Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 September 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 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1890. No. 71
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    • 1577 1 pipping (Hofices. (Hdkeec British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean Steam Ship Company. Indisclie Stoomraart Jlaatsehappij. Navigation Company. holts weekly line. *Y-- -X Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. THE following are the appoint- r ed dates of arrival of the v iv la -o I
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    • 1468 2 Jnffutance (Hoftcea. ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. i (Ttofices* company, J. DUKKERS Zoon’s SPECIALITIES, Standard Lite Assuranc~ T UI? MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. COHIDaiIV HE undersigned are prepared to accept vvnipuuij, *he above Company by any first-class ASSOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX S WINES AND LIQUEURS, New and Reduced Rates for
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  • 126 3 The following is a list of Vessels expected to arrive during the fortnight Namk. Fbom Date. Destination. w®. 'China 9 Sept. Calcutta. Putiahi Singapore... 10 Moul Ran. A Cal. k.k. I’uttrhia Rai.n ...12 Singapore. h.H. T> tih»tin KL.n —l3 Klan-A Selangor. I*. <>. I’rkiu Singapore 13 London. F.B.
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  • 1281 3 (London and China Express, 15th Audi st.) The Court.—The Queen is at Osborne. The German Emperor took leave of Her Majesty on the Bth inst. The I’rince of Wales left for Homburg last night. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught are expected to stay with the
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  • 915 3 August 14th. Just now the papers are full of reclames about the Emperor who, only a few months ago, was being described by them as a monster of arrogance and filial ingratitude. If one could believe all the eulogistic vapourings of the reporters who seem to have
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  • 959 3 The Queen has replied, through Lord Knutsford. to the address which was presented by the inhabitans of Heligoland. In this reply, w hich lias been placarded in the Island, Her Majesty recognises the loyally of the Heligolanders, and sincerely wishes them a continuance of prosperity and
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    • 489 3 New Advertisements. Notices in this column trill be charged full rates. MUNICIPAL NOTICE The next Ordinary Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2 d.m., On Friday, the 12th instant. (By order) J. W. H ALLI FAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. GOVERNMENT OF
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  • 121 4 Penang, Bth September, 1890. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 3/9| dollar. De. 4 months'sight Bank... 3/IOJ Do. <> Credits 3/10’ Do. 6 Documentary 3/11 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 220} Do. 30 days’sight Private 223* Bombay, Demand Bank 220.', Do. 30 days’sight Private 223" Madras, Demand Bank 2201
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  • 104 4 The Czar to visit Turkey. London, 4th September. It is re-affirmed that the Emperor of Russia visits the Sultan at Constantinople in October. Strikes in the Southern Colonies. The miners strike is extending in New South Wales and New Zealand, it is expected that Broken Bills” will close
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  • 23 4 BIRTH. Wemyss. —At Dunbar Hall, Penang, on the 29th August 1890, the wife of J. Leith Wemyss, Esq., of a daughter.
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  • 1148 4 A day or two ago we had the pleasure ol seeing Mr. J. Iwi, a jewel merchant from the ancient city of Antwerp, which lor a long time past has been fatuous as the largest di< mend mart in Europe, and the seat of the cutting and polishing
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  • 532 4 The Sapphires and Rubies of Sima Co. (Limited), was registered by Ashurst Morris Crisp, and Co., with a capital of £300,000, in £1 shares. The object is stated to he:—To purchase or otherwise acquire a certain concession dated April 12, 1889, made
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  • 537 4 E have to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of “Extract of a Buddhist Catechism written by Henry S. Ollcott,” and regret that we are unable to find space for so extended a paper. We may say briefly that the greater part of it is occupied with a short history
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    • 268 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 Kurrachee Hongkong Bombay Agra Bush ire Madras Lahore Bussoraii Rangoon Shanghai Singapore ROBINSON Co are now showing the following NEW GOODS English and Parisian Tweeds
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  • 1411 5 Transfer of Prisoners.—Twenty longsentence prisoners will be sent on to Singapore to-day by the steamer Meanatchy. A Severe Punishment.—A Chinese seller of vegetables who was arrested yesterday at the Prangin Market for having a false weight in his possession, has been mulcted in the sum of §lOO,
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  • 205 5 M e are glad to welcome to Penang Mr. J. IL Bostock, the specialist who has been sent out to report upon the long talked of improvements in our harbour. Mr. Bostock arrived by the P. O. mail steamer Peshawar on Friday night and
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  • 253 5 Revenge on a Witness. Our readers will remember that two out of five Chinese who were brought up before the Executive Council held on Tuesday last, charged with being members of the Sui Leok Peng An” Society, otherwise known as the Broken Coffin Society, were
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  • 666 5 The Sea Belle left Penang on Wednesday, with Sir Frederick Dickson and the Hon. A. M. Skinner. Her Majesty’s Consul-General for the Western Siamese States. As the steamer got away northward the south-west monsoon began to be felt and freshened almost
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  • 469 5 In the last Government Gazette an Order in Council insuring parcels sent by post to the United Kingdom is published. It sets forth that the Postmaster, in giving compensation in respect of parcels insured under the scheme, does so not in consequence of any legal liability, but
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  • 448 6 The following Report of the Assistant Indian Immigration Agent at Taiping for the half-year ending 30th June is published in the Perak Government Gazette: The number of arrivals for the six months was 186, as compared with 178 for the same period last year,
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  • 316 6 Arrivals. 4th September. Pers. s. Gympie from Port W’eld. Mr. F. Dickson and Mr. W\ B. Dickson. sth September.-—Per s. s. Thaiping from Port W’eld. Mr. E. D'Sonza, Mr. C. F. Bozzolo and Mr. A. W. Bean. 6th September.— Per s. s. Patroclus from Liverpool, Mr. W. Gamble.
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  • 219 6 A I.etter has been received from one of the officers at present engaged in the Fiores expedition, stating that both the Resident of Timor and the officer commanding the expedition have both advised the higher officials to put a stop to the expedition and to evacuate
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  • 256 6 Straits Times. Javanese find their way in such increasing numbers to Deli, that, they muster this year 25.000 souls. They take so readilv to the cultivation of the soil, that their settlement on the land is said to be a distinct gain to the Colony. In Asahan, the
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  • 169 6 —London N China E.rpress. The Queen of the Sedangs was brought into the Lobby by Air. Gourley, and introduced to Sir Richard Temple and other members of the House of Commons. By the Queen of the Sedangs. says a parliamentary correspondent, I mean the wife
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  • 948 6 London and China E.rpress. A REMARKABLE breach of promise action was heard at the Sussex Assizes, at Lewes. The plaintiff was Miss Gladys Knowles, a young lady twenty-one years of age, described as the niece of Admiral Knowles, and the defendant, Ah’. Leslie Fraser
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  • 1085 6 Cardinal Newman died at a qurrter to nine on Monday night Aug. 11. at the Oratory, Edgbaston, Birmingham, in his ninetieth year. The Cardinal was, on the preceding Saturday, prostrated by inflammation of the left lung, and from that time he gradually sank until he passed
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  • 686 6 —R. of Reviews. The most interesting thing in the Deutsche Revue (July) is an article with the title The Man in the Aloon.” The imagination of all nations has busied itself a great deal with the dark spots in the moon. In many eases the
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  • 422 7 The altered conditions of modern warfare and the absolute necessity that soldiers in battle must scatter over the field have put an end, once for all, to the movement in serried lines in front of the enemy. But the aspect of an army thus scattered must
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  • 982 7 of seltzer and Apollinaris.’— Pall Mall Gazette, 31st July, 1890. Crime evidently pays in Ceylon. The cost of victualling the prisoners there averaged during the last six years R 5.64 per annum, while the total cost including clothing, hospital expenses, lighting, etc., ■averaged Rs. 135. a sum which is
    of seltzer and Apollinaris.’—Pall Mall Gazette, 31st July, 1890.  -  982 words
  • 357 7 AUTUMN MEETING, 1890. PROGRAMME. Saturday, 27th September, 1890, I. —Maiden Battak Ponies. Prize $lOO. 1,000 meters. Weight per scale. Gentlemen riders. 11. -Roadsters. Prize $l5O. 2,400 meters. Weight. 75 kg. Gentlemen riders. 111. Ponies up to 137 cm, (13.2). Prize $125. R. C. Weight per scale. IV.
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    • 107 7 THE MISER'S DIAMOND NECKLACE. In the year 1740 there lived in the Latin quarter in Faris, a famous miser named Jean Avere. The wealth concealed in the obscure rookery where he resided was believed to lie fabulous, and was no doubt really very great. Among his treasures was a celebrated
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    • 801 7 an old woman, who had sometimes done odd jobs I about his house, were both at his bed-side, seeing that the end was near. As the clock in the neigh-; bouring tower tolled one, he ceased his low I muttering and sat up and shrieked, I remember j where it
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    • 343 7 THE TIFFIN REFRESHMENT ROOMS, No. 3, Bishop Street. CHEAP and Excellent Tiffins could be had at the above Establishment, from Ito 3 p. m., at 35 cents. Monthly $B, Sundays excepted. G. R. WOODFORD, 289 Proprietor. FOR SALE-TIMBER, TO ESTATE MANAGERS A FEW HUNDRED TONS of wellseasoned hardwood TIMBER, in
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    • 1712 8 For Calcutta. ROSBACH MINERAL WATER Y T HE Indo-China Steam ASSUl’ailCe Ct)., Ltd. AaJL I Navigation Co., Ltd., Young, having left Hongkong on the 30th Fresh Supplies Just /I rrived. Bonus Year isoi. ultimo, may be expected here on or about the 9th instant. For freight or passage apply to
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    • 648 9 H. J. MARTYN. X Entrances: Beach Street, Grand Hotel Yard; Union Street, opposite Government Telegraph Office. On account of the fluctuation in exchange fixed prices cannot be given. Customers will be charged according to the exchange of the day. WINE CIGAR MERCHANT, COMMISSION AGENL BEERS. A S LIQUEURS. From van
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    • 94 10 PILSENEB BEEB. key brand. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THItEE LABELS. Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany. ml I awWA’ trademark iMJililfll wito Brewed and ,i ||1 l 1 1. l|| Hi||ia'., 1 jml «nwlteiL.— vCr Sih 1 ,iir i<7 BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. t jb
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    • 981 10 awarded Gold Mimi L pool Ixnmri Exhibition, 1888. ENGLISH MANUFACTURED t 1 1 th r Aßp.ns i I Vf UIIU U U O r m 1 .086 olu blc Pearls contain in each. grains 1 V W W of pure Pepsine capable of digesting 450 Un »s Z T its
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