Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 February 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAIL’S". i NEW SERIES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. r.O CiNTI VOL. LV. SATURDAY, 6th FEBRUARY. 1897. No. 28.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 554 1 NOTHING EQUALS calvett’s CARBOLIC SOFT SOAP As a remedy for Mange, Sores,' Greasy leel.Barsati, or Mud Fever and as a destroyer f parasites on animals. Id prevents skin rritation and keeps the Coat in good condiion. USED IN HER MAJESTY’S KENNELS, n 1 lb. and 2 lb. Jars, Is. and
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    • 1667 1 S6wmna (Notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. 3 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hon konlr Shanghai Bank- f d N E PATAI J LINE F 2 TEAMER in J corporalion. -r Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. avt) Reserve Fund 6,000,000. For Will sail
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    • 673 1 1 "JDEKLAHOSIfiE HANDEL MAATSCiiKHEk land Trading Society.) tabllshed 1824. <; A m. al /35,783,000.00 !<;■-1- kve Funds f 2,282,814.38 j ils.m O/kice in Amsterdam. '<kai> A< fncy in Netherlands India. ''he L'actorij of the Nederlandsche Handel •happij, Batavia. Agencies iuxi Branches. —Singapore Medan (Doh), Samnrang, Sourabaia, Padang, (Jhcribon, ’l'egnl. Poealongan,
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  • 122 2 Penang. 6th February. I 97. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months'sight Bank... 2/1? Dp. 3 Credit H Do. 3 Documentary 2 1 |;j Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 165 A Do. 3 days’ sight Private 171 Bombay, Demand Bank 1651 Do. 3 days’sight Private. 171 Madras,
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  • 150 2 Penang, 6th February. 1897. Tin 833.60 seller’s. Tnmg small supply. Black Pepper West ('oast... 2 sellers. Acheen 6' l 14 50 sellers. White Pepper 820 sellers. Cloves (picked).. .$29.00 Mace No. 1 80 —sellers. Mace Pickings.. 68— do. Nutmegs 70. do. iNo 1 6.90 do. Sugar' 2
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  • 31 2 Mails close on Monday. For Per str. Klang Goo(t Luck 1 P.M Edie. Telok Serna we, Segli and Olehleh B. Canton 3 P.M. Tuesday. 9th Tongkah Petrel 1 P.M.
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  • 56 2 Fh<>m Liverpool—s s DunbinM* to-day. From Singapore s Limlula. s. h Glenfulloch, ami s Prui Si on Monday, and s. s. J. A]>car on Wednesday. From Rangoon s k. Pundua o<> Monday. From Hamburg s s Irene to-day. F><>:<! Edif. s. s Both on Monday From Colombo
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  • 113 2 LONDON, sth February. The Education Bill. The Education Bill has been read the first time in the House of Commons. Additions to the Army. Lord Lansdowne has announced his intention of adding two battalions to the Guards, one to the Cameron Highlanders, another to the West India Regiment,
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  • 350 2 We have now to baud the proposed increases to the Army as announced by Lord Lansdowne and tel- graphed by Reuter. At the present time there are three regiments of Guards—the Grenadier Guards, wii h three battalions theCiddst ream Guards, with tw<> battailous; and the
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  • 602 2 On Monday morning then* will be musketiy practice by the crew of H. M. S. BainboW at the Rifle Range. A Malay boat, with 836 worth of attaps on board, capsized in the harbour vesterdav. The crew were rescued by the lascars of the Sea Bird. A
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  • 206 2 P.C.C. LA WN TENNIS TOURNAMENT. The following are the ties fixed for next week up to and including Thursday, 11th instant: Mondny, Bth February. Championship. R. A. Law r. Rev. H. C. Henham. Single Handicap. Class J. A. 8. Anthony v. J. M. Kindersley. Class B. J. A. Harwood v.
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  • 114 2 TO-MORRO W’S SERVICES. The following is the order of the services at St. George’s Church on Sunday 7th February. being Fifth Sunday after Epiphany. Morning Service, with Holy Communion, at 8 —Hymns 373 and 82. Evening Service at 6.—Psalm XXXVII (170). and Hymns. 82. 267, and 389. Collections, at both
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  • 257 2 We are pleased to announce a f subscription, the handsome sum of from the Prye Sugar Estate. The Straits Times Indian Fami ne v reached the total of 822 914 uu the instant. An Indian Famine Fund is aboutstarted at Hongkong. I Mr. J. Y.
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  • 182 2 TEL EGRAPHIC EXCHANGES. Is’o Ji’anyAon.) Mr. Cecil Rhodes win LondojLondon, 2Ath January. —i Mr. CecilK-: arrived at Tilbury last evenwng, and priced at once to Loudon. > The Indian Fa wine. The Indian Famine Fundi was Glasgow on Wednesday laßt. and las ready reached <£20,000. 1 The Italians and Dwbvishes
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  • 73 2 A number of Censors and o« Six Boards in Peking are usiß efforts, says the N. C. Daily -v the Emperor to repeal the law purchase of official rank, such J district and department magia prefect, prefect, and Taotai.orß and 4th ranks. The average this source
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 932 2 n ’j 1 10 fl New advertisements.! PritCllSlu uOi assistant wanted. WANTED an Assistant for the Maliwilll Agency of the Jelebu Mining and I I— IN A"\ IN kJ! Trading Company. Please apply in writing only to HUTTENBACH BROS. Co., 63 -dyenfij. QPfIRTQ MUNICIPAL NOTICE. WII V PPLIcXtIONS will be
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    • 46 2 POSADA WINE COMPANY. The Largest Wine Shippers in tin* East. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. 'Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau Wines. Liqueurs. Coiinossieiirs are invited to test the above Choice AVines. SOLE AGENTS FOR Damson’s Whisky, Sloe Gin, &c. Gosling Co. The Posada, Penang. Beach Union Streets,
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  • 26 3 OUR CORRESPONDENT.) TEL UK A A’SO.V. 6th February The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 244 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 2,285 o f ore.
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  • 268 3 Os Thursday night last, Mr. R J. Wilkinson nave an address to the Young Men’s Vo l ition on The Selection of Studies.” It was undoubtedly one of the most useful of the course of lectures now being delivered. Tie re was a good muster of Europeans,
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  • 271 3 Kang, a Chinese desperado, has been captured at Newchwang. At one time he lived in good style at Peking, but his quarrelsome dis| osition led him into frequent brawls in which he usually succeeded in slaying his adversary. After killing his fortieth man, he had to flee
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  • 329 3 There il Do truth whatever in the story which basl been passed around, that the German )Mi nister at Tokio struck two Japanese/Military students with his whip, while drilling along the Bancho. Daimi'f, [the celebrated Australian who since his arrival in England ha* been under the charge of W.
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  • 64 3 We hear, observes the Times of Ceylon, though no official notification has yet been made public, that both the P. O. and the Orient Companies have received intimation that they are to receive the postal contract from the expiry of the existing contract on the 31st Dec.
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  • 64 3 A small parcel was on 6th January left with the doorkeeper at the Church Army headquarters, in Edgware-road, London, which, on being opened, was found to contain a massive 18-carat gold necklace, a magnificent diamond and pearl brooch, and a piece of paper bearing these words
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  • 86 3 It is an ill wind that blows nobodv any good, writes a Madras contemporary. One result of the plague in Bombay, and the fear that quarantine will shortly be imposed at Brindisi and Marseille against arrivals from Bombay, is that the steamship companies in Madras cannot find
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  • 83 3 Some interesting experiments have been made by the physiological department of the Yale University on the influence of alcoholic drinks on the chemical processes of digestion. Whenever alcohol was added in quantities over 2 per cent., according to the Hongkong Telegraph, digestive activity was markedly cheeked. Whisky,
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  • 211 3 How MUCH MAY BE AVAILABLE FOR INDIA. Mr. J. E. O’Couor, Director-General of Statistics, has issued a Note on the supply of food-grains available for importation into India from foreign countries. The text of the Notice is published in the Bombay Gazette Budget. Jowari, bajri,
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  • 180 3 The questions at stake in the sugar bounty war are admirably expounded by Mr. C. A. Barber in Science Progress. But more than all the ruin of our colonies, more than the sin of unnaturally fostered beet sugar, the fact which will stir the great
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  • 13 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Calypso from Singapore Mr. and Mrs. Goldstein.
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  • 107 3 Saturday, 6th High water at New Jetty, 1-36 r.M. and 2-03 a m. Sunday, 7th sth after Epiphany. High water at New Jetty, 2-25 P.M. and 2- am. Monday, Bth P C. C. Tennis Tournament. Half-Yearly Meeting. New Prye River Dock Co., Limited, 3 p
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  • 109 3 24th January. Plague returns (Saturday) 62 new cases, 53 deaths. From all causes, 235. Several new hospitals have been opened. The Hindus have engaged the Shastris to make intercession, promising further that, if the plague abates to make grand offerings to the temples. Some fear was expressed that the
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  • 112 3 George Frederick (Marsyas—Princess of Wales) won the Derby of 1874 for the late Mr. W. S. Cartwright and was sold for stud purposes three years ago, on the dispersal of the Maiden Deer Park Stud. The price paid on this occasion was very moderate, being
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  • 123 3 Mr. F. H. Collins, of Edgbaston, has published an address of congratulation to Mr. Herbert Spencer upon the completion of his “System of Synthetic Philosophy,” signed by more than eighty noblemen and gentlemen eminent in public life, in literature, and in various branches of learning and science.
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  • 715 3 When instructions reached me, a correspondent to Tit Bits, to proceed with the decorations of the famous column iu Trafalgar Square. I knew that I was m for an unique experience, inasmuch as I should be the first man in the world who had ever
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  • 172 3 Mr. John Porter, the celebrated trainer, has written a letter to the Times, iu which lie opposes Lord Suffolk’s proposal to legalize flat racing, in addition to the racing of hunters, during the whole year. He thinks both men ami horses require rest during a certain period,
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  • 312 3 FR ANCE AND ABYSSIN IA. His Majesty Menelek 11., Emperor of Ethiopia and the Galla countries, “descendant of King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba,” has become a factor in the politics of Europe. Everything g<M‘S to confirm the belief, writes the Rome correspondent to the I'aß Mall Gazette, that
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  • 238 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Calypso from Singapore. Yesterday. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. Departures. To-day. s. s. Tail' Tong for Klang. s. s. Perse for Langkat. s. s. l.ady IVeld for Teluk Anson. s. 8. 110 Kwei for Deli. s. s. Avagyee for Deli. s. 8. C.
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  • 204 3 (Straits Times, 30th January.) JideliU' (s.’> pd.) >2.35 Kaubs (13 Io pd.) 5t0.25 sellers. Al fully paid Punjoms (54 pd.) $ll Pahang Corp. (Al pd.) J4J. Pataling Coffee Co. ($l5 pd.) ssO_6uyers. Pengeraugs (ssopd.) .'5O Straits Insurance (s2o pd.) $27-1 Straits Fires ($2O pd.) Diets, in liq
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 525 3 THE MAN WHO KNOWS THE ROAD. ll k drives directly home, oven in dark nights, does the man who knows the road. The ouerhanging gloom, the deceptive shadows, the uncertain sounds, don’t bother him. He ean/rrZ the ground under his waggon wheels, and the la* of the land” is open
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    • 605 3 sco’reM Always drink the B(‘s anu preserve your k 4 4 k k w This/-. '.j/inking Ferguson’s Special r Cream Breadalbane. ||i I 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, 811.50. For
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    • 139 3 NOTICE. X’OTICE is hereby given that I, the null dersigued Yau 'let Shin of chop Tet Fo”inlpGh, Kinta, have purchased from Chung Ah Swee, late of Foot Li Tsiap Kee Kongsi in Ampang in Kinta, all his half share in a certain piece of Mining Land consisting of 22 acres,
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 2041 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY is the rest» To be had at A 'Jh'ke’^v,. 1 0 1 Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 ™onylnT™s. sole importers— KATZ BROTHER; HIN LEE Co. Insurance Qloficee. best and safest aperient. PERAK STATE RAILWAYS
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    • 334 4 CRUSHED FOOD. Be Ki Try it and Yod will be JR. BELILIOS begs to inform the p o I lie that since inferior Crushed Eo<y| I is offered for «sle in the Penang I at low prices, be desires to draw fatten- I tion »o his certificated Crushed Food for
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