt to-day Singapore J/. Vajirunhi» to-morrow Liverpool Sarpedon 25-9-97 Hamburg Orenwa 25-9-97
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  • 29 2 The Chao H<>tkl. Capt. X Mrs. Uldall and children. Mr. J Irving. Dr. Vellin. Ton Isiailea Spaan. Mrs. and Miss Kerr and children. Mi. J. Gunn.
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  • 124 2 London, 22nd September. The Frontier War. Hudda Mullah, at the head of 5,000 men, has attacked General Sir B. Blood’s camp. Fighting lasted for five hours. The British losses were 2 killed and 19 wounded. General Wodehouse was severely wounded. Turkey and Greece. The Sultan has ratified the
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  • 169 2 THEinost captious of critics will scarcely feel disposed to find fault with the Municipal Commissioners on their selection of names for the rew roads, which are intended to open up the Ayer Rajah Estate. Each name so preserved is important in the history of Penang and,
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  • 302 2 We have already, from time to time, touched upon certain unsatisfactory peculiarities in the Quarantine Regulations as applied to cattle in the Settlement, in the hope that some better arrangements might be made for stamping out and keeping out rinderpest and cattle disease. There is, however, another weak
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  • 486 2 A Chinaman has committed suicide, by hanging himself, in a house in Queen Street last night. D’Arc’s Marionettes arr to visit Colombo about the middle of September and will probably tour the Far East this winter. We have recently reported several cases of Wah Weh lottery, but
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  • 71 2 The Smoking Concert, given by the members of the Royal Prince of Wales Lodge, will be held at nine o’clock to-night at the Masonic Hill. Upwards of a hundred invitations have been accepted. 'J’lie programme is an excellent one, for the promoters have been able to secure the
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  • 95 2 It is rumoured that Mr. D. Logan is the principal beneficiary under the will of his father, the late Hou. D. Logan, and that next March, when be will reach 30 years of age, he will become absolutely possessed of all the deceased
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  • 70 2 Parcels can now be received at the Post Offices in tbe Colony for express delivery in Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland, under the conditions there prevailing. Parcels intended to be so sent must be marked Express,” and the addressee will be liable for any fees charged for
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  • 41 2 Arrfra/s. To-day. Per s. s. Pegu from Olehleh: Messrs. Van Lhuou, Persign, and Aughaiff. Per s. s. HoKwei from Deli: Messrs. Archibald and Bracktnann. Yesterday. I’er s. b. Flying Dragon from Port Weld Mrs. Small and Messrs. Kemp and Morgan,
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  • 21 2 [F«omov,.Cm e SPO! TH.uk J.Vso.v, J 23KD StPTEJIBER The shipments to-dav are To Penang, 548 pik»I s of tln
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  • 110 2 Very great regret will be felt at a Of Mr. Ugan of Penang, SI Vs Times. He was an honest court 6 minded and capable gentleman Z a sound lawyer. He highest type of conduct that liH k here among persons of ln i Xei
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  • 153 2 A D..BATE will be held in lbe I the Association tonight at num eight o’clock. Tbe subject fo, will be: Should ev.-rv mm have a k.li 'l Mr. A. E. Wilkin’s sneA b affirmative, and Dr. West for the •le/i I It is to be hoped that
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  • 216 2 By the lamented death of Mr. Log; in ,tlJ Penang Chamber of Commerce will be <»n to nominate a member of Legi4r:»| Cuiiu<-il, says the Straits Times Dr.lh -I may be available again but it nm be.kj in scriptural language, he will reply tkl
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  • 40 2 Rumour has reached Calcutta that N» an independent N. E. frontier state, is ail ing warlike preparations, but the reasuß this activity is not yet dear. The itpß state that a demonstration is being against the British
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  • 40 2 It is. savs tlie Standard, tiu-* tha* fl brown has great advantages by day. fl there is no doubt that olive green is baifl to make out at night —an enorimusaefl tage, especially tor torpedo-boats.
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  • 80 2 Tak e some powdered pyrethrum (P--tian flowersj, moisten and mix iui" a mould the stuff into conical lumps as chocolate drops, ami bake in When fired at the point, says can Druggist. such a cone will ?i' sLiwly and send up a thin column j eut smoke, not
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  • 188 2 A SOMEWHAT sensational arr*>s ‘.fl OU Pedder’s Whaif at about lb 11 11 M says the Hongkong Telegraph of September. Among the persons B the pier was a Belgian named one time living at the > ‘fl Bailiff Brown, of the Supreme Ct u ''Jl a
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 942 2 Pritchard Co. HONGKONG OPIUM FARM. VTOTICE is hereby given that Sealed Tenders will be received at the Colonial Secretary’s Office, Hongkong, till noon on Ta JI ««I TV n Saturday, the 23rd of October, 1897, for the LftdlfiS DeDStriineill. purchase of th<* privileges known as the v a Opium Farm
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    • 233 2 FOR SALE. CHE A P EN V ELOPES Prices from $2 per 1,000. “Pinang Gazette" Office. Klang Coffee Cultivation Co., Limited. r pHE adjourned Annuil Meeting of SbareI hold- la will he le ld at the Office of the Company, 9 Weld Quay, at 12 o’clock nooli, on Saturdav, 2‘itli
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  • 47 3 The Roadsters’ Plate will give place iu iiatne io the Governor’s Cup at the Siugapoie Autumn Meeting. The race will be t seventh item on the card on the first d;iv. The value of the Cup presented by H E. is stated to be 5250.
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  • 80 3 Xiam Hoa Meng, Captain China of р, tn, has been tried by the Resident of p ing, on charges of bribery, extortion, BU ciimiual intimidation, and has been > t need to three years’ rigorous imprisonn This sentence, says a correspondent j the Straits
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  • 442 3 (Straits Times.') 'li people of Penang are to be congratulat on the early prospect of having a railway t me top of their charming hill, i ut. since T a b taking, as set forth in our columns. f > e so easy, the people of 1
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  • 529 3 Ir> > Press. Lasi evening til th September; two copies riotis C hinese manifesto were found posttd in the Chinese quarter of the town, calling i. ml J übiic spirited Chinese to resist recent res.-ive demands on the part of Government, -ir.g well-dispcied shopkeepers and others to their
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  • 391 3 (Telegrams from Simla.) Mohmand pickets are reported to be strengthening Lorakzai and the passes leading to their country. It is reported that five thousand Afridis are collected in the low hills at the head of the Bara Valley but the cavalry patrol found nobody. General MacGregor, with
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  • 342 3 The following extract is taken from a Honolulu contemporary •Down with the Manchu dynasty-up with a republic like the United States is rhe battle cry of the Revolutionary Society, and the watch word that will sooner or later rend China from end to end and change the
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  • 98 3 Thursday, 23rd: Parsi Theatrical Co’s performance, at 9 P.M. High-water at New Jetty, 10-28 a.m. and 10-45 p.m. Friday. 24th Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. Monthly Medal, Golf Club. Auction Sale of Household Furniture. No. 337 Anson Road, at 11.30, A.M. Parsi Theatrical Co.’s
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  • 49 3 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Ties Played Yesterday. Mixed, Doubles. Mrs. F. 0. Hallifax and A. S. Anthony—ls. beat Miss Henhatn and W. M. Miller -+l5. 6—4, 6—2. Doubles Handicap. G. E. Mosley and P..R. Scott +ll5. beat Rev. H. C. Henham and W. H. Bell—*ls 6—3, 6-3.
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  • 394 3 Bombay, 11th September. Mr. Pugh’s cross-examination of the Post Office Clerk from Poona elicited the information as to the state of the parties at Poona and the relation of Tilak thereto, besides several particulars as to Tilak’s connections with measuies which were adopted there for the purposes
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  • 265 3 In a leader under the beading The Gold Standaid must be Postponed,” the Chuo savs that the loss to be sustained by the Treasury in the exchange of gold for silver yen is, according to the present late of the prices of
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  • 241 3 In his last report the Acting District Officer, Ulu Langat (Mr. O. F. Stouor), wi ites: The most noticeable features of the month have been the establishment of railway communication between Kajang and Sungei Besi, and a veiy largely increased demand for mining land—the two together forming a
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  • 459 3 LIST OF FRIZES. Golf Tournament. Spring Meeting 1897. The following is the list of successful competitors, with their prizes, iu the several events of the Golf and Tenuis Tournaments which were held by the Penang Gulf Club during the first half of the present year. The prizes,
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  • 210 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s Jin Ho fi:<>in Lingkat. s s. Pegu from 01 lil< h. 8. s. Ho Kirei from Deli. B. I. 8. s. Loodian t from Singapore. Yesterday. 8. 8. Artsadong from Padang. 8. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. Departures. Today. s. s. Pontianak for Pangkalan
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  • 213 3 (Straits Timr*. ISth September.) KaiiLs (13 10 pd.) #l9 s ites. A‘l fully part f2O buyers. PunjoiiiH (|4 pd.) ;6 50 (#5 pd.i ?2.30 L’aliang <'orp. (jEI pd A 75 sellers. Pataling Coffee Co. (#7O pd.) >77 sellers. l’en-eiaii>r> -*so >. AO sellers. Klang < oflee Cultivation
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    • 198 3 FOR SALE. HOUSE No. 3 in College Lane, latelv occupied by Mr. M. Anthony, deceased. For particulars apply to 467 A. A. ANTHONY Co. FOR SALE. ONE DOUBLE-BARRELLED, bottom lever, Express Rifle, .450 bore, in case: I 850 also, a pair of Martini Sporting Carbines in case, aud about forty
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    • 393 3 MELLIN’S FOOD The WRECK of the s.s. “ADEN.” WE have received the following interesting letter from a Steward of the s.s. India “‘VALETTA,’ Farnroko, Hants, July YJth ,1897. “G. MELLIN, Esq., Dear Sir, —Being a Steward on the P. O. s.s. India,’ which brought the survivors of the wreck of
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    • 10 3 Mrs. F. Bernstien, DIPLOMAED PRACTICAL MIDWIFE. 68 Bishop Street, Penang.
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    • 1649 4 WHISKY jtal^aWKidfe W'st H f brHfflpr -Hii iiiffWWW.kWM «t»3t m lirtrmt IQ TTTJTTr < xO X XXJQi X To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co P na Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commops and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J THE AN
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    • 490 4 KHYE HO FOUNDRY COMPANY WELD QUAY. ENGINEERS. BOILER-MAKERS, IRON AND BRASS FOUNDERS, AND GENERAL CONTRACTORS. Boiler Fittings and Engineer’s Stores, etc., always in stock. J- G ALLAN, 'tn tiny,, PENANG ICE WORKS? Depots .—Beach Street—Open on week days from 7.30 to 10 am, and from noon to 5 pm., on
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