Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 April 1897

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    20 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED JOAILTT. NEW SENSES.} ESTABLISHED 1833. :’o,clnt& VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 7th APRIL. 1897. No. 79.
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      527 1 (notice*, I'eninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. r pHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following datesOutwards. Homewards. Corooian lei Apr. 9 f Rosetta Apr. 15 RohiUa m 23 Thames „29 Rol<ur-I Mini May 7 Mirzapore May 13 Rosetta 21 Coromande 27 Ravenna.
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      1296 1 Sfirnmnu OWtttK BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. qioiices. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS Hongkong Shanghai BankOCEAN STEAM SHIP COMPANY. wcuHrHiHin i_iivt- or oiLHinc.no. jr) c Corporation. EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital VSS AND Fo r Willsajl
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      892 1 IBDERLAtiDSUIE HANIIEL IAATSCBEPEiJ (Ne.hsrland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,090.00 Reserve Funds 2,282,814.38| H ead Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsch» Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and BranchM —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The Union
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    EXCHANGE.
    116 2 Penang. 7th April, I'■97. Rates close as follows: Loudon, Demand Bank 2 Do. 4- months’ sight Bank... 2/0 Do. Credits 2/ I Do. o Documentary Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 161$ Do. 3 days’sight Private 1 5 Bombay, Demand Bank 161$ Do. 3 days’sight Private... 165 Madras, Demand Bank 161
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    137 2 Pknang, 7th April. 1897. Tin $33.! 0 sellers. (Trang 17.25 sellers. Black I’epper j West Coast... 13 27$ y (.Acheen 6l*> 15. sellers. White Pepper... 20 12$ Cloves (picked).. 36. do. Mace No. 1 85. do. Mace Pickings... 75 do. Nutmegs 8" do. iNo 1 6.90 do.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    86 2 Mails close To-mohkow Fur Per str. Tim., Madras. Ac., taking mails for Europe, Ac, ria Negapatam Secundra 11 a.m. Registration up to 10 a m. Langkat Quorra 11 AM. Edie, Telok Semawe. Segli and Olehleh Pegu 2 P.M. (Deferred Departure.) Deli H<> Kwei 2 P.M. Friday. 9ih Klang
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    24 2 From Singapore —s. s Glenfalloch to-mor-row, and s. s. Maha Vajirunhis 8. s. Chelydra an I s s. Palawan on Friday.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    150 2 LONDON, 6th Aphil, 1897. Overtures by Great Britain. Great Britain has made pacific overtures to Greece to bring about the removal of the present deadlock. The Blockade. The blockade of the Piraeus is believed to depend upon the answer received from Greece. Warning to Greece and Turkey. The
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    GREAT BRITAIN’S POLICY.
    340 2 Had Lord Salisbury bad ofily Inmsvlf to consider and to depend upon in the present difficulty, the European Concert would probably have looked in vain for the support of Great Britain in the restraining measures adopted against Greece. This withdrawal on the part of the British would,
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    THE CAREW CASE.
    153 2 We have heard from a private source by the last European mail that one who knew the late Mr. Carew, while at Sungei Ujoug,’ says the deceased was addicted to the habit, of taking arsenic, aud that one day a large overdose nearly killed him. One of
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    591 2 We are asked to draw the attention of our English readers to the meeting to be held to-morrow at 4 o’clock, regarding the proposed St. George’s Ball. The rattan has given place to the birch rod in Hongkong Gaol. Chinese and Indian police constables are to be
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    THE ASSIZES.
    72 2 The trial of the Patani Malay, Pah Dali, who was charged with murder, was concluded yesterday afternoon at half-past five, when the jury returned a verdict of “not guilty ”by a majority of five to two. The verdict was accepted, and the accused was accordingly discharged. The special
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    99 2 Wednesday, 7th Hiszh-water at New Jetty, 2-48 AM. and 3- p.m. Thursday, Bth. Meeting of Englishmen (St. George's Ball). Chamber of Commerce, at 4 p.m. Town Band, Datu Kramat Gardens. 5 p.m. Conceit, Young Men's Association Northern Lodge.'* High-water at New Jetty, 3-37 A.M. and
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    THE NEW GOVERNMENT OFFICES TN SELANGOR.
    221 2 Opening Ceremony. (Special Telegram to the Strait» Ti m The new Government OffiXT ed on Saturday evening with much e h stance and ceremony, the place practically en fete the whole day a?"'’ hour fixed for the opening there w a a large attendance,
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    FURTHER MAIL ITEMS.
    599 2 Fleet Street is to be widened aud tie work is to be carried on without delav Thk new D >ver collieries have l>een ir undated by water from the laud side, ton„ uately not from the sea, and eicht have been drowned. The Lord Chancellor has appointed
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    WILLIAM BLACK.
    118 2 William Black has got an bad memory for his own work, and llll, S it is said that as soon as the last P 1 have passed through bis hands he forget all about them. A l' ro T og peculiarity the following story is told F. Dolman
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      826 2 •rx i i 10/1 New Pritchard Co. Applications will be received at the P. W. D. Office, Penang, up to lhe Have just received tne 13th inst. for the appointment of Overseer, d 2nd Grade, on the Provisional and Tern- following goods a M1 T t J. H. CALLCOTT, Getft’sUnder
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      125 2 Gosling Co., Heach <(• Union Streets. Ex. B. s. ADEN.” ENGLISH HARNESS for Cob Horse. SILVER or BRASS MOUNTS. TENNIS POLES NETS (Ayres). GOLFERS’ REQUISITES. CRICK ET S ETS, BATS, STUMPS, BALLS, LEG GUARDS, &r. MARTINI R E PE ATI NG RIFLES, Winchester Model, $35. MAUSER MAGAZINE GUNS, $25, with
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    1012 3 President Kruger’s Commission. ,n on, 25th' March.— President Kruger j i;lS appointed a Commission io inquire into f] ie grievances of the gold-mining industry, The Situation in Crete. London, 25th March.— One hundred of the gpaforth Highlanders are quartered al Canea in the remainder at
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    WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE.
    320 3 (L. <£• C. Express.) On the Bth of March Lord Templetown moved in the House of Lords the second reading of a Bill to give the Parliamentary franchise to women. —The Duke of Devonshire moved the previous question, and said that, in the absence of the Premier, he
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    THE NEWEST PILLORY.
    130 3 Apparently the pillory is to be revived in the United States, as a late number of the Scientific American gives the following description of a “Punitive Chair” recently patented by a Mr. Sanford J. Baker, of Oaklands, Maine —This is a chair made of metal slates, in
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    THE BENIN MASSACRE.
    137 3 Speaking to the Press Association representative of his escape, Mr. Locke said that although his companions were unarmed when the attack was made upon them, they fought desperately with their sticks. Captain Boisragon and he, while hiding in the woods, ctmld not move towards more friendly regions
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    THE FORLORN HOPE.
    177 3 The Chinese here and probably elsewhere, writes a Tengchoufu Shantung correspondent to the N. C. Herald, have an adage to the effect that a good door is hard to open, the latest demonstration of this wellworn theorem being the efforts,of the Emperor to open the door for
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    WRECK OF THE "WARREN HASTINGS."
    191 3 (L. Sr C. Express.) Mr. Brodrick, replying to Captain Chaloner in the House of Commons on the Bth of March, stated that reports had been received of the circumstances attending the wreck of the Warren Hastings on the island of Reunion. It appeared that the
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    LUNACY INCREASING IN SCOTLAND.
    166 3 In Scotland, as in England, lunacy, it appears, is on the increase. The fact comes out clearly in the thirty-eighth report of the Lunacy Commissioners for Scotland, says the Hongkong Telegraph. Even after allow ing for a decrease in the number of lunatics in private asylums,
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    KATE PHILLIPS.
    146 3 Miss Kate Phillips, whose latest dramatic fortunes are identified with the St. James’s Theatre, comes of a wealthy old county family, the Goldneys (the present Chief Justice of Trinidad, and recently Receiver-General in the Straits, comes from this stock of Golden Eye”) of Wiltshire. Her father, however, disposed
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    OLIVE SCHREINER.
    210 3 Olive Schreiner’s new book, Trooper Peter Halkett of Mashonaland,” has come with dramatic effect at the opening of the South Africa. Inquiry, for, says the London correspondent to the Friend of India, it is from first to last a passionate, pathetic, tragic indictment of Mr. Cecil Rhodes and
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    A CHINESE MILITARY RIOT.
    237 3 Parents Sell Their Children. A military riot is reported from Kaochou, Kuangtung. Dining the famine there many of the sufferers were compelled to sell their children in order to save their lives, and amongst the purchasers was the chief secretary of the district magistrate of Mouminghsien.
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    THE ADELPHI THEATRE AND THE GATTIS.
    250 3 The Adelphi Theatre, in the Strand, has just lost one of its owners by the death of Mr. Agestino Gatti, a very well-known figure in London theatrical circles. The Adelphi, originally called the Sans Pared, was built in 1802 by Mr. John Scott, an
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    COOLGARDIE AND THE INDIAN POSTAL DEPARTMENT.
    149 3 In spite of moving incidents by flood and field, dacoits and tigers, the last report of the Director-General of the Indian Postal Department is an interesting document and, says the Bombay Gazette, demonstrates conculsively that the Indian Postal system continues to grow and thrive.
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    PASSENGERS.
    25 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat: Miss Taylor Per s. s. Langkat from Deli: Messrs. A. G. Wright and H. Accouslij.
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    SHIPPING.
    217 3 Irriinis. w To-day.* B. 1. s. s Secundra from Singapore. y. s. Langkat from Deli. 8. s. .tin Ho from Langkat. s. s. R. Halewyn from Asahan. s 8. Amigo from Singapore. s. s. C. Apcar from Calcutta. Y EBTERDAY. s. s. Quorra for Langkat. 8. 8. Artsadong from
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    200 3 (Strails 7'iiaes. sth April.) Jrtlehus ($5 p&lt;l.) $2.35 Raubrt (13 lo pd.)... $13.50 4)1 fully pai.l $15.25 Punjoius ($4 pd.) :7.50 Pahang Corp. (4)1 [&gt;&lt;!.) Pataling Coffee Co. ($45 pd.) $52 buyers. Peugerangs ($5O pd.) $4B sellers. Straits Insurance (S2C pd.) $22 sales. Straits Fires ($2O pd.)
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      310 3 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. vpHE Ordinary Meeting of the Muni- cijial Commissioners will be held at the Town Hall, at 3 p. m., On Friday, the 9th April, 1897. F. H. DALLAS, Ag. See. to the Municipal Commissioners. NOTICE. I IT7"E have authorized Messrs. M ax Heussy lY and Otto Schule to
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