Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 9 December 1893

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DJLIL7. NEW SERIES.] VOL. LI. ESTABLISHED 1833. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1893. [PRICE 20 CENTS. No. 281
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 699 1 pipping {Tlottcee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. Thames 21th Dec. Ravenna 14th Dec. Jfa/ma 7th Jan. Rosetta 28th Rtrenna 2'st Rohilla UthJan. Rosetta 4th Feb., Ganges 25th The above dates are
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    • 1374 1 Jinping (notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Act& BaD k Limited Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. X *****0 HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. (o ne Million sterling.) •V— —Tibs I—l,l 1 Head Office: For Will sail Steamer From
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    • 639 1 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.234 Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandscho Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore,* Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 68 2 Expected. Names. From. Destination. Consignees. 12 Secundra Negapatam Singapore Huttenbach. Liebert <t Co 14 Clam Singapore Havre <fc London Boustead Co. 14 Choy sang Do. Calcutta Do. 15 Hector Liverpool Singapore i. Batavia Mansfield, Bogaardt Co. 15 Glenartney Singapore Londonßoustead Co. 15 P. &O. Ravenna Do. Colombo London Gilfillan,
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  • 62 2 Saturday, 9th New Moon. Town Band, Golf Club. Sunday, 10th 2nd Sunday in Advent. Monday, Uth Town Band, Esplanade. Auction Sale, Japanese Fancy’ Goods, Penang Sales Room. Tokhpav, 12th Auction Sale, Japanese Fancy Goods, Penang Sales Room. Wkdnkhday, 13th Town Band, Esplanade. Thursday, 14th First Quarter Moon. Town
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  • 130 2 Penang, 9th December, 1893. Kates close as follows: L >ndon, Demand Bank 2 4 -l-.1. Do. 4 months’sight Bank 2'4'-| Do. 3 Credits 2 z 4|-j Do. 3 Doon military Calcul la. Demand B ink R« 187 Do. 30 days’sight Private Bombay, Demand Bmk 187 Do. 30 days’sight Privi.e
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  • 74 2 Penang, 9th December, 1893. Tin i Trang do supply Black Pepper < West Coast.. 9. sellers. I Acheen 10.25 do White Pepper 14- do Clove» (picked) small supplies Mace No. I 84. Bellers. Mace No. 2 79. do Nutmegs 83. do No. 1 7. do Sugar! 2
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  • 71 2 The Manchester Canal. London, Bth December.— The Manchester Canal will be opened for traffic on January Ist. Yesterday a steamer with the directors on board traversed the canal. Mr. Gladstone. Mr. Gladstone is confined to his room with severe pains and indigestion. Italy. Signor Crispi has had a
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  • 442 2 Twenty long-sentence prisoners will be sent to Singapore on Tuesday by the B. I. steamer Secundra. I CONSIDER THAT the result of a Liberal Government being in power is that there is usually a massacre in Africa.” Mr. Labouchere. Mr. W. N Dow, Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai
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  • 73 2 At the special and ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held yesterday afternoon, no important discussion took place. The time of the Board was solely taken up in revising the rates chargeable on the different, trade establishments here for water supply, which they resolved to adopt at last
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  • 168 2 Annual General Meeting. At the annual general meeting of the Penang Recreation Club held last evening, there were over forty members present, the President being in the chair. The report and accounts for the past year ending the 30th ultimo having been read, adopted and passed,
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  • 354 2 The Penang C. C. Team for Singapore versus Mr. E. W. Birch’s Perak Team. Though this match bears little significance as a Club fixture, it none the less forms one of the red letter days in the records of Penang 1893 cricket. The game commenced at 11-15 this morning,
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  • 115 2 Charge of Kidnapping.—No Punishment. In April last a large dhow, flying the French flag ami manned by Arabs from the Red Sea under French protection, was stopped as she was leaving Zanzibar by a boat from the British cruiser Philomel. The French Consul was sent
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  • 219 2 Os the 30th ult the Chinese at Blianio presented a petition to the Viceroy stating the following grievances. They complain of the magistrates generally. In trivial cases their evidence is considered trustworthy, but i i sei ions cases such as dacoity of property their words are
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  • 202 2 A CONFERENCK of the British Committee for the abolition of the State regulation of vice in India and throughout the British dominions,” was held on Nov. lin Westminster Town Hall. Mr. Stansfeld, M. P., presided, and was supported by a number of members of Parliament The
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  • 1031 2 (L. <6 C. Express, Nov. 17th The CouRT -The Queen and Court l ea v e Balmoral to-day. Her Majesty will arrive at Windsor to-morrow morning. The Prince of Wales is expected at Marlborough House today from Castle Risins. Parliament -The House of Lords has O
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 432 2 Mtchafd \Co., 15, BEACH STREET. TAILORING DEPARTMENT. DRESS COATINGS— Mohair Coatings, Brown Drabs and Greys. Tropical Cashmere Suitings. Tennis Flannels and Cashmeres. Cricketing Flannels and Serges, specially shrunk. Bedford Cords and Tweeds. Tennis Shirtings in Silk, Cashmere, and Ceylon Flannels. OUTFITTINGS— Undervests in Merino Gauze Balbriggan. Knickerbockers Hose and Hose.
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    • 570 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. rpHE revision of Assessment Lists for I houses and lands within the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for the year 1894 having been completed, and the Municipal Commissioners having certified in terms of section 91 of The Municipal Ordinance 1887” that no valid objection has been
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    • 260 2 ENGLISH BREAD. The only Award obtained at the Penang Agricultural Show 1893. rpHE Proprietors of the Leith Street I Bakery now receive from Europe regular consignments of SUPERIOR Flour and guarantee the absolute purity’ of their bread, no alum, potatoes or other foreign substances being used. Comparison with other bread
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    • 125 2 London. November 10.—Lo Tlen(l" ,a King of Matabeleland, with Ins principal and with a large force of warriors, is nov the Gwaii River, not far from Bulawaj The British South Africa I: rtere 'i f ro ni pany Ims decided to increase its capita £1.000,0 0 to £2,000,000. which The
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  • 322 3 The Bank of England and its Chief Cashier. Much comment and conjecture has been caused in the City by the announcement that Mf. Frank May, the chief cashier of the Bank of England, has retired from the service, and that his place has already been filled by
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  • 166 3 In glancing over a copy of “Strat tens’ Glasgow and its Environs” which has been put info our hands, we are reminded of a quotation which Peter Dawson of whisky fame takes from the immortal Burns. It. contains some good advice that might have been useful and profitable
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  • 278 3 A CORRESPONDENT writing to the Bombay Gazette from Upper Burma says:—You will be soon heat ing of a gold-mining rush in these regions, as a party of prospectors, who have been within a few miles of the station, have located gold here and I saw a piece
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  • 161 3 (Vid Australia.) Rich Gold Reefs in Matabeleland. London, November 12. Mr. Cecil Rhodes states that the British South Africa Company are about to raise £1,000,009 with which to pursue their operations. The Daily News says that the rich gold reefs in Matabeleland invite colonists to remain there.
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  • 730 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.'") Dear Sir,—A friend of mine, Mr. Foo boon, otherwise known as Mr. Foo Choo Choon, having generously offered his hospitality to the extent of personally conducting me through Perak, I spent a busy fortnight journeying through what was hitherto
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  • 762 3 A CORRESPONDENT writes as follows to Indian Engineering Those very convenient instruments for cooling the air of a room labor under a very bad reputation for unhealtbiness. 1 myself have often seen reason for attributing a fever to their agency. At the same time the use of the
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  • 493 3 (Vid Rangoon.) Dynamite in Paris. Paris, November 30. A quantity of apparatus and explosives has been discovered in a secret tunnel at Marseilles. Two anarchists, the owners of the premises, have been arrested. The Dublin Conspiracy. London, November 30. Nolan and Mears, who were arrested on suspicion of
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  • 471 3 Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners HELD ON THE 24TH NOVEMBER, 1893. Present. J. Y. Kennedy, Esq. (President), A. G. Wright, Esq., W. C. Brown, Esq., m. d. and J. Gibson, Esq. Absent.— Capt. Anderson, r. e., and Koh Sean? Tat, Esq. s 1. Jhe Minutes of the last
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 66 3 London, November 17.—The Times publishes a sensational article requesting the Governors of the Bank of England to explain or deny reports current in financial circles to the effect that the Governors have been investing their funds in indifferent securities, including some ricketty Australian financial concerns. The best informed financiers believe
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    • 836 3 WHAT MR. INGHAM TOLD MR. HEYDEN. It was a very lucky thing for Mr. Heyden that Mr. Ingham called to see him just when he did. But it would have been better still if he had done 'so long before. For Mr. Ingham turned out to be the only man
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    • 972 3 DANDO Co. TAILORS -A-ISrZD GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No .1, Beach Street Union Street, 261 PEHANG. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. INDIA RUBBER STAMPS 4 N AMERICAN organ, by Mason and Brass Seal Manufactory. /1 Hamlin Organ Company, second-hand, I4UBBER Stamps and Brass Seals of in good order. Owner will part with it
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    • 1832 4 gnaw.(ncto MCLARTY COMPANY, tivoli beeri THE LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, TIVOLI BEER!! 7 SURVEYORS CONTRACTORS. THE undersigned having been appointed SUPPLY ALL MACHINERY MATERIALS, FITTINGS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES AND STORES TIVOI I RFFRHI Agents for the above Corporation are in use by J 1 I VLI DLtniU F]RF
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    • 421 4 B. LIET FILS Co., COGNAC, TRADE jCsSt MA RK. FIRST CLASS BUM 3 QUALITIES- i n cases of 12 quarts. a j (B. FOSTER SONS, Limited, BUGLE BIIAXD. BASS’ IiIllS! BIHIB ALE, (COMMONLY KNOWN AS GREEN ALE) GUINNESS’ DOUBLE EZTRA STOUT. SOLE IMPORTERS,— Behn Meyer Co., rEXANG and SINGAPORE. w
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