Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 April 1889

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  • 23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. New Series.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Price 20 Cents. VOL. XLVII. ESTABLISHED 1833. No. 35
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1491 1 KAISER BOCK BEER. l-ronl the Kaiser Bwr Brewer, Company Limited, Nledermendig on the Rhine. Hntteubaeh Brotbere Company, Sole Agents tor the Straits Settlements and Sumatra. 740 Peninsular^&^Orie^ntal^ Steam Navi- Holt’s Weekly I.iiie. Pany BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.) THE following are the appointed NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. -Mflffil NEGAPATAM LINE
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    • 1964 2 insurances. THE FUNDS isle of skye” whisky. The Marine Insurance Company otp t'-r'T’ the a I .STANDARD LIFE OFFICE. I>LKKEI{S BOON’S specialties, 1 H.E undersigned are prepared to accept' Risks and issue Policies on behalf of the! A Al:l: illvcstc<i l entil el y within the British MEDOC, AFTER DINNER
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  • 1164 3 (From the Free Pre##.} We believe H. E. the Governor proposes to pay a visit to Seianger, immediately after the arrival of Sir Charles Warren. The new photozincography department in the Col. Engineer’s Office is now able to turn out good work in reproducing plans and maps, and
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  • 211 3 Exd of the present Legislatb e Session. At the Legislative Council Meeting on the afternoon of the 24th instant, the “Crown Lands Ordinance Amendment Bill” and the Land Acquisition Amendment Bill” were, on the motion of the Attorney-General, seconded by the Acting Colonial Secretary, lead for the third
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  • 96 3 HONGKONG NEW S. Orerland China Mail, 17 th instant A new Bill for the protection of women and girls has been published. It is intended to supersede the former ordinances dealing with this subject and also the C. D. Ordinance of 1867. The principal change in the existing law is
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  • 132 3 Orerland China Mail, 17th April. The Ch nese Government is extending telegragh lines on its Wes ern frontier A line will run from Chungking close bv Llassa and, it is expected, will ultimately join with the Burmah lines. Judge Denny declares the report, that he had accepted 330,000
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  • 548 3 One of the most senseless of social mistakes that people of positions not wholly assured can possibly make, observes the Bueluit, Uuiirier. is to confess to being snubbed. In the heat of indignation against the person who lias been guilty of snubbing them people arc very apt to
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  • 341 3 The new arrant, which has been for some time anticipated, will, the Army and Nary Gazette says, appear shortly, dealing with the General Officers, Establishment and Colonels’ List. The former is to be reduced, and in future there there will be no seniority promotions, I only
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  • 157 3 M. Thaddeus Adjukievics, the Polish painter, has finished the last portrait for which the Crown Prince of Austria sat. It is an equestrian portrait, one third of life size, and shows the Prince on horseback, in the gray blue undress tunic of a General.
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  • 133 3 Mercantile Gazette, 20th instant. We hear that on the return to town next week of Mr. Kempermann, the German Minister, and of Mr. Pereira, the Portuguese Consul General, a meeting will probably be hold of the Consular Corps to consider the arbitrary mode in which the Siamese authorities
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  • 152 3 The Kblnisehe Zeituny states —The breach which has so long existed between the Imperial family of Germany and the house of Nassau appears at last to be in a fair way to be healed. The first sign of truce was the marriage of the grandson of
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  • 347 3 .—The G7o6e. The fate of the French torpedo boat No. 110 naturally has much interest for Englishmen. It went down suddenly off Pointe deßarfleur, taking with it its commander, a pilot, and its crew of twelve men. “Nobody saw it go down. The idea is that it shipped
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  • 125 4 Pknano, 29th April, 1889 1: A I ES CLOSE AS FOLLOWS London, Demand Bank 3/0-1/, 3. I)o, I months' sight Bank 3/0;Do. G Credits 3/1 x Do. G Documentary 3/1-j < al nt it <. Demand Bank Its. ?24 De. 30 days'sight Private 227 B mib.y, Demand Bank 2.‘1
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  • 142 4 London, 25th April, 1889. General Boulanger has arrived at Charing Cross. There wtis a great crowd, some cheering and some groaning. London, 26th April, 1889. The riots in Vienna have ceased, troops occupy the disturbed districts. The strike has been settled. The rioters were mostly socialists. 2k conference
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  • 759 4 A letter that appeared in last issue from Mr. Martin Thomas is a strange commentary on the chit system which prevails in Penang. The system is one that has been condemned time after time; yet, owing to its apparent convenience, it has obtained a firm footing that
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  • 247 4 ’Our contemporary, the Straits liiih‘/h‘iolent, has a strong article about the Ghee lliu Society's memorial, which, after saying that when they put it in our hands for publication, the Ghee Hins doubtless expected some support from us, closes with the remark that the memorialists will have
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  • 480 4 Doctor Peters, leader of the Emin Pacha relief expedition, has arrived at Zanzibar. The French Government have ordered the prosecution of Mr. Secretan the head of the Societe des Metaux. Chief Bushiri has opened peace negotiations with the German Commissary, Captain Von Wissmann. Sir James Fergusson, in
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  • 1202 4 Mr. H. A. O’Brien, Postmaster General, arrived by the s. s. Cyclops from Singapore on Saturday morning. Twenty seven long sentence prisoners will be despatched to Singapore tojday by the B. 1. S. N. Coy’s steamer Roma. AVe hear that Dr. Brown has left England, and is
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 258 4 ROBINSON Co. ABE KOW TJErrA-CECTET SINEW GOODS Ex. S. S. GLENSHIEL. Glendowcr Shirts, Collars m various shapes, Wraps, Rugs and Mauds, ‘Black and Fancy Coatings, Blue and White Serges, Cricketing Flannels. Fancy Tennis Flannels, Seamless Half Hose Knickerbocker Stockings, Waterproof Coals in all sizes, Fancy Ties and Scarfs, White Kid
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  • 134 5 —:o: Arrivals. 27th April. Per s. s. (rynipte from Klang Mr. Mclntyre. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Taiping Inspector Naina rd. Per s. s. Cyclop* from Singapore Mr. H. A. O’Brien. 28th April. Pers s. Lady Held from Taiping Mr. E. L. Brockman. 29th Ai ril. —Per.
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  • 86 5 The P. 0. Company have issued a beautifully got up and useful Travellers Pocket Book. Besides much information regarding the routes traversed by their steamers, tables of distances by sea ami land, descriptions with beautiful maps and pictures of the different ports they touch at, the
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  • 159 5 A meeting of the shareholders of the Prye River Dock Co., was held yesterdav afternoon for the purpose of confirming the resolutions passed at last meeting —and which have been published in our advertising columns— to wind up the Company and reform it as the
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  • 121 5 Among the new connections brought about during the past few’ years to connect Penang with other countries, the one to Australia is not the least important, although, judging from figures, the same does not seem to have received a due amount of attention
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  • 330 5 The recent performance of Our Boys affected one of our gallant defenders with such poetic tire, that he rushed home and produced the following lines Dedicated to the Officer Commanding Perak Sikhs. 1 The night is still, save for the sound I
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  • 2757 5 :o: Spain has granted to Germany a reduction in the import duty on spirits. It is now expected that the Samoan conference will be able to meet at Berlin early in May. Owing to the financial crisis in Paris it has been decided to postpone the issue of the
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  • 400 6 A correspondent of the Globe writes to us Alexander I. of Servin is a very bright, intelligent boy, anti in feature resembles both his lather ami mother. He is of a lively temperament, tall for his age, anil, like all other boys of his years,
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  • 211 6 The following is an extract from a letter addressed to the Hu-pao by M ee Kuang-p’ei, formerly a member of the Chinese Embassy to the United States, Spain and Peru:—“What is the cause of the opposition to the Chinese in the United States? I reply,
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  • 449 6 An accombli.-hed Celestial, General Tcheng-Ki-Tong, contributes to the Figaro an interesting account, under the above heading, of the learning and literary accomplishments of the ladies of his native land. The ladies of China have not yet received justice at the hands of the European authors who
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  • 1182 6 At a time when civilisation is surely and quickly encroaching on regions which have hitherto afforded a tine field for sportsmen, it is refreshing to find that there are parts of the world, of comparatively easy access, which have not yet felt its influence, and
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1673 7 ROSS PRITCHARD, EASTERN AND ORIENTAL GRAND HOTEL The Posit iveCrovernment Security HOTEL BEACH STOCT L. KELLERMANN, Proprietor. The Company request the earnest attention of I THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL is situat- This Hotel, the largest in Penang, is thoughtful and intelligent Assurants to the unTAILOKS GENTLEMEN’S l ed on the
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 632 8 PILSEN El? BEER. ''“7X3; KEY brand. Apolhnans t “THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS. 1 j IMPORTED SINCE 1879. The filling at the Apollinaris Spring during NONE GENUINE ITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS. the year i 888 amounted to 12,720,000 Bottles. KUS I The annual consumption of this favourite IM beverage affords
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    • 435 8 PENANG ICE WORKS Beach Street No. Open on week days from 7.30 to 10 a. ni„ and from noon to 5.30 p. m., on Sundays and Holidays from 8 a. m. to noon. ICE WILL ONLY BE DELIVERED AGAINST CASH OR TICKETS AND NOT AGAINST BOOKS OR CH IIS THE
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