Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 17 June 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. EVIL SATURDAY, 17th JUNE, 1899. No. 137.
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      573 1 shipping Jlirtitts. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. HI HE mail steamers may be expected to arrive out- < wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outward’- Homewards. Coromamiel June 29 Chusan June 17 Plir rmnatta July 13 Nubia July 1 2 7 i Bengal 15 Aug IO Ballaarat
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      1476 1 Retires. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. Sbtpptna (Tlotice*se KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Ocean Steam Ship Company NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Tho Nl PP on YusBn Kaisha AND WndnnSnnrlnnL» C 4 JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. nCdejiandSt.h6 DiOOmvaart Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Maatsohappij Ocean. 73 For Will Sail
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      532 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY > Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funez .../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 (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menado, and Gorontalo. London
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAM.
    185 2 London, i5th June. French Politics. No Ministry Formed. AT. Poincare has failed to form a ministry, owing to the urgent demands of the radicals. President Loubet is consulting the presidents of the senate and chamber of deputies, as to what had better be done. The Venezuela Difficulty. Assembly
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1205 2 The Governor is not coming dirc-t to Penang, but will visit the Native States on his way hither. The en. Archdeacon Perham is expected to officiite at St. Mary’s Church, Kuala Lumpur, to-morrow, at both services. Mr G. M. Stafford, of the Selangor Survey Department, will probably
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    PLAGUE IN PENANG.
    112 2 The following information has been fi lr nished from official sources and may b e relied upon as accurate Period Cases. Deaths. From 1 Uli May to 3rd June 10 5 From 3rd June to loth June 10 i 0 From 10th June to nth June 5
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    ILLEGAL REMOVAL OF GUNPOWDER.
    49 2 Mr. MacFarlane, acting inspector under the Gunpow’der Ordinance, p ro secuted a Kling, named Tilly, yesterday for removing 30 pounds of gunpowder without a permit from the Chief Police Officer. Tilly, on being convicted, was fined $lO, and the gunpowder was ordered to be confiscated.
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    RINDERPEST IN PENANG.
    55 2 The following Gazette Extraordinary has been issued by the Perak government:— Whereas information has been received of an outbreak of a contagious and inftc-i tious disease amongst cattle in Penan" viz., rinderpest, it is hereby notified that all cattle imported fiom Penang will be subject to seven
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    THE CHARTERED BANK.
    74 2 Mr. J. Williamson Jones will soon return to Penang, to re-assume charge of the Chartered Bank, and, according to present arrangements, will be leaving Genoa on the 27th instant by one of the N. G. L. liners, which should reach Singapore about the ***** of July, allowing
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    AN AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT.
    69 2 The following circular has just been issued by the honorary secretary to the U. P. A. The Resident-General having asked the committee to submit to him an estimate of what the probable annual cost would be of such a department, members are requested to inform the honorary
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    THE APPROACHING ECLIPSE OF THE MOON.
    100 2 Visible at Penang. The total eclipse of the moon on Friday, the 23rd instant, will be visible at Penang, Die first contact will be at 6 32 p m., and the moon will be partially eclipsed when it rises at 7-28 p.m. The middle
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    RAILWAY ACCIDENT IN INDIA.
    103 2 A Train Dashes Over a Broken Bridge. A bad accident occurred at midnight on the Bih of June to a goods train on the Haid irabad-Nizam’s railway. A bridge near Bbongir was washed away, and the train, travelling through the dark, dashed over the broken bridge
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    LAUNCH OF THE NEW DREDGER.
    135 2 Encouraging Results. Early this morning, the launch of the new dredger for Penang Harbour took place from the yard of the builders, the Penang Foundry Company. The machinery is now being removed from the temporary hull that has been at work for some months and
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    DEMONETIZATION OF THE BRITISH DOLLAR.
    163 2 Some correspondence took place last year between the managers of the banks in the colony and the colonial government, in reference to local currency and coinage of British dollars. This correspondence was sent to Downing Street, and in January Mr. Chamberlain repli“ u to the
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      1108 2 TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: rtflf Mclllrt&Co. iTrnri' MusJc by HARR y DACRE UNDER MASONIC PATRONAGE. A w Price $i each, Cash. FOR POSITIVELY ONE NIGHT ONLY. A M P RI A IN The;Greatest of Wonder Workers /kIVLOIXI t can’t think ob nuthin’ else One Crowning Triumph all over the World. FOR THIS
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  • Obituary
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    47 2 DE A TH. Crowe —At Butterworth, Province Wellesley, Penang, on Friday, the 16th June, 1899, Samuel Alfred Terence, the beloved fourth con and youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Henry J. A. Crowe, aged 9 years 9 months and 1 day. English and Indian pap-rs please copy.
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    ROMANCE OF A DEATH NOTICE.
    255 3 T lines- oxe of the curious things that appear in [he columns of the London Times is this (iealh notice, which is published annually ‘•On Friday, July 16, 1839, in her thirtythird year, the very deeply lamented Lady Flora Hastings, M J. V.” The Lady
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    NEWS FROM CHINA.
    746 3 Japan and China. There is one paper in Japan which is veiv outspoken in its views. The Nippon b irves that there was an understanding between Russia and England before the farmer made her latest claim anent the Peking railway, and that if England has -tim ed
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      52 3 lx THE Sick Room.—ln olden times the Preparation of Invalid Beef Tea was a tedious -s. now q ie j ip[,ig c o< do the evaporaand all you have to do is to put the -xtract into boiling water and stir. Thousands ave been brought safely through illness by timely
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      1164 3 Cn ELLWOOD S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS FO^ E lei OL WOe A HOUSEHOLD WORD IN INDIA, j COLOURED C T E T FLOORING Worn in the East by all Awarded i cement roofing tiles. IO BEACH STREET t,le fficerSj The Medal. cement drain pipes The Civil Service and the Cognocenti.
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    MR. CARNEGIE'S MILLIONS.
    395 4 The Industrial Rivalry of Britain and America. I believe in a useful, dignified, and unselfish reign after sixty,” remarked Mr. Andrew Carnegie, the Scottish-American millionaire, to a Gazette interview?, with reference to his retiring from business. I am withdrawing in pursuance of a policy determined upon long
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    THE RANGOON OUTRAGE.
    589 4 A Blot on the Escutcheon.” The Allahabad Pioneer in an article, headed as above, on the recent outrage in Rangoon says —Black sheep, of course, there must be in every army and in most regiments, but the public had come to believe that neither their numbers nor
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    825 4 PROGRAMME Autumn 1899 Meeting'. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, the Ist August, 1899. i.—The Maiden Plate. Value $250 —A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lost, gib.) Entrance $lO. Distance 1 mile. 2. The Roadsters’ Race. Value $2OO.—A Race for Roadsters under Penang Turf Club Rule XXIV.
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      1268 4 S 3 L. WOOdl TU. -yOTICF the date H I <Mb 11 UJJI the charges for the services of the For U Ban 1 will be as follows bh. ThuPt nX»». Dances *3° Dinners and Promenades 20 Sensitive Garden Parties, At Homes .SKIN. jth I| I I I Skins. ---y-
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    ACCIDENT TO THE DUTCH CONSUL-GENERAL.
    203 5 nasty carriage accident occurred to Netherlands Consul General last night Stevens Road, just past the Tanglin r'lib. says the Singapore Free Press. Driv•llfr home from a dinner party, Dr. de vfi'l’s cariiage had for occupants the Alier and Mr. Romenij. In Stevens Road one of
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    THE "SRI PONTIANAK."
    201 5 —Straits Times. Captain Fears Revekge. The Sri Poiitianak, the vessel on which ii will be remembered the recent terrible i occurred, was to have left on her rerun trip to Pontianak yesterday afternoon. ]here were some nine Buggis passengers on board. In view of what had recently
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    A RIGHTEOUS STEP
    252 5 An “Ordinance to amend the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance 1896,” published in the last Government Gazette is a *t important effort at legislation, says the S g.iporc Free Fress The intention is to reach, generally, the results obtained by the now repealed Contagious Diseases Ordinance, but
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    THURSDAY'S "GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY."
    304 5 A G vernment Gazette Extraordinary to the follow ing effect was issued on Thursday last:— ‘•lnformation having been received that a dangerous infectious or contagious msease, namely bubonic plague, exists in the Settlement of Penang, it is hereby declared by His Excellency the Governor that the Settlement
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    876 5 (L. <S» C. Express) 26th May. The Court. The Prince of ales is to be the guest of the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch for some days during the first week in July at Dalkeith Palace. He is to visit the show of the Highland and Agricultural Society,
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    ENGLAND’S WEAKNESS IN BOWLING.
    68 5 There was much speculation when the last news was wired as to the constitution of the England team which will play in the second test match which commenced at Lords on the 15th instant. The present weakness of the home bowling convinces the visitors that they
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    PHILIPPINE AFFAIRS.
    522 5 Manila Tinies. Manila, 31st May. Captain Ambushed and Killed on Negros One of the most active and prominent officers of the signal corps has met an untimely end through the treachery of the natives of Negios. The rews was so unexpected and sudden that it has proved a
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    MAIL NOTICE.
    22 5 Mails close on Monday for Pe' Str. I ime. Fongkah ...Petrel 1 p.m. Pangkor T. Anson Canton z v M.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    29 5 From Stoners To Arrive. Singapore (mailsfor Europe) Chiisan to-day. Suez Manila 20-6-99. Singapore Lightning 21-6-9». Jason 21 -6-99 M Charterhouse 22 6-99. Liverpool I lysses 24-6-99.
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    SUNDAY SERVICES
    102 5 3rd Sunday after Trinity. St George’s Church. Matins, at 7-30 a.in. Holv Communion (choral). at 8-15 a.m. Sunday School, at 4-45 p in. Evensong, with Sermon, at 6 p.m. Church of the Assumption. First Mass at 6 a.in. High Mass at 8 a.m.; and Vespers and Benediction, at
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    77 5 Saturday, 17TH Mail for Europe closes at 4 p.m. Town Band, Golf Club, at 5-30 p m. Professor Anderson's Entertainment, at the Town Hall, at 9 p in. Sunday. iBth 3rd Sunday after Trinity. Monday, 19TH Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. Tuesday, 2oth Accession
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    PASSENGERS.
    18 5 4 rrh a /s To-DAV. Per s. s. Canton from 1 luk Anson Messrs. Just and Slothard.
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    SHIPPING.
    98 5 1 ni als. To-day. s. s I \ina from Rangoon. s. s. I'indobona from Singapore. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson. Yesterday. s. s. I'i.lar fiom Tongkah s. s Chantai from K&lt; !ah. s. s. Mary Austin from Klang. s. s. Thaijeng from Port Weld. Departures To day. s.
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      692 5 JEYES PURIFIER. The best Plague Preventive known. EXTENSIVELY USED AT plague Centres irj Jndia and China. Wholesale from SANDILANDS, BUTTERY Co., Retailed by all the Sliojps. AMERICAN CIGARETTES SELLING BY THOUSANDS. IN PACKETS AND FOIL LITTLE SWEETHEARTS 50 cents per 100. TENT BRAND 50 SLEDGE BRAND 65 BOOK BRAND with
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      259 5 THE Robinson Piano Co. Piano Makers, Tuners Repairers, Music Musical Instrument Sellers, 33 Raffles Place, SINGAPORE. (and at Hongkong, Shanghai, and Tientsin.) The only Musical Establishment thoroughly acquainted with the requirements of the Far East. Established 1875 Twenty-four years. Specially Made Pianos Only. Value Guaranteed. THE ROBINSON PIANO Co. HUTTENBACH
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    EXCHANGE.
    126 6 Penang, 17TH June, 1899. Raies close as follows: London, Demand Bank 1, ii« Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2/0$ Do. 3 Credits Do. 3 Documentary 2/0/, Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. &gt;49s Do. 3 days' sight Private 151 Bombay, Demand Bank &gt;49l Do. 3 days’ sight Private 151 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    173 6 LATEST MARKET QUOTA TIONS. Penang, 17T11 June, 1899. Tin °7-9&lt;r 11 rang 25.50 West Coast... no sales. Aclipcd 6lb no sales. White Pepper 4 1 -5° Cloves (picked) 37Mace No. 1 100.—sellers. Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs 2 No. 1 7-75 do. Sugar 2 485 d°(Basket 4-40 do. Tapioca Flour
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    130 6 June 17 Homeward P. O. mail steamer C/iHsnn from Singapore, for Colombo, and Loud hi, Gilfillan. Wood X Co 20 s. s. Antenor from Liverpool, for Singapore. China and Japan, W. Mansfield Co. 20 P. &O. Manila from London, for Singapore. China and Japan, Gilfillan, Wood Co. 21
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    163 6 (SOaiß 7 i/Mrs, 15TH June, 1599.) Raubs (15/m pd.) 857.50 sellers, fi fully paid 559. Punjoms h| pd.) SS. s o6hvus. Jelebus ($5 pd.) S 10.50 do. Pahang Corp. &lt;£( pd.) 812. South Kaub Ltd.(1100 pd 5400. Redjang Lebong Jllo. pataling Coffee Co. (jiioopd.)... S 2 Pengerangs
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      176 6 Sir Henry Thompson describes natural aperient waters as vastly superior to artificial solutions, however skilfully prepared; and Hunyadi Janos as the most concentrated of THLSALINE group.” Annual sale six million bottles. Signature, Andreas Saxlehner in label secures genuineness. A Relic of the War. Many old soldiers now feel the effects
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      551 6 Snsuranrc Ratites. New York Life Insurance Co Funds £*****,755 Heavy Reduction in Rates. “New plan” life policies on European, Eurasian, and Chinese lives in Penang. W. MANSFIELD Co., Agents The Royal Insurance Co. 4 CONSIDERABLE reduction in local Life _FA_ Rates is announced, and prospectuses will be supplied and all
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      654 6 MaMr ma pains’ Bfl» «estershire smice. PURVEYORS TO EMPRESS OF INDIA. CELEBRATED 01LMIAN’S STORES. "Isaiah ..at-sysJjßHap.,-bdt HOLDS A HIGHER MSRItThAN ANY OTHER NATURAL TABLE WJTER d J OF NATURAL table waters. Wholesale Agent for Panang, Acheen and East Coast Sumatra: 11. .T. MARTYNT, Jr., Penang-Medan •piiiai 9 IT"I flnsnranct llotirrs.
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      405 6 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO A. KAULFUBB, 27 Farquhar Street. By special appointment to H. H Sultan of Kedah. hE PHOTOS of any kind and style, and after latest inventions. Only artistic work Just received Materials specially prepared for use So durability and artistic work guarantee,] VIEWS of Penang, Native States. Atjeh. Sumatra
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