Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 22 October 1896

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DjAZLT. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Pfi’/CE CENTS. VOL. LIV. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1896. No. 233.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 549 1 Oriental Steam Navigation Company. fpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following fy&y dates Outwards. Homewards. Oct. 24 Pekin Oct. 29 7 Nov. 6 Mirzapore Nov. 12 21 Khedive 26 Dec. 4 Ravenna Dec. 10 M'» 18 ,m T ERMEDIATE direct
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    • 1432 1 Sfiwßtna OlofietK BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. 3 V KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank0 C eTst S in E d\an S ocean°stlaF NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. ing Corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». p aid lp Capital $10.000,000 ll i .—m— 1 1.,.
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    • 631 1 HEUEKUribSbUK HANDEL HAATSUiihPPIJ (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-dp Capital /35,783,01'0. Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38$ Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatscbappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia t Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union
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  • 117 2 Penang, 22nd October. 1896. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/1J Do. 4 months’sight Bank 2/1-& Do. ”> Credit 2/l{4 Do. 3 Documentary... 2/lf Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 174 Do. 3 days' sight Private 182 Bombay. Demand Bank 174 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 182 Madras, Demand Bank
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  • 144 2 Penang, 22nd October. 189». Tin 831.70 .seller-. Trang out of season. West Coast... 960 -AllerAclieen 6th 12 00 <l<> White Pepper 15 50 do Cloves (picked) ouf o seas >u. Mace No. 1 72—««Iler-. Mace Pickings 13 d<> Nutmegs 68 00 do (No. 1 «»59 d» Sugar
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  • 32 2 Mails close To-morrow For Per str Time. Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noon Deli Avagyee 1 P.M. Klang Vidar 1 P.M Pangkor. Telnk Anson and Port Dickion Mary Austin... 2 P.M.
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  • 26 2 From (Singapore—s. s. Maha Vajirunhit and s. s. Kong Alt to-morrow. From Suez—s. s.*D<ike Rickiners to-mor-row. From Liverpool —h. s. Hector un Saturday.
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  • 90 2 LONDON, 21st October 1896. Celebration of Trafalgar Day. Trafalgar day was largely celebrated in London under the auspices of the Navy League. The Nelson column was entwined with a colossal wreath from top to bottom. Great crowds gathered in the square, and patriotic speeches were made. Mr. Goschem
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  • 1007 2 A list of the new books that have recently been added to the Library will be found elsewhere. We take the opportunity of suggesting that a more regular return of such books than seems to be at present adopted would be of great advantage to many of the subscribers.
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  • 35 2 THElcase against the two Chinese employed in Batu Kawan Estate, charged with causing disappearance of evidence, in which Mr. VanSomeren appeared for the defence, was not concluded when the Court rose yesterday evening.
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  • 352 2 The Willard Opera Company opened here last evening to a fair house, considering the weather, with Gilbert and Sullivan’s famous comic opera entitled the Gondoliers, or the King of Barataria. It would be useless for us to enter into the details of the story, as it
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  • 87 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Calypso from Singapore: Messrs JSielger and Whiton. Per B. I s. s. Secundra from Singapore: Messrs. E. D. Pereira, and W. Thomas. Mrs. Lassoon, Mr. and Mrs. Menasseh, Mrs. A. Menasseb, and Mr. and Mrs. Hall. Yesterday Per a. s. Canton from Teluk Anson
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  • 29 2 (F»o M ov eC ok REBPMm IhLUK ANSON. J 21st Octob »r The shipnnents yesterday To Penang, 559 pikul 22nd October The shipments to-day areTo Penang, 412
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  • 309 2 our Cont empwari A telegram has been reeeiv'i effect that His Grace Monseivn the Archbishop ofPondichen/XS at Singapore on or about the'l?.] consecration iu <he Cathedral a Shepherd of Bishop Fee November. Nothing i, '4 the Bishops of Rangoon and\ coming. a The case against Cant T)’d 8.
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  • 321 2 New Books Received. The Finding of Lot’s Wife, A. Clark. The Courtship of Morrice Buckler, 11 W. Mason. Illumination, H. Frederic. Dundonald Hon. T. W. Fortescue, Etgii Men of Action Series. The Indian Uncle, Leslie Keith His Excellency’s Governess, S. C Grier. Personal Recollections of Joan of
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1096 2 PI •1 i j p New advertisements. 1 Fltcnarfl I/O. to stamp-collectors. TIOR Sale, cheap, a very fine rare lot of SOLE AGENTS r obsolete Ceylon Stamps, offered at one-third of catalogue value. Apply early, FOR PENANG AND DISTRICTS Gordon Jones, Oriental Hotel, Penang. FOR The Singapore and Straits for
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    • 62 2 Gosling Co. IRON SAFES NEW AND SECOND HAND. despatcFboxes. TRAVELLING BAGS. HARNESS. SADDLES. golf Pfennig REQUISITES. CRICKETIEAR. GLASS WARE AT LOWEST PRICES. C I GA R S IN PRIME CONDITION. AV holesale and Retail. Largest Stock in the East. “VAFIADIS” Cigarettes. SOLE AGENTS For Straits Settlements. CHOICE Tobaccos IN I
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  • 650 3 Cfoqvet G"lf 1S mentioned as being a uniting the salient features of both, learnt, and is suitable for the ni) i<enieut of people of both sexes and all ages“Made in Germany” is the burden of i Madras report on the Merchandise Marks samples of some of the simple e
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  • 246 3 The Spanish Government have decided to send out to the Philippine Islands reinforcements numbering 8,000 men. The Japanese Naval Commission has received tenders from five of the leading shipbuilding firms of Great Britain for the construction of a battleship. In the United States the Presidential election contest goes
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  • 203 3 The Manchester Guardian's London correspondent writes —The open competitive examination for the higher branches of the home Civil Service is now held simultaneously with the examination for the Indian Civil Service. One result this year has been that an Asiatic, Mr. Ardeshir Kaikhoshru Cama, not only appears high
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  • 211 3 After Sixteen Years. Sixteen years ago this month, says the Siam Observer of 11th inst., a Bangkok resident had a narrow squeak while on board a vessel at Penang. The steamer was moored in the harbour and a little distance off, and farther out, was a second
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  • 276 3 In reading the story of the outbreak in the Philippines a good many of our readers are perhaps unaware how intimately associated India has been in her time with the home of the sweet-flavoured Manilla. It was the East India Company, in the beginning of the
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  • 226 3 Li Hung Chang’s coffin was burned on board the Glenarlney, which was seriously damaged by fire near Suez. The Italian Minister, Commendatore Allessandro Bardi, died at Peking on Thursday, Bth October, fron| dysentery. The arbitrators in the Chefoo foreshore dispute have assessed the value of
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  • 1356 3 (From Asian.) All managements which run totalisators should study the natural foe of the machine—the bookmaker. He, at least, is not automatic. He is a business man, highly specialised in his own particular line, and, as a rule, he knows his work down to the
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  • 187 3 (Strait» Times, 20th October.) JelebtiH ($5 pd.) S3.(JO seller/. Raabs (13/10 pd.)... $6.40 buyers. A‘l fully paid $9.50 Punjoins ($4 pd.) SHI Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) $5 sales. Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 buyers Pengerangs ($5O pd.) s67| sales. Straits Insurance (s2c pd.) s26j. Straits
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  • 288 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Mary Austin from Teluk Anson. s. s. Quorra from Langkat. s s. Artsadong from Padang. B. 1. s. s. Secundra from Singapore. Y esterday. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. s. 8. Calypso from Singapore. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca, s s. Flying Dragon from
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 291 3 WANTED. \KRANI. A thorough knowledge of English required. 578 Apply to “A. B.” Pinang Gazette.\ TO LET. QUFFOLK HOUSE, Aier Ham Road. 0 Apply to ALLEN A KENNEDY. MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE Ordinary Meeting of the MuniX cipal Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 3 p. M., On
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    • 448 3 SCOTCH WHISKY. Always drink the Best and preserve your Health. This you can do by drinking Ferguson’s Special Cream Breadalbane. SCOTCH WHISKY. THE VERY BEST PEG WHISKY IN THE MARKET. VERY OLD. WELL MATURED IN SHERRY CASKS. Per Case of 1 doz. bottles, duty paid, $11.50. For export $8.50. SOLE
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    • 76 3 INTERNATIONAL BODEGA AND RESTAURANT. WINES DIRECT FROM THE VINEYARDS. SHERRIES f rom $12.75 to $2l per case of I doz. PORT from $12.75 to $2l per case of 1 doz. Try our No. 7 Port, highly recommended, guaranteed 20 years old. DEWAR’S WHISKY. Don’t forget our light and uiholesome Bodega
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1743 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY OF jßk To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. A J ™yen I ™ends. sole importers— KATZ HIN LEE Co. Native States Agency. notice. K .iNsurance Qtoftceff. 11 JTESSRS.
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    • 238 4 penang ice works *'EACH STREET. OPEN on week days from 7.30 to 10, and from noon to 5 p m 01 Sundays and Holidavsfrom Bam m" ICE WILL ONLY BE DEufe AGAINST CASH OR TICKETS m NOT AGAINST BOOKS OR CRT?? THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED w TO ASK US TO
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