Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 March 1899
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Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle
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Title Section22 1899-03-08 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 30 CENTS. VOL. LVII. WEDNESDAY. Bth MARCH, 1899. No. 53.22 words
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Advertisement526 1899-03-08 1 I g'| l ipping 4 Oriental Steam I Navigation Company. T" HE mail steamers may b v expected to arrive C”t K 4^ol warJs and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Homeward.. Mar. 9 Coromandel Mar. n t 23 Parramatta 25 Aprilh Chusan April 8 20 Bengal 22 May526 words
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Advertisement1372 1899-03-08 1 Wppiitg Notices. BRITISH INDI* STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. Sbippina (UotWW. cv a KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. rr U E 0F AND r TeJ A c j TT7 a i A JAPAN MAtf. STEAMSHIP Co M Ltd. Nederlandsche Stoomvaart s exp Arrtßal o f. Maatschappij Ocean. for will sail steamer. f.om exeectb.om1,372 words
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Advertisement543 1899-03-08 1 Banks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.0« Resekvk Funex 536.444.1ai Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroeaa Tjilatjap, Menado, and Gorontalo. London Bankers.The543 words
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Article123 1899-03-08 2 Penang, Bth March, 1899. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank i/nj po. 4 months’ sight Bank 1/11J Do. 3 Credits 2/o B Y Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 147 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 149 Bombay, Demand Bank 147 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 149 Madras,123 words
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Article185 1899-03-08 2 Penang, Bth.March, 1899. Tin 162.90. f Trang 27sellers. Black Pepper West Coast... no-sales. (Acheen 6lb no-sales. White Pepper 40.50 sellers. Cloves (picked) Mace No. 1 100.sellers. Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs 74. do. (No. 1 7.75 do. 2 4.85 do. Basket 4.60 do Tapioca Flour 1.92) do.185 words
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Article54 1899-03-08 2 Mails close To-Morrow. Ear P.r str. Time. Deli ...Terse 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan and Langkat ...Deli 1 p m Edie, T. Semawe, Segli Olehleh ...Pegu 2 p.m Pangkor T. Anson Canton 2 p.m. Fripay. Klang Malacca ...Teutonia noon. Klang Betsy Deli ...Langkat 1 p m. Asahan Batu Bahra54 words
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Article30 1899-03-08 2 proni Steamers To arriveRangoon Nerbuetda to-day-Colombo (mailfrom Eurof>ei Bengal 9-3-09' Singapore Lindula 9‘3’99 Singapore Chelydra 9’3‘99Singapore (mailfor Eurofei Coromandel 11-3-99. Colombo Maria Valerie >*-3‘99 Singapore Bormida 11-3-99.30 words
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Article225 1899-03-08 2 Arrival». To-oay. s. s. Langkat from Deli. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. Onifenta from Rangoon. s. s. Penang from Singapore. s. s. Pegu from Olehleh. s. s. Mary Austin from Klang. s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld. Departure». To-day. s. s. Mary A ustin225 words
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Article177 1899-03-08 2 London, 7TH March. The Dreyfus Case. Assembly of the Whole Court. The whole court of cassation has assembled, to deal with the Dreyfus case. Commencement of the Public Hearing. The public hearing is unlikely to commence before the 10th of April. The Muscat Imbroglio. Extraordinary Statement by the177 words
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Article569 1899-03-08 2 Several years ago, the late Mr. Gott, as some of our readers may know, started by means of a syndicate a telephone exchange in Penang, and, so far as we have been able to discover, that is about all he did in the matter. Recently, we notified the569 words
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Article941 1899-03-08 2 The Resident Councillor proceeded to Butterworth at eight o’clock this morning, to pacify the people who have assembled at the District Office in protest against the removal of small-pox patients. The Malays in the settlement would appear to have erroneously supposed that members of their community on941 words
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Article106 1899-03-08 2 The Bruas Attempted MtnDr The case against Ng LianChoot was charged with attempting to d and in so doing caused hurt at J Bruas in the Bindings, was cond yesterday afternoon. The accused in his defence said (J was drunk for three days and tLereh did not know106 words
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Article130 1899-03-08 2 The annual general meeting of xerda of the Penang Library is advertised to! held on Friday next, at five o'clockiml afternoon. The business to be traced includes the reception of the conrrrd report and treasurer’s balance sbee.3 1898, and the election of officersan. beis of committee for the130 words
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293 1899-03-08 2 (To the Editor of the DM/rg Sir, .;1 We are all aware how in Englarj recognized by all concerned that 1 'fl and natural that municipal ccr p' v fl should deal in the prime necessities*! in towns, such as water, light, s293 words
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Advertisement932 1899-03-08 2 Pritchard Co. ,to 5 Applications win be received at the Resident Councillor’s Office, Penang, up to the 21st March, 1899, for the appointment of Storeekeper, Public Works Department, Jt Z*X Penang, on a salary of *B4O per annum, A VZ with unfurnished quarters. 131 NOTICE OF SALE. BY ORDER OF932 words
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Article38 1899-03-08 3 The Chinaman does not care about being a soldier, and, consequently, recruits are <;adly lacking for the new Wei-hai-wei regiment which at present resembles a Haiti brigade consisting, as it does, almost entirely of officers.38 words
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Article43 1899-03-08 3 The Plague Commission were on the 23rd of February at Poona. They were to visit Satara, Belgaum, Bijapur, Sholapur, Ahmednagar and Nasik and then return to Bombay, whence the members were to sail on the 25th of February for Egypt.43 words
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Article54 1899-03-08 3 A European agent of the Tongking spirit faim, while making a raid in a village lately, was attacked by the populace and received such injuries that he died from them shortly afterwards. His native assistants were also ill-used. In the scuffle a native woman was killed54 words
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Article55 1899-03-08 3 There appears to have been a dearth of paper at Manila, for some of the issues of the J nterican which reached us, the Hong- f A’m, on 17th Feb. are printed partly on white and partly on heliotrope paper and others partly on heliotrope55 words
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Article66 1899-03-08 3 The coal of the Philippines, so far as known, is carbonized lignite rather than coal, and belongs to the tertiary age of ogy. Coal exists in Luzon, and mining concessions have been granted. Natural gas and petroleum are found in Cebu. Gold is frequently found in66 words
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Article80 1899-03-08 3 ANOTHER DE A TH FROM HIDROPHOBIA. I r is our painful duty, says the .V. C. D Xeas of the 21st of February, to record another death in the settlement from the terrib’e scourge, hydrophobia, Mr. A. G. Palmer, a young and exceedingly popular member of the staff of Messrs.80 words
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Article82 1899-03-08 3 The Shanghai Daily Press is informed that a dozen Chinese teachers have been chosen tn proceed to Russia in order to teach Chinese to officers and other officials connected with the Russian eastern empire The first batch will be drawn in equal numbers from different districts representing82 words
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Article112 1899-03-08 3 A correspondent writes to the Hongkong Daily Press :Viceroys Chang Chitung and Liu Kung-yi have both been ordered to Peking to be consulted on affairs of state. It is unlikely that either will obey the summons, as it is fairly well recognized that their presence in Peking112 words
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Article106 1899-03-08 3 It is reported from Newcbwang, says the N C D. News, that a new robber chief has recently suddenly sprung up in that vicinity in the shape of a ferocious Jama, whose band, consistng mainly of priests, make a clean sweep of whatever place they visit. Troops106 words
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158 1899-03-08 3 The Militar-Wochenblatt is devoting articles to a detailed account of the expedition to Khartum After describing the Sirdar’s p’ans, the Wochenblatt remarks that they were carried out with iron tenacity of purpose. Neither difficulties nor obstructions turned him from his object. Critics were not158 words
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Advertisement1320 1899-03-08 3 WEcAlister Co. WJFtt w a ttv d r v Jv ProfesWa hovo BWH H A Bvl H B B Letters to be addressed in the meantime We have now a complete stock of the following goods IVB, BB B c/ G, on hand. BRAND cane farming. FURTHER ARRIVALS EXPECTED SHORTLY.1,320 words
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Article84 1899-03-08 4 A new plot to dispose of Kang-yu-wei is reported to be under way. One of his former Canton friends, a man of wealth and influence, is, it is said, to be sent to Yokohama, where he is to invite Kang and the other members of the84 words
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Article83 1899-03-08 4 A blue jacket on H. M. S. Undaunted has had a narrow escape in Hongkong harbour. He was sent aloft to clear a flag, which had become fouled and, missing his hold, fell from the foremast head into the fighting top, a distance of some sixty feet. He83 words
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Article79 1899-03-08 4 The N. C. Daily News learns that the Russian troops numbering about 14,000 at Port Arthur are enjoying excellent health. There were some ninety deaths from typhoid owing to the unsanitary condition of the Chinese town, but the officials took the matter in hand and79 words
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Article81 1899-03-08 4 The U.S.S. Monterey arrived at Hongkong from Manila on the 17th of February. She is a double barbette, low-freeboard monitor of 4,084 tons displacement and 5,244 indicated horse-power. Her battery comprises 2 twelve-inch breech loading rifles, 2 ten-inch breech loading rifles, 6 six-pounders (Hotchkiss rapid fire), 4 onepounders81 words
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Article162 1899-03-08 4 A Bumper. The final general memorandum on the Indian rice crop of 1898-99 is issued. The total area sown with rice amounts to 52$ millions cf acres, which is nearly 6 per cent, in excess of the average. The yield is expected to exceed 26 millions162 words
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191 1899-03-08 4 The N. Y. K. steamer Yamaguchi Maru from Seattle, which put into Oginohama on the 27th of January with the cargo in her No. 2 hold on fire, arrived in Yokohama harbour on the 6th of February at noon. The Yeijo Maru having on191 words
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191 1899-03-08 4 The recent opium-smoking case at Yokohama says the Hongkong Daily News, where two Chinamen were accused of being in the possession of opium-smoking apparatus and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment each, has naturally attracted a considerable amount of attention. /Xs we have before pointed out, the191 words
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Advertisement36 1899-03-08 4 In the Nursery.—Delicate children who turn from meat relish Liebig Co.’s Extract and the Liebig toast, the nourishing soup, and the various little savouries which delight the young are all readily maffe by its ajd, j36 words
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Advertisement2530 1899-03-08 4 Municipal Notice. This Share List closes on the 31st March, 1899. Czhcim 001*13.1 fl S OclLal rpHE Municipal Commissioners of George PROSPECTUS I Is famous for its cures of rheumatism; one application JL Town, Penang, invite tenders for the Qp the relieves the pain and its continued use lor a2,530 words
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Article21 1899-03-08 5 TI-LUK ANSON. (Bth March) Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day To Penang, 213 pikuls of tin. Do. 45 of ore.21 words
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Article53 1899-03-08 5 Ngah Gafur, the Malay who murdered seven persons at Bhota in December, and committed many acts of incendiarism, has been tried before the Judicial Commissioner, found guilty, and sentenced to death. The defence turned on the question of the prisoner’s state of mind at the time of53 words
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Article63 1899-03-08 5 During the past 5 years there have been only 6 cases of typhoid among Europeans in Selangor. Of these three were treated in hospital and all recovered. Of those treated privately two recovered, while one, Mr. Gerald Browne, succumbed; These figures show that the climate of Selangor63 words
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Article70 1899-03-08 5 A private letter received in Hongkong from Manila says :We had a hot time on Friday night (Feb. 10th). Everybody went into the walled city. The insurgents broke into our lines two miles from Manila and people got frightened for a time, but our troops soon70 words
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Article83 1899-03-08 5 A Malay, while cutting rattans, was killed by a tiger in the mukim of Chigar Gala the other day. The lifeless body was found the same day lying in the jungle with the neck broken, while a blood-stained knife, with hair adhering to83 words
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99 1899-03-08 5 According to the Madras Times, it has been found necessary to bring in a special bill to enable the vehicle tax in Madras city to be increased. Owners of horses will find it unpleasant reading that the object of the bill is to increase by99 words
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117 1899-03-08 5 A widespread feeling of regret was evinced, says the Straits Times, when it became known on Saturday that the Attorney-General, the Hon. W. R. Collyer, was suffering from serious indisposition. So soon as the symptoms of illness developed, Dr. Simon, in whose hands117 words
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Article147 1899-03-08 5 According to the Temerloh district officer, that the natives in the district are not wholly destitute may be gauged from the number of yen brought in for exchange. Altogether some 11,000 dollars, black and grimy a good number of them, showing that they had been deposited in147 words
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Article139 1899-03-08 5 The following enactments were passed in Perak, Selangor, and Negri Sembilan only :Negotiable Instruments, Steam Boilers, Resident-General’s (Incorporation), and Police Force (Asiatics) Pensions. The following enactment was passed in Selangor, Negri Sembilan and Pahang only :Praedial Produce Protection Amendment. The following enactments w’ere passed139 words
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Article37 1899-03-08 5 The Madras Times says:A polo club just started in the Malay States has called itself The Black Angel Polo Club rather a daringly defiant name under which to play such a game as polo37 words
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Article75 1899-03-08 5 High Average. A telegram from Raub, dated 4th instant at 4 p.m., says:Crushing finished 2484 tons of stone realized 2944 ounces of smelted gold. I congratulate the shareholders on the result of the year’s work. [This averages one ounce and three and a half pennyweights. At the previous75 words
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225 1899-03-08 5 The district officer, Mr. F. A. S. McClelland, thus reports :lt is depressing to have to again chronicle a serious flood occurring in the middle of the padi harvest. It is true that this year the extent of the inundation does not compare with225 words
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Article1658 1899-03-08 5 (J trip from Rangoon in S. S. Amboina.”) The following is the account of the conclusion of an excursion from Rangoon to Penang, and back again, as written by the special correspondent to the Times of Burma, during last November and December, on board the Rajah of1,658 words
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Article175 1899-03-08 5 After getting under weigh, we passed in the course of the day some pearling boats and saw the divers going down. When night fell, there was a beautiful moonlight which enabled us to see the cliffs and land most distinctly as we passed through the narrow passage,175 words
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Article84 1899-03-08 5 Ties Played on Monday. Championship. Final Tie. A. S. Anthony (holder) beat D. A. M. Brown (runner-up) 6o, 6 1, 6l. Single Handicap. Class B. Final Tie. D. Graham beat H. Cobb 26, 64, 62. Ties for To-day. Mixed Doubles. Final Tie. Mrs. Adams F.84 words
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Article64 1899-03-08 5 Arrivals. To-day. Per s. s. Langhat from Deli Mr and Mrs. L. Pastourel, and Messrs. Devrunt. Helden, Hevon, A., M. L., and J. Devries, and A. Winter. Yesterday. Per s. s. Penang from Singapore Messrs. Holoway and R M. Sapayen. Per 8. s. Mary Austin from Klang Mrs. Vitilleumier64 words
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Article118 1899-03-08 5 Wednesday, Bth P. C. C. Tennis Tournament, Esplanade, at 5-10 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. Turf Club griffin list closes. High-water at New Jetty, 9 a.m. and 9- p.m. Thursday, 9th: Mail from Europe expected to arrive at 6 a.m. Young Men’s Association,118 words
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Advertisement264 1899-03-08 5 Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. This remedy is intended especially for coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and influenza It has become famous for its cures of these disease, over a large part of the civilized worlds. The most flattering testimonials have been received, giving accounts of its good works of the aggravating264 words
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Advertisement619 1899-03-08 5 Wanted for Sugar Estate. II JI A CLERK, Chinese or Eurasian, with thorough knowledge of book-keeping. Salary S3O per month. Apply to The MANAGER, Gedong Estate, AH 106 Bagan Serai, Perak. |>f| I I A I A GEORGE TOWN DISPENSARY SOLE AGENTS FOR N. Lazarus 9 Spectacles. SIGHT THOROUGHLY TESTED619 words
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Advertisement2195 1899-03-08 6 notice. insurance Jiotires. p—| i insurance jlottces. V lE^iL«or ald e s l umktra. ngapore New York Life Insurance Co LIEBIG Insurance. on bromide pafer. W. JONES. "h";™'rboUclTokTs'K;/".' ***** Pflfifi BAII mH E undersigned have been appointed King Street plan bUMrANI Lid o en REDUCED PRICES FOR w. Mansfield Co.,2,195 words
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Advertisement402 1899-03-08 6 M. STERNBERG, Manufacturing Jeweller, and Dealer Diamonds and all kinds of Precious Stones, t e kinds of precious stones. Any one desired of seeing the above-mentioned goods fl kindly call at the European Bakery Street, or should forward a note to M St berg, who will be pleased to call402 words
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