Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 October 1895

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED D.XILT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. yptncE 20 cents. VOL. LIII. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1895. No. 234.
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      591 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. f PHE mail steamers mar be J; -jfffe jflk < p expected to arrive out- ■>’. wards, and leave Penang ouiewar< is, 011 the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. rn re J? 0< t J?,re/ a 17 Oct. 2o K>*»»ar-t-A£"d3l Khedive «Nov. Moseua Nov. .renua 22
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      1858 1 igTirvtna (Tloficee. BRITISH INOIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLUKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOeean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE, Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, Paid-cp Capital $lOOOOOOO T "I Reserve Fund $5,500,000. For Will sail Steamer From Expected on Liability of
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      599 1 HEDERLANDSLfiE HANDEL HAATSCHAPI*!.'. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000. Reserve Funds /2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatechappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tj'ilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    48 2 Maim closu To-mohhow. For Per »tr. Time.. Lnngkat Qporra 11 a.m. Edie, T. Serna we, Segli, iiikl Okhleh G. G v Dtutberye 11 a.m. Klsug IpM|j e li Mary Austin 2 PM Pimgkor and 'l'. Anson Ilei«y ~r M'l'eluk Anson Lady II eld. 3 P.MToiigkwli Petrel
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    40 2 Fhom ('ai.ciitta :—By 'lie s. s. ighluing today mid I he s. s. M<'mb"s»a to-inorrow. Kiiom 'hnhapokk By the s. s. Lindula and the 8. s. Japura to-m<>rr"w. Ekom Rangoon: By the s. h. Nuddea on Motnhiy.
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    SHIPPING.
    331 2 Arrivals. I'o-n V I 8. 8. Beley from T. Anson. s. s. Flying Drayon from Port Weld. 8. h. Hebe, fiom Singnpore. P. O. 8 8. Manila from Singnpore, 8. s. Lady IKeM from T. Aiikoii. Yr.STKKIIA V. s. b. Thuiping from I’ Weld. s. s. Cyclops from Liverpool.
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    22 2 Arrival*. To-day. Per s. 8. Hebe from Singapore, Mr Dunlop. Y MTBRDAY. Per 8. s. Cyclops from Liverpool, Miss Pull*.
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    66 2 Taken at Prison Hospital Observatory* 11th October. 1895. 9 t.M. 3 r. m e m. Bar. red. 32 Fab. 919 804 896 Temperature 82 —B5 2 79 Wet Bulb Thermoitieier 78. BV.- 77. Max. Temp, in shade 92 Min. do. do. 71 6 Mnx. in Suu. 149 Terr.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    232 2 Ehihay. 1 J Til Mr». Trotter's “At Home” Residency, 5 p.m. Golf Club Autumn Tournament. Last Qtr. 29 5 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 544 a.m. and 6- P.M. Satukiiav. 12tH: Outward P. A O. mnil steamer Mirzapore due. Auction sale of Japanese curios
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    84 2 LONDON. JOth October. 1895. Madagascar. The French have occupied Tananarive after a brilliant action. Peace has been concluded. France creates a stringent protectorate over Madagascar, and garrisons the capital with French troops. France maintains the Queen but deports the Premier. Liaotung PeninsulaJapan has agreed to reduce the supplementary
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    TURKEY AND ITS ARMENIAN SUBJECTS.
    259 2 The riots in Constantinople and the attack upon Armenians at Trebizond, in which both soldiers and armed civilians joined, will hasten the day when the Turk will be swept out of Europe and crippled in Asia. An unfavorable revulsion of feeling against the Armenians is
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    LOCAL.
    330 2 At Malacca, on Monday last, the Governor indulged in a day’s snijie-shooting. The members of the French Commercial Mission touched at Singapore on Tuesday last en route for Saigon. One hundred and twenty-six Chinese passengers arrived from Singapore this morning per steamer Hebe. Dr. Rabe, dentist, who visited Penang
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    56 2 Ladies Putting Competition. This event was played off yesterday with the following results Winner Mrs. T. Kerr 18 2nd prize— Mrs. Peirce 19 [fied). Mrs. J. A. Brown 19 (disqu ali Miss P. K. Shaw 20 Mrs. Rodyk 21 Mrs Adamson 22 Miss Jones 23 Miss L.
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    SERVICE OF SACRED MUSIC.
    173 2 The following is the programme of the Service of Sacred Music at St. George’s Church to be held on Wednesday, 16th instant:— 1. Anthem, “In Jewry is God known,” Clarke Whitfeld, Choir. 2. Solo, Nazareth,” Gounod, Mr. Somerville. 3. Anthem, “As pant* the Hart,” Spohr, Mrs.
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    162 2 On the 10th inst., two inquests were held at Butterworth by Mr. OSullivau In the first case, the three deceased were coolie* on Pengkalan Nibong Estate owned by a Chinaman. They were ill. and were last seen by the manager on the night of the Bth instant in
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    GENERAL.
    434 2 The value of the tea properties now being worked in Ceylon is estimated by the Ceylon Observer at ten million pounds sterling. The Caledonia brings sixty-two unmarried ladies out to India. Is it that the rupee prevents men going home that the mountain thus comes to Mahomed It is
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    SPECIAL TELIEGRAMS.
    99 2 [From our Correspondents SINGAPORE. 11th October. Mr. J. W. N. Kyshe has been an. pointed registrar at Hongkong [Time from Singapore,. 14 min,] TAIPING. 11th October. Serious defalcations have been discovered in the Kuala Kartpost office, and the postmaster has been arrested. 169 pikuls of tin will be
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    IMPORTED TAMIL LABOUR.
    433 2 To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.’) Sir, —I have been asked to give m T opinion on Mr. John Turner’s letter appearing in your issue of 27th September. Messrs. T. H. Hill, W. W. Bailey, E.V. Carey and others are much better qualified to reply to
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    PERAK NEWS.
    230 2 (Perak Pioneer, 9th October.) Friday, 18th October, will be a holiday lieu of 9th November, Prince of Wales Birthday. We hear that Mr. W. H. H. of Ipoh has applied for 300 acres of laud the Batang Padang District for the purpose of planting coffee. Messrs. Aylesbury and
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      1073 2 New advertisements. l wanted. z-uiTnrw 4 GOOD WORKMAN, European or PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Eurasion, with experience in building (Masonic Hall.) arches, &c., in concrete. Apply stating wages required to THE Rev. G. M. Reith, m.a., of Singa- TAIT, TATE Co., pore, will conduct the services for the 54( Taiping, Perak. next
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    TILE TELUK KUMBAR MOSQUE CASE.
    719 3 A.ti action of trespass for damage for pulling down a mosque at Teluk Kumbar occupied Mr. Justice Law’s Court for the last two days. Many years ago a mosque was built by one Latif, an elder of the place, on his own land for the
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    RAUB.
    301 3 All is going on well at Raub, the main j shafts at Bukit Koman and New Raub are down 100 feet more, and presently the western lode shaft will also be sunk another hundred feet. The railway is almost entirely ready, excepting a short section of a few yards
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    ROW MISSIONARIES GET THEMSELVES INTO TROUBLE.
    347 3 A correspondent of the Westminster Gazette at Ispahan, has told recently a story of missionary intolerance in Persia which, if true, goes a long way to bear out the assertion of those who argue that the missionaries themselves were by no means blameless for
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    A NEW BATTLESHIP.
    164 3 The Lords of the Admiralty have fixed Saturday, Oct. 19, for the launch of the first-class barbette battleship Victorious at Chatham Dockyard. This vessel, which is being built from the designs of Sir W. H. White, Director of Naval Construction, was laid down on May 28, 1894,
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    PLANTING IN CEYLON.
    148 3 The Ceylon Observer publishes an elaborate review of the planting industries of Cevlon comprising most valuable statistics of the positions of these industries in the present and in the past. From these tables we gather that at the present time there are 379,182 acres under plantation cultivation
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    AN ENGINEERING WORK OF THE ANCIENT BUDDHISTS.
    305 3 The old Buddhist Road over the Malakand was a revelation to the engineers -of the Chitral Relief Force. Its alignment was excellent, the cuttings through the rocky spurs which had to be crossed had been boldly made, and in general construction it could
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    CAPTURE OF A NOTED INDIAN DACOIT.
    640 3 Sultan Singh has taken the place of Tantia Bliilin the report of the operations of the Thagi and DakaiUD<q)artinent. The story -of the special measures taken for his capture is told by the Bt>n. -Dr. Lethbridge. Sultan Singh, who ww for twenty years a
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    THE REVOLT IN TIMOR.
    548 3 in the Cathedral -at Macao. Hongkong Teleqraph. > Portuguese Officers Slaughtered by natives. The cause of the revolt, which is a very serious affair, is to lx* found in the fact of Chinese merchants having monopolised the trade in coffee and wax. These traders have hitherto
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    THE MAHOMMEDAN REBELLION.
    469 3 Desperate Engagement Near Lanchou. (N. C. Daily News.) Pekin, September 24. News has just been received here from Kansu by the Office of Transmission to the effect that during a hotly contested battle on the lßth iiist., forty-eight miles to the soutli’eOst of -the capital city of
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    THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS.
    178 3 Construction of a Dock and Fortified Military Port. (L. <£• C. Express.) We learn from Madrid that the Spanish Government, in view of the new situation brought about by the Chino-Japanese war, has invited tenders for the construction at Subig, in the Philippine Islands, of a dock
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      62 3 The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Company, Limited. Notice is hereby given that the 10th Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Company’s Office, No. 34, Beach Street, Penang, on Monday, the 9th December, 1895, at 11 a.m. punctually. (By order of the
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      952 3 UiWO large and two small godowns in Co. 1 Beach Street, No. 31. Applv to 1 X 507 HYE KEE CHAN. HOTICE OP SALE half-yearly HVHE following property of Kong A Chong IB 1 MB AMB dM 1 1 of Sungei Sintoh, Province Wellesley, |*T Jp ATJ A I\T|’x AT«
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      2207 4 THE AN siew co., Jneurantt QXofwes. No. 31, Beach Street, Penang. a tt jS ©f ln 1 “T The Union Insurance Society Marine Insurance. Connnissioi Keeners Canton, Limited. And see that each j ar bear j is tus von Liebig’s The Federal Marine Insurance Company and* tpHE undersigned, having been
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      190 4 THE DISPENSARY, No. 2, Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 3 pni Sunday hours 11 a.m. to 1 p. m Prescriptions accurately dispensed SPECTACLES to suit every variety of defective sight TOILET REQUISITES. Specialities— Milk of Roses, Glycerine <t Cucumber, Dentifrice, fnPatent Medicines. House,
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