Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 23 May 1895

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    23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAIL'S NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. 2O CENTS. VOL. LIII. TH ÜBS DAY, MAY 23, 1895. No. 119
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      573 1 Qloiicea. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards and le ave Penang homewards, ou the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. pAcin 25th May. Kutsar-i-K'tedive Bth June Hind 30th May Roaetti 22-id R"hdl,t 13th June Riisar-i-Hind 6th .laly 'Rarenna 27th Rohilla 20th The ab >vc dates
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      1252 1 pipping (Iloftces. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong- Shang-hai Banking I Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT'S AVEEKLY LINE Intended Sdilitifl and expected Awivul of Steantert*. {10,000,000. Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000. A Fou Will sail Steamer From Expf< Chief Manager. j t
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      631 1 MDERUHDSUIE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds 2,086,155.60 J Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tcgal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    70 2 Mails clone 'Lo-aiokuow. For per ulr. Time. Langkat Ji.i Hu 1 p.m. I’angknr, 'l. Anson mid Port Dickson Conlon 1 p.m. Deli //<» Km» i 2p m. Satukday, 25i ii. Tongkah IrC 1 p m. Deli Iriugkat 2 P.M. The P. O. mail sicniin-r P<kin left. Colombo for
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    48 2 From Colombo:—By the P. A O. s. s Pekin to-morrow. From ‘■mngapohe —By 'he B. 1. s. s Purt.ta mid s. s. Gnueranl Pel to-morrow. From Rangoon:—By the B I. s. s ILulakolu to-morrow. Fkom Cali uh a —By the s. s. Lightning on Sunday.
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    SHIPPING.
    319 2 tri ii ala. I O-|l i >. s. s. Luiigkol from Deli. s. s. Petrel from Tongkah. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. Canton from T. Anson. Y KBTEHHAT. s. s. Ho Kivei from Deli. s. a. Lady IPe/J from P. Weld. l>e|iH rill res. 1.. a.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    83 2 IbissatrcM hixikril fur Ilie Slraitn. April, p.r I* A O 8. 8. n,il..nnia from London for Singapore. Mr and Mrs. E Finch, Lieui. 11 S Toppin and Mr. and Mrs. R St Stephens. M-.y, 10th. Per P. A" <). h m. Rome from London fol Singapore, Lieut. C.
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    80 2 Taken nt I’rLmi l|ns|dliti Olisvi t idury. 22nd May. 1895 9 i.m. 3 r.M 9p v. Bar. red 32 Fnh 29 911 29 796 29 826 Temperature 81. 85— 79. Wet Bulb Tliei mono-1 ei 79. 80— 78. Max. Temp, in shade 88 6 Min. do. do. 72
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    225 2 Th r i>sii i v. 23rd A seen-ion Day. Town Band. Datil Krnnuit (lardens. Services at St. George's Church. Evening Service at 6 p M„ Ps.dmsXXlV .XLVIT mid CVIII, Hymns 149, 299 mid 147 vc. L I. 5, t> High water nt New .Jetty, 1102
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    111 2 LONDON, 22nd May. 1895. The <*****(*****- < f the Exchequer on Trade Depression. Sir Win. Harcourt at a banquet at the Mansion House admitted the great depression, notably in agriculture, but stated that there were symptoms of improvement, and the Government were resolved to adhere without swerving to
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    21 2 BIRTH. Kempeen. On the 19th instant, at Parit Buntar. Perak, the wife of E. J. Kkmplen of a daughter.
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    LOCAL.
    506 2 To-morrow being a public holiday there will be no issue of the Pinang Gazette. We are glad to note that the Municipal authorities have at last removed the old benches at the Datu Kramat Gardens. The Selangor Government are inviting tenders for the const ruction of five miles of
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    THE TRADE OF PENANG.
    380 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sib,—The recently published return of the Imports and Exports of the Port demand careful attention at the present juncture. Comparing the years 1893 and 1894, the results are, estimated in dollar and sterling values, (average quarterly exchange rates having
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    GENERAL.
    358 2 A mass-meeting was recently held in Cyprus to further a ]x?tition to Great Britain asking for the transfer of the island to the Kingdom of Greece. Arrangements are lieing made in England for an international team of 15 footballers. playing under the Rugby rules, to visit Australia, and possibly
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    134 2 [From our Correspondents TELEK ANSON. 23kd May. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 739 pikuis of tin. [Time from Telnk Anson, 55 min. 22nd May. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 984 pikuis of tin. [Time from Teluk Anson, 4 h. 22 min KLANG. 23rd May. The shipments
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    THE ASSIZES.
    452 2 The case against two Malays named (1) Jusoh and (2) Meliai, which was cominen<ed ou Tuesday afternoon, was finished yesterday. They were charged with (1) theft of a buffalo, and (2) taking a gift to recover 3 tolen property, at Pangsu Seribu iu Pre. vince Wellesley. Mr. Rogers
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    A HUSBAND SHOT BY HIS WIFE IN INDIA.
    197 2 Bombay. May 10. A telegram received to-day from bodm, on the B. B. and C. I. Railway, states that Mr. C. F. G. Lester, Acting Superintendent of Police, Pauch Mahals, has l»een »hit dead by his wife. Mr. Lester was a son
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      842 2 PRITCHARD Co. L__.l f/ Ip ■TMMT. LOCAL AGENTS FOR—“Wellington” Hand Treadle Lock-stitch Sewing Machines (Suitable for all kinds of work.—l 3 Gold Medals and 200 First Class Prizes.) PRICES NET CASH. Wellington Hand Machine ...?26 Family Machine ...533 Do. do. with cover ...830 Do. with cover ...$3B Do. Treadle Machine
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    136 3 The first round of the Mixed Foursome 8 ias been finished. Mrs. J- A. Brown and D. A. M. Brown giving 1- strokes beat Miss Jones and A. R. \dains by 3 up and 1 to play. Mr. and Mrs. Shearwood scratched to Miss M. Allen and
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    THE BOMBAY BRIBERY CASE.
    142 3 Reversal of the Decision. Bombay, May 10. At the High Court to-day, Justice Parses and Ranade disposed of the application in which Nawabzada Nasurulla Khan apagainst the decision of Mr. SandersSlater. the Chief Presidency’ Magistrate, who recently convicted him of offering a bribe of Rs. 10,000
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    384 3 Xi bong Tebal, 22nd May. The Malay lad and girl who eloped from here a few days ago, and subsequently got mirrid at Changkat. were arrested at Penang. They were brought before Mr. Gibbes on Monday, on a charge of theft of certain jewellery preferred by the sister
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    THE BRITISH ARMY: SEVERE CRITICISMS.
    82 3 The London Times says it distrusts the entire War Office system. The army, the writer says, is the most costly and the least effective of the armies of the Great Powers. Only in India has it become a fighting army. ith an expense of eighteen
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    THE BRITISH NAVY.
    139 3 Lord Br asset, the Governor-designate of Victoria, who recentlv urged in the House of Lords that the Naval Reserve should be i"ereased to 50.000 men in view of the tonnage of the British fleet, has written a letter to the Times, in which the subject is further
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    THE KUALA LIPIS ROAD.
    1450 3 vernment monopoly. —Harley in Selangor Journal. In view of the proposed construction, by ithe Selangor Government, of a cart road, and probably a railway, over Ginting into Pahang, terminating at Kuala Lipis, it is probable that a few notes of the journey from Kuala Kubu to
    vernment monopoly.—Harley in Selangor Journal.  -  1,450 words
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    A REAL INFERNO.
    506 3 FACILIS DESCENSUS AVERNI. Having scaled the highest heavens at her last great exhibition, it was but meet that Paris should lie invited to probe into the deepest recesses of mother earth at her next. The latest draw” for the show of 1,900 has just been conceived by
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    THE CONTRACT SYSTEM OF MAKING RAILWAYS.
    142 3 {Times of Ceylon.) We see that a contemporary has drawn attention to a question which we have already been asked to take up—the construction of the Haputale and Bandarawella extensions on Government account and the frequent stoppages of traffic that have taken place on
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    THE DOOM OF MORBID LITERATURE.
    1048 3 Truth.) Oscar Wilde is to be tried for certain offences, and it would be improper, therefore, to prejudice justice by the expression of an opinion as to his guilt or innocence. The libel trial at the Old Bailey, however, was not needed to tell us
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    121 3 Penang, 23kd May, 1895. lin $35.70 sellers. Tiling no supply. Bliu-k I’eppcc < West (’oii-r... B.6oseilers. A<-lifvii .>!)> B<>z 9.50 do. White Pepper 14. do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace Nn. I 80. buyers. Abiec Pickings 74. do. Nutmegs 94 sellers. i No. 1... 66’ do.
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    EXCHANGE.
    142 3 Penang, 23iti> May, 1895. R.A IK.N < lose AS E01.1.0W s l.ondm.. Demand Bank 2 o Do I iii.ml i>s’ siglil Bank Do. 3 Credit 2/2j 1 )o. 3 I olio v 22> CaJimfia, D< maud Bank •!-> 193| Do. 3'l days’ sight Pi ivnl" 197 Bombay, Demand Bank
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    181 3 (Straits Times, ]Bth May.) JelebiiM ($5 pd.) $3.75 tellers. Raubs 13 lOpd.) $4.25 jCI fully paid $6.80 PiinjoiUH (s3s p>l.) $5 50 Pahang Corp. pd.) SH.SO buyers. Maynard A Co. (S>OO pd.) $3O Pengerangs ($5O pd.) $65 sales er died. Straits Insurance ($2O pd.) $l7l sales. Straits
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      210 3 FOR SALE. tpHE valuable residence known as Goodj wood,” which is at present let for two years at a monthly rental of 375. 164 Apply to J. Y. KENNEDY. NOTICE. TENDERS are invited for the supply of clothing for the Eurojtean and Native Warders for the current year. Particulars can
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      306 3 [{ogling Co. JUST RECEIVED E.ii s. s. CANTON,” Ayre’s Athletic Goods. TENNIS. Racquets, Presses. Posts &> Nets. Tape Measures. Shoes. FOOTBALLS, Association Rugby CRICKET GOODS of all kinds. GOLF STICKS. Best Ceylon Tea in 1 2 lb. Packets AND Crown Beer. GOSLING CO. WANTED. \N English or Eurasian Assistant Master,
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      382 4 (Stationery, FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE or PRIVATE USE, FOR SAI EAT JUK PinangGazetteOffice. I CCOUA’T HOOKS ize> TJ ALL I-BOGKAMMES- 1„, c r; latest designs. Baskerville cabinets i'2O sheets Note Pap. r and luO f','/ lopes. Best quality paper. J n demand. $2.50 each. f Blotting paper, white a- (lifk
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