Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 3 March 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. FTTBLiISHED DJ&.IZ.7. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIV. TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1896. No. 50.
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      547 1 (Hotkey Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. a* jiHE mail steamers may lie I- expected to arrive outS wards, and leave Penang y homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Pehawur Mar. 13 Ravenna Mar. 6 Pekin 27 Mirzapore 19 Ravenna Apr. 11 i Rosett Apr. 2 Mirzapore 24 The above
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      1548 1 aftrnmne (notices. 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 Steamers. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. Reserve Fund $5,750,000. n Reserve Liability op Proprietors $10,000,000. For Will sail Steamer From Expected
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      451 1 I NEDERLANDStAE HANDEL KAATBCIIAK j (Netherlaud Trading Society.) Established 1824. I Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 Reserve Funds f 2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Hiad 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
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Pbnang. 3rd March. 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/2 i Do. 4 months'sight Bank 2/2» Do. i Credit 2/2| Do. 3 Documentary 2/2» Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 181 Do. 3 days' sight Private' 183.! Bombay. Demand Bank 181 Do. 3 days'sight Private 1834 'Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    124 2 Penang, 3rd March, 1896. Tin $31.80 sellers. {Trang small supply. West Coast 9.70 sellers. Achoon 6tb 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. Basket
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    67 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str. Tiine. Tongkah Petrel 1 p.m. Langkat Quorra 1 p.m. Deli Ho Kwei 2 p.m. Pangkor and T. Anson Betsy 2 P.M. Teluk Anson Lady Weld 3 P.M. Thursday. sth. Deli Langkat 1 p.m. Deterred Departure. Edie, T. Semawe. Segli ami Olehleh G.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    63 2 From Singapore By the s. s. Namyony to-day. the s. s. Winysany on Thursday, ami the B 1. s. s. Loodiana on Saturday. From Deli By the s. s. Banjermassiu tomorrow. From Colombo —By the s. s. Elcktra on Thursday. From’ Rangoon By the B. I. s.
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    SHIPPING.
    249 2 Arrival*. To-day. B. I. s. s. S<< <O<<Z<<l from Madras. s. s. Cyclops from Liverpool. a. Lady Weld from T. Ansou. s. b. Betsy from T. Anson. a. b. Deli from Klang. Yesterday. h. s. R Hah iryn from Asalmn s. 8. Quorra from Langkat. k. s. Petrel from
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    PASSENGER LIST.
    43 2 Arrivals. To-day. Pm- B. I. 8. 8. Secundra from Madras, Mr. K. Barion Wright. Per h. s. Cyclops from Liverpool. Mi’s. Dixon, ami two children, ami Miss Greaves. Per s. g Quorra from Langkat. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander, and Mrs. Slerges.
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    WEATHER REPORT.
    58 2 Taken at I’rison Hospital Obserialory. 2nd March. 1896. 9 a.m. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. i-ed. 32 Fall. .912 .763 .s>ol Temperature 80.— 84. 79. Wet Bulb Thermometer 79.2 80.— 78 Max. Temp, in shade 92. Min. do. do. 72'— Max. in Sun 149.6 Rainfall in 24 hours
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    104 2 Tuesday. 3rd P. C. C. Lawn Tennis Tournament, sp.in. Town Band Golf Club 5 p. m. High water at New Jetty, 2-12 a.m. and 2- p.m. Wednesday, 4th P. C. C. Lawn Tennis Tournament. S p.m. Town Band. Esplanade, 5 p. m. High water at
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    122 2 LONDON. 2nd March, IMJ6. The Cuban Insurrection. The Washington House of Representatives has passed a resolution regarding Cuba similar to the one adopted by the Senate. The Senate has passed a bill to increase the Navy by a thousand men, and if necessary to enlist the Naval Militia
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    THE JUDICIAL STAFF.
    767 2 Now that the retirement of Mr. D. Logan, who has filled for so ninny years, and so al»lv, the post <>f Solicitor-General, has been gazettf’l, we lose no time in bringing to the notice of the Government and the public of the Straits Settlements, a scheme which
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    995 2 The P. A O. mail steamer Ravenna will i leave Singapore for Penang to-morrow afternoon. A tender for 83,220 for the quarantine station for animals at Penang has been accepted by Government. Ten long sentenced prisoners leave under a Sikh escort for Singapore this afternoon per B.
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    THE METHODIST MISSION.
    83 2 The following is the list of appofotm®. in the Penang District:— Benjamin F. West, Presiding Elier, (P.O P»n Batu uajah supplied by U. V. Bounv Bukit Mertajam do. Bun Ah T<xm. tp'-ti E Horlev. >• A. J Amen. Penang, Anglo- hinese School G. F. Pykett. Chinese Mission
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    THE WATERFALL BOTANIC GARDEN.
    344 2 Mr. C. Curtis, the Assistant Sup-, tendent of Forests, in his annual rep.rt t the Botanic Gardens Department, Pem> writes as follows regarding the Waters Garden This Garden continues to increase terest and popularity, and the number visitors from passing steamers, as we./ residents, is considerable.
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    THE STRAITS INSURANCE COMPANY, LIMITED.
    245 2 The following is the twelfth annual import for presentation to the shareholders/ the nineteenth ordinary general meeting to be held in the company’s offices, Si D P' pore, on Thursday, the 12th March:— Gentlemen,—Your Directors beg to p- before you the annexed Balance Sheet for»
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      366 2 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. BUKIT MAS MINING Co.. Limited mH E Ordinary General Meeting of I Shareholders will be held in the office of Mr. H. J. Hamilton at Teluk Anson, on Monday, the 16th March, 1896, at 11 a.m. Business 1. To receive the Directors' Report, and to pass accounts to
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      163 2 jritchard Co. Are now shewing A LARGE RANGE OF THE LATEST DESIGNS OF Fashionable Heavy Tweeds Specially selected by Mr. PRITCHARD for wear in Europe. Also A LARGE STOCK OF TROPICAL TWEEDS, TROPICAL CASHMERE SUITINGS, TENNIS FLANNELS, &C. White Mat Oxford Tennis Shirts. Brown Oxford Walking Shoes, $6.50, ill two
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    29 3 [From our Correspondent.] TELUK ANSON. 3rd March. The shipments yesterday were To Penang, 1,102 pikuls of tin. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 111 pikuls of tin.
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    OFFICIAL CHANGES.
    368 3 The following appointments appear in last Friday’s Government Gazette-. Mr. J. A. Harwood, Registrar of the Supreme Court, Penang, to be SolicitorGeneral, Penang, vice Mr. D. Logan, retired, with effect from the Ist proximo. Mr. L. M. Woodward, third Magistrate, Singapore, to be Sheriff and Deputy Registrar of
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    506 3 (From our Contemporaries.) The Police are taking additional precautions m view of the numerous depredations on ships in the harbour, and the patrol has been doubled. On March 4th the Liquidators of the Straits Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. will, make a fourth payment of $l-25 per share in
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    THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG.
    111 3 A Government Gazette Extraordinary, dated 27th February, to hand this morning, has the following notification Information having been received that a contagious disease, namely bubonic plague, has broken out at Hongkong, it is hereby declared by the Governor that the port of Hongkong is infected. Under
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    PERAK NEWS.
    286 3 (Perak Pioneer, February 29.) The thermometer at the General Hospital indicated a maximum heat of 91° in the shade on Thursday. This beats the record. Commander Mills, it is said, will act for Mr. Dew as Magistrate, Matang, and Hari hour Master, Port Weld, during the latter’s absence
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    435 3 (Via Madras.) THE FRENCH SENATE. Paris, February 21.—The Senate, by a majority of a hundred and twenty-four votes, has passed a resolution declaring that the Ministry, by ignoring the decision of the Senate, have violated the constitution, but declining to engage in the conflict thus provoked. ANOTHER TURKISH
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    COLONIAL GOVERNORSHIPS.
    402 3 The Citizen of January 25th, in noticing I the departure of Sir West Ridgeway to take i up the Governorship of Ceylon, says The Governorship of Ceylon has always been regarded as one of the blue ribbons of the colonial service, and Sir West, who has had no
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    BOERS AT HOME.
    1223 3 Tell us about the Transvaal.” This is the first question addressed to the man upon whom the smell of the burnt-up veldt has lately passed, and whose lungs are still choked by the red sand of Kalahari. We would fain have some details as to the home
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      305 3 PARSEE THEATRE, KING STREET. The Company will perform their Tragical Play, entitled FASA2TE KA.IS OR LEILA AND MUJNOONWith new and appropriate Dresses and Scenic effects, in which the Juvenile Artists will make their debut on the Stage. N.B.— Season passes that were sold and given by contractors will not be
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      1199 3 TO LET. WANTED. B ABINGTON VILLA, Furnished. Entry A SMART CHINESE CLERK for office at any time. Near to the Golf Club 21 work. Apply to and Race Course. Rent $5O. 123 BEHN MEYER Co. 21 Apply to W. Johnston LAIRD. Notice. ocean steamship company. MR. E. Tadevich undertakes to
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      2121 4 ..BUCHANAN WHISKV jg THE BEST. To be had at i mb^tSean Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Chibs GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J I ™on N y!n emends. SOLE IMPORTERS-KATZ BROTHEbJ PERAK TURF CLUB. Insurance (Tloftcee. THE LATEST INVENTION Jngurance (Hotices. REVISED
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      128 4 H. j. SOLN IMPORTERS. I ■teO-MuJ 1 Champagjle I 1 pLWAYS AT THE Tjpl| J If Importation intheh.l JII in 1894 ll dozen Bollltjl A ■SB s p: Izu.. try Mgqaw S Lucas BoPs OLaID gin| Van StraalenMonsieni and Erkelens’ CLARETS, HOCKS, SB GUNDIES, it, Regular Shipments of HARTS’ HORSEFOM
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