The Straits Maritime Journal and General News, 8 March 1895

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    26 1 THE Straits Maritime Journal. AND GENERAL NEWS, PUBLISHED EVE R Y FR I DA Y. VOL, 1. $0 23 PENANG BTH MARCH. 1895 PRICE 20 CENTS
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      251 1 BOLS a N. H. J- Martyn, and JnsHAgents. i t IV/i c ri OCMa iX STEAM SHIP COMPANY'S. 1 1 IIN VT CC Co. Departures from England, are P rt 'pawd to supply Ships in Harbour Steamer. From. Will sail s^ ez< Ipeiang WITH I PROVISIONS SPIRITS VVTNRS Sarpedon liiverpuo.
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      11 1 Johannis, THE KING OF Natural table Waters, and DEWAR’S WHISKY. MartynPenang.
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      357 2 BRITISH INDIA STEAM neuaian aiumforj). V a v?/t A TIA\T I Consulting Engineer and Surveyor. JNAYIGrAIIOJN AO., I Ml. j (Engineer Surveyor to Lloyd’s Register). Office, 8 Cavanngh Bridge Hoad, Singapore. (Opposite the i’ost Office.) SERVICES FROM PENANG. Wee k l v. —To Singapore, j PRITCHARD CO. Rangoon and Calcutta,
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      250 3 SINGAPORE. ENGINEERS, IRON, and BRASS ROUNDERS, at,so BOILERMAKERS, BRIDGE, f SIIIP-BUILDERS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS. HAMTFACTUSEE3 0?:- SOLE AGENCIES for:Sttel Bridges, Piers, Lighthouses of all chisscs, OERA OIL-No Smoke! No Trimming Uml and Marine Boilers and Engines -Vic j Lancas Mre,” Patent Belting tor Lent.ritusral rumps, Eoring tools, rug and Mortar mills,
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    54 4 Penang, Btfi March 1895. F” §3s.29—sellers. White Pepper lti .ek Pepper 8.50 do. Nutmegs 93 0 M ace No. I 80. do. Mace Pickings 95. do. j No. 1 7. ‘20 do. Su»ar No. 2 3.70, do. I Basket 3. do. 1 apioea 1 lour 2.15 do. buyers.
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    EXCHANGE.
    58 4 Penang, Bth March 1895. London, Bank o-d and T. 'I 1 1/11 A Dcd F (> 4 months [l\ i F°- Private bills 3 months 2 Calcutta T.T. and o,d f Rs 182 U'7° n 181 in nn nay I Batavia Bank o.d Hongkong Bank kio i Do ,7d.K.;ghtPri
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      331 4 PASSAGE TO ENGLAND, r The Alitfjnifluent IVhUc Slur Stetnnxitip “O (PAXIC." Q QAQfcons, nmv running on the ('him—Sun I OjOUU Francisco Mail Service, with no- E comtnndatinn for 150 saloon passengers, will If le;i,ve Fenang for home about the begining Ist, I April and furnishes an exceptionally good op- 1
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  • Page 4 Miscellaneous
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      134 4 HIGH-WATER AT PENANG. A pprojritu atc Times. Date f the !A.M. P. M Mad* week. I i i Mar. 9 Saturday 10 57 11-03 j 10 SuiulhV 11-0/ 11-20: 11 Monday j 11-49 I I „12 Tue-day ...j 0-14 039 j 13 Wednesday 104 1-29 1 I I 14 Thursday
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    LIGHT RAILWAYS.
    459 5 Whilst there is so much talk of proposed railway construction in the Malay Peninsula, ue would recommend to those interested in the question, a study of the subject of light railways, a matter which has been occupying the profession il jo iruals at home, in Indi.\, and in
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    THE PENANG HARBOUR BILL.
    279 5 W e agree so far with our local contemporary in the remarks on this matter in his leader of last Saturday viz that it is a measure demanding the most careful, the fullest, and the broadest discussion before it is laid on the Legislative Council table
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    MERCANTILE MARINE AMENITIES.
    176 6 With, reference to the letter* published in, last issue re Mercantile MW time debarred us f;rom passing, any .editorial remarks, as we wpre only in receipt of the same on the point,of going to press. ’From the tenor of Capt.* Harris’letter we are dead to believe, that
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    NAUTICAL GOSSIP.
    887 6 The Sunbeam Lord Brassey’s ,yacht is not tlie old original craft of that name but a new, vessel much larger and more powerful, than the famous Sunbeam which sank at her anchors some 2or T years ago in one. of the Western Australian Ports,.* soon afier.she h^d.been..,s Q<ld
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    LONGSHORE CHAT.
    1114 7 H. E. The Governor comes down the hill on the morning of the 11th instant to attend the festivities at Batu Kawan in connection with the celebration of the Hon. Mr. Vermont’s Jubilee. There will be agreat gathering on the occasion, and we shall join with every body
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    THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE SEVENTIES. II
    1045 8 BY THE BOATSWAIN. Our moss was fitted up, and our tea, (without milk of any kind) was served up in one of the large oval shaped pots before mentioned, a brand new basin with figures oil tile Outside, which 1 was assured by
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    HONGKONG NOTES.
    186 9 Dense fogs have been prevailing in the neighbourhood of Hongkong for sometime past, no shipping casualizes however had been reported tip to the time of writing. The S. S. honany, formerly the Torrington, has been sold to Japanese for $70,000. The Rippon Yusen Kaishna have ceased to engage
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    ALLEGED OUTRAGE IN LANGKAT BY DUTCH SOLDIERS.
    512 10 We learn the following occurrence from ■private sources. 1 he Mr. llastrup n-* tor rod to in tin* affair is a, younger brother of Captain ilastrup of the Anaijijee, On the Ist March at Tnnjong Hinging one of the estates belonging to the
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    TO AMERICA FOR £2.
    390 10 —News of the World HOW TIT F* AM KM 1C AX LINK ACI’oMFMSIIKS THIS p.\pp. We have already announced that the A men. can line not only caries its steerage passaug-u’s from London to New York for Jos but even provides them with their outfit for
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    DURING THE RAINS.
    1232 11 BY AN OLD RESIDENT. The lugubrious expression traceable* on* the countenance of an Englishman, when in fatherland he flattens his nose against a window pane to gaze on a wet'morning, is never visible on the phiz of that iridividual in the East under similar circumstances. Tout an
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    ROYAL NATIONAL LIFE BOAT INSTITUTION.
    69 12 A\ r e have taken the following extracts from The Life Boat issued Ist February 1895. President—His Gkac* the Duke of Northumberland, K .0 Chairman —Sir Edward Birkbkck, Bart., v.p. Deputy Chairman—Colonel FlTz-ROY CLAYTON, V.P. Secretary—Charles Dibdin, Esq., F.R.G.S. Tin; Committee of Management have to
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    GENERAL SUMMARY OF THE WORK OF THE INSTITUTION DURING 1894.
    566 12 Number of Lives rescued by j Life -boats, iii addition to 34 Vessel» saved l>v them (137 Number of Live» saved by Shore boats, &c. I ll Amount of Rewards granted during tlie year 8,8(12 id 1 Honorary Rewards —Silver
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    H. M. S. Majestic.
    314 13 H. M. S Majestic I r fiiH* hat t lesiii p, Ihe Mm jest ic,” Imiimolhml at Porta--I,mil la.si weak, iias be#n constructed in five days less ■j 1(!1 veiir. Mini h. 1 f I m»n*jl l i lie vessel will not Le completed I: lltl 1890-97 the latent progress
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      181 13 NOTICE. GOVERNMENT OF PERAK. f jpriE Steam Launch Constance, lately employed by the Perak Survey Deportment, will be sold by public A notion in Penang Harbour as site ri ies at anchor near the New Jetty, on Thursday, the 14th March, at J r. m. precisely. Terms at time of
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      253 13 PENANG SALES ROOM. AUCTION SALES On Saturday, 9tli March, SPLENDID COLLECTION OF FOLIAGE AND FLOW Elf PLAN IS, CONSISTING OF Alocasias including Sanderianias, Marantas, Calatheas, Draecmas, Asparagus, Plumora, Prize Begonias, Dii'fenbachias, Rare Adiantums (Maiden Hair Ferns, &C-), Selaginalias, Caladiums, English Imported Roses, and the New Lord Penzance Sweet Briars —only
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      321 14 CRITERION TIFFIN 1 3 AND a 111 1 T ART) R HOMS Consulting Engineer an, l Surrey. jjliiijmnu ilUvyi!X»J* Address:—Marine Club SINGAPORE. IiIJACH STREET No 7. H (One minute Jrom the Landing Stage.) p-m /Nj TTTITVTn t» H u\i!, itiLLiAHD reading GUAT CHENG Bros, I ROOMS. 27 BEACH STREEET, I
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      263 15 HOWARTH ERSKINE Limited. SIN G A I’ O It I SOLE AGENTS IN THE STRAITS FOR ti]K brush ELECTRIC AI, ENGINEERING Co., Ld. DIATOM IT E FOSSIL MEAL. LONDON. The best non-conducting composition in the ROBEY Co., Limited Market. Engineers, for Portable Enpr>?, BIjACKMAN VENTILATING Co., Limited. Pumping and Mining
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      63 16 HUTTENBACH BROS CO. KUPPER’S BEER. g£3Mi Perrier Jouet <fe Co’s WHISKY BLENDKRSMW |1 CHAM I'aUNK. Read Brother’s i Aus stout, •’Tended old bM§ i gJKi |S if riiif .Sr w*y. f I)u g’ s He> ]jn,nd“BOS" WHISKY. The real “cup o’ kindness” The Cream of Scotch Whiskies. MARIA CHRISTINA CIGARS
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      243 16 KhyeHo Foundry Co. I 40 WELD QUAY, M PENANG. fl ENGINEERS BOILER MAKERS. I SHIPWRIGHTS, IRON BRASS 2 FOUNDERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS, GENERAL CONTRACTORS, Ac. 9 AGENTS FOR ZYNKARA.—A perfect prereiitiva against corrosion and I pin mg in boilers B PRICE’S Engine and Cylinder Oils B PMLI) A M\S Patent Metallic
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