Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 20 January 1897
1897-01-20
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section21 1897-01-20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED’ NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 20th JANUARY, 1897. No. 1521 words
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Page 1 Advertisements
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Advertisement544 1897-01-20 1 pipping (notices, L’eiiinsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. 1897. 1897 Raisar-i-hind Jan. 30 Ganges Jan. 21 llohilla Feb. 12 Rosetta. Feb. 4 flanges „27 Mirzapore 18 Ravenna Mar. 14 Ravenna Mar. 4544 words
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Advertisement1546 1897-01-20 1 Stopping (ttofteeer. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. rr 3 V KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Honekonlr Shanghai BankO'SKM.SS' NE Pm UNE O TE HER S ""Y'Y”.!-, 1 T Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capitalslo,ooo,ooo. Ayn i Reserve Fund 6,000,0<>0. For I Will sail Steamer From1,546 words
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Advertisement530 1897-01-20 1 NEDKKLA.ii .lflK HANDKL CIAATbIiiAfFU (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000 00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38$ Head Office in Amsterdam. Head 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.530 words
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Article122 1897-01-20 2 Penang, 20th January. i"97. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/1 r Do. I months’sight Bank... 2/1V Do. Credit 2 1 Do. 3 Documentary 2/2 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 169 Do. 3 'lays’ sight Private 173 Bombay. Demand Bank 169 Do. 3 days'sight Private 173 Madras, Demand Bank122 words
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Article147 1897-01-20 2 Penanq, 20th J'Nlahv. 1897. Tin §32.65 Trang small supply. Black Pepper West < 'oast... 60 sellers. I Acheen 6H> 13.—sellers. White Pepper.. $17.20 Cloves (picked).. $29.00 Mace No. 1 72 —sellers. Mace Pickings... 68— do. Nutmegs 67 do. i No 1 6.50 do. Sugar < 2 385147 words
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Article62 1897-01-20 2 Mails close To-mokhow For Per tir. Time. Langkat (Juorra 11 a m ■'illuapcre < heany Chew... NOON. Deli Aragyte 1 P.M. I'an.ka’an Brandan C. Smih I P.M. Pangkor and T Anson Canton 2 p.m. Edi T Seinawe. Segli and Olehleh <}. r Laneberge 3 P.M. Simzapore. China ami62 words
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Article50 1897-01-20 2 From Singapore > hut <ang on Friday, s s. R/uoi-i/orii aii'l s h. M Uacquehem on Saturday. EkoM Hamiiurg s hrĕoahih/ to-day. From < Jlehleh -s. s. I’uh Gocim and s. s. R K Atje'i to-morrow. From Suez—s. s. Maria Riekmer» on Friday. From Liverpool h s.50 words
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Article188 1897-01-20 2 LONDON, 18th January. Serious Condition of the Tsar. Bergmann has been summoned to operate on the Tsar to prevent the extension of an osseous growth on the cranium, due to the assault on His Majesty while in Japan, which, added to excessive work, has caused vertigo. 19th January.188 words
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Article520 1897-01-20 2 On Monday last we paid a visit to the Jettv Sheds ami took a look round. We would not presume to dictate to the officers, upon whom the responsibility of the present arrangements rests, yet we feel ourselves constrained, in the interests of the general public, to520 words
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Article418 1897-01-20 2 H. M. S. Rainbow arrived in harbour at 11 a.m. to-day. The s. s. Fook Ching brought 7,694 tins of petroleum from Brandon on Monday. Only 3,519 sinkehs entered the state of Perak in 1896, as against 6,239 in 1895. Tuesday and Wednesday, the 2nd and 3rd418 words
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Article73 1897-01-20 2 The match for the Cup in connection with the Monthly Medals was played on Mondav and Tuesday, resulting in an easy win for Surtf.-Capt. Hearn, whose first round of 45 practically placed the issue beyond doubt on Monday. Scoree. Surg-.-Capt Hearn 45 +so=« 95 —l3 =B2 Mr. D. A.73 words
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77 1897-01-20 2 Another Excellent Half-Year $500,000 Added to Reserve. A telegram has been received, savs the Singapore Free Preee, from the Head Office, stating that, subject to audit, the result of the last half-year’s working shows that there will probably be a dividend of .£l-5-0 per share, five77 words
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Article53 1897-01-20 2 If is roughly estimated that the cost of the famine to the Indian Government is rather over a lakh a day. There were more than 1,300,000 persons on relief works on 9th inst., aud it was then believed th.it the numbers would very possibly be doubled53 words
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Article36 1897-01-20 2 PERAK STATE RAIL WAYS. The earnings fr»m the Larut Line were as follow; In 1896 $73,515.70 1895 86,615.18 From the Kinta Valley Line the earnings were:— In 1896 $434,770.74 1895 359,487.55 Total... 1896, $508,286.44 1895, 446,102.7336 words
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Article59 1897-01-20 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s, Sikh from Manchester: Mr. H. Waugh. T ESTERDAY. Pers. a. Alena from Port Weld: Mr. C. R. Hanson. Per B. I. s.s. Sirsa from Madras: Mrsi Cotter and Mr. Legge. V Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson Mr.l and Mrs. Brewster, and59 words
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Article65 1897-01-20 2 (From our Correspondents TELUK ANSON. 19th January. The shipments yesterday were— To Penang, 454 pikuls of tin? 20th January. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 721 pikuls of tin. KLA NG. 20th January. The shipments on Monday wereTo Penang, 442 pikuls of To Singapore, 498 The shipments yesterday65 words
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Article244 1897-01-20 2 It is reported that Teoh Ah Chin, a contractor on the Gula E*tate, l )as murdered. On Sunday morning h e home as u*ual but did not leturn. Susking something was wrong, Lis wife set to- look for him on Monday morning little distance from the244 words
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Article418 1897-01-20 2 (To the Editor of Pinang Gazette. Sir, With regard to your leader ui Colonial Chaplaincies ami the changes litly to be ffected on the retirement of the present. Colonial Chaplain of Penang, it seems to me that you carry vour surmisests an extreme point, and might almost418 words
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Article143 1897-01-20 2 The Duke of Devonshire, replying tbe other day rather more definitely than is customary when Ministers receive ii'flu* ential deputations, crossed Mr. Balfour’s t’s and dotted his i’s.” Bv putting tbe speeches of both together, the Friend India points out, the outline of the pro gramme143 words
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Page 2 Advertisements
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Advertisement695 1897-01-20 2 Ti i i inn New advertisements. Pritchard Co. HOUSE, No. 20 Leith street. Renta $35 per month inelmliny all taxes. Apply to THE AN SIEVV Co., 31 32 Beach Street, Penang 15, BEACH STREET, to let. pIDEFORD LODGE,” No. 218 I) Macalister Road. Entry from Ist j February next. For695 words
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Advertisement56 1897-01-20 2 :POSADA WINE COMPANY. The Largest Wine Shippers in th** East. s Champagnes. 7 Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. I. j Malaga. Hocks. 7 Chateau Wines. Lt n Liqueurs. g n Connossieurs are invited to test the above Choice Wineg. n 4 i. SOLE AGENTS FOR t Damson’s Whisky, e Sloe56 words
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Article382 1897-01-20 3 ThkTu: n OF the TIDE Bombay, ]lth Jan. 1 hose who harp the best opportunities of judging are inclined now to take a hopeful view of the situation, and to believe that the turn of the fever has at last been reached. There has been, during the382 words
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Article302 1897-01-20 3 We give the following report of the above Club for 1896, as it may contain matter of some interest to the members of the Penang Turf Club: Your Committee is pleased to be able to submit a satisfactory statement of the Club's accounts for the year ended302 words
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156 1897-01-20 3 THE D ARJILING KUTCHERRY BURNT DOWN. Darjiling. 2nd Jan. The Darjiling kutcherry has been burnt to the ground. The cause is unknown. The fire began at eight at night. Darjil ng. 3rd Jan. The splendid kutcherry is being burnt d wo, illumining the whole town all night. The northernmost chimney156 words
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Article52 1897-01-20 3 Wednesday. 2 th Town Band. Esplanade. 5 p.tn. High water at New Jetty, 11-16 P M. and 12-32 am. Thursday. Ist: Fireworks. Esplanade, 9 p.m. Friday, 22nd At Home. Residency. Saturday. 23rd Sunday. 24th nd after Epiphany. Monday. 2 th Town Band, Esplanade, 5 p.52 words
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Article197 1897-01-20 3 London, Bth Jan. The Tinies, in cordially approving the opening of the famine relief fund in England, considers that the reasoning of the Viceroy in favour of delaying the same is admirable from the standpoint of statecraft, but in practice it doubts the sagacity of deferring197 words
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Article281 1897-01-20 3 In a letter to the Straits Times, Mr. Arnot Reid thus comments on the personal appearance and manner of the Viceroy of India. Apparently, in this respect, his lordship is no better off than when he was at Oxford, in spite of all the advantages of high position281 words
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Article166 1897-01-20 3 The reign of the surcharged stamp iu Siam is approaching its end, not before stamp collectors have begun to express their displeasure at the endless variations of type used, and the multitudinous errors with which it is practically an impossibility to keep pace. Some millions of new166 words
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Article210 1897-01-20 3 It puzzled many people why the Chicago people took so calmly Mr. W. T. Stead’s strictures on their city, its government and its societv, and even said nice things about that wandering apostle. Americans are usually so quick to resent anything said in depreciation of themselves210 words
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Article78 1897-01-20 3 An exciting scene occurred in the Legislative Council at Adelaide the other day during the debate on the Bill for the abolition of barmaids. Mr. Ebenezer Ward made insulting remarks concerning Russell, another member. The President demanded an apology; Ward refused and the House expelled him from78 words
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Article48 1897-01-20 3 The War Office has declared that the statements published in certain papers as to the proposed increase in the army are unauthorized and inaccurate.” From these words, remarks the Evening Mail, the cynic will conclude that there must be some truth in the statements.48 words
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65 1897-01-20 3 Lahore. sth Jan. The Amir is reported to intend coining gold coins of the value of fifteen rupees and storing the money as a reserve for holy war purposes. The coin will bear on one side the design of the Amirs mosque at Cabul,65 words
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133 1897-01-20 3 The Daily Chronicle, which emphatically reasserts its conviction as to the seriousness of the news if true, adds:—“ We agree with the Manchester Guardian, however, in thinking that there are several considerations which justify the hope that the text now published is a133 words
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Article152 1897-01-20 3 Acts of honesty are always pleasing wherever found, and a rather unusual one, says the Hongkong Telegraph, has just come under our notice, so we publish it with pleasure. A lady while in a ’rikisha yesterday lost a gold bracelet through its becoming unfastened. The article was not152 words
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Article131 1897-01-20 3 The Banner soldier who tried to kill with a pistol H. E. Hsu Yung-yi, Vice-President of the Board of Civil Appointments, the other day at Peking on the supposition that he was firing at the Captain-General of his own Banner Corps, and upon whom the Board of Punishments131 words
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Article174 1897-01-20 3 It is not often that a man of the position of Sir Tatton Sykes, Baronet of Stedmore, in the County of York, finds it necessary, or, perhaps, we should say desirable, to advertise that be will not be responsible for anv debts or engagements his174 words
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Article181 1897-01-20 3 It is well, said the San Francisco Chronicle the other day, to take the Shanghai stories about crises in the Far East with inanv grains of allowance. There lives in that delectable town a Celtic romancer, named O’Shea, who lias the privilege of a New York and London181 words
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Article104 1897-01-20 3 A murder case tried in Burma the other day, at the Hanthawaddy sessions is, says the Singapore Free Press, dramatic enough for anybody’s taste, the murder of a woman by a blind man, her former husband. The woman had been married twice and divorced twice, and had104 words
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417 1897-01-20 3 {Pall Mall Gazette.) The Bleak House Golgotha,” which “C. H.,” on what appears to me to be very insufficient evidence, wants to shift from Russell Court, where it has stood unquestioned for over forty years, into the full glare of Drury Lane, is{Pall Mall Gazette.) - 417 words
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Article291 1897-01-20 3 Arrhals. To-day. s. s. Cheong Chew from Singapore. s. s. Sikh from Liverpool. Y ESTERDAY. s. s. Mena from Port Weld. B I s. s. Sirsa from Madras s. s G. G v- Lansberge from Olehleh. s. s. Alboin from Tuiicoim. s. s. Nestor from Liverpool. s. s. Lady291 words
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Page 3 Advertisements
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Advertisement318 1897-01-20 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. THE Municipal Commissioners of George Town, Penang, invite tenders for the supply of a certain number of 18 in., 6 in.. 4 in., and 3 in. cast iron pipes and special castings. Full particulars can l>e obtained at the Municipal Engineer’s Office. Tenders, which should be endorsed Tender318 words
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Advertisement353 1897-01-20 3 SCOTCH WHISKV. Always drink the Best and preserve yohr Health. This you can do by drinking Ferguson’s Special Cream Breadalbane. SOOTOH 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. SOLE353 words
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Advertisement133 1897-01-20 3 Ice and Aerated Waters. BEG to notify to the Public that the Ice and Aerated M aters made at all the Factories in Penang may be bad at the premises No. 112. Pitt Street, at the same prices as charged at the Factories, at anv time during day and night.133 words
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Advertisement1259 1897-01-20 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS TUES To be had at Misses. THEAN CHEE &Co penangßd. g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. X J “ylnTfbJends. SOLE IMPORTERS— BROTHERS. HIN LEE Co. GEORGE TOWNJJIBPENSARY. -wq rr iv Al i DrrD SIGHT1,259 words
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Advertisement291 1897-01-20 4 crushed food. Try it and You will be Satlsfirj, JR. BELILIOS begs to inform the pn],. lie that since inferior Crushed Food is offered for sale in the Penang Market nt low prices, lie desires to draw atte n tion to his certificated Crushed Food for Horses, and is prepared,291 words
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