Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 10 August 1899

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    28 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIL TH Li RS DAY. 10th AUG I i ST, 1891). No. 181.
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      779 1 Shipping jEUrtuts. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. tmHE mail steamers may be -J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— Outwards. Homewards. Aug io Coromandel Aug 12 Valetta 2+ Parramatta 26 Coromandel Sept 7 Chusan Sept 9 Parramatta 21 t 1 Chns.m Oct 5 Oct.
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      1826 1 NORDDEUTSCHER KKOYI) BRIT,SH iNQiA s NAVI6AT,(W company, Limited. pipping jjijUl 1/ KONiNKLIJKE PAKETVAABT MAATSCHAPPIJ. a NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. S\\ ,r o JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. \V Hl Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. I ft I I For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected
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      917 1 CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILL. Hotel Charges.—Bs. per day for each adult. Saturday evening until Monday morning, 88 for each adult. Four Bungalows are available:—The Diamond Jubilee, Victoria, Alice, and Dovecot. Lawn Tennis and Billiards. For further particulars apply to J. KERR, Managing Proprietor. Chairsor Coolies can be obtained at the
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      427 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. S UTHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY) Established 18'24. Pa.d-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reizrve Func: .../2,536,444.1*4 ead Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India— The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medal (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean 1 jilatjap, Menado Gorontalo, and
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    191 2 London, ioth August. Preparations for War. Arrival at Buluwayo. Colonel Plumer and eight officers have arrived at Buluwayo, near which a special camp is being formed. Regiments Under Orders. Mr. Chamberlain, secretary-for-the-colonies, has informed the house of commons that there is some truth in the statement as to
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    630 2 A water supply G to be laid on to the imperial palace in Peking. The line between Lanchou and Peitaiho has been washed out. The death is announced (3rd August) of General Charles Scott Elliot, at the age of 74 years. According to the latest advice from
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    CRIMINAL BREACH OF TRUST.
    82 2 Thu trial of Nio Su Chong, on charges of criminal breach of trust as a servant in respect of $10.46, the properly of Khn Guan Siew, on the 28th June last, and of voluntarily causing hurt to Yio Ki Kin on that date, was concluded yesterday
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    SHOUTING IN THE STREET.
    81 2 A Malay, named Mydinsah, was yesterday charged before Mr. O'Sullivan with disorderly conduct by shouting in Cintra Street on the 23rd of last month, and with being in possession of a weapon (tepi) without lawful excuse at the place and time mentioned. The accused said in
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    A MISUNDERSTANDING.
    88 2 With regard to the case of Haji Mahomed and Mahomed Eusuf, reported in yesterday’s Pinang Gaze'tc, it is stated that the former did not lay an information against Mahomed Eusuf but against another party. It is now said that both these men were together, and that Haji Mahomed
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    INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF WOMEN.
    87 2 I r was a rather curious coincidence that on the very day that Lord Dunraven was asking the house of lords to disqualify women for municipal office, the the first session opened in London of a women’s movement on the largest scale ever attempted, and which
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    SEQUEL TO THE LOW CASE.
    97 2 I see the Statesman has it, writes a contributor to the Rangoon 7 iwrs, that Mr. Trotter, one of the defendants in the cele brated Low case, is to be reduce a grade and transferred to Burma Is your fair province tobecoine the dumpingground for
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    IMPERIAL AID FROM INDIA.
    83 2 10,000 British Troops Immediately Available. The question whether it would be possible to employ British troops from India in the event of a non-peaceful settlement with the Transvaal has been fully discussed between India and England. It is understood that the Indian government decided that the
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    ACCIDENT TO THE HERMAN EMPRESS.
    140 2 According to an early account, an accident by which the German Empress sprained her ankle on the 18th of July occurred through Her Majesty's slipping on a wet board covering part of the pathway After the Empress had attempted to continue the excursion a chair
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    THE CEYLON CUP AND STRAITS HORSES.
    210 2 A contributor to the Indian Sportsman thus writes So far only a quintette are down, including Merloolas, North British, Devoted, Catspaw, and Redavni. There i, hardly any chance of the second entries bringing in any candidates, unless the colony of Singapore should be lepresented
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    SCALPED.
    238 2 Extraordinary Accident at Bangalore. A Bangalore correspondent records an extraordinary event that took place recently at Bangalore. There is a poor Hindu patient, he says, in the Bowring Hospital at the present moment suffering from the effects of one of the most extraordinary accidents that has ever come before
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    CHINA AND JAPAN.
    61 2 It is not generally known, says the N. C. Herald, that a special Chinese mission was sent recently to Tokio with autograph letters from the EmpressDowager to the Emperor of Japan, and that in connection with this the Japanese Admiral has gone up the river to com
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    APPRECIATION OF SEAMANSHIP
    84 2 A very handsome silver cup has been presented by a passenger to Capt. J. A. Magenis, the captain of the s. s. Camorta, bearing the following inscription Presented to Capt. J. Magenis by Capt. Gor. ing Jones as a mark of appreciation of the skill and seamanship
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    INDIAN GOLD AND INDIAN MINTING.
    97 2 A notification of importance in the light of the recommendations made by the currency commission appears in the India Gazette. It runs “Thegovernor general-in-council is pleased to remove, as regards gold produced at the Indian mines and tendered at the Bombay mint by agents of
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    DEATH OF A FAMOUS ASCETIC.
    170 2 The Indian Mirror writes:—Benares has suffered yet another severe bereavement. That famous Hindu ascetic, known as “the holy man of Benares,” Swami Bhaskarananda, has passed away. The deceased Swami was a name to conjure with among the Hindu community. No devout Hindu pilgrim passed through
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    A POOR ECCLESIASTICAL MINION.
    162 2 Ecclesiastical controversy is seldom amusing whatever else it may be, but 7he Indian Churchman is distinctly comic. By way of rebuking those who predict that the Church, if certain of its members persist in bringing on “crises,” may one day be disestablished, this writer pictures the
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    ISABELO ARTACHO IN HONGKONG
    605 2 I— China Mail, A Threatening Letter. Several days ago we received a visit from Isabelo Artaclio, the Filipino who was associated with Emilio Aguinaldo in the signing of the treaty of Biac na-bato, and who was afterwards imprisoned by Aguinaldo at Cavite, Baccor, and laterly at
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    1219 2 THE BRITISH FLAG IN HUNN AN WATERS. H. M. S. Woodlark, Lieut.-Comm Barton, has made a very successful t/ on the Tungling Lake and up the SijJ River, being the first foreign ntan-of-v to show her colours in the interior'*, Hunan. At Yochou and Changsha,
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      1223 2 DnUnhanil pPa BURMA AND STRAITS CHLOROBROM r ntcliard to. musical agency. unLunuDi,um 66 T ITTLE LOMOND” on Penang Hill. MUSIC ROOMS, U with immediate entry. Apply to 28 Beach Street, PENANG. e w. presgrave. SOLE AGENTS FOR CHLOROBROM notice TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS: NTR- L. PATZER, Piano Tuner from Penang, Native States
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    1058 3 (L. <S* C. Express) 14th and 21 st July. General. Lady Salisbury, who bad a slight parlic seizure on the 12th inst., was better ...terday and making good progress. The steamship Paris has been towed f.. v into Falmouth Harbour, and will Jot ready for the journey to
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    FURTHER REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    579 3 Ist—3rd August. Yunnan and the French. The Times's correspondent at Rangoon telegraphs that the Chinese are raising various obstacles to the French demands concerning railways in Yunnan, but that numbers of agents of the French syndicates are in Yunnan city, where French shops have been opened. The
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    SHIPPING.
    73 3 A rrhals. To-day. s. s. Bengal from Colombo. s. s. Artsadong from I’adang. Yesterday. s. s. Loodiana from Madras. s. s. Thaipeng from Port W eld. s. s. Pegu from Acheen. s. s. Sri Bangka from Asahan. s. s. Sportsman from Kedah. Departure». To-DAV. s. s. Avagyee for Deli.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    230 3 Aug 12 Homeward P. O. mail steamer Coromandel from Singapore. for Colombo and London, Gilfillan, Wood Co. 14 s. s. Ulan from Liverpool, for Singapore and Java, W Mansfield 8: Co. 14 s. s. Nurnberg from Hamburg, for Singapore, China and Japan, Behn Meyer Co. 16 Extra P.&O
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    60 3 Thursday, ioth High-water at New Jetty, 3-20 p.m. and 3- a.m. Friday, mu High water at New Jetty, 4-10 p.m. and 4- a.m. Saturday, 12TH Public and Bank Holiday. Anniversary of the Settlement of Penang. Mail for Europe expected to leave in the afternoon. Sunday,
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    STEAMER REPORTS
    257 3 The B. I. s. s.Java (Captain A. Raite) left Penang for Rangoon yesterday, with forty deck-passengers and general cargo from this port. The s. s. Taw Tong (Captain Vaz) left Penang for Pangkor and Teluk Anson yesterday, with two Europeans, as saloon passengers, and one hundred-and-twenty deck passengers
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    THE MAILS.
    49 3 Mails close to-Mohrow. For Pe&gt; str. 1 ime. Deli ...Langkat 1 pm. Klang ...Mary Austin 1 p.m. Singapore, Hongkong, Swatow and Amoy. Chcang Chew 1 pm. Mouhnein and Calcutta ...Chanda 3 p.m Teluk Anson and Port Dickson.. Lady If'c/d 4 P.M. Saturday, izth. Tongkah ...Petrel 1 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    26 3 From Steamer To Arrive. Singapore Lindula ii-S-iy) Edie Coca ii-S&lt;j&lt;j Singapore li ig Leong 11-8179 Singapore Liga.ning 12-8-99 Singapore G. G. Lansberge 14-8-99
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    PERAK TURF CLUB.
    690 3 AUTUMN MEETING 1899 To be held on August 17th 19th. FIRST DAV. Fll st Rack. 3-15 p. »1. Tin Maiuex Pi. m i Value $250. A race for Maiden Horses. Weght per scale, an |..«:ini &lt;-of I4lbs. for horses entered for the 1 ff.-im.-diati- Stake only, and
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      747 3 American Dentistry. DR. RABE of San Era: cisco may be consulted at the I urope Hotel, Leith Street, in about a fortnight. OIITCE Hours to a.m. to noon and 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Now visiting Taiping professionally. SOFT, FAIR, DELICATE SKIN. A clear and healthy complexion produce d by
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      296 3 Mc/yigtei 1 Co. 19 Beach Street SHIPGHANDLERV OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. Manila, Coir, and Europe Rope. Canvas and Twines. Paints, Oils, &.c. Engineering Requisites AND Hardware OF ALL KINDS. Packing, Tucks Genuine and Asbestos, Babbitts Metal, Patent Drills, Yale Locks Lawn Mowers, Lawn Rollers, Garden Syringes, Salter's Spring Balances Fairbank’s Scales,
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      599 3 HAIR PRESERVED BEAUTIFIED The only r&lt; lia!&gt;].* preserver and restorer of the hair is 1&lt; a land’s Macassar Oh., which closely r&lt;‘&lt; iiihi. tho oily matter nature provides for nouri hi” r i- &lt;1 stimulating its growth without which the hair becomes dry, thin and brittle It prevents baldness and
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      1096 3 CANNONITE N E i H(4 CARiRIDfiES, 1899. M ot, ce L WOOUTaFa. l ordinary General Meeting of the Shareholders of this Company will be held at the Company’s Office, No. 34 Beach Street, on 2a Beach Street, Penane Wednesday, the 30th August, 1899, at 11 a.m. No Smoke! No Smell!
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 4 Penang, ioth August, 1899. Kates close as follows: London, Demand Bank r,* 1 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank 2,0 J Do. 3 ■&gt; Credits 2/°i s Do. 3 &lt;&gt; Documentary 2,’oj Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 149! Do. 3 days'sight Private 151 Bombay, Demand Bank '494 Do. 3 days’sight Private
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    165 4 Penang ioth August. 1599. Tin 885.50 /Trang 2 5-5° Black Pepper I West Coast... no sales. Aeheen 6*l* no sales. White Pepper 4'- Cloves (picked) 37Mace No. 1 Mace Pickings 80 Nutmegs 6 5- J°* (No. 1 7-75 do Sugar 2 485 J°(basket 4'4° do Tapioca Flour
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    147 4 Straits 'l imes, STH AUGUST, 1899.) Raub (15/10 pd.) S6'- £1 fully paid 863. Punjoms (84 pd.) 815.—srZ/rrr. Jelebus 185 pd.) »'3-75 J° Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) 814.50 do South Kaub Ltd.(Bioopd.lB42s.—mm new issue Redjang Lebong 8230.—nominal. Pataling Coffee Co. (J 100 pd.)... 820. Pengerangs (850 pd.)
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      379 4 REDUCED PRICES FOR CRUSHED FOOD. New Stock. Try it and You Will be Satisfied. IR. BELILIOS begs to inform the pubic that since inferior Crushed Food is offered for sale in the Penang Market at low prices, he desires to draw atter.tion to his certificated Crushed Food for Horses and
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      895 4 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. A. KAULFUSS, 27 Farquhar Street. By special appointment to H. 11. the Sultan of Kedah. PHOTOS of any kind and style, and after tne latest inventions. Only artistic wort:. J ust received: Materials specially prepared for use. 1 So durability and artistic work guaranteed. I VIEWS of Penang,
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