Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 30 April 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED BjtklL"sr. NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIV. THURSDAY, APRIL 30, 1896. No. 98.
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      545 1 (I jloticege ’eninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r I mail steamers may he expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Rosetta May 10 I Peshawar Apr. 30 Kaisar-i-hind 24 I Pekin May 14 Peshawar June 5 i Ravenna 28 Pekin 29 Mirzapore June
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      910 1 fifitemnct BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). r v KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. BOLT’S WEEKLY LINE. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. For Will sail Steamer From Expected on A.CHILI es§ Ixion§ Promethev -s Agamemnon§ Jason Pyrrhus§ AjaxS Laertes SaRPEDON* -Negapatam, Kairicai, fSeeundrn
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      459 1 BANKS. Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000 Reserve Fund #5,750,000. Reserve Liability of Proprietors 310,000,000. Chief Manager. Hongkong— Thgmas Jackson, Esq. Manager. Shanghai—J. P. Wade Gard’ner, v.aq. London Bankers —London County Bank. PENANG. Interest Allowed. Gn Current Deposit Accounts at the rate of I per cent, per annum on
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      410 1 iNEDERLAfiDSI/iE HANDEL timSMAlihl (Netherland Trading Society.) i Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000. Reserve Funds /2,216,514.01 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branche#— Singapore Medac (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers. —The
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 2 Penang, 30th April, 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/2 j Do. 3 Credit 2/2fft Do. 3 Documentary... 2/23 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 187 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 190 Bombay. Demand Bank 187 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 190 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    136 2 Penang, 30th April, 1896. Tin $3l 20sellers. f Trang small supply. West Coast... 9.70 sellers. Acheen 61b 10.75 do. White Pepper 13.75 do. Cloves (picked) out of season. Mace No. 1 80.— sellers. Mace Pickings... 65 do. Nutmegs 79. do. f No. 1 7. do. Sugar s
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    MAIL NO=
    69 2 Maii.s close morrow. t >f r str. ’Time. Malacca Teutonia Noon. <'amP» A. Apcar 1 p.M. j) Jr Aiwyee 1 P.M. Klang Deli 1 p.m. Pangkor Teluk Anson and Port Dickson Perse 2 P.M. Langkat Jin Ho 3 P M. Saturday, 2nd. Singapore and China Albingia 1 p.N.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    45 2 From Colombo—(s. s. Vintlobona) tomorrow. From Singapore —s. s. Peshawar, s. s. C. Hi/e Teng, and s. s Namyong to-morrow; s. s. Pur.tea and s. s. Hebe on Saturday. From Olehi.eii s. 72em7) on Monday. From Suez -(s. s. Japan) on Monday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    102 2 LONDON, 29th April. 1896. The Rand Reformers. President Kruger has commuted the death sentences passed on the reform leaders. The sentences on the other reformers are being reconsidered. The 2,(MM) Guineas. The following is result of the Two Thousand Guineas: —1 Saint Frusquin, 2 Lave and 3 Labrador.
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    AND GENERAL.
    1206 2 t vai'CH, Penang Perak. Je"played on the Esplanade on Monday next. The steamer Victoria arrived yesterday from Amoy. She brought 331 Chinese passengers for this port. Four hundred and ninety-one deck passengers arrived this moaning per 8. s. Albingia from Amoy. Lieut, and Mrs. Guggisberg are through passengers
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    THE CONTRACT SURVEY WORKS IN KINTA.
    132 2 5211,988.72 paid in 1895, Mr. R. D. Hewett, the District Magistrate, in his annual report for 1895, has the following remarks on the contract survey works The contract survey works were closely watched on behalf of Government by the District Surveyor. Mr. Pemberton, on
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    82 2 Thursday. 30th: Town Band. Datu Kramat Gardens. 5 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 2-12 a.m. and 2- p.m. Friday. Ist. High water at New Jetty, 3-05 a.m. and 3- p.m. Saturday, 2nd Harmston’s Opening Performance at the Esplanade. Golf Club Tournament. High water at
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    69 2 (From our Corresponded TELUK ANSON. 30 ih April. The shipments to-day are— II To Penang, 779 pikuls of tin ’I KLANG. 29th Avril. I The shipments yesterday Were To Penang, 564 pik u s J lo Singapore, 64 I Do. 5,300 of The shipments to-day are— To Penang,
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    THE ACHEEN WAR.
    200 2 The latest news from Acheen is, We I rather favourable. The country Lampisang, the kampong of Tunkn (U 1 has for some days been bombarded bv [h I men-of-war in lhe roads of Olehleb Th J from some of the long range guns of J bigger men-of-war
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    GOLF.
    236 2 In the Ladies’ Handicap Mrs. Dalial gained an easy victory over Miss Blackm J yesterday, giving a stroke a hole and w, J niug by 8 up and 6 to play. I In the Columbia Cup two plavers LaJ completed their allotted task, viz. I Surg.-Capt. Hearn 57 and
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    THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN PENANG.
    830 2 The annual report of the Penang Presby I terian Chur.li i‘«.r the year ending 31’ I March, 1896, siiews that by the in-1 crease of agencies the influence of the I Church is oxtendiiig. It says: I “Services have been held regularly u I Penang
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      823 2 NEW ADVISEMENTS- L Qq, TO LET. HOUSE No. 17a. N<>rtham Road. IneTnPPMFn Apply to Tunku Nya Etam, No. 6, JUST UrcNtU. Chulia Street Ghaut. 234 THt FAVORITES RETURN. The following T j h. NEW NOVELS:lul Hip uUl| UIIU Up The the Nest, by Mrs. Oliphant. > A Pitiful Passion, by
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      269 2 BUKIT MAS MINING Co., l imited 'I’HE Ordinary Gemr.il Meeting of the I Shareholders called for tin* 16th of March last having bts-n informal, notice is hereby given that the same will now be held in the Company’s Office, No. 9, Weld Quay, Penang, at 11 a 111. on the
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    INDIAN IMMIGRATION TO PERAK.
    685 3 We take the following from the annual report for 1895 by the Assistant Indian Immigration Agent, Perak, published in the Perak Government Gazette of 24th inst. The number of immigrants employed at. the end of the previous year was 1,044, and the arrivals were 614. or
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    PERAK NEWS.
    573 3 (Perak Government Gazette, April 24.) Appointments. Mr. Cecil Wray, District Magistrate, Krian, to be Acting District Magistrate, Kinta, vice Mr. R. D. Hewett, with effect from the 16th April.—Mr. R. C. Grey, Assistant Secretary to Government, to be Acting District Magistrate, Krian, vice Mr. Cecil Wray, with effect
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    MINTING AT NANKING.
    273 3 The Dollar to gradually supersede the Tael as the unit of Chinese Currency. Messrs. Buchheister Co. have concluded a contract with H. E. Liu Kun-yi, the Liangkiang Viceroy, for the erection of a mint at Nanking, inside the city, for silver and copper coinage, capable of turning
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    661 3 Another outrage on British missionaries is reported from Chinkiang. lortunately, the victims—Mr. Ferguson of the British and Foreign Bible Society, and Mr. Walker of the National Bible Society of Scotlandescaped with their lives. Mr. Ferguson, however, was shot through the hand during a riot. Another
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    THE KINTA DISTRICT IN 1895.
    639 3 The progress which has been recorded of the Kinta District in past years as regards its collected revenue was well maintained during the year 1895; the total estimated (exclusive of railway receipts) for the year was exceeded by §98,278.05, but the earnings of the Kinta
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    THE CASHEW NUT.
    543 3 for coughs, or distemper.— Trinidad Bulletin, Anacardium Occidentale, Linn. The fruit of Anacardium is well-known to West Indians, who besides eating it in the fresh state, make conserves of it in various ways. Though sweet, it is at the same time very astringent and said to be
    for coughs, or distemper.—Trinidad Bulletin,  -  543 words
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    SHIPPING.
    176 3 Arrivals.* To-day. s. s. Maha Vajirunhis from Olehleh. s. s. Albingia from Singapore. s. 8 A. Apcar from Singapore. P. O. 8. s. Shanghai from Singapore. s. s. Perse from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. 8. Victoria from Singapore. s. s. Teutonia from Klang. s. 8. Thaiping from Port Weld.
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      788 3 BUTTER FROM The English Dairy Company, BOMBAY. In 1 lb. tins 65 cts. each. 2 lb. $1.30 SOLE AGENTS FOR PENANG AND DISTRICTS, PRITCHARD CO. 233 NOTICE. ITTITH reference to the notice published VV by me on the 18th inst., Liau Yut Khwai, daughter of Liau Fye Liong, having since
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      418 3 NOTICE. PREMISES No. 5, Perak Road, is to be ?t, where caApply to ENG JOO C 0.,, •iption. 47, Beach Street. iis store will II,» only, so 11. NOTICE, luce of procuring mable rate. their planter friends, ian au<= Spanish, pei stud iu agriculture, Ipolicelx extra fine „> Town Hall
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      68 3 WE A TH ER R EPO RT. Taken at I’risoii Hospital Observatory. 29th April, 1896. 9 A.M. 3 P.M. 9 P.M. Bar. red. 32 Fah. _916 .752 Temperature 79. 83. 78. Wet Bulb Thermometer 7S. 79. 77. Max. Temp, in shade 89.6 Min. do. do. 74. Max. in Sun 148.2
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    PROVISIONAL PROGRAMME.
    410 4 FIRST DAY. Thursday- the 6th August, 1896. 1. —The Maiden Plate. Valle 8200. For Maiden Horses. Weight per scale. Distance one mile. Entrance 810. 2. -Ths Roadsters’ Plate. Valve 8200. Optional selling race. Distance one mile. Entrance 810. 3.—The First Try Again Stakes. Value 8150 and 2nd Prize
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      422 4 Uo. BUCHANAN WHISKY tgpK:/. f-gjgib jg the BEST. To be had at MES.H. "heax chee II” Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Chibs. GUAT CHENG BROS. J Z SS’nT Fro™. SOLE IMPORTERS— KATZ BROTHERS HIN LEE i Co. THE DISPENSARY, No. 2.
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      77 4 CARD. G. GILMOUR. CONSULTING ENGINEER .9, Union St ret, Penang. tTvOLI BEER! TIVOLI BEER!! j TIVOLI BEER u Non Plus Ultra “EAGLE 3RAND' R I s 19 WHITE GLASS BOTTLES. Light. Sparkling and Wholesome. PRONOUNCED TO BE THE BEST BEEB YET IMPORTED IN THE COUNTR j Regular hartnightiy shipments t"
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      1058 4 RIPPINGILLE’S-e OIL COOKING STOVES < ro uK<x>tNK on-s 1 Win 10 all -hat can be one in th. Pxr InSar3UlC Company. war of cooking by compi te Range, 'PHE undersigned have been appointed maVn-r m Apents for the above Companies and auitabi- for all leqaL-emenu. fyX'’ JB| are open in
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      217 4 NOTICE. t V E beg to inform our It have l>een appoinrel > AjPenang for Sheaein y 1 T J pore Leather Works, and hav- fcr -i--fob Harnett", brown leather bra». t| |Z ted at 325 prr »et. inri p have also regular supp- ,f <; enl Harness from the
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