Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 15 March 1894

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL THURSDAYS MARCH 15, 1894. No. GO
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 626 1 pipping (notices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. mail steamers may 'rtna be expected to arrive outvva rds, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Thames 18th Afar. Ravenna 23rd Mar. Maleva Ist Apl.j Assam 6th Apl. Rosetta, loth Rokilla 20tli (ranges 29th j Thames 4th May The
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    • 1465 1 pipping (Ilofiwe. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY.—(LTD) banks KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Affra k Limited HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers Capital£l,ooo,ooo. (One Million Sterling.) I Head Office: F° K Will sail Steamer From Expected on Nicholas Lane,
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    • 712 1 NEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.23 J Special Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Peealongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 88 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time Klang A Malacca Teutonia, ...10 a.m. Edie AT. Semawe Rosa 1 p.m. Tongkah Ngapoota 1 p.m. Deli Langkat 2 p.m. Trang Artsadong 2 p.m. Pangkor, T. Anson A Port Dickson Canton 2 p.m. Saturday, 17 th. Edie, T. Sewatne A Olehleh
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  • 217 2 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. s. s. Secundra from Singapore. s. s. M. Vajiranhis do. s. s. Gerda from Hamburg. s. s. Canton from T. Anson. Yesterday. B. I. s. s. Purnea from Rangoon, s. s. Ngapoota from Tongkah. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. s. Flying Dragon from P.
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  • 55 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per B. I. 8. 8. Secundra from Singapore, Mr. C. Dunlop, Mr. A. Cornelius. Mr. Riach, Mr. A Mrs. Jumcanx. Mr. Cann and Miss Croplev. Per s. s. M. Vajirvnhis from Singapore, Mr. and Mrs. Spelter. Y ESTERDAY. Per s. s. Teutonia from Malacca Mr. Ohara,
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  • 61 2 Thursday, 15th First Quarter Moon. 1.23 a.m. Town Band, Datil Krainnt Gardens. Fatmv. 16th Municipal Commissioners’ Meeting. Arrival of Chinese Squadron. Satukhav, 17th: Town Band, Golf Club. Cricket, P.R.C. rs 8.M.R.C., Esplanade.- Sunday, 18tii Palm Sunday. Outward mail due, P. A 0. Thames. Monday, 19th Town Band, Esplanade.
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  • 124 2 Penang, 15th March. 1894. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 2-J dol. Do. 4 months’sight Bank 2'-| Do. 3 Credits 2'-J Do. 3 Docnmen'. try Ualcnttn, Demand Bink 11« 173 Do. 30 days’sight Private Bombay, Demand Rink 173 Do. 30 days’sight Private Madras, Demand Bank 172 Do. 30
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  • 72 2 Penang, 15th March, 1894. Tin 638.80 I Trang 8.90 Black Pepper < West Coast.. 8.25 I Acheen 7.40 White Pepper... 12.90 Cloves (picked) 31.50 Mace No. 1 90.Mace No. 2 72. Nutmegs 84. No. I 6 80 Sugar 4 2 4.50 firm (Basket 4.05 sellers. Tapioca Flour..,
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  • 191 2 Defeat of the Government. London, ]Ath March.— The debate in the House of Commons on the address has been carried on amidst great excitement. Mr. Labouchere moved an amendment to deprive the House of Lords of the power to reject bills which was carried, despite the opposition of
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  • 1112 2 In its issue of 9th the Singapore Daily Advertiser points to an interesting coincidence, namely, that the United States of America are at present engaged in passing a Tariff Bill one of the provisions of which is to bring the opium trade under their direct control.
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  • 531 2 —Daily Advertiser, His Majesty the King of Italy attained his fiftieth year yesterday. The half ykakly general meeting of I lie Pennng Tnrf Club will be held on Wednesday, 28th instant The steamers .Irrafoon Apc.ar and Nam Y> ng bronght in all rather more than 1,400 Chinese
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  • 1244 2 (Contributed.) In yesterday’s issue we printed an in. strnctive extract dealing ivith the Japanese competition for the trade of this Colony. The writer of that article might have added that the Japanese have recently established a line of steamers io import Indian cotton into Japan at cheaper
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 990 2 Dritrhwd X- Co w ADVERTiSEMENT /1 IbUIjQL U uu, 5 horses for sale. iylaCk a ustralian Mare, 14.2, quiet to BEACH STREET. O ride and drive. Bronze medal for jumping in class over 14 hands. 2nd in best turnout ditto at Penang Show 1893. *r All nniAin nrnADTHrMT Australian Mare,
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  • 64 3 H. E. the Governor and the Hon. the Resident Councillor are expected to arrive at Penang in the Sea Belle on Sunday morning. We are informed that Sir Charles and Lady Mitchell intend remaining in Penang another week, so that His Excellency may, after his travels in Province
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  • 108 3 The managing owner of the steamer Flying Scud appeared yesterday before Mr. Howaid, the 3rd Magistrate, and in answer to the charge of carrying passengers in excess of the vessel's license pleaded that he was unaware of what his chincliew had been doing, and on being informed
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  • 215 3 Two cases OF possession of illicit chandu were before the First Magistrate yesterday. In the fir st case two Chinamen were charged, one of whom was fined 826 and the other discharged. Tn the second, two Chinamen were discharged and the other fined $25. A Hailam man, named
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  • 57 3 The Hongkong Daily Press says: —In Hongkong all the money required for public works could have been raised locally and in silver without difficulty, but the home Government insisted upon the loans being conttacted in gold, with that result that the colony has to repay about
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  • 49 3 Writing on gambling, the Daily Advertiser says:—The Ordinance for the suppression of Gambling has now been in operation sufficiently long to convince the Government that it is almost inoperative. The pitiful prosecutions that are from time to time instituted simply bring both the law and-the Government into contempt.
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  • 59 3 The Bombay Gazette's special London telegram says there is a general belief that Lord Rosebery contemplates an immediate appeal to the country, and that an early dissolution of Parliament has been decided upon. This impression is fully shared by Conservatives and Liberal Unionists who
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  • 104 3 T he price of Liberian coffee has risen to $44.50 per plkul, Which is three times the price of Liberian coffee when it was first planted in Malaya. A CURIOUS thing about Liberian coffee trees worth noting, writes a Wynaad correspondent to a contemporary, is that they can
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  • 96 3 The following changes in the District Offices will take effect from Monday next Messrs. W. C. Michell, District Officer, Balik Pulau, and E. G. Broadrick, District Officer, Nibong Tebal, who have been granted leave of absence, will be replaced by Messrs. L. E. P. Wolferstan
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  • 162 3 Sungei Ujong is sparing no effort to make the meeting there at Easter a big success. It is anticipated that many distinguished visitors will be present, including H. E. the Governor and Lady Mitchell, Mrs. Maxwell, the Resident of Selangor and Mrs. Treacher. In fact, “everybody
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  • 210 3 —Selangor Journal. Mr. Claude Vincent arrived at Kuila Lumpur on the afternoon of the 6th ami is staying at the Residency. Mr. Vincent, who by the by is a brother of Colonel Howard Vincent and of Sir Edgar Vincent, holds the position of Under Secretar
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  • 172 3 Bombay, March 2.—Concerning the Rome the P. and O. agent here says she was expected to reach Aden early yesterday morning but has not arrived, and advices from that port have been received to the effect that the same company’s steamer Ganges and H. M. S.
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  • 263 3 Allahabad, March 3. —A serious casualty has occurred in connection with the Abor expedition. Major Moles worth, of the 44th Gurkhas, commanding at Sadiya, reports that an Abor has arrived at that station bringing news of an attack by the Duka A bars on a post
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  • 1296 3 Irritation in India. London, March 5. The Times, in an article to day on India, comments on the gravity of the irritation that exists in India regarding the exemption of the duties on cotton goods imported into India, and concludes by saying that signs are visible that
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
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    • 996 3 DANDO Co. TAILORS -A-ZTZD GENEUAL OUTFITTERS. No 1, Beach Street Union Street, 26 i PEITjMTO-. NOTICE. NOTICE. ON and after December Ist no chits will rpHB untlei si^nc(] liaB resumed charge of be allowed at cither of the under- J (h(J lSub Agcn( y o f the Netherland mentioned estabhshments.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1476 4 Tnerurana (Hottcee. Jxi :t 111: it s< > le“&€<>., --SSMSgE. MARINE FARQUHAR STREET, PENANG. JR 8 k I The Federal Marine Insurance Company. c T HE undersigned having been appointed SSASSjKjwtt* 'j Agents for the above Company, are x. prepared to accept Marine Risks at current X/ ra t es
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    • 409 4 j&ationenj, FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE Pinang Gazette Office. Account books— various s zes. “AT HOME” CARDS. BALL PROGRAMMES—Iarge assortment, latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, containing 120 sheets Note Paper and IOC) Envelopes. Best quality paper. In great demand. $2.60 each. Blotting paper, white red.
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