Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 November 1897

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. ESTABLISHED 1833. NEW SERIES.] \PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY. 4th NOVEMBER, 1897. No. 252.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 501 1 Qtoftces. insular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. SrpHE mail steamers may be L expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Nov. 5 Thames Nov. 11 19 Kaisar-i-hind 25 ria Dec. 3 Ganges Dec. 9 17 Rosett „23 fyilla 31 Mrzapore Jan. 6 INTERMEDIATE direct
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    • 1379 1 .SRlrfvrtW BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,—(LTD.). banks. PP 5 kuonce». KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Honjtkon)r S han K tadßk7u7ACEAN steam ship company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Hongkong U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers, orrrn nnwntATV t PaID-UP CAPITAL $10,000,000. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Hjj gERVE Fund
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    • 533 1 HEDKKLAKDSGfIk HAHDKL BAATSCBAt U (Net her land Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783.000 00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.40 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandsch® Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasaroean,
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  • 122 2 Penang, 4th November, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/10$ Do. 3 Credits 1/10$ Do. 3 Documentary. 1/10 Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 142$ Do 3 days' sight Private 146$ Bombay, Demand Bank 142$ Do. 3 days’sight Private 146$ Madras, Demand Bank 142 Do.
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  • 172 2 Pknang. 4th November. m l»7. Tin >3B 40 Trang no stock Black Pepper West Coast 21—sellers t Acheen 6ib 22$ do. White Pepper 31 75 do. 4 Cloves (picked) out of season Mac»* No. I 102—sellers. Mace Pickings 90. do. Nutme s 83. do. i No 1
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  • 54 2 Mails close To-morrow. For Per str Time. Klang and Malacca ...Teutonia 1 PM. Deli ...Lanykat 1 p.m. Klang ...Betsy 1 PM. I’angkalan Brandon.. J>< i 7 Sin.M 1 p.m. Singapore Bonia 3 P.M. S’pore Honukong Swatow and Amoy ...C. Hock Kian 3P M. Telnk Anson and Port Dickson
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  • 41 2 From Steamers To arrive Liverpool l‘oit Adelaide to-day. Olehleh K K. Atjeh to-morrow. Cab utta < helydra do •Singapore Gisela do Singapore Hebe do Singapore Tambora 6-11-97 Singapore C Apcar 6-11-97 Sm z Dorthea Rickmers 6-11-97 Colombo Trieste 6-11-97
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  • 28 2 Thk Crag Hotel. Capt. A Mrs. Uldall and children. Mr. A Mrs. Schaalje. Mr. J. W. Schaalje Yom. Miss Do. Mr D. .1. van Ophuijsin.
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  • 302 2 'I'HE Government of Selangor is prepared I to irevive tenders for the Loading and UnLadiug of Goods, Merch iiidiie, and Livestock <aiii>d by ibe Selangor Government Railway during 1898. (a). For Goods and Merchandize, per pikul. (/>). For horses, asst 8, bullocks, &x. ...per head. (c). For
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  • 100 2 London, 3rd November. The New York Mayoralty. Mr. Vanwych, the Tammany candidate, has been elected Mayor of New York by a large majority. Funeral of the Duchess of Teck. The funeral of the Duchess of Teck was conducted with Royal pomp. The foreigu Courts sent their representatives. Glasgow
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  • EDITORIAL NOTES.
    • 205 2 The march has already commenced to Kassala, and Egyptian troops under British officers will be, if they are not already, iu possession of this very important neighbour of Khaitum. “No advance into the lower Suduu has been the programme notified by Government, and yet Kassala will soon
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    • 292 2 From the following cutting taken from the Straits Tinies it will be seen that at last something is being done to check the slaughter of big game in the Malay Peninsula. Wounding generally is treated on the same footing as killing, but wounding a cow elephant is punishable by
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    • 594 2 Corea is a long way off from the Straits, and at the present moment there does not seem to be much in common between the interests of the two places. Nevertheless, many of our readers must have noted with some misgiving and annoyance Reuter’s telegam, received
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  • 664 2 Fees are now payable in Singapore for stable licenses. The Negri Sembilan play Uiu Langat at cricket on the 13th instant, at Kajang. A pleasant littlk dance came <*ff at the Selangor Club on Friday evening last. The German man-< f-war Kaiser has been aground at Woosuug,
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  • 72 2 The Acting Inspector of Weights and Measures while on his rounds ves'erdar arrested a pork-seller, named Tan Seng, ij Beach Street, for using a false daebing. The man was brought before Mr. Hall this morning and was fined $25; the Magistrate remarking that it was a
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  • 99 2 Thk P. 0. mail steamer Ganges is re. ported to have left Colombo for Penang at 3 p.m. on the Ist of November, and mar, therefore, be expected to reach Penang with ihe mails from Europe, on Fiidav night nr early <>n Saturday
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  • 109 2 The Griffins. The Griffins for the Penang Turf Club arrived this morning by the B. I s. s. Secundra. They are reported to be in fine condition, and among the lot there are e rne nice-looking animals The number subserilred for was twenty-six, but thirty-one Gnffins will
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  • 359 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gazette. Dear Mr. Editor, —We hare yet to lean in Penang that it is the ladies who object to the removal of the troops although, n doubt, they have expressed an opinion the subject. Still it is the business men this
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 685 2 n *1 1 IDA New advertisements. Pritchard Go. <*** NOTICE. rpHE Course will be officially opened for I training on and after Wednesday, 10th November. J. F. WREFORD, 568 For Clerk of the Course. Ferguson's Breadalbane The Netherlands Fire inv su rance Co. Established 184 5. HIGHLAND WHISKY. tpHE undersigned
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  • 136 3 [From our Correspondents.] GOPKNG. Kinta Oyntkana Club. Sky Meeting, (9th November 1897.) Entries. 3 B d Race—The Gopeng Cup. Presented by F. D. Osborne, Esq. Open to "[1 ponies bred in the Straits, Native States, and Malay Archipelago, 12-2 and ruder. The best of 3 heats without disw
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  • 123 3 Sub-Inspector Norman Mitchell, under orders from District Inspector A. K. Simp- n, proceeded to the Esplanade Hotel uu 'fuesdav night, says the Madras Times of the •’lst of” October, and there arrested a Euio- U( a deserter from the Rifle Brigade, stationed at Penang. The man went
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  • 374 3 A traveller writes to us —TLe first Siamese State which a traveller touches, on ],j s wav from Rangoon to Penang, is Renong*. a place well known for the genial hospitahtv of the Rajah or governor, who never fails to welcome
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  • 82 3 Thursday, 4th Mails for Europe via Negapatam. Annual General Meeting of the Young Men’s Association, at the Association Rooms. High-water at New Jetty, 9-13 p.m. and 9-40 a.m. leiday, sth Penang Turf Club, Meeting at 4 P.M. Ordinary and Special Meetings of the Municipal Commissioners.
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  • 756 3 The. Singapore Free Press thus writes, but not under the above beading, in reference to the withdrawal of the Detachment from Penang, the rumour as to the raising of a troop of horse in the Province, &c.:— “A report is published by the Pinang Gazette, given
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  • 490 3 (From a Correspondent.) Kuala Lumpur. Our wet season has commenced, and it rains hard nearly every day now. If it is going to be anything like what it was last year, the tin mining industry will be seriously interfere 1 with. Mr. R. G. Watson, our genial and
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  • 90 3 A General Meeting of the Selangor Turf Club was held at the Selangor Club on Saturday evening, says the Malay Mail. It was proposed by Mr. A. C. Harper and seconded by Mr. G. Cumming that an order should be given to Mr. Abrams for another
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  • 155 3 A Batavian correspondent to the Singapore Free Press reports that a certain person who is temporarily residing on the island of Wetter, north of Timor, writes to the Soerabaia Courant as follows-.—About 20 persons, who left Timor in two boats, and amongst whom were some Macassar merchants
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  • 173 3 With the dawnfall of Abu Hamed, remarks an Indian contemporary, the way is clear to Khartum. Abu Hamed is an important strategical point in the Sudan advance. It stands at the spot where the Nile makes its great bend to the South, before finally turning northward to
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  • 164 3 Deputations from the Kha Isa Dewan of Lahore, the Singh Sabhas of Patiala, Firozpur, Umballa, aud Mebraj waited on the Maharaja of Patiala, aud presented His Highness with addresses congratulating him on his safe and successful return from the Mohmand Expedition. The Sikhs felt proud
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  • 208 3 It would seem,” says Mr. Labouchere in TrwfA" that I made s<> much money in the City by speculation when a writer on the World that 1 require no more provender. My father was a well-to-do Loudon banker, and did not cut me off with
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  • 53 3 It is rumoured that Viscount Fincastle has been recommended for tbe Victoria Cross” for bravery in connection with the attempted lescue of Lieutenant Greaves. If it be conferred, he will, when lie succeeds bis father in the Peerage, be the first and only Earl with the bronze
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  • 77 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per R. I. s. 8. Secundra from Singapore: Messrs. Chari wood, Brownlie, Jones, Bacon, Fiddes, Buike, Glass. Cooper, and Oliveiro, Mr. and Mrs. Kunst. Mrs. Collins and Misses Hosegood and Fredennick. Per s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson Mr. Mrs. Ogilvie and Mr. Lees. Yesterday. Per
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  • 679 3 Prince Hohenlohe. It is reported that Prince Hohenlohe has again tendered his resignation of the Chancellorship to tbe Emperor, but has been requested by the latter to continue in office until a suitable successor can be found. “Everything Ready for Further Massacres.” A European official who has just,
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  • 156 3 Arrivals. To-day. B. I. Secundra. from Singapore, s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. Y esterday. s. s. Roma from Rangoon: s. s. Oanfa from Singapore. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld. Departures. To-day. s. s. i'ontianak for Langkat Pangkalan Braildon. s. s.
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  • 212 3 (Straits Tinies 30th October.) Raubs (13 10 pd.)... S22J sellers. £'l fully paid *23 sales. I Punjoms ($4 p<l.) $4.50 Jelebns ($5 pd) 2.40 Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) $4. sellers. Pataling Coffee Co. ($7O pd.) $77 sales. Pengerangs ($5O pd 38 sellers. Klang Coffee Cultivation Coy Ltd—(Fully
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 238 3 During several years residence in the far west, I had many opportunities for observing the wonderful effects of Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Its efficacy was demonstrated in the alkali regions, where the water produces violent purging. It allayed i the attack when all other remedies failed. I j
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    • 300 3 Negri Sembilan Government. WANTED. A BOARDING Officer and Out-Door Dispensary Dresser for Port Dickson. I Salary $720 per annum. 2. A Dresser to take charge of Jelebii I District Hospital. Salary $690 per annum. Free quarters in each case. Duties to commence on January Ist, 1898. Applications with copies of
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    • 65 3 HIGH CLASS JEWELLERY AT MODERATE PRICES FOR ONE WEEK ONLY. Messrs. Ismail Raheem, DIAMOND MERCHANTS AND JEWELLERS, Are showing a SplendiOtock of Watches, Bracelets, Bangles, Rings, Brooches, Pendants, Studs, Scarf Pins, Sleeve Links, Necklaces, &c. SET IN Diamonds, Pearls, Rubies, Sapphires, Cat’s Eye, Opal Fancy Stones. ON VIEW AT Gosling
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 1991 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. TJIEAN CHEE- A Co. Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GUAT CHENG BROS. r J THEAN SIEW Co goon yen friends. sole importers —KL2LTZ BROTHEXtS lIMITEJ bagnall hilles, Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
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    • 302 4 GEORGE TOWMISPENSarj' SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED ANI GLASSES SUPPLIED f 2 «56 THE DISPENSARY 2 Bishop Street, IS OPEN DAILY from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3 Sunday hours 11 a.m. to I’p.m. 1 Prescriptions accurately dispensed; SPECTACLES to suit every variety of
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