Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 October 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DJ&.ZL7. NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIV. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1896. No. 226.
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      562 1 pipping Jbtices. Steam Navigation Company. riiHE mail steamers may be ■'<* W expected to arr^ve out- wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Homewards. Oct. 24 Roh ilia Oct. 15 6 i Pekin 29 21 Mirzapore Nov. 12 i 1!' 1 Dec. 4 Khedive 26 18 Ravenna Dec.
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      1589 1 SBtnnma HWtoa BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. 3 > KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai BankOC“BtSnX0 C 8 tSnXn C E NE6APATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. p AID rP Capital sio,uoo,ooo yrj Reserve Fund 6,000,000. Wtt, Reserve Liability or
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      568 1 HA«I>KL tlAAntiihl'fll (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,v00. Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38| Head Office in Amsterdam, Head Agency in Netherands 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 Union Bank
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 2 Phnang, 14th October. H!»6. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2T Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/14 Do. Credit... Do. 3 Documentary... 2/l| Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 177 Do. 3 days' sight Private 180 Bombay, Demand Bank 177 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 180 Madras, Demand Bank 176
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    142 2 Penang. 14th October H 'Pm 831.15 sellers. (Trang out of. season. Black Pepper West ('oast. “60 -<dler-> (A'-liet-n till, 12 25, do. White Pepper 16. do. Gioves (picked! out o seas > Mace No. I Mace Pickings... 65- do Nutmegs 68 00 d> (No. I -5) <l.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    65 2 Mails close To-morrow /'or Per «/>• 'l'imc. Deli ffo Kwei 2 P.M. Pangkor ami T Anson' Canton 2 P.M Telok S*unawe, Segli A Olehleh Peyu .3 P.M. Friday, I»>th. Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noon. Deli Langkat 1 P.M. Tongkah Petrel 1 p.m. Edie Rosa 3 P.M. The homeward
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    39 2 From Olehleh— s. Maha Vajirunhis tomorrow. From Singapore s s. Victoria ami a. s. Uisaguo to-morrow s. s. h'u> Sang on Friday; and s. s. Maria Valeric on Saturday From Hamburg- s. s Gerda on Sunday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    87 2 LONDON, 13th October 1896. Reconstruction of the Foochow Dockyard by Frenchmen. It is officially announced in Paris that China has entrusted a number of Frenchmen with the reconstruction of the Foochow dockyard. The contract was signed in Pekin on the 11th. German Views re Zanzibar. A semi-official German
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    THE PROPOSED NEW EDUCATION CODE.
    489 2 The main change to be effected by the proposed new Code is the substitution of a graduated grant, as the result of a general inspection of the school, for the old “grant by results” which depended upon the total number of passes obtained at the
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    357 2 Mr. Garrard will leave for Malacca on Friday the 16th, to take up the appointment of Assistant Registrar. The merry-go-round did very good business the past two nights, the place being crowded with natives and others. Captain Ross arrived from Edie yesterday by the steamer Pegu. He
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    GOLF.
    162 2 The Ladies’ handicap, for a prize presented by the Captain of the Club, was finished on Saturday, and resulted in a win for Miss Dora Hogan. This young lady, though quite a beginner, was far too leniently treated by the handicappers and won with the handsome margin of six
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    THE ASSIZES.
    146 2 Tan Pan Pi, who was convicted on Monday afternoon of theft on boar-1 a tongkang and who had two previous convictions against him, was sentenced yesterday morning to three years’ rigorous imprisonment. The case against Aug Gek Choo, charged with attempting to commit mischief by fire at Ayer
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    ACHEEN.
    129 2 Heat and drought have it appears delayed further military operations in Acheen, and have favoured an outbreak of cholera among tbe troops. Strict measures have however been taken against the spread of the disease. A few months before, a large number of villages and posts held by garrisons were
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    PASSENGERS.
    27 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Flying Fish fi-om Port Weld Colonel Walker, and Mr. Whitall. Yesterday Per B. I. s. s. Pundua from Calcutta Lieut. Daw.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    96 2 Wednesday, 14th Town Band, Esplanade, 5 p. m. Sale of Jewellery, &c., at 56, Beach Street. High water at New Jetty. 6-37 a.m. and 7- p.m. Thursday. 15th Town Band. Datn Kraniat Gardens, 2 p.m. High water at New Jetty, 7-30 a.m. and 5-18 p.m.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    63 2 (From our Corr lB p ob IhLVK ANSON. 14th October. The shipments to-day To Penang, 791 pikuls oflit klakg. 14th October. The shipments on Monday er To Penang, 311 «a t To Singapore, 111 8 01 ’’t The shipments on Tuesday To Penang, 495 pi kulB io Singapore,
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    322 2 (From our The mortality returns for the Septe U ,l».r «bow a «i„ p,. r mille The total number of deaths w as 808 J being due to fever, 82 to cholera, a11 d5.2 beri-lien. The Spanish transport Isl a d e r crowded with troops for the
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    PERAK NEWS.
    311 2 (Perak Government Gazette, OctoberM) Appointment. Mr. R. O’Shaughnessy to be ResM Engineer, Krimi Irrigation Work, <ii effect from the Ist September. Leave. The leave of absence granted toMr.VHill, Assistant to tbe District Magistrated Lower Perak at Setiawan, has been tended for four months, with half salary from the
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      707 2 tx i t 1 a Notices. Pritchard Co. A GREY Australian Pony, “Twilight,” 18 8 566 c/o Pinang Gazelle. WANTED. I)Y an expert in mining, an engagement T 5 for developing or prospecting. Well up Z/\>\ n fi x u «-H kinds of Machinery and Cyanide o j' /r 1
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      257 2 CARD. Mr. James R. T. Lojjan, 5 URGEON- DENTIST, Temporary address, No. 1. Transfer Road. r (9 a.m.—l p in. Consulting hours dauv. 2 p.m—s p in. Saturday 9 a.m.- 1 pm. 447 EXPRESS NOTICE. The Aerated Water Co., Penang. Works 50, Caiiloneuient Road, Pulo Tikus. Proprietor ARCHIBALD KENNEDY. Telegraphic
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    TELEGRAPHIC EXCHANGES.
    828 3 TEL EGRAPHIC EXCHANGES. (Fid Rangoon.) Zanzibar. Hon, October 3. —It is stilted at Berlin n t pe of Said Khalid’s intended de|Lftt 1)OW C 1 «riven to Britain some davs ago. r ture vas p V Explosion at Bui.uwayo. Biihitcayo, October 3. —A terrible explo)fa magazine took place here to-day,
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    THE BUBONIC PLAGUE IN BOMBAY.
    222 3 Bombay, October 6th. The Health Officer states the plague in Mandvie Bunder is nearly stamped out. Only one case has occurred within the last twenty-four hours. Cases, however, are occurring elsewhere in Bombay and the segregation of patients is decided upon. Egypt has imposed quarantine
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    683 3 {Selangor Government Gazette, Oct. 9th.) Appointments. Mr. E. M. L. Edwards, Assistant Superintendent, to be Assistant Commissioner of Police. —Mr. Eric A. Dickson to be Junior Officer. Mr. Dickson arrived in tbe State on the 26th ultimo and will be attached, until further orders, to the District Office,
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    THE CREATOR OF TRILBY.
    232 3 Many will regret the death of George Du Maurier, the versatile artist whose weekly drawings in Punch have made his name a household word wherever the English comic journal circulates. But recently Du Maurier gained a, if possible, wider reputation as the author of Trilby which,
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    JELEBU MINING AND TRADING CO., LTD.
    592 3 Report of the Directors. Gentlemen, —Your directors beg to submit a statement of the company’s accounts for the period from February 13th, 1896, to August 9th, 1896, being the first half of the eighth year of the company’s existence by tbe Chinese calendar. Jelebu.—
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    Invention for Destroying Submarine Mines.
    110 3 Some curiosity is evinced regarding the exact nature of the reported invention for destroying submarine mines and fixed torpedoes. If tbe series of experiments just concluded at Toulon have proved as successful as is claimed, a torpedo-boat, fitted with the apparatus, being stated to have
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    THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION.
    193 3 Affairs at a Standstill. Advices regarding the revolt in the Philippines, given by tbe China Mail, show that the rebellion is practically at a standstill. The rebels, having secured for themselves a strong position in Cavite, do not desire to risk a conflict with the Spanish troops,
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    355 3 Immense tanks have been constructed at Kiel, Wilhemshaven, and Dantzic respectively, to contain liquid fuel for the service of the German Navy. Each will contain about 200,000 gallons of mineral oil. The director of the North German Trading Co. at Berlin, named O. Schuster, has been arrested for
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    SHIPPING.
    335 3 A rri vals. To-day. B. I. s. s. Pundua from Singapore. s. 8. Fitzpatrick from Rangoon. s. s. Calypso from Singapore. s. s. Langkat from Deli. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. s. 8. Canton from Teluk Anson. Y esterday. s. s. Glengyle from London. s. s. Pegu
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    186 3 (Straits Times, 12th October.) Jelebus ($5 |>d.) $3.00 seller Raabs (13 IO ]><!.)... $6.25 buyers. £1 fully paid $9.50 Sellers Fiuijoms ($1 pd.) $lll Pahauij Corp. (XI p«l.) $5 buyers. Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) s+s buyers Pengeramis (Jso p<l.) ?<>7J sales. Straits Insurance (s2o pd.)
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      522 3 AT A PENNY APIECE—£2O,OOO. If you had as many pennies as there are natural holes through your skin, how many pennies should you have You would have enough to make £20,000. Now figure up the holes for yourself. Yet you couldn’t afford to sell them for a penny each, even
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      436 3 Her letter concludes in these words After I had used the Syrup only a few days I felt a decided improvement in all respects. My appetite revived, my food digested better and soon the rash and lumps entirely disappeared to return no more. I have since enjoyed the best of
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      89 3 TO LET. QUFFOLK HOUSE, Aier Itam Road. 0 Apply to ALLEN KENNEDY. INTERNATIONAL BODEGA A N I) RESTAURANT. WINES DIRECT FROM THE VINEYARDS. SHERRIES from $12.75 to $2l per case of 1 <loz. PORT from 812.75 to 821 per case of 1 doz. Try our No. 7 Port, highly recommended,
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      2395 4 i a Bill! W A WAN AATHTSKV jy. m-L V JLA- Jri. a WW 'w’ tbb (Houses of Parliament.) j|L jKWKI To be had at Messes. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Chibs. GUAT CHENG BROS. J THEAN SIEW
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      255 4 PENANG ICE WORKS p EACH STREET. OPEN on week days from 7.30 to Ip and trona noon to 5 p ni B 1 Sundays and Holidays from 8 a m tn 05 ICE WII.I. ONi.Y BE IIEUmS AGAINST CASH OR TICKETS S NOT AGAINST BOOKS OR CPit? THE PUBLIC ARE
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