Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 October 1900

Total Pages: 4
1 4 Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
  • 22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED OAILY. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. WEDNESDAY, 3rd OCTOBER, 1900 No. 226
    22 words
  • 984 1 Programme of January Meeting, 1991. January 29 th is Ist February 2nd. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 29th January, 1901. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $4OO. —A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per.scale (lost.)" Ark-allowance 8f 14ms. to all cx-Grimns. Entrance ®io. Distance, one mile. 2. The First
    984 words
  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 800 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. PrpHE mail steamers may be _L expected to arrive out-1 wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. Chusan Oct. 4 Clyde Oct. 6 Cmoniandel „>8 Bengal 20 Sobraon Nov. I Nov. 3 15 Chusan 17 29 Coromandel Dec. 1 n,7mi Dec.
      800 words
    • 2156 1 NADDHPI Dll nvn BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. i St*l)ippinn jlonris. INUKUDLU TbOHL i LLOYD. koninklijke paketvaart maatschappij. 4 SL NEfiAPATAM LINE Or STEAMERS. Nippon VUSOR Kalsha. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. JAPAN MAIL steamship co., Ltd. I xA I For Will Sail. Steamer. From Expected on
      2,156 words
    • 815 1 Uanlts. Nederlandsche Handel Alaatschanpij. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f. 35,783,000 (abt. £3, aoo. coo’’ Reserve FuND...f. 2,773,000 (abt. 225.0 -0 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Batavia. Branches Singapore, Rangoon, Mcda (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, P.idan?, Chere ben, legal, Pi calongan, Pasoeroear, Tjilatjap Gorontalo, Palembang. Correspondents at
      815 words

  • 434 2 Bombay. 2nd < >. r.ui -t. 11-40 a.m The General Election. MIMSTI-RIALISTS Li'AD. So far, in unionists, 13 liberals (home rule), and 8 nationalists have been returned to the new parliament, and these include Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, chancellor of the exchequer, Sir Edward Grey. Sir John Goist, vice-president
    434 words
  • 175 2 The annexation by New Zealand of Cook’s Island-, if lhe teriilo y known also as Hervey Isl.m Is be meant, i 1 a long step, indeed. It may be that other and less distant islands aie calle! Cook’s Islands, lint we have not come across them, though there
    175 words
  • 167 2 It is possible that Singaporeans may not realize that they have seen the last of a European battalion of infantry in their midst, and that the withdrawal is not a temporary measure but probably a per manent result of the drain on the Eu topean pottion of lhe
    167 words
  • 287 2 And s> Russ a denies the annexation of Mam buri i Neveithele s, we sh ill feel much astonished if she ever retreats Io her foimer frontier. Russia is sei lorn guilty of doing that She idvances and, if 1 here be no remonstrance, there she
    287 words
  • 1216 2 Mr Ebden has left Kuala Lumpur for Seuniban, where he will hold Hie Assizes. Ir is reported that Mr. Hugh Clifford I is resigned lhe governorship of Biilisb North Borneo. Thu examination of the girls at the Convent, con du led by Mr. Kiudersley, began yesterday. Waii
    1,216 words
  • 60 2 About six o'clock, on Monday evening, three Chinese burglars entered a house, occupied by a Chinaman, at Bagan JermaL They tied the inmate to a post and then looted the place of money and other property to the value of about $3O A man has since
    60 words
  • 52 2 Extensions Completed. The new cable extensions in North China are now completed, and offices have been op tied at the following places:— Wei hai-Wei, Chefu, Taku, and Port Arthur. This is, indeed, magnificent pi ogres", and one almost as rapid as Shakespeare’s sprite’s journey round
    52 words
  • 120 2 The children of Pollard’s Company were entertained, last Fii iay, by the Sultan of Johore at his town residence in Singapore, where they had a splendid time. The Sultan, ptrhaps, for the first time in his life, was a servant waiting on children. He
    120 words
  • 272 2 Opening Performance. As already announced, lhe Marionettes will give their opening performance to night at the Town Hall. The piogramme which will be presented is thus described by a contemporary The programme opens with the Fanto, cini, a series of characters both grave and gay and all astonishingly
    272 words
  • 198 2 The Committee of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce have received intimation from the Government of India that information has been received through the borne government to the effect that the Ottoman government have begun the construction of four lights in the Red Sea, which, it is
    198 words
  • 258 2 A Successful Clearance. About half-past-seven o’clock, on Sun day evening, while the Hon. L. Sura wongse and family were at dinner, at their residence in Anson Road, the fo'lowing va uable ariii les were stolen 1 keyless gold hunting-wati h, with monogram L. S.
    258 words
  • 307 2 —DailyMail. Twenty Per Cent. Increase in Two Years. France's principal reset ve—that held by lhe Hauk of France—has in the past two years increased exactly twenty per cent. On September 1,1898. it stood at/’75,300,000, and the week’s return (August 30) shows a total of /"90,000,000. The depletion
    —DailyMail.  -  307 words
  • 505 2 level- New Polar R--co«d. The Stella Polare, with the Duke of the Abruzzi, ariived at Tromso on the 6th of September, after penetrating as far as 86 dez. 33mm. north latitude. The explorers suffered at times very great privations. A message from lhe Duke of the Abruzzi at
    505 words
  • 599 2 (To Singapore Papers) THE STRUGGLE IN CHINA. 2 5 th 30th September. The Expedition to Paoting-Fu The Allies are advancing on Paotin fu. s Lt Hung chang's Policy. Li Hung-chang has failed todissuade th Allies from lhe expedition against pj tingfu. Lt to Recapture Peking. Li has been
    599 words
  • 344 2 British Casualties. The following casual ies are leporleJ in South ATiica On the 31st August, 9th Lancets:— seveie'y wounded, Lieut Ci H. Smyth. On the nth September, 211 I Worcestershires:—slightly wounded, Lieut. 11. A. Lang. O.i the I2'h September, Imperial Yeomanry:—slightly wourded, Lieut Power. O.i the 10th September,
    344 words
  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1003 2 Pritchard Co. o li eE BEG TO INFORM 'T'HE George Town Dispen- SARY has been appoint» THE LADIES OF ed by Messrs. Bvrooyne Monday, Bth Octobet. Burbidges Co. their Sole Penang, the Federated States Grand Return Visit, for a and Deli states, and Sumatra, for their Short Season Only, following
      1,003 words

  • 1071 3 11. education. Progress of a satisfactory nature was made with education during 1899, increased facilities were afforded by the opening of w schools, and the advance recorded by the more important establishments, both in attendance and results, is commendable. The government schools at the end of the
    1,071 words
  • 236 3 I fearless affirm, writes a corre spondent from South Africa, that General Warren sent a message—and the man who heliographed it is now in England—to Colonel Thorneycroft, telling him that he was in command on the top of the hill, that Woodgate was dying, Crofton was
    236 words
  • 492 3 Why the House of Commons Bores and Depresses Him. To the North American Rexiew Mr. T. P. O'Connor contributes a very outspoken article on Some Absurdities of the House of Commons.” Among other things he deals with the charm of a seat in the house to the
    492 words
  • 562 3 Remarkable Confessions. At Liverpool an inquest was held on the body of Terence Kelly, a shipping clerk, 52 yeats of age. In August, deceased, who lodged at a boarding house, was Lun I in bed in an unconscious condition, and a doctor who attended him state 1
    562 words
  • 587 3 King Victor’s Economies. The minister of the Italian royal bouse hold has invited all the employees who have had less than ten years’ service to h .nd in tbeir resignations. Each will receive a lump sum on leaving. As was announced some weeks ago, King Vittoiio Emanuele intends
    587 words
  • 299 3 A delightful fish story—another proof, of course, that truth is stranger than tic tior. —is published in a Canadian newspaper:— Iwo men fi-die 1 in Lake Dcscb.enne —a broa I and beautiful expanse of the Ottawa River—fished for sturgeon with a st u uighlline an 1 a
    299 words
  • 305 3 An old contiibutor to the Asian writes I don’t think any apology is due to your readers for asking you to reproduce the following extract from Truth, in whii h the gallantry of the Durham Light Infantry is mentioned, especially as there does not seem to
    305 words
  • 115 3 Penang, 3RD October, 1900. Rates close as follows London, Demand Band 2'l Do. 4 months’s ght Bank 2/I,', Do. 3 Credits 2'r,’ ff Do. 3 Documentary 2ij Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 156} Do. 3 days’sight Private 157 J Bombay, Demand Bank 156} Do. 3 days’sight Private 157’ Madras, Demand
    115 words
  • 113 3 The s. s. Benlaiig (Captain Kroble) arrived with a general cargo from London, this morning. The s. s. Avagyee (Captain O.ven) brought 1 cabin anj 117 deck pass-ngers from Deli, yesterday. The s. s. Canton (Captain Meiican) ariived from 1 eluk Anson this morning, bunging 126 deck passengers.
    113 words
  • 35 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Ad 1111 Commandant Dbtaiis for This Week Recruits Diill on 1 bursday, 4th October, at 5 15 p.m. By Order, (Sgd.) G M Dundas- Moua r Lt Adj.
    35 words
  • 64 3 Mails Close To morrow. For Per str lime. Rangoon Calcutta ..Ooryia ...it a.m. Deli ..Avagyee 1 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Scgli and Olehleh ...Pegu 2 p.m. Paugkor and Teluk Anson Cantcis 2 p.m. Singapore, China an I Japan Il.nlarig 2 P.M. Rangoon I hurudale 3 p.m. Friday, sth.
    64 words
  • 36 3 From Steamer Ta Iri iee Edie G. G. v. Lansb.rge 4-10 00 Singapore Shanghai 4-10-00 Colombo hnc.tls/iom Europe) husan 5-10-00 Colombo Silesi-t 5-10-00 Negapatam Sirs r 610-00 Singapore (nr-ii/s /0 Europe) Clyde 610-00
    36 words
  • 90 3 Airlrnle. To-dav. s. s. Canton from Tehik Anson s. s. Henlarig from London Yes rriirn rv. 1 I s. s. Fuh IFo from I.ar-sT *t s. s. ,\I. MeanatC. f: m Madras s s. s-’eang Leoni; from Rango n s. s. Flying Ush from Port W eld s. s.
    90 words
  • 182 3 Oct. 4 Extra P. &O. s. s. Shanghai from Singapore for Colombo and London, Giitillan Wood (Jo. 4 German Steamer s. s. Sum lira from Deli, for Deli, Pehn, Meyer Co. 5 Outward Pdr O. Royal Mail Steamer Chusan from Colombo for Singapore, and China, Giitillan Wood Co.
    182 words
  • 123 3 Wednesday, 3RD Town Band, Esplanade, at 5.30 p.m. Jewish Day of Atonement. D’Arc’s Marionettes, perform nice at Town Hall, at 9 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 7-30 p 111 and 7- a.m. Thursday, 4TH D’Arc's Marionettes, performance at Town Hall, at 9 p in. High-water
    123 words
  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 84 3 BROWN CO., Monumental Sculptors, 42 BENTINCK SI BEET, CALCUTTA (Established A. D. 1852.) Done in Italian Marble, Aberdeen Granite, and Chunar Stone. Orders taken for NAME SLABS for fixing o Gates, CHURCH TABLETS, &c. SOLE AGENT tor the Straits Settlements and Native States: L. J- YOUNG 12 BARRACK ROAD, near
      84 words
    • 36 3 It is better to keep well than to have the quickest possible recovery from illnes That is why there is such a universal demand for articles like Liebig Company’s Extract, now called Lemco, No, 4 0-6
      36 words
    • 1748 3 fITH Municipal Notice. A QDERIfIS SSi i.,,, GrarB w OrEulHa. L I own, Pc ang, Invite separate te ders A* for the supply of the following for one year c Gazette. A Bl fl from the ist of January next:— B ANU wanted. TELEGRAM. J BnilAeL? I ''!I*’" 1 ,S
      1,748 words

  • 196 4 Penanc, 3rd October, 1900. Tin »71.- sellers (Traug 29.50 Black Pepper j West Coast... no sales. I Acheen 61b.. no sales. White Pepper 40 75 Cloves (picked) 32 5° sellers Mace No. 1 Mace Pickings 68— do. Nutmegs 53 5° do. 1 No. 1 7-75 do. Sugar
    196 words
  • 283 4 (Straits Tiwws, 29TH September, igoc. •Rtuibs(l6' O pd.) »54-5° •£1 fully pal 1... 855 •Kechau Gold (£lO paid) *20.25 The N. Kechau Mining Co. 85 3° S. Rauhs (t:oo pit.) *75- Do (»50 pd.) #75- Sepiau (|to pd.) 815-255’/«. •Redjang Lebong (d. 100) 8282.50 Pun;oms (SlB pd.)
    283 words
  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 221 4 notice VEWS of Penang, Singapore, Peak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photes enlarged, various sizes pu to 3 ft on bromide paper. W. JONES, King Street. photographer. HUTTENBACH Bros. Co. SPECIALITIES ALWAYS ON HAND. HUMBER CYCLES. Gentlemen’s Ladies’ Boys’ and Girls Cycles. Highest Grade Machine in the World MACHINERY. Steam Engines Boilers
      221 words
    • 2129 4 o Art! Awn” TxJ I ELLWBOD’S MTENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMED. FRASER NEAVE, Ltd., WOM> SITCAPOEE PEITAITG. tUe Officer, u Th ht? nmv nnonrd in rhumb c )rPe t blKliHulll 111 ta S Fll HEAL 111 The Civil Service and the Cognoscent. I.H-E-j London, 1884. Ghaut, Penang, pened in Church sueeij ’eLLWOOD’B
      2,129 words
    • 848 4 $2 Per Month THE “Pinang gazette.” ENLARGED EDITION, Per Month (For Local Subscribers $2. THE “PINANG GAZETTE,ENLARGED DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. THE price of the Pinang Gazette del\ tr ,i free is as follows: tw To Government Offices and Merchants' Cod in Penang.— otll Per annum... $24 payable in
      848 words