Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 July 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 21st JULY, 1897. No. 163.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 536 1 (notices. |’eiiiiisiilar Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwar^s’ leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Portia July 31 Ravenna July 22 jA/lla Aug. 13 Mirzapore Aug. 5 R a enM 27 Thames 19 if>>MDore Sept. 10 Kaisar-i-hind Sept. 2 23 Rosetta
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    • 1599 1 SA«W«zr BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hf Ocean steam ship company. wtOArumm Line ur oicAmc.no. j ng Corporation. EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital $10,000,000. Reserve Fund 3 0,500,000. AND For Will sail Steamer From Expected
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    • 703 1 NBDEKLABDSIAE HANDEL MAATSCHAPPIJ (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38| Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandsch® Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.—Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sonrabaia, Padang, Cheribon, T*ai, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and TjilaFjap. London Bankers.—The Union
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  • 123 2 2lst July, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months’sight Bank 1/11 Do. 3 Credits 2/0-1,11 Do. 3 Documentary 2/0 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 155$ Do. 3 days’ sight Private 157 Bombay. Demand Bank 155$ Do. 3 days’sight Private 157 Madras. Demand Bank 155 Do. 3
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  • 139 2 Picnang. 21st July. l>-97. Tin ?3i>6o (Chinese) (Trang out of season. Black I’epper J West (’oast... .4 10 sellers. Aeheen i»' l, 16.00 do. White Pepper... 22. do. Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 88. sellers. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 75 do. (No I
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  • 57 2 Mails close on Tomorrow. F<>r I'er str I'itne. Calcutta LiaMning ...10 am Laugkat Perse ...II am. Langkat Jin 11 noon Tongknh ...let ret 1 PM. Deli Kwee 1 PM. I’angkor A T Ai son.. Canion 2 P M. The homeward I’ A O strainer Ravenna is expected to
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  • 45 2 From Calcutta s. s. .1 A pear to-day. From Olehleh —s. s. Maha Vajirunhis to-mori ow. From Singapore s. s Ganymede toin<>m<>w. From Singapore— s>. Calypso on Saturday From Singapore—s. s. Kut Sllll9 on Monday. From Suez —s. s Shanghai on Tuesday.
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  • 134 2 LONDON, 20th Jolt. Turkey and Greece. RUPTURE OF THE CONFERENCE. In consequence of Turkey’s refusal to accept the frontier line, as proposed by the Ambassadors, the peace conference at Constantinople has been suspended. REFERMENT TO THE GOVERNMENTS. The question as to what is to be done now rests
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  • 147 2 Our Penang readers, we know, are anxi<*s to hear how the survey for the above railway is progressing. We, therefore, have much pleasure in giving them the latest authentic report, as forwarded to us by a correspondent at Bukit Mertajam. The Prai —Parit-Bunt ir Railway,
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  • 430 2 We learn from an Indian contemporary that the Government of Ceylon have asked the Government of India to convey their cordial thanks to Colonel Sir F. Holdich for his recent exhaustive inquiry into the Survey Department of that Colony, and for his report thereon. it is
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  • 126 2 Out-Station Delivery. Our out-Btatiou subset ibera’ attention is again drawn tu the time of the publication of each daily issue, which appears within the margin of the third page. An additional thirty minutes at most may be allowed for the folding, addressing, and transmission of the copies to the
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  • 387 2 'lhe Durbar being over, the Governor left Kuala Kangsar for Taiping on Sundav. The Regent of Paining is recovering from the indisposition from which he suffered dui ing the Dm bur. The Malay woman, who was shot by the Dutch officer at Bagan Serai, died at the
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  • 20 2 The duty on Tiu in Perak was raised since 15th inst. from $ll to $11.75 per bhara.
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  • 50 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Lightning from Hongkong: Messrs. Smith, N. G. Fooklor, Schwartz. Yesterday. Per s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli: Mr. Mrs. Tripp and Dr. Graham. Per s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk /xnson: Mr. Felsinger. Per s.s. Perse from Langkat: Mr. Mrs. Von Baron and child,
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  • 75 2 (Fr<>M our Correspondents.) 21st July. Cabuan. The Rebellion in British Borneo Mat Salleh has been driver* and is fleeing from Gaya Aj Neubronner has been rescued. SINGAPORE. Suicide of a British Naval Offl Wr Lieutenant Harry Bea Heygate, commander of R u Sloop Algerine, has committed R n’
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  • 39 2 The Driving Competition will take t>l on Monday next, the 26th, and the and Put out match ou Wednesday, tL e 28th The Ladies’ Approach and Put out match will take place on Tuesday next, the 27th inst
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  • 54 2 On last Monday night some burglar, attempted to gain entrance into the b. Usp of Mi Clmah Choon Seng (Vice-Consul f or China) at Farquhar Street. They bored twj holes in the mam door and succeeded in rP moving the cross-bar, but were unsuccessful in their attempts to
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  • 52 2 According to the Rangoon Gazette, the recent excitement in the rice market there was of short duration, and prie s bare gone down. Our contemporary thinks the Straits markets are now more dependent upon Ran. goon, since supplies of rice have fallen off so much from Bangkok
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  • 83 2 Yesterday afternoon, as Mr. Capper was returning from office, bis horse shied at a cart, laden with bamboos which were dragging along the road. This happened near the juucti n of Anson and Laiut Roads where the ditches are not deep. The victoria was upset into oue of
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  • 476 2 The case against the Detective Constable Hashim and a Maliy woman, named Meedah, charged with (1) making a false charge in the Police Court, (2) making a false charge in the Detective Police Station before Lance-Corporal Sainsudiu, and (3) making a false charge before Inspector Surrell, was concluded
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 781 2 M n 1 J 0 fl New Advertisements. PrilCliard vO. municipal notice. rpHE Municipal Commissioners invite ten1K Hon ptl I ders for the purchase and removal of oue octagonal iron building and one oblong iron building, situated iu Cliulia Street Ghaut, and now used as fruit stalls. The whole of
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    • 95 2 Gosling Co., lif firh Union Streets. JUST ARRIVED. PITRE SCOTCH CONFECTIONERY. I, 'jj ENGLISH WH iLE FRUIT JAMS. Splendid Variety. ENGLISH SALTED BlM'f X Pork 3-5 cents per lb. Ox Tongues. Hams. Bacon. Cliedd-r Cheese, k Egyptian From 51.50 per 100.' Cigars. Tobaccos. i. Ceylon Teas so cents per lb.
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  • 122 3 r u-mg vase ot abBaU lt was heard by this morning, in which the coui- was a Greek and the defendant a Jew. 1 a u 1 ul j eS teside in Campbell Street. The !1 -ve his evidence in French, and >" eave hi-in German and
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  • 93 3 The Elfish Dairy Company at Ahmeda--1 wvuld appear to have been most fortuJuriuir the recent Plague troubles in Ua l X t one of the places, such as Od, 'tauda. Bhalaj, Ac., in the Kaira district, ltrs which the Company obtain their ltUl ha' ever at any time
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  • 187 3 The Straits Times learns that Captain <veis. and Mr. Meikle, were shooting had founds herd of eleven, and 1 killed three, when they tracked and 3 ,ded a solitary bull. The bull charged s-ruck Captain Syers, not with the is but with the forehead, tossing
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  • 151 3 (Daily News,) Loyalty in the Colonies. Penang. 22nd June. Chinese, Hindu, and Muhammadan processi ms Lave been held here in honour of the Jubree. The streets are decoiated, and there will be illuminations and fireworks tolight. European and native sports took i L.-e to-dav. Addresses of loyalty
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  • 367 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir. —Arrogance, pure and simple, is, to ray thinking, a virtue that has few equals, and therefore I do not hesitate to join our City Fathers in discussing the all-important suhj-ct, Burglaries and Gang-Robberies.” I bare not the slightest doubt whatever
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  • 185 3 THE LOSS OF THE S. S. ADEN." Searching for the Missing Boat. Bombay, 9th July. The P. A O. s. s. Rohilla is still searching for the missing life-boat and crew of the steamer Aden. They have scoured Socotra, after landing at Tamarida Bay. The party are provided with tents,
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  • 296 3 The Plague. FRESH CASES AMONG THE BOMBAY LANCERS. There are eleven fresh cases of plague among the 2nd Bombay Lancers at Poona. Cholera. RAGING IN THE POONA AND RATNAGIRI DISTRICTS Cholera is raging in Malwa Taluka, in the Poona district, and a large number of people in consequence
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  • 292 3 Exiles in distant lands, as they peruse the accounts of the preparations for the Jubilee celebration, will no doubt sigh that they are deprived of the privilege of experiencing in person the pleasures and the emotions of those scenes which are brilliautIv described in
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  • 74 3 Wednesday, 21st: Town Band, Esplanade, 5 P.M. Last quarter 10.03 p. M. High-water at New Jetty, 5-17 a.m. and 5-54 p.m. Thursday, 22nd Lecture, Young Men’s Association, at 8 P.M. High-water at New Jetty, 6-06 A.M. and 6-33 p.m. Friday, 23rd: Monthly Medal, Golf Club.
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  • 1481 3 The accounts of the Queen’s Progress to St. Paul’s Cathedral and back to Buckingham Palace are many and varied, and would take much space even if partly published. The following is the arrangement which was followed, and may be regarded by the reader as a brief and
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  • 160 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Lightning from Singapore, s s. Flying Fish from Port Welfl. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. Ho Kicei from Deli. 8, s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson, s. s. Perse from Langkat. s. s. Petrel from
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 126 3 WANTED. i COMPETENT Kling Krani. A Apply to MANAGER, 342 Gula Estate, Perak. WANTED. PUPILS to teach Music. Terms moderate. Apply to Miss C. W.,” 322 Post Ojice, Penang. TO LET. 4 VONDALE” at Butterworth, from A. Ist August. Applv to 331 R A P. HOGAN. AUCTION SALE OF The
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    • 411 3 FERGUSON’S SUCCESS is entirely due to giving the very best WHISKIES. TRY TZEHEirR, S', nk U g A\l) also iLfewßl uj >Z eg [Scotch whisk/ I Duty paid $l5, Export $l2, Duty paid $12.50, Export $9.50, per Case. per Case. AHD SOLE AGENTS: PRITCHARD Co., TO LET. i J 'HE
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    • 168 3 CARD. Mr. James R. T. Log/an, .S’ UR GEON-DENTIST, Temporary address, No. 1, Transfer Road. AIR. LOGAN has returned to Penang and may be consulted’daily as adver--1 tised. GUAT CHENG BROTHERS, No. 27a BEACH STREET. Great clearance sale of ail their Goods in Stock (except Chandlery Stores). Commenced on Ist
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  • 759 4 PROGRAMME. August Meeting 1897, sth 7th August. First Day. Thursday, the sth August, 1897. 1. —The Maiden Plate. 2-30 p.m. Value $2OO. —For Maiden Horses (per rule XIV S. R. A.) Weight per scale (lOst. 91bs.) All ex-griffins and ex-roadsters allowed 141bs. Distance one mile. Entrance $lO.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1708 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY R®S®= IS THE BEST. To be had at Meshbs. THEAN CHEE &Co penansKd- g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GHAT CHENG BROS. 1 1 THEAN SIEW Co mNLI® ac IEIE! DS sole IMPORTERS— ZATZ [Unity of Japan! OT
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    • 315 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY. SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AX i GLASSES SUPPLIED PENANG AUCTION MAhj THE OUARANTEE SALES Root COMPANY. 'IVHE undersigned will 011 and from.], i date, carry on the former busing Auctioneer Appraiser, and Commit Agent at No. 52 Beach Street, under style of
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