Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 March 1896

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DjLILT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIV. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1896. No. 71.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 582 1 xllofuCß. I'lninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r PHE mail steamers may be J" expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, 011 the following dates Oatwards. Homewards. Pfkin Mar. 27 I Rosett Apr. 2 Ravenna Apr. 11 Kaisar-i-hind 16 \Rrzapore 24 Peshawur 30 r isetta May 10 Pekin May 14
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    • 1596 1 SAißßina (lloftftß. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. ZA2A. 3 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 Steamer», Paid-lp Capitalslo,ooo,ooo. ’!•—JK 1 Reserve Fund $5,750,000. J ttt Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000,000. -.rTrKTOTnL
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    • 543 1 HEDERLAKDStfiE HANDEL BAATSCHAEHJ. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,01*0 Reserve Funds /2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Hi ad 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.—The
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  • 122 2 Penang, 27th March, 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/2-SZB Do. 4 months’sight Bank ...2/2-13/16 Do. 3 Credit2/3 Do. 3 Documentary... 2/3-1/16 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 186 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 189 Bombay, Demand Bank 186 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 189 Madras, Demand Bank 185
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  • 118 2 Penang, 27th March, 1896. Tin 531.15 sellers S Trang small supply. West Coast 9.70 sellers. A»*hs»*n 6th 10.50 do. White Pepper 13.55 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 80. sellers. Mace Pickings 65. do. Nutmegs 75. do. fNo. 1 7. do. Sugar < 2
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  • 37 2 Mails close To-morrow. Por Per str. Time. Tougkah Petrel 1 f.it. Klang Mary Austin 1 p.m. Pangkor and T. Anson Betsy 2 p.m. Singapore A Hongkong IFtnysmuj 2p m. Singapore A China Bio 3 P.M.
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  • 34 2 From Singapore—(s. s. i'ietnria) s. s. Pentakotii s. s. I an Goent to-inoirow. From Liverpool—(s. s. Stcntor) torn» »rrow. F RoM Deli—(s. s. Banjarmasin) tomorrow. From Negapatam—(s. s. Sccundra) on Tuesday.
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  • 42 2 LONDON. 26th March, I xi»6. Matabeleland. A revolt has occurred in Mataand a number of whites have been massacred. Egypt France and' Russia have finally declined to assent to the employment of the Egyptian reserve fund for the Nile expedition.
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  • 26 2 death. Anderson —On the 24th February, at 68, Talbot-road, Bayswater, W.. of acute pleuro-pneutnonia, A. F. Anderson, m. d., formerly Colonial Surgeon, Straits Settlements
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  • 852 2 Three hundred and seven Chinese passengers arrived here this morning from Amoy |>er s. h. Rio. The steamer Quorra, which arrived this morning from Langkat, brought 639 bales of tobacco. i The London Gazette notifies that the Queen has been pleaded to approve of Dr. J. A.
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  • 170 2 The case against the three Malays named (1) Mat Jais, (2) Awang, and (3) Mat bin Salleh, charged with (1) housebreaking by night, (2) theft, and (3) retaining stolen property knowing the same t»> be stolen prop».*rty, at Byan Lepas, was concluded yesterday afternoon, when all three prisoners
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  • 213 2 Objection Raised at Malacca. At the sitting of the Assize Court at Malacca, on Wednesday, Mr. Groom to»»k flic objection that the Court was not a Court for the purposes of the Criminal Procedure Ordinance. In section 36 of the Courts Ordinance, the word several means each and
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  • 141 2 (To the Editor of the “Pinang Gazette.") Dear Sir. —With reference to the account of the football match The Fusiliers vs. Perak.” which appeared in the Pinang Gazette, in which it was stated that the Fusiliers for some time had to play one man short owing to
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  • 97 2 It is suggested that the line of defence will be, in effect, that Dr. Jameson did not fit out his expedition or cross the Transvaal frontier with any hostile intention against the South African Republic. He was sent for to assist in keeping order by the Reform
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  • 112 2 Mr. Whiteley’s Motion Adopted. London, March 18. Sir Michael Hicks Beach, speaking on the introduction of a motion in the House of Commons by Mr. Whiteley in favour of an international agreement to secure a stable ratio between gold and silver, said that Government were anxious to confer
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  • 20 2 [From our Correspondent HL A NG. 27th March. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 344 pikuls of tin
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  • 50 2 Arrivals. The following passengers arrive v morning tij Per P. O. s. s. Pekin Messrs. H. C. Belfield, Sangster M,. 1 Mitchell and child, and Mr'A G v Per s. s. Thaiping from Port Vermont, Messrs. Aylesbury, and Dvt Per 8. s. Ho Kwei from Deli Mr Ed
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  • 178 2 Friday, 27th Ordinary Meeting of the Mnniei te |b missioners, Town Hall. 3 p ni 1 Evening Srvice at St. Georl a ra 5-30 p. ni. Hymn, 101. High water at New Jetty 11. v,,. 11- p.m. J Saturday. 28th Sale of Dr. Leask’s Furniture
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  • 534 2 f The Perak Pioneer is responsible f„r following:— r Thn air is full of rumours reganiii.- •> confederation scheme which is w 5 l»e awaiting the first assembly of the 1«. i lative Council at Singapore, whentli»*j will be made public. By public «ew-a i outside the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1040 2 pritchard Co. I CONVENIENTLY situated, unfurnished, I v at No. 33, Beach Street, with immediat** cntrv. Apply to LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. 177 W. MANSFIELD Co. J St. GEORGE’S DAY, 1896. A large choice selection of j A MEETING of the English Community New Seasons Goods received A Will be held at
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    • 278 2 WANTED. 4 COMPETENT Petroleum Mining /1. Engineer. Must be abb* to supply apjmratus for boring. Ac. Totimonials required. Terms to lx* stated. 1 Sumatra, <• o Pinang Gazette. EXPRESS NOTICE. The Aerated Water Co., Penang. Works r )O, Caiitoneinenl Hoad, Pulo Tiku*. Proprietor ARCHIBALD KENNEDY. Telegraphic Address ARC HI BA
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  • 339 3 :s will ever remember. L. C. /.z--n->•. March 6. Dr. John Hutchinson Robertson, m.d., Rhose death we reported last week, was lorn in Edinburgh in 1829, and educated It the Southern Academy and the Uniwersitv of Edinburgh, where he took his Clvetorate of medicine in 1849.
    '• :s will ever remember.—L. & C. /.z-n->•. March 6.  -  339 words
  • 691 3 The following documents are published I I. general information: L»vwuing—treet. Feb. 25, 189»>. Sir.—l am directed by Mr. Secretary i iiubet lain to acknowledge the receipt of V ir letter of Oct. 19 last, and to forward I. tiie information of the Straits Settl n Association
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  • 126 3 (From our Contemporaries.) Bishop Gasnier was better this morning (Wednesday) than he has been for the past few days. A petition in bankruptcy was filed on Tuesday at the Bankruptcy Court by Messrs. Gowans Alexander A Co., rE rated Water Manufacturers, etc. On Wednesday morning, near the Ellenborough
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  • 598 3 Interesting Revelations by the “Courier de Saigon.” The more I study the text of the Siamese Convention, writes the editor of Le Courrier de Saigon, the more my disillusion and discouragement grow. What it ought to have prevented, above all, has been
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  • 178 3 The Board of Education of Chicago has now completed its version of the Bible for the use of schools. The committee, who have had charge of the work, have expunged all passages or incidents which seemed to them in the least degree questionable. This unique revised
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  • 262 3 The Debate on Egypt. London, March 17. The debate on the Egyptian question will be resumed in the Commons next Friday. The Press on the Situation. The Times, in discussing the Egyptian question, hopes that the advance on Akasheh is but the first step of a
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  • 248 3 (Uiii Calcutta.) THE VENEZUELAN QUESTION. London, March 17.—Mr. Curzon, replving to a question in the House of Commons, said that the United States Government had made official proposals in connection witb the Venezuela question which were now being considered. TRIAL OF DR. JAMESON. London, March 18—Dr. Jameson and
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  • 347 3 At a largely attended meeting of the Hongkong and China Branch of the British Medical Association, held on the 13th inst. the subject of Infection in Bubonic Plague’ was discussed. Dr. Lowson introduced the discussion, premising that the sole cause of plague was the plague baccillus.
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  • 937 3 (L. d- C. Express. March 6th.) The Court. The Queen, who travels as the Countess of Balmoral, will leave Windsor Castle on 9th inst. for the Riviera. By command of the Queen the Prince of Wales held the first levee of the season at St. James’s
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  • 271 3 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. s. s. Palamcotta from Rangoon. P. A O. s. s. Pekin from Colombo. s. a. Rio from Amoy. s. s. Calypso from Singapore. a. a. ho Kwei from Deli. 8. 8. Petrel from Tongkah. 8. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. a. Betsy from
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  • 63 3 Taken at Prison Hospital Observatory. 26th March, 1896. 9 am. 3 p.m. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah92s .784 .902 Temperature 84. 85. 80.— Wet Bulb Thermometer 79. 80.— 78. Max. Temp, in shade 90. Min. do. do. 73. Max. in Sun 146.5 Terr. rad. Ther 71’— Rainfall
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  • 211 3 (Strait* Times, 25th Mak< h.) Jelebua G 5 pi.) $3 10 Buyers. Raubs 13 JOpd.) ss} sal-s. .£1 fully paid $8 to Punjoms ($4 pd.) $7l Pahan" <?orp. 1 pd.) $2 Maynard X Co. ($lOO pd.) $3O i Pengerangs $5O pd.) (70 offering I Straits Insurance S2C
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    • 733 3 NOTICE. A rR. ADOLF LOOSER is authorized to IVL sign our Firm per procuration from tlllS (JcttC SCHMIDT, KUSTEBMANN Co. Penang, 19th March, 1896. 165 NOTICE. r l’O LET with Board from Ist April, j 1896. One Bedroom. Dressingroom, and Bathroom. EDELWEISS COTTAGE, 10, Clove Hall Road, 164 Penang. NOTICE.
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    • 121 3 TO LET. 'I'HE Dwelling House, No. 2, CantonI ment Road, and No. 75, Gottlieb Road, behind the Chetty’s Temple. Apply to LIM BOON NYE, 156 No. 58, Muntri Street. NOTICE. AT the Selangor Club, Kuala Lumpur, on Saturday, the 28th March, at 9 a.m., a Meeting will be held for
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    • 2029 4 i. BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. I GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J ™onMn pbieLds. sole importers-KATZ BROTHERS HIN LEE Co. the dispensary, Insurance .a-sk for Insurance (Hotter
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    • 336 4 CRUSHED food' ’Fry n and You will he V R. BEULIOS begs to inform the p n i, IJL lie that since inferior Crushed j lis offered for sale,in the Penang Market j at low price.», the undersigned begs todr», attention to his certificated Crushed for Horses, and is prepared,
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