Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 1 June 1894

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIL FRIDAY, JUNE 1. 1894. No. 123
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 550 1 pipping Qloftcee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. riIHE mail steamers may KbViM b ex P ected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following '<Air dates Outwards. Homewards. loth June', Ganges 15th June GVyrfe 24th Sutlej 29th Rosetta Bth July Rohi'lla 13th July Surat 22nd Ravenna 27th 1
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    • 1348 1 £?Btpptng (Iloftceß. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. rr KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up capital $10,000,000 1 11 1 11 T Reserve Fund $4,200,000. «Mk w Wt. a n Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000.
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    • 400 1 WEDERLAKDSCHE HANDEL EAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 1,753,427.23| Fpecial Hem ve 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, Chcribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean,
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  • 74 2 Mails close to-mohkow. For Per str. Time. Singapore Lindula ...11 a.m. Edie <fc T. Semawe JFtut/ti 1 Pangkor T. Anson Flying Dragon 2 p.m. Tongkah... Petrel 1 p.m. Deli Ho Kwei 2 p.m. Pangkor &T. Anson Deli 2 p.m. Edie, Segli, I’. Semawe, Olehleh <t Padang Jleael 3
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  • 237 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli. s. s. Read from Batavia. s. s. Lightning from Calcutta. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. r. s. Deli do. 8. s. Flying Dragon from T. Anson. B. I. s. s. Ethiopia from Moulmein. Yesterday. s. s. Rio from Rangoon.
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  • 93 2 Passages booked for the Straits. May 11th.— Per I*. A s. s. Britannia from London for Singapore, Lieut. F. W. Stringer, Lieut. G F. R. Pritchard and Mr. T. W. Hyde. May 13th. Per M. M. s. s. Sydney from Marseilles for Singapore, Mr. Templer, J. Stoof, Mr.
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  • 76 2 Friday Ist Football match, P.C.C. r« Sergt. McMurray’s team, Esplanade 5 p.m. Last night Willard Opera Company, Town Hall 9 p.m. Saioki'av, 2nd Cricket match 2nd eleven P.R.C. vs M.C.C. Esplanade. Town Band. Golf Chib. Football match. Military vs M.R.C. at the Lines 5 p.m. .SvNI'AV, 3rd 2nd
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  • 130 2 Pen a ng, Ist June, 1894. Rates close as follows: Condon, Demand Bank 2 1 dol. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2l| Do. 3 Credits 21’ Do. 3 I) oclimnt icy Calenii.a, Duinan 1 Bink Us 191 Do. 30 days’sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 191 Do. 30 days’sight Privi
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  • 83 2 Penanw, Ist' June, 1894. Tin $39.10 1 Trang no supply. Black Pepper < West Coast.. small supply. Acheen ...61b. 9.30 sellers. While Pepper... 1225 do. Cloves (picked) no supply. Mace No. 1 86. sellers. Mace Pickings 73. do. Nutmegs 86. do. No. 1 7.60 do. Sugar! 2...
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  • 72 2 London, 31s/ May.— The motion of Sir William Harcourt, for the priority of Government business for the remainder of the Session, was adopted by a majority of seventeen. In M. Dupuy’s statement to the Chambers he said that the financial problem, especially fiscal reforms, were most urgent, Regarding
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  • 1088 2 A FINE YOUNG rhinoceros was brought over from Pangkor last night per steamer Deli. Mr. Walter Egerton left Singapore on the 29th for I’nhang, to relieve Mr. Hugh Clifford, Acting Resident, for a month. M r. Clifford is to go to the Cocos Islands this year ns
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  • 42 2 The: following telegram from the Colonial Secretary, Hongkong, to the Colonial Secic taiy, Straits Settlements, dated 28th May, has been published Mortality decreasing; character of disease changing for the belter, If important change occurs particulars will be sent by telegraph.
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  • 472 2 A large audience attended last night at the Town Hall to witness the pet formancc of The Gaiety Girl by the above Com pany. Of the performance we can only say that it sustained in general excellence the high opinion we have formed and expressed of
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  • 112 2 (From otir Correspondent.} Singapore, Ist June, 10-45 a m. The Legislative Council. A l the meet ing of the Legisl» l ive Council yesterday, His Excellency Major-General Jones-Vaughan and Messrs. Scali Leang Seah and August Huttenbach were sworn. The Hoti. T. Shelford give notice that he would
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  • 49 2 Allahabad, Miy 22.—The opium crop this year is the worst on record, at least for twenty ycats. The immediate result will be a rise in the price of the manufactured drug, but next year the revenue of the country will suffer very seriouslv, as stocks will be depleted.
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  • 716 2 •Harmston’s Circus are still shewing to large houses owing to their not being able to get a ship to China. The Chinese community celebrated the anniversary of Iler Majesty’s birthday in a very festive manner. Market Street was brilliantly festooned with flags, and many shops were illuminated in
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 943 2 V Mew advertisements. PritChSl’d uO. TOWN HALL, PENANG. HAVE JUST OPENED OUT The Willard Opera Company, THE FOLLOWING TO-NIGHT NEW GOODS:— Last night Last night 11 IN TOWN Tailoring Department. Prices of admission $3, 2 and 1. A large and choice selection of Box plan at Messrs. Maynard Co. Tennis
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  • 144 3 Mr. James Gawthoune prosecuted Lis native servant yesterday, in the Court of two Magistrates, for the theft of jewellery valued at $145 from his residence in Green Hall Lane on the sth May, and obtained a conviction of 9 months rigorous imprisonment against him. This morning, Mr.
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  • 350 3 The Free Press publishes the following letter from “An Outsider It may be within your knowledge that the interest in racing here is partly kept up by means of lotteries which are held on every race, and that certain rules have been adopted specifying the necessary qualification
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  • 259 3 SINGAPORE MERCANTILE MARINE OFFICERS AND ENGINEERS ASSOCIATIONS. A meeting of the above societies was held on the 26th May at the Marine Club, at which there was a fair attendance. The business before the meeting was a preliminary discussion of the local Shipping Ordinances, with a view to their amendment.
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  • 200 3 A reply has been received by the Eastern banks from the Secretary of State for India, concerning the claims for compensation made in consequence of the refusal of the Indian Government to receive the silver in transit at the time the mints were closed on
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  • 264 3 The Daily Advertiser says that in the report of the Chinese Protectorate Department, as published in the Government Gazette, there are certain significant statements which go to show that (ho able heads of that department have begun to think of justifying their existence, Mr.
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  • 1401 3 Success to International Bimetallism.” London, May 2nd. In the evening the members of the Conference dined at the Albion, under the Presidency of Sir David Evans. Most of the distinguished men who had attended the Conference were present. Mr. Chaplin, M. P., proposed the toast of
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  • 430 3 (1 ru Rangoon.) Home Politics. London, May 22, Mr. John Morley, speaking at Newcastle on Tyne, said he feared the Lords bad gone too far to be mended and must therefore be ended. He admitted the rivalry for piiority among the interests represented by the majority, but. said
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  • 575 3 The Land Department. Mr. L P. Ebden, Collector of Land Revenue, in his report for 1893 notes an increase in the revenue. The total for 1892 was $28,487.06, and for 1893 $38,246.02. Quit Kents. On the subject of quit rents Mr. Ebden remarks:— I may state for the reassurance
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 297 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. tPIIE next Ordinary Meeting of theMunit cipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30 p. m., On Friday, the Bth June. (By Order) J. W. HALMFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. NOTICE. [HEREBY give notice that I have this day purchased all the stock-in-trade and
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    • 814 3 MOLARTY COMPANY. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, SURVEYORS CONTRACTORS. SUPPLY ALL MACHINERY MATERIALS, FITTINGS, TOOLS, APPLIANCES AND STORES IN USE BY SHIPOWNERS, MILL OWNERS, MINERS AND HOUSEBUILDERS. DESIGNS AND SPECIFICATIONS PREPARED, WORKS SUPERVISED DURING CONSTRUCTION, Contracts Negotiated with Indian and European Manufacturers. DAN DO Co. TAILORS A.3STJD GENERAL OUTFITTERS. No I,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1760 4 Jnaurance (jlcttces. IFK A ¥l\ THE LOWDON ASSURAKCTCORPORATIOPL I BC Ml A 111 THE undersigned having been appointed tfk HL r J fel jB Agents for the above Corporation are Jfcx ha yaA B' V now prepared to accept Al A PINE and jTpy gfTW FIRE risks at current rates.
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    • 406 4 Stationery, &c, FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE 1 I PinangGazetteOffice. I CCOUNT BOOKS—various sizes. A- AT HOME CARDS. B’ ALL PROGRAM M ES- la. latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, containin’* 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 Envelopes. Best quality paper. In great demand. $2.60 each.
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