Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 April 1894

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DA.ILT. NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894. No. 76
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 597 1 pipping Qloticee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may k e ex P ec^ed arrive t ou^wards and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Rosetta sth Apl. Assam 6th Apl. Ganges 29th Rokilla 20th Sutlej 13th May. Thames 4th May Rohilla 27th J Malwa 18th
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    • 1408 1 (Ttoftce*. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. r KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. ______l Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. oXT HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer*. (Ono £jjU’ B^.( U Head Office: For Will sail Steamer From Expected on Nicholas Lane, Lombard Str., London, E.C.
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    • 452 1 HEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.23| Fpecial Reserve Fund... /1,000,000. Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. x\gincies and Branches. —Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and
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  • 25 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time Klang Malacca Teutonia ...11a.m. Asahan Sanitwongsee... Noon. Langkat Jin Ho 2 p.m. Singapore Palamcotta 3 P.M.
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  • 193 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. Aragi/eo from Deli. s. s. Tang Tong from T. Anson. s. s. Sanitwongsee from Asahan. Yesterday. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. 8. Palamcotta from Rangoon. s. s. Lady IFeZd from Port Weld. Departures. To-day. s. s. Langkat for Deli. s. s. Qitorra for Langkat. s.
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  • 173 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per h. s. Avagyee from Deli, Mr. Steinstralian, Mr. De Benny, Mrs. Fawke, child, and maid and Mr. White. Yesterday. Per s. s. Teutonia from Malacca, Revd. Hainus and Mr Weber. Passages booked for the Straits. March 16th.— Per I’ A O 8. 8. Arcadia from
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  • 68 2 I’ll I lISHA y. sth Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens. Friday 6th Annular eclipse of the sun. 9-3 a. m. Football match C. R. C. vs. the Lines. Satckhav, 7th Paper Chase, Start from Datu Kramat Gardens 6 a. m. Town Band, Golf Chib. Mahoinedan Festival (Hari Raya).
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  • 151 2 I’r.NANo, sth April, 1894. Ratf.s close as rm. lots: I.«union, Demand Bank 2 1| dol. Do. 4 monl.lis’sight, Bank 2 2 Do. 3 Credit» 2'2s Do. 3 Doctinien' iry C'nlcnlln, Dema'il Bink 185 Do. 30 da vs’ sight Private Bombay, Dema.nl Bink 185 Do. 30 days’ sight Privi o
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  • 72 2 Penang, shi April, 1891. Tin §3730 Trung 38.45 Black Pepper < West Coast.. 8.25 I Aeheen 7.40 White Pepper... 12.90 Cloves (picked) 31.50 Mace No. I 90, Mace No. 2 72. Nutmegs 84. No. I 7 10 Sugar I 2 4.8) firm Basket 4.05 sellers. Tapioca Flour..
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  • 74 2 London, 4th April.— The conclusion of the Austro-Russinn commercial treaty is due to the personal intervention of the Czar. It is regarded as an important indication of the progress of the Austro-Russian raprochement. It is stated that the commercial agreement of the three Empires will probably be followed
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  • 1177 2 Mr. J. Ashness, surveyor in the Public Works Department, «Singapore, is to be transfer! ed to Penang. There Will be a Paper Chase on Saturday m xt, 7(li instant, al 6 a.m. Meet at Dato Kramat Gardens, finish at G«x>«lwood.” A FOO I BALL MITCH, between I
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  • 617 2 —L, C. Express. The formation of a Colonial Party in the House of Commons is a matter of too great importance to be passel over without some special notice. With «Sir John Gorst as an able leader; with Sir Thomas .Sutherland, whose practical knowledge of the
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  • 92 2 Teluk Anson, April 4th. 1894. It is wearying to experience a “daily round” which certainly docs not satisfy our wants, if even it should be “all we ought- to ask.” One chafes at such monotony, and longs for something to break the even tenor of the way. There
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  • 78 2 For declining to give the Perak Turf Club a free advertisement, the .Secret try has made a request that the entries for the forthcoming laces be not communicated to us This is a somewhat unusual «ouise to adopt, aha is in marked distinction to the courtesy
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  • 284 2 These artists had a good .send off last night. It is not often that a company visiting l’< n.mg can give four successive performances ami keep up the attendance. “In Society” is not. much of a piece. It leaves off.too abinpHy, ami if it had not been
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  • 190 2 The Committee of Management for 1893 reports The nunibcv of subscribers again shows an increivse, being 178 against 154 at the cori espond ing period of 1892. II e daily issue of books average 40 voumes. Din io'g the i car 650 new volumes have been ;d
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  • 201 2 held to investigate the case. Rangoon Times, 27ih March. The B. I. S. N. liner Purnea, from Penang and Singapore, narrowly escaped being inn down while riding at anchor, with Hie usual lights up, off the BasseiU Cteek, at 4a. m. this morning. It seems that
    held to investigate the case. Rangoon Times, 27ih March.  -  201 words
  • 132 2 Madame Patey, the celebrated contralto, who for more than thirty years had held a place in the first rank of her profession, died early on Wednesday morning (leb. 28) at Sheffield. She gave a farewell concert on the previous evening, and for her first song
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 948 2 New Advertisement. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. rpHE next Ordinary Meeting of the MnniI cipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30 p. m., On Friday, the 13 th Instant. (By Order) J. W. HALL!FAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. notices. Just Received. wanted. A FURNISHED HOUSE for two or
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  • 469 3 (Selaagor Government Gazette, 30th March.) Leave. Mr. G. C. Bellamy, District Officer, Kuala Selangor, reported his return from leave and resumed duty on 11 th March. Holiday. Saturday, 7th April (being the Muhammadan Hari Raya) will be observed as a Public Holiday throughout the State. Beri-Beri. The Acting
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  • 96 3 A Carious Story. London, 29 th March. Private White, formerly 1 elonging to the Second Battalion of the West Surrey Regiment, has "sailed for Burma at the expense of Government to point out where he and a comrade buried King Theebaw’s regalia, which it is alleged they stole
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  • 120 3 Now that the United States have adopted the metre and the kilogram as their standards of weight and length, in conformity with Continental practice, England can hardly afford to stand out in the cold much longer. The Americans have not gone so far as to abolish the
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  • 207 3 Fire in Calcutta. Calcutta, March 29. —An extensive fire occurred to-night in the premises of Messrs. Ahmuty and Co. The fire originated in an old godown at the back of the building where it had gained a complete hold before being discovered. Before help could be summoned it
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  • 996 3 Commenting on Mr. Gladstone’s resignation, for the fourth and last time, of the high office of Prime Minister, the Times remarks that “the disappearance fiom active political life of so striking a figure is, in some sense, a (inning point in the history
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  • 576 3 (Fid Rangoon.) Behring Sea Fisheries Award. London, March 26.—1 n the House of Commons last night, Sir Charles Russell, the Attorney-General, gave notice that to morrow he would introduce a bill to legalise tfie Behring Sea fisheries award and to regulate future sealing in that, quarter. The American
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  • 1356 3 Home News. At a mooting of the Royal Geographical Society, on Fob. 26, Mr. C. R Markham presiding. Mr. Herbert Warrington Smyth read a paper on “Exploration on the Upper Mekong, Siam.” Mr. Smyth, who is in the service of the Siamese Mining Department, had
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 71 3 TYE CHEANG Co.. From Shanghai, CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS ENGLISH AND CHINESE FURNITURE, Art Furniture Manufacturers PAINTERS AND DESIGNERS REPAIRER OF BILLIARD TABLES, No. 45a. Church Street, Penang. INDIA RUBBER STAMPS and Brass Seal Manufactory. RUBBER Stamps and Brass Seals of > every description executed in the latest style within 24
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    • 382 3 DAN DO Co. TAILORS -A-ZLTID GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No I, Beach Street Union Street, 2,51 FEITA-WO-. UI THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. I FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. ESTABLISHED 1888. ESTABLISHED 1886. Capital fully Subscribed: i Capital fully Subscribed $3,000,000—£500,000. i $2,000,000=£330,00C, Capital paid-up: Capital paid-up: $600,000=£100,000. $400,000=£66,000 Reserve Fund Reserve Fund:
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1114 4 NETHERSOLE Co., GOLD EDALS-Coiogne,Amsterdam, Brussels,ThuHague, Dudin, Birmingham,&c. 1, FARQUHAR STREET. PENANG. HOLDS A HIGHERAWARD FOR MERIT THAN ANY OTHER NATURAL TABLE WATER THE oldest and best known Mineral Water Manufacturers in the Straits, i 3 established here for 30 years, beg to inform their Customers in Singapore J 9 KT
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    • 386 4 FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE PinangGazetteOffice. ACCOUNT BOOKS —various sizes. “AT HOME” CARDS. BA LL PROQRAMMES-large assortment, latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, containing 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 Envelopes. Best qualify paper. In great demand. $2.60 each. BLO’l'l'ING PAPER, white red. BIRTH CARDS, 6<
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