Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 October 1895

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    23 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHES» DAIL’S". NEW SERIES.] X ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTB. VOL. LIII. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1895. No. 250.
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      578 1 pipping (notices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. f 1 1HE mail steamers may be a expected to arrive outj| wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Khedive 8 Nlov. j Kiisar-i-hi»d 31 Oct. Ravenna 22 I Rosetta 14 Nov. Kaisar-i-hind 7 Dec. i Mirzapore 28 Thames
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      1836 1 SBwmna (notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). banks. V KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATBCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, Paid-up Capital $10,0(10,000. "T—-JK Reserve Fund $5,500,000. Reserve Liability op Proprietors $10,000,000. For Will sail Steamer From
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      308 1 NEDERLANDSGfiE HAKDEL BAATSCHAPHJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 Reserve Funds ..1 f 2,216,514.01 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, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    107 2 Penang, 30tli October, 1*95. •fin $34.30 sellers. f’l’inng no supply. West. Const... 9.70 sellers. Ache.en blh «<./. 10.25 <lo. White Pepper 13.80 do, Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 sellers. Mace Pickings <4, no. Nutmegs 92 sellers (No. 1 6 do. Sugar 2 do Basket
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 2 Penang. 30th October, 189 b. Hates clonk an koi.lows: liondon, Demand Bank 2 2 idol. Do. I months’sight flunk 2/2} Do. 3’ Credit 2/3 3 m I Nieli! i 2/3-1 16 Calcutta, Demand Bunk 192 Do. 3 days’siglil. Privni** 194 Bombay, Demand Bank 192 Do. 3 days’sight. Piiynl" 194
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    64 2 Mails close To-mohrow. For Per str. Time. Lnngkat... Q.uorra ...11 a.m. Deli Ho Kwei 1 p.m. Tongknh... Petrel 1 P-M. I‘angkor T. Anson B. Halewyn 2 P.MPangkor &T. Anson Canto». 2 P.M. Friday*, Ist. Klang Malacca Teutonia Noon. Deli Largkat 2 P.M. Psngkor, Teluk Anson Port Dickson Terse
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    61 2 From Olehleh: —By the s. s. G. G. Meyer tomorrow. From Singapore: —By the s. s. Calypso tomorrow, ami the s. s. Pundua and the s. s Chelydra on Friday From Colombo: —By the s. s. Maria Valerie to-monow. From Calcutta —By the s. s. Wingsang on
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    SHIPPING.
    304 2 Arrivals. To-i»a v. B. T. s. s. Purne» from Bangoon. s. 8. Canton from T Anson. r. s. IjU gkal fr«nn Deli. Yes 1 eh day. 8. h. Hetsy from T. Anson. s. r. Petrel from Tongknh. 8. s. Good Luck from Asahan. s. h. Flying Fish from Port
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    118 2 A ft 11 a. To-nw. Per B. I. s. r. Pttrnca from Rang«a>n f Miss Carruthers, .Mr. Boyd, Mrs. R. Green, ami Mr. W. G. Bowden. Passages booked for the Straits. October 11.— Per P. A steamer Himalaya from Ixmdon to Penang, Miss Fhtrry utid child. Miss Bnswell,
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    67 2 Taken at Prison Hospital Oltaervatory. 29th October, lb’.»-. 9 A.M. 3 r. M. I* M. Bal*, red 32 Kuh 919 825 896 Tern pern Ime 81.5 86. 80.— Wet Bulb Thermoim-i«*i 78— 79 77. Max. T 'emp. in sliiide 89.8 Min. <lo. do. 72 Max. in Sun. 159.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    101 2 Wr.nNE.snAV. 30th Golf Club Autumn Tournament. 'Town Band, Esplanade, 5 f.m. High water at New Jetty. 10 09 a.m. and 10- p.m. TllUllsltA y. 31st Golf Club Autumn Tournament. Town Bund, Dnl.u Krmmit Gardens, 5 P.M. High water nt, New Jet.l.y, 11-02 a.m. and 11-
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    30 2 I.ON DON, 29th October, 1895. Bnssia in the Far East. Another Russian cruiser left Odessa with a contingent of sailors, ammunition and war material for the Pacific fleet.
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    ULTIMATUM TO VENEZUELA.
    239 2 According to a London telegram dated 20th inst., Lord Salisbury has sent an ultimatum to Venezuela, demanding a settlement of the long-standing British claims. Among the subjects of complaint against Venezuela is occupation of territory in British Guiana towards the close of last year. The territory in
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    LOCAL.
    413 2 Four hundred Chinese passengers leave this afternoon for China per steamer C. Hock Kian. A consignment of 10.000 bags of rice arrived from Rangoon this morning per B. I. steamer Purnea. A lecture will lie delivered on Monday next in the Masonic Hall, by the Rev. G. M. Reith,
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    74 2 The Sydney Cup. 3rd ties to be played off by Saturday the 9th instant. The Foursome. 2nd ties to be played off by Wednesday, the 6th. Result of Ist ties:— L. C. Brown and R. Yeats beat J. A. Brown and A. Wilson. A. W. O’Sullivan and
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    THE SINGGORA RAILWAY.
    546 2 (Siam Observer, October 17th.) Railway undertakings in the East seem to have a fatality in the direction of delay. There are at the present moment quite a number of such concessions in the way of tramways hung up from want of capital, or from failure to come
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    TRAFALGAR DAY.
    26 2 London, October 21st. To-day the anniversary of the battle of Trafalgar, the leading English newspapers unanimously urge the upholding of Great Britain’s naval supremacy.
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    THE LAUNCH OF A BATTLESHIP.
    42 2 London, October 21st. The first class twin-screw armoured battleship Victorious, of 14,900 tons, and which will carry 16 guns, was successfully launched at Chatham this morning. The building of the vessel was commenced only seventeen months ago.
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    DRY DOCK AT RANGOON.
    49 2 Rangoon, October 21st. Plans and estimates have been completed by the Irrawaddy Flotilla Company of a dry dock capable of accommodating large deep sea steamers. The dock will at times prove of great convenience, but outside the Company’s own steamers will not often be requisitioned.
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    THE COMMERCIAL POSITION OF ENGLAND IN THE FAR EAST.
    76 2 London, October 24th. At a banquet given at Kingston last night in honour of Sir Richard Temple, the Hon. Mr. Curzon, Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs, emphasized the task of the Foreign Office in providing the necessary and legitimate expansion of
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    SUGAR.
    86 2 Mr. Giesecker, the eminent authority on sugar, has published his estimate of the European sugar crop, which he predicts will be 1,200,000 tons short of the average. Persons engaged in the sugar trade had anticipated a shortage of from 700,000 to 1,000,000 tons. Grocers, however, disbelieve that there will
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    33 2 [From our Correspondent.) KLANG. 30th October. The shipments yesterday were— To Penang, 327 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 166 do. 2,692 of ore. l ime from Klnno 1 h. 50 min.l
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    A VISIT TO PERAK
    2048 2 111. I hurried down to the Railway Station at Batu Gajah after inspecting the Government buildings on Monday, so as to be o n the platform when the first train from Teluk Anson should arrive, as there were two men coming by that train that 1
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      286 2 New Advertisements. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A SPECIAL MEETING of the Municipal Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 3 p. m., On Friday, the Ist November, 1895. Business To consider and pass the Budget for 1896. (By Order) J. W. HALLIFAX, Secretary'to the Municipal Commissioners. A LECTURE. will be
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      408 2 pritchard Co. LATEST NOVELS. The Peoples and Polities of the Far East,” by Henry Norman. Into the Highways ami Hedgeways,” by F. F. Montressor. Man and Woman,” by Havelock Ellis. Man of Mark,” by Anthony Hope. A Japanese Marriage,” by Douglas Sladen. A Pair of Blue Eyes,” by Thomas Hardy.
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      33 2 NOTICE. INDIA Rubber Stamp and B'ass Seal (for impressing wax) Manufacturer. A trial order is solicited. AS GOOD AS ENGLISH MADE. Charges Moderate. WONG KIM MUN, No. 77a, Bishop St., Opposite Armeniaa Church
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    THE TROUBLES OF TURKEY.
    132 3 London, Oct. 22. Reuter’s correspondent at Constantinople states that the existence of a serious revolutionary propaganda has been discovered by the Turkish authorities at Adana ami Aleppo for the purpose of enlisting young Armenians ami supplying them with arms and ammunition which have been secretly imported.
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    THE WAR IN FORMOSA.
    170 3 Amoy, October 18th. The Douglas liner Thales has arrived here, bringing the news that the Japanese captured Takow two days ago and had completed arrangements for the bombardment of Taiwanfoo to-day, the Black Flag Chief having repeatedly refused to agree to an unconditional surrender. It is
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    SHOCKING MARITIME DISASTER.
    211 3 678 People Killed. Shanghai, October 17th. (Hongkong Telegraph.) News has just reached here of one of the most shocking maritime disasters of recent times. It is to the effect that an explosion occurred yesterday on board the China Merchant’s steamer Kungpai, which w’as carrying large number of
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    TRAGEDY IN CALCUTTA.
    196 3 Calcutta, October 24th. A horrible tragedy occurred here late last night. Mr. J. G. Pugh, of the Pugh family of Calcutta, a broker, resided with Mr. Collingwood, a master pilot in Clive Row. The other inmates of the house were Mrs. Collingwood and her cousin, Miss Palmer.
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    THE ORIGIN OF THE P. AND O.
    349 3 We have recently been told in Sir Bartie Frere’s biography how the British India Steam Navigation Co. owes its origin to Sir Bartie Frere through the chance meeting of Sir William Mackinnon and the latter at breakfast in 32 Chowringhi, when he came
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    806 3 (Vid Rangoon.') ANOTHER BRITISH ULTIMATUM. London, October 20.—Lord Salisbury has sent an ultimatum to Venezuela, demanding settlement of long-standing British claims. THE PORTUGUESE EXPEDITION TO GOA. Lisbon, October 19.—The Duke of Oporto will be in command of the expedition now starting for Goa, which will consist of 600
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    THE BRITISH DOLLAR.
    119 3 Some letters under the heading of Change for a Dollar have recently appeared in the Daily Graphic, to which Mr. Thos. Hanbury makes the following contribution:— To illustrate what a fearful and unjustifiable temptation to coiners is now offered by this country, I send you an illustration
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    A REMARKABLE MURDER CASE.
    688 3 One of the most remarkable murder cases ever investigated in the Bombay High Court terminated on the 9th inst., with the conviction of Francis Xavier Fonseca, by the unanimous verdict of a special jury, on the charge of causing the death of Anacleto Duarte by administering
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    THE CHINESE SURRENDER.
    971 3 water surrounding Hongkong.— L. C. Express, Oct. 4. It is to be hoped khat the promptitude of the Chinese surrender to Lord Salisbury’s emphatic threat will convince the Foreign office and the English people that there is only one policy to adopt in dealing with a Power
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