Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 14 August 1899

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    26 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE I>u BL I SHE JO TXB.ILY. NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIL MONDAY. 14th AUGUST, 1899. No. 183.
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      805 1 Shipping Ihrtirts, iY Peninsular Oriental Steam o? Navigation Company. ®rilHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates:— s n Outwards. Homewards. mis. aktta Aug 24 '.Parramatta Aug 26 om andel Sept 7 Chusan Sept 9 ..-nnitta 21 Bengal 24 iLu, Oct
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      1892 1 1?U Tl (Wh BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. lhrtittS. INUIIVIJLUIdUIILIi LLUI U KONiNKLIJKt PAKtTVAART MAATBCHAPPIJ. s> NEGAPATAM LINE OF STfAMERS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. -Z' 7 a > z JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. \t 111 Intended. Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. I olt Will Sail Steamer. From
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      946 1 CRAG HOTEL, PENANG HILL. Hotel Charges.—♦.>— ner day for each adult. Saturday evening until Monday morn ing, #8 for each adult. Four Bungalows are available:—The Dia mond Jubilee, Victoria, Alice, and Dovecot. Lawn Tennis and Billiards. For further particulars applv to J. KERR. hi in aging Prohrietor. Chairs o-Coolies can
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      423 1 jßattks. Mederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETIIERLAND TRADING SOCIETY) Established 1824. Paid rp Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Func: 2,536,444.12! Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India—--I'he Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij, Batavia Agencies and Branches.—Singapore, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menado Gorontalo, and Rangoon London
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    294 2 London, izth Avgust. British Mercantile Marine. Transports in Readiness. St. James's Gazette says that all the Shipping Companies, under charter with the Admiralty for transport purposes, were notified yesterday to hold their transports ready for immediate despatch. Criminating Announcement by the Times.” Henry and Esterhazy were Accomplices. The
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    THE TEA TRADE DISPUTE.
    138 2 As notified in our Further Reuter’s Telegrams last week, the dispute which has been in progress in the tea trade h is been settled by an establishment of fresh regulations and a continuance of the 1 lb. draft allowance. The regulations are to come into force
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    ENLARGEMENT OF ST. XAVIER'S INSTITUTE.
    336 2 No! long ago. we had the satisfaction of chronicling the enlargement of the accommodation at the Penang Free School, the largest, numerically speaking, of all the scholastic establishments in the Straits, and we are glad to be able now to announce a contemplated increase to
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    204 2 The Penang Volunteer Corps is referred to in the Government Gazette, issued last Friday, as an established institution, and we note with much pleasure the selections made for officering the force. Mr. J. Y. Kennedy is appointed Commandant, with the rank of Captain, and Messrs. A. K. Buttery
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    SHOOTING STARS.
    179 2 On the 14th and 15th of November the Earth will pass through an unswept quarter of the heavens, and its inhabitants should therefore have an unusually fine view of the star dust, which will be set on fire and consumed bv the friction of this globe’s atmosphere. Every
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1245 2 The Uganda Railway employs over 13,000 coolies, who eat an average of twenty-one tons of provisions a day. Colonel Walker, c.m.g., we arc glad to hear, is to act as Resident of Selangor when Mr Belfield proceeds on leave A noteworthy feature in Madras administration in recent
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    RACING GIFT TO A HOSPITAL.
    36 2 The Duke of Westminster has presented the /10,00 c won by Flying Fox in the race for the Eclipse Stakes to the hospital at Rhyl, a fashionable watering place in Flintshire.
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    VACCINATION IN TRINGGANU.
    118 2 A Pahang correspondent writes to the Malay Mail —The headman of one of the coast mukims in Tringganu is a firm believer in the effcacy of vaccination he is also averse to the British principle of giving an option in the matter. Accordingly, he has oidered all
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    A PIGEON LOTTERY.
    131 2 Successful Prosecution. Eight Chinese were on Friday last prosecuted by Inspector Morris, at the police courts, for assisting in carrying on a public lottery on the 20th of July at Chulia Street, and against one of them was an additional charge of buying public lottery tickets. When
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    "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS.
    221 2 The Indian Immigration Bill of 1899 (vii. of 1899) will come into operation on the tst of November next. The fee for every license to manufacture gunpowder is ordered to be $25. The leave of Mr. A. Allan, the superintendent of the money order branch and savings bank,
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    WRECKED OFF PULAU KAPAS.
    106 2 The Tale of a Tub Two men in a tub were sea, yesterday, by a passing 10t J and informed their rescuers lat days ago they left Trang i n a with a cargo of pigs for Pe nan ?< master was new to the passage
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    SIR HENRY BLAKE AND THE PEAC
    117 2 The present Governor has learned the blessings of the Peak Hongkong Daily Press, or else he its cooler climate the inconveni living there and the nuisance oftl?' and declares the latter kick th e 1 However that may be, 11. just entered into regular
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    OUR FOOD SUPPLY.
    155 2 The members of the Kuala L-, sanitary board are now tackling th#' important subject—lhe price of food? For years the board farmed out theto sell beef and mutton, the farmer utaking not to sell above a stated R The public cried out against tin/; monopoly, and complained
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    LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    273 2 Tiiv. following are the Orders 3 Day for to morrow’s Council Jinrikisha Bill Ist Reading. Towii Bill 2nd Reading. Bank Notes Bi Reading. The Committee stage of Explosives Ordinance Amendmer.: and of the Women and 'Girls Prats Ordinance Amendment Bill. The third reading stages of the Pi Railway
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    JAPANESE INTEREST IN TIBET
    198 2 Among the signs of the times ts advent of a Japanese priest in ortb Buddhist gaib, seeking an entrars Tibet. The object is stated to be the" naissance" of the Tibetan Buddhists;Neo Japanese lines. If one may beueve statements of some prominent Rd Buddhist in Japan,
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    THE MENGTZE DISTURBANCE.
    181 2 The latest received Tong.ring P a P e still without details of the recent i.'--' ance at Mengtze, but the Europea»ex peeled to arrive at Hanoi on t"' coming down the river by sl n e full accounts of the affair would t available. Meantime the Coiirrt‘
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      1209 2 Dm+nbar-l r a BUR rt Ai D TS CHLOROBROM Pritchard to. mm mm. ,nLunuDnum A in at once to the undersigned. MUSIC ROOMS, j. c. 28 Beach Street, PENANG. FOR SALE. CHLOROBROM 4 VICTORIA PHAsTON, in good coudiSOLE AGENTS FOR x\_ tion, complete with lamps, &c. TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS Apply to
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    18 3 TELUK ANSON. {l2th August) Tin Shipments The shipments to-day are— To Singapore 3,554 pikuls of ore.
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    WESLEYAN CENTENARY FUND.
    24 3 The Wesleyan Centenary Fund has now reached /700,000. It is desired to raise /1,050,000 before the close of the present year.
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    THE DREYFUS CASE.
    37 3 Instructions to the CourtMartial. The French government have reminded the officers composing the court-martial which is trying Captain Dreyfus that the trial must be limited to the points decreed by the court of cassation.
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    TOD SLOAN SUSPENDED.
    42 3 Tod Sloan, the famous American jockey, whose sensational riding was a feature of the last English racing season, incurred the displeasure of the stewards at the recent meeting at Sandown Paik, and was suspended for disobedience at the post.
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    A QUESTION OF HABEAS CORPUS.
    291 3 The Chief Justice has beard an interestin* case under the Women and Girls Protection Ordinance 1896. According to the Singapore Free Press, Wee Tan Kela Siew, of 51 Kim Seng Road, Singapore, says that bis daughter lan Ah Chee, aged 17 years, on the 17th
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    SINGAPORE-JOHORE RAILWAY.
    708 3 Further Correspondence. Much correspondence on the subject of the Singapore Johore Railway was recently laid on the table of the Legislative Council. It will be remembered that Govern ment last year inserted a sum of 8400,000 in the estimates as a first vote. This was thrown out by
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    394 3 The s. s Perse (Captain J. Duff) arrived here from Deli on Saturday last with Mr. Drecknier, as saloon passenger. The Perse also brought sixteen deck-passengers and general cargo, for this port. The s. s Jin Ho (Captain Nichol) left Penang for Langkat on Saturday last, with thirty-three
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    THE PEACE CONFERENCE.
    290 3 Marked Cordiality of Feeling. There is a general concurrence of testimony as to the mutual heartiness of the delegates at the peace conference: and, as compared with the frigid distrust with which they met in May, they hade farewell to each other like school-boys starting on their
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    TAPING RACES.
    186 3 Entries. Flat Day, 17th August. I. —The Maiden Plate. Rufus Gipsy Queen Insolence 2. —The Ah Kwi Cup. Ist Griffin Race. Spitfire Rioter Itembau Inchi Mena The Swift Hercules Orlando Starlight Lady Peggy Norah Nightshade Not Yet Mudlark 3 —The Sultan’s Purse. The Count I Boyton Rosnaree Insolence
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    THE MAILS.
    43 3 Mails close to-Morrow. For Per str. l ime. Asahan and Deli Fook Ching noon. Klang Malacca. ..Teutonia i p.m. Deli ...Avagyee 1 p.m. Singapore Java... Titan 2 p.m. Singapore ...Rosa 3 PM. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady Weld 4 p.m.
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    10 3 From Steamer To Arrive. Singapore Diomed 15-8-96
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    SHIPPING.
    216 3 A rrt vats. To-day. s. s. Palamcotta from Calcutta. s. s. Fook Ching from Asahan. s. s. Rosa frsm Singapore' s. s. Betsy from Teluk Anson. s. s. Langkat from Deli, s. s. Sportsman from Kedah. Yesterday. s s. Coen from Olehleh. s. s. Titan from Amsterdam. s. s.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    239 3 Aug 14 s. s. Titan from Liverpool, for Singapore and Java, W. Mansfield Co. 14 s. s. Nurnberg from Hamburg, for Singapore, China and Japan, Behn Meyer Co. 16 Extra P.&O Socotra from Singapore, for London, and Antwerp, Gilfillan, Wood Co. 16 s. s. Dominica Balduino from Singapore,
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    49 3 Monday, 14TH First Quarter Moon. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New Jetty 6-40 p.m. and 7-05 a m. T uesday, 15TH Wednesday, 16th Town Band Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. Thursday. 17TH Friday, iBih Saturday, 19TH: Sunday, 2oth 12th Sunday after Trinity.
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      391 3 NOTICE] TITR. L.’PATZER, Piano Tuner from 111 Deli, intends visiting Penang pro fessionally in October or November. Tuning, $5. Orders received at the Europe Hotel, 22 Leith Street, after August tst. NOTICE. VIEWS of Penang, Singapore. Perak Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on bromide
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      2427 3 CO. THE 1 chair in the shade in front of his own door. flfißTßinfil-Q 1 RQQ Co.’Ltd. L, WUULIIUi Sometimes he kills time by reading the paper. Unit t lIIUULV, I Oddi VJOTICE is hereby given that an Extrabut oftener he does nothing but watch the Li ordinary General Meeting
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    EXCHANGE.
    124 4 Penang, 14™ August, if 9Kates close as foliows London, Demand Bank i/n# Do. 4 months' sight Bank 2.0/, Do. 3 Credits 2 Do. 3 Documentary z,o# Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. Imi Do. 3 days'sight Private 151 Bombay, Demand Bank It I Do. 3 days’sight Private 15’ Madras, Demand Bank
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    167 4 Penang 14TH August. 1899. Till SBIL- sellers. iTiang 25-5° Black Peppei West Coast... no sales. A6lb no sales. White Pepper 4 1 Cloves (picked) 37Mace No. 1 Mace Pickings 80— do. Nutmegs 6 5- do. [No. t 7-75 do. Sugar 2 485 do. (basket 4-4° “0. Tapioca
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    156 4 5/i.iils l imes, I2TH AUGUST, 1899.1 Raub (15/10 pd.) s6o.—sellers. £t fully panl 863. Putijoms <8) pd.) 812.50 scZZrrs. Jelebus (85 pd.) $l3-75 buyers. Pahang COl p. (£1 p I.) 814 50 do S. Kaub Ltd.(♦ 100 pc ,8425. cum new issuesales Redjang Lebong f 240.—buyers. Pataling
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      385 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 attention to his certificated Crushed Food for Horses and
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      2396 4 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. Agents fir LH PERRINS’ Bl rm «CRCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. I tom Waste Just received: from Oheenlzt.. Materials specially prepared for use. RB 1 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON. So durability and artistic work guaranteed. BY SPECIAL WARRANT THE QUEEN AR PURVEYORS TO EMPRESS OF INDIA. W| FAR CELEBRATED OILMAN’S STORES. 56
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      645 4 Marine insurance. MANNHEIM INSURANCE COM Pa\ y THE undersigned have been aDnn Agents for the above Company n,e<! open to accept Marine Risks at current ,lre KATZ BROTHERS THE DISTINGUISHING FEATURE OF THE Royal Insurance Company ARE ABSOLUTE SECURITY—FUNDS OVFd £6,000,000. K Large participation in Profits -Over n Million of
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