Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 November 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS., VOL. LV. FRIDAY. sth NOVEMBER, 1897. No. 253.
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      507 1 SBtpptM QToftces. Oriental Steam Navigation Company. BrpHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Nov. 5 Thames Nov. 11 11 >re Kaisar-i-hind 2'» Dec. 3 Ganges Dec. 9 17 Rosett „23 SEE 31 Merza p° re Jan 6
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      1221 1 afctmW fYWL-x BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. lU9IKCB. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. H( ni x koll o- Shanghai Bankn cEAN steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. H g inf CorporatFon U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamer». qqrrp PTAIWP A'N’V Tth Paid-up Capital $10,000,000.
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      537 1 SJSDERLAHDSGHE HANDEL RUnCBAi U (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783, '»<‘o 00 Reserve Fun dr f 2,404,166.45 Head Ojtjhce in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India.— The Factorij of the Nederlandwch* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan» Pasaroean,
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    EXCHANGE.
    123 2 Penang, sth November, 18»7 Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 1/104 Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1 Do. 3 Credits 1/10}-$• Do. 3 Documentary. 1/loj 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
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    166 2 Pknan.. sth November 1 mt Tin ?38.4Osellers. Trang no stock Black Pepper West Coast 21—sellers A been 6lb 22$ do. White Pepper 31 75 do. Cloves (picked) out of season Mace No. 1 102 —sellers. Mace Pickin:B 90. do. Nutme s 83. do. t No 1 6.90
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    64 2 Mails ci.osk To-morrow. Fnr Per »tr Time. Langknt ...Quorra ...II AM. Toligkah Petrel I P.M. Asalmn A Ba'u Bahra. R Hulrtryn... 1 p.m. I’angkor Ji T Anson ...Tam Tony 2 p.m. Singapore. Adelaide, M-1-bourne A Sydney ...Lidia 3 P.M Deli Vidar 5 P.M. The P. A O. Mail
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    38 2 Prom Steamer» To arrive Liverpool Poit Adelaide 10-day. Olehleh li K. Atjeh to-morrow. Singapore Ta mbora do Singapore Apcar do S'UgHporv Gisela do Sm z Dorthea Rickmert do Colombo Tiieete do Singapore do Singapore 8-11-97
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    28 2 Tiik Crag Ho'iki. Capt. A Mrs. Uldall and children. Mr. A Mrs Scliaaljo. Mr .1. W Sdmalje Yom. Miss I>o Mr. D. J. van Ophuijsin.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    69 2 London, 4th November. The New York Mayoralty. Mr. Vanwyck’s majority is reported as having been 85,000. This is the greatest victory ever achieved by the Tammany party. The State elections show throughout the count a general reaction against McKinleyism. The New York correspondent to the Times declares that
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    THE GOVERNOR'S STATISTICS.
    311 2 Statistics are worth nothing unless they are accurate. We have already called in question the Governor’s police statistics of Barbados, and we shall now proceed to deal with a figure or two relating to a force nearer Penang, about which His Excellency should have taken the pains
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    195 2 The New York Mayoralty. The victory of Mr. Vanwyck, or Vanwycb, as the name was spelled by Reuter yesterday, would seem to have been a much more serious affair than we at first considered. If the New York correspondent to the Time» be a true prophet, we may
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    Discontent at Tanjong Malim.
    101 2 A somewhat lengthy communication from Perak, in reference to the above subject, has reached this office. We tender our best thanks to the writer, though we are unable to make use of the article. Our reasons for not continuing the Tanjong Malim correspondence are that the
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    498 2 In consequence of Mr. Bryant’s indisposition Mr. Capper sat as Commissioner t<> try Civil causes to-day in the Court of Requests. Some object was noticed careering round the s. s. Petrel off the Government wharf in Sandakan Harbour the other day, which upon closer investigation t urned
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    MASONRY IN PENANG.
    32 2 At the regular meeting of the Royal Prince of Wales Lodge last Wednesday, Mr R. Young was elected W. M for the ensuing year, and Mr. D. Graham, Treasurer.
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    H.M.S. “GRAFTON.”
    115 2 H. M. S. Grafton, Ist Class Cruiser, 12 guns, 7,350 tons, Captain Ed. P Jones, will leave Singapore to-morrow and should reach Penang on Monday. She is to make a stay of several weeks, in order to put her crew through a course of musketry. Rear-Admiral C. C.
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    A REGIMENT DOWN WITH ENTERIC FEVER.
    173 2 Indian papers to hand record the death of Lieut, the Hon. H. Cavendish of the Third Battalion of the Rifle Brigade, who succumbed to dysentery at Rawal Pimii. The Hou. H. Cavendish was son and heir to Baron Waterpark. The death is also announced
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    55 2 [P>omo TO Co BI Wmo SINGAC oi {l J The Currency Question. sth November It is reported that the Ch am k l-of Commerce recommends in Currency scheme a sub B id iarv c of ten florins to the TELVK ANSON, sth Novembfr. The shipments to-day are— To
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    YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION.
    208 2 The first Annual General Medina >• Association was held last night ;tl V h: Lodge. Dr. West having been voted chair Mr D. Graham presented ancinl report, which shewed that the A ahon was in a sound financial nosimtT 1 that considerable difficulty arose Ut the irregularity
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    MR. DARLING, Q.C.
    152 2 Deptford’s Little Darling.” as Mr Charles Darling, who has just been appointed to a judgeship, is popularly known, ispioba lr the only case on record of a man making him’, self co spicuous and getting into Parliameir by a law book. He is the author of that
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    365 2 A violent storm, accompanied bv an extraordinarily high tide, caused considerable damage a long t he Tongkiug coast on the morning of the 16th October. Although the Hooby-Jameson loan wai rep 'i t. d io have fallen through, northern exchanges report that the negotiations are
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    PASSENGERS.
    60 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. 8. Hebe from Singapore: H. D. Hawks. Yesterday. Per s. s. India from Rangoon: Mr- 811 M rs. Lincoln. Per s. s. Betsy from Klang: Surg--C. A. Dane. Mr NielPer s. a. Petrel from Tongkali. sen and Dr. A inner. Weld: Per 8. 8. Flying
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      783 2 t\ ‘1 1 lOfl New Advertisements. Pritchard Co. HORSE, Hooded-Gig and Harness, complete. Bay Australian Gelding, Laddie,” 15 1. Good harness and saddle horse. Quiet. Ran 2nd in Roadster and Handicap Roadster A KJ Races in August 1896 and 1897, at Penang Price of Turn-out, $5OO. Apply to Captain FERGUSON,
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      116 2 CARD. H. J. Martyn, Jr., AGENT FOR The Society of Amsterdam Underwriters. 567 Negri Sembilan Government. WANTED. A BOARDING Officer and Out-Door Dispensary Dresser for Port Dn kson. Silary 3720 per annum. 2. A Dresser to take charge of Jelebu District Hospital. Salary 36‘JO per annum. Free quarters in each
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    329 3 26th—28th October. OPIUM IN the Tkansvaal. HYausvaal Volksraad has raised the J, 8 «u fl sh llm u West Africa. Note published here iudiA q ie natives ate revolting against the 8 in the province of Borgu and in F T ie l to the
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    THE WAR IN ACHEEN.
    463 3 (Sfraite Times.) The principal Dutch papers, following the initiative <>f the women’s organ, De Vrouw, have once more taken up the theme of the advisability of bringing the war in Achiu to a speedy termination, reiterating tbe oftrepeated assertion that this is a matter which the
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    THE REPUBLIC OF CENTRAL AMERICA.
    59 3 A despatch received at the Japanese Foreign Office announces that Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Costa Rica, Cental America, agreed on the 20th September, to incorporate into one Republic under tbe Sllne of the Republic of Central America, a nd the convention of incorporation has been
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    THE INTERPORT CRICKET WEEK.
    85 3 According to tbe latest news from the north, the following gentlemen have so far been elected to do battle for Shanghai in the coming Cricket Week in Hongkong, among whom, it is possible, Penangites may recognize some old friends and acquaintances Messrs. H. F. Bell, E.
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    PORT DICKSON.
    130 3 In bis report for September Mr. C. D. Bowen, D. 0., writes thus: “The town of Port Dickson is being greatly improved by the erection of brick buildings, no less than 18 being at present in course of construction and in a few months 14 or 15 more
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    THE LATEST UPHEAVAL.
    291 3 It may interest you to hear some details of the new island," Mr. Hewitt writes from Labuan to tbe B. N. BarneoHerald, which has appeared on the Coast between Mempakol and Lumbidan It made its appearance on Tuesday the 21st September, about the same time that an
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    THE DIAMOND JUBILEE PERMANENT MEMORIAL AT JELEBU.
    266 3 At the instance of Mr. Keyser, Mr. Gunn and others, a small hill overlooking the town of Kuala Klawaug.has been cleared and a fiue block of granite, obtained from a Jelebu quarry, has beeu erected thereon as a memorial of the 6Ulh year
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    PADI NURSERIES.
    64 3 Mr. C. W. C. Parr (D. 0., Tampin) thus writes in his last report to hand The people between Chenong and Ulu Pedas were busy in the padi fields. Why the majority make their nurseries on the banks instead of in the sawabs is a mystery to me.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    110 3 Friday, sth Penang Turf Club, Meeting at. 4 p.m. Ordinary and Special Meetings of the M unici pal Commissioners. High-Water ar New Jetty, 10-02 PM. and 10-29 a.m. Saturday, 6th Sale of Household Furniture, at 23, Farquhar Si reef, at 11-45 a. m. Town Band,
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    THE BATUM RAILWAY.
    24 3 A telegram has been received at Yokohama from London stating that the repairs to the railway at Batum have been completed.
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    A CONTUMACIOUS CHIEF JUSTICE.
    37 3 Judge Takano, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Formosa, who refuses to accept the order placing him on the retired list, resolved to leave for Formosa on 18th October to resume duly.
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    REPORTED RISING OF THE TONGHAKS.
    51 3 A rumour is current in the Far East that the Tonghaks (Curea) have risen iu rebellion in the neighbourhood of Kofu, Chulla-do, but the news is not made public on account of tbe approaching ceremony of the enthronement of the King of Corea as as
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    THE EARTHQUAKE IN BORNEO.
    152 3 The earthquake here on 21st September was, as most people surmised, but the distant effect of a far more terrible disturbauce elsewhere, says the B. N. Borneo Herald. Sulu appears to have been the fans et oriyo of tbe seismic wave. Zamboangan, tbe penal settlement of
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    CHINESE SUPERSTITION IN HONGKONG.
    146 3 Chinese superstition involving illegalities cannot be permitted to have precedence over the laws of this colony, says a Hongkong contemporary. One great superstition a Chinaman has is that if a stianger dies in his house the ghost of the dead man will haunt tbe plaie for
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    THE GERMAN COMMERCIAL MISSION.
    246 3 The German community of K>be were enteitained at a picnic at Maiko on the 10th October by the German Commercial Commission, which is now on a visit to Kobe. Mr. von Krencki, tbe German Consul, proposed the toast of the Kaiser, says the Kobe Chronicle, and
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    ABSINTHE.
    230 3 There is sad temptation in this matter of drinking absinthe to wax prolix, says the Pall Mall Gazette. Nothing would be easier than to fill columns in praise of the practice: nothing more meritorious or less difficult than to prove it an abominably bad habit. Everybody knows the story
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    753 3 (L. C. Express.) A Glasgow correspondent states that tbe Clyde shipbuilding returns indicate that if the engineering dispute does not soon terminate, the yards must close. Only ten small vessels, aggregating under 8,000 tons, have been launched in September, against the usual average of twenty-five vessels, representing 40,000
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    SHIPPING.
    308 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Hebe from Singapore. s. s. Vidar from Deli. s. s. Taw Tonq from Teluk Anson. s. s. R. Halewyn from Olehleh. Yesterday. s. s. Glaucus from Yokohama. s. s. India from Rangoon. s. 8. C. C. Smith from Braudon. s. s. Betsy from Klang. s.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    211 3 (Straits Times 30th Octob' k.) Raubs (13 10 pd.)... §22s sellers. £’l fully paid *23 sales. Punjoms (S 4 p<i.) §4.50 Jelebus (§5 pd 2.40 Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) S 4. sellers. Pataling Coffee Co. (§7O pd.) §77 sales. Pengerangs (§5O pd -38 sellers. Klang Coffee Cultivation
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      166 3 How to Ward off an A ttack of Croup. In speaking of this much dreaded disease. Mr. C. M. Dixon, of Pleasant Ridge, Pa., said, I have a little girl who is troubled frequently during the winter months with croupy affections.” Whenever the first symptoms occur, my wife gives her
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      418 3 The A. P. K. Aerated Water Factory. rpHE interest and responsibility of Mr. J J.Y. Kennedy iu the above Factory ceased as aud from this date. The said business will be carried on by the undersigned. The Excelsior Aerated Water Works Co. ICONFIRM the above. All debts and claims against
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      264 3 Mrs. F. Bernstein, DIPLOMAED PRACTICAL MIDWIFE. 68 Bishop Street, Penanq. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Settlement of Penang. In the Goods of Henry ROSS, deceased. PURSUANT to section 46 of’“The ConI veyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886,” notice is hereby given that all creditors and other
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      1774 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY is THE BEST. Messrs. KHEE SAW SONS, Fenang Kd > Z»Ttn S'* I 11 v 1 w Messrs.thean chee Same as supplied to the Houses of Loras Commons and all the respectable London Clubs THE AN SIEW Co. SOLB importers-KJLTZ BROTHERS, limited. KHVE HO Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and
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      504 4 IV OTICE is hereby gi ven t v t il this date the changes for of tbe Baud will be as follows Dances Dinners and Promenades oft Garden Parties, At Homes"' m Transport, extra. To subscribers of not Us than q? X f tbe abo ra,M h This privilege, however,
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