Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 July 1897

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    22 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [Pfl/C£ 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. SATURDAY, 24th JULY, 1897. No. 166.
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      531 1 Shipping (Tlofices. Ciasidiii' Oriental Steam Navigation Company. qtHE mail steamers may be "L expected to arrive out- *v wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following "Sz dates Outwards. Homewards. July 31 Ravenna July 22 7/ Aug. Mirzapore Aug. 5 R )hll ’27 Thames 19 Sept 10 Sept. 2 Oct.
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      1492 1 gftomner (ttofitta BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY-(LTD.). banks. upping qwww. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkokg'&Shanghai BankHCEAN STEAM ship company. NEGttPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong bhangha. Bank U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. COTTO OAMDCWV T PaID-UF CAPITAL $10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Reserve Fund 6,500,000. AND
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      495 1 nedkklandslo handkl maatscbafpm (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,282,814.38 j H«ad Office in Amsterdam. Hiad 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.
    141 2 Penang, 24th July, 1897 Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/111 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 1 1 11 '4 Do. 3 Credits 1 lit Do. 3 Documentary 1/11 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 154 Do. 3 days' sight Private 156. J Bombay. Demand Bank 151 Do. 3 days’sight
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    141 2 Penang. 21th July. l‘-97. Tin $36 60 (Chinese) f Trang out of season. Black Pepper West Coast... 14-1»» sellers. Aclieen <>••* 16.00 do. White Pepper 22. do Coves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 88— sellers. Mace Pickings... 77 do. Nutmegs 75 do. No. 1 K.'.Kt
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    45 2 From Rangoon-—s s. ILnzetda to-uior-r< > w. From Singapore—s Kut San<t and s.s. Lmdula <m lav. From Edie <.» .l/u-yr/.-»-r on Mondav. From CaLcuiTv >. >. < hel dra on Monday. Fr<>m Sui z—s. s Shanghai i’ll Tm sd:iv, From Singapore—B. I. s. s. Secundra on WediH-sduv.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    102 2 LONDON, 23rd July. The Tea Du lies. A Bill has been introduced in the Belgian Chamber of Representatives, abolishing the import duties on Tea. Turkey and Greece. It is understood that the Sultan, by the Ambassadors’ frontier arrangement, receives some minor concessions whereby the passes are rendered more
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    793 2 Mr Townley, D. O. of Temerloh, Pahang, is going home soon on leave. Mr. Dickenson, who figured prominently in the Carew case, was recently a passenger to San Frauciscu by the s. s. Coptic. It is reported by a Japanese paper that thirty-two men of H. M.
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    THE ASSIZES.
    74 2 The Pangkor murder case against a Chinaman named Yeoh Ah Nung was called yesterday morning. Mr. Gottlieb appeared for the defence. Owing to the indisposit o i of one of the jurors, the Court bad to adjourn at 3 p.m. to 11 am. to-dav This case will probably
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    LAND AND AGRICULTURE IN PERAK.
    284 2 Questions have arisen on several occasions as to whether lands should be given out for mining or for planting. In the opinion of the Warden of Mines, South, Kinta, the two should be kept as far a* possible separate, t"e., that lands which are not
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    ’RIKISHAS AND ’RIKISHA DEPARTMENTS.
    197 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.") Sir,— Mj thanks, warmest and most sincere thanks, are due to your two coriespondents for their letters on the Jmrikisha Department. They have succeeded in convincing me that we are much better off than Singapore in the matter of
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    TO-MORROW’S SERVICES.
    99 2 St. George's Church. Sixth Sunday after Trinity. Morning Service, with Holy Communion, at 8 o'clock.—Hymns 270 and 322. Evening Service at 6 o'clock—Psalm CXIX rv. 73-88 '(101). CXIX. w. 89—1(»4 (300),; Hymns 184, 427, and 221. Church of the Assumption. Ist Mass at 6 am. High Mass at
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    36 2 (From our CoRR ESPONDRN rB t' l NG A PORE. 24th July. The Penang Harbour Vote h been passed, unanimously. Sultan of Johore and the H? J. M. Vermont are Penang by s.s. Lindula.
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    TELUK ANSON.
    19 2 23rd July. The shipments to-dav are— To Penang, 475 pikuls o f i, To Singapore, 5,323 ofm[
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    REUTER'S TELEGRRAM.
    75 2 (For the Times of Ceyl on :'j I London. 13th J n k Great Strike of Engineer 8 l England. A PROTRACTED STRUGGLE EXPECTED The engineers’ great strike l>gi ns l( throughout the counti v. Both sides de?' mediation, and a protracted slriw',."' expected. 11 Alleged Appointment by
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    THE KINTA CONTRACT SURVEY.
    245 2 Mr. W. D. Barnes thus comments on th* Kinta Surveys in his report for 1896: In Kinta the surveys are in the hands <{ the Contract Surveyor. I have been gur,p!i. ed with maps as far as they are comphi e j I find in them
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    WEIGHTS AND MEASURES AT KUALA LUMPUR.
    201 2 The following significant minute appears in the report (published in the Gazdtf 4 2nd July) of the proceedings at tjie me iugs of the Sanitary Board, Kuala LumP ur: A copy of the Judicial ComniisJoner’s judgment in reversing the sentences f the Assistant Magistrate
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    JUBILEE IN THE FAR EAST.
    209 2 The following telegram appeared in the Times from its Singapore correspondent Singapore, 22nd June. On Sunday, special services were held in all the churches here. This mornins! a review took place and salutes were file at noon. This evening there are illuminations. The town is
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      1183 2 DENTAL NOTICE. NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. MR. J. F. TEUFERT, Dental Surgeon' NOTICE, has left for Kuala Lumpur and will re-visit Penang about four weeks hence. WITH reference to the notice issued yes--2 I V terday as to the letting of the Opium JnrDMCTFjW Farm, Tenders may also be sent in for
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      83 2 Gosling Co., licarJi <(• Union Sfreefs. JUST ARKIVED. PFRE SCOTCH CONFECTIONERY. ENGLISH WHOLE FRUIT JAMS. Splendid Variety. ENGLISH SALTED Beet 1k Pork cents per lb. 0x Tongues. Hams. Bacon. Cheddar Cheese. Egyptian Cigarettes. From $1.50 per 100. Cigars. Tobaccos. Ceylon Teas so cents per ib. Saddles. Harness. Sporting Goods. Large
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    TELEGRAMS TO AUSTRALIAN PAPER.
    1205 3 26th June—6th July. p )K nisH Army and the Remount n Question. The authorities at the British Horse k have promised Lieutenant-General U 'kndre" Clarke, the Acting Agentp' itl for Victoria, that Australian horses el |l be thoroughly tested in Cape Colony i it iiv definite
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    LATE INDIAN NEWS.
    387 3 Bth—loth July. The Poona Outrages. Mrs. Ayerst leaves Poona to-night en route to England, Government having granted a passage to herself, infant, and ayah. The Wreck of the “Overdale.” Captain Petley has proceeded down the river with Lieutenant Broughton, r. e., to blow up the wreck of
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    A BRAVE DEED.
    235 3 At the 123rd annual court of the Royal Humane Society, the court considered the case of mine silver medallists for the Stanhope Gold Medal. The latter was for the most deserving case of the year,” and was unanimously awarded to John H. Collins, second officer of the
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    CHINESE IN SELANGOR.
    455 3 In his report for 1896 the Chinese Secretary, Kuala Lumpur (Mr. H. C. Ridges) writes:— Registration of Immigrant Women and Children, Chinese. This is the one point in which the new enactment is in advance of the repealed Regulation. It provides that Chinese women and girls on
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    NEGRI SEMBILAN.
    550 3 In his report for May, the Acting District Officer, Kuala Pilah, (Mr. W. D. Scott) writes: I left Seremban in the morning of the sth, the Resident driving me as far as Parui. After visiting Mr. Braddon’s estates at Guuong Augei and Sungei Semin, we rode on to
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    AN OCEAN SECRET DISCLOSED.
    48 3 Wreckage has been discovered on Fisher Island, near Formosa, which has been identified as portion of the Japanese man-of-war Unebi Kan, which on her voyage from France, where she had been built, to Japan iu 1886 left Singapore and was never heard of again.
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    PADI CULTIVATION IN SELANGOR.
    200 3 The Acting District Officer, Kuala Langat (Mr. W. W. Skeat) in his report for May, writes:—ln consequence of my action in refusing to issue licenses for ladang padi cultivation, a number of Malays in the district have applied for sawah land. This end was not gained
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    THE X RAYS AND SMUGGLING.
    103 3 Alas for the unfortunates who desire to do a little smuggling of a mild kind when they cross the frontier and enter France! The Custom House authorities are going to employ the X rays to examine travellers’ luggage, and believe that they will be able
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    THE ROYAL ARMS.
    167 3 Mr. S. F. A. Caulfeild writes to a London contemporary In tire year 1891 I suggested to a leading member of the Imperial Federation League the extreme desirability of representing Greater Britain anil India on the Royal Arms. There is one quarter of the escutcheon free for
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    THE COMING ECLIPSE.
    149 3 A Government Order, says the Madras Times, contains interesting particulars regarding the coming cclip.se, in the shape of a letter from the Madras Government astronomer. The eclipse, which will be a total eclipse, will occur on the 22nd of January, with India as a specially favoured spot.
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    SOUTH AFRICAN NEWS.
    167 3 Banquet in Honour of the Queen at Johannesburg. A banquet held at Johannesburg by the Uillanders in honour of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee was attended by General Joubert, the Vice-President of the South African Republic, and one of the two Burgher members of the Executive. General Joubert,
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    ETON'S FAMOUS ROLL.
    528 3 The authoiities at Eton College were greatly exercised for some time iu connection with “The R ill of the Famous,” which was presented to the Queen on her return to I Windsor. It is a curious fact that during the sixty years of her reign the Queen
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    THE CAUSE OF THE RECENT EARTHQUAKE.
    408 3 Mr. Fred Atkinson writes to an Indian contemporary —As regards the cause of the earthquake, it occurred to me that Mr. Liotard, the well-known Calcutta astronomer, might have something to say on the subject. I accordingly called on him, and I now give his
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    110 3 .Saturday, 24th Monthly Medal, Golf Club. St. George’s Schools’ Treat, Waterfall Gardens. Cricket, 2nd XI, P. C.C. v. St. Xavier’s R. C., on the Esplanade. High-water at New Jetty, 7-44 A.M. and 8-11 pm. Sunday, 25th 6th Sunday after Trinity. High-water at New Jetty, 8-23
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    SHIPPING.
    232 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Calypso from Singapore. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. Vidar from Deli. s. s. Quorra from Langkat. s. s. Thaipeng from Port Weld. 8. 8. Mary Austin from Klang. Departures. To-day. s. s. Fool Ching for Pangkalan Brandon. 8. s. Mary Austin
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      197 3 TO LET. A 'ANDALE at Butterworth, from Ist August. Applv to 831 R. A. P. HOGAN. NOTICE. i FIXED DEPOSIT RECEIPT of the 2A Hongkong Shanghai Banking Corporation, No. 32 64, for 81,000, dated 3rd September, 1896, iu the name of Mrs. K. Craigie, has been stolen during the piratical
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    756 4 PROGRAMME OF August Meeting, 1897. TO BE HELD ON AUGUST 17 th, 19th, and 21st. FIRST DAY. First Race, 3-30 p.m. The Maiden Plate.—Value $2OO. For Maidens all Horses that have never won a race or anv Course —Griffin, Jump, and Roadsters’ Races excepted. Ex-griffins and Roadsters
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      1589 4 1 M BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co Pe a sM Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 1 1 GOON YEN FRIENDS. SOLE IMPORTERS— BROTHERS lIMlTrn HIN LEE Co. Colours must
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      329 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY SOLE AGENTS FOR I>j. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED ANI GLASSES SUPPLIED M PENANG AUCTION MART THE GUARANTEE SALES ROOM COMPANY. J’HE undersigned will on and f rom t I date, carry on the former bu B i, lw A'Ktionerr and Commit" Agent at No. 52 Beach
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