Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 October 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. MONDAY, 11th OCTOBER, 1897. No. 231.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 522 1 ggtpptng (ftoftcea. Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BjiHE mail steamers may be A- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Oct. 22 f Mirzapore Oct. 14 F Nov. 5 Ravenna 28 19 Thames Nov. 11 Dec 3 Kaisar-i-hind 25 C^ an 17 Ganges Dec.
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    • 1232 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. monccp. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hon kon Shanghai BankHCEAN steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. OTTTO T PaID-UP CAPITAL <10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Reserve Fond 7,000,000. AND For Will sail Steamer
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    • 627 1 IUDKRLAmUE HANIIKL ■MTSUBii'. U (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital j 35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 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, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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  • 126 2 Penang, 11th October, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/10’ I o. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/11( Do. 3 Credits l/llj Do. 3 Documentary. 1/11.J Calcutta Demand Bans Rs 147 Do 3 days’ sight Private 153 Bombay, Demand Bank 147 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 153 Madias. Demand
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  • 170 2 Penang. 11th October. Tin $38.25 sellers. Trang no stock Black Pepper I West Coant.. 20 —sellers. Aehoen i. t’3 do. White Pepper... 32 do Cloves (picked).. out of season Mace No. 1 I<*2 sellers. Mace Pickings... 90— do. Nutmegs 86'. do i No I do Sugar! „2
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  • 20 2 M ails close T--morkow. For I’er str Time. T-luk Anson Lidg Weld... 4 pm. Singapore Loodiana 2 PM.
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  • 34 2 From Steamers To arrive Singapore (Janymede to-dity Su- z Sophie Rickmi’r* to-morrow Singapore /*.nlal >ta 13-10-97 Singapore Hormida 13-10-97 Olchleh M I jirnnhie 14-10-97 Singapore (’helydm 14-10-97 Liverpool Titan 14-10 97
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  • 39 2 Thi- Ckag limn,. Capt A Mrs Pl-iall and children. Dr. Ton Iniailes Spann. A nieail. Mr. W. Peucombe. A Inain. Van Mertain. De pa el u ret. Mr. A Mrs Burnside. Bonxie. Mr- and Miss Kerr.
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  • 149 2 London, 10th Octobek. The Engineers’ Dispute. The Secretary to the Engineers’ Association states that, in the event of a continuance of the struggle, the engineers of the P. and 0. Co. and other mail lines will probably be withdrawn, thus rendering outside intervention inevitable. Serious Situation on the
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  • 636 2 There are two points which have not as vet btHHi touched upon in letter or discussion on the above subject. In the first place, it may be urged by the Government that Penang should have raised her objection to the withdrawal of the troops some
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  • 794 2 Colonel AValker is now inspecting in Pahang. An Anglo-Tamil School has been o|>ened at Kuala Lumpur. The quarantine on vessels arriving from Jeddah has been withdrawn. Upwards of four inches of rain fell at the GovernmentjHill Obseivatory on Saturday night. The homeward P. O. steainer’JZiraopore i» xpe<
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  • 52 2 It has been decided to hold a meeting at tbe Engineer’s Institute. Beach Srree" Penang, on Wednesday evening at half-pa,; eight o’clock, to discuss the Ciicular recent. Iy issued by tbe Shipping Commission Coin, mitt» e. Tbe sea-faring community in Port on that date are earnestly requested
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  • 74 2 A cycling paper-chase was held vesterdav morning among the members of tbe Chinese Cycling Club. Tbe start was at the corner of China Street Ghaut, and the finish at Mr. Siu Swee Bee’s plantation in Scotland Road. The hares were Messrs. Quah Beiig Hoe and Lee
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  • 119 2 We record, with regret, the death of Mr. Samuel James Gawthorne, which took place on Sunday morning, after an illness that had lasted two months. Tbe deceased gentleman was tbe eldest sou of the late Mr. James Gawthorne, of Penang. He received his education at
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  • 140 2 One of the last meeting’s griffins had to be destroyed on Saturday, as she was suffering from glanders and farcy. It appears that, during the training for the last races, some horses were sent to the Race Course stables for is lation.aud that they
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  • 187 2 (From Our Own Correspondentj The Malay referred to in Any Notes of the 4th instant, as being concerned iu the J notcard tiick” gambling on board a t> ut,er worth launch, has been charged wit i t < offence, on a summons, before Mr. Imts He called some
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1151 2 tx j i inn New advertisement. Pritchard Co. 1 Q BORE B. L. C. F. Rifle. IJj D<>. do. Gun. State Maker, Weight, Charge, &c., &c., and apply to Tailoring Department. 818 NOTICES. This will be found complete with one of the best and most varied TO LET. stocks in
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    • 240 2 Mrs. F. Bernstein, DIPLOMAED PRACTICAL MIDWIFE. 6S Bishop Street, Penang. James L. Woodford HAVE JU>T RECEIVED THE FOLLOWING NEW GOODS. White Shetland and Andalusian Wool. Izod's ami Thonq son's White Corset Ladies' White >ilk Hose. Ladies’ bite Kid «V ’’atent Leather Shoes Ladies' Black -V AVhite Trimmed >traw Hats. Ladies'
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  • 25 2 DEA TH. Gawthorne. —Ou Sunday morning, the lOlh October, 1897, at Gieeu Hall, Penang, Samuel JamKB Medical Practitioner, aged 39 years. Madras papeis please copy.
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  • 23 3 [Froji our Correspondent.] L n. LUK ANSON. 11th October. The ship inellts to da y are Penang, 787 pikuls of tin.
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  • 50 3 PUBLIC meeting will be held, as announced, at the Town Hall, a j'o at half-past four o’clock this after)es a gaiust the proposal of noonnuient to substitute Sikh Police for C r'Fui-opeau Troops iu Peuang. It is t,e i H everybody will attend, hoped tnai
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  • 86 3 car that one of the pirates concerned E aider of Capt. Ross, named Niah iu Kis hanged at Edi Besar on the sth A l :iS |t ier o f the pirates, who took the utt ■on boaid the vessel, has been weap" b p as
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  • 263 3 Shooting Him Down. T 5 p. in. on Bth instant a Malay AB \usm.1i who was wanted on a warrant 1,1,111 inntaiilv causing hurt, was seen by f,r TC ~,1-al at Lahar Ikan Mali Station, the Co v The corporal called to him to P aSSIU H
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  • 108 3 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette.' Sis,-In vour issue of the 2nd instant you state that a Chinese Club has been established. This statement is premature, and constquenllv I shall be obliged if you will correct it. Six or seven friends aie contemplating the establishment
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  • 54 3 his said that Mr. Hebbert, the Agent of the Bui ma Railways, has suggested the connection of AJaulmain with Bangkok by rail, and that a survey on behalf of the Company for such a line is likely to be undertaken. The advantages of such
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  • 105 3 It is proposed to send an Australian eight to Henlev, and the crew would be selected from the eights of the Associations of the four rowing Colonies. As an eight to compete at Henley must belong to a Club which has been in existence for
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  • 118 3 Th® Pope, being uueasy at the extent of ’he Zionist movement for the return of the Jews to Palestine, and the statement that promises have already been made iu their Lvour by the Sultan, has (says the Rome of the Daily News') called
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  • 57 3 Straw’s Castle at Hampstead, which so many literarv associations in connectlon "’th Dickens, Thackeray. Du Maurier, Fr'rd Leighton, has changed hands for n inscription on the lowest of a 'ttbt of steps, leading up to its main door, Wds that it is on a level with the
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  • 160 3 THE REMAINS OF THE P. O. S.S. “ADEN.” Salvage Operations. The wreck of the Aden is reported to have broken up and almost entirely disappeared, says the Madras Mail. It has been thought, however, that a fair proportion of salvage might be recoverable, especially such deadweight as copper, tin, etc,
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  • 64 3 It was decided at a meeting of the Port Dickson Sanitary Board held in September, that dairymen, bakers, and dhobis be notified that after Ist January 1898, they will be required to take out licenses, and that they be instructed that their premises will be inspected,
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  • 690 3 Mr. H. W. Bathurst, Collector and Magistrate, reports for August as follows The sawahs have now been fairly well planted up throughout Jelebu, with the exception of the Jerang district. There have been some fifteen cases brought before the court for disobedience of the planting Regulation, and some landholders
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  • 50 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Vidar from Deli: Mr. D. J. Van Obhuijsen. Yesterday. Per s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld Mr. D. Graham, Mrs. P. A. Legge, Mrs. J. Tavlor, Miss Taylor, and Miss McFarlane. Saturday, 9th. Per s. s. Deli from Klang; Mr, W. D, Barnes.
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  • 906 3 Queen Liliuokalani. The Queen of Hawaii, Queen Liliuokalani, will probably visit England within the next few days. The Princess, her daughter, is being educated in England. An Embassy Going Abegging. No appointment has yet been made to the post of French Atnbassador to Great Britain. The Embassy has
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  • 66 3 The China Gazette understands that Sir Claude MacDonald, British Minister, and Sir Nicholas J. Hannen, H. B. M’s ConsulGeneral and Chief Justice, are expected to arrive soon in Shanghai, when the Bennertz question will be pressed to a settlement. It would not be surprising if all four
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  • 318 3 Canon Streatfeild, vicar of Emmanuel Church, Streatham, who wrote formally accepting the vicarage of Clifton, which had been offered to him by the Simeon Trustees, lias since withdrawn his acceptance. The reason of this action on his part is that, with the approval of
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  • 453 3 (Pall Mall Gazette.) France, which used to be the nursing mother of scepticism, promises to become the happy hunting ground for all modern superstitions. Spiritualism, as we all know, has become so prevalent a craze that M. Sardou, that shrewd person, thought it worth while to give
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  • 83 3 Monday, 11th Public Meeting, Town Hall, at 4-30 p.m., Adequate Military Protection.” P. C. C. Tennis Tournament, Final Tie for the Championship. Town Band, Esplanade, 5 P.M. High-water at New Jetty, 1-10 a.m. and 1-37 p.m. Tuesday, 12 th— High-water at New Jetty, 1-59 am.
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  • 241 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Pegu from Olehleli. i s. s. Vidar from Deli. B. I. s. s. Loodiana from Madras. Yesterday. e. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Artsadong from Trang. s. 8. Flying Fish from Port Weld. s. s. Pontianalc from Brandon. s. 8. Berandon from
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  • 202 3 (Shall. Thiii... sth OcTOBERj ttaul.K (13 lo jxl.) >23.50 fully paid {24.50 PiiiijoniM ($4 pd.) -550 Jolml.i.k (>;. p.i.i -2. Pahang < '<>i j>. (£I |.<l '4 75 sellers. Pataling Coffee Co. ('7O pd >77 sales. Pwngerangfe (.*so 40 sellers. Klang Coffee Cultivation Coy. Ltd. (Fully paid
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 535 3 It is surprising to many that foot-ball I players and other athletes regard a sprain I or bruise of so little consequence. One reason of this is, they know how to treat such injuries so as to recover from them in a few days, while others w. uld be laid
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    • 195 3 J. BERNSTEIN, Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. 12 BEACH STREET, PENANG. JUST ARRIVED THE PRESIDENT CYCLES. First Class American Makes. The Lightest and the most easy going Machines. Woodeu Rims, Hart fords Single Tube Tires. One Ladies’ Bicycle 22' frame. Gentlemen’s Cycles 24' by 2tt". Prices Moderate. KATZ BROTHERS, Limited.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1551 4 i,,. M BUCHANAN WHISKY D IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE &Co Penang™ g ame as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. 11 ™ox y“X ds sole importers— KA.TZ BROTHERS UMim HIN LEE Co. Mn,! lt||
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    • 533 4 BAGNALL Electrical Engineers and (onf n( h IMPORTERS of~~ Electrical and Steam Apparatus. Offices:— Yokohama, Japan 15 Cortlandt St., New York SOaßaffles Race, Singapore THE PKYE KIVEIt W PENANG. j£T THE above Dock, situated in Wellesley at the entrance of the Pry River, has lately been lengthened an J deepened
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