Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 April 1901

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. HEW SERIES ESTABLISHED 1833. PKICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIX. THURSDAY, 25tli APRIL, 1901. No. 92
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      768 1 «unppnuj Ihrtues. Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may l.< PJ- expected to arrive outO wards, and leave Penan» homewards, on the following Q dates:— Outward.- Homewards May 2 Sobraon May 4 Rtnqa l <6 Coromandel 18 p.irramJii' 1 Ballaarat June 1 June 13 Bengal 15 ('oro"“ a J 27
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      2061 1 NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. A.ito. jk. IIK Nippon tan Kaishi. rmBH -y Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. japan mail steamship Co., Ltd. I i -n fc I For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected oh Thu oth Mav l l Agents: JOHN LITTLE Co., Singapore. HAM BURG-AM ERIKA L.INIE Cuddle, K*rric*!,*iid
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      951 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel MaatschappijNETHERLXNDS TRADING SOCIETY. 1-stablisfßO 1824. Paid-up Cai i i vl f. 35 783,000 (al.t. £3,000,000, Reserve FuND...f. 2,958.000 A (abt. 246,t0c0 Head Office in Amsterdam Head Agency in Batavia. Branches: Singapore, Rangoon, Mcdar. (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Chert hon.Tegal, Pccaiongan, Pasoeroean, 1 jilatjapGo onia'o, Pal-mbang. Correspondents at
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    THE WEEK.
    199 2 Thursday. 25TH First-Quarter. St. Mark. Pep Aug Impressionists At Home at the Town H <ll, at 4 30 p.m. High-water 5-0 p.m. and 5 25 a.tn. Friday. 26x11 Auction Sale of Household Furniture, at 52 Nztrtham Road, at 11-30 a tn. Meeting Municipal Commissioners, ToWn Hall, at 3
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    Birth.
    16 2 Tt'RN’KRAt Penang Hill, lhi« morning, the wife of John Turner of a daughter, still born.
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    Marriage.
    38 2 WfjrMcKhciinie At the Presbyterian Church. Penang, on 'he 24'h April, by the Rev. John S. Marknight, M a., James Win to Sadik McKeciinie, youngest daughter of the late Angus McKechnie and of Mrs McKechnie, Georges Square, Greenock.
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    Thursday, 25th April, 1901.
    1769 2 The Koval visit ended as auspiciously as it commenced. From the report We have published, it will be seen that Singapore has excelled itself, and has shown in such practical ways as were possible, the pleasure and delight of the Colony m the visit. The anticipations
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    890 2 The Paris firr brigade is now provided with three ><u omobßes, and o'hets are being < ousti ucted. Mr. E L Grove, Engineer, Sanitary Board, Kuala Lumpur, lias applied for the post of Municipal Engineer, Penang. A Mkhting of the General Purposes Committee of the Agricultural Show
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    Municipal Meeting
    133 2 The foilowing are the agenda for the Municipal tne<ting to-morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confit med. 2. Any special business the President may bring forward. 3. Que-tions. 4. Statement of Revenue and Expenditure and Progress Report for March. 5. Some bills to be
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    158 2 Sln Rapor e 2 4th A THE ROYAL VISITORS AT SIH6AMIB THE DUKE'S GRACK»-!* farewell message H. R. H. the Duke of r nr and York before leavtn,/ M grateful message to Governor thanking him an J he who assisted in the arrange^ l particularly the chief >
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    85 2 2 4th Ann. THE DECEASED WIFE’S SfSTEI Bill. PASSES A SECOND READING. 1 he Deceased Wi'e’s Sister Bill has passed a second reading in the House of Commons by ra to 122. THE GUY AND SUBURBAN. THE WINNERS. The following is the result of the City and Suburban
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    Cricket ana Football Fixtures.
    129 2 Thkrb will be a Cricket Match r. the United Sugar Estates on Saturday next commencing at 11.30. The fo lowmg are asked to play for Fenang A. S. Antbooy, D A. M. Brown, A. E. G. Coveney, W. S. Dunn, H. A. Neubrontitr, J. M. P.
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    Labour Scarcity in Hongkong
    70 2 Builde s in Hongkong are comp Gaining bitterly of tlte scarcity of labour and the consequent ri-e io wages It i< suggested that the guilds are at the bottom of th:S state of affiits and that the labour market is lieii’g rigg d by them with
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    "Hymns A and M.:" A Revised Version.
    151 2 To church people generally, nnd c penally to those who rtm-mber what hytnno ly was prior to the publication cf Hymns z\ncient and Modern" in the early sixties, the announcem-nt that a revision cf that familiar publication is now being prepared will b:
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    THE MUNICIPAL SCAVENGING COOLIES.
    226 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazttte”) Sir, We the undersigned scavenging tin» of the Municipality, whose services Commissioners have decided to 6 with, for reasons stated in your re P or the meeting, which appeared in Y our 15 of the 30th ultimo, desire to
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      1002 2 DnifMiarii s fn THE GRAHAM CO. rrilCndiu vv. p-|*Qpu rnwH show, wm. btUnbt I Unit Wkolml». Wail ui «M.tutzri.j there- S’ a I*o May, at 3 p.m., in the Rebideut Councillor's /5, BfcACW STREET, iTw Chemists. loec.. j. m kindersley, 4. Beach Street, Penang aB 3 G.nerat Secretary. Limited., notice.
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      137 2 4LL ContrilHiitmu intended for pnblieation TI AfioMld be vntten on one tide of the piper only, thould be addretted to The Editok, miut be aeeom/ianied by the wHtrr’» mime an<i not neceuarily for inner.ion, bnt at a ynaraptee, of yoodfadh. The Editor doe, not undertake either to be retpontode for
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    22 2 Death. .NhuRRONNF.rOn 12th April, at her resi'enre, St. Johns, Malacca, Helen Mabgarrt. widow of rhe late Louis NbubronNkß, E-q., in 74th year.
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    1222 3 c.oKT Act of Parliament of the New Khign. Tun King’s assent to the Appropriation Fil became he first Act of Parliament of King Edward VII s reign, r real >« Parliament on the 29th March, Lords the ceremony was performed iuh due observance of ancient forms. Boer Funds
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    Dismantling of the Taku Forts.
    53 3 General Chaffee telegraphs from Peking thahe opposition of the United States and Russia to the dismantling of the Taku Fotts has proved futile. Count von Walder see led the other Commanders in the votrng and it was decided that nine forts should be dismantled as
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    The Craven Stakes.
    109 3 The following is Uie result of the rare for the Craven Stakes tun at the Newmarket Craven Meeting on the tBth instant. The Craven Stakes of 500 sovs., added to a sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each, for starters, the second to receive 50 sovs. for 3 yr.-old;
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    Marriage Laws.
    131 3 If the report that the Government intend to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the marriage laws of the Empire is true, the fact (says the Law Journal) will be one of interest and importance. J here is no subje t in tegard to which the legal
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    The Distress of the Chinese Court.
    328 3 A recent issue of the Sintcenpao contains what pmports to be a letter from Hsian giving some incidents of the present life of the Etnpress-Dowager and Emperor at that city. The letter states that of late, whenever the Empress Dowager gives audience to the
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    The Growth of the Empire.
    528 3 The Hon. G. W. Ross, the Premier of Ontario, has, in the Canadian Magazine, published a learned and interesting article on the growth of the British Empire, which appears most opportunely, after the censuses that have taken place tn India and the United Kingdom. The
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    Romantic Tragedy.
    218 3 Wife’s Terrible Crime Through Curiosity and Cupidity. A highly romantic tragedy is reported from a litt'e country town in Hungaiy. Some few days ago a poorly-clad man knocked at the door of the house of a woman residing alone, and begged for shelter for the night. Touched by
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    The 'Yarsity Boat Race.
    413 3 An Exciting Finish. T he Oxford and Cambridge boat race was the closest, the pluckiest, the hardest, and, therefore, the finest race that in the memory of the oldest Blue ever was rowed. From the technical point of view of the rowing expert neither crew was
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    Sugarcane Disease.
    638 3 Mr C. A. Barber, Government Botanist, Madras, has penned an interesting monograph on sugarcane in the Godavari and Ganjam districts of the Presidency. The bulletin is somewhat belated, writes the Madras Times, but is none the lessvaluab e for that, patticularly now that there is a question of
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    EXCHANGE.
    111 3 Prnano. 25TH April 1901. Rates close a« foi.i.ow London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months's ght Bank l/iiff Do. 3 Ore lits 2/-,’« Do. 3 Documentary 2/-j) Calcntta, Demand Bank R« 147} Do. 3 days' sight Pri.-ata 149 J B tmbay. Demand Bank 147} Do. 3 days' sight I’rivata 149}
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    81 3 Orders by Captain A. R Adams, Comm mJant. 1 Drill for This Week Recruits Drill On Tueshy the 23V.| and Friday the 26th April at 5 15 p.m sharp. Band Practice Ou Monday the 22 i-l and Wednesday 24th at 4-45 p m. shaip Orderly N. C. O.
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    108 3 The s. s. Fitzpatrick (Captain Davey, brought 40deck passengers from Rangoon) yesterday. The s. s. Langkat (Captain Lingard) brought 104 deck-passengers from Klang and Malacca, yesterday. The s. s. Thaipeng (Captain Ma-kie) arrived from Port Weld yesterday, bring ing Messrs. Ah Yong, Cbye Siew and 76 deck passengers.
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    THE MAILS.
    36 3 Mails Cl sh To-morrow. For Per str Finn. Klang and Malacca ...Langkat 1 r m. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady H'etd 3 P.M. Saturday. 27TH. Deli ...Calypso 2 p.m Rangoon ...Fitzpatrick 5 p.m
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    31 3 From Steamer To Arrive. Singapore Bormida 15-4-01 Singapore Glen/alloch 26-4-01 Pulo Weh van Imhoff 27-4 01 Rangoon Hock Se g zy 4-01 Singapore Trieste 27-4-01 Negapatam Zaida 28-401
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    SHIPPING.
    116 3 Arrival». To-day. s. s. Zamania from Singapore s. s. Hebe from Deli s. s. Lady IVeld from Teluk Anson s. s. Suez Leak from S. Upey. Yesterday. s. s. Fitzpatiick from Rangoon s. s. Langkat from Malacca s s. Sri Bangka from Padang s. s 7 h.iipen<j from Port
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    121 3 April. 25 Extra P. A O. s. s. from London, for Singapore, China and Japan, Gilfillan Wood Co 26 Italian Steamer Bormida from Singapore for Bombay, Behn. Meyer A Co. 26 German S.earner H'ittenbnrg from Hamburg for Singapore. China ind Japan, Behn, Meyer A Co. 27 Austrian Steamer
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    190 3 Penang, 25TH April. 1901. Tin $6665 (Trang 27.40 Black Pepper West Coast no sales. (Acheen 1b6... no sales. White Pepper 43. Cloves (picked) 28. Mace No. 1 81. do. Mace Pickings 69 do. Nutmegs nos 5° d°(No. 1 775 do Sugar 1 2 5 do. (Basket 430
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      1010 3 tolet WAITED. RIIRMA Sr THE NEWLY-BUILT and commodious 'ITTANTED. a second-hand treadle lathe, DUlilllr» Cv V I 11/tI house. No. 5 Pangkor Road. Entry must be in good condition, 5' or 6" n N Sss. MUSICAL AGENCY, 249 146 Penang Street. TAD'Q UCAI) DDllin T° Let with Im med ate
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    SHARE LIST, APRIL 25th, 1901.
    343 4 Stocks. Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Shares. Paid Div. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. 84.00 175,000 $37,500 $17,500 Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ltd. sl6s.— sales 80 o>o 80,000 800 too 7% Fraser and Neave, Ltd, sB9. sellers 225.000 225.000 4.500 5° s’° Do. 6 Debs. 3
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      464 4 H. BAKER Confectioner and Vienna Baker, 22a Leith Street, next to EUROPE HOTEL, TCE CREAM, SODA CREAM, daily frc.t B i in to 12 p.m. Picnic parties, c., supplied with Ice Cream an ffiS!Vi&T. and Wedding Ca ke Municipal Notice. XTOTICE is hereby given that on and after l\ Sun
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      279 4 THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT WATER. Kiajadl Janos Fos LIVER COHPLAWTS, OBESITY, 4c. The VIENNA MEDICAL PRESS” Hunyadi Janes may be regarded as a specific for obesity.” Average Dose.— A wincglassful before breakfast, either bare or dAated with a similar auautity of hot or cold water. ncto th? name Hunyndl Janos,"
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      1937 4 brown co, IjentSfOFia 6 WURMS’ A. WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. Monumental Sculptors, mW 42 BENTINCK STREET, CALCUTTA If S fll gg ESg lIT SPECIAL WARRANT dHHb Tombstones wlicn re./uirol. I PURVEYORS TO EMPRESS OF INDIA. Illustrated price lists of Tombstones, &c CELEBRATED OILMAN’S STORES. DR J.COLLIS BROWNE’S c h hoptoD yn e.
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      469 4 $2 Per Month the Pinang fjazette.' enlarged edition Per Month (For THE PINANG GAZETTE" enlarged daily edition TERMS OF SVBSCRIPTinv rpHE price of the Duumy 1 free is as follows:To Government Offices and M„ r in Penang. p >»7 a,. Single copy 20 cents. Advertisement Rates Minimum charge 5 lines
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