Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 February 1897
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section21 1897-02-05 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DA.IL'2’. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. /.0 CINTS. VOL. LV. FRIDAY, sth FEBRUARY. 1897. No. 27.21 words
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Advertisement565 1897-02-05 1 pipping (notices Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BMIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. ar .i-hind Feb. 12 f Rosetta Feb. 4 llanges »27 Minapore 18 R.wtta Mar. 13 Ravenna Mar. 4 Thames 27 Rohilla 18 /J/ met565 words
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Advertisement1348 1897-02-05 1 pipping fttofkes. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY—(LTD.). banks. rr 3 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Shanghai Bank/ACEAN steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMER 9 nongKong oc snangnai t>anK (J EAST INDIAN OCEAN steam NtbArAIAM LINt Ur dltAMtno. ing Corporation. OTTTr T Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd.1,348 words
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Advertisement560 1897-02-05 1 IEDEKI.VIDSI/iE HANDEL MAATSCiiAPPU c A i land Trading Society.) Established 1821. 'io Cmutal /35,783,000.00 I t Funds f 2,282,814.38| Hkad Oi'i'icE in Amsterdam. ‘liAi> Agency in Netherlands India. r '’lie L’actorij of the Nederlandsche Handel I.T'techappij, Batavia. Agencies »t Branches. —Singapore Medan (Ihu), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Gheribon. Togal. Pecalongan, I’asaroean,560 words
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Article128 1897-02-05 2 Penang, sth February. 1H97. Rails close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2 1 Do. 1 months'sight Rank 2/1 Do. 3 Credit 2 H Do. 3 Documentary 2/1 75 Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 1654 Do. 3 days’sight Private... 171 Bombay, Demand Bank 165*, Do. 3 days’sight Private 171 Madras, Demand128 words
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Article146 1897-02-05 2 LATEST MARKET QUOT A TIONS. Penang, sth February. 1597. Tin $33.60 sellers. i Trang small supply. Black I’epper West ('oast... 12— sellers. Aeheen 6‘t- 14.50 sellers White PepperB2o sellers. Cloves (picked).. $29.0<) Mace No. 1 80—sellers. Mace Pickings... <’B do. Nutmegs 70— do. iNo I 6.90 do. Sugar 2 385146 words
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Article62 1897-02-05 2 Mails close T<»-m<»rro« Par P»r tie. I'h»w. Klang Tiitc Tong 1 PM. Langkat Pt rue 3 p.m Te!uk Anson I "<ly Wel l 3 p.m. Deli Ito Kwei 5 P.M. (Defrrre departure Deli Aruj/i/r. 1 p.m. Monday, sth. Klang Goo I Lurk 1 P.M. Edie. Telok Semawe. Seli62 words
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Article15 1897-02-05 2 From Hamburg—s s Irene to-morrow From Singapore— s A. Aprar on Wednesday.15 words
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Article90 1897-02-05 2 LONDON, 4th February. The Women’s Franchise Bill. The House of Commons has passed the second reading of the Women’s Franchise Bill by a majority of 228 against 157. President Kruger Ruffled. President Kriiger greatly resents Mr. Chamberlain’s coupling the grievances of the I it landers with the raid,90 words
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Article308 1897-02-05 2 During the past week the Hou. A. M Skinner has beeu taking have of the resid< nts of the Settlement, and they have beeu wishing him a safe and pleasant voyage, to be followed by manv years of well-earned rest and enjoyment to be spent308 words
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Article517 1897-02-05 2 It was the late Mr. Froude, if our memory does not deceive us, who applied the above epithet to the free and indepeudent electorate of the United Kingdom. We will not stop here to discuss whether or not the distinguished historian was correct in thus describing the pre»eut-day descendants517 words
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Article1040 1897-02-05 2 There will be do Band performance to-morrow afternoon at the Golf Club. Great damage has been caused by fire at Cholon, a suburb of Saigou. Racing at Manila has been fixed for 25th, 26th, 27th, and 28th February. The extra P. Q. mail steamer Borneo, which arrived1,040 words
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Article166 1897-02-05 2 In his report of the farewell dinner, given ou Wednesday to the Hon. A. M. Skiimer our correspondent would appear to have included the bankers of Penai g in his reference to the mercantile community. We may state that all the Bankers suhscriledto the dinner, and most166 words
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Article241 1897-02-05 2 P. C. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURN AMENT. The Tournament was resumed yesterday after the Holidays. Up to the present date the following results have been HihieveJ Championship— Ties. F. 0. Hallifax beat J. M. Kiudersley. Single Handicap. Class J. First Ties. Rev. H. C. Henham beat Lieut. Thresher F. O.241 words
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Advertisement935 1897-02-05 2 n u 1 1 n New Advertisements.! Pritchard Co. t l a. f R i E d ER i C h S PENANG PENANG TURF CLUB. 4 SPECIAL General Meeting will be 2a. held at the Chamber of Commerce ou Monday, the 15th instant, at 4 p.m. TP 1- 'l°935 words
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Advertisement43 1897-02-05 2 POSADA WIRE COMPANY. The Lnrnpsi Wine .Shippers in tin* hbt. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau lines. Liqueurs. Connossieurs are invited to test the above Choice Wines. SOLE AGENTS FOR Damson’s Whisky, Sloe Gin, &c. Gosling Co. The Posada, Penang.43 words
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Article419 1897-02-05 3 We have received a further contributiou from Mr. E. A. B. Brown on behalf of the five Sugar Estate. The very acceptable contribution of $lOO from the Postal and Telegraph Department, Perak, has been received from the Superintendent. Mr. Nelson, with the announcement that be419 words
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Article73 1897-02-05 3 FIIDAY. sth High water at New Jetty, 12-47 P.M. and 1- A.M. Saturday, 6th High water at New Jetty, 1-36 P.M. and 2- am. ®enday. 7th sth after Epiphany. High water at New Jetty, 2-25 P.M. and 2-52 a.m. Monday, Bth Town Band, Esplanade, 573 words
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Article100 1897-02-05 3 H. E. Sir William Robinson, in his speech at the annual presentation of prizes at Queen’s College, Hongkong, spoke principally of the universality of the English language and referred shortly to the abolition of Chinese teaching in the school, which he suggested to the Governing Body100 words
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Article75 1897-02-05 3 The Imperial Chinese Post was to come into operation on the 2nd February. In addition to the ordinary business of a post office, the new department follows the example set by Britain of carrying parcels from one end of the empire to the other. The charge75 words
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313 1897-02-05 3 The latest news from Manila is of a reassuring character: the rebels in the province of Bulacan taking advantage of an amnesty granted by General Polavieja have surrendered in large numbers, and at Cavite they were fighting amongst themselves in consequence of their leaders endeavouring313 words
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Article440 1897-02-05 3 A most interesting paper on the Frenchwoman by Emily Crawford, writes a correspondent to the Bomba y Gazette, has appeared as a Christmas supplement to the Weekly Sun. Mrs. Crawford’s grasp of the characteristics of the Frenchwoman is a revelation of bow keen her observation is, as440 words
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Article661 1897-02-05 3 The Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Railway Company are to be known henceforth as the Central,” for which relief much thanks. The Sourabaya Bank and Trading Company has officially announced that a loss has been suffered on the capital of the company of more than 75661 words
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Article130 1897-02-05 3 Mr. C. P. Villiers, M. P., Father of the House of Commons,” celebrated his ninetyfifth birthday on 3rd inst. at his house in Cadogan Place. The right lion gentleman continues to enjoy comparatively good health, and, says the L. &C. Express, spends much time in130 words
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144 1897-02-05 3 Writing to Blackwood on Siberia, Mr. J. Y Simpson observes Russians are just beginning to find out what they have got in Siberia, which is at once the gem of the Russian Empire and its cesspool. The seeming indifference of the Russian people to this new144 words
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Article55 1897-02-05 3 The Asian states that a man has invented a bicycle which is driven by the weight of the rider, which, according to the inventor, has only to be adjusted at a certain angle to pull the machine along. The only thing about it is that55 words
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Article143 1897-02-05 3 ARE WE AN ATHLETIC PEOPLE A writer in the New Review, who—perhaps wisely—conceals his identity under four asteri-ks, has certainly, in propounding the question, “Are we an athletic people and answering it in the negative, attacked Englishmen in a tender spot. Sturdy John Bull, savs the L. C. Express, can143 words
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Article161 1897-02-05 3 The Zoological Gardens is the very last place where one would have expected the authorities to be taken in by a spurious serpent but the extreme audacity of the fraud perpetrated upon them in the person of the cerastes viper is the best excuse161 words
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484 1897-02-05 3 Tavernier notices these fisheries, remarking The pearls found there are the most beautiful, both as regards water and roundness, of all the fisheries, but one is rarely found which exceeds 3 or 4 carats iu weight.” In the seventeenth century, with the growth of484 words
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Article39 1897-02-05 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson: Mr. and Mrs. E. Burnside, and Mr. E. Berrington. Y ESTERDAY. Per s. a. Flying Dragon from Port Weld: Messrs. C. F. Glover aud Abell, and Mrs. Qliveiro.39 words
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Article201 1897-02-05 3 {Straits Timts, 30th January.) Jelebus ($5 pd.) $2.35 Kaubs (13 10 pd.) $10.25 sellers. XI fully paid $l.l. Punjoms ($4 pd.) $ll Pahang Corp. (XI pd.) s4}. Pataling Coffee Co. ($45 pd.) $5O buyers. Pengenuige ($5O pd.) $5O Straits Insurance (S2C pd.) $271 Straits Fires ($2O pd.)201 words
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Article185 1897-02-05 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Perse from Langkat. s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli. i ESTERDAY. s. s. C. Hye Teng from Rangoon. P. <1 O. s. s. Borneo from Singapore. 1 X O. s s. Rosetta from Singapore, s. s. Flying Dragon185 words
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Advertisement363 1897-02-05 3 <0 (S) IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFIN’S or at short notice. TERMS MODERATE. PORT, SHERRY, MADEIRA, MARSALA, TOKAYAR, GRAVES, MALAGA. These are the finest wines in the market and defy competition as regards prices. SEND FOR A PRICE LIST. BODEGA BEER STOUT. Try these: you will be pleased. MELLIN’S FOOD363 words
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Advertisement2537 1897-02-05 4 i-L.,, EHOHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at m Z»«. k thea s nch E^V Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. < J GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS HIN LEE Co. tgttr HVTO!l!l7Tlanoline I PERAK STATEJAILWAYS.2,537 words
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Advertisement308 1897-02-05 4 CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Saiisfiex 111. BELILIOS Legs to inform the lD lie. that si tire inferior Ci listed )7 fK is offe e<l for sale in the Penang at. low prices, he desires to dmw tion •<» In's 1 1 ificati <1 Crm-I ed F308 words
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