Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 November 1891

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    26 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY. THURSDAY AND SATURDAY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. XLIX. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1891. No. 129
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      1386 1 pipping (Rotices. pipping (Rotices. British India. Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Peninsular Oriental Steam Ocean Steam Ship Company. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Navigation Company. holts weekly Negapatam Line of Sterners. i J J Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. rpHE mad steamers may be expected to arrive For. Willsail, j Steamer.
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      1190 2 Jngurance (notices. "ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. TIVOLI BEER! t Singapore Insurance Company, J. DUKKERS ZOON S SPECIALITIES, TIVOLI BEER!! MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. TIVOLI BEER [H Head Office, Singapore. THE undersigned have been appointed jyggOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX'S WINES AND LIQUEURS, Agents for the above Company,and are Non p
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    SHIPPING.
    110 3 Expected. Nov' Names. Fbom. Destination. Consignees. 14 Chelydra Calcutta Singapore China Boustead Co. 15 P. &O. Bombay A’werp <t London do. Gilfillan, Wood Co. 15 P. 4" O. Thibet Singapore Bombay 80. 15 Teutonia Klang Klang 4- MalaccaHuttenbach, Liebert Co. 15 P. &O. Brindisi SingaporeLondonGilfillan, Wood Co. 15 P.
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    SUMMARY OF HOME NEWS.
    1108 3 (London China Express October 16th.) The Court. —The Queen is still at Balmoral. Her Majesty lias subscribed for the Royal box during tl»e Italian opera season at the Shaftesbury Theatre. Princess Beatrice is now convalescent, and the infant prince is quite well. General.—The death of Mr.
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    MUNICIPAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR OCTOBER 1891.
    1434 3 I entered upon my duties as President on the Ist October. Meetings. During the month the usual fortnightly meetings were held on the 16th and 30th there -were no special meetings. Municipal Commissioners.— On the eve of leaving for Europe Mr. R. A. P.
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    THE SEA SERPENT.
    1284 3 .—Statesman. The first official account of the sea-serpent’s movements was furnished by the Captain and officers of H.M S. Dcedalus. On the 6th of August, 1848, H.M.S. Dredahw, when in latitude 24°44' S. and longitude 9°2o' E., and therefore in the South Atlantic Ocean, came near a
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      81 3 New Advertisements. Notices in this column will be charged full rates. TENDERS WANTED. THE Penang Turf Club are prepared to receive tenders for the renewal of the Timber'work, Attaps Ac. of the Grand Stand at the Penang Race Course. The Plans and Specification can be seen at the office of
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 4 Penang, 13tii November, 1891. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 3/11 dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/1 j Do. 6 Credits 3/2j Do. 6 Documentary 3/2} Calcutta, Demand Bank ...Rs. 223 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 224} Bombay, Demand Bank 223 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 224} Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    78 4 Penang, 13th November. Tin §33 65 C Trang no supply Black Pepper < West Coast, no supply LAcheen 975 sellers. White Pepper... 15.75 do < loves no supply Mace No. 1 89, sellers. Mace No. 2 76. do Nutmegs 89. do No. 1. 4.90 (Chinese) Sugar <„
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    347 4 (Straits Tinies, 10th November.) Benton" “Straits Tin" (£1 pd) 3-5 cents txyer». Siam Goldfields (£1 jhl) SI buyers. Imuris Mines Ld. (£1 (xl) slo»a<e«. Jelelm Mining Co. jh!) $5 15 «>/« 4 6«jrer« Ketclian Pahang (£1 [alt s>) sellese. Malay Prospecting Co. $lO pd) SUB Pahang Coqxjration
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    158 4 Financial Excitement in Berlin. London, llt/i A’oremfter.-Owing to the failure of a bank in Berlin, there has been a great run on the principal banks in that city. There is intense excitement in Berlin. The bank became involved through the failure of Messrs. Hirschfcld’s bank. Discontent in Brazil.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    38 4 MARRIAGE. Wooldridge-D anvers. —On November 12tb, at St George’s Church, by the Rev. L. C. Biggs, m. a., Colonial Chaplain, Theo. A. Wooldridge to Katherine Horton Seafield, second daughter of the late Cait. Herbert Ellis Danvers.
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    A DEBATING SOCIETY FOR PENANG.
    686 4 We see, from the Singapore papers, that the Singapore Debating Society has given up its ambitious idea of being a local Parliament, and has resumed its sittings in its original form. The subjects chosen appear to be sensible ones. The last announced is on the
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    1580 4 (Fid Rangoon.) THE ACTION AGAINST AN INDIAN PRINCE. London, October 30.—The action for seduction brought by Elizabeth Williams against the Thakore Sahib of Gondal, in which the plaintiff claimed two thousand pounds damages, has been dismissed by the Edinburgh Court on the ground of the Court having no
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      374 4 THE AGRA BANK LIMITED. B Capita1. ........£1,000,000. (One Million Sterling.) Head Office Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., London, E.C. BRANCHES AND AGENCIES IN INDIA AND CHINA. Calcutta Kurraciiee Hongkong Bombay Agra Bushire Madras Lahore Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang. PRITCHARD Co. TAILORS, OUTFITTERS AND IMPORTERS. The following
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      198 4 THE PiNANG Gazette and STRAITS CHRONICLE. The only Penang Journal published triiceelly. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Payahje 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 Week.
    108 5 Saturday, 14th: Cricket Match at Butterworth: Penang Recreation Club ra. Butterworth Recreation Club. Sequah, Penang Road, 5 p.m. and 8-30 p.m. Town Band, Golf Club, 5-30 p.m. Sunday, 15th Twenty-fifth Sunday after Trinity. 'Outward mail due, per P. O. Pekin. Monday, 16th Full Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 9
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    EDITORIAL AND LOCAL.
    2494 5 The outward bound P. O. mail steamer Pekin, having left Colombo at 1 a.m. on the 11th instant, may be expected here to-morrow. The next homeward mail, via Brindisi, will close on Friday. 20th instant, per P. O. str. Ravenna. Parcels (not letters) sent to the United
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    SEQUAH.
    206 6 This medicine man, whose name is now, ■we believe, familiar in every part of this little island of ours, continues to perform his praiseworthy work amongst us that of relieving suffering humanity. Among the victims of chronic rheumatism who have lately undergone successful treatment on his waggon is old
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    CRICKET.
    535 6 The cricket match between Butterworth Recreation Club and Nibong Tebal Recreation Club was played at Butterworth on Saturday, the 7th instant, and resulted in a win for the home team. Both sides were fairly represented, thougth the losers were at a slight disadvantage in this respect, a disadvantage which
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    THE HARBOUR IMPROVEMENT SCHEME.
    748 6 The following let ter of Mr. Huttenbach’s, which has been addressed by him to the Straits Times in reply to its leading article of the 4th instant, (published in our last issue), lias been placed at our disposal Penang, 9th Nov., 1891. Dear Sir, —Your issue
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    THE STRAITS LAW JOURNAL-
    215 6 November 1891. The Straits Law Journal for this month contains obituary notices of the three Singapore advocates who have lately died, viz., Mr. T. Braddell, c. m. 0., ex-Attorney General, and Messrs. Vaughan and Everard. There are also some reprints on Native States Law and Appeals,
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    PERAK NEWS.
    928 6 (From Taipinq correspondents.) The corner stone of the New Masonic Hall, so recently laid, has been opened and the money deposited stolen. One of the Hospital kranis has been found to be in default to the extent of some 8 150. I hear of very favourable reports from
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    DELI AND ACHEEN NEWS.
    600 6 (Special for the Pinang Gazette.") According to the Deli Courant of the 4th instant, Mr. Jacob Van Nie, the manager of the Deli Steamship Company, has written to the i onrant in reference to its recent article advocating the appointment to the managership of the Company
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    TOBACCO IN NEW GUINEA.
    189 7 (Special for the Pinang Gazette.") The Deli Courant of the 4th inst., alluding to an article in the Indian Mercuur on German New (.Guinea, says :—The fuss made about the good and healthy condition of the coolies is not in accordance with what we hear from
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    THE EASTERN MAIL ROUTE.
    182 7 There have been several allusions during the week as to the probability of a change in the route of the Eastern mails making Salonica the European port of arrival and departure in place of Brindisi. Nothing definite is, however, decided as yet. The negotiations between the
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    BRIGHTENING OF PAHANG MINING PROSPECTS.
    332 7 —Straits 'Times, Nov. It) th. The latest crushing at the Raub mines in Pahang is satisfactory. To get almost two thousand ounces of gold from eleven hundred tons of stone is good. It is good because the quantity of stpne is considerable; because the yield
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    MAIL NEWS OF LOCAL INTEREST.
    370 7 Messrs. William Hargreaves, m.a., and Alfred Venning, both of the Straits Settlements, have been elected Fellows of the Royal Colonial Institute. Orders received at the School of Military Engineering, Broinpton, direct detachments of Royal Engineers to be held in readiness to embark for India, China,
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    624 7 (Papers to \Oth instant.) The Straits Times says Father V an Den Broeck and three of the English sisters who arrived from Liverpool in the Polyphemus will leave in a few days by the Rajah Brooke for Kuching, Sarawak. The remaining four sisters will leave shortly for Sauuakan.
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    457 7 .—Straits Times. Thursday, sth November. Present —H. E. the Governor, the Officer Commanding the Troops, the Acting Colonial Secretary, the Attorney-General, the Acting Colonial Treasurer, the Colonial Engineer, J. Burkinshaw and Tan Jiak Kim. The minutes of the prev ions meeting were read and confirmed. On the motion
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      2711 8 NO I!S E MUNICIPAL NOTICE. w;u, Pniwr the un( j erB ;gned Ng Pak San, of the rpHE Municipal Commissioners of George ™ur With Immediate Entry. GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. 1 Firm of Boon Tek Co., Penang, do Town, Penang, invite separate tenders mHE House known as the Clarendon hereby notify that
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