Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 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 22, 1891. No. 145
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1354 1 Spying (Botices. pipping (notices. British India Steam Navigation Company; Ltd. Pen^laT&OrientalSteam Ocean Steam Ship Company. Pak^ mr Maatschappij. Navigation Company. holt s weekly line. *egapatam Line of jteamers. t' •> J T— A\ Intended Sailing and Expected Arrival of Steamers. rpHh mail steamers may be expected to arrive For. Will
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    • 1231 2 TIVOLI BEER! Singapore Insurance Company, J. DIJKKERS ZOON*S SPECIALITIES, TIVOLI BEER MEDOC, AFTER DINNER CLARET, PORT. TIVOLI BEER!!! Head Office, Singapore. I T H issociATioif icoEE b kdeavxs WINES AND ei< 3 deees Non Plus un EAGLE brand Erre“S pi™. Marine B k Sole Agent for the Straits Sumatra, G.
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  • 77 3 Expected. Dee* Names. From. 1 Destination. I Consignees. Singapore Huttenbach, Liebert i Co. 23 Graaf van Bylandt Olehleh Do Do 23 Glenavon London S’pore China Japan Boustead 4' Co 23 Nevasa Singaporeßangoon Calcutta Huttenbach, Liebert &Co 2i Pundua Negapatam Negapatain Do. 26 Trene ,Singapore Londonßoustead co. 29 Teutonia Klang
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  • 1316 3 The following account of the peculiar ceremony, which took place in Malacca about the middle of the year, owing to the persuasion existing in the minds of the Chinese that some chelaka (ill-luck) had been hanging about the place for some years, and hence its
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  • 819 3 HELD ON THE 27TH NOVEMBER, 1891. Present.—J. Y. Kennedy, Esq President). Capt. Cameron, R. E and A. G. Wright. Esq, Absent. The Hon. D. Comrie and A. R. Adams, Esq. 1. The Minutes of the last Special Meeting are read and
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  • 620 3 Ttie Aclicen correspondent of the Java Bode writes that news was brought in that a son of Tunku di Tiru was making preparations for an attack on Pulau Bras and was holding meetings at Kampong Lambaroe. The man-of-war Bali, just to spoil the plot, carried out a small
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 290 3 New Advertisements. Notices in this column will be charged full rates. MUNICIPAL NOTICE THE next ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30 p.m., On Tuesday, the 29th instant. (By Order) J. W. H ALLI FAX, Secretary to th’ Municipal Commissioners HONGKONG AND
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  • 126 4 Penang, 21st December, 1891. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 3/0] dollar. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank... 3/1J to 3/lf Do. 6 Credits 3/2| Do. 6 Documentary 3/2| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 222 Do. 30 days’ sight Private 224 Bombay, Demand Bank 222 Do. 30 days’ sight Private
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  • 78 4 Penang, 21st December. I’in 33.45 sellers (Trang no supply Black Pepper West Coast, no supply QAcbeen small supplies White Pepper 16.50 Cloves (picked) 130. sellers Mace No. 1 small supplies Mace No. 2 do Nutmegs 89. sellers No. 1. 5. (Chinese) Sugar x „2. 3.50 I Basket.
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  • 284 4 (Straits Times, 15th December.) Beutonsr “Straits Tilt’’ (£1 pd) 25 cents Siam Goldfields (£1 pd) («(cents Inniris Mines Ld. (£1 pd) flOtrllrr». Jelebu Mining Co. (<5 |xl) $5 Ketclmn Pahang (£1 pd) $5l Malay ITospecting Co. slO pd) S.i M».' Pahang Corporation ($1 pd) ‘1 filer/. Pahang
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  • 643 4 The issue oe £1 Notes. London, 18th December.— The Kmes urges that the issue of £1 notes should be deferred until after the general election. Riot at St. Vincent. According to the New York Herald, there has been a riot at St. Vincent, on account of the popular
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  • 21 4 BIRTH. Hallifax. On the 18th instant, at Runnvmede Northam Road, the wife of J. W. Hallifax, of a son.
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  • 519 4 Our exchanges recently informed us that “a tremendously enthusiastic” meeting had been held in Exeter Hall, and that it had been unanimously resolved that the opium traffic in India should be immediately abolished, and that no new taxation should be placed upon India to replace
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  • 86 4 Tuesday;, 22nd Sports, Christian Brothers’ School, 2 p. m. Wednesday, 23rd Auction sale of Land, at Grand Hotel Courtyard, 2 p. M. Town Band, Esplanade, 5 30 r.M. Last Quarter moon. Thursday, 24th Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens, 5-30 p.m. Friday, 25th Christmas Day. Homeward mail, rio Negapataui,
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  • 2370 4 Notice. IFe have the pleasure to inform our readers that, with the New Year, the Pinang Gazette" will be published daily at 3 p. m. henceforward, commencing with the issue of Monday, the 4th proximo. The size of the paper will also be enlarged, and, except on
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 387 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 Bussorah Rangoon Shanghai Singapore 181 BOUSTEAD Co., Agents, Penang. 5 2 tic «*5 ID I 'q S Q
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    • 120 4 Printing- Stationery Letter Press 4 Z? ever v description Copperplate. /PIQB Book-Binding Note Papek, Lettee Fater, In be>t English Exveixipek, Leather. Cards, 4c. IN STOCK RULED and PLAIN FOOLSCAP, LETTER and NOTE PAPER, also ENVELOPES. All sizes and qualities. COPYING BOOKS, OILED PAPER, JAPANESE COPYING PAPER STEPHEN'S WRITING and COPYING
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  • 320 5 (Special for the Pinang Gazette.") The Deli Courant of the 16th inst. says that it was not simply a rumour that the Pinang Gazette published in its issue of the 12th inst., to the effect that Colonel Pompe van Meerdevoort had tendered bis resignation, but a
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  • 633 5 (Special for the Pinang Gazette.") Our Philippines’ advices make reference to a company just formed wlrch is to i nn steamers between Manilla and Japan. The promoters have applied to Government for a subvention, and apparently they anticipate a great success. In contrast to this, there is the
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  • 959 5 The Government Gazette of the 18th states that Messrs. E. W. Moss and H. T. K. Osborne have passed the final and first standard in Malay respectively. The Kinta Report for October states On the 4th the dead body of a Malay was found in the road, near
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  • 1084 6 But one might be invented.— Rangoon Times. China has been described as the vast, 1 mummied, %ammoth Empire, wrapped in swaddling clothes.’’ A superficial acquaintance with her history will suffice to dispel this notion. True, her civilisation is old. The Chinese were an ancient nation
    But one might be invented.—Rangoon Times.  -  1,084 words
  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 106 6 TO LET. TIROM Ist proximo, those eligible resJ_ idences, Newington and Earnslow, situated in Burniah Road. Apply to BOUSTEAD A- Co. TO BE LET OR SOLD. Tl/ITH immediate entry. No. 4, Scotland V Y Road. For particulars apply to 405 PADDAY TENNENT Co. CRAWFORD’S WHISKY! As supplied to the P.
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    • 477 6 ROSS BEAN. TAILORS, HABIT BREECHES MAKERS. HATTERS, Hosiers and Gentlemen’s Outfitters. No. 1, Beach Street Union Street, PENANG. V. V. 0. INSIST ON GETTING WATSON’S DUNDEE WHISHT, AND REFUSE ALL OTHERS. WHOLESALE FROM Sandilands, Buttery Co., AGENTS. RETAIL FROM Messrs. lIIN LEE Co. Messrs. GHEE POH Co. Messrs. THEAN CHEE
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    • 2065 7 Telegraphic Address MCLARTY COMPANY. McLarty, Penang” consulting engineers, naval architects no. 30, beach street Thue’s A. I. Code (1887.) SURVEYORS penang. A. B. C.,, 4th edition and General Manager. Private Codes. CONTRACTORS, F M McLarty BRANCHES AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. the R S i^ S Boiler TnZs I
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  • 663 8 JAN UARY_R ACES, 1892 19th, 21st, and 23rd of January. FIRST DAY. First Race. THE MAIDEN PLATE.—VaIue 8150. For all Horses which have never won a race on any Course (Roadsters, Griffin and Jump Races excepted.) Weight per scale. Distance 1 mile. Entrance 87. Second Race.
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    • 415 8 PILSENEB BEER. KEY BRAND. IMPORTED SINCE 1879. NONE GENUINE WITHOUT THESE THREE LABELS Labels and Trade Mark Registered in England and Germany rSB VISm XM. ’hi^''* I B pewed and BEWARE OF IMITATIONS, i EvYF rm Sole Importers and Sole Agents, SCHMIDT, KUSTEBMANN Co. DAY, SON, HEWITT S Hamburg-Bremen Fire
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    • 664 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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