Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 February 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED BAIL?. NEW SEHIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PdiCii 7.0 CcNT&. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 25th FEBRUARY. 1897. No. 44.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 549 1 pipping (notices Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r PHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outt" wards, and leave Penang homewards on the following r jx dates Outwards. Homewards. Rosetta Feb. 27 f Ravenna Mar. 4 Jhaines Mar. 13 RohiUa „Jg Mirzapore 27 Kaisar-i-hind Apr. 1 f t r
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    • 1775 1 (ltoftc«. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD,). banks. FWi! KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPII "—7 Cl TACEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongk r ßank EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. j Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. AND For Will sail Steamer From Expected
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    • 363 1 I WKLClOuaii HANDEL HAATSUiAi’I’C (N ..aid Trading Society.) .Jiablished 1824. 1 Pah Capital f 35,783.0« ‘0. 00 Rc.-ekve Funds f 2,282,814.38| Head Office in Amsterdam. Ukad A< ency in Netherlands India, ’’’he Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maa*■ chappij, Batavia. Agencies an Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cherihon.
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  • 123 2 Penanu, 25th February. I-97. Rates ci.ose as follows: London, Demand Bank 2/1-fk Do. 4 months'sight Bank... 2/1 Do. 3 Credits 2/1 f/j Do. 3 Documentary 2/1 v Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. >67i Do. 3 days’ sight Private... 171 Bombay. Demand Bank 167*. Do. 3 days’sight Private... 171 Madras, Demand
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  • 148 2 Pknang, 25th Februakv. H 97. Tin 533.9 U f Trang I". Black Pepper West Coast... 13— do. (.Acheen 6it« 16. do. White Pepper 21 25 buyers. Cloves (picked).. 29.00 do. Mace No. 1 85. do. Mace Pickings.. 75 do. Nutmegs 85. do. iNo 1 6.90 do. Sugar
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  • 53 2 Mails close To-morrow l\rr Per sh. Klang and Malacca Teutonia 1 pm Klang Deh 1 pm Saturday. 2 th. E<lie. T. Semawe, Segli. and Olehleh H Canton 11 a.m. Deb //<> Kirei 2 P.M. The P. A O. mail st?.un?r Rosetta left Colomlxj for Penang at K p.m.
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  • 21 2 From Ran<»oon s. h. Hue Teng to-dnj. From Singapore s. Rio to-day, and 8.8. General Pel on Saturday.
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  • 26 2 LONDON, 24th February. Denial by the Under-Forcing-Secretary. The Hon. G. Curzon lias denied that Great Britain suggested forcing the Dardanelles and seizing the Sultan.
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  • 758 2 We do not propose to deal with the several letters with which we have been favoured on the above subject but simply to reply upon the main point at issue put. forward by One Not iu Doubt,” as to whether a section of the
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  • 858 2 Several large linen warehouses at Belfast have been destroyed by fire. Doctor Koch, at the Cape, claims to have discovered a remedy for rinderpest. The s.s. Vidar came out of dock to-day, and will forthwith resume running as usual. A public meeting was announced for last evening
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  • 19 2 (From our Correspondent TELUK ANSON. 25th February. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 898 piknls of tin
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  • 45 2 Results of yesterday’s play Single Handicap. Class A. P. Manhall V. A. s. Anthony, r R. A. Law beat F. O. Hallifax, 77' retiring in the third set. ter Class B. C. A. Law beat J. Williamson Joues sets to love.
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  • 296 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette’’j Sir,—The letter in your yesterday’s i„ u signed Chinese and dealing with the Co inittee for the celebration of Her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee calls for some eoi I)ui nt As regards the spelling of the Uhi Uese names I
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  • 182 2 Those who attended the concert last evening went to bear some good singing, and they heard it. Air. Charlton Evans was in good voice and rendered most satisfactorily Pinsuti’s Queen of the Earth and Goodeves Fiddle, and I Air. Sydney H. Morse, who is described
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  • 257 2 A WELL-KNO WN STRAITS OFFICIAL IN COLOMBO. The Hon. A. Al. Skinner, c.m.g., says the Tinies of Ceylon, who has been spemlit g a few days in Colombo prior to his dtparture bv the s. s. Malta to-morrow for England, bolds the office of Resident Councillor vf Pena*. His connections
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  • 34 2 Arrival*. To-day. Per B. I. s. s. Sirsa from Singapore: Geo. Afaxwell, Greenberg, Mrs. Peterson an infant, and Armourer Sgt. Webster. Y esterday. Per s. s. Thaipeng irom Port M eld W. Da»do.
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 655 2 Pritchard Co. penan e r m AUCTION SALE. The undersigned will sell by Public Auction Have just opened out a choice and Q n Saturday, 27th Feb., varied assortment of commencing at 11.30 a.m., nu m a At Cfiatswortll Nortliam R° acl > CHINA All the Valuable Household Furniture, comprising
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    • 49 2 POSADA WINE COMPANY. Hie Lirgest Wine Shippers in the East. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau Wines. Liqueurs. Connossieurs pronounce our Wines immeasurably superior alike as regards quality ami prices. COMPARISON INVITED. Cigars and Cigarettes. A SPECIALITY. Telegraphic Address GOSLING, PENANG. Gosling Co. The Posada, Penang.
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  • 929 3 ,-Ed. E. C?.J The Annual Tieport tV 1 Club, for the year 18oV the members of has now i K .,m issued, is signed on beba. L <-, r< ivi T I’f the Committee by Surg.-Gapt. M. L. ISA \earn and rliu s as follows: X Your
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  • 30 3 An outbreak of cholera is prevailing at Negapatam, and is spreading to the interior. The latest report is that seven deaths took place on the 9th instant.
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  • 69 3 The P. O. s. s. Rosetta, which left Penang on the 4th inst., at 6.30 p.m., reached Colombo at 11.80 a.m., on the Bth inst., having covered the distance in record time. The captain of the vessel says that the currents helped her wonderfully,
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  • 69 3 It has been noticed, a contemporary remarks, that every 20th year after the accession of the Queen-Empress has been marked Jby unusual calamity to India. Her Majesty dame to. the throne in 1837. In 185*7 acccurred the Sepoy mutiny. In 1877, exteittly twenty years after, India experienced a greaible
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  • 64 3 po|N UWARA Eliya appears to be getting very j n kilar as a holiday resort for people living Straits Settlements, observes the thwiies of Ceylon o"f the 10th instant. No less tli/m nine visitors from Penang went up to liWe Sanitarium upon
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  • 49 3 According to a correspondent of the Frankfurter Zeitung, the Ambassadors have decided that a loan of live millions sterling is necessary to enable the Sultan to carry out necessary reforms. If, however, he delays the' introduction of reforms, the h an will be opposed.
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  • 66 3 The trade and commerce of Bombay, which were already depressed on account of the flight of the citizens for fear of catching the plague, have become more so since the action of the French Government was announced. This has caused the cancellation of several Bombay
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  • 109 3 Entrance and Curriculum. At the debate on Army examinations held at the Head Masters’ Conference lately at Rugby, Dr. James, snys Indian Engineering, found fault both with the regulations for the entrance examination and with the subsequent curriculum at Woolwich. The education, he asserted, was from the literary point
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  • 188 3 There is another factor to be considered, and that not the least important one—namely, Portugal. To Portugal belongs Delagoa Bay and all the coast line up to Cape Delgado, where she comes into contact with the German East African Protectorate. Now Portugal, by the force of
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  • 215 3 Mr. Ludwig Mond, whose magnificent gift of the Davy-Faraday Research Laboratory is understood to represent an outlay of <4:100,000, is one of the firm of Brunner, Mond, and Company, the great chemical manufacturers, of Winnington, Cheshire. The Monds, says the Friend of India, came originally
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  • 69 3 THE P. O. CO. AND THE PLAGUE. It is reported that as an outcome of the plague at Bombay one of the Directors of the P. and O. Company is going at once to Port Said, so as to be on the spot to alter all existing arrangements in case
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  • 393 3 The prize distribution will take place on Friday next at the Town Hall, at 4.30 p.m. The following is the list of prizes which the boys have won and which the Governor has kindly consented to distribute: Prize List. Standard VII.-A. Names of Winners. Subjects. Phuah Chin
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  • 148 3 The Russian —Z-. papers Continue to complain of the Bif ft y Government for delaying to take pes against the spread of plague. Tl yL. Al< of the question having been tlierefo.lJlraiisformed from a sanitary into a political one, ♦nd of the necessity of demanding an explanation
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  • 45 3 The following bond fide petition was submitted to a Zemindari Manager the other day —Honoured Sir, —I shall feel greatly obliged if you will kindly assist me in exploring your Interior which I have reason to believe is filled with Bones—(Signed) Bone Agent.
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  • 314 3 The Duke of Cleveland. According to Argus Eye the Duke of Cleveland, who raced at the beginning of the present century, received the above unenviable sobriquet on account of the craft and astuteness with which he conducted his belting transactions. He was seldom, if ever,
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  • 147 3 Thursday, 25th. P. C Tennis Tournament. Debate Young Men s Association, 8 p.m. Homeward mail closes, r?<i Negapatam. Town Band. Datu Kramat Gardens, 5 P.M. Hij/i water at New Jetty. 4-24 p.m. and 4- AM Friday. 26th,: P. C. C. Tennis Tournament Distribution of Prizes
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  • 221 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli. s. s. Mactsuycker from Batavia. B. I s. s. Sirsa from Singapore. Yesterday. 8. s. R. Halewyn from Asahan. s. s. Hok Canton from Olehleh. s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. Departures. To-day. s. s. Jin Ho for Langkat. s. s.
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 217 3 FOR SALE. THE “PINANGGAZETTE” Calendar for 1897 WITH A USEFUL Blotting Pad. Price 60 cents. Postage 15 PENANG TURCOT?'j JT is proposed to have two d. ses of Griffins—Horses and ays. Price 8270 including two entri^ as m ibers wishing to subscribe can do so bFinforming the Secretary and stating
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    • 479 3 IS PREPARED TO SUPPLY TIFFIITS 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. SCOTCH WHISKY. Always drink
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    • 16 3 THE A. P.K. Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY. Sg^Oiit station orders promptly attended to.
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    • 1883 4 £„BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST t f To be had at k i r Jindoil Cl 11 he Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable Lf GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 BItOTTTTniS A THEAN SIEW Co. SOLE IMPORTERS— JS2L/ JAS, GOON YEN FRIENDS. BIN LEE
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    • 382 4 I CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be R. BELILIOS begs to inform th? p i E. lie that since inferior Cnihhed p“ iwoffeied for f-ale in the Penan» J], /at low prices, he desires to draw t 't Ition to his certificated Cruslied for Horses, and is prepared,
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