Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 12 June 1899

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIL MONDAY, 12th JUNE, 1899. No. 132.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 574 1 Ssljipping Moticcs. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. FT! HE mail steamers may Be expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. n.dDare.t June 16 Chusan June 17 t > c -luiJ»'/ July I p rMttd July IJ '5 27 Ballaarat 29 Aug 10
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    • 1383 1 Notices. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. dlotic-ie, KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAI'PiJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. lhe Nippon Vi;se;l "K aislia AND Nederlandsche Stoomvaart Intended Sailing and Arrival of Steamers. JA!>AN KAIL SVEAKS IP Co Maatschappij Ocean, For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected on ggLy 4 rpHE
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    • 535 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital 735,783,000.00 Reserve Fuse: 2,536,444.1»! Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India— The Factorij cf the Nederlandsche Handel ?»laatschappij, Batavia. z'.gencies and Blanches. Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Soiirabaya. Padang, Cheribcn, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menado. and Gorontalo. London
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  • 125 2 London, iith June. Difficulty with the Boers. REINFORCEMENTS SENT TO SOUTH AFRICA. The 23rd company of the Royal Engineers has sailed for Natal. STATE OF PUBLIC MIND IN JOHANNESBURG. According to the latest despatches, much excitement prevails at Johannesburg, but nevertheless anxiety to preserve peace is still manifest.
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  • 699 2 \Ve suppose that on few topics do p o pie wax so warm in a climate bke this a on that of pret edeme, and their excitement becomes all the more intense when liny feel themselves either to have l>een the victims of certain rules laid down in official
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  • 306 2 'j Hii 2311! company of the Royal Engineeis, w hi< h has been despatched to Natal, is classified as Jield. It was stationed at Chatham at the time the order for its march was handed in. The news received from South Africa is seiious, without a
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  • 1050 2 Stu L Aims Tad»ma, one of the new k. lights, is 63 years of age W’i. UNDEksrv.D tiiyt no Penang born Chines h.O b.en attacked by the p ague. Tid- s s /in Uo, which arrived here from l. -.k'l tins morning, brought 816 bales >1 i(
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  • 82 2 PLAGUE IN PE NA NG. Tin- following information has been fur-ni-I.ed fiom official sources and may be relied iq»on as accurate: Period Cases. Deaths. Fr.»m Ir h May to 3rd June 10 6 Fom3l I June to 10th June 10 10 Fiom 10 h June to 1 ith June 5
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  • 49 2 The s. s. Loodiana brought from Madras and < oi-t ports the unusually large number f 1 tB| deck passengers, and of these 837 wcic p.issengeis, 182 were engaged imini grant-, md 165 were free coolies. The ve-sel has proceeded to the quarantine Matron at Pulau Jerejak.
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  • 71 2 Iris gratifying to learn, writes “The Mor.tli-i "in the Straits Times, that Penang is having a “boom in real estate —that ito say that Penang has many of the condi tinns which assure a fair measure of comnurri.il prosperity. New buildings are going up on a
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  • 88 2 Never has Penang received such a brushing and scraping and whitewashing as she has t-xp rienced during the last few days I he streets have been filled with the castout contents of the premises, but the 151 carts employed by the municipality are now carrying off the
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  • 89 2 The municipal commissioners are now burning rubbish at different centres throughout the town, to enable them to cope with thousands of heaps of rubbish, that are being discharged from houses. The centres areChulia Street Ghaut,a compound at the back of Chowrasta Market, Pitt Street, Carnarvon Street,
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  • 28 2 A meeting of tLe St. George's ri„ W 01k Association will e lie]d (o m •uornmg, at ten o’clock, at 3 Westlar ds Bungalows. b
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  • 46 2 During the continuant e of the jiresent quarantine regulations mails despatched from Penang to Sumatra direct are liab] e to considtrable delay. All letters for matra will therefore for the present' be forwarded via Singapore unless special'y Mipers(ribed by direct steamer.” 7
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  • 58 2 A High Mass was celebrated, this morning, at the Chun h of the Assumption i n token of supplication against the spreaj and continuance of plague in Penang. similar service of the Eui harist w ill 1 )(5 celeb-ated on Wednesday morning,
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  • 79 2 For sometime past, the interpreters and others in the police courts have been losing hats, &c. On Saturday last Chinaman, named Chin Ah Loi, was*arrested for stealing a felt hat, valued at $3.50, the property of one of the interpreters and was, this morning, charged
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  • 79 2 The Vivianne Dagmar Comedy Company advertise that they will give one performance here on Wednesday hext, the 14th inst, at the Town Hall. It’will be remembered that this Compary performed here for one night only on their way eastward, and highly entertained the audiem e. They
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  • 164 2 Rules for members of the Singapore olunteer Artillery on the reserve list are published. An Order is published by which all local passenger ships shall be subject to the provisions of the Passenger Ships Ordinance of 1890, save such of the provisions as relate to voyages to or
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  • 372 2 Seventy-five years ago, there was already established in Penang a local military corps, in addition to a regiment of native infantry from India. An officer of the latter force usually commanded the Penang corps. The Chinese merchants in Penang in 1824 are describe as being Che Seong
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1017 2 tx j i 1 II sfta Pritchard Co. Wednesday Wednesday 14 th June. FOR ONE NIGHT ONEY. THE If lUTT A fir ADQ IT VIVIANNE DAGMAR COMEDY MANILA CIGARS!! company, (E.V ROUTE FOR SOUTH AFRICA) MANILA CIGARS I The Serpentine Dances AND Revised Net Prices select varieties Prices $2 si.
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  • 48 3 ADDRFSSIS IO THH Coi'RT. M. ?\l \nau terminated his speech before tlb> court of cassation on the 2nd of June by pmamling th if Dreyfus be sent back to a 'i itlior council of war. M. Mornard said th.it D eyfus was an innocent man.
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  • 51 3 \x imperial decree has been issued at Pekin?, in which the political status, lon?.claimed by Roman Catholic bis|W;)S in the provinces of China, is officia’lv recognized by the throne, and now the Other Christain churches are raising an outcry at being left out in the
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  • 96 3 (.though Great Britain retains the premi r place in the Bangkok shipping returns, it is a fact worthy of note that the British c n>\ing tiade has not increased in anyth ig 'ike the same pioport'on as the German, which now ranks second in import*
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  • 109 3 Another negro, who had used inflammatory expressions against the whites, was lynched in Georgia lately. The Rev. Alexander Williams, the negro metliodist bishop, as president of a methodist conference at Jersey City, has made a remarkable declaration, lie predicts that the continued lynchings of coloured men
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  • 164 3 Ihe commissioner of Luang Prabang has written an interesting monograph on Luang Prabang, the Siamese portion of which will soon in all probability be French. The territory actually ruled over by the King of Luang Prabang, says the commissioner, lies between 97° 57’ and tor 4’ east longitude
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  • 459 3 Ix referring to a publication recently is-iied by the American piesbyterian mi si n press, Shanghai, the N. C. Hera'd says This is an anti opium league publication, consisting of answers received from v,trie ns medical men and women, to a number of questions circulated
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 1203 3 Cn Chamberlain’s Colic, Cholera and photographic studio. AVIL/lll&LCl Cl VO. Diarrhoea Remedy a. kaulfuss, 27 Farquhar Street. Is everywhere acknowledged to be the most success- Bv SDecial appointment to h. h. ire 19 BEACH STREET. fol medicine in use for bowel complaints. It always photos afte, toe cures and cures
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  • 119 4 A Siamese woman, if it be her first confinement, is doomed to be thirty days within four feet of a fire, always uncomfortably warm, and much of the time hot, on a bare ben<jh, without a mattress or anything under her, and with nothing but a
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  • 110 4 His Return to America: A New Appointment. As previously announced, Rear-Admiral George Dewey, who destroyed the Spanish fleet at Manila last year, and has ever since been in command .of. the American naval forces in the Philippines, has retired from the position, his successor being Commodore John C.
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  • 624 4 The Russians are about to annex from China the province of Sarykol, which commands all the passes leading from Central Asia to Cashmere and Chitral. China’s Emperor’s health has improved so much that no further bulletins will be issued. M. Paul Feer, who was recently drowned on
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 52 4 In the Sick Room.—ln olden times the preparation of Invalid Beef Tea was a tedious process, now the Liebig Co. do the evaporating and all you have to do is to put the Extract into boiling water and stir. 1 housands have been brought safelv through illness by its timely
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    • 1947 4 A.nrticmrr uvnakc MITT I?- J The Ohly Medicine of the kind awarded a Certificate at the Calcutta Exhibition, 1883-84, open to ail Countries Jas. L. Woodford, D" LALOR’S Four Bungalows are available: —The Dia- M al W M WL. H 9 iS nWW MH mend Jubilee, Victoria. Alice, and Dovecot.
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  • 291 5 The “Oaks.” The following is the result of the race f o t the Oaks ”on the 2nd of June Mr. D. Baird’s b. f. Musa i. Mr. P- Loril lard’s b. f. Sibola 2. Lord Rosebery’s Corposant 3, Bi urn day Honours. further details. The following
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  • 559 5 The Dreyfus Case. DISSENSIONS IN THE CABINET. M. Krantz, who succeeded M. de Frey c inel as minister for war, informed the chamber of deputies that Captain Cuignet had confessed to having communicated the correspondence to the Petit Journal, and that for this reason he
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  • 39 5 TELUK ANSON. (10th June) Tin Shipments. l'he shipments to-day are— To Penang, 464 pikuls of tin. To Singapore, 3,475 >, of ore (12th June) The shipments to-day are— To Penang, 619 pikuls of tin. D°. 73 of ore.
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  • 65 5 A hockey match will be played on Wednesday at the Esplanade between the P. C. C. and H. M. S. Orlando. The following gentlemen will represent Penang G. B. Southam Goal. G. E. Mosley W. Hargreaves j Backs. W. Hodge t H. Starr Half-Backs. P. J. Sproule
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  • 196 5 P. C. C. v. H. M. S. “Orlando.” A cricket match between the P. C. C. and H. M. S. Orlando was played on Saturday at the Esplanade, and resulted in an easy victory for the home team. Dennys for the P. C. C. was very successful
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  • 47 5 Arrival». To-day. Yesterday. MAIL NOTICE. Mails close to-Morrow. Fur Per str. Time. Deli Clive ...to a.m. Klang... Mary Austin 1 r.st. Singapore Rosa 3 p.m. Singapore Loodiana 3 p.m. B’pore, Hongkong, Swatow Amoy... Glenfalloch 4 p.m. Langkat Ho 4 p.m. Wednesday, 14TH. Olehleh Paslang...Fitzpatrick ...11 a.m.
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  • 25 5 From Steamers To Arrive. Rangoon (mails from Europe) Java to-day. Rangoon Palamcotta to-morrow. Singapore Hyson 15-6-99. Colombo (mails from Europe) Ballaarat 16-6-99.
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  • 117 5 Arrival*. To-day. 3. s. Glenfalloch from Singapore. B. I. s. s. Loodiana from Madras. s. s. Rosa from Singapore. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat. Yesterday. s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson. s. s. Sportsman from Kedah. s. s. Deli from Klang s. s. Glenartney from London. Saturday,
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  • 99 5 Monday, 12th Mail from Europe expected to arrive. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 3-05 a.m. and 3- p.m. Tuesday, 13TH High-water at New Jetty, 3-55 a.m. and 4- p.m. Wednesday, 14TH Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 984 5 WHITE AND SOUND TEETH. TELEGRAPHI T A H T Rowland’s Odonto is the best and purest “SYMPHOG -Z/* I’c:;-. ,i 3 I y La pentifrice, being warranted free from any acid 9 V X 4 I -4 J 1 X X or gritty ingredients; it whitens and preserves the teeth,
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  • 124 6 Penang, izth June, 1899. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank i/n;, Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/0J Do. 3 Credits De. 3 Documentary 2/o£ s Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 149! Do. 3 days’ sight Private 151} Bombay, Demand Bank 1491 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 151? Madras, Demand
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  • 175 6 Penang, 12TH June, 1899. Tin 68.30 I Trang 25.50 Black Pepper West Coast... no sales. (Acheen 61b no sales. White Pepper 4«-5° Cloves (picked) 37* Mace No. 1 100.—sellers. Mace Pickings 80.— do. Nutmegs 64. do. (No. 1 7-75 do. Sugar 2 4- 8 5 do. (Basket
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  • 165 6 June 12 s. s. Elim Rickniers from Hamburg, for Singapore, China and Japan Behn Meyer Co. 13 s. s. Corn from Olehleh, for Olehleh, im East Coast Poits. Padang and Batavia. Hottenbach Liebert <2c Co. 13 s. s. Bingo Maru from Singapore, for Marseilles, London, and Antwerp. Boustead
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  • 155 6 (Straits limes, ioth June, 1599.) Raubs (15/10 pd.) $59.50 safis. £1 fully paid $6l. sellers. Punjoms (>4pd.) 58.50 buyers. Jelebus (*5 pd.) $10.50 do. Pahang Corp. 1 pd.) 812.75 South Kaub Ltd.(8100 pd.) S32s.— buyers Redjang Lebong sl4s.—sa/w. Pataling Coffee Co. (gioopd.)... s2o. Pengerangs ($5O pd.) nominal.
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 137 6 A Relic of the War. Many old soldiers now feel the effects of the hard service they endured during the war. Mr. Geo. S. Anderson of Rossville, York county, Penn., who saw the hardest kind of service at the front, is now frequently troubled with rheumatism. I had a severe
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    • 1485 6 "“toS lioikrs. ELLWOOD’S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS New York A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN INDIA. «.J--. Worn in the East by all Awarded mannheim insurance company Funds £33.335,755 Affirm The Gold Medal. FTIHE undersigned have been appointed Heavy Reduction in Raths. the UiTlCvrS, Agents for the above Company and are “New plan”
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    • 500 6 PENANG BAND. NOTICE is hereby given that from the date below the charges for the services of th. B ind will be as follows Dances s Dinners and 1 romenadcs 2O Garden Parties, At Homes 15 Transport, extra. To subscribers of not less than $l2 per annum, half the above
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