Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 December 1897
1897-12-16
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1897-12-16 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. SEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. \PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LV. THURSDAY, 16th DECEMBER, 1897. No. 287.22 words
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Advertisement599 1897-12-16 1 £Htppmo( (notices, peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. frilHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards. Homewards. Dec 17 Mirzapore Dec. 23 31 1898 18 9 S Chuean J an 6 Jan. 14 Thames 20 28 Feb. 3 Feb. 11599 words
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Advertisement1360 1897-12-16 1 S6tt>mn« (notices. British India sieam navigation company-(Ltd.>. BANKS. rr I KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. mcean steam ship company. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Ho 2 corporation V EAST INDIAN OCEAN STEAM Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. SHIP COMPANY, Ltd. Paid-lf Cmru siu,ooo,ooo nr a in i tn Reserve Fond 81,360 words
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Advertisement475 1897-12-16 1 Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (Netherland Trading Society.) Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f 33,783,000 Reserve Funds f 2,404,186.44 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, Pecalongaß. Pasaroean, and Tjilatjap. London Bankers.—The475 words
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Article125 1897-12-16 2 Penang, 16th December, 1897 Rates close as follows London, Demand Ban K... 1/1 Do. 4 months’sight Bank... 1/11-pr Po. 3 Credits 1/HI Do. 3 Documentary. Calcutta Demand Bank Rs 154| Do 3 days’ sight Private 1581 Bombay, Demand Bank 154 J Do. 3 days’ siuht Private 158 J Madras.125 words
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Article172 1897-12-16 2 Penang 16th Deckmbe 18'7 Tin $3 >.70 I Trang no sto 'k Black Pepper West <'oast 19 —sellers, Aeheen 6ib 21 do. White Pepper 31 do Cloves (picked) out of season Mace No. I 102—sellers. Mace PickinjB 90. do. Nutme s 76. do. i No 1 6.90172 words
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Article214 1897-12-16 2 (Straits Tinies, Hth Dfcfmbeh Rauhs (-:> !<• pd 821 sellers f fully paid '23. do, Punjoms (81 p S 4 5v buyers Jelebns pd 2,0 sellers Pahang Corp (L‘l pd.) Si 50 buyers. Pataling I < tb-«-<'<> (S”0 pd.) $72 t iers Pengeninus «85" pd i s214 words
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Article56 1897-12-16 2 Mails close To MORR< W. Par Per str Time, T uigkah. Mergui, Tavoy and Rmgoon ...('live ...11 am. Klang and Malacca ...Teutonia I P.M., Deli ...Araayee 1 p.m. Klang... ...Betsy 2 P.M. Teluk Anson and Poi t Dicks >u ...Lady Weld... 4 P.M. Saturday, IHih Klang ...M. Austin...56 words
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Article18 1897-12-16 2 From Steamers To arrive Singapore I'alyyso 20-12 97 Singapore Prins Alexander do. Liverpool Diomed do.18 words
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Article20 1897-12-16 2 The Crag Hotel Capt. X' Mrs. Uldall and children. Mr. A Mrs. James Kerr. Mrs. van Dinter.20 words
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Article147 1897-12-16 2 London, 15th December. The Frontier War. The brigades composing Sir William Lockhart’s force have come in for the severest fighting with the Afridis since Dargai. The casualties are heavy, owing principally to night attacks on the rearguard and baggage trains. Lieutenant West, of the l 3 Ghurkhas, has147 words
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Article115 1897-12-16 2 We are glad to be able, on the authority of the Resident Councillor, to inform our readers that at present plague does not exist in Madras, as reported in the Rangoon Times. The Colonial Secretary, asking for information on the subject, telegraphed from Singapore to India, and115 words
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Article553 1897-12-16 2 Mr. W. D. Scott describes the five-year-old school at Ulu Tnang, in the Negri Sembilan,as tiie worst school in the Malay Peninsula. Out of 21 boys present during Ins visit “only one could do a single addition sum of two rows of figures." This is not, certainly,553 words
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Article520 1897-12-16 2 This is understood in St lungor to be a good duiiau season. We hear that Inspector Gordon will Inreplaced by Inspector Simpson from Balik Pulau. Si venteen Chinese were yesterday fined $2 each by Mr. Bryant, fur taking part in an affray. Mb. Groom, the Straits lawyer,520 words
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Article27 1897-12-16 2 [From our Cor. iEBPosd 77 C/f AiW J 16th Decev b E r The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 417 p i ku 8 of27 words
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Article33 1897-12-16 2 THE ASSIZ E S Mr. Justice L.w morning. His Honour will sit •t 'g llis to-morrow, when the trial t u d °‘lock "Ville Vue "gaug-robb.,, tinned. 8e ftlll b e c Ou33 words
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Article74 1897-12-16 2 The (Lange Thee State Wl ]l Postal Union on the Ist 1.., n 1 e f «I*l. January, ]«qg From that dale cm lesj on<l t hce the Straus Setth m. nts and addiesL i“ Orange Free State wall he >uhj. ct to e74 words
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89 1897-12-16 2 The Secretary to the Municipality, ag Registrar ot Rikisbas, is about toinru dme a decided imp-ovemem in the numbering of Rikislms. Numbeis for the ensuinu year are tn be placed on the narrow footboard as well as at the back, < f each vehicle *o89 words
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155 1897-12-16 2 METEOROLOG ICAL REPORTS FOR NOVEMBER. The temperature both in Penang and tlie Pr- vime has been lower in November than it was in October, yet the report as to the rainfall shows a most marked decrease. Only about a third of the amount of rain that fell in October has155 words
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Article366 1897-12-16 2 In connection with the prosecution of the clerk It! the Land Office for ciiiniual breai h of trust a rather amusing incident happened on Saturday just al 2 |>. in si vs Mondav s Singapore. Fiee Press. Mr. Michell, who was due to plav in a366 words
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Article61 1897-12-16 2 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Loodiana from and Mrs. P. T. Evait ami ehdd grave, Miss Yezlmaun, diss Messrs. E. Engler, L. D. Mclnt- I H• Greenberg, H. Zerner, E- j j. Intyre, J. A. Solomon, F. Ohveu, Elias. Yesterday. Pl Per s. s. Teutonia from Malacca: McCloskey, and61 words
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Advertisement821 1897-12-16 2 n ij i 1 O A New Advertisements Pritchard Co. -j ATO. 7 Clove Hall Road Have opened out a splended assort- p| Apply to E o MATHIEU, ment of Fancy Goods, Toys, 658 5 Ar ratoon Road. Bonbons, Confectionery, and NOTICE other articles for the requirements of t HAVE821 words
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Advertisement81 1897-12-16 2 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LTD. Sea Trips during the Xmas Holidays. 14 ETURN TICKETS, available between JV 15ih Decemberand 15th January next, will be granted nt Single Fates for both Ist and 2nd class to the undermentioned places, viz.:— Ist Class 2nd Class. To Singapore $l5 slo. Moulmeiu 5581 words
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Article59 1897-12-16 3 v ..;BA<sk amount of bmk n<»h-s in IHi; i,u m l s i’ Jcie iu reser7e in Penang I lll \\)veni'» er were as fallow Average Specie in BaiiK'’ Am unt R ese| ve and Shanghai 3 g 5 i-ine C'i>i |»<’ al h>n 1,245,82859 words
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Article94 1897-12-16 3 j e fe<-ls of Singapore as a harbour v t,n> apparent and have already been n ilv di'vii'Sed. Hongkong with its ’■Uq Waters, and its shipping at all sorts s from tiie shore, Shanghai bar- t ),v the Woosung Bar, Nagasaki p too small94 words
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Article70 1897-12-16 3 i, lt tiein ndou< strain on the working ij the N '> i h-Western Railway during inert of troops to the front, within wo months, may be gauged 'i ‘the fact that many of the enginex lt ve rained as much as thiity days’70 words
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71 1897-12-16 3 oil maintains the lead that it Las Jd over American imports, but new liters will shortly be iu the field with ti in Borneo, Java, and Sumatra. jrver the future of the trade may be, s u ow assmed of an illuminaut that71 words
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Article570 1897-12-16 3 Skirmish and Advance. juEt ampat Bagh was tired into on the L f the Ist instant. There weie no {pualties. i t shots were fired into General 3 ulll u d' s Camp at lllamgudr, in the 3 h Valley but no one was huit. (IV570 words
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Article958 1897-12-16 3 The Imprisoned Princess. Prince and Princess Charles of Denmark left Copenhagen at nine o’clock this morning for London, travelling via Korsor. This disposes of the wild story told by the Figaro. King Milan. The ex-King of Servia, under the name of the Count of Takovo, has, it is958 words
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Article44 1897-12-16 3 The Viceroy Chang lias recently caused proclamations to be posted all around Wuchang, Hanyang, and Hankow, exhorting the people to be courteous to foreigners, and threatening the severest of punishment to those who shall hereafter disobey his orders iu this respect.44 words
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Article55 1897-12-16 3 Only a hundred chests of Benares Opium and 20 chests of Persian Opium were imported into Penang during last month. The exports for the month were as follow Malayan Peninsula West 124 Selangor 28 Siam West. Coast 31| Achenese ports 22 Sumatra exclusive of Acheen 2 Kedah territory Singapore55 words
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Article103 1897-12-16 3 The N. C. Herald hears on very good authority that the Japanese are stirring up disaffection amongst, the Coreans in the districts that lie between Chemulpo and Fusan, as an attempt to counteract the influence that Russia is gaining in that country. There can be no103 words
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Article494 1897-12-16 3 The: following interesting letter from Mr. Hastings, the Officer-iu-Charge at Darvel Bay, dated Wednesday, 18th November, 1897, is published in the B. N. Borneo Herald:— l forward the following particulars of an occurrence which must evidently be taken as having been caused by the recent, earthquake494 words
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Article123 1897-12-16 3 Thursday, 16th Mails for Europe vid Negapatam close at 4 p M. Young Men’s Association, Debate, at 8 15 p. in. Town Band, Esplanade 5 P M. High-water at New Jetty, 7-31 a.m and 7-58 p.m. Friday. 17 th: Mail from Europe is due at123 words
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Article1079 1897-12-16 3 Mr. Dunlop’s Reply. District Court, Batticaloa, 4th Nov., 1897. The Honourable, the Colonial Secretary, (Colombo. Sir, —I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 19th October and to express my sincere regret that His Exc 1lency should have had reason1,079 words
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Article197 1897-12-16 3 Arrivals. To-day. 8. s. .V. Vdji iiiah is from Singapore. B. I. s. s. Loodiana from Singapore. s. s. Sarpedon from Singapore. y ESTER DAY. s. s. Fitzpatrick ftom Rangoon. s. s. Tent mi i fi om Malacca. s. s. Thaipeng from Poit, el<l. Departures. To-day. 8. s. Canton197 words
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Advertisement43 1897-12-16 3 CARD. H. J. Martyn, Jr., AGENT FOR The Society of Amsterdam Underwriters. 567 The Netherlands Fire Insurance Co. Established 1845. tpHE undersigned having been appointed Agent for the above Company, is prepared to accept Fite risks at current rates. 571 G- H. SLOT.43 words
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Advertisement139 1897-12-16 3 J. BERNSTEIN, Manufacturing Jeweller and Diamond Setter. Ik! /;/•:.Ic// STREET, PENANG. PINANG GAZETTE,” daily edition. I l-.H IS>'M S(J BSCH I P lION ['HE price of tin- Pin,mg Gazette delivered free is as follows To Goveinm nt OJices amt Merchants’ Godowns in Pent ng.— Per annum payable in advance. By139 words
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Advertisement308 1897-12-16 3 ijag. L. Woodtod. XMAS, 1897. Just received the following NEW GOODS for the Season Ladies’ Black and White Lace Straw Hats, fully trimmed. Ladies’ Black Lace Straw Hats, fully trimmed Girls’ and Boys’ Sailor Hats. Ladies’ Black and White Lace, and Straw, untrirnmed Hats. Latest Novelties In Ladies’ Sailor Hats308 words
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Advertisement887 1897-12-16 4 BUCHANAN WHISKY To be had at T© TT"T TH Messrs. KHEE SAW SONS, Penang Ed- A A A A. T’Z’Z bros. the HOUSE OF COMMONS’ BLEND, THE J. B. C. BRAND, thean SIEW Co. Exquisite Qualiiy, in Black Bottles with Red Capsules. Good Quality, in White Bottles with White Capsules.887 words
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Advertisement641 1897-12-16 4 ROWLAND’S MACASSAR OIL. Is the best preserver and bpant.s of children and adults; prevents it'7 it tI,P kair turning eradicates scurf ar i n off °r brilliantine, and as a little ff oe g a v ls the '««t it really is most economical f or „"7 e a L641 words
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