Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 February 1896

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DjAXLT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTB. VOL. LIV. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 22, 1896. No. 42.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 576 1 For use in Closets, Urinals, Stables, &c Tlie only reliable disinfecting powder is CALVERT'S, guaranteed. to contain 15% Calvert’s No. 5 Carbolic, the strongest Disinfectant known. 1 and 1 6 Tins ;at Chemists, Ac. Cheaper in use than other Powdersat lower rates, much less being needed. Will not clog pipes
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    • 1622 1 SKwmnff Oloficse BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOcean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of St earnern. Paid-up Capital $10,W0,000. Reserve Fond $5,750,000. Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000. I For Will sail Steamer From
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    • 699 1 «EDERLAKBSI/II HAEDEL tIJATSCHAI-HJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 Reserve Funds f 2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Hiad Agency in Netherlands India. Tho Factorij of the Nederlnndsehe Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The
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  • 126 2 Penang. 22nd February. 1896. Rates close as follows: Loudon, Demand Bank 2/2.} Do. 4 months'sight Bank 2/2J Do. 3 Credit 2/2-11/16 Do. 3 Documentary... 2/2| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 182 Do. 3 days' sight Private 184 Bombay, Demand Bank 182 Do. 3 days' sight Private 184 Madras, Demand Bank
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  • 120 2 Penang, 22nd February, 1896. Tin $32.10 sellers. f Trang small supply. West Coast 9.70 seilei’s. Acheen 61b 10.60 do. White Pepper 13.60 do. Cloves (picked)... 30. do. Mace No. 1 84. sellers. Mace Pickings 74. de. Nutmegs 83. do. No. 1 7. do. Sugar 2 4.10 do.
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  • 61 2 Mails close on Monday. For Per str. Time. Deli Lank at boon. Klang Deli i P.M. Singapore Lindula I P.M Pangkor A. T. Anson Canton A p.m. Rangoon Ztceena 3 p.m. The BI N. Co.’s s. s. Baghdad with the mails from Europe left Rangoon at m. yesterday
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  • 46 2 From ToNGKAH:—Bv the 8. s. Rio today. From Singapore .—-By the s. s. Calypso on Monday. From Olehleh:—By the s. s. Japara on Monday. From Hamburg:—By the s. s. Aglaia on Mom lay. From Rangoon:—By the B. I. s. s. Baghdad on Monday.
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  • 226 2 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. s. s. Palamcotta from Singapore. s. 8. Orestes fi-om Singapore. s. s. Gitnesk from Singapore. s. h. Langkat from Deli. Yesterday. m. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. 8. 8. Flying Fish from Port Weld 8. 8. Ho Ktrei from Deli. 8. s. Rosa from
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  • 30 2 Arrivals. To-day. Pers. 8. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. Sir Graeme. Elphinstone. Per B. I. s. 8. Palamcotta from Singapore, Mr. ami M rs. Watkins, and Mr. Chelliah.
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  • 65 2 Tn ken nt Prison llosnltnl Ohserintorf. 21st February, 1896. 9 am. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. .927 .782 .915 Temperature 80.— 84. 79. Wet Bulb Thermometer 78. 79. 77. Max. Temp, in shade 91.2 Min. do. do. 72.8 Max. in Sun 152. Terr. rad. Ther.
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  • 174 2 Saturday. 22nd High water at New Jetty, 6-3 7 A.M and 7-04 p.m. First Qtr. 09.8 A M. Sunday. 23rd First Sunday in Lent. Ember Sunday. Sendees at St. George's Church Morning Service at B.—Hymns 353 and 92. Evening Service at 6.—Psalm CXIV, CXV 80,
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  • 79 2 LONDON. 21sr February, 1896. Sir Nicholas O’l'onor. Sir Nicholas O’Conpx has been made a Privy -Councillor and a G. C. M. (F. Rhodesia. The Government have approved of the nomination of Earl Grey as administrator of Rhodesia in conjunction with Mr. Cecil Rhodes. Dr- Jameson’s Counsel. Sir Frank
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  • 683 2 The Commission which has been appointed to rep<»rt on the Indian Labour question is to commence its sittings alm >st immediately. The Commission will be composed of five members. The Resident Councillor of Penang as President, the Auditor-General of Singapore, aud an official from Perak (whose name
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  • 1163 2 The harbour looks very busy to-day there being no less than eleven ocean-going vessels loading and discharging. So great indeed is the pressure that lighters are unobtainable iu some instances, and one of the Rangoon mail boats has had to ask for ‘the privilege of working on the Sabbath
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  • 107 2 The case against the Siamese woman named Meh Poh was called yesterdav morning. She was chaiged with (1) cheatiar Mohamed Masboorudin Marican Noordij, by falsely pretending that certain copp? articles (8 betel boxes, 1 spittoon, plated with pinchbeck were made entirely r-i pinchbeck and thereby inducing him to
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  • 513 2 Details of a Provident Scheme. At Wednesday’s meeting of the Singapore Municipal Commissioners, the President laid Irefore the Board a provident scheme for the employees of the Municipality, of which the following are the leading features:— Liability to contribute to the Fund will only l>e enforced on employees
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 144 2 pritcM Co. will receive on 28th Feb. PER B.S. SHANGHAI” The following New I Books “A RULER OF IND." -THE CRACK OF DOOM.” -THE SORROWS OF SATAN.’ “THE CHRONICLES OF COUNT ANTONIO.” DR. QUANTRILLS EXPERIMENT.” THE MEN OF MOSS HAGS.” "A (HARD WOMAN." INiTHE SMOKE OF WAR." 1 -MAN AND
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    • 418 2 New advertisements. PENANG SALES ROOM. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE OF Furniture, Plants, &c., &c. The undersigned has been instructed to sell by Public Auction On Saturday, the 7th March, At No. 80. Batu Lanchang Lane, Campong Bharu, the following:— Valuable Household Furniture also A Unique Collection of Plants comprising: Palms, Adiantums,
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  • 116 3 Ovr sporting readers are reminded that the entries for the Taiping races close at g pin. on February 25th. In consideration of having received several letters from owners of Penang galloway ariftiffs, requesting that the Penang landing measurements be accepted for Race V, the committee of the
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  • 96 3 P. C.C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following are the results of yesterday’s play Double Handicap. E. Shropshire and J. A. Brown scratch beat J. Lamb and A. Dnrler —l5, by 6—l, 6 —2. The unfinished tie for the Profession Pairs was plaved and resulted in favour of the Merchants by
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  • 335 3 The Chronicle understands that the drawing up of the British case on the Venezuelan boundary in its legal aspects has been entrusted to Sir Frederick Pollock. The choice is in every way an admirable one. Sir Frederick is more than a lawyer —he is a statesman. Herr Paul Brand
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  • 369 3 For a Queen’s Speech, the Address from the Throne read at the opening of Parliament bv the Lord Chancellor is a sensational document, says the Englishman. It touches, at least, on several burning questions, and if it merely glosses these subjects in the usual conventional languageit furnishes
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  • 1041 3 The name Venezuela means Little Venice,” and was given originally to an Indian village built on piles on the shores of Lake Maracaybo. Like so many other South American States, Venezuela has had a troubled history. Oppression was succeeded by continued revolutionary outbreaks, and finally the people—in 1821—succeeded
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  • 931 3 The question whether animals have souls or not is one which has been much debated among their articulate friends. Dr. Anna Kingsford had very strong views upon this point, believing that until* men recognised that animals had souls like themselves they would never treat them properly. The
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  • 321 3 Thebe has lately been added to the collection of plants at the Botanic Gardens at Madras, a specimen of a strange tree. It is in size scarcely more than a bush, but others of its species are known to have attained, in their habitat in
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  • 219 3 There is an interesting article in the Canadian Magazine upon Mr. Powers’ Picture Gallery. This Gallery Mr. Powers has devoted his life to form. It contains a great number of the best pictures which American wealth has been able to convey from the Old
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 244 3 PENANG SALES ROOM. IMPORTANT AUCTION SALE. The undersigned will sell by Public Auction On Monday, 24th February, At No. 4. Westlands Bungalow, near Burmah Road. commencing at 11.30 a. in., Al! the Valuable Household Furniture, Ac, comprising Bedsteads, Almirahs, Tables. Glass and Crockery ware, Cutlery, Lamps, also Ponv and Dogcart,
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    • 917 3 TO LET. i NOTICE. |\l O. 2, Farquhar Street. IN Apply to ENG JOO Co., THE 55 47, Beach Street. for sale: INTERNATIONAL BODEGA y OST Type-Writer in good condition. AND I Price $lOO Apply to DUQT A TTD AMT 91 “A. B. C.,” Pinang Gazette. iVljlJ 1 AU HA
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  • 599 4 REVISED PROGRAMME OF SPRING MEETING, 1896. TO BE HELD March sth and 7th, 1896. FIRST DAY. Ist Race. The Maiden Plate. —Value 8200. For Maidens: —all Horses that have never won a race on any Course —Griffin, Jump and Roadsters’ Races excepted. Weight per scale. Distance R.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 123 4 GRIMAULTS SARSAPARILLA A TRUE BLOOD PURIFIER GRIMAULTS SARSAPARILLA is proved by a quarter of a centuary’s medical testimony, to possess just those qualities required to purify the blood, to create an appetite and to eliminate those impurities which undermine health. mBK IMFLUENCES and SHIHTNH While sanitary improvements combat externally the
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    • 1655 4 Jffpnlj Medicine of the kind awarded a Certificate at the Calcutta Exhibition, 1883-84, open to all Countrtn T| J Trf co LALOR’S J* Barcyi], jr-j The Royal Insurance Co. 1 u a w SOLE IMPORTERS. A CONSIDERABLE reduction M Jg MM IW KM A MHM M MM B' pectuses will
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    • 370 4 Stationery, FOR OFFICE, ESTATE, STORE or PRIVATE USE, FOR SALE AT THe PinangGazetteOffice. BOOKS—various sizes. D A LL I'KOG K A JI M US- large I latest designs. Baskerville cabinets, 120 sheets Note Paper and 100 E lopes. Best qmdiiy paper. J n demand. $2.50 each. S 1 Blotting paper,
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