Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 March 1896

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENT& VOL. LIV. SATURDAY, MARCH 21. 1896, No. 66.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 594 1 pruse in Closets, Urinals, Stables, Ac flp only reliable disinfecting powder is CALVERT’S, B r:inteed to contain 15% Calvert’s No. 5 the strongest Disinfectant known. pHid-, 1 and 1/6 Tins :at Chemists, <tc. Reaper in use than other Powders at lower rates, much less being needed. Will not clog pipes
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    • 1407 1 SlUmy BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.), i banks. Z—LL a KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hon g ko ng Shanghai Bank= Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. HOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». Paiu-l? Capital $10,000,000. _TK Reser’f. Fund $5,750,000 1 Reser 1 r.
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    • 623 1 I NEDEKLANDSb/iE HAMDEL fiAA’ISt'KA. 1 NJ. (Nctherland Trading Scciaty./ Established 1821. Paid-up Capital J 35,7b3,(;<:C Reserve Fcsp- 2,216,511.1*1 Head Office in Lead Agency in The Factorij of the Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. Singapore Medan (Deli), Sama rang, Sourabaia, Padang. Chcribon, 'legal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean, and Tiilatiap London Bankers.—The Union
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  • 127 2 Penang, 21st March. 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/2| Do. 4 months’sight Bank 2/2-13/16 Do. 3 Credit 2/2-15/16 to 2/3 Do. 3 Documentary... 2/3 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1854 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 188 Bombay, Demand Bank 1854 Do. 3 days' sight Private 188 Madras,
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  • 120 2 Penang, 21st March, 1896. Tin $31.10 sellers. Trang small supply. West Coast... 9.70 sellers. Acheen 61b 10.50 do. Whit® Pepper 13.50 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mae® No. 1 84. sellers. Mace Pickings 74. de. Nutmegs 76. do. No. 1 7. do. Sugar < 2 4.10
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  • 78 2 Mails close on Monday. For Per str. Time. Singapore Alboin 1 p.m. Klang Taw Tony 1 p.m. Pangkor and T. Anson Perse 2 p.m. Rangon Megna 2 p.m. Deferred Departure. Singapore X China liong Leong 2 P.M. The 8.1.5. N. Co.’s s. s. Sirdhana with the mails from
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  • 53 2 From Liverpool:—By the a. a. Palinurus to-morrow. From Singapore.-—By the s. s. Hebe on monday. From Olehleh.—By the ss. Maetsuycker on Monday. From Hamburg.—By the s. s. Irene on Monday. I kom London By the s. s. Sarpedon on Tuesday. 1* rom Rangoon: By the s. s.
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  • 277 2 Arrivals. To-day. B. I s 8. Purnea from Singapore. s. s. Megna from Moulmein. Yesterday. b. s. H"iiy Leong from Singajiore. s s Thaipiug from Port Weld. Depart tire*. To-day. h. s. Glenfruin for Cochin. s. s. F“ok Ching for Langkat. s. a. Good Lwk fop Klang. H. H.
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  • 32 2 Arrival-. To-day. The following passengers arrived this morning:— Per B. I. s. s. Purnea from Singapore. Mr. and Mrs. Hargreaves. Rev. Sr. St. Hurbet, Mr. Durler, and Mr. G. Mcßain.
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  • 137 2 Saturday. 21st Cricket Match at Esplanade, P. C. C. vn. P. R. C. High water at New Jetty. 6-37 a.m and 7-01 p.m. Town Band, Golf Chib 5 p. ni. Sunday. 22nd Ffith Sunday in Lent Ser'ice at St. George’s Church Passion Sunday. Morning Service
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  • 91 2 LONDON, 20th March. Imw6. Commercial Attache at Tokio. Mr. Curzon stated that it was premature to consider a proposal to appoint a commercial attache for the legation at Tokio. Great Britain and China. The Government were making representations to China regarding the terminal tax on British goods in
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  • 737 2 We publish elsewhere an extract with reference to the employment of forced labour in Pahang. Upon this subject the Strait* Times has a leader, from which we gather that, although such a system is in direct contravention of the principles now generally current in civilised countries,
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  • 968 2 The B. I. S. N. Co.’s s. s. Sirdhana, with the mail from Europe vid Rangoon, may be expected to arrive on Tuesday morning. The B. I. steamer Megna arrived tliis morning from Rangoon. She brought 1,550 tons of cargo for this port. The Chinese Consul-G eneral
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  • 902 2 Government of P E r ak Oub r«ad.r« may reiMloUr ►which arose m the year l«yi, aud Is out its various phases stronvly i| r "> of the course of administiuu ou o f Perak of recent years. Mr. W. g h Fraser, on appointment as District F
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 248 2 JifaM Co. LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. A large choice selection of New Seasons Goods received per s. s. Canton.” 10 per cent discount allowed on all cash purchases. Indigo Washing Prints, at 35 cts*. Crinkled Creponnes, at 40 cts.. Half Mourning Prints, at 35 cts.. Plain Zephyrs, at 35 cts. White Fancy
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    • 441 2 NOTICES. WANTED. A COMPETENT Petroleum Mining Engineer. Must be able to supply i apparatus for boring, Ac. Testimonials j required. Terms to be stated. 166 “Sumatra,” c o Pinany Gazette. BUKIT MAS MINING Co.. Limited fI'HE General Meeting of Shareholders I called for 11 a.m., on the 16th instant, at
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  • 41 3 [From our Correspondents.] IT7 TELUK ANSON. 21st March. ’’e were no shipments yesterday. flLff shipments to-day’are Penang, 835 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 2,424 of ore. KLANG. 20th March. The shipments to-day are— To Singapore, 295 pikuls of tin.
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  • 154 3 The Chinaman Li Hai, who was found cuilty by a special jury on the charge of rioting armed with a deadly weapon at Jelutong, was sentenced yesterday morning to two years’ rigorous imprisonment. The first case called yesterday was against a Chinaman named Kua Kee Seng, charged with
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  • 65 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.'") Sir, —An announcement appeared in your advertising columns yesterday that I was leaving for Europe,” and as such a statement is calculated to cause me inconvenience and injury, I shall feel obliged if you will insert my*emphatic
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  • 58 3 The following meteorological observations are interesting, both from an agricultural and residential view Month. Mean Rainfall. Temperature. January, 1895 114 79.2°F February 1.20 79.3 March 1.62 79.7 April 3.34 79.5 Mav 4.20 79.1 June 7.46 79.5 July 7.28 79.5 August 8.86 78.5 September 6.90 78.6 October 9.91 78.5 November
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  • 238 3 (Perak Pioneer, 18th March.) The tenders for the completion of the Trong-Bruas Road were opened yesterday. Messrs. Aylesbury and Garland’s tender, we hear, is the lowest and therefore there is every likelihood of their getting the contract. Mr. R. C. Grey, who arrived from England on Sunday, will,
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  • 225 3 In an editorial note The Sanitarian, speaking of the sanitary condition of the <-itv of Brooklyn, condemns what it characterizes as the abominable practice of feeding the dust of disease germs of every kind to the people, which obtains throughout the city in default of well-appointed markets.
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  • 494 3 Penang vs. Perak. The cricket match bet ween Penang and Perak has been fixed to be played at Taiping on Thursday, 2nd proximo, and Saturday 4th. On Friday the 3rd there will be a football match between Penang and Perak. The Penang eleven is to be chosen to-day, we
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  • 1246 3 (Extract from “Straits Times.") After enduring with such fortitude as nature may be capable of, the heat and burden of the day’s journey between Taiping and Ipoh; after employing a naval officer’s objurgatory vocabulary on the rickety, jolting precarious two-wheeled vehicle’ which, in Perak, is denominated a
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  • 860 3 (Black A White.) As yet the truth or falsity of the rumour which announces that Dr, Nansen is the first human being to stand at the North, Pole of the world, cannot be determined, and caution, rather than scepticism, should be your attitude towards the intelligence. The’
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 536 3 THE INVESTED OXLY 7 6. There is a man who ha. spent the past twentyfive years of his life exploring for gold and other minerals in Queensland, New South ales Victoria. Tasmania, ami New Zealand. He hae no doubt picked up some money, yet he says that the investment of
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    • 1198 3 I can safely assert that the investment of 7 6 TO LET. in Mother Seigel’s Courative Syrup was the best I ever made in all my chequered career. You may depend that I prescribe this medicine t® all |’HE DWELLING House, No. 2, Cantoliand sundry people I come in contact
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
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    • 267 4 D. GRAHAM CO., Wholesale Druggists Manu. factoring Chemists, I are prepared to supply Government Hospitals, Dispa saries, and Estates, WITH 5 Drugs, Chemicals, Disinfectants Surgical Instruments, Patent Medicines, L AND ALL KINDS OF Toilet and Nursery Requisites j Indents t ?nt off by return steamer. lt We can recommend our
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