Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 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. 18th JANUARY 1900. No. 14.
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      711 1 ISanks. 1 Nederlandsche Handel Alaatscliappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1X24. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funcz 2,536.444.12 f Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia Agencies and Branches.Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang Cheribon, Tegal Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap. Menadc Gorontalo, and
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    215 2 Bombas 17TH January. 6-22 pm. An Important Declaration. Hard Upon Portuguese Colonies. Portugal has declared that she will neither sell, nor cede, nor lease any of her colonial possessions. Further Proclamation. A Necessary Sri p. Sir Alfred Milner has proclaimed martial law in the districts of Philipstown and
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    A SECOND BOER BLUNDER.
    1194 2 President Stevn’s impudent proclamation, impressing all white nun irrespectively of nationality in to the Boer fighting ranks, is the first false move which the Boers have made since their initial blunder of the ultimatum. It is a false move for two reasons. In the first place,
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    THE "BUNDESRATH" BLUNDER.
    144 2 The announcement, made to day by Reuter, that the German steamer s.s. Bundesrath is to be released immediately, canes upon Penang with a most inspiriting surprise, that has been denied to the Indian and Australian public. A week ago, Reuter’s agent at Bombay learned that the khakt-dressed
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    CAESAR'S CAMP.
    228 2 The desperate struggle at Caesar's Camp marks a distinct point in the history of the present w ar, and. as was pointed jut yesterday, the enemy there at length realized to the full how face to face, it close quarters, a Boer is not a match for the
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    933 2 The Boers regard only genuine burghers as losses; they <lo not reckon Dutchmen, Germans, and half-castes. Mr. Hollawell. the Daily Mail's correspondent at Mafeking, who was recently captured by the Boers, is now a prisoner in Pretoria. Lit Ah Leng was yesterday fined $2 by Mr. Ross,
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    NIGER DELIMITATION.
    57 2 The Temps states that the Anglo French Boundary Commission for the delimitation of the Niger Territories has been constituted, and will leave Paris shortly for West Africa. The French Commissioners will be Commandant Toutĕe, for the delimitation of the territory north east of Dahomey, and Captain Gourand for
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    SHANGHAI EXTENSION.
    72 2 The question of the extension of the Shanghai Settlements has at last been settled. The N. C. Daily News says the French are to have their extension on the terms quoted in Sir Claude MacDonald’s telegraphic despatch of the sth of December, 1891, No qroin the Blue Book,
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    177 2 Autumn Tournament, 1899. Owing to continued wet weather and other causes it was only on Thursday last that lhe final tie of the last event in the above mentioned tournament was decided The advisability of holding a tournament at all in the last quarter of the year
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    19 2 7 ELUK ANSON. Tin Shipments {lBth January) The shipments to-day are— To Tenang, 560 ptkuls of tin.
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    THE GERMAN BAGHDAD RAILWAY.
    18 2 The German railway survey has h P completed to Bussora and will extend Kowyet.
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    Kinta Race Meeting.
    39 2 Civil. Service Cup. It is officially announced that tl,e ra-> for the Civil Service Cup on the ist a,, of the Kinta Gymkhana Cub’s meed.*' next month wiii be a handicap, and n. weight for-scale race.
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    Penang Hunt Club.
    47 2 A Paper-Chase. There will be a Paper Cha e on \I 9P day next, the 22nd instant, the me-t l, {l at Dato Krarn-it Gardens, at 445 p. n (sharp), and the finish at King-ley, l>y k:r invitation of Mr. Mis. G I How.
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    HECTOR MACDONALD.
    59 2 Thu British India steamer, which ts' ej Colonel Sir Hector Macdonald an.l 0 officers from In ia to the Cape, is t Dwarka, one of the two steamers that earn lhe mails between Bombay and Karat The Dwarka is a .-mall steamer but is tie fastest flying ihe
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    NEWFOUNDLANDERS FOR THE NAVAL RESERVE.
    54 2 Sir H. E. McCallum, the Governor'.; Newfoundland, is visiting Conception Bar for the purpose of recruiting 1,0-o tr->-. men for the naval reserve They will be sent to Ei gland and distributed among -e home squadron to fill vacancies caused fct sending marines to the
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    THE CORVEE SYSTEM.
    75 2 It is perhaps not generally known tha: the corvee system exists in Burma. Under this system, says the Rangoon Time the people are liable to impressment, ni or without pay, on irrigation works, h r a relic of lhe Burmese regime and labeen continued by the British
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    HOW THE WAR INFURES RUSSIA.
    143 2 The Tzar has addressed a rescript to M. I de Witte, the minister of finance, on the I subject of lhe resolutions drawn up by tie I finance committee on the present posiuo-. I of the money market, lhe committee! find that the monetary situation
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    THE ASSIZES.
    151 2 Owing to the absence of Mr. Sarkies, one of the jurors who sat in the case against Lim Ki San, as to whose I.lnessa medical certificate was handed in, stating that he will pn bably be unwell for some days, the case h id t > be a
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    134 2 The Sans Souci Pretoria” Objection. Mr. C. V. Stephens, the owner of Saw Souci, ridden by Burke, 'aid an objection against the winner Pretoria, ridden by White and owned by Mr. D Logan, in the Second G’.lliu R.i e on 1 ues ay The Committee vl tl”
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    A PERAK EXTRADITION CASE.
    153 2 Defi nda-. is Discharged. The further hearing of the case against Lam Chun and Ah Nghan alias Ah Yi, a Chinese woman, was gone into on Monday. The prisonets, it will be remembered, were charged with criminal breach of trust in respect of jewellery, valued at
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    MUNICIPAL MEETING.
    132 2 The following are the agenda for the municipal meeting to-morrow I- Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the Deputy President may bring forward. 3- Questions. 4. Mr. Bromhead-Mattbews’ motions plague and cholera. 5. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure and Progress Report
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    FURTHER REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    1438 3 6thll th January. Fight at Colesberg. Details of the fighting at Colesberg (during v.liicli Major Harvey was killed) <tate that a picket of the Inniskilling prngeons charged through the enemy, killing several. Our cavalry and two puns crossed the plain after the flank itta-k was repulsed and
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    INTRIGUES IN ABYSSINIA.
    128 3 According to a Rome correspondent, the Italian envoy at the court of King Meneiek reports that the Russian anu French representatives in Abyssinia are < airy mg on an energetic campaign against British interests. It is well known, says the Rangoon 1 tines, that the Negus is
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    BULLETS AND THEIR EFFECTS.
    474 3 The Lancet publishes an article of particular inter rst, dealing with the effects upon the wounded of the Matk 11., tLe Mauser, the Dum Dum, and the Mark IV, bullets The article, which has been written by Dr Arthur Keith and Mr. Hugh Rigby, re spectively
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 3 Penang, 18th January, 1900. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1 11} Do. 4 months’sight Bank 1/11J Do. 3 Credits 2/0 Do. 3 Documentary 2 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 144 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 44 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 146 Madras, Demand
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    357 3 The s. s. Breamar (Captain Warrack), which arrived here yesterday from Livepool via canal ports, brought a general cargo. F he s. s. Betsy (Captain Rozario) arriv ed here yesterday ftom Klang, with 45 deck passengers and a general cargo, for this port. The s. s. I’m Seng
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    THE MAILS.
    81 3 Mails Close To morrow. For Per sir. I tine. Moulmein I'm >eng ...it a.m. Deli Hebe 1 p m. Deli Vidor 1 pm Lang'at Jin Ho 2 p.m. Singapore ...Artusa 2 p m. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady Weld 4 p.m. Madras via Negapatam taking Mails for
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    MAILS IO ARRIVE
    18 3 From Steamer To Arriv. Olehleh der Parra to-day. Singapore C.Apcar 191-00 Singapore Rosa 19-1 00
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    SHIPPING.
    126 3 A rrivels To-day s. s. Lady Weld from I'eluk Anson s s. Ji" Ho from Langkat s. s. I n/ar from Deli s. s. /'in Seng from Singapore s. s. \'adala from Calcutta s. s Mena from Port Weld N. D. L. s. s. Oldenburg from Hamburg Yestkrd s.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    81 3 Jan. 23 s. s. .Myrmidon from Liverpool, for Singapore and Java, W. Mansfield &Co. *3 ss. Gienturret from London, for Singapore and Chi ia, Boustead dk Co. 24 Extra P. O. s. s. Mazagon from Si .gapore. for Colombo and London, Gilfillan Wood Co. zb Outward P. &O.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    89 3 Thursday. iNth Penang Races Second Day, 2-45 p.m. Tai-pusum Procession to Esplanade, 9 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, e-to a.m. and z 35 pm. Friday. 19TH Mail to Europe closes at 4 p in. Municipal Commissioners' ordinary meeting. at 3 p in. High-water at New
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      37 3 PENANG BAND. NOTICE is hereby given that from the date below the charges for the services of t.re Band will be as follows Dances Dinners and Promenades Garden Parties, At Homes »6 Hon. Secretary 2nd January, 1900
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    174 4 I'knang, iBth January. 19CO. I.U (Tiaug out ot sca.»on» I'., I teirei West Coast... no sale» no 'les. \V ile I’eppei t* 75 cs (picked) 37'I echo, t .00-s.-le.s. 'I ice I’icki.-gs ..Hincgs 62 I No. 1 7-75 do. I.Bs Jo. bugai < m 2 3 Il.askt'
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    234 4 (Mi.ids l i»'C. 15m January, 1 >.«»> KanbsHs'to pd 2 -75 I lullv pai I »f’3 5° (elebns I#s p i Cidmng < 1 I I’emelongs K chan Gold (£lO paid) ...12» *3.Kanld l l <»m-i-’ i. Do (»50 pd.) Scpi.uKJiopd.t -’'s. Kcdiaug L bong (11. 1001
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