Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 May 1891

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    26 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. /V£FV SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. ,[PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. XLIX. THURSDAY. MAY 21, 1891. No. 56
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      1482 1 pipping Qlofttts. pipping (TloftttC. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. SZffMrM Steam Steam Ship ftm„. £2?* v 'n-itinii Cmnnnnv holts weekly line. m apcUtUH Lint ui Dimmtib. 1 1 J» Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. rrHE mail steamers may j tfS/a 1 be expected to arrive For. Will
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      361 2 4/ H. J. MARTYN. 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. I W* FIKEST «OafcJC-t I dutch chees wRftM HART'9 0 A
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    SHIPPING.
    94 3 Expected. Date. Names. From. Destination. Consignees. MayJ i pt. 0 Lombardy Singapore Bombay Gilfillan, Wood Co. 22 na o' Bokhara l Do. Colombo 4 London Do. 23 I.'‘ Klang Klang Malacca Huttenbach, Liebert Co. 24 Rangoon Singapore Do. 26 Singapore Moul. Ran. Cal. ...I Do. 2' Do. Madras ria
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    STRAITS AND CONNECTED STATES.
    1314 3 Singapore. The Free Press reports: A Gang-bobbery is reported to haveoccur-1 red in Kerbau Road at 10 p.m. on Saturday, in connection with which two arrests have been subsequently made by detectives. A gang of half-a-dozen or more Chinamen, armed with knives and revolvers, it is
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1014 3 (London and China Express, 24th April.) The Court—The •Queen is at-Grasse. Her Majesty leaves on the 28th inst. on her return to Windsor. The Prince of Wales held a levee on the 20th inst. at Buckingham Palace. Pari iament. —In the House of Lords yesterday afternoon,
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    373 3 (May 15th.) The Export of arms, ammunition Ac., from any place in the Colony to Netherlands India is prohibited for six months from the Ist proximo. Parcels may be forwarded through the Post Office on and after the Ist proximo from the Straits Settlements to Mombasa and Lamu
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      486 3 new advertisements. Notices in colwm wiU be char S ed rates- MUNICIPAL NOTICE. mllE Municipal Commissiours of George I Town, Penang, invite tenders fortlie f°'l°j in^p or the erection of a chapel in the new Cemetery, Western Road. For the construction of certain lengths of brick drain along Penang Road.
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      34 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The next ordinary meeting of the’Municipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30 p.m. On Friday, the 29th instant (By Order) J. W. HALLIFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    64 4 Penang, 20th Mat. Tin $33. (■Trang 12.90 nominal Black Pepper s West Coast. 9.75 (.Acheen 10.25 White Pepper 16. nominal Cloves 29. Mace No. 1 90. Mace No. 2 76.50 Nutmegs 87. No. 1. 5.40 Sugar > 2. 3. Basket. 2.85 Tapioca Flour 2. Copra 4.40 Rattans
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    251 4 (Straits Times, 16th May.) Benton*; “Straits Tin” (£1 pd) 20 cents teller» Siam Goldfields (£1 pd) 82| teller». .Telebu Mining Co. (85 pd) 82,15 teller». Ketchflu Pahang (£1 pd) $2 buyer». Malay Prospecting Co. ($lO pd) $9 invert. Pahang Corporation (SI pd) 88 teller». Pahang Central (£1
    (Straits Times, 16th May.)  -  251 words
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 4 Penang, 20th May, 1891. Rates close as follows':— London, Demand Bank 3/1J dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/24 Do. 6« Credits 3/2J Lo. 6 Documentary 3/3 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 224} Do. 30 days’ sight Private 227} Bombay, Demand Bank 2244 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 2274 Madras, Demand
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    263 4 Anti-Foreign Riots in China. London, IMh May.— There have been Chinese riots against foreigners at Wuhn. The British Consulate has been looted and burned, but the Consul and his wife escaped in Chinese clothes. H. M. S. Inconstant has been despatched to Wuhu. The Portuguese Difficulty. The Times
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    THE VACANT SEAT.
    346 4 The election of Mr. David Comrie to fill the seat in the Legislative Council, placed at the disposal of the Penang Chamber of Commerce, ends the interest attaching to the incident of Mr. Kennedy’s retirement. Mr. Comrie will, no doubt, make an independent-minded representative of Penang views,
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    1220 4 (From Rangoon Papers.) The Dacoit Ghaseeta. Allahabad, May 8. —The notorious dacoit Ghaseeta, who while under sentence of death recently escaped from Meerut Jail, owes his recapture to a premature return to his old occupation. A feiv days ago he led an attack on a Bunya’s house near
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    EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.
    1519 4 The Hon. A. M. Skinner, c.m.g., Resident Councillor, is expected to return from Singapore 10-morrotV. Captain Craufurd, r.n., Master Attendant, Singapore, is expected to arrive here to-day on a visit of inspection. Mr. Spknce Moss, the Government Railway Engineer in the Native States, will, it is said,
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      178 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 Bushire Madras Lahore Bussobah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang. PRITCHARD Co. EKA.CH STREET. Have just opened out Gents
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    CRICKET.
    830 5 Penang r*. Selangor. The Whitsuntide holidays were taken advantage of to arrange a match between the Penang and Selangor Cricket Clubs. Play began on Saturday at 11.30 and the match was concluded by 1.30 on Monday, the result beinga win for Penang by 7 wickets. Such a result was
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    THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ELECTION.
    133 5 A well attended meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon for the purpose of proceeding with the the election of a representative in the Legislative Council for the seat vacated by Mr. J. Y. Kennedy. Originally there were three gentlemen nominated, viz
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    THE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION.
    661 5 The following acknowledgment of the Resolutions passed at the recent public meeting held in this Settlement to protest against the enhanced Military Contribution has been received by the Chairman, Mr. D. Comrie, who has forwarded it to us for publication Straits Settlements Association, Whittington Avenue, Leadenhall Street,
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    483 5 I It is distinctly to le borne in mind that we do not Ly inserting letters convey any opinion favorable to their contents. notice whatever will be taken of i unonyniows letters, nor can we return those that are rejected. Letters should le brief, and written on one side
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    THE COST OF COLONIAL DEFENCES.
    1181 6 —Madras Times. A Matter that has aroused a great amount of discussion in certain colonies is the question of the division of cost of colonial defences. Her Majesty’s Government has lately demanded an increased tribute, if so we may call it, and as a result,
    ■.—Madras Times.  -  1,181 words
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      265 6 DICKSON Co. Wine Merchants, 2, BEACH STREET. 695 ELECTRO-PLATED WARE. NEW GOODS, JUST UNPACKED FOR WEDDING PRESENTS, &c. R0B1NS0N& CO., SINGAPORE. NEW GOODS. Ottoman and Bengaline Silk, latest shade, Embroidered Lisses for trimmings. Light colored Broehe Silks, Colored Pongee Silks, Jet Ornaments and Sets, Nuns Veiling in all shades, French
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      1107 6 MEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. TO COFFEE PLANTERS. (Netherland Trading Soci.ty.) TXTELL grown Co«eo Arabics Libe Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.- Perak Reserve Funds f 1,003,375.71 L I i BTO from Head Office in Amftefdam. T? Head Agency in Netherlands India.— Tnfk».«l -S e r UH T B Fadnrii of the Neder.endeche Medan (Deli)
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