Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 December 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PNCt 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 30th DECEMBER, 1897. No. 297.
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      493 1 gbippu'A (notice», Oriental Steam y'.ivigation Company. ipHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive out- y wards, and leave Penang ffcj homewards, on the following dates oatwarl3. Homewards. Dec. 31 1898 1 I Chusan Jan. 6 Jan. It Thames 20 i,,i 28 Verona Feb. 3 Feb. 11 Ganqes 25
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      1389 1 •SBimnntr Matter. d«lfiSH INDIA «itAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. 5 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. m7nuko7r& Shanghai BankHCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. in J Corporation. U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY Ttt> 'Paid-le Ct pi rat $10,000,00U blilP COML AMY, Ltd. Reserve
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      596 1 Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,01’0 0® Reserve Funds 2,404,166.45 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nedcrlandsch* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Penang, 30th December. 1897 Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/IIJ I’o. 4 months'sight Bank... 1/llif Do. 3 Credits 2/ Do. 3 Documentary. Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 149 Do 3 days’sight Private 154 Bombay, Demand Rank 149 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 154 Madras. Demand Bank 148} Do.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    172 2 Penang. 3<>th December. 1897 Tin *36.2 sellers Trang no stock Black Pepper West Coast 19—sellers, 1 Acheen t>H> 21— do. White Pepper 31. do. Cloves (picked) out of season Mace No. I 102 —sellers. Mace Pickin_s 90. do. Nutnie s 75. do. I No I 6.90 do
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    97 2 Mails ci.ohe To-Morrow For I‘er »tr Time. I *ai gka 11 n Bi andon A r<>ntoi»'tk Noon. Kl nig .If \u»tm Noon. Kl.>ng .ilid Malacca Trutonia I P.M. B|> A 11 •nu kong Lt hint»'' 3 I’ .M. l elnk iison and Poi t Dickson ..Lady Id ...4
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    35 2 I lum Steamers To arrive So* z. Heike IHckiners to-day. Singapo'e Lalpo'im to inoriow Bjngapon. Pe»ha ten r do Singapore I'./w G<>ene 1-1-97 Sm z. yhant/h 'i 2-1-98 Singapore Sui Sung 1-1-98
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    80 2 London. 29th December. New French Minister in Peking. Monsieur S. Pichon, French Minister in Rio, has been transferred to Peking. Bad News from Bombay. A serious recrudescence of plague at Bombay is reported. Election for York City. Lord Charles Beresford is the Unionist candidate for the representation of
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    DEATH.
    30 2 Wvoi Skng-Chai.—On 22ud Octobei, 1897, al Cowta, New South Wale», Au»tia lia, Wool Seng Chai, <»i Pulau Tikus, Penang, father of Wool Lim Seng, < f Ipoh, Peink. Aged 67.
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    WITHOUT REFERENCES.
    388 2 It is customary for the ordinary citizen, before definitely engaging a person to act on his behalf in a position of trust and responsibility, to make inquiries into the antecedents of any likely candidate for the place, and to require some sort of reference. Similar precautions do not
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    YESTERDAY’S TELEGRAMS.
    131 2 Our readers cannot have been more mystified by portions of the telegrams received and published yesterday than we ourselves were. Reuter has evidentlv dropped a word or two in his reference to what the Admiralty believe about a squadron and the vicinity of Port Hamilton and Chemnlpbo, localities
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    483 2 H. M. S. Etlgar is remaining in Singapore harbour as guardship for the present. For absenting himself from duty, Ismail, P. C. 68, has been fined 810 by Mr.. Bryant. A Service for Children will be held in the Masonic Hall on New Year’s Day, at 9
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    THE EXTRADITION CASE.
    24 2 Victor Allard was again brought l»e--fore the Court yesterday, and further remanded to the sih instant. Bail was fixed at 81,000.
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    CHEATING A TENANG HOTEL PROPRIETOR.
    47 2 A German, nannd Christian Minte, appeared before Mr. Innes this morning. He was charged with cheating Mrs. Reich, proprietor of the Netherlands Hotel, in res|»ect of Hotel bills amounting to S2B 50. On conviction, he was sentenced to one month’s hard labour.
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    THE PLAGUE.
    176 2 Bombay, 18th December. The British India steamer Sirta, which was advertised to sail on the 16th Decemlier for African ports, has been detained ou account of the occurrence of a ease of plague on board amongst the Native crew. The patient was removed to hospital and the vessel
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    THE BRITISH INDIA S.N CO. OFFICERS' STRIKE.
    100 2 The above strike lias been on the verge of breaking out afresh. Having, as they thought, settled till things satisfactorily, the officers resumed their work, but now thev say that Messrs. Mackinnou, Mackenzie have issued orders that steamers are not to carry clerks,
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    MRS. HEIM'S "AT HOME."
    26 2 It is announc'd i| lat u Home,” for whi. b invn U sued for Saturdav "-xt' ""i ably postponed to' ...I lustau
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    MR. CHEAH CHEN EOK'S CLOCK TOWER.
    54 2 In cusp it may |> v Mui ;kipal in their award of i| lt c UD »niin Ou Peirce, in th.* compeiitj,,.. P' lZe Mr. |> Cheah Ch. n E-k's 0,4 ,o l' be stated that the ba||„ t (1 e sL u of
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    CAST AWAY ON AN UNINHABITED ISLAND.
    169 2 Five Siamese, wh-Zui k on an island *.ff »0 yesterday by the B. I. s s 'o 1,e fiom Rangoon. kuuj Il would appear that 1 n for Tongkah lor S( me att" p f Tn,n <! wood. Having shipped w lat n five
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    83 2 (Singapore Free Pre>g.) Movements of the Russians. Six Russian warships have occupied P r* Arthur with China’s full consent. It is repot ted that •'Oops are going land from Siberia. The “Kaiserin .Augusta.’’ The German cruiser Kaigeriu just at rived at Hongkong. I he Kaiserin Augusta left Singaporr
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    "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS.
    153 2 (23rd December.) The Lave of absence granted to Mr.A. Gentle, President <>f the Municipal Cnmission, is exte"de*l until the arnnl, at Singapore, <>f the P. an*! 0 uinil st-ann-r, due on or about the 3id or 4th of January next. Messrs. Hugh Christopherson and AVilliatn Peel, Cadets in
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    WXTORTION AND TERRORISM BY SAMPAN-MEN.
    329 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. I Sir, —We the undersigned most respectfully beg von to allow the following' cr munication to be published in yourial ia e paper. Passengers to- Penang on proceeding tr■ -fl steameis to the Jetty at night underg" gicit
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      622 2 yv i ion New Advertisements Pritchard to. Straits Steamship Co., Ltd. PENANG—TELUK ANSON LINE. rpHE s.s. Lady Weld proceeds to dock on Ist January and will be replaced by the s.s. Neera,” sailing from Penang on Tuesdays and Fridays, and from Teluk Anson on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 5 p.m.
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      279 2 TO LET. T)OOL LODGE.” No. I 7 Northam I R *1 d. from 15th Jann n v next. Apply to J KERR, 666 Crag Hotel. NOTICE. i DVt Rll SERS in the Finang Gazette msy always obtain the fullest information c*>n< eriiing their ndvei tisenieiit, whether they have hand'd in
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    73 3 IP OH PT/i December. ie Intt n upHon on the Perak Railways. Tl AFFIC RESUMED. tra in service lias been ~<iiiicd t pay on the railway benutn Tel i Anson and Ipoh. I’kO. 1 yL K Correspondent] ELUK ANSON. 4th December. Tl e sbipn ids to-day are— To
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    THE GOVERNOR ON TOUR.
    75 3 ix Eve*»"'.' •S* 1 Chajles Ylitchell, Gov1- Uivlf r l,s •Settlements, acconipaniv 1 dv Jlciieil, is expected lo arrive ill .Jluesd.iv next, the 28lii instant, k iiuvoll i’ll I > F the Rangoon Gazette Titev e u it 'l'l., Jjeatsoi the Eieuieuuul-Guvei «in lie llc I
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    WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PROSECUTIONS.
    199 3 Inspector of Weights and I e on ms rounds on T uesd.it M W 1 ~L S>lteel, attested a bawker, taiual'OV > Sion, 10l using a false dacuiug. 11 UC was bivugbl before Mr. I UcleudJtf b l_i morning ana nuea MO. b.'"“ j Inspecloi of
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    NOTICE TO MARINERS.
    115 3 'it, f 1 l information has come to v j of the Straits Settlements M n ine I), j.n T"’ r T vr r Eev l'ir Light on Tanjong Meralie the 7tli instant, 4! metres i n 1 hi WI H Ide 15 nautical milrs, every J
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    NEW FROM TAVOY.
    236 3 \co KLU’d ENT «rites to the Kanyoon hn\e»-. ■Progress. Tb 'r. 4enue of lavoy has conbid.talW inefred- The town is getting mme p- ,us a "d tra de is busk 'J nMist.ueh' <’f the Telegraph line s fcienceil. Litmy tin; I> 1 s y Uom a .V
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    PASSENGERS.
    47 3 ‘rrivals. I t’o-DAY. Ter s x c-.nll f^" l Dtli Mr Spiben1’ 1 i billed from Teluk Anson Jlld N. Walker. {I» 1 RDAY Pei 's- s. TAm/At from Port Weld Mr. and Mrs. Mob ft alld Messrs. Hansen, x uti!b. li duu<( pji and Baguull,
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    THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IN SINGAPORE.
    1141 3 THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IN SINGA PORE. Penang, Singapore, Selangor, Batavia. (Singapore Free Press.) Singapore Golf Club. The first series of competitions connected with the Tournament started on Christinas Day itseP, under exceptional circumstances. '1 he weather was perfect, the rain which threatened to come down about 2 o’clock kept oft',
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    A COLLISION IN THE HUGHLI.
    131 3 A serious collision occurred on 22nd of D-cember in the Hughli below Garden Reach. The British India Steamer Obra, laden with rice for the Mauiitius, collidtd with a Clan liner. The latter was much damaged but was got into dock. The details of the collision
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    403 3 20th—24th December. The Engineering Dispute. The Engineers’ Society has invited twelve cognate Trade Unions to participate in the conference and consider the crisis. The Japanese Parliament. Reuter from Yokohama wires that the Diet was re-opened on the 21st of December, and it is believed the
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    526 3 The Famine. This week’s returns show only 87,000 persons now receiving relief; of these 2,000 I are on works in Bombay, and 00,000 in re- eeipt of gratuitous aid in the Central Provinces. Prospects for 1898-99. It is practically certain that a big deficit will be disclosed in
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    84 3 Thursday. 30th High-water at, New Jetty, 7-57 p.m. and 8-24 A M. Friday. 31st Mail, for Europe, closes at 4 p, m. First Quarter, 2-20 A M High-water at New Jetty, 8-46 p.m. and 9-13 a m. Saturday. Ist Mail, from Europe, is due at
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES,
    621 3 Meeting of the Muni< ii*al Commissi neks HELD ON THE I?TH De< EMBEB. 1897. Present. J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., {President), A H. 1 upper. Esq and G. F Adamson. Esq. Absent.— J. Gibson, Esq, Cheah < hen Eok. Esq, and R. A. I’. Hogan. Esq. 1. The Minutes
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    SHIPPING.
    201 3 A rrivals. To-day. s. s. I'ontianaii from Bi andon. s. s. Acayyee from Doll. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. Teutoni" from Malacca. s. s. Thaipiny fioin Pm t Weld. s. s. Fitzpatrick from Rangoon. 8. 8. Chilka limn Rangoon Departures. To-day. s. 8. Petrel
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      584 3 Dental Notice. MR J. F. TEUFERT, Surgeon Deulist, has arrived, and may be consulted at the Sea View Hold from 9 a.in. 10l p.m. daily. Will stay a short time only. 604 TO LET. FURNISHED for one year from Ist March, 1898, Norwood (No. 8) L"gan Road. 661 Apply to
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      129 3 TO LET. HILL VIEW. Fur lislied. §65 a month. Apply to A I). NEU I IRON N ER. TO LET. BOOMS with B aid: close to town W. <■ <> I'inanq Gazette. TO LET. O. 7 Clove Hall Road Apply to E. O. MATHIEU. 658 5 Ar ratoon Road. NOTICE.
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      1520 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY To be had at T I Messrs. KHEE SAW SONS, Penang Ed A- A. g Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. /■> A KI GUTAT CHENG BROS. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS’ BLEND, I THE J. B. C. BRAND, THEAN SIBW .i co. Exquisite Qualify, in Black Bottles with Red Capsules.
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