Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 March 1891

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    26 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. HEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED !833. JPRICE 2t) CENTS. VOL. XLIX. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1891. No. 25
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      1443 1 (Jlotitte. pipping (Uoftceer. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. S=®= “S"- *130» 1 j« Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. @rpHE mail steamers may 1 be expected to arrive For Willsail 1 Steamer. From. Expected on Achilles Hector Pri am 1 outwards and leave Penang Agamemnon Jason Prometheus homewards
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      986 2 Sneurance (Hoftceg. ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. TIVOLI BEER! Second Colonial Sea and Fire J. Dukkers Zoon’s Specialities, TIVOLI BEE Insurance Company. been appointed MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. TIVOLI BEER!!! JL Agents for this Company, are now prepared to accept Fire Risks on the usual ASSOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX’S WINES
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    STEAMERS EXPECTED.
    80 3 Ihe following is a list of Vessels expected to arrive during the fortnight: Name. From Date. Destination. «'s t i Rar o< n 4 M.ir. Singapore. s’. ffi'*’' Ba n K rX Ore Tan,bora ““"P™ Sf'n'lau, Liven«.l 5 Sln^P° re r T l 5 Moul Ran. 4 Cal.
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES OF A MEETING OF THE MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONERS.
    531 3 Held on the 18th February, 1891. I rese»? •—The Hon. M Skinner, c. m. 0., LmuWj.H i allcott, Esq., D. Comrie, fce<Esq. MCLarty E^’-dC W P. Hogan, Esq. i™*" f ,lu; d MmßimS Pre i l >•)■» OU the table Mr.
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR JANUARY 1891.
    891 3 Meetings. During the month of Januaryone ordinary meeting was held on the 16th and a special meeting on the 23rd. The special meeting was convened under section 60 sub-section 2 of the Municipal Ordinance 1887 to give effect to the view of the majority
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    THE MILITARY CONTRIRUTION.
    1292 3 The following summary of the facts relating to this controversy is given by the Straits Times:— These Settlements were at first a dependency of the Indian Government, which so neglected them as to start a local agitation for their transfer to the Imperial Government. The transfer was
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    A Psalm of Trade.
    119 3 “Tell m. nt w mournfuFlHfflaWs, Adve fl g a i nst loesn’t pay; For th was difOii compos mentis Wh\ v ho appJuch absurd things say. Liftiout basi.4 Life is earnest I Arxt stage ajl who hope to rise To s the la any calling Mu?
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      350 3 U E W ADVERTISEMENTS, (his column will be charged full rates. for sale. FUI L SIZED English BILLIARD A TABLE in good order. On view at the WANTED. nR th e Revenue Survey Office, Penang, r first class Draftsman who has also a good knowledge of Surveying. Salary •ono to
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 4 Penang, '2nd March, 1891. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/1« dollar. Dq. 4 months’sight J3jyik. x 3/2j Do. ureditJjl Do. 6 Docuni<^E.. A Calcutta, Demand Bank Do. 30 days’ sight PrivtK 1 Hs Bombay, Demand Bank 0111 |k’ Do. 30 days’ sight Priv: J Lj Madras. Demand
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    108 4 The Empress Frederick and French Painters. London, 27th February. Owing to the pressure of public opinion in France, the French painters who acceded to the request of the Empress Frederick, now staying in Paris, to exhibit at the Berlin Exhibition, have all wit hdrawn their promises. Great irritation
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    49 4 MARRIAGE. Adams-Jones.—At St. George’s Church, on Tuesday, 24th February, by the Rev. G. Watling, assisted by the Rev. Horsfall, Arthur Robert, son of R. Adams, Sherborne, Dorsetshire, to Hilda Isabel Mitchell, fourth daughter of the late Philip Jones, Assistant Treasurer and Accountant-Gen-eral of the Supreme Court, Penang.
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    THE MILITARY DEMAND.
    828 4 The farce of Government—the masked absolutism—which is carried on in this and other Crown Colonies, to which we had occasion to draw attention recently in connection with a small local matter arising out of the high-handed action of certain of our authorities in autocratically closing to the
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    LOCAL.
    1535 4 With this issue we publish a supplement which contains the report of Mr. Maeßitcliie, the Singapore Municipal Engineer, on the Penang reservoirscheme. Mail Notice.—The mails despatched from Penang to London vid Brindisi ou the 30th January were delivered on the 24th ultimo.—A mail for London vid Negapatam and Bombay
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      298 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 Kukkachee Hongkong Bombay Agka Bushike Madras Lahore Bussobaii Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., ts, Penang PRITCHARD Co. BEACH STREET. Are now showing a selection
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    THE MUNICIPALITY.
    876 5 Ax ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Town Hall on Friday, at which the Hon. A. M. Skinner Urmdoff), and Messrs. J. H. Callcott, A. McLarty and C. W. Barnett were present. Ihe minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    169 5 Arrivals. 27th February.—Per s. s. Dardanus from Liverpool, Mrs. Archibald Kennedy and Master Archibald Powers Kennedy. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Port Weld, Mr. Chooi Jee Kie 28th February.—Per s. s. Thaipiny from Port Weld. Mr. C. Foster. Per s. s. Tentonia from Klang, Mr. Syed Mahomed.
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    STRAITS AND CONNECTED STATES.
    2099 5 Singapore.— The Committee of the Singapore Branch of the Straits Association, at a meeting on the 16th ult., passed a resolution recording its high appreciation of the merits of its late President, Mr. J. G. Davidson, and its deep regret at his sudden death. Mr. A.
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    THE RULE OF THE ROAD.
    791 6 Referring to the rule of the road in driving and walking, it has been suggested that the former admits of an explanation based on the righthandedness of the majority of Englishmen. At first sight this seems only to add to tke paradox that if you
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      107 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, invite tenders for the constructional and ornamental Ironwork Xjnc roofing, etc., for a Fish Market to be em’fwLut.Market Street Ghaut, as an extension of the CĕTiiWWhnket. Full particulars can b« (tamed at the Municipal Engineer’s OlfiZ Tenders which shoukLkv gJtorsed ‘’Tender
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      1745 6 ROSS i graham, WANTS a LITT LU—, nvCQ Jeweller Watchmaker. wants that lit\ e bELO w, a mr REAf MOUNTAIN Dl G ura TJAS on view at Messrs. Ross Bean’s (Bold-Medal 1883-84, Calcutta.) J 1 establishment a large selection of ryj Oldest Scotch Whisky Brand. w-n ■ww English Gold Jewellery,
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      2045 7 •i INSURE your life in the SECURITY LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. HEAD OFFICE-104, CLIVE STREET, CALCUTTA. The jibox e .Company s rates compare favourably with those of any other Company in existence. No forfeiture of policies in of discontinuance of payment of premiums, each premium paid securing a certain portion
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      69 8 PILSENEB BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS. Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany S' IrfflteSSk jjfewW? WSb Of IP W| TRADE-MARK rMJllxll ***** VR3X O ZPW brewed and BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. Sole Importers and Sole /gents, SCHMIDT, KUSTERMANN Co. BASS /z\
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      1244 8 SANTAL MIDY Mldy’s pure Essence of Sanlal is distilled by a special process from the yellow Santal wood of niysore. aud this liquid is quite different from Hie inert and always impure oil of the Bazars. Santal Midy Capsules are used in the Hospitals of Paris in place of Copaiba,
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