Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 November 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. WEDNESDAY, 10th NOVEMBER. 1897. No. 256.
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      502 1 S gaping Qtofices, Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Nov. 5 Thames Nov. 11 19 I Kaisar-i-hind 2’> Dec. 3 Ganges Dec. 9 O !1 17 Rosett „23 31 Mirzapore Jan. 6 intermediate
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      1206 1 SB'rmna ftbftces. British India steam navigation company, -(ltd.). banks. a KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Hongkong ocean steam ship company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. inj CorporationU EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital Reserve Fund 8 7,000,(XK) AND For Will sail Steamer From
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      514 1 ItEDKItLAtiDSm HAHDEL HAtTSCiiAi U (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 35,783,GK'.00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandseh» Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Peealongan, Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 2 Penang, 10th November, 1897. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank l/10if o. 4 months'sight Bank... 1/11 Do. 3 Credits 1/1 Do. 3 Documentary. 1/11 j Calcutta Demand Bank Rs. 145 Do 3 days' sight Private 149 Bombay, Demand Bank 145 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 149 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    170 2 Pknan.i, 10th Novkmbe !'7 Tin >3B 20 sellers. Trang no stock Black Pepper West Coast 21 —sellers Acheen 61b 22$— do. W’hite Pepper 31 7-5 do. Cloves (picked) out of season Mace No. I 102—sellers. Mace Pickings 90. do. Nutmegs 83. do. i No 1 6.90 do
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    36 2 Mails close To morrow For Per sir Time. Pangkor &T. Anson ...Caw/on 2 pm. Singapore Pentakoti 3 P.M. Wednesday. 10th. Kling and Malacca ...Teutonia I PM. Deli Fuiar 1 p.m. Toiigkih Petrel 1 P.M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    28 2 From Steamers To arrive Suez Dorothea Rlchmers to-day. Liverpool Achilles do. Olehleh M Vajirunhis I «i-moriow Singapore Roma 13 11-97 Cal utia Lightning 13 11-97
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    32 2 Thk Crag Hotel Capt. A Mr- I’hlall and children Mr A Mrs Sehaalje. Mr J. W Sch.i.ilje Yom. Miss Do Mr D. J van Ophuijsm. Dr. ami Mrs. Lunst.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    281 2 London, Bth November. The Sudan Expedition. Four of the Egyptian gunboats reconnoitred to within seventy miles of Khartum. The gunboats, on their journey up and down the river, shelled the new forts which have been erected at Metemmeh. The forts replied to the fire of the gunboats but
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    698 2 A Hindu was on Monday fined $lO by Mr. Bryant, for causing obstruction in the public thoroughfare. Parcels intended for despatch by the homeward P AO. s. s. Thames must be posted by 4 p.m. to-morrow. Reuter has kindly informed us that the homeward mail steamer Thames
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    WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PROSECUTIONS.
    127 2 To-day the fallowing defendants were prosecuted by the Acting Inspector of Weights and Measures before Mr. Hall, with the following results:— Khoo Teng L-ong, of 426 Beach Street, for using a false daching, was fined ?20, with costs. Khoo Soo Cliit>, of 411 Beach Street, for
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    184 2 January Meeting 1898. The Race Course was officially opened for training this morning, and a large number of members put in an appearance to look at and criticize the newly arrived griffins and other competitors A niong the long string of horses which went round at an
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    A GOLD CURRENCY FOR INDIA.
    73 2 A Pioneer London telegram of 28th ult. states: —The Times draws special attention to the forcible letter of Mr. Henry Dunning Macleod, the eminent authority on the literature of economics, reviewing the Indian financial history of the past century and I advocating a gold standard
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    151 2 “‘"X] 10TH November Intel port c ri( ket TheStra.ts team score(l of which 81 were made v > Talbot and 101 i Stevens. J Mr «.f. Hongkong made only 2lfi 118 runs. 10 Interport shooting. Shanghai has scored 860 The Currency ftepo rt lhe report on the GW,
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    DARING BURGLARY IN MARKET STREET.
    139 2 Mr. E. S. Issac, < f 19 Maiket Sire-’,. entering bis office this morning, notieiitb two or three pl,inks in the roof bad be-nn moved, mid found that the Im-k of Ji iron sale had been bioken and the opened. On examining the interiorofi safe,
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    TABLEAUX VIVANTS.
    332 2 Since Saturday, ordinary rehearses a dress rehearsals Lave been carried on giogly in the Town Hall, and all the in ariHngements have now been nndef ril grand tableaux vivants which will beirii this evening. Tin- entertainment pronn*' be one of exceptional merit, and iheiir-s ing visitor has only
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      807 2 tk J 1 inn New advertisements Pritchard Co. GOOD Tamil Cook, must work in bungalow also. Knowledge of English uunecessary must speak Malay. Liberal salary. Send application and copies of I 8 certificates to COOK. c/o Messrs. Pritchard Co. I V <To6s)z_aj cFLDajtfSeb Co (t is ttSlfTh, &<s(c eiJtm iDiL.
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      318 2 CARD. H. J. Martyn, Jr., AGENT FOR The Society of Amsterdam Underwriters. 587 FOR SALE. 'PIIE Coconut Plantation known as Aur (lading E-late, Miu.iie in the north of Piovince Wellesley, and consisting of 220 a«iThe sab- is subject to a llioilg.ige <4 $lO,OOO at per cent. Apply io F. O.
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    A STRIKE IN INDIA.
    36 3 The recent strike of several hundred ei vers employed in the Union Jute Mills g.-aldab has come to end. The strikers, a the error of their wavs, resumed SC I ‘“h work-
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    HENRY GEORGE.
    140 3 Henry George, compositor, reporter, edil(l| lecturer, and Socialist, is no more, on the eve of the contest for the Mayoralty of c u Yoik, which he stood fur in. 1886. p is chief claim to fame was his book, or ritlier pamphlet, entitled ‘‘Progress aud p c \,-ilv,”
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    INTERNAL PROTECTION OF PENANG.
    735 3 the Editor of the Pinang Gazette:”) >1K —Hie Biugapoie Piess often concerns j s ,dt with the inieiesls of Penang, and has u moie than one occasion of late trespassed upon our patience by bringing forward um- estious of what we ought to do under c
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    PASSENGERS.
    41 3 Arrivals. To-day. Per 8. s. Vidar from Deli: Messrs. W. Pexer, W. Ward, and H. D. Hawks. Yesterday. Per s. s. Flying Dragon from Port Weld H. G. Richards. Per s. s. Quorra, from Langkat; Messrs. A. Loeb and Lapher.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS TO INDIAN PAPERS.
    949 3 30th October—4th November. Serious illness of the Sultan of Zanzibar. The Sultan of Zanzibar is seriously ill with fever and erysipelas. Return of the Governor of Suakim. Colonel Parsons, the Governor of Suakim, has returned from Massowah. Sudden Death of Henry George. Mr. Henry George,
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    A TOTAL ECLIPSE.
    768 3 (The Times.) A total eclipse of the sun is one of the most stupendous, most sublime, and most aweinspiring spectacles that the eye of man can behold and nature, as if to impress upon us the grandeur of her beauty, lifts the veil from before the borderland
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    BRITISH RAILWAYS.
    291 3 The annual report on the capital and operations of the Railways of the United Kingdom for 1896, prepared by Sir Robert Giffen and Mr. Francis J. S. Hopwood, lias just been issued by the Board of Tiade. The mileage of the railways of the United Kingdom is returned
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    49 3 Wednesday, 10th Town Band, Esplanade, 5 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 2-07 p.m. and 2-34 p.m. Thursday, 11th: High-water at New Jetty, 2-56 am. and 3-23 p.m. Friday, 12th Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners. High-water at New Jetty, 3-45 a.m. aud 4-12 p.m.
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    MARKET PRICES.
    162 3 Central Market. Penan», 6th November, 1897. Descripixtn. Bbkf— ct». Soup per catty 8 Roast m 20 Steaks 20 Stew or Curry Meat... 16 Rump Steak 20 Ox Tail each 25 Tongue 50 Feet 10 Heart per catty 25 Tripe s Liver 16 Pork Pork 22 Pig’s Head each
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    209 3 (Straits Times, 6th Novemih-b.) Raubs (13 10 pd.)... $22 sellers. L'l fully paid 823 sales. Punjoms (84 pd.)... 81.25 Jelebus (85 pd 82.35 Pahang Corp. (C 1 pd.) 83.75 s<7/ers. Pataling Coffee Co (87t* pd.) S7s— sales. Pengerangs ($5O ]>d '37.— sellers. Klang Coffee Cultivation Coy Ltd—(Fully
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    SHIPPING.
    268 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Vidar fiom Deli. s. s. Canton, from Teluk Ansou. s. s. Pentakota from Rangoon. Yesterday. s. s. Taw Tong from Teluk Anson. s 8. Qurrra, from Langkat. s. 8. Flying Dragon, from Port Weld. s. s. Orissa from Calcutta. Monday. s. s. Betsy from Klang.
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      193 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 the attack when all other remedies failed. I repeatedly saw
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      249 3 TO LET. From Ist November. WELBECK, Pangkor Road. Apply to Dr. BROWN.; PENANG FLOWER SHOW. T)RIZE LISTS for tlm Flower Show to be I held on 28ih and 29th January, 1898, are now ready, and can Le had on application to C. CURTIS, Esq., Waterfall Gardens, or Geo F.’ADAMSON, 533
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      383 3 PENANG TURF CLUB. NOTICE. I‘HE Course* will be officially opened for I mining <>n and after W<dn< sday, 10th November. J F. WKE FORD, 568 For Clerk of the Course. J. BERNSTEIN, Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. 12 BEACH STREET, J'ENANG. FOR SALE. HORSE, Hooded-Gig and Harness, complete. Bav Austiahan
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      2205 4 BUGHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clubs GW AT CHENG BROS. 1 1 f SOLE IMPORTERS-ELA.TZ BROTHERS, I |M|Trn 11IN LEE A Co. I AJlGfl of Japan E ID I RH7K ID! Eiedn™.:™iZm’Appanuu.s.
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      318 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARy; I SOLE AGENTS FOR I N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. I SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED AND I GLASSES SUPPLIED I THE DISPENSARY;' I 2 Bishop Street, I IS OPEN DAILY I from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday to 3 n ni I Sunday hours 11 a.m. to I‘p.m. P
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