Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 April 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 29th APRIL, 1897: No. 97.
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      527 1 pipping Jlotiees. i'eninsuliU’ Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rnHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outf, war(^s anc leave Penang .fAI homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. T Hint May 7 l Thames Apr. 29 21 Mirzapore May 13 June 5 Coromandel 27 gjre 19 Rohilla June;lo INTERMEDIATE direct
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      696 1 IEDERLAHDSOIE HANDEL lAHSfiflAffU (Net urland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,600.00 ItesEitvE Funds /2,282,814.38$ Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cherjbon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers. —The Union
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 2 Penang. 29th Apkil, In 97. Ratks close as follows: London, Demand Bank 2 0| Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 2/0 J Do. 3 Credits 2/ Do. 3 Documentary 20$ Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 1614 Do. 3 days'sight Private... 1 4J Bombay. Demand Bank 161 j Do. 3 days’sight Private... 164.
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    138 2 LAT EST MARKET QUOTATIONS. Pm Na ng, 29th April. 1897. Tin *33.93 Trang 17. sellers. Black Pepper West Coast... Mt 37$ sellers. Acheen 15’.7*» sellers. White Pepper... 21 0 Cloves (piclced).. 36. do. Mace No. 1 80— do. Mace Pickings... 75 do. Nutmegs 77 do. No. 1 6.90 do. Sugars
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    MAIL NOTICE
    53 2 MAILS CI.OMK To-mukk<»w For Per ftr 'l'ioo' Klang and Singapore Batarier 9 a.m. Klang and Malacca Teutonia 1 P.M Kl.me />«'< 1 P.M. I‘angleor A Teluk Anson Betty 2 P.M. Ediv and Oleldeli. If. Canton 3 P.M. Tvluk Anson and Port Dickson ftady Weld 4 P.M Saturday. Ist.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    32 2 From Xkgapatam— h. .Imt yo to-day. From Bombay- h h. Poteidon on Saturday. From Sixoapokk—s. s. (J. A pear on Monday. From Su» r z s Borneo on Monday.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    72 2 LONDON, 28th April. The Situation at Athens. Athens is quieter. The Chamber of Deputies has been convoked. Possible Cause of the Greek Retreat. The flight of the Greeks from their splendid position at Larissa is said to be inexplicable, unless it was the result of panic or of
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    MARRIAGE.
    34 2 Rozells-Haslam.—On 29th April at 8 a. m. at the Church of Assumption, Constantine Edward Rozllls to Elizabeth Matilda, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Haslam Singapore and Hongkong papers please copy.
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    THE COLONIAL CHAPLAIN.
    238 2 On Sunday evening the Rev. L. C. Biggs, Colonial Chaplain for Penang, preached his farewell sermon to many members of the congregation of St. George’s Church, Penang, where he has ministered during the last twelve years, a certain portion of which time having ljee<j spent on leave,
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    SACRILEGE IN PENANG.
    462 2 Wk have no special wish to pose as a Defender of the Faith,” nor are we anxious to denounce the desecration of an Armenian church as a blow aimed by Islam or Paganism at the Christian religion. Nevertheless, we must say it is high time that the
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL
    403 2 A Chinaman was this morning fined 925 by Mr. Bryant, for being in possession of illicit chandu, valued at $2. A Cigarette CONCERT WAS given Oil Saturday last at the Selangor Club and is said to have proved a great success in everv way. The Pollard Lilliputian
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    A TERROR TO HORSES.
    115 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Dkar Sir, —There is a Chinese hawker who is frequently in the streets of the Town, during the day, and in Burmah Road near Pulo Tikus, in the evening. He keeps his wares in a large box, drawn on
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    THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT.
    200 2 Simultaneously with the announcement that the Education Department is to have another head, in the parson of Mr. A. T. Brvant, says the Singapore Free Preee, appears the annual report of Mr. Elcum for 1896. There is to be no immediate change, however, and it is to
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM
    17 2 (Brom our Cor REBPO I TFJ.UK ANSON, 29th April. The shipments to-day are I ■r.
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    GANG ROBBERY AND MURDER NEAR KUALA LUMPUR
    103 2 A gang robbery, tier, is reported to bare occurred near Kuala Lumpur a f ew 4.,. 4 robbers, about a d. zen Chinese, with their laces black??'’ ed a hut. occupied by ten or e l e fellow-countrymen, but did n'' carrying off
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    PERAK NEWS.
    194 2 (Perak Government Gazette, 23rd J B Appoints fc’K’Tw ft Appointments. Mr. W. G. Maxwell, Assistant L trate, lanjoug Malhn, to be Acting trafp, Larnt, with effect from the t f The following provisional are hereof confirmed Mr. F. J. Raddffe, to he District K er, Larnt with effect
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    CONCILIATING THE NATIVE
    113 2 Ruffler writes in Vanity h> The English barristers practising in it India are up in arms at the recently inent to the post of Advoeate-Gewi Madras, which is one of the prizes nt profession in those parts. Sir .h Havelock, passing over the claims i own countiyinen,
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    THE RUSSIANS IN THE =
    53 2 THE RUSSIANS IN THE The Russians are said to intend u' more troops to Wakhan.on the Upperii when the snow lias melted on the Pa They probably mean to establish stffl posts there and complete the plague ft* The plague is furnishing them with» eelleut excuse for moving troops U'«
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    ST. ELMO'S FIRE.
    129 2 Observations on this curious pi*»** on, which is due to a so-called “br®* l charge” of electricity into the air.gr* B at sea, but sometimes, though more n* on land, have been published by Deutsche Seewarte.” In about /".tit lB days of observation the fire was not™
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    PASSENGERS.
    34 2 Arrivals. To-day. b Per a. s. Lady Weld ‘-jB. Messrs. Ingall, Bamforth, Tiddle. borne. Yesterday. Per s. a. Teutonia .from Malacca Stuhler. and Norris. Per s. s. Batavitr from Singap ol Mrs. Chasserian.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK
    54 2 Thursday. 29th x Town Band. Datu Kramat High-water at New Jetty, 9- a.m. Friday, 30th Q lip .j High-water at New Jetty, 10- A.M. Saturday, Ist Town Band, Golf Club. 5 Sunday. 2nd:— New Moon 3 41 a.m. 2nd Sunday after Easter. Monday, 3rd Tow©
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      737 2 ii i 10/1 New advertisements. Pritchard Co. PEN ANG CRICKET CLUB. rpHE Committee request that all creditors I of this Club send in their claims with a full statement of same to the Secretary Have Just -Received on or 31st May, 1897. By order of the Committee, D. A. M.
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      108 2 Gosling Co., lieach <f- Union Streets. JU ST ARRIVED. Cheddar Cheese, Streaky Bacon, AND Hams. Ex. 8. S. ADEN.” ENGLISH HARNESS for Cob Horse. SILVER or BRASS MOUNTS. TENNIS POLES NETS (Avres). GOLFERS’ REQUISITES. CRICKET S ETS, BATS, STUMPS, BALLS, LEG GUARDS, &c. MARTINI REPEATING RIFLES, Winchester Model, $35. MAUSER
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    827 3 Creek Reinforcements. Athens, loth April.— Some Greek bands ar«' still remaining in Macedonia in the vicinit of Grerena, and hold all the roads from Jn, sily. A fresh band of 2,500 men has left ','i.lanos in the direction «if Janina. he Reconquest of the Sudan.
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    A LUCKY SPORTSMAN.
    68 3 Our local sporting readers, writes a correspondent from Kuala Lumpur, will no doubt be pleased to learn that one of their number who attended the recent Selatfgor race meeting has come off with 84.000 to *5,000 to the good. Besides the win of two rizes with his
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    REPORT ON THE COURTS DEPARTMENT FOR THE YEAR 1896, BY THE SENIOR MAGISTRATE, PERAK.
    702 3 (Extracts) The number of cases heard in the various courts of the State was 19,129, of which 13.352 were criminal, and 5,777 civil cases. In 1895 there were heard 14,653 criminal and 5.044 civil cases, so
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    CLOSING THE DARDANELLES.
    289 3 A correspondent having referred, in connection with the reported secret agreement, to the short-lived Treaty of Unkiar-Skelessi (1833), the Daily News remarks :—By that instrument, the Porte undertook, when Russia should be at war, to close the Dardanelles to the war-ships of all nations. This converted the
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    INDIAN NEWS.
    630 3 (Times of Ceylon.) A Derailment. Secundrabad, 13th April. The passenger train to Bezwada was derailed at Chintapalli vesterday. when four goods wagons attached to it went completely off the line I amd heeled over. No fatality is reported. Serious Fire in a Cotton Mill. Calcutta, lUh April— A
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    REWARDING A PLAGUE SPECIALIST.
    60 3 The Government of India, recognizing the valuable nature of Dr. Haffkine’s work in connection with the plague, has sanctioned. savs the Bombay Gazette, a grant of a mouthlv salary of R 2.000 to him, instead of the allowances hitherto given. The arrangement will have retrospective effect,
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    THE BUTLER CASE.
    67 3 In the account of bis life, supplied to the San Francisco Examiner, Butler confessed that in 1888 he murdered a sergeant of the United States cavalry at Washington. Inquiries made by the American authorities prove the assertion to be false. The United States authorities having granted Butler’s
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    THE LATEST THING IN JOURNALISM!
    84 3 Writing a couple of days before the Corbett-Fitzimmons fight, a correspondent of the Daily Mail said Prodigious efforts are being made by the papers in regard to reporting the fight. Among these the most notable, perhaps, are those put forth bv the New York World,
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    CRICKET.
    151 3 The Follow-On Rule. With reference to the recent decision of the Committee of the Marylebone Club not to suggest any alteration in the existing rule as to the follow-on,” it may be advisable to ramember that, it was in July last, in consequence of an incident in the match
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    "MY FIRST BOOK."
    503 3 Among lighter works of the week, says the Svdnev Daily Telegraph, “My First Book.” in which about thirty of our best known writers of fiction relate the circumstances of their first struggle, not into print, for mauv were already engaged in journalism, but into the novel-writing world,
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    SHIPPING.
    253 3 I rri i aU. To-day. a. s I.<uly Weld from Teiuk Anson. s. s. Vidor from Deli. s. s. Betty from Teiuk Anson. s. s. Maha V<>jirun-bit from L’adang. Y bbtbrday. s. s. Hok Canton, from Olehleh. s. s. Teutonpt from Malacca. s. Lady Mitchell from Pul<> Sembilan. s.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    211 3 itHrnits I’iines, 22nd April.) ($.-> p<l. I #2.30 liaui (13 lo p<i.) 516.25 buyers. fully paid J 17.75 Punjwivs ($4 pd.) #5. Pahang i.ip. (XI pd.) J 4. Pataling Coffee Co. ($l5 pd.) $53 buyers. PSiiuerws ($5O pd.) $4O sellers. Straits [nscranee (s2t pd i $2O Straits
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      47 3 THE A. P.K. Aerated Waters ARE OF THE BEST QUALITY, orders promptly attended to. THE VICTORIA HOTEL, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor. First Class Accommodation. Excellent Stabling. The Hotel is situated close to the Railway Station and in a central position. First Class Cuisine. Mrs. STEVE HARPER, 130 Proprietress.
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      429 3 MELLIN’S FOOD FOR I|gagSM| INFANTS JJNVALIDS. BISCUITS I) IG ESTIV E. NOURISHING. EMULSION of cod liver oil for COUGHS COLDS. The best tonic for the chest and lungs. LACTO-GLYCOSE of This preparation which consists of M ellin ’s Food and where fresh milk cannot be obtained. Letter of E. A.
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      47 3 TO LET. \RANGE GROVE, No. 54 Norf Lam J Road. Entry from Ist Mav. 1897, <>r earlier Apply to 168 MAHOMED A RIFF AGENTS WANTED FOR THE SALE OF GERMAN PIECE GOODS AND SUNDRY GOODS. Address, with European references, to Messrs. EMIL ZIPPEL A Co., 97 Haiuburtf,
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      1453 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY ■®BBRS£ IS THE BEST. To be had at "“Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co penangM g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable. London Clubs. GUAT CHENG BEOS. 1 J N yln I friends. SOLE importers— ELA.TZ brothers HIN LEE Co. Insurance (notices. of
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      725 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY. SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AND GLASSES SUPPLIED. 5 6 KHYE HO FOUNDRY COMPANY, WELD QUAY. ENGINEERS. BOILER-MAKE-RS, IRON AND GRASS FOUNDERS. AND GENERAL CONTRACTS. Boiler and Ei g eer’s Stores, etc., always in stc k. J. G A LLAN. Wo»»-) r NOTICE.
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