Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 December 1895

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED D.A.IL'Sr. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIIL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1895. No. 280.
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      550 1 (notices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. fIIHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang h° mewar( ls, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Kaisar-ihind 7 Dec. Rohilla 12 Dec. Thames 21 Khedive 26 The above dates are only approximate the arrivals and departures may be
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      1806 1 (Itoficee;. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-vp Capital slo,ooo,oqp. Reserve Fund $5,500,000. Reserve Liability op Proprietors $10,000,000. For Will sail Steamer From Expected on
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      758 1 NEDERLANDSGfiE HANDEL RAATSCBAPPIJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 Reserve Funds 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 Bankers.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    114 2 Penang, sth December, 1895. Ti n $33.70 sellers. Trang no supply. Black Pepper < West Coast... 9.70 sellers. Acheen 51b Boz. 10.25 do. White Pepper 13.10 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 84. sellers. Mace Pickings 74. do. Nutmegs 92. do. f No. 1
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    EXCHANGE.
    117 2 Penang, sth December. 1895. Rates close as follows: Londcfii, Demand Bank 2/1} dol. Do. 4 months' sight Bank 2/2 Do. 3 Credit 2/2} Do. 3 Documentary 2/2-5/16 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 187} Do. 3 days' sight Private 190 Bombay, Demand Bank 187} Do. 3 days’ sight Private UH) Madras.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    71 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Time. Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noon. Klang Deli Noon. Deli Langkat 1 P.M. Tongkah Petrel 1 P.M. Pangkor, Teluk Anson, Port Dickson Perse 2 P.M. Langkat Jin Ho ..A3 P.M. The P. O. mail steamer Kaisar-I-Hind left Colombo for Penang at noon
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    MAILS ARRIVE.
    42 2 From Singapore :—By the s. s. Hebe and the B. I. s. s. Palamcotta to-morrow and the s. s. G. G. Meyer on Saturday. From Calcutta :—By the s. s. Kutsang tomorrow. From Liverpool —By the s. s. Titan tomorrow.
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    SHIPPING.
    297 2 Arrivals. To-day. r. s. Kaisow from Manchester. B. I. s. 8. Sirsa from Singapore. s. s. Hok Canton from Segli. s. s. Petrel from Tongkah. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. s. Perse from T. Anson. Departures. To-day. b. s. Sanitwongse for Asalian. 8. 8. G. G. v. Lansberge
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    30 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per B. I. 8. s. Sirsa from Singapore. Mr. Deterding, Mr. E. S. Broughton. Mr. Austin Shea. Mr. Scott Elliot, and the Misses Albert and Belina.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    87 2 Thursday. sth Town Band. Datu Kramat Gardens, 5 p.m. Homeward mail closes via Negapatam. High water at New Jetty, 2-12 a.m. and 2- p.M. Friday, 6th Municipal Commissioners’ special and ordinary meeting. Town Hall, 3 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 3-05 a.m. and 3-
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    83 2 LONDON, 4rd December, 1895. The Sultan and the Powers. The Sultan has appealed vainly to Russia, Austria, France and Germany not to press the question of doubling the guardships of the various embassies. Prince Lobanoff undertook to sound the cabinets, but having received unfavorable replies he thereupon informed
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    A SECRETARY OF STATE FOR ASIA.
    631 2 Mr. Charles E. D. Black has written a long letter to the Observer on the appointment of a Secretary of State for Asia. Mr. Black concludes his letter as follows: With England’s relation with Persia under the control of the Foreign Office, and with
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    489 2 We regret to hear that Mr. J. J. Francis, q.c., of Hongkong, is reported to be seriously ill. The paddi planters in the Southern District of Province Wellesley anticipate a good harvest this season. One hundred and thirty-six Chinese passengers arrived this morning from Singapore per B.
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    PROVINCE WELLESLEY.
    107 2 A Nibong Tebal correspondent writing under date 4th inst. says: Mr. Gibbes sentenced a number of deserters from Batu Kawan and Byram Estates to various terms of imprisonment. There were fourteen of them. A cask of sudden death of a Chinese immigrant coolie was reported from Batu Kawan
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    “DIOGENES.”
    269 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —Your extremely classical and excessively satirical correspondent Diogenes might perhaps have made himself somewhat more intelligent to the common herd if he had condescended to come a little farther out of his tub and explained how and why the recent return
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS,
    107 2 [From our Correspondents.] SINGAPORE. 4th December. The Governor. H. E. the Governor will spend his Christmas in Penang. The Admiral. Admiral Buller has gone to Borneo in the Alacrit'j. The Hongkong Military Contribution. Mr. Chamberlain, Secretary of State for the Colonies, refuses to reduce the exaction, and insists
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    585 2 fFrom our contemporaries.) Major McCallum s health continues to improve; but he is still in hospital. H. E. the Governor will not leave for Penang and the Native States until next week. Mr. Scott succeeds Mr. Anderson on the Tanjong Pagar Board, and now fills th e office
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      83 2 pritcfiard Co,, HAVE NOAV ON VIEW A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW STERLING SILVER AND ELECTRO PLATED WARE IN LATEST DESIGNS SUITABLE FOR WEDDING, BIRTHDAY, OR CHRISTMAS PRESENTS. ALSO a Very large stock of TOYS AND CHILDREN’S BOOKS of every description. An early inspection is invited Mtchard Co. Co. THE POSADA
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      431 2 New Advertisement. NOTICE. 4 UCTION SALE of Household Furniture, Plants, Ac., will be held at No. 153, Hutton Lane, on Saturday, 7th instant, at 11 a.m. punctually. Terms. —Cash before delivery. DRAGON A Co., 651 Auctioneers. NOTICES. WANTED. 4 SECRETARY for the Penang Club. Salary 8125 ]*r month. Duties to
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      68 2 pinang'gazette DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. HUIE price of the Piuaiig Gazette delivered I free is as follows: To Goverumeul Offices and Merchants' Gotlotvns in Penang.— Per annum... 24: payable in advance. By Post. Per annum... $27 do. Single copy 20 cents. Advertisement Rates. Minimum charge 2 5 lines $l/-;
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  • Page 2 Miscellaneous
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      71 2 WE ATH ER R EPO RT. Taken at Prison Hospital Observatory. 4th December, 1895. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 p.m. Bar. ivd. 32 Fah. 910 736 868 Temperature 81.— 87.5 76. Wet Bulb Thermometer 76.5 78. 75. Max. Temp, in shade 91.5 Min. do. do. 74.5 Max. in Sun 14-5.
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    LAUNCHES BETWEEN PENANG AND BUTTERWORTH.
    313 3 LAUNCHES BETWEEN PENANG AND BUT TERWORTH. There are a number of launches running Butterworth and Penang now, ow•n„ to the competition of the two lines. The keenness of this rivalry has already produced a salutary effect as far as the public is concerned. in that it has lowered the remuneration
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    367 3 .—Free Press. Monday. December 2nd. \t the Legislative Council this afternoon the Colonial Secretary laid on the table the report of the Committee of the Legislative C 'uncil appointed to consider a memorial from subordinates of the Government service, and the report of the Committee appointed to consider
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    GREAT BANK-NOTE FORGERIES.
    321 3 '-Free Prces. Six Hundred Thousand Guilders of Forged Acceptances Discounted. Batavia, 26th Nov. Forged Java Bank notes have been in r ulation in Java for some considerable tine- and all the Dutch papers have very pointediv stated that they have been made in Singapore. It therefore caused
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    COLLISION AT SHANGHAI.
    126 3 On the afternoon of the 22nd Nov., says the N. C. Daily News, the Hector, inward bound for Japan, collided with the Rohilla at anchor at Woosung. It appears that the incoming vessel took a sheer and struck the P. &O. boat about amidships. The Rohilla has
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    SUBORDINATE GOVERNMENT OFFICERS.
    530 3 Exchange Compensation and Increased Salaries Refused. The following papier was laid before the Legislative Council on Monday by command of His Excellency the Governor:— Report of a Committee of the Legislative Council appointed to consider a Memorial from Subordinate Officers in the Government Service. M e have
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    HONGKONG NEWS.
    374 3 Great interest is being manifested in the luterport Rifle Match. Practice has been going on daily, and some fine scores have been recorded. The Alice Memorial has been left a legacy of £'1,350 by the late Dr. Richard Young, formerlv connected with the Government Civil Hospital. Fine weather
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    THE CLERICAL SERVICE.
    70 3 Prize Appointments. At Monday’s Legislative Council meeting there was laid on the table a report of a Committee on prize appointments to the Government Clerical Staff. The Committee recommended that six prize appointments, besides the two now available, should be reserved for deserving clerks, and that there
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    CHINA NEWS.
    135 3 —China Mail, Nov. 27. Nothing further seems to have been done in regard to the Kucheng massacre. Shanghai is again agitating for the creation of a Vigilance Fund to keep up the agitation for the punishment of the Fokien officials. Germany has given Great Britain an object lesson
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    OUR POLICY IN CHINA.
    968 3 To a representative of the Daily Graphic Mr. A. R. Colquhoun has given the following opinions. The movement of Russia to an open port on the Pacific is simply irresistible. Can you imagine a people being shut out from the sea in the way that we
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    ADMIRAL FREEMANTLE’S SPEECH AT THE CHINA ASSOCIATION DINNER.
    1235 3 The following is an extract from Admiral Freemantle’s speech at the China Association dinner, held on the 4th Nov., as reported by the London Sf China Express of the Bth: He regretted very much that none of his Military friends out there
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      489 3 NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY, PENANG ON and after the Ist December next, f (one-quarter per cent.) discount will be charged on the Society’s Medan Notes presented for pavment at this office. A. F. MARMELSTEIN, Acting Sub-Agent. 21st November, 1895. 626 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. i Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be
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      468 3 CARD. G. GILMOUR, CONSULTING ENGINEER, .9, Union Street, Penang. 574 THE «RATED WATER CO. ANEW and excellent brew of brewed Ginger prepared from the finest Jamaica root, is now on sale. Nothing can equal it for making Shandigaff. Sole makers A. P. K. 634 F. G. BARR, Piano Organ Tuner
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