Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 6 April 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. THURSDAY, 6th APRIL, 1899. Xo. 76.
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      540 1 Skipping jhrtires. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be ''l’ Y\ J” ex P ec t e d to arrive cutwards« an< l leave Penang homewards, on the following dates; Outwards. Homewards. Coromandel April 6 I Chusan April 8 Parramatta 20 Bengal 22 Chusan May 4 Ballaarat
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      675 1 Skipping /lotixrs. Ocean Steam Ship Company. East Indian Ocean Steam Ship Co. Ltd. AND Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Maatscliappij Ocean. THE Company’s steamers are despatched from Liverpool outwards for the Straits, China, and Japan, and from Japan homewards for London every ten days. The Company’s steamers on the Java Line are despatched
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      795 1 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LiniM. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Intended Sailing and expected Arrival uf Steamers. For Will Sail Si’Ea.mer. From Expected on I Negapatam, Karrical, Thu. 13th Apr Lalpoora. Singapore. Thu. 13th Apr Porto Novo, Cuddaloro, at 5 P.M.* Pondicherry, |and Madras. Singapore. Singapore and
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      443 1 The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. I 'll- V A REGULAR Sei vice will /V be maintained between and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, specially designed for the Coinnanv’s European Service, lighted throughout by Electricity, provided with excellent accornmo«lation for First and Second Class
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      472 1 links. (Nederlandsche Handel Maatscliappij. (NETHEKLAND TRADING SOCIETY) Established 1821. Paid-up Capit al /35,783,000.00 Reserve Func: 2,536,444.12! Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India The Factqrij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatscliappij, Batavia. Agencies and Branches.Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tcgal, Pccalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menado, and Gorontalo. London
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 2 Penang, 6th April, 1899. Rates close as follows: Lohdon, Demand Bank i/itj Do. 4 months’ sight Bank x/i ig Do. 3 Credits a/A Do. 3 Documentary z/A Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 1474 Do. 3 days’ sight Private Bombay, Demand Bank 147! Do. 3 days’ sight Private 1491 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    170 2 Penang, 6th April, 1899. Tin 164.30 nominal I Trang 26sellers. West Coast... no-sales. Acheen 6lb no-sales. White Pepper 39-5° Cloves (picked) 37. Mace No. 1 100.sellers. Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs 66. do. (No. 1 7.75 do. 2 485 do. Basket 450 do Tapioca Flour >-92j do.
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    55 2 Mails close To-morrow. Fur Per str. Time Klang ...Mary Austin noon. Klang Malacca ...Teutonia Teluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady II eld 4 p.m Singapore, Hongkong and Amoy ...Dencalion 1 p.m. Satvrday. Bth. Deli Ito Kwei 1 p.m. Klang ...Betsy 1 p.m. Pangkor T. Anson Tnu- Tong 2
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    39 2 Front Steamers To Arrive Colombo (mail from Eurofei Coromandel Singapore R. K. Atjeh 7'4’99Singapore Charterhouse 7'4'99Singapore (u it/i muifs for Eurofc) Chusan 8-4-99. Singapore Calyfso 8-4-99. Singapore Prins Alexander 8-4-99. Edie G. G. v. Lansberge 10-4-99
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    SHIPPING
    245 2 Arrival». To-day. s. s. Nerbudda from Singapore. s. s. Menelaus from Singapore. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. Yesterday. s. s. Teutonia from Malacca. s. s. Thaifeng from Port Weld. Departure». To-day. s. s. Hong Leong
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    96 2 London, STH April. The Samoa Commission. Great Britain has assented to the formation of a Samoa commission, in principle, but delays giving her final assent, until it be settled which powers are to be represented on the commission. Nationalist Reunion. The leading parnellites absented themselves from the conference
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    EDITORIAL NOTES.
    404 2 Harbour Improvements. We are requested to state, for the information and convenience of the public, that the old jetty and pontoon are now being removed by the officers of the P W D to allow for the erection of the new iron pier. No traffic will therefore lie
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    750 2 The s s. Ho Kwei brought 195 bales of tobacco from Langkat to-day The Art Club exhibition at Govern ment House, Singapore, will be held on the 12th of April. Mr. W A. Greig is a passenger, homewardbound, by the P O. Chusan which is due here
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    46 2 The annual general meeting of the Penang Golf Club will be held on I luts day, the 13th instant, at 6 p 111 to re ive the report and accounts for the year 1898. and to elect offi ers for the ensuing year.
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    S. S. EXPORTS OF TIN INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM.
    40 2 (February.) 1897. ISIS. )R9U. IS!'7. 1898. 1899. Cwts. Cwt* Cwt.«. Ji ls.:«Mi 32.503 35.710 55 322 102 121 18*716 Two month* ended 28th Feb. s«>,2<>O 70,603 51.1U0 167,522 22?,< 59 2i’.2,449
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    GAMBLING ARRESTS IN PENANG.
    79 2 Sergeant-Major Udoh raided the premises at 24 McNair Street last evening and succeeded in arresting 10 rikisha coo lies who were found gaming. They were brought up before Mr. O’Sullivan this morning, and 0:1 conviction were, each, fined $5. This is the house in which a
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    FOREST RESERVE IN PENANG.
    99 2 It is notified in the Government Gazette of the 30th ultimo, for general information, that the lands, specified in the schedule annexed thereto and situated in the island of Penang, are set apart as a government forest reserve from that date: Schedule. District. Mukitn Lot No.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    26 2 [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT 1 lELAJK ANSON (6th AprilJ Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 436 pikuls ofti n 45 of ore
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    THE SMALL-POX EPIDEMIC AT RANGOON.
    39 2 The week’s (29th March) s ma j| returns are the highest yet recorded— 2 fresh cases and 115 deaths. The princ 3 3 pal increase is amongst coolies emnlovpJ in the rice mills. H
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    MUNICIPAL ELECTION.
    64 2 The election for a municipal commit sioner, in the place of Mr. R. A. P. Ho* aa who resigned, took place at the town h a yesterday afternoon. Mr. J. F Wreford who was the only gentleman before the electors, obtained 69 votes, before the close of the
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    CHARGE OF ASSAULT AT HONGKONG.
    94 2 William Crowley, private in the Royal Artillery, is under remand at Hongkon? on the charges of assaulting Mr D. M ac kinnon and causing him grievous bodily harm The prisoner is alleged to have seized by the throat a young lady, aged 14 years, while
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    S. S. POST OFFICE.
    144 2 Revenue and Expenditure. The levenue of the colony's postal department in 1898 was $234,860, or >19,614 more than that of 1897- TMi'gapore contribute I $164,068, Penai g 866,935, and Malacca $3,852. in 1898, as against $148.695, §63,026, and $3,524, respectively, in 1897. Who, by the way,
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    MR. R. A. LAW.
    153 2 In his annual report for 1898. the premaster general writes thus pleasantly ot Mr Law who has lately returned toPenanc Mr R A Law, of this department,who is now on leave, has given notice that, before the expiration of his leave, lie sever his connection with
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    PENANG TRAMWAYS.
    326 2 (To the Editor of the Pinang Gdzeitt Sir, 1. also, should like to say somethmgothe subj'ct of th horse tram cats Twose, the maraging director H Penang Tramway*, ha*, in duty contradicted the paragraph in the 1 Gazette an-nt the overcrowding ot te hnr-e train < ars, now
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      820 2 Pritchard Co. Horses. Horses. GEORGE ELPHICK is expected to arrive, with a specially selected lot of Horses, next.week. 117 FOR SALE. Millinery Department. < complete turnout, consisting on an Australian Pony, very showy, quiet in harness and saddle, 4 years Dogcart by A choice and varied selection Lambert Bros.; and
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    MORIALITY IN BOMBAY.
    25 3 The total mortality in Bombay city on the 29th of March showed a decrease of 118 Plague mortality had also declined slightly-
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    MURDER OF AN OFFICER IN INDIA.
    31 3 LiEVTENANT-Colonel E.H. Lemarchant, Hampshire Regiment, was shot dead at the assault-at-arms at Peshawar on the 23rd of March by a Pathan. Two men were captured.
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    DESPERATE FIGHTING NEAR ILO-ILO.
    46 3 The Filipinos made a determined attack on Jaro, a suburb of Ho ilo, on the 16th of March, with an overwhelming force, a desperate fight ensuing, but were repulsed. Filipinos had 200 killed, and Americans had one man killed and fifteen wounded.
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    THE SUBMISSION OF THE CHAMKANNIS.
    91 3 The Chamkannis having made full submission, a full representative jirgah came in to Captain Roos-Keppel on the 24th of Ma r ch and agreed to the conditions imposed by government. The hundred muzzle loaders were surrendered on the 24th March and 50 breech-loaders are to
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    SAD DEATH IN BRUNEI.
    92 3 A telegram, says the Singapore Free Press, has been received in Singapore from Labuan to the effect that Mr. Waterstradt, a Dane who is in the employment of an English syndicate searching for oil, has been shot. No particulars are given of the circumstances attending the
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    COMMAND OF THE RANGOON PILOT BRIG.
    89 3 Captain Stretton, commander of the Rangoon pilot brig, retires on a gratuity this month. During a long service he has shown himself very well fitted for his post, and has given every satisfaction to the port commissioners. The local government think that the appointment
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    THE AGRA CRIMES.
    123 3 The Agra police have at last got hold of the ruffian Gordhana, whose daring crimes terrorized the neighbourhood, says the Allahabad Pioneer. His last exploit was the sensational murder committed within a stone’s throw of the police headquarters during the Lieutenant-Governor’s visit on the I2thand 13th of
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    DEATH FROM ELECTRICITY.
    146 3 The following death is reported by the Manila Times :At four o’clock this morning (nth March) Private Timothy Enright of the police was killed by a shock received from an electric light wire. Enright was on patrol, and noticing the wire on the ground, picked it up,
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    FINE STEAMING PERFORMANCE BY THE "POWERFUL.”
    213 3 The particulars of H. M. S. Powerful's passage to Manila show that the vessel does credit to her name, says the Hongkong Daily Press. The Powerful left Hongkong °n 1 uesday morning, 7th March, at 8 a.m., and as soon as she had obtained
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      1278 3 McAlister Co. i Photos enlarge,.!, varioa; sires tin to 3 ft. STREET FURTHER SUPPLY OF NEW BOOKS. on brod NEW COLONIAL LIBRARY. M umcipayNotice. FIIHE Municipal Commissioners of George QUIDPUAIini CDV r 1 J- Town, Penang, invite tenders for the OnirUnAnULCH I Uahhaaa su;qly-faccrt;ii:iiiiiinb.;rofiSiD.. qiq;, and Lllglldll HldllQ narilCSS a-
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    YU MANTZU.
    55 4 After all, the startling reports, the Universal Gazette has learned from reliable sources, regarding Yu Mantzu are not true. He has not risen in rebellion again, and the erroneous intelligence lately current originated through a band of local desperadoes giving trouble in that region, but they were quickly
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    ILLEGEL USE OF THE BRITISH FLAG.
    80 4 The following notification appears in the Hongkong Government Gazette: The attention of this government has been directed to the fact of the illegal use of the British flag on certain vessels. Only vessels having certificates of imperial registry under the provisions of the Merchant
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    A LAW AGAINST TIGHT-LACING.
    85 4 A Dalziel message from Milwaukee (Wisconsin) states that Assemblyman Daggett has introduced the following motion into the state legislature Resolved, that a committee be appointed, consisting of three members, to draft a bill to protect the health of the misses, old maids, and married women of
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    CONVEYANCE OF RICE
    121 4 Railway v. River. According to the Siam Free Press, the Burmese say that the motion of the train shakes up all the light grain to the top, and buyers, judging only from what they can see, will not give as good a price for padi brought in
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    MEMORIAL TO SIR FRANK LOCKWOOD.
    137 4 In the presence of a large congregation, a memorial to the late Sir I-rank Lockwood, Q. C., M. P., was unveiled in York Minister on the 7th of March by Mr. Justice Lawrance. The memorial consists of a stained glass window in the eastern side
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    MAIL NOTES.
    331 4 Monte Carlo” Wells. Monte Carlo” Wells, who was sentenced in 1893 for cheating, has been released. The Late Lord Herschell. The British cruiser Talbot is bringing Lord Herschell’s body home. America offered a cruiser but the widow had already accepted the Admiralty’s offer. The Queen and Mrs. Haughton.
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      1286 4 for sale. Chamberlain’s Colic. Cholera and COLOURED CEMENT FLOORING LIE3IG I Diarrhoea Remedy cement roofing tiles. Is everywhere acknowledged to be the most successTEAK sHiNGLTs M t 7„X R and paieT COMPANY’S ful medidnein /or bowel complaints. It always grooved w w cures and cures quickly. It can be depended
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    NEWS AHEAD OF THE MAIL
    1720 5 The Pacification of the Sudan, internal troubles in the dervish FORCE. Advices from Omdurman state that Lord Kitchener has learned that the Khalifa’s forces, which had been estimated to total from 15,000 to 20,000 men, have been diminished owing to the Dervish leader havingqnarrelled with
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    319 5 Spring Tournament. Entries. The Championship. J. Armstrong, bye Dr. Kerr, W. J. Hodge v. D. A. M. Brown. R. Yeats, bye The Columbia Cup. J. Hodge IJ. F. van Rees A. B Smith IF. Coghill Jackson A. Bailey |E. L. Talma R Yeats C. A. Law G.
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    PASSENGER
    18 5 Arrivals To-day. Per s. s. Lady It eld from Teluk Anson Messrs. Cowan. J. Turner, and Wemyss.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    100 5 CO MING EVENTS OF THE WEEK. Thursday, 6th Mail from Europe expected at 5 pan. High-water at New Jetty, 8.50 a.m. and 915 P-ni. Friday, 7 m Auction Sale of Furniture at 52 Beach Street, commencing at 11-30 a.m. Auction Sale of Pawnbrokers’ Forfeited Pledges, at 11 a.m High-water at
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    142 5 {Straits limes, 4m April.) Raubs (13'10 pd.) £1 fully paids62 50 Punjoms j pd.) $5 50 Jelebus (»5 pd.) M.y>s’les&b’yrs Pahang Corp, (£1 pd.)812 75 buyers. South Rauh Ltd.flioo.pd 8201. Pataling Coffee Co. (jioo pd.)... S2o. Pengerangs (S5O pd.) Fraser Neave, Ltd (sso-pd.) $7l s'les<~ sellers Str?tslnsurance
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      181 5 The New Prye River Dock Co., Limited. NOTICE is hereby given that an Extraordinary General Meeting of the above Company w ill be held at the offices of the Company, No. 9 Weld Quay, Penang, on Tuesday, nth April, 1899. at 3 p.m., when the subjoined resoluti >n, which was
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      1522 5 NOTICE. Mrs. ELLIOTT, TAMES ROOKE is no longer authorized to COSTUMIER, 0 S I 9 0 Q 0 tl collect accounts or receive orders on our LYAS removed to 25 Farquhar Street, behalf. JZL corner Leith Street, Penang. JOHN LITTLE Co., Ltd. 28th Marh, 1899. 169 NOTICE CHOICE WINES. American
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      551 6 Penang Ice adn Industrial pany, Limited m De p ots .._B EA ch Sn<EET.-Open on week f k from 7 .y„ to 5 p.,n. on s k to noon. Ul, uays Carnarvon Street, 32 Penanc p 11 Pm SrK.Et -Open hours day and night ail Prices :—Yot ilb 3 cts.
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