Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 November 1889

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    25 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. New Series.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Price 20 Cents. VOL. XLVII. FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1889. No. 94
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      1592 1 £l)ippm S jioufra. Boticrs. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.) Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean Steam Ship Company. iwr^nr^riwirn^ MAATSCHAPPIJ. Navigation Company. holts weekly line. Aa iM „Ana T MS S Arrtvai <> z sieame™. ®THE following are the appoint- ~V. ~e d ofarrival of tbe Will sail. Steamer. From. Expected on
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      1702 2 tnsurante JUtttra. I I ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. fr.sutautc Notices. The Marine bram. Company. J J) UKKERg ZOON’S SPECIALITIES, TH^of«. NDS Ia Standard Life Office. TORE undersigned are prepared to accept MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. Are invested entirely within the British Risks and issue Policies on behalf of Dominians
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    264 3 (Straits Times.) The Resident of Selangor lias decided that a cart-road shall be immediately constructed to Raub. Messrs. Campbell A Co., wh.i are contractors for the extension of the Selangor State Railway, have accordingly been instructed to cut a railway trace to Raub, and that trace will then
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    MALACCA NEWS.
    109 3 (Weekly Chronicle, 9th Inst.) We are told that on Saturday morning last when a number of chetties presented themselves in the Post Office here to get their letters, they were quietly informed by the man whose duty it is to decipher the addresses that the letters would not
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    HONGKONG NEWS.
    173 3 (China Mail, L3th Inst.) A Switchback railway has been started in Hongkong. The Kaisar-i-Hind just as she was leaving for Shanghai on the 12th instant, was delayed by the bursting of the throttle valve chest. Two Indian firemen were scalded. The repairs will detain the ship four or
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    CHINA NEWS.
    87 3 (China Mail, 13th Inst.) Mr. Colin Jamieson, who recently arrived at Chefoo to act as Commissionor of Customs. mysteriously disappeared on the 31st October and has not since been seen. Foul play is suspected. The Chinese troops have suffered a rather severe defeat from the savages in South
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    BANK MEETINGS.
    750 3 Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China. (From the "Money Market Review. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of this company took place on Oct. 16th at the Cannon-street Hotel. Mr. William Paterson presiding, the Secretary. Mr. William Charles Mullins, having read the notice calling the meeting,
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    RUSSIAN OFFICERS PASSION FOR CARD PLAYING.
    319 3 A correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. in an interesting article on life in the Russian army, gives us the following glimpse of the officers’ passion for cardplaying. The officers of the line, be says, are a little better off than their soldiers. Thev spend
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    JAPANESE NICK-NACKS.
    280 3 The Pall Mall Gazette's own Tittle-Tattler says Chatting the other day with a leading importer of Japanese nick-nacks 1 was surpris ed to hear how largely this trade has developed. Although twenty years ago Japanese goods were almost unknown in England, there are now upwards of twenty importers
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    AT A SALVATION ARMY MEETING IN KANDY.
    1093 3 Praising God on the Big Drum.’’ A correspondent to the Ceylon Observer signing himself A Planter and an Englishman” writes —Having an unoccupied evening in Kandy lately. I found myself rather by chance than design in the vicinity of the Salvation Army Barracks.
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    BETTING WOMEN.
    465 3 Mrs. Alice Hayes writes in the Hayes' Sporting News Of the ladies of the turf, what shall I say It is a painful sight to see the old Countess of Cardigan, a woman over seventy years of age. with a golden wig on, and her face enamelled so
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    A NEW PRUSSIAN CROWN
    284 3 Lloyd's Weekly. A new Prussian Crown has just been made at the command of the Emperor William 11., and has been delivered to him. The form is the same as that of the old one, but the Crown is richer and more tasteful. The diamonds and
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      43 3 To the deaf. —A Person cured of Deafness and noises in the head of 23 years’ standing by a simple remely, will send a description of it free to any Person who applies toNicnousoN, 21, Bedford Square, London, W. C. England. —Avdt. 1030
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 4 Rites close as follows: London, Demand Bank 32J dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank K/3J Do. 6 Credits 3/3« Do. 6 Documentary 3/;!, Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 228 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 232 Bombay. Demand Bank 228 Do. 30 days' sight Private 232 Madras. Demand Bank 227 Do. 30
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    249 4 London, 18th November, 1889. The report of a Royal Commission in Holland proposes the abolition of obligatory coffee cultivation in Java and Menado after five years, but proposes to maintain the system on the west coast of Sumatra, with liberty however to choose lands and a free method
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    MUNICIPAL FUNDS FOR PUBLIC RECREATION.
    773 4 The liveliest debate that has taken place in the Legislative Council this session took place on Thursday, the 14th instant, on a motion made by Mr. Adamson to introduce a clause into the Municipal Amendment Bill allowing the expenditure of municipal funds for purposes of
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    TWO THEORIES OF JOURNALISM
    198 4 The Straits Independent is much exercised because of our article on the resignation of the Municipal Commissioners. Notwithstanding its name our contemporary does not appear to understand that a newspaper can express independent views or be really independent. It is contrary to all traditions of journalism,
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    NOTES OF NEWS.
    869 4 {From our Exchanges.) The Right Hon. H. C. E. Childers has started for India. The principal master bakers have yielded to the men’s demands. The German flag has been hoisted at Port Durnford on the Somali Coast. A battalion of Soudanese troops will reinforce the frontier force
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      354 4 THE AGRA BANK LIMITED. CAPITA! £1,000,000. (One Million Sterling.) Head Offk e Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., London, E.C. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcvtta Kvrrachee Hongkong Bombay Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bvssorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 967 BOUSTEAD Co., .tffents, Penang ROBINSON Co. ARE NOW SHOWING New Goods—New Goods.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1274 5 The final heat in the pair oar race will j be rowed this afternoon at 5.15. Mr. R. N. Bland, of the Straits Settle- i ments, has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Colonial Institute. The Straits Times says that, by private letters, the resignation of
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    THE RESIGNATION OF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    243 5 In a leader on this subject the Singapore Free Press says The point on which Penang feeling is roused seems to be that in recent corres-' pondenee with Government they have not been treated with reasonable consideration. On the 15th August the Acting Colonial
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    GALLANT RESCUE FROM DROWNING.
    224 5 —Free Press. A correspondent, en route to Australia, sends us from Java an account of a gallant rescue from drowning at sea. which occurred when the s. s. Tangsene was crossing the Madura Straits. On October 11th a fit eman. a native of the Punjab, who
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    THE CHARTERED BANK IN DELI.
    450 5 The Deli Courant of 9th instant publishes an article entitled Paper Money,” of which the following is a translation “The last news in the financial sphere is likely to be the issue here by the Chartered Bank of bills of exchange at three days’ sight.
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    RUMOURED DEATH OF THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.
    243 5 It is rumoured in unofficial quarters that the Emperor is dead, and serious complications are feared. The Hongkong Telegraph adds We trust the above is a mere rumour, but it is not to be forgotten that various incidents which have occurred since His
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    GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATIONS.
    290 5 {Government Gazette, 15th instant.) 7 he text of a Bill intituled an Ordinance to amend The Steam-vessels Ordinance 1882,” is published. The object of the Bill is to enable a single Surveyor to survey and give Certificates of Survey of Steamvessels. It is notified that in terms of
    {Government Gazette, 15th instant.)  -  290 words
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    204 5 Arrivals 17th November. —Per s. s. Lady Weld from Taiping, Mrs. Kunstler, Mrs. Cowan, Mr. Kitchen and Mr. Pereira. 18th November.—Per s. s. Lady Weld from Taiping, Mr. Schiffmann. 19th November.—Per s. s. Kongsee from Edie, Miss Diemont. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Taiping', Mr. Siriwarden and
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    GLEANINGS.
    1333 6 Commander Wentworth Vernon Bayly I has been appointed to command the Trinco- 1 malee. Commander Bayly, first lieutenant of the Ringdove, served with the Naval' Brigade during operations against Malays in the Straits of Malacca, 1875-76, and was attached to the Transport Service at Durian Sabatang, receiving the Perak
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    STEAMERS EXPECTED.
    174 6 The following is a list of Vessels expected to arrive during the fortnight:— Name. From Date. 1 Destixatiox. R.& M. Vaiirunhit Singapore 22 Nov. !’•<’. rto ports. Denbighshire. London ...22 S’pore Ch Japan s.r. Glow us Liverpool 22 s’pore A < hin BS.A.Apcar Calcutta 22 S’pore H’kon?. s.B
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    S. GEORGE’S CHURCH. PENANG.
    61 6 Sunday next before Advent. November 24th, 1889. Morning. —Venite 90 Te Deum Vaughan in 1). Jubilate 255 Anthem 288 Holy Communion —Kyrie 11 Gloria and Thanks 4 Offertory Hymn 313 Evening. —Psalms...cxix vv I—l 6 262 vv 17—32 263 Maenificat 39 Nunc Diniittis 156 Anthem 214
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      107 6 NOTICE. Neither the Captain. Owners nor Agents of the American ship Raphael, will be responsible for any debts contracted by the crew during the vessel's stay in port. E. W. HARKNESS, Master Penang, 12th Nov., 1889. 1142 "SANDY COOK.” A Blend of VERY OLD HIGHLAND WHISKIES. Tiie most Popular Whisky
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      667 6 Netherlands Indian Government. NOTICE. The Opium farm of Panei, Bila, Kotta Pinang and Laboean Batoe (Residency East Coast of Sumatra) for the year 1890 and for the years 1890 and 1891 jointly will be let at Medan on Monday, the 18th November 1889, at 10 o’clock a. m. H. van
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      274 6 ROSS PRITCHARD. TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS, 1, Beach Street. JUST RECEIVED Per s. s. Coromandel and Benledl. V kite Dress Shirts with and without collars. White Shirts for office use with and without collars. Four-fold Linen Collars The Polo,” St. James,” Oxonian,” and “«Promenade.” Seamless Shooting Hose in Blue and heather
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    PROGRAMME OF THE PENANG RACES, 1890.
    648 7 FIRST DAT. Tuesday, 28th January. FIRST RACE. The Maiden Plate.—Value slso.—For all Horses that have never won a race on any course (Jump Races and Roadsters excepted). Entrance $lO. Distance 1 mile. Weight per scale. SECOND RACE. The Penang Vase. —Value $lOO. —For all
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      1583 7 PEN no. g 3 A b^'°tk E X ART Positive Government Security GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Established 1865. Life Assurance Co., Ltd, E. S. COHEN SON Co. Tenders will be received up to noon on Auctioneers, Appraisers Commission Saturday, the 30th November, 1889, at the Agents. BotlUS YasT 1891 Resident Councillor’s Office,
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      812 8 PILSENEB BEER. ‘‘|linang 6a;.cttc” i KEYBRAND. has IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS. BSWMWfI var ous Sizes and quality, izl SUITABLE FOR i Business or Private Correspondence Lab3ls ail Trads Mark Registered in England and Germany.' PENANG ICE WORKS Beach Street No. Open on week days from
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      568 8 DUSART’S Syrup o! Lactopiiosptiate of Lime: |F-A, r r Tbi« «yrtip enrkhei the blood, MJ C'H iCTILI ,nd lr '8 lh restore, all the Fl J*, fl I Ifl il)l energies. Phosphate of Lime 1 LUiJtA4x J V s tbe lbsUDCe "lost necessary to r f our existence, and is
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