Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 May 1889

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  • 25 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. New Series.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Price 2Q Cents VOL. XLVII. FRIDAY. MAY \24, 1889. No. 42
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1533 1 KAISER BOCK BEER. Irotu the Ixaisei Beer Brewery Company Limited, Niederinendig on the Rhine. Huttenbach Brother* Cmnpewy; Sole Agents for the Straits Settlements and Sumatra. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navi- Holt's Weekly Xane? BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.) THE following are the appointed NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. AW- NEGAPATAM LINE OF
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    • 1762 2 insurances. THE FUNDS isle of skye” whisky. The Marine Insurance Company Q-p ypy yyr; the d T- 4 STANDARD LIFE OFFICE. 7 zoon’S specialties, IHE undersigned are prepared to accept Risks and issue Policies on behalf Of the; n Al;E investe( enfirel vitl in th Briti h MEDOC, AFTER DINNER
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  • 1483 3 Present. The Hon. W. E. Maxwell, c.m.g., President. i ('apt. Cameron, R. E. R. P. Hogan, Esq. F. M. McLarty Esq. C. W. Barnett, Esq. 1. The Minutes of last meeting are read and confirmed.
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  • 108 3 Present. The Hon. C. W. S. Kynnersley, President. F. M. McLarty Esq. C. W. Barnett Esq. Absent. Captain Csmeron r.e. L. C. Brown Esq. R. Hogan Esq. A declaration made and subscribed by Mr. C.
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  • 522 3 (Perak Government Gazette, May 17 th., Mr. WingEaston, whose services have been courteously placed at the disposal of the State by the Netherlands India Government, arrived, early in the month, at Teluk Anson, charged with the duty of reporting as to the feasibility of sinking artesian wells in
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  • 129 3 (From China Mail.) The Ordinance for the Protection of Women and Children has been passed by the Legislative Council. A protest is to be sent in by the unofficial members against the repeal of the compulsory examination clauses of the old C. D. Ordinance, and the Governor says
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  • 695 3 (From the Straits Times.) A football match, under the Rugby Union Rules, between a team selected from amongst the members of the Naval and Military Forces at present in the Colony, and the S. C. C., will be played on the Esplanade to-morrow (16th instant.) Play will commence
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  • 117 4 Penang 23rd May. 1889. RATES CLOSE AS FOLLOWS London, Demand Bant dollar Do. 1 nionihs’siglit Bank... Do. 6 Credits 3 Do. 6 Documentary 3 2 (Jalci'Hi. Demand Bank Bs 225', Do. 30 days sigiii Private 230 B imbiy, Demand Hank 22.’'. Do. 30 days Private 230 Madras. Demand Bank
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  • 205 4 London, 20th Muy, 1889. Mr. Labouchere’s motion for the abolition of hereditary legislators has been rejected by a majority of 41. Prince Humbert has started for Berlin. Hundreds of arrests have been made in Russia, in connection with a plot against the Czar, including many officers and men
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  • 965 4 Since we wrote on the Chinese coolie traffic in last issue, we have seen a letter addressed by tin ExAssistaut to the Hongkong Telegraph combating the statements made by Messrs. Lauts and Ilaesloop, the agents at Swatow of the Deli Planters Association. Ln our article referred
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  • 748 4 In the Government Gazette of 17th instant there is published a memorandum, issued by the Local Government Board, giving a statement of the steps that should be taken in places that are attacked or threatened by epidemic disease. A great deal of it is for the
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 248 4 ROBINSON Co. abe isrow NEW GOODS Ex. S. 8. GLENS II [RL. Glondower Shirts, Collars in 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 Coats in all sizes, Fancy Ties and Scarfs, White
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    • 40 4 The Agra Bank Limited. Capital 1,000,000 (One Million Sterling.) Head Office Nicholas Lane, Lombard Street, London,E.C. Branches and Agencies in India and China. Calcutta Kurrauhee Hong-kong Bombay I Agra Bushire Madras I Lahore Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore BOUSTEAD Co., Penang.
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  • 1278 5 The next tobacco sale will be held at Amsterdam tomorrow. To-day being the anniversary of the Queen’s birth, is a public holiday. The s. s. Palitana, which arrived from Calcutta yesterday, reports having encountered very bad weather between that port and Rangoon. The homeward bound P. O.
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  • 59 5 We would call the attention of the public to an advertisement which appears in our columns stating that the Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, are prepared to receive application for $250,000 5 per cent debenture stock. No stock ■will be issued below par, and applications should be
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  • 78 5 By private advices we learn that, owing to the incessant and heavy downpour of rain, great Hoods have occurred in Larut. The roads are in a frightful state, many bridges have been carried away, and twelve mines in Kamunting are Hooded. Taiping has also suffered, but
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  • 87 5 We are informed that the Deli Race Club will hold a sky meeting on 23rd June, commencing at 3 p. m., and that the following is the proposed list of events; 1 Maidan Battacks 900 metres. 2 First Class Horses 2,400 3 Galloways (the Course) 1,920 4
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  • 325 5 On Tuesday as a Chinaman was being escorted to the office of the Chinese Protectorate by a fellow countryman for the purpose of signing a contract, for service on one of the tobacco estates in Sumatra, he suddenly bolted and ran into the Central
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  • 157 5 The affairs of this bank continue to flourish. At the thirty-first annual general meeting of shareholders, which was held at the banking-house, 65, Old Broad-street, London, last month, the following report was taken as read, and was adopted. The directors have now
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  • 221 5 The thirty-fifth ordinary general meeting of shareholders was held at the Cannonstreet Hotel, London, last month, when the following very satisfactory report of the directors was taken as read, and adopted. “The general balance-sheet and profit and loss account to December 31, 1888,
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  • 133 5 His Excellency the Governor has been pleased, subject to the approval of Her Majesty’s Government, to recognize temporarily and provisionally Mr. J. Vizconde as Acting Vice-Consul for Spain at Singapore. His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to appoint Mr. J. E. Westerhout to act temporarily and provisionally
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  • 122 5 ARRIVALS. 21st May.—Per s. s. Hajpoolana from Singapore Quah Gee Geok. 22nd May.—Per s. s. Palitana from Rangoon, Ghee Poli and Thong Saing; from Mouhnein, Mr. W. Nicholas. 23rd May.—Per s. s. Goa from Singapore Mrs. Ross, Mr. John Me Dougall, and Mrs. Leslie. Per s. s. Kongsee
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  • 2007 5 A Japanese giantess has been on view in the Yawatainachi theatre. She is reported to be just turned 15 years of age, stands 8 feet high, and weighs nearly 300 pounds. An extraordinary haul is reported from Biarritz, where a few days ago upwards of 100,000 sardines were caught
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 82 6 ROSS PRITCHARD, TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS, 7, Ik each Street. Have opened out ex s. s. "‘Glenoyle” GENT’S DANCING PUMPS. 11 GENT’S PATENT LEATHER SHOES. GENTS’S CALF LACE SHOES. GENT’S CALF LACE WALKING BOOTS. GENT’S BUFF LACE WALKING BOOTS. GENT’S BUFF LACE SHOES. 640 FOR SALE. LOMOND BUNGALOW, Penany Hill. 920
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    • 484 6 TOWN HALL, PENANG. Saturday, May 25th, 1881). GRAND OPENING NIGHT OF THE IDEAL” COMEDY COMPANY. In their New and refined Entertainment THE ABOVE COMPANY COMPRISES Mdlle. Durand (Premier Cornet Soloist and Character Artiste.) La Petite Aurilie (The Child Wonder in Serio Comic Medlev.) Mr. H. Rolland (The Ariel King.) Mons.
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    • 2280 7 Mrai SS^ r Svi' W r E<>Boß EASTERN AND ORIENTAL GRAND HOTEL TOWN, PENANG. iin-rri \UI\rAIMLx I IV I L. I— Xdfe Assurance Company (X.td.) HOTEL. BEACH STREET. J v Constituted under Municipal Ordinance L. KELLERMANN, Proprietor. The Company request the earnest attention of IX of 1887. THIS FIRST CLASS
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    • 877 8 T> T T Tjl AT Tjl ~L> OI7IT T> I “Securus judicat orbis terrarum.» I,L^yb' ao ApoUinaris IMPORTED SINCE 1879. THE vo.vz; «K.vrz.VK iizrzzoiz- them: theee luiels. d nS 12,720,000 801 I LES. t y- irxifll beverage affords a striking proof of the wideUy LV[<Wi]<llUl np 1 spread demand which
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    • 498 8 PENANG ICE WORKS Beach Street No. Open on week days from 7.30 to 1(J a. U 1 and from noon to 5.30 p. m., on Sundavi and Holidays from 8 a. in. to noon. ICE WILL ONLY BE DELIVERED AGAINST CASH OR TICKETS AND NOT AGAINST BOOKS OR CHITS THE
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