Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 August 1895

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DA.IL-Z-. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIII. FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1895. No. 187.
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      566 1 pipping (noticeu. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. Bengal 16 Aug. i Kaisir-i-hind 22 Aug. Kedive 31 I Rohilla 5 Sep Rosetta 13 Sep. j Bengal 19 Peshawur 29 I Khedive 3
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      1808 1 (Roftcec. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. a J o KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-uf Capital $10,000,000. 1 1.-—■ l.. Reserve Fund $5,500,000. a Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000. For
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      629 1 NEDBRLANDStfIK HANDEL BAATSCHAFFiJ(NetherIand Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds f 2,216,514.01 Hkad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sonrabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    111 2 Penang, 16 hi August, 1895. fin $3440 sellers. Tiling no supply. West. Const... 9.7*'sellers. Aehe.i-n 51b Hoz. 10.25 do. While Pepper 14.50 do. Cloves (picked) out of season Mace No. 1 sellers. Mace Pickings <4.— do. Nutmegs 96. do. No. 1... 66" do. .Sugar < 2... 3JO
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    EXCHANGE.
    120 2 Penang, 16th August, 1895. RaTKM < l.osK AS K01.1.0U x Condon, Demand Bank 211 do Do. 4 months’sight Bank Do. 3 Credit 2/21 Do. 3 Dociiineiiin> 22f Calcutta, Diinaiul Bunk IG 194 J Do. 3 days'sight Privnle 197 Bombay, Demand Bunk 194| Do. 3 days' sight. Pi iviil.- 197
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    75 2 Mails close To-morhow. For /Vr ntr. Time. Langknt Jin Ha 1 P.M. Deli Ho Kwei 2 p m. Pangkor A T. Anson Bet-y 2 p.m. Teluk Anson Han Whatt Hin 2P M. Edie, T. Semawe, Seg i and Olehleh Hole Canton 3 P M. S'pore, NewcnS'le and Melbourne
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    25 2 Phom Singapore: —By 'lie R. I s. s. Putnea and s s. Generaal Pel to-morrow, s. s. Teng Chew on Sum lay.
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    SHIPPING.
    292 2 Arrivals. I'll-u V V 8. s. Langknt from Didi. s. H-he from Singapore. h s Chelydra from Colombo. B I. s. s. Virawa from Rangoon. B I s. n. Bancoorn from < ’Hlcutt.ru 8. s. Bin Whatt Hin from T. Anson. s. 8. Bel»y do. YeB I ei< h
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    255 2 Ehiivav. 16th P. C. C. Tenuis Tournament, 5 p m High water at New Jetty, 9-16 A.M. and !>-43 I’ M. S v 11’ mi av. 171 H Arrival H. M. S Piqve. Outward mail due. I’. A O. 8. k. Bengal. Town Band, Golf
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    186 2 (Straits Times, 13th August.) Jelebus ($5 p<l.) but/ern. Rauhs 13 lOpd.) s+.so sales. fully paid s7f. Punjoins ($3) pd.) s+.6o sales. Pahang (.'orp. (jCI pd.) $5 Maynard X Co. ($lOO pd.) $3O Pengerangs ($5O pd.) S67J sales. Straits Insurance ($2O pd.) $20.50 buyers. Straits Fires ($2O pd.)
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    137 2 LONDON, 15th August, 1895. The Queen’s Speech. The Queen’s speech trusts that the peace between China and Japan will be enduring. It deeply regrets the atrocious outrages against missionaries in the province of Fukien, but says the Chinese Government are taking active measures, and it hopes they will
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    974 2 A French column operating against I pirates in Tonkin has met with a repulse. Among our special telegrams will be found the results of yesterday’s racing at i Taiping. Mr. John Burkinshaw has been appninted an Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council. The B. I. steamer Virawa
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    63 2 Lawn Tennis Tournament. Result of matches played yesterdav Mired Double». (1) Ist Tie. Miss Blackmore and Mr. C. McArthur 15) l>eat Mrs. J. A. Brown and Mr. R. A. Law —ISJ) 6-5, 6-4. (2) Ist Tie. Miss M. Allen and Mr. Bell 15) Iveat Miss Henham and
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    P. C. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    119 2 Championship Runner-up. Yesterday evening A. H. Capper defeated F. O. Hallifax in the Championship runner-up. The best of five sets was played and Capper won by 6-2, 6-1, 6-0. The court was in first-rate condition, and though the game scoring was very uneven, much
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    THE TRADE RETURNS.
    114 2 We acknowledge receipt of the return of imports and exports for the quarter ended March 31st, 1895. Appended are tables from the summary which show that there is a slight decrease in our export trade, but a considerable increase in the import trade Imports. Ist Qr. 1894.
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    THEA TRICAL.
    85 2 The Gaiety Company arrived here yesterday morning from Perak, where they have been performing to full houses. At Batu Gajah they appeared for four nights, and at Ipoh for two. It is gratifying to be able to record that both professionally and privately the company won golden opinions
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    195 2 [Prom our Correspondents TELUK ANSON. 16th August. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 529 pikuls of tin. [Time from Teluk Anson, 28 min.' TAIPING. 16th August. The following are the results of yesterday’s races I.—Maiden Plate. Mr. F. C. Bascom’s Maid Maria. r. J. Welds Rigging q 2.—13.2
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    Handicaps for To-morrow’s Races.
    112 2 First Kace. Redcap 10.12 Tombov ..8. 0 Philson 8. 5 Parmesan 7. 0 Second Race. Ballet Girl* ..1 11. 0 Kismet 9. 0 I’ealeaf 10. 7 Gempor 9 0 King of Hearts 9. 8 Satanita 8. 5 Doncaster 9.5 Stirrup Cup 8. 5 Master Harrv 7.12
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    CHINA AND THE OPIUM TRADE.
    116 2 The latest information received in Simla points to the fact that the Chinese are contemplating an excise tax on consumption of juepared opium, but do not propose to levy any additional» customs tax on opium imported from India. There is no objection under the treaty
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    A SIAMESE LIBEL CASE.
    296 2 Mr. Lillie, proprietor of the Siam Free Press, has been a successful defendant in a libel suit, which arose through the following paragraph, the words complained of being in italics Chow Bor Rew, son of the late chief Narn, tells a strange story to which he
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      353 2 Mtchai'd Co. PENANG. PROVISION DEPARTMENT. JUST OPENED OUT FROM Noel Poulton’s, Belgravia, London. Camp Pies, assorted, Ox Tongues in Jelly, Roast Larks, Truffled, Rolled Russian Ox Tongues, Stewed Rabbits, Smoked Ox Tongues, Wild Boar’s Head (with Pistachio Kernals), Stewed Kidneys with Mushrooms, Boneless Pigs Feet, Lamb’s Sweetbreads with Tomato Sauce,
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      336 2 New Advertisements. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. (Masonic Hall) rpHE Monthly Service for Children I will held on Sunday next at 8 a.m. The concluding lecture on Church Hymns will be given in the evening, at 6 o’clock. Subject: The Ministry of the Hymn-Book. W. MURRAY, 425 Miu inter. THE BUKIT MAS MINING
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    233 3 {From our Contemporaries.') 13th August. The new Chinese torpedo catcher Fei Ting, 155 tons, 36 crew, 6 guns, 3,000 h. p., arrived on Tuesday. She is on her way to Tientsin from Newcastle-on-Tyne. The Secretary of the Punjom Mining Company, Limited, advises that he has received the following
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    DARING PIRACY IN HONGKONG WATERS.
    220 3 Two glaring instances of audacity on the part of the Chinese Customs in blockading Hongkong have occurred during the first week this month. In the first case, a Customs boat was found prowling at dead of night among native craft inside Shau-ki-wau Bav. The Hongkong
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    A SINGAPORE LAND CASE.
    545 3 An interesting decision on equitable priorities seems to have been given lately at Singapore. According to the plaintiff’s storv. in 1888. he, Ismail Saiboo, jointly with M. Chitty and one Chidambram, purchased propertv as a land speculation, (Ismail contributing one-fourth of the purchase money) and resold
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    THE ANTI-MISSIONARY OUTRAGES NEAR FOOCHOW.
    1215 3 Thrilling Details of the Massacres. Men, Women and Children Hacked to Pieces and Burnt. Their Orders were to “Kill Outright Shanghai, August 6th. Mr. Gregory, one of the survivors, reports that at thirty-five minutes past noon of the Ist August a native Christian rushed into
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    COLONIAL EXPANSION.
    274 3 —Graphic. It is a curious fact that whereas this country has had “great” Prime Ministers, great Foreign Secretaries, and “great” War Secretaries and First Lords, she has never yet possessed a really great” Colonial Secretary. If we construe Mr. Chamlierlain’s recent utterances rightly, he aspires to fill this
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    438 3 (Via Rangoon.) MR. GLADSTONE ON THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. London, August 6.—Mr. Gladstone addressed a meeting this evening, at Chester, in favour of Armenian reforms. He strongly denounced the forte whose denials and promises, he said, were valueless. England, he said, must not fear the word coercion in I
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    SERIOUS CRISIS AT FOOCHOW.
    356 3 ment for all persons found guilty.—Hongkong Telegraph .Shanghai, August 6th. All the Europeans resident at Foochow now find themselves in a very critical position owing to the hostile feeling openly evinced by the natives, who have suddenly become grossly offensive and overbearing in their attitude towards
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    PDEALS OF SANITARY REFORM.
    815 3 What Sir Benjamin Richardson Wants. A valuable article is contributed to Longman's by Sir Benjamin Ward Richardson on Past and Ideal Sanitation.” It opens with a rapid survey of the extraordinary advance of sanitary science and its application during the lifetime of the writer. Emboldened by
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      385 3 PENANG SALES ROOM. AUCTION SALES. The undersigned will sell by public auction On Tuesday, 20th August, at noon punctually, COLLECTION OF* Brir-a-Brac,” Chinese Curios, Japanese Brackets, Ac., Ac., At Union Street, the property of J. D’Arcy SYMONDS, Esq., Assistant Superintendent of Police AND, On Tuesday, 20th August, at 7.15 a.m.
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      589 3 WANTED. Hindustani interpreter. Applications for the post of Hindustani Interpretor to the Courts, Kuala Lumpur, accompanied by testimonials as to qualifications and character, will be received by the Government Secretary, Selangor. A good knowledge of Hindustani and Bengali is required. Salary 8480 per annum. Gerald BROWNE, 420 Ag. Govt. Secretary,
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