Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 December 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. pubx.isike:d daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. FRIDAY, 24th DECEMBER, 1897. No. 294.
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      502 1 (tlofices. feiiiii'iilar Oriental Steam \avisation Company. UI HE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outI wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. .jt, Dec. 31 Mirzapore Dec. 23 1898 1898 J in. 1+ Chusan Jan. 6 28 Thames 20 Feb. 11 Verona Feb. 3 23
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      1380 1 afbnmnff BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. yyfpq KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bankn cEAN steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. g mJ Corporation U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». qtttp pnupiwy TTn i Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Reserve Fund 8
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      725 1 Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,0'' Oft Reserve Funds 2,404,166.45 Hiad 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, Pecalongaw. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    206 2 (Straits Times, 2slt Decembek.) Rauhs (13/10 pd.)... $21.50 £‘l fully paid $23. Punjoms ($4 pd.) $4.40 buyers. Jelebns ($5 pd '2.0 sellers. Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) ...$3.50 buyers. Pataling Coffee Co ($7O pd.) $7O s'lers Pengerangs ($5O pd $3O sellers Klang Coffee Cultivation Coy Ltd—(Fully paid >2<l)
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    15 2 Mails close on Monday. For Per str Time. Edie Olt’hleh ...HokCuntoii... 2 p.m
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    29 2 From Steamers To arrive Singapore Hong Leong to-morrow. 8m z Deike Ihckmers do Liverpool Beltirophon do Singapore C Apcar 26-12-97 London Sestor 26-12-97 Bingipoie Calypso 27-12-97
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    SHIPPING.
    210 2 Arrivals. 'L’o-day. s s. J'k/.o fr in Tavoy. s. s. Hok Canton from Olehleh. s. s. Taw Tony from Teluk Anson. Y kstekday. P. s s. Miriapore from Singapore, s. s. I. n Goens Iroiii Padang. Bl s. s. Laipoori from Moiras. 8. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. Departures.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    122 2 London, 23rd December. Russia’s Demands. Russia requires the dismissal of all British engineers employed on the railways in China. Russia, also, insists tuat the German military instructors in the Chinese service shall give place to Russian officers. Casualties during the Afridi Expedition. The total numbers of the casualties,
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    EDITORIAL NOTE.
    752 2 The Present Crisis n China. The wiiit-i <4 tbe following extract from tbe P'kin i anti Tien tsin Times, which reached in by the last mail, would seem to be singularly fortunate in his views of the situation— views, expressed some time befoie the latest development, ami, therefore,
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    749 2 Wk wish our readers a Merry Christmas and a pleasant time of it generally during tlie holidays. Owing t<> pressure on our space we at* compelled to issue a supplement to-day. The s.s Thames is supposed to have brought 98 Ears of silver to Penang. What became
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    ANOTHER GANG ROBBERY IN THE PROVINCE.
    107 2 y° RK Dm™,,, On the „t Maeaos, with blackened faos'and to the teeth with knives, entered H of a Chinaman residing u a n h ISe Bukit Teegel, IV oceupant. .hree (;|,J. bouse, and removed nroi.eitv t 16 of $2OO. 1 1 V t
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    THE PLAGUE CASE.
    123 2 Official Notification. The following information was issued from the Singapore Colonial Secretariat■_ "The Colonial Surgeon, Penang ai(J Municipal Health Officer, on ,j. nation, considered the case of the Ati. ia fireman shipped at Bombay who was re} ed sick with slight but suspicious svmpt.nnj on 13th, the
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    COMPLIMENTING THE PRESS.
    46 2 In presenting the forty-two Jubilee medals at Hongkong, tbe other dav, the Governor—addressing the three newspaper editors who received medals—said All the newspapers nave us the greatest assistance, and for their interesting articles, I am sure the whole community is very much indebted.
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    BRITISH SHIPS ON THE CHINA STATION.
    70 2 According to the Singapore Free P w, H M. S. Daphne, Pique, Pigmy and Undaunted are now at Shanghai; the Ef: is stationed at Ichaun the K- lple is at Y k hama the Rainbow and Immortalite are at Nagasaki; the Phoenix i* at
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    ANOTHER CASE OF OVERLOADING.
    75 2 Yesterday, before a Court of Two Magistrates, Harry Smith, master <>f the s. s. Ii J Longd'en, and Tan Khoo Eng. the owner, were charged, says Tuesday’s Stni/aporc l Press, with allowing the vessel to be so overloaded as to submerge in salt water tbe centre
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    THE OCCUPATION OF TA-LIEN-WAN.
    137 2 Ta-Llen-wan is a convenient harbour flat whs used by Biitaiu in the last war w China, both as a port and as a station t r the British troops, savs Tuesdays Times. If the news of its occupation is correct, the paragraph we published yest r
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    MANDALAY REBELLION CASE.
    148 2 Judgment. Judgment was given in the 1 e on the 14th of December. Out ot >■ teen accused, thuteen were waging war and of n,n y t 0 lral)jportsentenced to death. Aung ~.n ult ted. ation for life, and Nga Kan was aiqu.tt Pkess Opinion Of the
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      972 2 i\ i 1 1 n fl INew Advertisements Pritchard Co. C HINESE BOOK-KEEPER with good handwriting, for Langkat. Salary $5O ment of Fancy Goods, Toys, i and upward». Bonbons, Confectionery, and ipNGINE DRIVER for Reworks in other articles for the reqU e,M, requirements of 679 App)v to H j MARTYN,
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      169 2 TO LET. URNISHED for one vear from Ist March, 1898, Norwood (No. 8) Login Road 661 Apply to F O. H ALLI FAX. CARD. H. J. Martyn, Jr., AGENT FOR The Society of Amsterdam Underwriters. 567 Dental Notice. MR. J. F. TEUFERT, Surgeon Dentist, has arrived, and may be consulted
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    FILIAL PIETY.
    118 3 s 2'bh of November last, save the i young man of eighteen named u was c-xecnted at Canton on the t t muider. The execution ground .owded and much sympathy was felt ;)t ,[j e ,-oi deemed, for it was well known he was innocent, the actual murderer
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    THE ROUND-THE-WORLD CYCLISTS.
    185 3 s :i)t -orh f December, says the N. C. *ne three world-encircling whee 1...... Messrs. Fraser, Lunn, and Lowe, left sv I r Shanghai. It was their first nt strike across countrv in a north- direction, cutting through a corner H nan and coming upon the Yangtze
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    THE ONE-EARED DONKEY.
    248 3 hex unes. savs the N’ C. Herald in a CbrMM Repository for Novem- That mat.v people, especially those who ft" k-lore, will regard as the gem numl®r, I 5 f Pak—the e Maker,” told in English by “X.” It ,e Ise delightful fairy-tales which. < r ugh
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    PASSENGERS.
    63 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s Taw T>ng from Teluk Anson -'i > d M’s. Dunford and family. Mr. and M- I s. and Messrs Gibbs. McKenzie, U4.U.1 tn, Eberwein, Scully, and Miller. Yesterday. ■r s Va > Goens Padang: Messrs. .i-r -rg ind Pek Kian Kie. P-- Thaipeng from Port
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    CHRISTMAS SERVICES.
    65 3 -t. George's Church. y jmtnunion. at 8 o’clock. li Service at 11 o clock Psalms XIX. XLV 32.'.,. LXXXV (325); Anthems v. epherds Watched their Flocks md 0 Saviour of the World (Goes); HURCH OF THE ASSUMPTION. OrMfenag Ere—-'tfi'-e .commences at 10.45 p.m.. followed hv a Pontifical High
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    SUNDAY’S SERVICES.
    97 3 St. George’s Church. M rning Service, with Holy Communion, at 8 o'clock —Psalm CXIX w. and vv. 129—144 (153) Hymns and 31*. 7 "Mj-vice at 6 o clock —Psalm C g— 154 and rv. 161 —end (155); c and Anthem Lord for Thy Mercies' Sake (Furrant;. Phesbyterias Church.
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    THE FRONTIER WAR.
    1095 3 Calcutta. 12th December. Sir Edwin Collen, accompanied by the General and his Staff on the lines of communication, reached Kohat yesterdav in heavy rain. The weather, indeed, prevented a convoy of camels proceeding to Bara ria the Kohat Pass. Sir Edwin made a thorough inspection of Gulistan
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    974 3 Intervention Asked For. A telegram has been received in Tokio, stating that the Chinese Government has asked Great Britain to intervene in the matter of the occupation of Kiao-Chau Bay, but Great Britain has declined to do so. German Admiral’s Memorandum. The Admiral in command
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    “THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH."
    736 3 (Pall Mall Gazette.) Bahncm and Bailey’s Menagerie For several wnths past preparations have been in progress at Olympia for the reception of Messrs. Barnum and Bailey’s Greatest Show on Earth,” and on the afternoon of the 25th November the steamship SI geachusettg, belonging to the
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    MAIL NOTES.
    1989 3 Thb Wembley Park Tower. At the meeting of the Wembley Park Tower Company, Captain F. Pavy, who presided, stated that the Tower Construction Company were in difficulties, and it was now quite clear that the bower would nev. r be completed. The Visit of the Parsi Cricketers. It
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      530 4 H. J. MARTYN, Jr., 53, Beach Street, Penang, > ĔTAT <4 des Exportations d’Eaux-de-Vie de Cognac. PENDANT UANNĔE 1895. OiWMt’ MM JA. HENNRBBT AO. «03.73» MM. A C MKUKOW k O». 18 633 MARTELL a C* 360 386 LtvtQUE 4 Ct 18 230 Bisqurr duboucie a (t. su mo julks
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