Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 24 August 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. THURSDAY, 24th AUGUST, 1899. No. 192.
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    113 2 London, 231 W August. The Reply from the Transvaal. Only a Tentative Summary. According to despatches from Pretoria, President Kruger’s definitive reply has not been sent, but only a tentative summary of the Transvaal’s new proposals, which consist of the franchise five years after naturalization and one fifth
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    STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS.
    106 2 We would draw the attention of the Colonial and Federated Malay States Governments to the extract from Sir G. Molesworth’s report on the Uganda railway, which we publish elsewhere. According to this, a government should rather suffer loss than charge the public beyond the lowest possible limit for
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    THE TSAR'S DISAPPOINTMENTS.
    145 2 M. de Blowitz expands the suggestion originally made by an American paper concerning the supposed desire of the Tsar to abdicate, as an instance of the bitter disappointments the Tsar has encountered since his accession. He instances that His Majesty sent the Armenians half a million roubles
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    GRAZING AT THE ROAD-SIDE
    268 2 In addition to his very laudable efforts against furious-drivers 111 Penang. Captain de H im. 1 has commenced a crusade against persons—syces or any other parties —who graze their horses it the side of the road in the town and üburban districts. The latter offence, of
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    SIDE LIGHTS ON THE DREYFUS CASE.
    251 2 Lc Figaro has always been active in procuring news for the public, but we doubt whether our contemporary has ever before been so successful in catering for its readers as in the recent revelations set forth concerning the Dreyfus case. The latest details to
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL
    1061 2 No British Indian rupees have been coined since 1893. Asbestos has beun discovered at Galle, Ceylon. It is proposed to establish a chamber of mines in Colombo. Apparatus has been ordered for experimental electric lighting of carriages on the Ceylon railway. The sugarcine crop in Bengal is
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    FURIOUS-DRIVING IN PENANG.
    93 2 Not Frightened by One Fine. Adan, the syce who is in the employ of Mr. Yeo.v Tok and was fined $2O on the 161I» instant for furious driving, as already reported in the Pinang Gazette, was again prosecuted by Captain de Hamel yesterday, before Mr. Woodward, for
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    HONOURS FOR TELEGRAPHISTS.
    89 2 The Spanish Consul at Manila has received from Madrid three diplomas of the first class of the order of Military Merit, with the ribbmn of the same. These diplomas are to tic conferred upon Mr. John Alexander Pattie, the former chief of the cable station at Bjlinao,
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    IRRIGATION IN INDIA.
    104 2 IRRIGA TION IN INDIA. The Government Review. The review of the Irrigation Works Accounts in 1897 I’Y Mr- Becher is published. It shows the remaikably profitable nature of this class of government enterprise, works now classed as produclived having paid no less than tod per cent, on the capital cost
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    ALLEGED GANG-ROBRERY.
    105 2 Prosecutor Crumpled up by Counsel On Tuesday ia-t, a Kling, n uned M-ih > med Pakir, prosecuted live other Klings for committing gang-robbery in his hou e at Nyaboo Lane. The case was called on for hearing before Mr. Sproule. On the completion of the prosecutor’s evidence, Mr.
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    COMPARATIVE COST OF PRODUCTION OF BEET AND CANE SUGARS
    106 2 On the all-important question cf the relative cost of tl.e production of the com peting sugar, says the Bombay Gazette, it appears that the cane can be produced at £i) the ton, while beetroot is one pound dearer. The European product
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    THE DIAMOND HAIRPIN CASE.
    133 2 Breach of the Pawnbrokers Ordinance. It w ill be rememliered that, as reported in the Pinang Gazette some time ago, the manager of lhe pawnshop who took the hairpins in pawn was prosecuted for a breach of the Pawnbrokers Ordinance. Mr R A. Law then argued
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    A LARGISH HOUSE.
    224 2 Dr. Furness, one of the American scientific expedition to Borneo in 1898, thus speaks of the inland tribes —The inland tribes of Borneo, by which I include all the natives except the Malays settled along the coast, are without any definite forms of religions worship; they make
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    SEQUEL TO THE HUTTON LANE CASE.
    254 2 Prosecutor Committed for Trial. Pawanchee, a respectable and well-con-nected Malay, was prosecuted with others, in connection with the Hutton Lane assault and robbery case, as repotted in the Pinang Gazette on the 7th of July last, and the trial, as will be remembered, resulted
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    94 2 [From our own SINGAPORE. (24th August). Latest Move by China Claims by Italy. China expresses her willing to grant the French a conceit in Nanking, provided F ra settles with England. Italy claims the right to struct railways from Hangchoiv Ningpo, from Peking to Sha n and from
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    THE TRANSVAAL DYNAMITE MONOPOLY.
    39 2 Ln view of the propose I cance 1^.:.., the dynamite monopoly in tl.e the Dynamite Company has off::.* make a reduction of 15«. a case r price. The Raa-I, however, proposal to cancel the con'
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    REFORM IN COREA.
    49 2 From the Seoul Indepe.idtnt that the Corean Emperor has order-' general revision of the laws. fa s result is a recommendation that aj sleeves should be worn with lorg ;>;j Fingyang and three ports on th s Kunsan, Masan, and Sungcffin, are t; opened to foreigners.
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    THE TRANSVAAL CRISIS.
    55 2 The rumours now bring circulatei 1 garding certain regiments in Indiab-warne-l to hold themselves in readiness the Transvaal are premature. Notro have yet been warned. It has. I.oiverer.h definitely decided to send a force of s six to ten thousand men in case hostna breakout. Meanwhile preliminary
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    THE PLAGUE IN HONGKONG
    29 2 Cases reported to Bth 4 Do. do during past 24 hours... Total, j, Deaths reported to oth A-iges' Do. do. during past 24 hours... T0ta1...:,}
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    ARREST OF A NOTORIOUS SWINDL=
    64 2 Inspector Beckwith, cf the L'en;; who was deputed on special L. arrest lhe perpetrator of a series 0: faced swindles which have ben rar::;: between Calcutta ard Howrah bv s person calling himse f Messrs. R:. ford and Co., commission agents, has at last m
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    PRELIMINARIES AT THE DREYF=S COURT-MARTIAL.
    150 2 The entrance of the three tei journalists on the 7th cf Angus: court-room at Rennes pro.hire I a s.r; indescribable confu-ion an I ::u’ military witnesses were in f ill urta and looked severe'y impn-ing. Drrff entered lhe room erect and after sa: calmly he
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    STATE-OWNED RAILWAYS.
    383 2 The following extract from the rex' Sir G. Molesworth on the Ugancanti is of interest and is published tree* for the benefit of the S S. andr x governments. Sir G. Moleswonii formerly consulting engineer to'.aal ernment of India:—“lt has laiea laid down as a maxim for ado?'.-
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      1492 2 DuUnhaTd cPa BURMA akd straits CHLOROBRDM Fritcliarfl 10. MUSICAL AGENCY. unLunuDnurai revenue farm. TENDERS will be received at the office of the Secretary to Government, Kuala I Lumpur, up to noon on the 25th day of Sep2B Beach Street, PENANG. I tember, 1899, for the exclusive right of collect-1 ing
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    NEWS FROM THE FAR EAST.
    1205 3 CRUSHED to death by a lift. A Chinese liftman at Queen’s Buildings, Hongkong, was killed as the result of an accident the other morning. The lift bad l, 2 ei> sent down the hoist empty, when deceased, who was on the ground floor along with
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    A BRAKE FOR OCEAN LINERS.
    171 3 1 he story of the Perthshire and the futile efforts made on board to manipulate a drag to keep her head to the sea will, no doubt, give interest to an invention which just now receives much notice in Europe, namely, the recent invention of
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    SHOOTING AFFAIR.
    148 3 A strange shooting affair has occurred in Calcutta between Alexander Adolphus Driscoll, assistant engineer of the new ice factory, the Linde British refrigeration company, and Martin, engineer in charge of the factory. Driscoll, having tendered his resignation, went to the private quarters of Martin, before the expiry of
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    MR. LAWSON TAIT’S EPITAPH.
    198 3 In connexion with the death of Mr. Lawson Tait, it is interesting to recall some woids written by him only a month before in a letter addressed to the Medical Press and Circular on the subject of vivisection: Some day I shall have a tombstone put
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    THE LOSS IN THE HUGLI
    752 3 One of the most appalling calamities in the annals of the Hugh occurred on the morning of the 13th of August near Diamond Harbour, when the Calcutta port commissioners’ survey boat Resolute was sunk with the greater number of her officers and crew as the
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    304 3 The s. s. Savoia left Suez for Penang on the 12th instant, and may be expected to arrive here on the 31st instant. We are informed that the s. s. Serbia left Suez for Penang on the 19th instant, and may be expected to arrive here on the
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    THE MAILS.
    31 3 Mails close to Morrow. Fvr str. l ime. Klang ...Mary Austin 1 P.M. Teluk Anson and Fort Dickson ...Lady Weld 4 p.m. Saturday, 26th. Deli ...Ho Kwei 1 P-M’
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    32 3 From 'tie.liner To Arrive. Singapore Moravia 25-8-99 Liveqxxjl Calchas 25-8-99 Colombo (mails from Europe) Valetta 25-9-99 Edie React 26-8-99 Singapore C. Apear 28-8-99 Liverpool Cyclops 28-8-99 Singapore Rosa 28-8-99
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    SHIPPING.
    74 3 Arrival*. To-day. s. s. Deli from Langkat. s. s: Pegu from Acheen s. s. Purnea from Singapore. s. s. Maha Vajirunhis from Olehleh. Yesterday. s. s. Petrel from Tongkah. s. s. Sportsman from Kedah. s s. Langkat from Deli. s. s Thaiping from Port Weld. Departure*. Today. s. s.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    261 3 Aug 24 s. s. Tosa Marti from Singapore, for Marseilles, London and Antwerp, Boustead Co. 25 Outward P. O. mail steamer Valltta, from Colombo, for Singaporeand China, Gilfillan, Wood Co. 25 s. s. Moravia from Singapore, for Calcutta, Colombo, and Bombay and via various portsto Trieste, S. Kustermann
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    75 3 Thursday. 24TH St Bartholomew's Day. High-water at New Jetty. 3-0 a.m. and 3- P-m. Friday, 25TH Mail fiom Europe expected to reach here at 5 a m. High-water at New Jetty 3's° a.m. and 4- p.m. Saturday. ?6th Town Band, Golf Club, at 5-30 p.m.
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      1857 3 Gosling Co. M oo las L Woodford st2o* M t p cosnili CARTRIDGES, 1899. MMUUUIUIU. sweOb. nounce that she has transferred the WAVERLEY”from 54 Northam SHIPCHANDLERY FRESH 2aßettChStmt P CDEQIJ fifinnQH laid on in all Bath Rooms, besides OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. FlltOn bUUUdI! introducing several improvements with a view to
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    EXCHANGE.
    133 4 Penang, 24TH Avgust, 1899. Rates close as fui-lows Loudon, Demand Bank i/*>i Do, 4 months’ sight Bank 2 'o,\, Do. 3 1, Credits Do. 3 Documentaiy z,tf Calcutta, Demand Bank Its. 149 Do. 3 days’sight Private 151 Bombay, Demand Bank j 49 Do. 3 days’sight Private 151 Madras, Demand
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    171 4 Penang, 241 H August 1890. Tin S 3 5O (Trang 2650 Black Pepper West Coast... i>° ks. Acheeu no sales. White Pepper 4 1 -5° M o ee e No iC i ked) too.—sellers. Mace Pickings |o.- d s B U’.. U k Tapioca Flour d Gntta
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    148 4 Straits limes, 22ND August, 1899.) Kaub (15/10 pd.) 96o.—buyers. /1 fully paid »62. Punjoms t pd.) «12.50 sa/rs. lelebns («5 pd.) «’3 7o do Pahang Corp. (£ipd.) *‘4- sellers. S.Raub Ltd.(t 100 pd. («42s.— cuwt new issues<?(zs Redjang Lebong J23o.—safes. Pataling Coffee Co. («t00pd,)... »20 Pengerangs (»50
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      630 4 Penang Ice and Industrial Com? pany, Limited. Defats .-—Beach Street.—Open on weekdays from 7.30 to 5 p.m.; on Sundays to noon. J Carnarvon Street, 32 Penang Road 11 Pitt Street.—Open at all hours day and night. Prices .-—For 1 lb. 3 cts. retail, in quantities over 1 lb. 2 cts.
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