Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 25 November 1897

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 25th NOVEMBER, 1897. No. 269.
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      540 1 (Tloftces. Peiiiiisiihtr Oriental Steam Navigation Company. JIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out5 wards, and leave Penang 1 homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. If> W />re 19 Ancona Nov. 25 Dec. 3 Ganges Dec. 9 L„r» E Mirza P°™ „23 Pnfci/M 31 1898 1898 Chusan Jan.
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      1444 1 SB'DDtna ftloftetE BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY,-(LTD.). banks. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Honriconir ShanvhaißanknCB AN STEAM ship company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. in J Corporation U EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-up Capital ttO.OVOOOO. AND F° R Will sail Steamer From Expected
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      532 1 DEKLJtDSiaE HANIIEL SUATSCIIir U (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital 35,783.« 00 Reserve Funds f 2,404,166.45 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India. The Factorij of the Nederlandscb* Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches. —Singapore Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaia. Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalonga». Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    131 2 Penang. 25rn November, 1897. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank 1 11 I o. 4 months’ sight Bank... l/llyjy Do. 3 Credits 1 1 Do. 3 Documentary. I Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 100 Do. 3 days’sight Private 153 Bombay, Demand Bank L ,<( Do. 3 days’sight Private >
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    169 2 Pksan-. 25th Novicmbi? >*97 Tin 37 30 sellers. t Trang no stock Black Pepper West Coast 19 Acheen 11> 21 White Pepper 30 5 do. Cloves (picked) out of season Mace No. I 102—sellers. Mace Pickin s 90. do. Nutme s 78, do. No I 6.90 do
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    64 2 Mails close TO-Mokßow P>n I er eh Time. ('ey 1011, A ustlal.isi.i. Ac., ti t Brindisi lor Europe, Ac A icon i 10-30 AM. I’ is' a nup Io 9-30 BM. Pangk J.in Bi u.d' h I', ire Noon. Klmg .ii<l Maine* i T>‘id"Uil 1 PM Singapore Ujina
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    27 2 h'rom St-'inier» To arrive Ringnpoie Jigou to-dav Singapore Ajctr to-morrow. Sii ga| <»iV 11 If do Siugap re Sit iLindjei do Rangoon Jura 27-11-97
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    LIST OF VISITORS.
    35 2 The Crag ll**iei.. Cai** A Mr- CLiall an t children Mr. A M i Schaalj** Mr .1. W Sehaalj' V in. Mi-s Ho Mr. A Mr< Kes- Park. Mr. J W. linker.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    162 2 London, 24th November. Germany and China. GERMANY’S CHINA SQUADRON. There is a report that Prince Henry of Prussia commands the squadron which is ordered to proceed to China. KIAO-CHAU TO BE HELD. It is believed that Germany is resolved to retain Kiao-chau. British East Africa. SEVERE FIGHTING IN
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    498 2 The Province Roads. Ihe evil condition of the Province roads Ims been for some time notorious. The Retrenchment Committee presumably in the fiist instance weie to blame, as tbev were nlso io the rottenness of Malacca thorough* fares; but the P. W. D. have had time and monev
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    749 2 The main pipe in Chulia Street burst this morning. The Siamese gunboat Damarong Rot arrived here from Trang this morning. The homeward P. 0. mail steamer Ancona left Singapore yesterday afternoon at four o’clock. Yesterday, Mr. Bryant fined a Chinaman 825 for manufacturing gunpowder at Batu Gantong.
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    SPECIAL
    16 2 -°TH Now B piP’ neuts to-daj are—io rettano* 333 W Prills of tin YOUNG Ifr
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    YOUNG MEN'S ASSOCIATION.
    23 2 A general meeting ih Will be 1.e1,1 tl,i. t B h ssider the advisabihty p 1,1 < Farquhar Street. ei nora]
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    EXCHANGE COMPENSATION ALLOWANCE.
    65 2 The Madras I allowance ot gunt’d”?" l'""l If anyone ul >n is coinpenaation be inclined to give it to ||>, 1 natajg tbe GovcronteJt act viXC n ,l the pnevipleof ■•lheytl.at pie of. count.; „e l„ c J who do not ettt.t for lbe g„„ d J
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    SUNRISE AND SUNSET.
    112 2 “According to the Mn»;»; i lighting and extinguuhing tl le^a there»,’ >ay. Hie >J difference ot twenty inmutes m t lf M sunrise and sunset coining ()U 7 r l>er the daylight is M the town f.t.m 5.20 a.m. to 620 Janmuy )t lasts hum 5.40 a.,n.
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    THE DETACHMENT'S VARIETY ENTERTAINMENT.
    112 2 An exo llent Variety Enteitdii im p tl l announced by men ns of Express lerfl t J sued to-day. The Detachment, evidj bent on making Penang all the ui .reß gret their withdrawal, are about to gij exhibition of gymnasiivs, dan*ing,\J boxing, and Venn iloqui-m
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    THE ASSIZES.
    134 2 (24th November.) The case against the six ButterwotJ Malays charged with voluntarily eau-J gtievous hurl was concluded yesterdavafJ n-*oii, after a tiial that bad lasted 2|d»J The jury i etired and took a lon*f time J considering their verdict. A'cused No.I Mat Ariff, was convicted, and sentenrtdJ two
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    WEIGHTS AND MEASURES PROSECUTIONS.
    233 2 Several cases were brought by the ing Inspector of Weights and Mensui® before Mr. Innes yesterday, with the Mio® ing results: H Ung Lim, of 142 k Burma Road, f*>r b® in possession of a false gallon mersiue. fined $2O, with costB. I Lim Chooi Guan,
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    PASSENGERS.
    26 2 Arrivals. I To-day. Per 8. 8. Lady Weld from Teluk Mr. Sutton. I Yesterday. J Per s. s. Teutonia Mom Hillmao, Shewwood, Fan'll uiet, I
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      646 2 1 inn New advertisements Pritchard Co. IV ATIVE STATES and Straits Settlements Stamps of all kinds. Price lists can be obtained by writ ini' to Messrs. BROWN Co., c/o Thkan Chee, Beach Street, Penang. NOTICE OF SALE. Mortgage No. /48 of /896. Sathapa Chetty of Ipoh, Mortgagee, J PTIff.TIjTYI ellt
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      63 2 CARD. H. J. Martyn, Jr., AGENT FOR 'The Society of Gu-tenlam I tider* writers. 567 Christmas A X I) Hem Year Cards Just received from Paris. DOLLS! DOLLS! DOLLS! GENTLEMEN'S KID GLOVES. G. IZOLPHE, 1 BEACH STREET, PENANG. AU BON MARCHE, 5S BEACH STREET. GREAT CASH SALE. From ist November.
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    CONFISCATION OF IMMIGRANTS CLOTHES.
    79 3 It has been suggested in Ceylon that, as u precaution against plague, Government should arrange that all immigrant coolies, w ho may arrive, should have the clothes they come in confiscated and burnt, and that 11P w clothes, &<•., should be provided instead. The cost might
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    UGANDA TOMBSTONES.
    98 3 Tombstones, according to a contemporary, are not fashionable in Uganda, but the grave of the native is invariably decorated with the medicine-bottles used in his last illness. The duration of the illness may be gathered from the number of bottles adorning the grave, embracing as they do every
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    CHAINLESS BICYCLES.
    80 3 A New York telegram, dated 20th Oct., savs: '‘The long-expected chainless bicycle, which promises to be the rage next year, was put on sale to-day throughout the country by the Pope Manufacturing Coinpanv, the makers of the Columbia bicvcle. It costs 125 dols., runs faster, has superior mechanism,
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    A CLOSER SIGHT OF THE MOON.
    89 3 A New York correspondent of the Standard telegraphs that the first view through tbe great telescope has disproved the ideas of the Paris astronomers regarding the moon Details were shown with great clearness: the craters, crevasses, and other surface characteristics were seen as never
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    RONTGEN RAYS.
    372 3 Gunshot Wounds. The Bout gen rays, says the Pioneer, are proving of the greatest assistance in dealing with the gunshot wounds among the troops engaged on the frontier. In one case a gepov came under treatment who had been struck by a bullet which passed across his chest
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    101 3 Thursday, 25th Young Men’s Association, General Meeting, at 8 p in. High-water at New Jetty, 2-22 A.M. and 2 49 a.m. ■Friday, 26th M Sale of Furniture, &c., at Welbeck, Pangkor Road. High-water at New Jetty, 8-11 pm. and 3-38 a.m. Saturday, 27th Sale of
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    MAIL NOTES.
    962 3 The New South Wales Army. MILITARY ENCAMPMENT at EASTER. Upon the strong recommendation of MajorGeneral French, commanding the military forces in New South Wales, the Premier has decided to find funds for forming an encampment at Easter for ten days’ continuous training. This decision has caused general satisfaction
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    THE HONGKONG CRICKET FESTIVAL.
    410 3 Shanghai v. Hongkong. The scores are given below’ which were made by tbe Shanghai and Hongkong teams in their cricket match at Hongkong on the 12th and 13th of November. As will be seen, the latter won an exciting contest by one wicket, 21 runs being
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    KUALA LANGAT.
    359 3 The District Officer, Kuala Langat (Mr. R. W. Duff), in his October report wiites thus:— Wholesale Coolie Desertion. The falling off under this head is due to the reduced export of pepper from Sepaug, where the towkay complains of the difficulty of retaining sufficient labour on his estates,
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    A SMART ENGINEERING FEAT.
    105 3 A remarkable engineering feat was accomplished when the Pennsylvania Railway Company removed the old bridge over tbe Schuylkillv river, and simultaneously replaced it >ith a heavier steel structure. 242 feet long and twenty-five feet wide, The moving operation was completed in two minutes twenty-eight seconds, aud
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    THE TIRAH FIELD FORCE.
    353 3 Sir William Lockhart is preparing to go into winter quarters. This fact, coupled with the other that reconnaissances are Io be made from Nowshera to Malakhand and from Peshawar to Lundi Kotal, with a view to ascertaining the cost of laying railway lines along these routes,
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    TURKEY AND THE SUDAN.
    554 3 “A French Protectorate of a Nubian State.” The Eclair of the 28th October publishes an interview on Sudanese affairs obtained from the Mahdi Abdullah Ali, who is at present m Constantinople with the object of consulting the Ottoman Government as to the course to be followed
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    THE CALEDONIANS.
    137 3 I. Hands across and back et to Pa RTNERS and turn Ladies’ chain Half Promenade Half Ki<jht and Left. 11. First gentleman advance and retire twice Set to 'ORNERS and turn Eacli lady to right hand lady’s place Promenade round 111. First lady and opposite srentleman advance and
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    SHIPPING.
    185 3 Arrivals. Y K ST E RD AY. s s. Van Goens from Olehleh. s. s. Roma from Rangoon. s. s. Lady We'd from Teluk Anson. m. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. s. s. C. C. Smith from Brandon. To-day. s s. Vadala from Singiq ore. s s. Teutani' from
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    215 3 (Straits Times, 20th Novemb r.) Raubs (13 10 pd.)... s2 >l. sales b'yrs. £1 fully paid N24J buyers. Punjoms (84 p<i.) sellers. Jelebns ($5 pd *2.35 Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) 83.75 s'les A s'lers Pataling Coffee Co (870 pd.) 75 s'les A s'lers Pengerangs (850 pd ...37
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      47 3 TO LET. i’HE Upper Portion of 1, Farquhar Street. Apply to SSO J. BAIRD. The Netherlands Fire Insurance Co. Established 18 45. r DHE undersigned having been appointed 1 Agent for the above Company, is prepared to accept Fite risks at current rates. 571 G. H, SLOT,
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      504 3 The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Limited. Capital $1,200,000 divided in’o 24,000 shares of $5O each. Issued 10,970 shares, called i p $2O per share. Total mount of Capital paid up $339,4000. T the Twelfth Ordinaiy General Meeeting of the above Company held at Penang on Tuesday, 16th day of
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      261 3 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. Settlement of Penang. In the Goods of Henry ROSS, deceased. "PURSUANT t<> section 46 of “The Con--4 veyancing and Law of Property Ordinance, 1886,” notice is hereby given that all creditors and other persons having any claims or demands upon or against
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      2019 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY IS THE BEST. To be had at Messrs. THEAN CHEE Co Same as supplied to the Houses of Lords Commons and all the respectable London Clnh« GW AT CHENG BROS. 11 1 1 THEAN SLEW Co. mr/c» FBIEMDS SOLE importers— gATZ BROTHERS, LIMITED. the dispensary, municipal notice. Chamberlain's
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      335 4 GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus’ Spectacles. SIGHT THOROHGHLY TESTED AND GLASSES SUPPLIED PENANG BAND. IV OTICE is hereby given that u r this date the changes for the Lv' 0 1 of the Band will be as follows Icea Dances Dinners and Promenades 20 Garden Parties, At
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