Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 August 1894

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette And Straits Chronicle PUBLISHED D2LXXd*Z*. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENT». VOL. LIL WEDNESDAY’. AUGUST 22, 1894. No. 190
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      569 1 (Uoftcee. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. ma ’l Bfe amers may t. 1 Jj be expected to arrive oatwards and loave Penan g homewards, on the following dates Outward». Homeward». Rohilla 19th \Ro»etta 24th Raoenna 2nd Sept. Suraf 7th Sept. p‘ a, M Gatha y 20th Rosetta 30th 1 he
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      1490 1 Sapping (Roticeg. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. A KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LISE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». p 4ld CjPITil “3510,000,000. 1 Reserve Fund $4,200,000. n TK For Will sail Steamer From Expected on ReBERVB Liability
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      533 1 KEDERLANDSCHE HANDEL MaATSCBAPPM. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 2,086,155.60 j Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nedcrlandsche 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.
    54 2 Mails close To-mokkow. For Per tir. Tune. Deli Langkat 1 p.M. Pangkor T. Anson... Peree 1 p m. Asalian It. Halewyn 1 p.m. Pangkor T. Anson Beley 2p.m. Moulineiu Chupra 5 p.m. Friday, 24th. Moul mein Uainorla ...11 A.M. The homeward P. O. steamer Rosetta is expected to
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    SHIPPING.
    282 2 I rrivals. To-day. s. 8. Bet»y from T. Anson. s. s. Perse do. s. s. Eoi Cheong from Deli. s. s. Argyll from Birkenhead. s .8. It. Halewyn from Asahan. B I. s. s. (Juniorta from Rangoon. P. A O- s. s. Formosa from Singapor. Y esterday. s. s.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    121 2 i’a">agrB booked for the Straits. August 3rd. —Per P. A O. 8 h. Ravenna fr6tn I*ondon for Penang. Miss Hassell A Mrs. F. G. Scott for Singap ire, Mr A' Mrs W. H. Raymond and two children. •4wf/i«s< Pith.— Per P. A 8. 8. Sww from Lindon for
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    THE WEEK.
    47 2 Wednesday, 22nd: Town Baud, Esplanade, 5 pm. Thursday. 23rd:— Town Band, Data Krainat Gardens. Fhiimt 21tii Meeting Licencing Justices, 2-30 p.m. Homeward mail closes, ria Brindisi. Saturday, 25th Town Band, Golf Club. St’NDAT, 26th 14th Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 27th:— Town Band, Esplanade. Tuesday. 28th
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 2 Penang, 22nd August, 1891. RvTES CLOSE AS FOLLOWS: London, Demand Bank -2/21 dol. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/2| Do. 3 (’redit 2/2J -j Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rh 192 Do. 30 days’ sight Private Bombay. Demand Bank 192 Do. 30 days’ sight Private Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    88 2 Penang, 22nd August, 1894. 'Gn $38.20 sellers. Trang no supply. \V est Coast... small supply. Acheen 61b $10.70 buyers. White Pepper 13.35 sellers. Cloves (picked) no supply. Mace No. 1 73. sellers. Mace Pickings 61. d o Nutmegs 85, a o I No. 1 7.40 do. 2
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    61 2 The Japanese Treaty Ports. London, 2\st August. Replying to a question whether China will respect the Treaty Ports in Japan, Sit* E. Grey declined to make a statement until a case arose. The Straits Military Contribution. Reduced by £20,000. The Straits Military Contribution has been fixed to £8(1,000
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    TO-DAY'S TELEGRAMS.
    184 2 The Renter’s and Singapore telegrams published to day, informing ns of a retluc ed military conti ibutioti and an increase in the letting of the farms (totalling in all something like S 140,000) will be pleasant reading to moat of our subscribers. To gether with this we have
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    LOCAL.
    739 2 'The Siamese gunboat Coronation will leave tc-morrow moi mug for Tong kali. The Govern men r steamer C&amroea arrived this morning from Tougkah; she has luO troops on- board for Bangkok. ’The STEAMER Foi Cheong arrived tins morning, and will leave for Hongkong shortly with 4U.000 vases of Langkat
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    GENERAL.
    681 2 Il is STATED that the Russian Govern- ment has i« solvc<l upon the construction of I Railway from Saniarcand to the very threshold of the Pamir region. Il is ESTIMATED that the saving of interest by the conversion of the 1842 43 India loan will l>e about tliiiteeu lakhs
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    SINGAPORE SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    165 2 (From our Correspondent.) THE REVENUE FARMS. Singapore Farms let at an increase. SINGAPORE, 218 T August, 4 t Thk Singapore Farms have been allotted to the present holder, Mr. Chenh Chen Ĕok at. §llB,OOO per month, or an increase of $4,000 over the present rate. The Government
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    120 2 Cattle disease in Province Wellesley is on the decrease. For the week ending the 18th inst., there have been only two cases reported to the Police. The Chinaman who was arrested lately ami supposed to be one of the gang-robber» at the Permatang Passir robbery, was discharged by
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    MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ABROAD.
    611 2 An interesting Parliamentary paper has recently been issued, containing reports tr< m Her Majesty's representatives in the most important foreign countries on the laws on marriage and divorce in operation in those countries. 'There are no reports from c uutries in the Far East, though some
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      881 2 rt .r y rt NOTICES. U uO.j TO LET FURNISHED. From Ist September, 1894. Penang and Singapore. NE Bed-room, Dress ng-room and Bath- room and one Bed-room. u The Posada w 1399 No. io, clove hall road. DIRECT IMPORTATION OF WINES AND SEA VIEW.” SPIRITS IN CASKS. rpO LET FURNISHED,
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    THE MONETARY QUESTION.
    1344 3 (Contributed.) I. No place can be better situated than the Straits the purpose of gauging the loss and injury which is now falling on the produceis of England and Europe generally. When the Suez Canal was opened a great si ream of European commerce at once flowed
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    THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
    961 3 (From Hongkong Papers to 9th inst.) SHANGHAI, 7th August. A Japanese steamer named Gmkaimaru was captured while at sea near Taku by a Chinese torpedo boat. [The (Jenkai Marti was built for the Nippon Yrisen Kaisha in 1891 by Messis. Napier. Shanks and Bell of Glasgow. Her
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    THE EXPLOSIVES ORDINANCE.
    255 3 > An ordinance to regulate flic mannfac hire, possession, use, sale, transport and impoi fat ion of explosives is published in the Government Gazette, as short lv to be inf induced into iht> Legislative Conn il The definition (danse reads (1) “Explosive” (o) means gunpowder nitroglycerine dynamite
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    MALAYS AT THE CAPE.
    229 3 In the current number of Chambers’ Journal” there is an interesting article dealing with the subject of Asiatic Im mi gration to British Colonies. The writer dwells more particularly with the tide of immigration which has Kef into them from India. Incidentally, however, he refers to
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    CHINESE MINERS IN THE STRAITS.
    336 3 The Hongkong Telegraph says: Lieut.Colonel R. F. S. Walker, well known in Hongkong military and social circles and on the local Cricket Ground, when a ‘sub* in Hie Gloucestershire Regiment eighteen years ago, and now Resident, or something of that sort, somewhere in the Stiaits
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES.
    383 3 Meeting or the Municipal Commissioners held on the 2Oth July, 1894. Present.— Capt. Anderson, R. e., (Acting President), the Hon. W. C. Brown, m.d., J. Gibson, Esq. and K. A. P. Hogan, Esq. Absent. J. Y. Kennedy, Esq. (President on leave) and Koh Seang Tat, Esq. 1. The
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      234 3 WANTED. riIRACER f<»r Teluk Anson Land Office. I Salary $240 per annum. The necessary qualifications are J. Must have passed Standard V. 2. Must, lie able to prepare Demarcation Sketches and Trace. Applications to be sent in to the Commissioner of Lands, or to the District Magistrate of the above
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      1371 3 H. J. Martyn, Jr. 406 NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that a meeting of the Board of Licensing Justices will be held at the Court of Requests, at 2.30 p. m. on Friday, the 24th day of August, 1894, for the purpose of granting, renewing, or cancelling licenses. H. T.
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      1735 4 GOLD feiEDALS-Coiogne, Amsterdam, Brussels, The Hague, Dublin, Birmingham, &c. POSIT,VE GOVERNME Ny^n_yfLA SBURANCE c LTD HOLDS A HIGHER AWARD FOR MERIT THAN ANY OTHER NATURAL TABLE WATER Chief Office in India: 104, Clive Street, Calcutta. T9F TH SB Policies can be taken out from and after Life Policies are also
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      412 4 {Stationery, FOR OFFICE. ESTATE. STORE, or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE Pinang Gazette Office Account books— varion. sizes. -AT HOME” CARD S BA LL PROGRAMMES —large assortment latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, containing 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 Envelopes. Best quality paper. In great demand. $2.60 each. 810 tting
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