Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 January 1900

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. THURSDAY, nth JANUARY, 1900. No. 9.
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  • 707 1 PROGRAMME OF ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1900. To be held at Batts Gajah on Thursday the Ist, and Saturday, the 3rd, of February. FIRST DAV. 1. The Maidkn Plate. i Value t2so< A Race for all Maiden Horses j that have run a.t any Meeting held under the
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 830 1 pipping llatias. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. 'urv fit HE mail steamers may t>c expected to arrive outh 1 wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. Bengal Jan. n Parramatta Jan. 13 Chusan 25 Massilia 27 Coromandel Feb. 8 ISaletta Feb. 10 Parramatta 22 I Bengal
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    • 1450 1 Mminiii’Fvunrri) 1 r ivn BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. Skipping ibtas. NORDDhUIsGIIhII LL)iD koninkluxe paketvaart maatschappij. NEGAPATAM LINE Or STEAMERS. Tl "W Ol JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd, a< ML Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. m 1 I Will Sail Steamer. From Expf.ctbd on 11 1 (I
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    • 207 1 THE PINANG GAZETTE,” ENLARGED DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 11HE of tlfo Pinang Gazette delivered free is as follows: lo Government Offices an! Merchants’ Godouni in Penang.—Per annum... 824 payable in advance. I By Post. Per annum... 827 do. Single copy 20 cents. Advertisement Rates. Minimum charge $2. 5 lines
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    • 719 1 Hanks. Nederlandsclie Mandel Alaatscbappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Pat D-up Capital /35,783,000.c0 Reserve Fune: 2,536,444.12} Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India The I'actorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia Agencies and Branches.Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Fading Cberibon, Tegal Pccalongan, Pasoeroenn Tjilatjap. Menadc Gorontalo, and Rangoon
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  • 137 2 Bombay, iith January. 6-52 a.m. Seizure of a German Vessel. Re leash of the Herzog.” The German steamer Herzog, which was taken to Durban by a British war-vessel and there detained, has been released. The Boers at Stormberg A Strong Position General Gatacre has reconnoitred the Boer position
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  • 150 2 Neutrals may carry on ordinary trade directly or indirectly with a country at war, but the vessels used are not allowed to convey any contraband of war. To the question of what is, or is not, contraband of war, we need not here turn, but will confine
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  • 180 2 The sudden and big drop in the price of British consols on the ***** of December was, of course, due to ihe rumours of a fresh issue, and need not be regarded as the result of the few temporary, however serious, reverses, which the British arms have
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  • 337 2 Wk have placed before our readers some of the mildest paragraphs, w hich have recently appeared in French newspapers, and these have given an inkling of the fury maintained bv our volatile neighbours in Europe against England. English institutions, and even England's Queen. England, not Great Britain,
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  • 332 2 It was notified yesterday that the Transvaal government have declined to allow the American consul at Pretoria to represent, or, as we would rather say, look after, British interests in the South African Republic. Trouble has previously arisen in that quarter, and the United States government,
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  • 700 2 Bridge is now- the chief card-room game in India, and is equally |>opu!ar in Bombay, Calcutta, and Simla. Mr. Hall yesterday fined Ramasami $2, for causing au obstruction with his sampan at the steps of the New Jetty on the 9'.h instant. A Straits cricket team, under
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  • 36 2 Excellent Recognition of the Offender. Kupu, a Hindu milk-seller, was yesterday fined $2O with costs by Mr. Woodward, for selling tnilk adulterated with water to Mr. Twose on the 30th of last November.
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  • 64 2 Tub proposal of the Madras municipality to purchase the electric tramways has been objected by the Madras government. The latter are opposed to the municipality’s raising the necessary loan of fifteen lakhs of rupees on security of the rates and taxes, as the pt esent loans
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  • 95 2 There will be a festal evensong and a sermon at St George's Church on Sunday next, at 6 pm, when the new organ will be played for the first time. Processional and Recessional Hymns with be sung; the Anthem will be O how amiable are Thy Dwellings.”
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  • 98 2 Only two cases were disposed of at the Assizes yesterday, though the Court sat from tt a.m. to 6 p.m. In the first <ase, the prisioner Pakiri, who was charged with housebreaking at Bertam was, after a trial that lasted the whole morning, a< quitted by the jury.
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  • 102 2 The rumour ha« got abroad in London that Mr. John Morley had joined the Roman Catholic Church, and a representative of the Daily Chronicle at once posted off to ai-k Mr. Gladstone's biographer if tl ete was anything in the hardy annual this lime. I must
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  • 84 2 The battalions that form the Seventh Division (General Tu- k) have been select ed from the following tegiments:2nd Norfolk Regiment, Fermoy 2nd Lincoln shire Regiment. Aldershot: 2nd East Yorkshire Regiment, 1 ernpleniore 2nd Cheshire Regiment, L’merick; 2nd South Wales Borderers, Dublin; Ist King's Own Scottish Borderers, Dublin
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  • 217 2 Sultan, a fish dealer, and police con stables 22 Shaid and 63 Mat Esah, of Tai jmg I'i kong Station, were yesterday charged Irefure Mr. Bryant with being in po-se-sion of eight fish, valued at $1 50, alleged to be stolen, and the property
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  • 243 2 Mutu, a Kling lad, who was employed as a cl okra to Captain Cobb, superine i-lent cf the jetty sheds, was yesterday charged before Mr Bryant, with dishonestly di-posing of a black dress coat, and a pair of flannel trousers, alleged
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  • 311 2 While the pay of the Pahang officers is being raised, writes a correspondent to the Malay Mail, the old course of bad or insufficient housing continuesnay, in many cases, is a minus quantity altogether An I. C. S- man who visited Perak is reported to
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  • 119 2 [From our own correspondent.’ Ba TU (iAJAH. (11th January) Kinta Gymkhana Club Entries for the Sultan’s Cup" u r u u .n^ 1 5 Chag I>atrh Mr. H. B. Pike s ch a g Gr/nt e Mr.Chong Ah Yong's br a g Reside Messrs. Lynch and Garland’s br
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  • 35 2 The Bui ma Chinese Boundary Com mission Lave now arrived at the Yu. llldP botder, and the work of demanation is about to be sommenced. The Chines» officials have also arrived.
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  • 85 2 Three fresh cases of plague were re r orded in Calcutta on tl.e 27th ofDe< ember The plague is steadily increasing in Bri ar Government hive fought it for tl.e 'as; two years with unceasing strenuousnes= but the people will not report casts.
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  • 97 2 The s. s. Karami, v. hi- h left the Thame: the other day for South Africa, had ot-e f the heaviest cargoes of war material tba: has ever been despatched from Britts shores. Among the ammuniti n are forty million tounds of small-arm ammurc. lion 7,0c0 rounds
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  • 117 2 The Princess of ales, in response to a I request front the editor of Woman s Weekly I for a Chri-tmas message to the wiv-s anil families of the soldiers now fighting ir. I South Africa, has sent from Sandringham the following touching and gracious letter
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  • 148 2 Tub L C Express's Hamburg correspondent writing on the I2tbof Deremlter says :Severe weather has set in. On the 9th inst. 8 to 9 degrees (< 'el-iu-J it below zero were registered On the toth there was a heavy fall of snow. Floating ice soon appeared in the
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  • 182 2 Ihe Towyn (Me>ioneth) magistrates had before them six sell- o -boys, all under fourteen years of age, 011 a charge of 1 eng malicious damage to a bouse. It was stated in evidence that all the boys of Llanegryn, a vi'iage at the foot of
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  • 351 2 The disease which has broken out amongst horses in the British and Boer camps in South Aftica is called "pinkeye in the telegram, a name that does not convey any meaning to the unprofessional reader. It is no more and no less than influenza, its symptoms and course being
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1907 2 Pritchard Co. MUBIC: NAPLIN: B|| Balls and Sticks in 1 lb. tins F New Organ will be opened at EvenNB* H® I song on Sunday next, 14th January, at llkifia ar Itr Its per tin 75 cents. 6 pm. Preacher The Rev. H. C. Henham. JANUARY RACE MEETING NEW DANCES*
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  • 1242 3 A Dhmockat’s Protest. On the 16tli of December, in the United C| a cs louse. of representatives, Mr. AVil 1 Sulzer, one cf the democratic members for New York, introduced a re solution having rtfereuceto the Boer war. Theiesolution is couched in distinctly AntiEnglish terms.
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  • 299 3 Percentages of Casualties. 1 he Review publishes an article entitled I he Soldier in Battle,” dealing with the subject ftom the insurance point of view. The article includes two tables relating respectively to the battles of Glencoe and Llandslaagte, showing the percentages of asualties among officers and men.
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  • 265 3 Prize List, 1899. Preparatory Class. ReadingCheah Beng San WiitingNg Sean Tuck. ArithmeticLim Kong Seng Standard I. ReadingLean Teik Lim, Chin Leong Fatt WritingNg Lean Cheang, Khoo Lim Jean ArithmeticYeow Teow Beng, Ooi Kean Hin Standard 11. ReadingCheah '1 iang Earn, Lee Kheng Seng WritingA. Kaufmann, Khoo Sean
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  • 122 3 Penang, iith January, 1900. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank x 1 > j| Do. 4 months’sight Bank l/nj Do. 3 Credits 1/11} Do. 3 Documentary 1 il}{ Calcutta, Demand Bank R« 144 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 44 Do. 3 days’ sight Private
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  • 74 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Acting Commandant. Parades for The Week. Squad Drill Daily at 6 30 a.m. and 5 p in By Order, (Sgd.) G M. Dundas Mouat, Lt. Adj. Penang Volunteers. Forage Caps. Forage Caps may be fitted on at Messis. Pritchard Co’s, members to
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  • 297 3 The s. s. Ro/oA (Captain Duff), which arrived here this morning from Moulmein, brought seven deck-passengers and a general cargo The s, s Langkat (Captain Lingard) arrived here yesteiday fiom Malacca lia Klang, bringing 74 deck passengers and a general caigo for this port. The s. s. Seang
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  • 32 3 Mails Close To-morrow. For Per Str. Time. Klang Malacca Langkat noon. S ngapore ...Rajah 1 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli Olehleh Pegu 1 pm. Klang ....Mary Austin 3 r M.
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  • 48 3 From Steamer To Airiv Bombay Nadcri to-day. Liverpool Cyclops Singapore Sulu 12-1-00 Colombo (with mails from Europe) Bengal 12-1-00 Calcutta A.Apcar 12-1-00 bingaporc Rosa 12-1-00 Olehleh Maha Vajirunhis 13-I 00 Singapore Kum Sang 13-1-00 Edie G-G. v Lansberge 13-1-00 Singapore (mails to Europe) Parramatta 13-1-00
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  • 83 3 Arrivals To DAY s. s. zfouZ.i from Singapore s. s. Land aura from Madras s. s. Rajah from Moulmein Yesterday. s. s Pontianak from Brandon s. s. Thaiping from Port Weld s. s. Langkat from Malacca s. s. Seang Leong from Rangoon Departures To-day. s. s. Avagyeefor Deli s
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  • 99 3 lan. 10 s. s. Cyclops from Liverpool, for 1 Singapore 4jid Java, W. Mansfield Co. 10 s. s. Radnorshire from London, for Singapore and China. Boustead Co 12 German steamer Sulu from Singapore, for Deli, Behn, Meyer Co. 12 O' tward P. &O. Royal Mail Steamer Bengal Com
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  • 88 3 Thursday, iith High-water at New Jetty, 8-20 a.m. and 8- P- m Friday, 12m M il from Europe expected to arrive at 6 a.m. Distribution of Prizes, Free School, at Town Hall, at 4 p.lll. High-water at New Jetty, 9-10 a.m. and 9- pm. Saturday,
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 43 3 Government Savings Bank. TN accordance with the rules and regulaI tions under the Savings Bank Ordinance. Depositors are requested to send in their Bank Pass B> oks between the 10th and 31st January, 1900. R r LEICESTE r, Penang. sth January, 1900. Secretary.
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    • 1784 3 KHYE HO mm k Mc/yiStel* C) Sakiott) Mistry, Penang Branch Assistant Draftsman, at a salary of «20 No. 180, Street. a month, will be receive by the nndersi ned 38 BEACH STREET. up to 12 noon on Friday, the 19th instant. Engineers, GREAT CASH CLEARANCE SALE Applications should be endorsed
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  • 175 4 I EHAI.G, iriHjANt AKY, I9CO I in «a.;-s.:krs Irang out id sv.< l.i fem-i est Coast... no >Mes Ach-fi 6tl. no sales. \V ito I’eppei 4 1 75 c <■. CH (:> icked) 57' M ice No. I .ov.-s-lle.s M.ice ricl.ii'K'* "J” Ntlnngs 6a l Sugar I
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  • 243 4 (Sbuiti 'lime, Bth Jani ary, 1900 1 *Raubs(is/io pd.) s6*. £r fttllv paid »62.75 *Jelebus t#s pd.l 811.501’\v, rs. Pahaig Corp. (X* pd.) »>' s *Tenielongs ...»1675 «0. Kechau Gold (£lO paid) 825.—.'-ms *S.RaubLtd.i»ioopil 2 75 Redjang Lebong (fl. 100) *Frasei Neave, I.id. (Ijo p-1., 889.—«Jia. Straits
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 370 4 NOTICE Extension oi Tint. "VTOTICF. i'hereby givti that t. :.d r- will be received by the Chief Commi of the Western Provinces of Si. in, up to tin Ist February (nol January). 1900. for the Pearl Fishery Farm of the several Provinces under the Montone or Division of Puket (Tongkahi
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    • 2373 4 I REWH.NO BAND. LLIILILL jj.njj.Wjjj-TCT-j-jj 2 y-H ICE i> hereby given that from the date STRENGTH HEALTH HI I I IB P> M now prepared to aeceet MARINE and FIRE 1 o suoecnlxirs oi not le>s than »12 pel r»«iks at current rate#». nniim. halt the above rates only will
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    • 309 4 CRAG HOTEL, PENANG Hotel Charges.—>s. p.-r y 0 adult. Saturday evening until M ing, 88 foi each adult. Four Bungalows are available :—T| le r mond Jubilee, Victoria, Alice, and I) .v eco j" Lawn Tennis and Billiards. For further particulars apply to KERR, r- 1- > Chairs or Coolies
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