Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 October 1891

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    Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE
    26 1 NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. VOL. XLIX. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1891. PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY, THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. [Pff/Cf 20 CEWTS. No. 114
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      1587 1 pipping (Hofices. pipping (Ttofices. I British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. n i l a• .1 a ox O 1 n Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatscliappij. Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean Steam Ship Company. t;™ Navigation Comnanv holt s weekly line J Negapatam Line of Steamers. P J* JN Intended Sailing and Expected
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      412 2 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. I HART’S CALCUTTA ANDREW USHER’S Special Reserve CRUSHED FOOD, BRAN AND
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    SHIPPING.
    112 3 Expected. Names. Fbom. Destination. Consignees. 8 M. Vajirunhis Singapore Padang via Ports Mansfield, Bogaardt Co. 9 P. &O. Cathay Do. Colombo London Gilfillan, Wood Sf Co. 10 Kangra Do. Rangoon Calcutta Huttenbach, Liebert Co. 10 Anchises Liverpool Singapore Java Mansfield, Bogaardt Co. 10 Wing Sang Singapore Calcutta Boustead Co.
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    MAIL NEWS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
    1747 3 (London China Express.) The following are declared by the Civil Service Commissioners to be successful candidates at the examination held on Aug. 18, 1891, and three following days for Eastern Cadetships:— Marks. 1 Marks. Cookson, Geoffrey M. 1,797 Constantine, Baxandall 1,643 Litton, Geo. J. Letablere
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    THE DISTURBANCES IN CHINA
    527 3 The incipient rebellion in the North is still, says the China Mail of the 23rd ult., the all-engrossing theme. A consignment of arms and ammunition shipped at Hongkong was seized at Shanghai, and a foreign officer of the Imperial Maritime Customs named Mason, who seemed to
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    THE CHINESE IN SIAM.
    600 3 —Siam Mercantile Gazette. To the uninitiated stranger in Bangkok th* presence of Chinese labour in monopolising all the work in the rice mills, workshops, and sawmills, would cause him quickly to come to the conclusion that the Chinese, and not the Siamese, were the dominant race
    —Siam Mercantile Gazette.  -  600 words
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      357 3 New Advertisements. Notices in this column will be charged full rates. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE next meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 2.30 p.m. On Friday, the 16th instant. (By Order) J. W. HALLIFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. NOTICE. Re the Estate of
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 4 Penang, 7th October, 1891. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 3/11 dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/2} Do. 6 Credits 3/!)| Do. 6 Documentary 3/3* Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 223} Do. 30 days’ sight Private 226} Bombay, Demand Bank 223} Do. 30 days’ sight Private 226} Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    77 4 Penang, 7th October. Tin $33.10 C Trang no supply Black Pepper < West Coast, no supply LAcheen 10.90 nominal. White Pepper 16.30 sellers. Cloves no supply Mace No. 1 88.— sellers. Mace No. 2 76. do Nutmegs 88. do No. 1. 5-—(Chinese) Sugar < 2. 3. do
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    275 4 (Straits Times, 3rd October.) Bentons “Straits Tin” (£1 pd) 30 cents buyer.. Siam Goldfields (£1 pd) 90 cents Inntris Mmes Ld £l 1*1) Sl"»?e» A buyer.. Jelebu Minin» Co. ($5 ]>d) $5 35 Keu-bau Pahang (£1 pd) teller.. Malay Prospecting Co. $lO pd) $ll Pahang Corporation (SI
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    158 4 The Canadian Pacific Railway as a Military route. London, sth October. The War Office has asked for estimates from the Canadian Pacific Railway Co. for the conveyance of troops from the Atlantic to the Pacific Coast. Mr. Gladstone and Free Trade. Mr. Gladstone has been presented with the
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    THE LAND POLICY OF THE PROTECTED STATES.
    754 4 We say, the Protected States, because in all considerations in this respect, the swaying of which is directly or indirectly done by the central authority at Singapore, the extent to which the lands of the Colony enter into the calculation is so small,
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    The Week.
    117 4 Thursday, Bth Football Match, P. C. C. w. Regiment at the Lines. Tennis Match, P. C C. vs. P. R.C., Esplanade Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens, 5-30 p.m. Friday, 9th Sequah expected from Singapore. Homeward Mail closes, P. O. str. Cathay. Saturday, 10th Sale of a Life Policy
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    EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.
    3053 4 The next homeward mail, via Brindisi, will close to-morrow, per P. O. steamer Cathay. Capt. Crauford, r.n., Master Attendant, goes on leave of absence shortly, Capt. Huddle, it is said, acting for him. A Chinese Firm in Singapore is reported as having been on the brink of
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      513 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 Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang. PRITCHARD Co. zbzela-Czh: street. Have now opened out the
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      194 4 THE Pinang Gazette and STRAITS CHRONICLE. The only Penang Journal published triweekly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Payable in Advance For 12 months sls. for 6 months $8. and for 3 months $4.50; In Arrear For 3 months $6.50. Postage extra per annum $3. Single copy 20 cents. ADVERTISEMENT CHARGES. One insertion
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    THE HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.
    315 5 We have received the following letter from the Honorary Secretary to the Committee appointed to further the improvement of Penang Harbour, in which the resolutions arrived at at the adjourned meeting held in the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Tuesday are given. In a recent article
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    PERAK NEWS.
    1895 6 A Taiping correspondent kindly favours us with the following news: Some few months ago some young tiger cubs were placed under the care of the Curator of the Musuem. Tn spite of every attention they all died except one, a fine male, which has been regaled with all
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    491 6 October 2nd. Mr. W. D. Barnes to be an Assistant Protector of Emigrants at Singapore, under the Crimping Ordinance 1877. Mr, T. C. Mugliston, Colonial Surgeon, Singapore, returned from leave and resumed duty on the 30th ultimo. Cattle Quarantine is established within certain named limits in the north
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      244 6 FOR SALE. LOMOND BUNGALOW, Penang Hill. Apply to 301 E. W. PRESGRAVE. FOR SALE. I SECOND-HAND DOG-CART in good 2a. order. Price 875. A bay DELI PONY, goes in harness, aged. Price 875. A bay Galloway MARE, 14 hands, goes well in saddle, a fast trotter and has been in
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      443 6 TO LET. FROM Ist proximo, the following residences, viz., Newington Villa” and Earnslow.” For rent and full particulars please apply to BOUSTEAD Co. NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital .../35,783,000. Reserve Funds 1,501,346.38 Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.—
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      2231 7 Telegraphic Address MCLARTY COMPANY. “McLarty, Penang” consulting engineers, naval architects, no. so, beach street Thue’s A. I. Code (1887.) SURVEYORS penang. A. B. C. 4th edition and General Manager. Private Codes. CONTRACTORS, F. M. McLarty, m.i.m.e. BRANCHES AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. z <- the d er ms nt
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