Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 27 October 1896

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE .'0 CENT®. VOL. LIV. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1896. No. 237.
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      568 1 ffl Oriental Steam Navigation Company. fIIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- ’£*)s!§ war^s au d leave Penang homewards, on the following VhjF dates Homewards. Hind Nov. 6 Pekin Oct. 29 .21 Mirzapore Nov. 12 Dec. 4 Khedive 26 18 Ravenna Dec. 10 )hnapoi e intermediate direct IN
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      1311 1 SRinmW BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong Shanghai Bank- i NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Corporation. SHIP COMPANY Ltd Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. Reserve Fund 6.000.U<»0. AND Reserve Liability of Proprietors $10,000.000 NEDERLANDSCHE STOOMVAART Fos Will sail Steamer From Expected on
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      702 1 NEhEKLAIiySUIS HANDEL BAATSCiihffU (Nethcrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000. Reserve Funds /2,282,814.38 s H bad Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nedei landschs Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 2 Penang. 27th October IB9i> Rates close as follows: London. Demand Bank 2 1} Do. I months’ sight Rank .21 py Do. 3 Credit... 2lf Do. •’> Documentary... 2/lhl Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 173| Do. .3 days’sight Private 178 Bombay, Demand B ink 173 J Do. 3 days’sight Privab- 178
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    148 2 Penang. 27th October 18.1; Tin «32.30 seller-. Trang out of season West Coast... !'6O seller-. Aeheen 6lh 12 00 do.» White Pepper 16 00 do. Cloves (picked) -mt o’ seas »•>. Mace No. I 72 seller Mace Pickings *3 > Nutmegs 70— 'I (No. I <l5 1
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    76 2 Mails clone To-morkow For /’er s/f I'unr. Singapoiv K Atjeh 11 am. Klang 'J'mc Tony 1 p.m Deli Avai/yet p.x. Pangkor A T. Anson Betsy 2 p.m Tehik Anson Lady Weld .3 p.m Edie and Telok Semawe Rosa 3 P.M. E'lie. T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh !l Cndon
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    33 2 From Rangoon s. b. Nerbudda to-dav. From Calcutta—h. b. helydra to-day. From Singapore h s Lindula and b. b. C Apcar to-rnorrow From Olehleh s. k. i:emraal Pel on Thursday
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    61 2 LONDON. 26th October, 1896. A Russo-German Agreement. Prince Bismarck’s organ, the Hiiiplriirger JYii.aJencliteii, says that a secret Russo-German agreement was concluded soon after the accession of Alexander 111, whereby if either attacked any power the other was to remain benevolently neutral. Count Caprivi terminated this agreement in 1890.
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    DOMESTIC OCCURRENCE.
    22 2 BIRTH. Mitchell.—At Wavcrley, ou the 25th instant, the wife of Mu. Bkn Mitchell, Commissioner of Police, Kuliin, of a son.
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1072 2 The Race Course will be opened for training from Monday next. The homeward P. O. mail steamer Pekin will leave Singapore for Penang (o--j morrow afternoon Mr H. A. O’Brien, Ist Magistrate, Penang, was a through passeager to Singapore by the P. O. mail st'amer Ravenna. A
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    CRICKET.
    496 2 The f- '.low ing are the scores in the cricket niitch f laved at the Sepoy Lines on Saturday List between the Military and the I Willard Co. Major Lambton took the first three wickets of the Willard Co. with three sm eessive balls. sth Fusiliers. Pte. Gibson ct.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    79 2 (UR ONI '»>*•/ f r Nd KNTB.) k 4A.SO.V 27th Octob, e The shipments to-day ar e To Renting, .*44 r Jl* dls of tin, A7 4AG. "''TH OCTOBKH. There were no s ij ntn Saturday. Pr ts on The shipments yesterday We?e lo Penang. 26-, |)ikll j
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    PENANG CRICKET CLUB.
    345 2 The annual general im-etin., of t >. Club was held last evening i u the'P Notwithstanding tb e unfavorable (l„.ary rt.it, failing tbe w| k af fair muster ot members were present v z Mr J. V Ke....eay(, inl|| w Mass.». 8...a.1. icK La,. H„ ki s
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    THE WILLARD OPERA COMPANY.
    262 2 Thk Willards last night produced 6rat first time in Penang the great Gaiety m» cal play The Shop Girl. The staging effective, and the whole production was .1 rad creditable one. Miss Mackay was in > form aud gave a captivating representaw j of Bessie Brent,
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    THE ASSIZES.
    66 2 tn i gt.ras.utti, dt.rpJ l quantity of iobucco, «*•> J eitS e h I > morning. '”he Court MJ been made e'tt h i 1 11 ie directed tie j urv B > which wi..-, ne. .icainst a ese 11 < „Shin I- -.«-t e” 1 '?1 iii
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      983 2 t\ »i i 1 A |New Advertisements. Pritchard Co.i THE Course will be open for training for SOLE AGENTS 1 January Meeting on and from Monday next, 2nd November. FOR PENANG and DISTRICTS W. 596 Clerk of the Course. FOR The Companies Ordinance The Singapore and Straits 1889. In the
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      256 2 WANTED. BY an expert ni mining, an engagement for developing or prospecting. Well up in fixing all kinds of Machinery and Cyanide plant. Is prepared to inspect and report on any property. Apply to H. R 549 c o Pinang Gazette. NOTICE. lADY returning to Europe at the end of
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    SELANGOR NEWS.
    202 3 (prom a C rrespondent.) Kuala Lumpur, Oct 24th. ark beastly weather here, .> i day passes by without Jupiter bard 1 i Pinntvii'S? ‘‘is water cans over us, planus i I «.peiliug most of o>ir engagements. j;,rrH the Resident-General and the jpjjt are at present away in Singapore,
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    THE MALAY PENINSULA COFFEE COMPANY.
    170 3 The prospectus of the Malay Peninsula Gffee Company has been issued. This company is ioimed for the purpose of acquiring from July 31, 1896, as going concerns, ceitain coffee estates situated in the Protected States of the Malay Peninsula, and comprising about 10,000 acres of
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    THE ACHEEN DISTURBANCES.
    539 3 The possibility of bringing the interminable war in Acheen to a close by blockading the coast is once more occupying public attemi >l m Holland. The arguments in favour of the scheme are set forth in detail in an article in the Vaderland entitled De Pacificatie van
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    SIR WILLIAM MAXWELL.
    68 3 Sir William Maxwell, the Governor of the Gold Coast, left London on 2nd inst. for Antwerp, whence he will proceed by the steamer Albertville for Accra on his return to the colony. He is accompanied by Lieutenant Henderson, r.n., who has been appointed Travelling Commissioner in the
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    COOLIE CRIMPING AND DESERTION
    491 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir, —Much has been written about Coolie Crimping and Desertion,” yet the question what should be done to stop the evil has still remained unanswered. To attempt to suggest a correct answer to such 'an important question is I
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    PRINCE DAMRONG OF SIAM TO BECOME A BUDDHIST PRIEST.
    227 3 His Enrobement to take Place in Colombo. The High Priest W. Subhuti, well-known among Oriental Scholars, and the chief of the largest Buddhist sect in Ceylon—the Amarapura—-has received a communication from Siam, both officially and privately, that Prince Damrong, who not
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    PASSENGERS.
    119 3 Arrivals. TO-DAY. Per P. Jc O. s. s. Ravenna from Colombo: Mr. E. Burnside. Per s. s Radnorshire from London; Mr. J. W. Eastwick, Mr. and Mrs. Egerton Eastwick and Mr. J P ‘Rigby. Pei s. s Ladtj Weld from Teluk Anson: Messi s. Donald, W T. Wrench, B.
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    MAIL NEWS.
    1416 3 October 2nd. The Court. The Queen is to return to Windsor from Balmoral on Saturday, November 14. Her Majesty is in excellent health and spirits. The Tsar and Tsaritsa have been spending the week quietly, and have taken part, in no public functions. Lord Salisbury has had two
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK
    112 3 Tuesday. 27th Willard Opera Co 9 p.m High water at New Jetty, 5-14 AM. and 6- P.M. Wednesday, 28th Willard Opera C 9 p.m.. Town Band. Esplanade, 5 p. in. High water at New Jetty, 6-37 A.M. and 7- P.M. Thursday. 29th Willard Opera Coy.
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    SHIPPING.
    248 3 A rriiais. To-day. s. 8 Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. 8 s. R. K Atjeh from Padang. s. s. Radnorshire from London. 1' EBTERDAY. s. s. Rosa from Edie s s. Artsadong from Padang. 8. s. Avagyee from Deli. 8. s. Washi from
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    BANK SHARES.
    73 3 (L. <£• C. Express, Oetoblier 2nd.) Kbnres. Bank.'. Paid. prices. k k 20 Chartered of India. Australia. A China All 29 to 30 Hongkong Shanghai 284 42J to 44J 25 Mercantile Bank of India (Ltd.) “A” Shares 12| 11 to 12 25 Do. “B do. 12A sto 6
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    197 3 (Straits Times, 24th October.) JoJplaiH ($5 pd.) $3.00 sellers. Raubs (13 lo pd.)... {6.60 buyers. jtl fully paid $9.50 buyers. Punjoins ($4 pd.) sll| Paliang Corp. (XI pil.) $5 sales. Pataling Coffee Coy. Ltd. ($45 pd.) $45 buyers Pengerangs ($5O pd.) ?67i safes. Straits Insurance (S2C pd.)
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      95 3 FOR SALE. \GREY Australian Pony, “Twilight,” 13.3. Price 8250.’ Apply to X. Y. Z.,” 566 c/o Pinang Gazette. iNTERNATIONAL BODEGA AND RESTAURANT. WINES DIRECT FROM THE VINEYARDS. SHERRIES from S’ 2 7510 2l P er case of 1 doz. PORT from $12.75 to $2l per case of 1 doz. Try
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      257 3 CHAMPAGNE &gt; PIPER-HEIDSIECK] Andenne Maison HEIDSIECK fondee en 1785 KUNKELMANN &C? Successeurs REIMS FRANCE PRITCHARD Co., Sole Agents for Penang and Districts. 232 TO LET. SUFFOLK HOUSE, Aier Itam Road. Apply to ALLEN KENNEDY. House no. 3, clove hall road. Apply to L. SUREWONGSEE. WANTED. \KRANI. A thorough knowledge of
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      50 3 WANTED AT ONCE. 4 CHINESE CLERK for Ledger Work, 21 must know his work thoroughly. Applications unanswered within three days declined. 580 Apply to PRITCHARD Co. CARD. Mr. James R. T. Logan, S' URGEON-DENTIST, Temporary address, No. 1, Transfer Road. ’Consulting horns 2 p.m.-5 p.m.’] BySaturday 9 a.ni.—l p.m. 447
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      2236 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY JSJ TFTB IffffiTTo be had at M M’Z M ™raAN A cHEE“rco Pe sK&lt;l Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. A J GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORIERS SL2LTZ 3B*OTHE3jIS HIN LEE Co. Native States Agency. GEORGE
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      249 4 PENANG ICE WORKS EACH STREET. OPEN on week days from 7.30 to Ki, and from noon to 5 p ni Sundays and 1 lolinavs from 8 a in nN ICE WII.I, ONLY BE llEldvml AGAINST CASH OR TICKETS akS NOT AGAINST BOOKS OR THE PUBLIC ARE REQUESTED Not TO ASK
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