Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 June 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 16th JUNE. 1897. No. 135.
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      523 1 flipping (notices, Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. ..nnre June 19 Kaisar-i-hind June 24 J “O 2 B M -«y 8 17 B«re»na 22 31 Mirzapore Aug. 5 S; Aug. 13 Thames
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      1439 1 Sfimmna ftloftceß. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKĔ PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. x R a »k ACE AN STEAM SHIP company. NE6APATAM LINt OF STEAMERS. Hongkong Shanghai BankU EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. 1 1 T Paid-up Capital AND Fob Will sail
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      684 1 *NEDERUBDSIfIE HANDEL HAATSCEiPEU (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.88 j 9bad Office in Amsterdam. Hbad Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    128 2 Penang, 16th June. 1897. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 1 Ilf Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/11 Do. 3 Credits 2Of Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. I63s\ Do. 3 days’ sight Private... 166 j Bombay. Demand Bank 163$ I Do. 3 days’sight Private... 166 g Madras,
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    141 2 Penang. 16th June. 1-97. Tin $35 90 sellers. Trang out of season. Black Pepper, West Coast... 13 63 sellers. Acheen 15.25 do. White Pepper 20 62$ do. Cloves (picKed).. out of season. Mace No. 1 86. do. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 77 do. (No 1 6.90
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    44 2 Mails ci.ork To-mohh<»w For Per »lr Time. Langkat Pent ...11 am. Langkat Jin Ho 1 p.m. Deli Ho Kicei 3 p.m. Enunr. IKth. Klang and Malacca Teutonia Noox. The I’.AO. M til Steamer Mirzipore left Colombo or Penang at 2 p.m. yesterday.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    31 2 From London—s s Priam to-day. From Singapore —s. s. C. Ayear to-mor-row. ami s. s Hebe, s. s. Peseitlon on Friday, and s s. Generaal Pel on Saturday.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    82 2 LONDON, 15tb Junk. Death of Barnato. Mr. Barney Barnato is reported to have committed suicide by jumping overboard from the s. s. Scot when the vessel was near Madeira. He was on his way home. The Annexation of Hawaii. It is understood that, when the tariffs have been
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    725 2 A Children’s Service of Thanksgiving for the Queen’s r»-igu will la* held in the Masonic Hall on Sunday next, at 9 a.m. The Legislative Council will meet at Singapore on the 22ml iust., to puss the Address to be sent bi the Que«n. Raffles Library and Museum
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    93 2 Diamond Jubiljcr Meeting. Entries. I.—The Hack Plats. Aintree, $2OO Juanita, $200; and Donovan, $2OO. 2.—The Galloway Cup. Houpla, Iris, Lee Metford, and Prairie Queen. 3. The Diamond Jubilee Cup. Brut Royal, $600; Tom Boy, $6OO Bittern, $600; Triton, $650; and Sir Henry, $7OO (telegraphic entry subject to
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    SOME CHINESE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION IN PENANG.
    88 2 The bo< m in pre, arations to celebrate Her Majesty’s Diamond Jubilee is in full swing All the principal Chinese Clubs are being white-washed and repainb-d. The Penang Mu<ual Improvement Association, which is situated in Market Lane, is having a thorough overhauling.
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    THE DIAMOND JUBILEE CLOCK TOWER AND FOUNTAIN.
    204 2 A special meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held yesterday to consider a proposal made by Mr. Cheah Chen Eok for the erection of a Diamond Jubilee Clock Tower and a Fountain. All the Commissioners were present. Mr. Cheah Chen Eok said tbathehal
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    OPIUM.
    61 2 Three hundred and eighty chests of Benares Opium were imported into Fenang during May, sixty of which were transhipped to Deli; also 18 chests of Persia Opium. The exports for the month were as follow Malayan Peninsula West 131 Selangor 21 Siam West Coast 32 j Acheuese ports 14
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    METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS FOR MAY. Penang.
    69 2 Temperature— Maximum 93.2 Fah. Minimum 72.4 Rainfall— Fort Cornwallis 9.62 ins. Central Prison 20.30 Government Hill 25.04 Balik Pulaii 8.94 Greatest fall in 24'hours 3.65 Dindings. Lumut 2.40 Province Wellesley. Temperature— Maximum 98.0 Fab. Minimum 71.0 Rainfall Mean 9.73 ins., divided as follows Butterworth 10.76
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    24 2 (From our okresp OND h Nt s 7A7 I’K ANSON. 16th June. The shipments to-day 1° Penang, 873 pikuls of tj n
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    ROBBERY WITH MURDER IN SELANGOR.
    59 2 A daring murder, with robberv w rnitted on the Cberas Kuala T,‘* 88C0 on the 1111, i„ 8l X T.o Imllck *1 attacked, one driver a murdered, and the other, also ■> aB tadl, 1.«.:k. d aboui n° “'“««'■.•M Ho.pital .hor.ly cart and its contents
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    TAKEN DOWN BY A CROCODILE.
    98 2 the wood-cutting kongsis at Sungei T was washing his clothes at the end 0 U jetty. He was bending over s l,g| ltl wards the water, says the Perak l>io n the 12th when a 1 jumped up and seized the ba. k d the
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    WHOLESALE MURDER IN BORNEO.
    166 2 Mr. Barraut reports from Kaningow «r< the B. N. Borneo Herald, that on 27th news was brought to him that one Antakin hud run amok nt Gunsat’s Kampong, kilhug two men and wounding another. He pro reeded at once to the spot, accompanied bi Mr. Appliu
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    THE "JACOB" DIAMOND.
    45 2 The Pioneer says that the story going the round of the papers about the theft of the historic diamond sold by Jacob to the Nizam five years ago is entirely unfounded. The diamond is lying perfectly safe in the N zaiu's treasury.
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    THE JEWS AND THE THANKSGIVING SERVICE.
    62 2 Dr. H. Adler, the Chief Rabbi, has prepared a special service of Prayer and Thanksgiving to be used in the Synagogues of the British Empire on Sunday, 20th June, which is to lie observed as a day of general thanksgiving throughout the country in
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    DEATH OF A WEALTHY PARSI LADY.
    83 2 Bai Motlibai Wadi i, who died on 25th May, was reputed to be the wealthiest Parsi lady and worth 190 lakhs of rupees. Of awery retiring nature, she spent very little, living in a comparatively humble position in Parsi Bizaar Street, Bombay. She never
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    A CAPTIVE SERPENT.
    66 2 Professor Simons of 10 Champatollab Laue, Calcutta, the possessor of several snakes, states that his boa-constiietor “Teipo,” which weighs one niauud and measures about 13*feet iu length, has just laid 27 eggs, weighing six seers. This snake has been seventeen years iu its owners poesession, and he
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    THE POPE’S REPRESENTATIVE AT THE JUBILEE CELEBRATION.
    160 2 Although the name of the Euvoy Extraordinary whom the Pope intends sew IB for the Jubilee Celebration next month not yet been officially notified, it is ru, ur ed iu Roman circles that the Pontiff s t oi will fall upon the Hou.
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    PASSENGERS.
    24 2 Arrivals. T DAY r Per B. I. s. s. Sirsa from and Miss Rankin, Mr. Khoo A. Ng Swh Poon and wife, Sergeant
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      72 2 Gosling Co., lit (icli <(• Union Streets. JUSTJRRIVEO. ENGLISH SALTED Beef Pork. Ox Tongues. Hams. Bacon. Cheese. Egyptian Cigarettes. Cigars. Tobaccos. Ceylon Teas. American Bicycles KOR LADIES and GENTLEMEN. Saddles. Harness. Sporting Goods. IRON SAFES DEED BOXES. HAND BAGS. Large Assortment of Glassware. St. RAPHAEL and NOSS’ VIN (suitable for
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    521 3 llecovert of Sir Richard Quain. jlich.ud Quain is making excellent Sress towards recovery. T hBFT of Pictures in Vienna. T Vjeuua picture-thief has now been •litified as a Buda-Pest h doctor. 14 cyclists’ Demonstration. gc heine for a cyclists’ demonstration \uuexion with the longest reigu celebraifl C e
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    RUSSIAN KEROSENE.
    202 3 Our Consul, after alluding to the fresh discoveries of oil which have recently been made, makes the following statement: “These circumstances have combined to bring home to Russian producers the fact that they will no longer be able to divide the monopoly of the petroleum markets of the
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    NASAL TELEGRAPHY.
    153 3 What is nasal telegraphy Cooking snooks we thoroughly understand, says the Pall Mall Gazette, though we have left its practice behind us long ago. But nasal, telegraphy as expounded in tbe minster County Court has to do with spooks rather than snooks. The plaintiff, a hypnotic subject, sued
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    DEATH OF THE FRENCH CHARGE D'AFFAIRES AT BANGKOK.
    63 3 The news of tbe death from fever and dysentery of M. Ranchot as it spread through the community last evening, was everywhere received with surprise and grief, says the Bangkok Times. The loss sustained by the French Legation was felt to be
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    DEAN FARRAR AND MR. GLADSTONE'S DECLARATION.
    162 3 Mr. A.’ Biddlecombe, of 5, Victoria Street, S. W., has written as follows The Very Rev. the Dean of Canterbury— Dean Farrar —at the annual Congress of the Kent County Temperance Federation at Tunbridge Wells, is reported, in the Alliance News, to have said
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    THE QUEEN'S REIGN: ITS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS.
    146 3 What has been the most beneficent achievement during the Queen’s long reign The Editor of the Temple Magazine put the querv to a number of eminent men, and their answers will appear in the forthcoming number. Dr. Conan Doyle gives chloroform. Mr. Justin McCarthy
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    DEMOLITION OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
    169 3 The foolish and pernicious practice of taking away, as relics, portions of famous buildings, is apparently not peculiar to Western tourists, says tbe Statesman. The celebrated copper temple near Sadiya, in which human sacrifices were formerly offered annually, has suffered so much in this respect at
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    GREAT BRITAIN OUR BEST CUSTOMER.
    202 3 In an' article of the 19th of May, the Soleil points out that Germany is endeavouring to involve France iu a struggle against Great Britain. She wants us to fight for the King of Prussia,” the journal remarks—a play upon words fighting for the King
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    151 3 Wednesday, 16th: Town Band. Esplanade. 5 p.m. Homeward Mail Closes, via Negapatam. Public Meeting of Europeans and Eurasians at Town Hall, 4 P.M. High-water at New Jetty, 12-13 p.m. and 12-4 AM. Thursday, 17th Town Band. Datu Kramat Gardens, 5 p.m High-water at New Jetty,
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    MAIL NOTES.
    935 3 Eleven barristers have been nominated to serve as Counsel to the Queen. They are Messrs. E. C. Macnaghten (Chancery Courts), Claude Bagallay (Parliamentary Bar), John Cutler (Professor of Law, &c., at King’s College), C. B. M’Laren (Chancery Courts), J. G. Butcher (Chancery Courts), W. A. Lindsay (“Windsor” Herald,
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    THE GOVERNORSHIP OF KHORASSAN.
    50 3 Asuph-ud-Dowlah, the present GovernorGeneral of Kliorassau, has been dismissed from his appointment, and Rukh-ud-Dowlah, unde of the present Shah, succeeds him. Pending the arrival of the successor, the government will be carried on by Shahzada Hasan Khan, Mumtasil-ul Mulk, the former Governor of tbe Turbat-i-Haidari district.
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    THE GREAT FIGHT AT DOMOKO.
    742 3 Terrific Artillery Duel. The fiercest battle of the campaign, says Reuter’s special correspondent, was fought before Domoko. Three divisions of the Turkish army were engaged, but the force which bore the brunt of the battle was the division commanded by Neshat Pacha, to which was
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    SHIPPING.
    186 3 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. s s. Sirsa from Singapore. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Departures. To-day. s. s. Fook Ching for Pangkalan Brandon. s. s. Tetrel for Tongkah. s. s. Mary Austin for Klang. s. s. Taw Tong for Paugkor 4 Teluk Anson. a. s. Nam Yong for
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      119 3 FOR SALE. SUPERFINE Commercial Note Paper Ruled, SI.IO per packet of 5 quires. Cream Wove Note Paper unruled, 60 cts. per 5 quire packet. INDIANA Mill Foreign Note Paper, Extra Strong Cream Wove, 70 cts per 5 quire packet. JOURNALS. LEDGERS. CASH BOOKS. “Pinang Gazette” Press. TK K PINANG GAZETTE,”
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      438 3 DENTAL NOTICE. ATR. J. F. TEUFERT, Dental Surgeon, IVi has left for Kuala Lumpur and will re-visit Penang about four weeks hence. FOOLSCAP PAPER FOR SALE AT THE “Pinang Gazette” Press. Per Ream of 480 sheets. Cheap quality, plain, 7 lbs. $1.25. Medium d<>. 10 lbs. 2.25. Fine ruled 14
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      197 3 D. PIENTKOYSKY, Gentlemen’s Tailor A Outfitter, No. 21 PENANG HOAD. MR. Pientdovsky La" during his short stav here received testiinonials from sevirul gentlemen who were well satisfied with the clothing made for them, and have no hesitation in recommending him as a first class cutter and outfitter. He also holds
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      444 4 THE DISPENSARY 2 Bishop Street IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3 rim Sunday hours 11 a.m. to l’p. m P Prescriptions accurately dispensed. SPECTACLES to suit every variety of defectives TOILET REQUISITES Specialities— Milk of Roses. Glycerine Cucumber, Dentifrice, 4c i 4 Patent Medicines.
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