Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 August 1894

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette And Straits Chronicle FTTBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 (ftRTB. VOL. LIL WEDNESDAY. AUGUST 8. 1894. No. 179
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      588 1 pippin# Qloticee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r HHE mail steamers may J A ex pected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang ‘homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Rohilla 19th Clyde 10th Aug. i««ewi 2nd Sept. Hosetta 2 4th 16th Surat 7th Sept. 30th Cathay 20th +1- The above
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      1909 1 SBtpmna (Uofuee. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). I banks. rr3 v KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong A Shansi Banking Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. corporation. tmr me nvr xr Intended Sailing and expected, Arrival of Steamer». Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. HOLT 8 WEEKXi.x LIHJS. Reserve Fund $4,200,000. I Reserve
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      528 1 NEDERLANUSCHE HANDEL HAATSCHAPPD. (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 2,086,155.60$ Head Office in Amsterdam. Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandscha Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Peealongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    45 2 Mails closk To-morrow. For Per etr. Time. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.M. Pangkor T. Anson... Flying Dragon... 1 p.M. Teluk Anson FookUliing 2 pm. Europe ria Brindisi... Clyde 5 p.M. The homeward P. O. steamer Clyde left Singapore at 9 a. m. to-day.
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    SHIPPING.
    243 2 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Aragyee from Deli. s. s. Darin» from Calcutta. s. 8. Maria Valerie from Trieste. s. s. Flying Dragon from T. Anson. s. s. Fook Ching do. Yesterday. b. s. Lady Weld from P. Weld. s. s. Flying Fieh do. Departure*. To-dat. s. 8. Mary Austin
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    78 2 Departures. To-dat. Per B. I. 8. s. Sirsa for Singapore, Miss Merry and Lieut. Jennings. Per B. I. a. s Cam rta for Rangoon. Mr. H. Fredei i< k. Mr». J. E. Case 2 children ami M r. S. Skinner. Passages hooked for the Straits. duly 22nd. Per
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    THE WEEK.
    57 2 Wednesday, xrii:— Town Band. E-plana<le First Quarter Moon, 5 p. m. T<i. hoi.%j Orn Town Band, D.itu Kratnat Gardena. Homeward mail closes, ri<* Brindisi. Fuiiky I'nii Sati hdat, 11th Town Band. Golf Club. Sunday, 12th 12th Sunday after Trinity. M'.siut 13th (Public Holiday.) Anniversary of Settlement of Penang
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    EXCHANGE.
    146 2 Pr.NANu, Brw August 1894. H»i»s ri.oxr hiikloii, D' •tna:nl It ink ..2 0} Do. I inonf liM* Night B.i-ik 215 Do. 3 Urolili. 2'l| Do. 3 i m-i|>i| y '‘a'cniln, I).Mui'i I Bink 194 Do. 3'l <|.l \s’ Ml '"it |*l I»' I'M Bombxy. OomiT. I Bi <k 194
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    87 2 I’r.NANi., Bth August, 1894. Tin $36.40 I Trang no supply Bmck Pi i'i'i i < West Coast.. small supply. Acheeii ...61b $9.90 sellers. While Pepper... U do. Cloves (pickeil) n supply. Mate No. I 7,0. sellers Mate Pit-kings 60, do. Nutmegs 80.— do. INo. 1 7.50 do.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    52 2 A. French Traveller Drowned by Thibetan Tribesmen. London, 7th August. —A French traveller named Dutreil was thrown into a river by Thibetan tribesmen and drowned. The Chinese Government have expressed regrets and offered to recompense his family. The Cowes Regatta. The Vigilant twice defeated the Uritanuia at the
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    MH. HUTTENBACH ON MUNICIPAL ABATTOIRS AND PENANG MATTERS.
    261 2 As will be seen from the particulars published yesterday, of the debate in the Legislative Council on the Municipal Slaughter House Bill, what seems t<> have been a hastily considered bill lias been very pro pei ly slopped by communications from the
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    LOCAL.
    827 2 We umoi.sland ihat the repairs to the Wateifall Reservoir have now lieen coni pleted and water will be let in to morrow night. The Municipai.ll y NOTIFY that on and after to-morrow, the Waterfall water supply will be cut off every night from 9 p. m to 5.30 a.
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    GENERAL.
    480 2 From IHE 1»T of July the British Govei nmrnt get full a«l vantage of the purchase of the Suez Canal shares: the dividend receipts commem-iiig on that dale are computed a gain lo the Treasury of £625,000 p«>r annum. The shares which cost folli millions are now worth nineteen
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    CRICKET.
    219 2 Bukit Mertajam Recreation Club v S Balik Pulau Recreation Club. This match, played on Sxinrdiiy qst on the Butterworth Recreation ground resulted in the victory of the foinier Chib by 24 runs. Bukit Mertajarn played wi||] three substitutes. Woodward for Bukit Mertajam plaved in his usual fine style and
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    584 2 OFFICIAL intimation has been made that nil the land telegraph lim s in China have been closed to the general public. The la.»t Rauh ei ashing brought down by Mr. Bilihy is 888| oz which at the present rate of exchange ought to be worth about $35,00°. H.
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    THE PETROLEUM MONOPOLY.
    188 2 The China Express says that it has good authority for stating that the negociations concerning the Petioleum Monopoly have been broken off, as the Russian Government refused to guarantee the contract, a condition that the American company sought to get fulfilled. 'l'he re»ult will be war between
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      834 2 rt-~rT!-~ V f 1« New Advertisements. 7 o’ fPHE TWO HOUSES next to the Roman PcTlttUQ Ct/lld SlllffCipOl 6. Catholic Church, Penang Road, the property of R. H. Maynard, Esq. They arc (i Th© POSadSl I,OW b e n P n re P a l H,, d repainted, and will
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      59 2 EMPLOYMENT WANTED. BY an officer of 24 years’ experience on the Engineer’s Staff of the P. W. D., who expects to be superannuated at the end of the current year. His experience would be most useful as Office Assistant to a Civil Engineer or Works Contractor. For particulars apply to
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    THE KOREAN IMBROGLIO.
    1797 3 (Cor., North China Daily New».) Chemulpo, July 11th I arrived at Chemulpo this afternoon, and though the appearance of the harbour was not such as I had beju led to anticipate regarding the number of vessels of war watching the progress of events, a cursory glance round
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    The Possible War and the Position of Neutral Trade.
    505 3 (Houykony Daily Press.) In the event of war breaking out between China and Japan some delicate questions would arise as to the extent to which the respective countries should Im* allowed to exercise the ordinary rights of belligerents. A few days
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    GUERRILLA WARFARE IN BORNEO.
    792 3 Two Troopers Killed; (’apt. Barnett and 35 Privates Seriously Wounded. (Hongkong Telegraph.) Wc received by the Me ninon on the 21st inst. interesting details of a desperate encounter on the 10l I. instant, between a small British force of mounted police, under Captain E. A. Bn
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    THE CHINESE NAVY.
    541 3 THE CHINESE NA VY. Apropos of the present strained relations between China and Japan, an amusing if somewhat doubtful story is told by the Pioneer regarding the Chinese fleet by an officer who has recently had some experience of China and Chinese methods. Last summer when France and .Siam were
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    YACHTING ON THE CLYDE.
    509 3 4’ L’. Er press, July 6tb. Sinking of the Valkyrie.”—The ‘‘Vigilant Defeated by the Britannia.” A i.ameniable collision occurred yesterday in the Corinthian matches of the Mud hook Yacht Club, in which Lord Dun- 1 raven’s famous cutter “Valkyrie” was sunk by (he .Satanita,” and the
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      70 3 TJI.H PINANG GAZETTE DAILY EDITION. TERMS Ot- bHBSCHIPI fIIHE price of the Piiutag Gazette delivered I free is as follows: To (government Offices and Merchants’ Godotvu» —in Penang.— Per annum... $24 payable in advance. By Post. Per annum... $27 do. Single copy 20 cents. Advertisement Rates. Minimum charge 2 5
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      1639 3 NOTICE. ON Thursday, the 20lh «September 1894, the following farms will be let by the Governor of Acheen and dependencies at Kota Rad ja for the year 1895, viz 1. The Gambling Farm. 2. The Pawnbrokers Farm. 3. The Pig Farm. 4. The Opium Farm. For conditions and further particulars
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      1719 4 Boon Kail Co.. Jaowmct (Roticee. Jnsurance Qloftce®. the straits martwp n. i f INSURANCE COMPANY, UNITED. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. UNITED. commission agents, MARiNEjNusRANCE. I The Royal Insurance Company IMPORTERS OF FOREIGN GOODS, w.„„b«in, Inmmuic. Company. established isss. established tbss. and THE undersigned have been appointed A CONSIDERABLE redaction in local
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      400 4 Stationery, Jjc., FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE Pinang Gazette Office. Account books— variou. nizes. “AT HOME’ ('ARDS BALL —large assortment, latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, containing 120 sheets Note Pnper and IOU Envelopes. Best quality paper. In grent demand. $2.60 each. BLOITJNG PAPER, white red.
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