Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 June 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. LERICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. MONDAY, sth JUNE, 1899. No. 126.
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      583 1 pipping Notices. Ptniasatar e Oriental Steam Navigation Company. fIIHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- -4^l'wards, and leave Penang ĕ homewards, on the following dates: Outwards- Homewards. n.„ hl l June 2 j Parramatta June 3 p.d'aarat 16 f/'» 5 ;> >7 f( ,-.u 29 July 1 Parramatta
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      1672 1 ilotirrs BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Limited. Sbippma (notices. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. V Ocean Steam Ship Company I NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. AMD i JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Nededandsche Stoomvaart Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. g idaatschappij Ocoan, For Will Sail Steamer. From
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      513 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established TS2I. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Fu.nc 2,*****4.12! Head O. eice e\ Austerdav.• Head Agency in Netherlands India— The l actorij 01 the Nedcrktndsche Handel Ma.it-cliappij. Batavia. Agencies and Branches. --Singapore, Medan (i)clil, Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribcn, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Meuado, and
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    278 2 LoND tN, 4TH June. The Dreyfus Case. Order of the Court of Cassation. The court of cassation has ordered a revision of the Dreyfus case, and a new court-martial will sit at Kennes. Basis of the Order. The couit’s decision is based on the discovery of irregularities at
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    The Caroline Groups.
    113 2 I he islands for xxliit b (lerm.iny is pay ing 1,000,000 to Spain are three groups, of which the Carolines form the largest, and to xvhirh the name Carolines may be given as a collective design ition of them all. Ihe Lidrone i-'an> or Marianne group, and
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    Suspension of Coolie Importation.
    346 2 In Friday’s Gazette is published a pro claination, by which the Governor virtually puts an end to coolie eniigrilion from China to the colony. Of c< urse, the mast of the empire nn ntioned in t .e Gaz.ttc. as that from xxli h no coolies may
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    A Suspected District.
    223 2 We are informed that H M S Orlando, which left Penang this morning, has gone to Tongkah, or Puket, or Junk Ceylon. Each of these names is given to the island, or to the southern half of it, as the speaker may feel inclined. In Siam, they
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    Site for Municipal Offic=s.
    384 2 In view of the g<.vert cy s approaching visit to Penang, it seems ns a disable 10 p ace before our readers as many sub Ijecls as possible, that may be of pressing 1 importante, so that the pub ic may make up their mind, before
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    864 2 Tm ixrwx P and O. steamer yiauila avu g 1« ft Suez may be expo ted heie on I' he 20' h of j me. Ihe Nt thi-rlxnp Bank, Singapore, ha- been burgled, and property valued at S2OO stolen from the premises Ait. trade xvi 1H the
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    SUPREME COURT.
    44 2 Admission to the Bar. On the application of the SolicitorGeneral, Mr. R. A. Laxv xvas admitted this morning as an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme < ourt of the Straits Settle rnents He has joined the firm of Messrs. Hogan and Adams.
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    BURGLARY IN CHINA STREET
    77 2 About two thousand dollars’ worth of trinkets .and money xvere stolen last night from Mr. Ong Cheng Swee’s house in China Street, the burglars having eff-ct el an entrance into a room through a wimioxv lea ling to the terrace. They ab stracted the property from
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    THE S. S. “SAPPHO."
    102 2 Judgment of Marine Court. The marine court at Singapore, xxhich has inquiring into the grounding of ihe ss Sappho, has reprimanded the captain (or not h.'ix ii g set his course at 2 a.m. -o as to pass to the south and xvest of Pulau L
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    BREAK-DOWN OF A TROOPSHIP.
    112 2 Fhe Fr-nch transport Colombo, xxith about 650 time expired troops and officials from Saigon, with their wives .and fimilies, on board, was towed into Penang ha bour by the Austrian Lloyd s s. SrZrsnr on Saturday morning I he' former vessel broke her crank -haft while
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    RHINOCEROS TICKS.
    115 2 Mr. A. i'ook has placed in the B. N. B. museum two specimens of the most extraordinary insects ever seen—rhinoceros ticks, says the B. N. B. Herald. They are as large as medium-sized gooseberries and closely resemble them in appearance, the themoufh and six legs being scarcely noticeable.
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    TO BE REPORTED.
    42 2 IHE s.s A «/or, al 11 am. on e p June, spoke a four-inasl. d l«ro, e p, tound west, at latitude 5 4 j non| tude 91» 45' east, that wished to’ B potted. 0 ,e r e-
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    A CLOCK TOWER FOR MANDALAY.
    43 2 IT was decided at a meeting in M anr i to discuss the disposal of lhe jullilee nal fund money to use the money f or h[ ing a dock tower. The fund am 0l Rs. 2,500. 10
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    DEATH OF A NUN.
    42 2 The Lady Superior of the Convent Bangkok has notified to all the the institution tbe sorrowful oss q )e 1 sustained in the person of Sisier\ Elizabeth (Barry) who died on theZ of May, aged 28 years. 41
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    THE PENANG GRIFFINS.
    67 2 THE PENANG GRIFF INS. The griffins for the \u ust meeting arp expected to arrive by 11. .<- t I hursday morning. 3 will 1)e for at the race-course o. tl e same ,f ler noon, at half past five < l o < k I n Co sequence of
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    BISHOP HOSE.
    82 2 Thkßl Rev. Dr. G. F. Hose. Bi.!™,, Smgaixore, Lal tian,a d «ar w|< a! iv r Sandakan by H e He ate n e-L f Mug on lus a- Jfy He stayer, with M. a. I M IS c 11()k the 6th, when he agam eh f or
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    COSTLY BANQUET TO A NAVAL HERO.
    95 2 1 lit mo-t ost’v bai qriet ever giv naval heio is b ing olan-ed i X Yoik f-r Admiral D y Th- in will cost $lOO a late ah ut e ing millionaite:, h» a’e by Mi 1, Jacob Astor, Mr Olixx B. ,n
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    ATTEMPT TO ASSASSINATE A NATURALIST.
    102 2 Mr John Waterstradt, naturalist, who xvas shot at Brunei on the 27th of last by some unknoxvn person, is now xxe'i on the way to recovery, says the B. X.B. Herald He has been under ti e per- 1 care of the government medical officer,
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    IMPENDING SLAVERY IN SELA&OR.
    192 2 To the Editor of the Piw.-g Gazette") Dear Sir, In your issue of the 30th of May you have a let'er under the above heading, above the signature of Planter.” I agree xvith your correspondent ibat the subject xvith wl ich he deals is a “matter
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    "GAZETTE” NOTIFICATIONS.
    222 2 The provisions of sections 2,3, an 1 5 of lhe Prevention of Disease Ordinance of 1894 are enforced against all at rivals from ports on all the southern coast of Cbir-<> from long 108" to long. 120" tast, including the ports in Hainan and Hongk’i.g islands and Macao
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      967 2 tv i i i n fU'to Aitbcrtisrmrnts. Pritchard Co. n tice }TLQ LIKED for the Police Department, an 1 Interpreter. Applications will be received at the Chief Police Office. E. H. BELL, Chief Police Office. Chief Police Officer. Penang, 3rd June, 1899. 285 MANILA CIGARS!! Penang Turf Club. niHE Special
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    PENANG RACES.
    316 3 August Meeting. A’.'.Vs and Anticipations. lUi: race-course was officially openep fir training on Friday last, and the tracks were found to be in first class order. Naturally, it is far too early yet to expect a v ry numerous string out for an airing, but still the following
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    619 3 Lxw.n Tennis Tournament. < dally reported for the Pinang Gazette The awn tennis tournament at the Golf C :b, which, as usual, has a complete success, was concluded on Saturday afternoon. Its progress has been keenly matched by a large number of members an i their friends.
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      53 3 lx the Sick Room. —In olden times the preparation of Invalid Beef Tea was a tedious process, now the Liebig Co. do the evaporate,' and all you have to do is to put the J -xt: act into boiling water and stir. Thousands hue been brought safely through illness by
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      1451 3 McAlister Co. Gosling &Co JS.SS. IILES. kind# of EASTERN PRODUCE. consignments entrusted to them will be iiri 0 n* v I CEMENT ROOFING TILES. hindlei With every care, placed upon the Market .Wine Cigar Merchants. MEVrx PIPFS p etu IB BEACH STREET. 1 clmlm drain 1 ires TEAK SHINGLES, ordinary
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    THE PLAGUE IN EGYPT.
    22 4 Several cases of bubonic plague have been discovered in Alexandria and Ismaiiia. Severe sanitary measures have been taken.
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    THE GOVERNOR OF MADAGASCAR.
    42 4 The s. s Djcmtiah, with General Gaiieni on board, reached Marseilles on the 2'>ln of May. but was sent into quarantine at Frioules. Numerous delegations welcomed the general from a safe distance. A crowd on the quay applauded.
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    'YELLOW JACK’ ON THE IVORY COAST.
    61 4 'YELLOW JACK ON THE IVORY COAST. Grand Bassam has been deserted by its inhabitants, on account of an epidemic of yellow fever. It will probably cease to be the principal place in the colony on the Ivory Coast. Grand Bassam is a French town on the Ivory Coast about hve
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    RUBBISH MAY BE SHOT HERE!
    71 4 Sir John Scott, late judicial adviser to the Khedive, has read an interesting paper on judicial reforms in Egypt, and has compared the judiciary now with what it was when he went out in 1891. A certain number of the judges were excellent magistrates, but
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    TOBACCO TRUST.
    79 4 Americans are said to be purchasing the best-known tobacco factories and planta tions in Cuba, with the object of forming a great trust which will effect a rise in the price of tobacco. They will have to bear in mind, however, that an immense quantity of tobacco is
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    BIBLE-KISSING PROHIBITED.
    80 4 Col. Nel Roosevelt, the governor of New York, has signed a bill which hajust been passed by the New \oi k lature. prohibiting the kissing of the Bible in th a 1 minist ration of oaths, 0:1 tbe ground that such action assists in the spread of bacterial
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    THE CHURCH CRISIS.
    135 4 Tur. correspondent of the Pditisihe Ccr/cj/PMiA-;?.. at tiic X’atican says: There is a firm belief at the \ati an that the litua’.irl movement in England is not a temporary eft it, and that n m-ij be of the gieatest importance 1 < the further a ivance of
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    STARVING A WIFE AND CHILDREN.
    173 4 .—Englishman. A r Calcutta, last week, a woman, n claiming main'enance from her hr: bin alleged "that the killer, although he h.t 1 o: resorted to ill trea'menl by violence, had kept her and her children on half la.liondaily She added that her husband letained
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    ROMANCE AT THE BROOKLYN MEDICAL COLLEGE.
    187 4 A charming romance has just developed in this city of surprises, the hero b.ing Prince Francis of Auersberg, a d :cuidaiit of the famous Austrian premier Ihe prince, coming early into Lis inhcii ance, squandered it by extravagant thong’:; not vicious living and found
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      1594 4 BEST AND SAFEST APERIEWT. £LLW6 g B 8 PATENT fi R-C HAMBERH t L M E T S HEIIOMSEXOHI AM PRESCRIBED BY Mt,PIO<IKIHIWWHIEK. A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN INDIA. Worn in the East by all Awarded t,ie fficers The G ,d Meda| S?ulb c le c< agents° <3 JP* (The Civil
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    43 5 TELUK ANSON (3rd June) Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 254 pikuls of tin. Do. 71 of ore. To Singapore, 3,509 of ore. U>th June) The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 402 pikuls of tin. Do. 45 of ore.
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    B. N. BORNEO IMPORTS AND EXPORTS.
    112 5 While the value of the imports into B. x; Borneo in 1897 was $1,887,498.01, ti nt in 1898 was §2,419,087 95, or an in-ciea-e of $53L589-94- Thus, in twelve nl ,ths, over half a million of dollars increase appears in the value of the
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    PENANG GOLF CLUB.
    175 5 General Meeting. fur;:i: was a large attendance of about nibers at the special general meetGoT Club held at the Club-house >rin'a\ afternoon. The meeting decidt t iaise the monthly subscriptions of t I’d ai gmt mbers of the Club from $2 t <_■ ihe annual subscription for
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    HIGHER FREIGHTS TO MEET THE QUARANTINE DELAY.
    542 5 I-■ tic Editor of the Pinang Gazette:') Ih.'.R Sir, —I am somewhat surprised th tn re reference has not been made as \et in v ur paper about the prevalence of pi -gue here and the consequences for which ue have to pr«
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    THE GOKTEIR BRIDGE.
    75 5 1 he Rangoon Gazette writes with reference to the building of the Gokteik bridge in Burma, the contract for which has been secured by an American firm:—“ It is a generally-held opinion that the contractors will make little if anything out of the contract except the advertisement,
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    PASSENGERS.
    44 5 A rrivals To-day. Per s. s. Rosa from Singapore Messrs. Saddler and Brewer. Yesterday. Per s. Lady H eld from Teluk Anson Mr. W. E. Smith. Saturday. Per s. s. Flying Fish from Port Weld Messrs. G. W. Fryer and H. T. Petts.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    89 5 Monday, STH Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 9-15 p.m. and 9- a m. Tuesday, 6th High-water at New Jetty, 10-5 p.m. and 10- a. in. Wednesday, 7th Town Band. Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 10-55 p.m. and
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    MAIL NOTICE
    42 5 Mails close to-Morkow. Fur Pc, str. Time. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow Amoy ...Hong Leong noon. Klang ...Betsy j p.m. Singapore ...Rosa 3 p.m. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady Weld 4 p.m. Tongkah ...lidar 1 p.m. Thursday. Singapore Clive 4 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    20 5 Ffom Steamers To Arrive Olehleh Hok Canton to-dav. Rangoon Fitzpatrick 6-6-29. Rangoon Purnea 7-6-99. Singapore Kohinur ‘j-6-gg.
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    SHIPPING
    113 5 Arrivals. To-day. s. s Rosa from Singapore. Yesterday. s. s. Chan Tai from Kedah. s. s. Flying Scud from Kedah. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Clive from Singapore. Saturday. s. s. C. C. Smith from S. Ipeh. s. s. Sportsman from Kedah. s. s. idar
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      309 5 Municipal Notice. rpHE Municipal Commissioners of George I Town, Penang, invite tenders for the construction of drains in Pitt Street. Full particulars can be obtained, and plans and specifications seen, at the Municipal Engineer’s Office. Tenders, which should be endorsed Tender for drains in Pitt Street,” will be received by
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      842 5 NEW MUSIC PritcliHrd Co* VOCAL AND PIANO SCORES iJte^ I OF Penang Horse Repository. The Latest Comic Operas. turn-outs for sale. I RFPARTBMFWT T) AY PONY, Buggy and Harness, in excellent feflVlkW BJIbI Mil I Slllall I Little Miss Nobody, n condition Bay Cob. Harness and a Victoria, as good
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    EXCHANGE.
    127 6 I’exang. STH June, 1899. Rairs close as follows: London, Demand Bank 111“ Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2 o/.< Do. 3 Credits 2/0] Do. 3 Documentary 2 'o„ Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs. 149 J Do. 3 days’sight Private 151' Bombay, Demand Bank 1 49’ Do. 3 days’sight Private *s*3
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    183 6 Penang, 51H June, 1599. Tin 68 1 Ti ang 25.50 Black Prpp-1 West Coast... n osaks. i Acbeen 611» no sales. White Pepper 41. Cloves (picked) 37. Mace No. 1 ioo- —sobers. Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs 64. do. (No. 1 7.75 do. Srgat 2 4.85 do.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    183 6 Jam s. s. 'I. I ajititnhis from Singapore. I r Olchlch and Padang West C ast Ports, Huttenbach Lieb; it X C<>. s from Olehieh. for Singapore and Batavia. Huttenbach Liebert X Co. Ns. s from Liverpool, for Singapore China ami Japan. W. Mansfield. X Co. 9 P.
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LISI.
    173 6 S 9 limes, >i:D Ji XE. R.iub> 15 to |.d.) *6O. i/v’si k f t fully paid $61.25 sellers. Pimjoms 1- 1 pd.j $7 50.Su '< -6r’s Jelcbus (£5 pd.t $10.25 I’ahat.g Cea p. t/, 1 p I 1 50 South Kaub Ltd.(JlOO pd $300. Redj ing
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