Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 July 1890

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  • 24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. HEW. ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. XLVIII. FRIDAY. JULY 18, 1890. No. 56
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1537 1 Epping (Hofices. Qtatces. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean Sieani SliipCompanv. lndisehe Stoomvaart Maatscliappij. Navigation Company. holts weekly line. Negapatam Line of Steamers. THEfoiiown.garethe'appoint.i lntended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. ed dates of arrival of the W'i Packets conveying the Eon. Willsail. Steamer. From. Expected
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    • 1481 2 jnsurance Qtoftwe. isle OF SKYE WHISKY. Jneunmce (Hoticee. The Marine Insurance Company, J Dukkers Zoon’s Specialities, Standard Life Assurance Limited. j I MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. LOllipanV. r pilE undersigned are prepared to accept| J. Risks and issue Policies on behalf of ASSOCIATION vinICOLE DE BORDEAUX’S WINES AND LIQUEURS,
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  • 2918 3 (From the Rangoon Times.) Twenty-FOIR years ago is no small space of time on which to look back, and the Straits Settlements have not been standing still of late years. The Penang of to-day is by no means the Penang of 1866 when I saw it
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  • 125 3 The class list of the Cambridge Mathematical Tripos has been invested with peculiar interest by the fact that a lady, Miss Philippa Garrett Fawcett, daughter of the late Professor Fawcett, is placed above the Senior Wrangler. Miss Fawcett is the first lady who has achieved higher
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  • 609 3 Max O’Rei.l” is contributing some capital Table Talk” to the Weekly Scotsman. Lately he entered a very seasonable protest against the miserable mania for romanticism that is now so prevalent. Now that the London season is once more in full swing (he writes), one cannot help remarking how
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  • 367 3 Mrs. H arrisox. wife of the President of the United States, has shown part of the seamy side of life at the ‘White House to an interviewer. She finds the want of privacy one of her greatest trials. The only private sittingroom devoted to the family use is
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  • 417 3 Apropos of the announcement that Prince Albert Victor is to be henceforth known as the Duke of Clarence and Avondale, the Manchester Guardian tells a funny story of the late Duke of Hamilton, who also rejoiced in the titles of Brandon and Chatelherault. For the sake of brevity his
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  • 125 4 Penang, 17th July, 1890. Rates <lose as follows: London, Demand Bank 3 7 dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank H/~ l Do. 6 Credits 3/8 jj Do. 6 Documentary 3/8/ Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 221 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 226 Bombay. Demand Bank 221 Do. 30 days’ sight Private
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  • 96 4 I he following is a list of Vessels expected to arrive during the fortnight Name. Fbom Date. Destination. s. I.nnllc •••[London Is July. Singapore. 1 B.K’da.K’n&S’gor. Sinnnpore ...11 i, on don. fe* rg -in u knf L-,’ xs j iW'i, 1 1 11 21 Sin China Jup g
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  • 77 4 4— London, 15th July, 1890. The President of the United States has given his assent to the Silver Bill. The Silver Bill in America comes into force on 13th August. London, 16th July, 1890. The House of Lords has read the bill for the cession of Heligoland the
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  • 1066 4 Mr. Tan Kang Hock, whose name has recently been brought prominently before the public in connection with alleged bad treatment of coolies on his estate at Batu Kawan, enters upon his defence in a long letter, which we publish in another column. Both directly and by
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  • 619 4 4 (From our Telegraphic Exchangee.') A new trial lias been ordered in the case of Moussa Bey. China proposes to borrow thirty millions of taels of American silver for strategic railways in Manchuria. It is stated that General Grenfell iron Cairo will replace Sir Redvers Buller as
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  • 1503 4 The P. O. mail .steamer Rome, having left Singapore on Wednesday evening, may be expected here this morning. Air. Bell, the Superintendent of Police, is expected to return to Penang by the P. A O. mail steamer Rome to-day. The man who slaughtered a diseased bid! last
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 306 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 Kukbaciiee Hongkong Bombay Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bussouah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD CO., Agents, Penang ROBINSON Co. have just received A FRESH DELIVERY OF
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  • 485 5 (From Telegraphic E.rchanges.) The agitation among the London postmen is increasing. On the 9th instant forty Unionists forcibly ejected seventy NonUnionists from the Mount Pleasant Parcels Office, and three hundred postmen at Saint Maidin's le Grand struck work, but afterwards resumed their duties. The postmen
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  • 245 5 The Singapore Free Press has obtained the following particulars This morning tilth inst.) at 1.35 (Singapore time), a sharp earthquake shock passed over Banjoewangie ami the south-east of Java, by far the sharpest shock felt for many years, reports an old resident. The direction seemed to
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  • 214 5 Arrivals. 13th July.—Per s. s. Gympie from Port Weld. Mr. M. Smith. 14th July.—Per s. s. Lady Weld from Port Weld, Mr. Ghee Loon. Mr. Chan Lye Kham and Mr. Burghope. 15th July.—Per s. s. Gympie from Port Weld, Dr. Rhodes, Mr. T. Scott Gardner and Mr. Liin
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  • 1274 5 The Bail Kawan Case. (To lite Editor of the “Pinaiig Gazette.”) Sir, —With reference to a paragraph which appeared in your issue of the 3rd June last, intituled “Slavery on a Chinese Estate at Batu Kawan,” and to your leading article, which appeared in your issue of the 6th
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  • 196 6 (Government Gazette, 11m in-i.) The leave of absence granted to His Honor Mr. Justice Goldney has been extended for five months from the 2 s th inst. The leave of absence granted to Mr. H Evans, Assistant Indian Immigration Agent. Penang, has been extended for two mouths from
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  • 1095 6 (From the Straits Times.') The Planters Association of Penang and Province Wellesley have had the temerity to tackle a subject which generally falls to philanthropists, or bilious critics whose interests lie outside the sphere of the planting industry. A Penang contemporary set the ball rolling by drawing attention
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  • 456 6 FIRST DAY. Thursday, 21st August, 1890 First Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE, value 8125. For all Horses that have never won a race on any course. Roadsters, Jump Races and Subscription Griffin Races excepted. Distance 1 mile. Weight 11 st. Entrance 810. Second Race. THE
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 93 6 Perak Turf Club. NOTICE. IN the ensuing Perak Races, August 7th and 9th, there will be an additional race on the second day. termed the Kinta Stakes Conditions A Handicap for all horses that have run and not won on the first day.” Distance R. C. Value $2OO. C. G.
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    • 473 6 Ross Pritchard TAILORS AND GENTLEMEN'S OUTFITTERS, No. 1, Beach Street No. 1, Union Street, 4 RE now showing a LARGE ASSORT--21. MENT of the latest designs for Spring 1890 in the following goods Fancy Tennis Cashmeres. Fancy Tennis Flannels, White Tennis Flannels. White Twill Flannels, White Saxony Flannels, Fancy Ceylon
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    • 181 6 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE, 1888. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS 8 ETTLE M ENTS. Settlement of Penang. In Bankruptcy. No. 7 of ISS9. lie Teoh Kan Chuan of the chop Chin Tye.” ■jVTOTICE is hereby given that a first dividend is intended to be declared in the above matter,
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    • 1858 7 WAN TED tojLet. ORIENTAL TIFFIN Positive Government Security Caledonia Estate No. 2, Westlands Bungalow. and i ui 4 FEW good Fitters. Applications to be Apply to BILLIARD ROOMS, tllC ASSlttanCC 10 Lt(L A made personally at the above Estate. THEAN CHEE Co No. 2, Union Street, Penang. 18tMay 1890 153
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    • 80 8 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS. l l nlPwUlHH!l|n|WniWwßWiww<nnTnr! n :n» nTr'i''» i Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany. mm jlllygggj BEWARE of imitations. BH w> Sole Importers and Sole Agents, SCHMIDT, KUSTERMANN Co y W z\ 11 IM Pl
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    • 1192 8 GRIWAULT3 GIIMAULT'S Matico Capsules Syrup of Hypo-Phosphite of Liqe FOR DISEASES OF THE CHEST AND INJECTION j| All «offering from Catarrh, Consumption. Obitli nate Cough» or Colds and thoje iffeeteil with diieaiei Renowned Physicians prescribe Grimault’s I of the Chest, Lungs and Bronchial Tubes, should tsks Matico as the most
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