Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 18 March 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. FTTBUSHSD DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE CO CENT®. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 18th MARCH. 1897. No. 61.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 567 1 pipping Qtotaes. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. SrpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Mirzapore Mar. 27 1 Rohilla Mar. 18 (Joro/actrtieZ Apr. 9 Kaisar-i-hind Apr. 1 Rohilla „23 Rosetta „J 5 Raisar-I Hind May 7 Thames „29
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    • 1350 1 SBwmna Mota«. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. PP g KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART* MAATSCHAPPIJ. h R v /"\CEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong Shanghai Bank- U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». g corporation. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. AND Fok Will
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    • 629 1 IKOERLAtiDSUIS HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ (Nether land Trading Society.) established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38| 11 bad Office in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatsehappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjiiatjap. London Bankers.—The
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  • 124 2 Penang. 18th March. 1'97. EtATIC.S CLOSE AS FOLLOWS: London, Demand Bank 0} Do. I- months' sight Bank 2/0i Do. '•> (Jieihts b;,‘ Do. 3 Documenta,i y 2/l}£ Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. >O2 Do. 3 days’ sight Privan- 178 Bombay, Demand Bank BJ2 T Do. 3 days’sight Private 1.8 Madras,
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  • 144 2 LATEST MARKET QUOT ATIONS. Pkinanh, 18th Mauch. 1897.Tin 833 80 sellers. Trang 1-.75 Black I’epper West ('oast... 375 sTllers. Aeheen <>!•• 15.00 do. White Pepper 20 50 Cloves (picked).. 36. do. Mace No. 1 85 do. Mace Pickings... 75 do. Nutmegs 85. do. i No 1 0.90 do. Sugar, ..2
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  • 94 2 Maii.m ci.osi To-moi<k<>w b'.ir Per nti 'Tiut>. Ceylon. Australasia. Ac., ri‘i Rrimlisi. for Europe, Ac., liihilla 10-30 a m. R-gistniti n up to 9-30 a.m. Klang and Malacca Teutunin 1 P.M. Kla> g Deli I P.M. Asahuu II llalctryn I P.M. Deli H<> Ko-i 2pm Pangkor and T.
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  • 38 2 From Rangoon- s. s. //;/< Tray to-day. Fl-<>m Liverpool -s. h. Sornedoit to-day From -ingapoke k s Co.-hm to-morrow, f rom i oLomiio s. s. 17 h-lolkhoi on Sunday. I-Ro.i SirZ s. s Aden on Monday.
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  • 78 2 LONDON, 17th March, 1897. Critical State of Affairs. All the Greek troops, except the Crown Prince’s Regiment, have i gone to the frontier. The conviction at Athens is that war is inevitable. France is sending 600 Marines to C’rete, the blockade of which has virtually begun. If Greece
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  • 651 2 which has reached us to-day warns imStJiat the movement, which has been for mauvNjvears but a scare, may in a few hours’ time develop into the stern reality of war. \v Warst-emsat Athens inevitable, and the people of Athens oughKjo know. Oi course, this conviction regards oulk
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  • 855 2 The permanent way of tbe TransSiberian Railway has now Ireen laid over 5,250 miles. The s. s. Resident Halewyn brought 260 bales of tobacco from Pagoerawan this morning. A Chinaman was this morning fined §25 bv Mr. Bryant, for being in possession of illicit morphia. We hear
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  • 19 2 (From our Correspondent TELUK ANSON. 18th March. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 648 pikuls of tin.
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  • 211 2 On Tuesday last the Straits Ti m nounced the closing of the Indian Fund, with the total amount at .838«?. to which $lO since received fro ra p has to bo added. To this or anf i f Penang and Perak Fund has "2/1 tbe
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  • 211 2 Attempt to Capture Manila. Reports of the victories of the Spani4 troops in quelling the R-bellion in t b“ Philippines continue to be contradicted or minimized by Europeans who have been in the islands. On tbe 25th of February aB attempt, was made by rebels and disaffected
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  • 67 2 The Chinese Imperial Government bare decided tn order four more armoured cruisers, two fast eiuisers and several torpedo destroyers, English type. All vessels over 10,000 tons are not suitable for the harbours or docks of China, so she will order, for some years to come, vessels
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  • 139 2 Emperor has sanctioned tbe Imperial China with a Capital of Tls 5.000,Gw*, with power to increase, only half to be reqßH" d at the commencement. HE Sheng, wlo is also to be President of the Board of Detectoi s. guarantees Tls. 1,0(H),000 to be subiXiibed
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  • 74 2 Arrival &C' To-dayN lot Per s. s. Lady Weld fril Yel uk AaiOn! Miss Whitaker. lloTY ESTERO AWl' C Per s. s. C. Apcar from SaVpore; Mr Graves. Al Per B. I a. s Lindula from Vingap ol ..5 and Mrs -Santorm, Mr. and VL S autl Guinberg. Mr.
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  • 71 2 Thursday, 18th. f Town Band, Datu Men's Hisrh-water at New 9- a.m. J| Friday, 19th n P. C. C. Tennis > Handicap. High-water at Newlo-1' 10- a.m. Saturday. 20th B tSH Town Band. Golf p.MSale of Household F Road. Hisrh-water at New’ H J 11-
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 613 2 Tk »i 1 1 nfl I New Advertisement. Pritchard Co. VICTORIA HOTEL, TT x J Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. Have just opened out a choice ana varied assortment of CHINA F ipst Cass flccommo atlon TTT? Excellent Stabling» GLASSWARE I The Hotel is situated close to the Kailway Station and in
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    • 48 2 POSADA WINE COMPANY. Hip Lirjrcst Wine Sfnppers iir the East. Champagnes. Ports. Sherries. Clarets. Madeira. Marsala. Malaga. Hocks. Chateau Wines. Liqueurs.' t Connossieurs pronounce our Wines immeasurably superior alike as regards quality and prices. COMPARISON invited. Cigars and Cigarettes. A SPECIALITY. Telegraphic Address GOSLING, PENANG. Bca<:h Union Streets.
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  • 152 3 The s. s. Glamorganshire has been wrecked ou some rocks off Cape Varela on the coast of Cochin-China. She was on her way to Saigon to take in a cargo of rice to be shipped for Marseille. Soon after the vessel’s striking, some forty
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  • 442 3 The Yokohama Specie Bank is making investigations with a view to establishing an agency at Singapore. According to Shanghai native papers the Tsungli Yamen is to be remodelled under the name of Waiinu Yamen (Department of Foreign Affairs). Prince Kung is to be the President,
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  • 321 3 The death of Lady Wallace, widow of the late Sir Richard Wallace, has aroused unusual interest in art circles, for it will bring into prominence the question, what will become of the superb collection in Hertford House. It is (says the Daily Telegraph} an undoubted fact that
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  • 91 3 The attention of all officers and others using guncotton for purposes of blasting, demolition, &c., has been called to the fact, says Indian Engineering, that in high temperatures guncotton is extremely sensitive, especially when broken up or finally divided, and may easily be
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  • 170 3 Latest mail advices from Lagos report that the Ilorins were in a state of unrest. Some native strangers who had gone to Ilorin iu the interest of trade were said to have been murdered by the Ilorins on the plea that they were spies. A
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  • 234 3 The qualifications of Lord Herschel! and Mr. Justice Henn Collins to represent England on the Venezuela Arbitration Tribunal do not admit of doubt, says the Globe. The Ex-Lord Chancellor is one of the most distinguished jurists iu the country. His judgments as a
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  • 496 3 That truth is stranger than fiction is a trite and not always reliable saying, but that there is something in it an incident which happened in Dundee on the night of 30th January, last amply demonstrates About eleven o’clock, says the Dundee Advertiser, while a railway official
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  • 569 3 The Petite Republique chronicles a report that orders for mobilization have been sent to certain Austrian garrisons. The Soleil states that many retired French officers and soldiers call every day at the Greek Legation and offer to take service with the Greek army. A terrible accident is
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  • 280 3 A Damaun correspondent writes to jhe Bombay Gazette in all seriousness It w ill not be uninteresting to your numerous readers to learn the particulars of a recent miracle, the renown of which has spread throughout Portuguese India. They are gleaned from several letters
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  • 112 3 A man named William Cleary, bide merchant, Youghal, was roused one night last month from his sleep by loud cries uttered by his wife, Mary Cleary. He found that his wife was being worried by a large rat, and her eye and cheek were nearly eaten
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  • 372 3 More trouble is brewing between Great Britain and the United States, says the St. James's Gazette. It is not merely that the American Senate has cast ridicule on the Arbitration Treaty but here are two South American Republics, Chili aud Argentina, flatly repudiating
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  • 440 3 •We, writes a Shantung correspondent to the N. C. Herald, have recently had in our city an example of that summary justice which is occasionally meted out by the Chinese officials. The knowledge *of such ■cases goes far with the common people to save
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  • 245 3 I iri uik. To-day. s. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. s. 8. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s 11. Halewyn from Asahan. 8. s. Artsadong from Padang. 8. s. S’ri Bangka from Padang. s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson. s. s Langkat from Deli. s. s.
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  • 207 3 (Straits Times, 13th March.) Jelebtis (s."> pd.) >2.35 Raubs (13 lo pd.)... $l3. buyers ex div. -£1 fully paid $l5. sales tx div. Punjoms pd.) >9.75 Pahang Corp. (49 pd.) j'4A. Pataling Coffee Co. ($45 pd.) $5l buyers. Pengerango (ssu pd.) sellers. Straits Insurance (S2C pd s!(>.(
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 86 3 LUBRICATING OIL. TUBRICATING, SHAFTING, and I I ENGINE OIL to be had at PENANG FOUNDRY Co. KHYE HO FOUNDRY Co. FIRST QUALITY. PRICES MODERATE. PJfiINANG cricket club. NOTICE. rpHE Committee are prepared to receive I applications for the post of Secretary to the above Club at a monthly salary of
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    • 398 3 NOTICE. A MEETING of the Board Licensing Justices u b:> held in the Court of Requests at 2.30 pan., on Frida,, the 19t’i ii>-t>i‘. I r the purpose of considering the undermentioned application under .-< < ti >n 32 m T.i t uors Ordinance XI of 1894” Application under section
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    • 66 3 TO LET. QILVERDALE,”No. 4 Larut Road. 0 Entry from Ist April next Apply to A. A. ANTHONY Co. Penang, 4th March, 1897. 98 NOTICE? rpHE undersigned begs to notify that he is appointed AGENT for The Society of Amsterdam Underwriters, and that all insurance claims on merchandise or ships covered
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1377 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 J coonySTfeSnos. SOLE IMPORTERS-E-A.TZ BROTHERS. HIN LEE Co. 3 ROYAL DUTGH oil COMPANY. WHISKY. Hamburg-Bremen Fire Insurance Co. rp HE CROWN BRAND KEROSENE OIL white RrVA/ACJ’Q T HE appointed
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    • 453 4 CRUSHED FOOD. Try it and You will be Satisfied r R. BELILIOS begs to inform the pni,. A* l* c Bii' ce inferior Crashed Food is offeied for sale in the Penang Market at low prices, be desires to draw atten tion to bis certificated Crushed Food for Horses, and
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