Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 May 1890

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  • 25 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. XLVIIL FRIDAY. MAY 16, 1890. No. 38
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1510 1 tapping (notices. pipping (iloficetr. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Ocean Steam Ship Company. Xedet Indische Stoomvaart Maatschappij. Navigation Company. holts weekly line. Negapatam Line ot Steamers. the following are the appoint- —talk lntentle<l Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. 1 ed dates of arrival of the Mail Paekets conveying
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    • 1492 2 Jnaurance (Hotter* isle of skye m whisky. insurance Qtoticea* The Marine Insurance Company, J. Dukkers Zoon’s Speclallties, Standard Life Assurance Limited. 3 x x MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. COHipailV. HE undersigned are prepared to accept tho hove fiS*' l«»! ASSOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX'S WINES AND LIQUEURS, New and Reduced
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  • 1719 3 The home papers for the week ending Friday, 18th April, contain the following items of intelligence telegraphed to the Rangoon Gazette from Bombay The Bible used by King Theodore of Abyssinia has just been added to the treasures of the Stanley-African Exhibition. The Theatre Royal Birkenhead, was burnt
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  • 1144 3 What the Germans Think. A writer in the Cologne Gazette airs some very strange views of English rule in India. He begins by declaring, on what grounds we do not know, that everything done in our Eastern Empire proceeds from dread of Russia When English orators
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  • 475 3 (Perak Government Gazette, 9th Inst.) In his annual report for 1889, the State Surgeon says Diarrhoea and dysentery and fevers are the diseases most prevalent among Tamils in this country, from which the greater number admitted into hospital suffer. A large number of these patients are paupers found
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  • 628 3 The article which Mr. Walter Ere wen Lord contributes to the current number of The Nineteenth Century on The English Conquest of Java,” is of considerable interest, and sets forth very clearly England’s connection with the island from the landing of the British troops at
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  • 130 4 Penang, 15th May, 1890. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/5 Do. 6 Credits 3/5J Do. 6 Documentary 3/5| Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 225 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 228 Bombay, Demand Bank 225 Do. 30 days’sight Private 228 Madras, Demand Bank 224)
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  • 104 4 The following is a list of Vessels expected to arrive during the fortnight Ml! ROM Date. Destination. :J<te POre IV Mar Italy. s.s. Teutonia ...(Klanir 1- v.s. Jlooldona Siiulpon- 1H K K’ g S'gor. M. Vqjirunhh. Padung ]<» q? oul Cttl B.S. Mama LondoS’ ss. hoiiffsre Singapore B
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  • 112 4 London, 13th May, 1890. A Portuguese expedition has started for the purpose of occupying Zazaland, with a view of confirming Portugal's treaty rights of protectorate. London, 14th May, 1890. During the debate in the Reichstag upon the Colonial policy, General Caprivi stated that it Avas impossible for Germany
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  • 393 4 A few days ago the Kamunting railway extension was formally opened to traffic. This, although no fuss was made about it, and although it has attracted little notice here, is really a matter of more than ordinary importance to Penang. Kamunting is rather more than three
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  • 1501 4 (From our Telegraphic Exchanges.) The Queen's birthday will, be observed in England on the 21st instant. The statement that Bwanaheri has submitted to Major Wissmann is unfounded. Tenders amounting to £300,500 were received for the Ceylon Railway loan of 450,000. The balance has been withdrawn from the
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  • 1829 4 1 he Resident Councillor will give an official dinner on the 21st instant in honor of the Queen’s birthday. The P. O. mail steamer Malwa having left Colombo on Tuesday, at 8 p.m., may be expected here on Sunday morning. Vessels arriving from Calcutta and the Madras
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 245 4 THE AGRA BANK LIMITED. Capital £1,000,000. (One Million Sterling.) Head Office Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., London, E.C. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta Kurkachee Hongkong Bombay Agba Bushire Madras Lahore Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 967 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang ROBINSON Co. are now showing the following NEW GOODS:Single
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  • 28 5 His Excellency Sir Frederick Dickson, the Acting Governor, and Lady Dickson and party left for Singapore early this morning in the steamer Sea Belle.
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  • 161 5 His Majesty the King of Siam is expected here from Kedah this afternoon at between 5 and 6 o’clock. Renong House” in Duke Street, the property of Mr. Khaw Sim Kong, has been prepared for the reception of His Majesty. The reception room, which commands
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  • 96 5 Messrs. Huttenbach, Liebert Co. received on Monday, the 12th inst., copy of a letter from London dated 18th ultimo, which was sent to their Negapatam agents via Bombay on that date, and by them forwarded to Penang. The original was posted by the French mail of same
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  • 161 5 With reference to our article about rates of postage in last issue, a correspondent draws our attention to the fact that years ago the postage from this colony to all the places we mentioned was less than it is now—that is to say, that before we had
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  • 518 5 A general meeting of the Penang Turf Club was held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at 3 p. m„ at which the following gentlemen were present: Messrs. C. S. Tennent, A. Huttenbach, F. G. Somerville, W. C. Brown, A.
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  • 559 5 On Wednesday afternoon Lady Dickson held a reception at the house of the Hon. the Resident Councillor, which was well attended. Soon after 5 o’clock the visitors began to arrive, the carriages passing from the Western Road over the new bridge which has just been finished. Amongst
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  • 120 6 Arrivals. 12th May.—Per s. s. Thaiping from Port Weld, Mr. A. Huttenbach. Per s. s. Gympie from Port Weld, Mrs. Tek Joo, Mrs Klioo Sooi, Capt. White, Mr. T. Scott Gardner and Lt. Col. Walker. 14th May. —Per s. s. Gympie from Port Weld, Mr. and Mrs. F.
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  • 283 6 Dr. Eugen Von Krudy. (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.”) Sir, —I feel it a duty that I owe to the oculist, Dr. Eugen \on Krudy, as well as to the public to give publicity to the great skill displayed by the said doctor in operating on a
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  • 178 6 (From the Perafc Government Gazette.) The Kamunting Railway Extension was opened to traffic on the 6th instant, a passenger train, conveying the Acting British Resident and a large party of ladies and gentlemen, having proceeded along the line from the Taiping to the Kamunting Station on the
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  • 323 6 (Singapore Free Press.) A CASE of considerable importance to local shipmasters serving on board Chineseowned steamers, was heard before Captain Craufurd (Marine Magistrate) on the 10th instant. Mr. Stonham, master of the s. s. Singapore, trading between here and Bangkok, charged six of his
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  • 339 6 The following, from a letter to the Morning Post, show’s a curious mixture of knowdedge and ignorance of the circumstances and present plans of railwayextensions in the Malay Peninsula The Sultan of Johore is a loyal ally of the British Throne, and there is no question that
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
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    • 1009 6 Ross Pritchard M|SS MERRY vvmw w uvxiuuu MTLLINER and DRES SMAKER, TAILORS No. 7a, FARQUHAR STREET. AND GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS, TO LET. No. 1, Beach Street No. 1, Union Street. No. 2, Westlands Bungalow. 4 RE now showing a LARGE ASSORT- Applj p A MENT of the latest designs for Spring
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    • 1998 7 ««Kw» 'lWti« s« furllJ NOTICE is hereby given that the Prye Established 1860. nil 1 jApfi RAniUIQ Lift* AsSUFtLIICP 0 Ltd Dock will be closed for repairs on or, E. S. COHEN SON Co. bILLiAKU KOO Mb, Lib, UHL about July Ist, 1890, and will remain closed Auctioneers, Appraisers Commission
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    • 89 8 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS. Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany. w w trade-mark WSSiS'I A4®SSr 'VRft Ar'w XI J ili WWr !>' xhVSli'' 11 illi'v Brewed and .4'l y b o l+l e d VW>2 beware of imitations.
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    • 1025 8 awarded Cold Medal L pool Intern'l Exhibition, 1888. GRIM AULT'S TAD fiKono Syrup ot Hypo-Phospilite oflime' I I mH W ft s£ ««oL™ £C £sr I ’W? KiJr flo yjjy 4a/ All from Catarrh, Consumption. Obsti- nate Coughs or Colds ind those affected with disease! p.j •■>•. 2 of the
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