Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 December 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. TUESDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1891. No. 142
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1365 1 (iloftcee. pipping Qtoficce. British India Steam Navigation Company, Ltd. Peninsular OrtotaTta Ocean Steam Ship Company. Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij. Navigation Company. holts weekA uhb" Negapatam Line of Steamers. i 1 J lntended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers, riulk mail steamers may -L be expected to arrive For. Willsail. Steamer. From.
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    • 1250 2 Jnuurance (Iloticee. ISLE OF SKYE” WHISKY. TIVOLI BEER! Singapore Insurance Company, J. Dukkers Zoon’s Specialities, TIVOLI BEER! Limited. j Head MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. TIVOLI BEER!!! HIKE undersigned have been appointed ASSOCIATION VINICOLE DE BORDEAUX’S WINES AND LIQUEURS, I Agents for the above Company, and are n nrsmr prepared
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  • 103 3 Expected. DATE r i j^ ov Names. 1 Irom. Destination. Consignees. I 15 Teutonia Klan" Klang MalaccaHuttenbach, Liebert <fc Co. 16 Wing Sang Calcutta Singapore A China Boustead Co. 16 Tambora SingaporeOlehleh Padang Huttenbach, Liebert Co. 17 IKatoria... Do l Rangoon Calcutta ...I Do. 17 Fauna Lumut B’pore, Coast
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  • 774 3 Mr. Maxwell’s Lecture on Malaya. (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.'") Sir, —In common with, I presume, the great majority of your readers I have perused with much interest the report in your last issue of Mr. Maxwell’s admirable lecture on The Malay Peninsula. As you justly observe,
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  • 1298 3 l' VI. leaving well alone.— L. A C. Express, Nov. 13tb. The numerous and attentive audience which listened to the reading of Mr. Maxwell’s paper on the Malay Peninsula, before the Royal Colonial Institute, will, we may trust, carry away some interest
    l' VI. leaving well alone.— L. A C. Express, Nov. 13tb.  -  1,298 words
  • 392 3 turned out, saved the men’s lives.— Bangkok Times, Dec. sth. The Prisoners Fired on. About four o'clock yesterday afternoon a serious outbreak occurred at the Gaol, which was only repressed by the military guard with some difficulty. As stated in our local news, twelve Sikh
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 587 3 i New Advertisements. Notices in this column will be charged full rates. BRANDY. -o'.ftioe Rouyer, Guillet CIE. COGNAC, FRANCE. PROPRIETORS OF 22 DISTILLERIES. The Largest Shippers in Bulk for Ten Years. 471 THE BANKRUPTCY ORDINANCE, 1888. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Settlement of Fenang. In Bankruptcy. No.
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    • 121 3 TO LET. ]TROM Ist proximo, those eligible residences, Newington Villa Earnslow, situate in Burundi Road. Apply to BOUSTEAD Co. STOLEN. IdOUR Deposit Receipts issued by the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation in favor of the undersigned. No. 27/108 30 April/92 Singapore 8 137.15 27/22 25 March/92 Penang „280. 27/42 8
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  • 123 4 Penang, 14th December, 1891. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/1 dollar. Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 3/l| Do. 6 Credits 3/2-J Do. 6 Documentary 3/2j Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 222 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 224 Bombay, Demand Bank 222 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 224 Madras, Demand
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  • 79 4 Penang, 14th December. Tin 33.60 nominal C Trang no supply Black Pepper West Coast, no supply (.Acheen no supply White Pepper 16A0 sellers Cloves (picked) $42. do Mace No. 1 89. sellers Mace No. 2 76. do Nutmegs 89. do I No. 1. 5. (Chinese) Sugar <
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  • 295 4 (Straits Times, 11th December.) Bentong “Straits Tin” (£1 pd) 2-» cents uor*in<il. Bi&m Goldfields (£1 pd) cents Tipuris Mines Ld. (£1 p* Jelebu Mining Co. ($5 pH $3 tile* 4' Icyen. Kr-tchau Pahang (£1 p»i i m Maiay Prospecting <o. i»«i. $9 tuiet. Pahang Corj>»riUion I ?1
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  • 149 4 The Imperial Institute. London, \lth Decemher. Sir William Drummond Jervois has been appointed a governor of the Imperial Institute, to represent the Straits. The Chinese in the United States. A Bill has been introduced in the Senate at Washington, making it unlawful for Chinese labourers to enter or
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  • 600 4 In order to properly develop a country, besides importing labour and attracting capital, it is needed that the country shall l>e fairly accessible and its capabilities pretty accurately gaugeable in special spots. The paper read by Mr. W. E. Maxwell before the Royal Colonial Institute
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  • 50 4 Tuesday, 15th Full Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, 9 p.m. Wednesday, 16th Town Band, Esplanade, 5-30 p.m. Thursday, 17th Town Band, Datu Krainat Gardens, 9 p.m. Friday, 18th Saturday, 19th Town Band, Golf Club, 5-30 p.m. Sunday, 20th Fourth Sunday in Advent. Monday, 21st Town Band, Esplanade, 5.30 p.m.
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  • 1490 4 We would remind our readers of the Band performance at the Esplanade tonight. Amongst the passengers booked for Penang per P. s. s. Cathay, leaving London on the 31st instant, are Mr. Mrs. Peirce. A meeting of the Straits Settlements Association was to be held in London
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    • 313 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 Bussoraii Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 184 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang. O g M o .be rn S W g
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    • 120 4 I Bin.ing f Qtzcftr Drees, j K«TABii*HCO IBG3. JUST RECEIVED: RULED FOOLSCAP, LINEAR LETTER am. NOTE PAPER, ENVELOPES. COPYING BOOKS, OILED PAPER, JAPANESE COPYING PAPER ALSO STEPHEN'S WRITING and COPYING INKS, IN STOCK: FOOLSCAP, plain ami ruled,'ami a special line of CHEAP FOOLSCAP (u 75 Cfs. a ream; also NOTE
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  • 137 5 A rice famine is imminent in Singapore, according to the Straits Times, as there is but a fortnight’s supply left and little prospect of any large importations. Rangoon shipments have stopped altogether, and very little is coming in eitheFfrom Siam or Saigon. Here, in Penang, the
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  • 495 5 Penang vs. Province Wellesley. On Saturday last a cricket match was played on the Esplanade between teams chosen from the Penang Cricket Club and Province Wellesley, resulting in a draw in favour of the latter. Neither side were playing their full strength, Mr. Wright’s Singapore XI being filled up
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  • 2086 5 Hon. J. M. B. Vermont and others versus The Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. This was an action to recover §14,000 damages for wrongful conversion of the plaintiffs’ goods, or their return or value, and damages for their detention. The case was heard on the 10th and 11th
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  • 1266 5 At an ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners hi Id at the Town Hall on briday last, Mr. J. A Kennedy, {President'), Capt. Cameron, i:. e., and Mr. A. G. Wright were present. The minutes of the last meeting having been read and confirmed, the Board pro” cecded
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 280 6 A. B. MACKAY’S EIQUEUB WHISKY. Sole Importers. COMRIE A Co. Tobe had retail from GOSLING <fc Co. 9th October, 1891. 384 TO BE LET OR SOLD. immediate entry. No. 4, Scotland I I Road. For particulars apply to 405 PADDAY TENNENT Co. FOR SALE. 'TTALUABLE Building Sites on the Ayer
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    • 463 6 ROSS BEAN. TAILORS, HABIT A BREECHES MAKERS. HATTERS, Hosiers and Gentlemen’s Outfitters. No. 1, Beach Street Union Street, PENANG. V. V. 0. INSIST ON GETTING WATSON’S DUNDEE WHISKY, AND REFUSE ALL OTHERS. WHOLESALE FROM Sandilands, Buttery Co., AGENTS'. RETAIL FROM Messrs. HIN LEE Co. Messrs. GHEE POH Co. Messrs. THEAN
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 1877 7 Telegraphic Address M®LARTY 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. Priva™ Codes. CONTRACTORS, F.M. McLarty, m.i.m.e. BRANCHES AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. Zy kite Asbestos in all forms, Forgings of
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  • 644 8 JANUARY RACES, 1892. 19th, 21st, and 23rd of January. FIRST DAY. First Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE.—VaIue $l5O. For all Horses which have never won a race on any Course (Koadsters, Griffin and Jump Races excepted.) Weight per scale. Distance 1 mile. Entrance $7. Second Race. THE
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 435 8 PILSENER BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. XOXE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS IjpgS SSI FJ J MB M f H Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany /Ml' »7 Uj F Y'W ZC?sSss> ww ffsp- B, TRADeZwARK wOfeßiw W 1 Brewed and JLS xf/ Xj> o Itl
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    • 660 8 ANNOUNCEMENT. Messrs. MISQUITH Co., SINGAPORE, have the pleasure to announce that their European Piano Tuner, Repairer, Toning Artist and Piano Builder, Late of BERLIN NEW YORK, is now in Penang and will undertake the tuning and repairs of Pianos and other Musical Instruments at moderate prices. A specimen instrument of
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