Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 April 1895

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DA.ILTT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTB. VOL. LIII. TUESDAY. APRIL 16, 1895. No. 87
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      544 1 (Hoticee. Peninsular OricnhTstĕam Navigation Company. r I'H L mail steamers mav be expected to arrive outWard8 aUd lt?aVe Penan homewards, on the following CfiX dates:— Outwards. Homewards. R'hdla 28th Apr Pekin 18th Apr. HireniM 12th May. Gauges 2nd May Rosetta 16th The above dates are only approximate the arrivals and
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      1706 1 £flipping (Witts.BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks? n KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Honrtone BhsnrtaTitanMor” Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE,* Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-vp Capital $10,000,000. 1 Reserve Fund 85,000,000. "1 Reserve Liability op Proprietors $10,000,000. OR Will sail Steamer From
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      397 1 NEOERLAKDSWE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 2,086,155.60| 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, Cheribon, Tegal, Peealongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    96 2 Penang, 16 th April. 1895. Tin $34 55 sellers, f Tiling small supply. Black Pepper J West (.’oasi... 8.61' sei lets. Aclieen ••’I- B<>z 9.5 V do. White Pepper f ‘J*’Cloves (picked) -6- do. Mace No- 1 w.-buyers. Mace Pickings N fr.,.,::: VF Sugar < (Basket 295
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 2 Penang, 16tii April, 1895. Rates close as follows: fiondon, Demand Bank Do. I months sight Bank 2/2 Do. 3 Credit. 22J Do. 3 Docuiiienlai i 22j Calcutta, Demand Bank •<- 191 Do. 30 days’sight. I’rivntc I'.'6 Bombay, Demand Bank 191 Do. 30 days’sight Private 196 Madras, Demand Bank 190;
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    61 2 Mails (lose T’o-mokiiow. For Per str. Time. Langkat Fovk (Jhiug ...M a.m. Do. Quorra 11 A.M Deli Avagycc 1 P.M. Spore i>i <1 111 >lll2 k< mg Apcar 1 p.m. I’angkor and T. Anson lielsg 2 I’M. do. h'osa 2 P.M. 'l'llE homeward I’. A' O. steamer Pekin
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    71 2 Fkom Negapa iam —By t lie B I s. s. Caniorta t.o-diiY. From Rangoon —By the B. I. s. s Nerbudda. to day. From Oi.eiii.eii —By the s s l’-o* Geons mid s s. Mactsagi 1,-< r on Thin >d;iy. F’kom SiN(i vi’OKE —By 'lies. s. Hisagno
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    SHIPPING.
    309 2 t irh ills. ’To-ii* r. s s l!"sa from I’. Anson. s. s. Iletsg do. h. s. Quorra frmii Laiigknt. s.s I' A pear (mill ('hlcullh. Y EMI ekiia Y. s. h. Thai ping from I’. Weld s. s. Belleropnon from Liverpool. Ihqmrt iires. l o ll I I
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    21 2 rri i as. YemhumY. Per x. x. Thai ping from I’ort Weld. M.nsr* Baker, Enaemmi. Sol, M oiemni D.ividxon.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    92 2 r.xltiv. 16th High water at New Jetty, 5 It v.M and 6- PM. Wr on r.xn (v. 17th Last Quarter, 6 17 a m. Ton n Band. Explamol. .5 30 p M Higliivalcr i«t New Jelly, 637 a.m. and 7- p.m Thriisnay. 18iH Tmvn Band,
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LISI.
    191 2 (Straits Tillies, 13|H ApillL.) Jelebus ($5 p'l.) $4. sellers. Ratiba 13 lllpd.) $4.50 sales. XI fully paid $6.8(1 do. Punjmiiß (s3'l p-l.) $5) buyers. Pahang < 'orp. (XI p-l.) do. Maynard A Co. (sl(Hlpd.) $3() sellers Pengerangs (ss<> p-l I f 65 offer ei died. Straits Insurance
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    63 2 LONDON, 15th April. 1895. Chltral Affairs. The friendly Khan of Dir has captured Umra Khan’s brother, also the Dir fort. Colonel Kelly, commanding the troops in the Gilgit Agency, has relieved the garrison at Masttij. A Gold Currency for Russia. 'The Xoi'oufi rt‘ports that the Russian Minister of
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    LOCAL.
    660 2 Holland has voted £BOO,OOO to supply the army with Maiiulicher rifles. The homeward P. A 0 mail steamer Pekin will l--ave Sii gip-iF’ f >r Penang tomorrow afternoon. The Treasury r eived a large supply of small silver coins by the last outward I’ AO. m lil steamer. The
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    PENANG vs. PERAK.
    429 2 Single Tennis. Perak Wins. Perak met Penang at tenuis on the Esplanade yesterday evening. In the singles J. F. Lamb represented Penang, and A. B. Voules was called upon to do duty for Perak. Lamb secured the first game, but Voules came up level with the next.
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    THE CHITRAL EXPEDITION.
    491 2 Capture of th .Malakaml I*»". Allahabol. April 4. The Swatis have opposed the entrance •if the Chitral Relief Force into their country. General Low had decided to advance by the Malakaud Pass only, and when BrigadierGeneral Waterfield moved from Dargae it was found that the triliesmeu had
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    56 2 [F rom our Correspondent KLANG. 16th April. The shipments on To Singapore, 805 pikuls of The shipments on Thursday wereJ To Singapore, 447 pikuls of fj n The shipments on Friday were To Penang, 159 pikuls of tin There were no shipments on Sat Ur day, Sunday and
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    SUPREME COURT.
    60 2 Mr. Harwood resumed his duti,. s Registrar to-day. Mr. Garrard, t] le Registrar, will j,roceed to Maia-Ta"’ a few days’ time to a- t for Mr n' i n who will leave for England on ]•> leave on the 23rd instant. Mr. Ja m u J f chief
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    INDIAN LABOUR IN PERAK.
    253 2 (From the Annual Report of the Assist,,,,. Indian Immigration Agent, P er ylGula, I regret to say, has a high death, rate—viz., 6'39 per cent, which is the won they have ever had, 4 83 p -r cent being tU next worst, in 1890. Since then
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    THE RETIRING SPEAKER.
    161 2 London, April 9 In the House of Commons last night, Mr. Pe d formally announced his intenti t of resigning the office of Sp aker. In a farewell speech he eloquentlv urged the memlx-rs to maintain the traditions and the unwritten laws of the House, so that
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    IS GOLF AN “OLD MAN'S GAME."
    323 2 IS GOLF AN OLD MAN'S GAME." To the March number of the iriiids-’r Alagazine, Mr. Horace Hutchinson, the wellknown writer on golf, contributes an am-''e on the physical value of golf, which is enriched by a nuinla-r of clever sketches famous golfers and golf links, liu-ideiita y he reminds us:
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      317 2 New Advertisements. NOTICE. THE Officers, Det. Northumlx»rland Fusiliers, will not hold themselves responsible for any debts contracted by their Messman. L. Rungasammy. T. G. L. H. ARMSTRONG, Major, 172 P- M. C.. oth Ftuilierf. FOR SALE. 7 CASES SVI.I’HI RIC MID er h.s, “Bellerophon." Each Case contains 2 .Jars. Terms
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      148 2 pritchard Co. Half-Yearly CASH SALE now on in LADIES DEPARTMENT. Great Reductions FOR FOURTEEN DAYS ONLY, COMMENCING FROM 4tt| APRIL. Prints, Cambrics, Sateens, Pongees, Delaines, Creponnes, Art Crepes, Nuns’ Cloth, Satin Cloth, Cheviot, and French Serges, Cashmeres, Meltons, Fancy Dress Materials, Trimmed and I'nt rimmed Hats, Ladies’ Naw, white, black
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      85 2 ll’A’ I TH ER REPORT. l aki ii al l’i ixnn lloxpilal Ob*e: iil.ir) I .‘.TH A phll.. 1895 9 ».m. 3 r.m 9 p.m. Uni nd 32 Kall 29 892 2» 817 29.842 Temporal hi 82 5 84 3 79 Wet lliilli Tlhu iin.ini !ci 78 77 77 Max.
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    REPREHENSIBLE CONDUCT.
    193 3 I To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.”) Pear Mr. Editor,—l have to complain t you of a set of impertinent loafers rejoicing in the appellation of Eurasians. These pests are generally seen on Sundays, before and after service, dressed up in tip top style, and hanging about
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    A SUSPECTED “ALABAMA.”
    707 3 —O. Mail, March 15. For some time past the Foreign Office have been uneasy about the destination of a certain ship, named the Diogenes, which the Thames Shipbuilding and Iron-works Company have been fitting out at Blackwell as a cruiser for war service. The Thames Ironworks protested
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    FORECAST OF OPIUM COMMISSION’S REPORT.
    115 3 London, April 5. In the House of Commons last night Mr. Russell, replying to a question, said that he believed the report of the Opium Commission would be presented on the 11th instant. A forecast of the report is published by the Daily Chronicle. It
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    A FIGHT OF 21 HOURS.
    607 3 Severe Japanese Losses. Several of the Japanese papers contain long accounts of the fighting between General Sung’s forces and those of Lieut-General Yamaji, in the neighbourhood of Yingkow. We have taken the extract from the Nichi Nichi Shimbun which appeared in the Japan Mail. From
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    648 3 (Vid Rangoon.) THE BOAT RACE. London, March 30.—1 n the annual boat race between the two Universities, Oxford won bv two lengths. Last year Oxford won bv 3j lengths, making her total 28 as against 22 for Cambridge. The contest in 1877 was a dead heat. The present
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    PRIESTS AND WIVES.
    247 3 According to reliable accounts as well as to unauthentic rumours, His Holiness the Pojie is assuredly likely to astonish the world before long. The latest idea of the Pope’s, according to the Home News, is to abolish the law of compulsory celibacy for the secular clergy of
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    GREAT GLOVE FIGHT.
    293 3 It is estimated that about 6,000 spectators were present at Central Hall, Holborn, on the 11th March to see the international contest between Frank Slavin and Frank Craig, the Coffee Cooler. Slavin is 6ft. lim, and "last night (March 14) weighed 13st. 71b., whilst Craig; whose height
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    GENERAL.
    501 3 The Japanese, who are now controlling Korea, are doing what they can to put down bribery. It is a herculean task, and it is believed by the foreigner in Korea that the cleaning of the Augean stables of Korean official corruption is a bigger job than the conquering of
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    15 3 OBITUARY. Sir C. Mills, Agent-General in London for the Cajie Colony, and Sir George Chesney.
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      292 3 PIANOFORTE TUNER AND REPAIRER. T. A. RODRIGUES, 85, Penang Road. Orders booked at The Dispensary,” No. 2, Bishop Street. 168 FOR SALE. rpHE valuable residence known as Good--1 wood,” which is at present let for two years at a monthly rental of 875. 164 Apply to J. Y. KENNEDY. NOTICE.
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      878 3 NOTICE. NOTICE ~1 T T TS hereby given that the partnership lately .IN THE GOODS OF ALEXANDER I existing between Khoo Siew Soon FRASER, DECEASED. Neoh and Yeoh Cheang Chye and Lim j\ OTICE is hereby given that all Creditors Boon Hoe, under the firm or style of Kheng and
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      365 4 FOR OFFICE, ESTATE. STORE or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THE PinangGazetieOffice. UN'l' ROOKS—various sizes. I J latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 p' lopes. Best quality p H er Jn demand. #2.50 each. Blotting paper, whited ti, irk birth CARDS, 6;t gILLS OF EXCHANGE FORMS.
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