Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 August 1894

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette And Straits Chronicle PUBLISHED DAIL?. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PR/CE 20 CENTS VOL. LIL FRIDAY', AUGUST 24, 1894. No. 192
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      569 1 pipping (Rotices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. mail steamers may ?>'• idJLffl ex P ecte d to arrive i, outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Ravenna 2nd Sept.iSurat 7th Sept. Siam 16th \Cathay 20th Rosetta 30th The above dates are only approximate the arrivals and
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      1799 1 S^pmncr-(Hofices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. KONINKUJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. n Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS, corpo“ ai B HOLT S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». PIID C(PITAI 510 .000.000. 1 Reserve Fund $4,200,000. _A— Fob Will sail Steamer From Expected on R
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      527 1 NEDERLAKDSCHE HANDEL KAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 2,086,155.60 j 11 bad 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, and Tjilatjap.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    49 2 Mails ci.ose To-mo&kow. For Per etr. Time. Edie, T. Semawc and Scgli Rosa 1 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Scgli and Oleldeh R. K Atjeh 1 p.m. Pangkor A* T. Anson Flying bragbn... .l P.M. Deli Avagyee ,J’2 p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Scgli and Olehleh Karawg 3 P.M.
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    SHIPPING.
    233 2 Arrivals. To-!>at. s. s. ’Kamng from Pndang. s. s. Flying Fish from P. Weld. s. s. Flying Dragon from T. Anson. P. O. s. s Ro»ell<i from Singapore. Y ESTERDAY. s. s. Tetdy Weld from P. Weld. s. s. Sauittcongsee from Asaban. Pepart ures. To-day. B. I. s. s.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    144 2 Depart n res. To-day. Per P. A O. 8. s. sett a for Txmdon, Mr. A Mrs. E. J. Brewster A Mm. MacNamnraPassages Imokeil for the Straits. Avgust 3rd. —Per P. A O. s s. Rarenn.i from fxmdoii for Peming. Miss Hassell A Mrs. F. G. Scott; for
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    THE WEEK.
    62 2 Fain at 21th Football match, P. C. C. ft. Police Esplanade, 5 p. M. Saturday, 2-5 hi Cricket match, S. L. R. C. vs. M. C. Club, the Lines. Sunday, 26th 14th Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 27th j Town Band, Esplanade. Tuesday, 28m Wednesday. 29th Town Band, Esplanade.
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 2 Penang, 24th August, 1894. Bates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/1f dol. Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/2j Do. 3 Credit 2/2 j Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 190-191 Do. 30 days’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 190 Do. 30 days’ sight Private Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    89 2 Penang, 24th August, 1894. I* ll $37.80 sellers, f Trang no supply. Black Pepper West Coast... small supply. (.Acheen 6ib $10.70 buyers. White Pepper 13.50 do. Cloves (picked) no supply. Mace No. 1 73. sellers. Mace Pickings 61. do. Nutmegs 86. do. (No. 1..’. 7.40 do.’ Sugar
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    68 2 The China-Japan War. London, 2‘Ard August.—Sir Edward Grej’ replying to a question in the House of Commons regarding the right of search and seizure of British vessels, said it was impossible to determine rules beforehand. Shippers must act in time of war on their own responsibility. The Tariff
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    ANARCHISM IN FRANCE.
    572 2 It is matter for universal thanksgiving that Fiance Ims been at last awnked to the necessity of putting down with a strong bund that anarchy which thnatens to make life a. terror within“hcr borders, and occasiotrally overflows across the 'Channel am! causes British householders to quake with
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    THE REVENUE FARMS.
    129 2 Nothing has as yet been definitely fixed as regards the letting of the Penang Opium and Spirit Farms, 1895,97, but we have reason to believe that there is no likelihood of their being let at less than the rent of the current, farm. The figures which we
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    LOCAL.
    630 2 There will be no hand performance at the Golf Club to-morrow, Satin day. The STEAMER Sanitwougsee, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Asa han, brought a full cargo of pepper. A CRICKET MATCH, lias been arranged, to he jdayed to-morrow, between the Sepoy Lines Recreation Club and the M»liomednii Cricket
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    IMPORTS AND EXPORTS 1ST QUARTER 1984.
    148 2 The Import and Export returns for the first quarter of the year are published. The dollar values have been tinned into sterling at the average demand rates for the respective quarters 2 for 1893 and 2/11 for 1894. Exclusive of treasure, the figures show
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    SINGAPORE SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    220 2 {From our Correspondent.) SINGAPORE, 23rd August, 1.13 “The Magpie Minstrels.” The Magpie Minstrel Tioupe performance last night was excellent. £The performance yVMs under the patronage of H. E. the Governor and Lady Mitchell, and given in aid rtf the funds of the St. Nicholas Society. I’he “Magpies”
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    GENERAL.
    357 2 The Amoy News reports that plague Las broken out at Amoy. It is staled that the disease reached the port overland and was not introduced by shipping. The Hongkong A Whampoa Dock Co. propose to pay a dividend of 7% for the hall year. The China Sugar R« fining
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    PERAK.
    177 2 Our Taiping contemporary has the following Mr. I). A. M. Brown will shortly resign his appointment in I he Government service to join his father in business in Penang. At Ipoh on the 13th instant two Cliin ese were committed to the Assizes for being members of the Ghee
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      1050 2 Pritchard Co. NEW "XT" 1 YTTELBECK—Pangkor Road. Entiy t V V from Ist October. Apply to 408 Dr. BROWN. Just Received NOTICES. TO LETFURNISHED. Per S. S. GLENESK.” From Ist September, 1894. ONE Bed-room, Dressing-room and Bathroom and one Bed-room. CALICOES. Edelweiss Cottage. 399 No. 10, CLOVE HALL ROAD. SHEETINGS,—-Plain
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    THE REVENUE FARMS.
    612 3 (Straits Times.) The Singapore Opium and Spirit Farm. 1 hk following figures «how the relative differences between the new and old Opium and Spirit Farm rentals: New farm $llB,OOO a month per year $1,416,000 Fees acquired by Government estimated per year 20,000 Total for year $1.4-36,000 Old
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    THE CHINA-JAPAN WAR.
    373 3 (Hongkong Telegraph.) Bombardment of Wei-hat-wei. Shanghai, 11th August. In the absence of the Chinese fleet the Japanese bombaided Wei-hai-wei. The result is unknown. Russia withdraws her ships. Shanghai, I.3th August. The Russia warships (eight in number) in Corean waters have left Corea to return to Huanchuen (Vladivostock),
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    122 3 For being found in fraudulent possession of some padi, a Malay man of Permatang Binjei was on the 22nd inst. sentenced to pay a fine of $25 or to undergo one month’s rigorous imprisonment. Twenty-two Chinamen were yesterday charged before Mr. Penney for gambling in a common gaming-house
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    THE STRANDING OF THE S. S. “NAM YONG.”
    497 3 The M «line Court of Inquiry appointed to investigate the circumstances attending the stranding of the s. s. Nam Youg, on the sth inst., on Soraetoe Island, in the Straits of Karimata, was resumed at Singapore on Tuesday, when Mr. Egerton, before
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    THE MONETARY QUESTION.
    2252 3 (Contributed.) 11. The trade in Swedish Matches, which four or five years ago was very large, as the-Blue Books shetr, is completely at aft end—there has been-one small import this year but it is probably the last. This trade was largely’ carried by British steamers. The figures
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      570 3 NOTICE. MR. A. S. ANTHONY lias been autho rized to sign our firm per procuration from this date. A. A. ANTHONY Co. Penang, August 14th, 1894. 393 NOTICE. ON THURSDAY, the 20th September, 1894, the Spirit Farm will also be let by the Governor of Acheen and dependencies at Kota
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      369 3 G[O?liqg Co., Penang and Singapore. The Posada.” OF AND SPlRi’I'S IN CASKS. PORTS: Red White from $7.50 to $l5 per doz. SHERRIES: Dry Amontillados $7.50 to $34 MADEIRAS: Drv and Sweet $l2 to $22 MARSALA $8 MUSCATEL: Genuine Wine $l2 to .$l4 MALAGAS: Red and White $l2 to’ $l4 LIQUEURS:
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      1363 4 Jnaurance Qtofwea* TIVOLI BEER! the straits TJ VAI I DC E PI I INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. LIMITED. The Marine Insurance Company, IIYULI DLLAH Limited. established isaa. established TIVOLI BEER!!! THE above Company is prepared to ac- j v Capital fully Subscribed Capital fully Subscribed cept risks on
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      626 4 A- k LEEMAN N CATTY’S PATENTED FAST Sr KHAKI DRILL. SoirAgents: Messrs SCHMIDT. Y- rrsAM» "(fe REGISTERED N» 50,275. THE LATEST INVENTION Skull’s Okonite Trusses for Hernia (Rupture). 4 (Especially for. Travellers, Colonists, and Residents in Tropical Climates). Awards— Gold Medal, Paris Exhibition (1889). Gold Medal, “World’s Fair,” Chicago (1893).
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