Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 21 March 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. TUESDAY. 21st MARCH, 1899. No. 64.
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      535 1 Shipping fLuiirrs. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. mHE mail steamers may b g expected to arrive cut wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following ates Outwards. Homewards. Ballaarat Mar. 23 Parramatta Mar. 25 Coromandel April 6 Chusan April 8 Parramatta 20 Bengal 22 Chusan May 4 Ballaarat May 6
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      545 1 Sanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funec .../2,536,444.12! Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency- in Netherlands India— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.Singapore, Medan (Deb), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menado, and Gorontalo. London Bankers.The
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 2 Penang, 2st March, 1899. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank i/tlj Do. 4 months’ sight Bank i/nj Do. 3 Credits 2/oj 1 Do. 3 Documentary 2/0/, Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 147! Do. 3 days’ sight Private 1491 Bombay, Demand Bank 147! Do. 3 days’ sight Private Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    174 2 Pi-nang, 21ST March, 1899. Tin >63.10 (Trang 27sellers. Black Peppei West Coast... no-sales. I zXcheen 611» no-sales. White Pepper 39.50 sellers. Cloves (picked) 37. Mace No. 1 100.sellers. Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs 70. do. I No. 1 7.75 do. Sugar 2 4.85 do. I Basket 4.60
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    36 2 M»lis CLOSE TO-MORROW. For prf Str. I lute. Langkat ...Quorra ...it a.m Deli ...Avagyee 1 p.mKlang ...Betsy 1 i-.m Pangkalan Brandan C. C Smith 1 p.m Pangkor T. Anson 'I au lung 2 i-.v.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    31 2 I'lom Steal ten ar rue. Rangoon Purnea 22-p<y) Singapore Kut Sang 22-3-99. Singapore Calyfso 23-9-99. Singapore Trieste 233<0 Colomlxj tmail from Europe} Ballaarat 24-3-99. Edie G.tl.r [.ansberge 21-3-91}.
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    SHIPPING
    308 2 Arrhala. To-day. s. s. Kohinttr from Calcutta. s. s. Taw Tong from i cluk Anson. s. s. I'idar fiom Ddli. Vesi frday. s s Loudiana from Madras. s. s. Andalusia from Hamburg. s. s. Diamante from Suez. s. s. Elying Drago 1 from Padang. s. s. Resident Halewyn from
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    60 2 London, zoth March. India and the Sugar Bounties. The Indian government have passed a bill under which countervailing duties will be imposed on bounty-fed sugar. The measure is meeting with opposition in the house of commons. The University Boat-Race. Ihe betting on the coming boat-race between Oxford and
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    BIRTH.
    18 2 CarsbergAt Dandy,” Jelutong, on the 19'h instant, the wife of W. R. Carsberg Esg., of a daughter.
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    626 2 Dredging Extraordinary. We think it to be our duty to warn all and every person, using Weld Quay and the adjacent water, to keep a sharp lookout as to the proceedings in connection with the new dredger. The boat for this long-expected and almost forgotten implement is being
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    869 2 Captain Ainsi.ie has pasted his ex amination in Hindustani. We hear that the Penang police will have their sports at the sepoy lines on the Ist of April. The 31ST of March, and the Ist and 3rd of April, will be observed as public holidays in Selangor.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    21 2 IE LUK KN SON. (21 st March) Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day are 'Jo Penang, 443 l>ikul Sof|in ofor”:
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    PENANG TOWN BAND.
    26 2 There will be no perfori ianc e Golf Club on Saturday, but the Band play there on Tuesday, the 28th i nsla instead.
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    YOUNG MEN’S ASSOCIATION.
    30 2 There will be impromptu .n PP ri, o stead of a debate, at the roornTo Young Men’s Association 011 ThursH next, the 23rd instant, at 8-30 p.m.
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    BONUS FOR MALAY.
    42 2 According to the general orders, is SUfc j by the federal government of 1 he Prote kMalay States, any officer is allowed earn a bonus by studying and uassirp Malay, provided he obtain beforeLJ permission from the authorities. a
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    CHANGE OF JUDGEMENT.
    59 2 Five Burmese subjects of Queen Vi c toria were tried by a Siamese magistrate who sentenced each of them to ten vears' penal servitude. They app against the judgment, on the ground that then», gistrale had no jurisdiction, and were handed over to be tried Ixfoie the
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    THE ASSIZES.
    86 2 Alleged Murder in McNair Street. The hearing of (Lis case was continued at 11 o’clof k ibis momir.g before Mr. Justice Law’ and tire special jury empaneled yesterday. Messrs Wreford and Adams appeared for their lespective clients. Two witnesses were completely r xamined yesterday, and ti e thud
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    A PUBLIC STABLE.
    87 2 The Negri Sembilan government have erected a biick building at Seremlian asa public ghari stable, at the c < of >7,000, each pony stab'ed tl.ere having to pay $2-50 as rent for the in ii. Quarters are also provided for the syces ;.i.d their families. The local
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    HOMEWARD BOUND.
    82 2 The extra P. and O. s.s. Manila (captain, H. L. Haddock), which sailed for Europe yesterday afternoon, was conveying 12 first class saloon passengers, with 7 children, and 402 troops and their families, from Singapore, Hongkong, and Kobe She also took away as passengers from Penang, Mr. and
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    THE TUNG SHIN HOSPITAL.
    102 2 Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rodger have been paying a visit to the above named hospital on the Pudoh road, and the Resident of Selangor has inscribed the following very encouraging lines in the visitors book: The manner in which the sick and indigent Chinese are
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    TOO CLEVER BY HALF.
    241 2 On Saturday last, the step-son of a Chinese trader in Beach Street noticed t a. bis step-father was paid $5OO in notes, anu that the money was placed in a whit h ihefoimer happened tohaveadup* cate key. The moment the trader ba his shop, tl'.e vouih.
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      831 2 -rv 1 i a Meta (Aiifarrtisfincnts. Pritchard Co. MR. A. Bowers Smith will offer for sale by Public Auction at the entrance to Logan’s Buildings, Beach Street, Penang, on Saturday, the J sth day of April 1899, at 1 o’clock in the afternoon, all that beautiful sea side residence and
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    PLAGUE IN INDIA.
    54 3 Calcutta loth March. Statistics show that over 200,000 deaths from plague have been officially reported in India since the first outbreak of plague. There is little doubt that nearly a quarter of a million have been carried off. There were thirteen cases of plague and 13 deaths
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    SNAKE-POISON INVESTIGATIONS.
    73 3 Captain R H Elliot, I. M S., has returned to Ccnnoor from Bombay, whither he was sent by the Madras government to confer on snake poison topics with Professor Fraser, president of the plague commission, whose work in connection with snakepoison is well known. It is ikely that
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    £8,000,000 FOR TOBACCO.
    89 3 The news comes from New York that a -yn licate has prepared a scheme and s- ured the necessary a pita! of £8,000.000 t, btain a monopoly of the entire output oftc' accoin Cuba. Cuba’s gross output of I bacco is estimated to be worth .-'5. 00,000
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    QUARANTINE AS TO HONGKONG.
    107 3 Under the regulations male by the g vernor in council, Straits Settlements, under The Quarantine and Prevention f Disease Ordinance 1886,” all vessels arriving in the colony from the port of Hongkong will be put in quarantine, and J ere detained for nine days from the
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    REPORTED RUSSIAN MOVE NORTH OF INDIA.
    92 3 A report which has reached India. t "ugh Gilgit. to the effect that the Russ.:ns have collected a large force at Fort Murgliabi with the object of seizing Sarikol, must be received with a large aw.ount of caution. Sarikol is the name of Lake
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    BURMA PADI CROP.
    137 3 I .di prices have fallen in Rangoon, and a onsequence the arrivals from the district now very small. Except among the C me-e there is but little demand in Rang The Burmese complain bitterly of -n i'.l out turn-of the crop this year, and t at mo-t
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    FREIGHT ON BURMA PONIES.
    155 3 —Rangoon Gazette. The freight charged on ponies for Madras or Negapatam by the British India earners has risen considerably, we are t' d. If we remember right it used to be IL 30 to Madras. It is now Rs. 45 to Mt. ras. and Rs. 60
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    SANMUN BAY.
    178 3 Times. ITS MANY DEFECTS. Sanmcn Bay in Chekiang, which is nr so much before the public as the e--: >n demanded by Italy for a naval lies mid-way between Ningpo Wenchow. From a commercial standpoint, we are told by the leadShanghai paper, it is a doubtful a -ition
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    A WHITE TIGER.
    28 4 A white tiger was recently killed in Upper Assam near Naharkutia tea estate. The skin is now being cured. It is believed to be unique.
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    SMALL-POX IN RANGOON.
    30 4 On the 10th of March, small-pox returns showed that there were 278 patients in the Kandawgalay hospital and 29 in the civil general hospital’s contagious diseases ward.
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    ASSAULT CASE.
    322 4 —Rangoon Gazette. Mr. Moore on Thursday, the 9th of March, passed orders in the case wherein Mr. Jarvis, chief officer of the s. s. FitzPatrick, was prosecuted for assaulting Mr. Martin, the captain of the vessel. Mr. O de Glanville appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. vanSomeren for
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    503 4 (L. 6* C. Express.) 24th February. The Far East. A very great deal of unnecessary harm seems to have been created by a Reuter’s telegram from Peking as to the supercession of Hu Yu-fen, and concerning his successor, Chang Yi. me pubiuuu 111 iuc riniippiues excites much interest,
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      42 4 A cloth bound cookery book containing 180 original recipes for all kinds of Savouries. Invalid Cooke<,’ n 1 Sweets is sent free to all who ask for it by postcard to Liebig’s Extract of Meat Co.,(Ltd., 9 Fenchurch Avenue, London, England. 8
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      1257 4 Municipal Notice. THEODORO VAFIADIS Co.’s ELLWOOD’S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS ffIHE Municipal Commissioners of George Hitfll CJIdiSS Eegfy IRT suppiy'oiTa of smd Wo in East b Y Awarded 3 the Adopted by all the Leading Clubs and Messes throughout th, Glob TnTt’hp Pndnnrpnfi IHF f t Municipal Engineer’s Office. The Civil
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    FURTHER REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    743 5 9th12th March. San mun. The Times's Peking correspondent telegraphs that the Chinese authorities are discussing the question of making Sanmun an open port, hoping thereby to avoid complying with the Italian demand for a lease of the port. Germany strongly approves of the demands made by Italy
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    79 5 2isr High-water at New Jetty, 7’3° ant f 7- a.m. Fin\RSDAY. 22N0 t fawn Band. Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 8-20 p m. and 8- am. 1 hi’rsoay, 23RD Men’s Association, speeches, at 8-30 p.m. H gh-water at New Jetty, 9-10 p
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    STREET NOMENCLATURE.
    1956 5 (Contributed by Y. S. B.”) Part VIJI. 44. Dundas Court was named after the 1 late Mr. Philip Dundas, governor of Penang at the beginning of the 18th century. It is a cul-de-sac off Farquhar Street, opposite Leith Street Ghaut, and consists of five Chinese dwelling-houses only, three
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