Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 September 1899

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    23 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. EVIL TUESDAY, s th SEPTEMBER, 1899. NO. 202.
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      789 1 Shipping Jhrtte. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. riIHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outward.- Homewards. Oct 5 Paletta Oct. 7 Cl” ,s 19 Coromandel „at Nov- 2 Parramatta Nov, 4 G>’“ 1 1.1 16 Chusati 18 Dec Dec.
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      1722 1 NORDDFITINrrTFR T FOVh BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. pipping LLUI 17 KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. .7. < 9 NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Nippon Yuien Kaisha. r-1- j Z“7T A 1 fc, JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. W Hl Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. g urlW i~’“i -1—
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      488 1 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDIO. A. KAULFUBS, 27 Farquhar Street. By special appointment to H. H. the Sultan of Kedah. PHOTOS of any kind and style, and after toe latest inventions. Only artistic work. J ust received: Materials specially prepared for use. So durability and artistic work guaranteed. VIEWS of Penang, Native States,
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      426 1 li anils. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY) Established 18'24. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Func: .../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, Medaa (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Menado Gorontalo, and
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    91 2 London, 4TII September. A Further Detail of the Transvaal’s Reply. Withdrawal op the Quinquennial Offer. The Transvaal’s reply to Mr. Chamberlain’s latest despatch withdraws the offer of granting the full franchise live years after naturalization. The Dreyfus Re-Trial. Acquittal Expected. It is generally expected that Captain Dreyfus will
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    LOCAL ANF GENERAL.
    1088 2 The Perak Railway Ordinance ciine into operation 01 the Ist instant. Blague has made its appearance ai Newchwang and is causing much alarm. Two Chinese were, each, fined S 3, yesterday, fir lemjving night soil dutiug prohil.ile I hours. The 'rikisha is to be introduced into Manila,
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    LORD CURZON'S FRONTIER POLICY.
    82 2 In the new frontier policy, says the Calcutta Englishman, Lord Cuizon has begun one of the most important—from many points of view, perhaps, the most important—of the reforms whi di he has set himself to carry out in the interests of the limpire over which he
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    SINGAPORE CRICKET CLUB.
    112 2 The S. C. C. held their annual general meeting on Thursday last. The Hon. C Stringer occupied the chair and was re elected President. The following gentle men were elected to serve on the Committee Messrs. Scoular, Edlin, Lethlnilge, Ellis, Wo'ferstan, Beija field, R. T. Reid, and
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    AFFAIRS IN SAMOA.
    185 2 Latest News. z\ SP£CtAL correspondent of the Auckland Herald, writing from Apiaon the 26th of July, gives an account of several meetings of chiefs of various sections and the h'gh commissioners, at which all the chiefs ex.ept Mataafa, who was unwell, were pre-ent The chiefs expressed their
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    CRIMINAL FORCE IN BURMAH ROAD.
    232 2 A Defendant’s Wife Pawns Her Jewellery. The further hearing of the charge of robbery against three Klings, named I’akiry, Mutu, an 1 Karapen, came on yesterday before Messrs. O'Sullivan and Woodward, silting as a court of Iwo magistrates. The prosecutor, a Chinaman name I O
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    RESULT OF A QUARREL BETWEEN TWO WOMEN.
    248 2 Police Constable’s Frivolous Charge A Kling, name 1 Huseinsah, who re sides in Kampong Deli, was arrested by P. C. 149 Vanjur, of Magazine Station, with committing a nuisance in Penang Road on the 3rd instant. The case was called before Mr. O’Sullivan
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    MR. BARDLEY NORTON AND THE CEYLON BAR.
    127 2 The Cochin Argus says:—“ Mr. Eardley Norton, one of the leading lawyers 111 India, has decide 1 on practising in the Ceylon Courts." [lt is understood, however, that Mr N irton’s intention to practise here had to do with a request made to
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    NO APPEAL TO THE PRIVY COUNCIL IN INSOLVENCY MATTERS.
    166 2 Judgment of an Appeal Court. At the Appeal C »urt, Ceylon, Mr. Justice Brown has rea 1 his o vn judgment and that of the Acting Chief J usiice in the application for leave to appeal to the Privy Coun cd
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    JAPAN AND THE PHILIPPINES.
    156 2 t\ Hongkong correspondent of Freedom (Manila) writes —ln conversation with one of Hongkong’s business in n the other evening, your representative was treated to the following story, which may beint resting to Manila people. The conversation hal turned upon the American-Filipino war, when the gentleman rem
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    CHINESE SERVANTS IN ENGLAND.
    796 2 Tub Domestic Difficulty. The gravity of the ever present servant problem in FSnglan I is assuming very serious proportions just now, an 1 the near prospect of a country void of d oinostics is daily haunting the matrons of the realm Neither love nor money, it
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    117 2 [From our own C O R REsro!)I) SWG4PO/?f, (■5/A September) Dr. de Vicq’s Fu nera) Ihe funeral o f Df consul-general for the \\ti H in the Straits, took p U ce pore and was largely ->tu IR »>- the British officials thT consular representatives of states, and
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    RATS IN BOMBAY.
    154 2 }'~l>cnibay I Onu of the untoward res dts of n e in the monsoon is the great incr-a; ei y number of the rats in B olni 1 cially in the fott. These pests Were reduced by the direct aciion of pa,, the earlier months of the
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    ANOTHER PENANG NATIONALITY CASE.
    723 2 —Siam Fret Press Extraordinary Casis at IJangkt. On the 24th of August, before tbeE:; a Consular Court, an inquiry was opens into the nationality of one Toh San the Siamese Government claimed as Saiinese subject. Mr. Tiileke, Acting AttorneyGenta appeared for the SiamesaGovernmeoia Mr. Travers-Drapes appeared
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      1587 2 Pritchard &Co Hioh ciass SEA BiCKNESB r 1 UUiai u vv. piiunc T r. Is a thing Of the Past where A Forfeited Pledges above the sum of »10 Importers <V (jenersi UCdICIs. will be held at No. 56 Beach Street, punctually at it a.m., on Wednesday and Thursday, the
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    MAIL ITEMS.
    239 3 nth August. (L. C. Express) Holland. The new Governor-General of Nether--1 nds India, Lieutenant General W. Roose- «ill leave for Batavia by the s. s r,AVewfrs, of the Steamship Com„qnV Nede.land, on the 19th inst. P a n) United States. Mr. Secretary Gage has overruled his nrede cssor's
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    PAHANG ROADS.
    1018 3 A Grand Artery. Mr. Clifford writes ioihis annual report on I’ahang of 1898: —The Trunk JRoad, which connects Pahang with the western seaboard, was completed during the year, fn July, the section of twenty-three miles between the S'Mangkok Passand Raub was declared open to traffic, and the two
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    AN ESCAPED PRISONER.
    55 3 ril l f nian leo who recently escaped from the criminal prison at Singapore, was arrested at 10 45 p.m. last night, in Havelock Road, with a large knife in his possession, says Thursday's Straits 1 <"'«• Ihe statement by the Penang police that they had arrested
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    THE ROW AT RAUB.
    323 3 n CC^» D ING tO llle I a,ian gcorrespondent to the Malay Mail, the chief event of in teresin Ulu Pahang during August was un doubtedly the fatal skirmish between Kehs and Hokiens at Raub on the 15th. It seems from the evidence since adduced to
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    THE HONGKONG & SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.
    875 3 THE HONGKONG SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. Tutt ordinary half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation was held on the 19th of August in the City Hall, Hongkong. Mr. R. M. Gray presided. The chief manager read the notice convening the meeting. The chairman then read the report
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    334 3 Tiie B. I.s. s. Goalpara (Captain Jacobs) left Penang for Singapore yesterday afternoon, with Messrs. D. Ross Smith, Fisher, and Goh Kuan Beng, as saloon passengers, and with general cargo from this port. The s s. Canton left Penang forPangkor and Teluk Anson yesterday, with one European, as
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    THE MAILS.
    47 3 Mails Ci use To-morrow. Ter str. Time. Asahan Deli Fook Ching ...n a m Klang Betsy 1 p.m. Batu Bahr a Flying Dragon 1 I’-M. Pangkor and Teluk Anson ...Taw Tong z P.M. Thursday, 7m. Tongkah ...Petrel I P M. Friday, Eth. Deli ...Langkat noon
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    MAILS IO ARRIVE.
    32 3 From Steamer To Arrive. Olehleh I ambora to-day. Rangoon Pentakota 69-99 Rangoon Fitzpatrick 6-9-99 Singapore Flensburg 6-9-99 Hamburg Serbia 7-999 Edie Sink 7'9-99 Colombo (mails from Europe) Coromandel 8-9-99
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    SHIPPING.
    101 3 Arch a It. To DAY. s. s. Loodiana from Madras. s. s. Taw long from Teluk Anson. s s. Pegu from Olehleh. s s Deli from Langkat. s. s. Avagyee from Deli. Yrs 1 i-ikdav. s. s. Betsy from Klang. s. s. I haiping from I’oit Weld. s. s
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    219 3 Sept. 7 s. s. Sink from Deli, for Singapore and Segli, anil Teluk Semawe, lluttcnb.ich, Liebert Co. 7s. s Serbia from Hamburg, for Singapore, China and Japan. Belin Meyer Co 6s. s. Flensburg from Singapore, for Colombo, Marseilles and Hamburg. 7s. s. Myrmidon from Liverpool, for Singapore, and
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    102 3 Tuesday, 51 h Jewish New Year (5660) commences. Assizes commence. New Moon. High-water at New Jetty, noon and 0-25 a.m. Wednesday, 6th Royal Prince of Wales Lodge, regular meeting, Masonic Hall, at 9 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 0-50
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES
    1150 3 Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners HELD ON THE IBIH AUGUST, 18,9. Present. J. Y. Kennedy, Esq. (President), J. F. Wreford, Esq., H. \V. Firnistone, Esq Dr. T. C. Avetoom, and D. Gilchrist, Esq. Absent.— Cheah Chen Eok. Esq. 1. The minutes of the last special meeting and of
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      31 3 TYPEWRITING. AUTHORS’ MSS., Business Correspondence, Legal Documents, Specifications, See., copied. All orders treated as strictly confidential and executed with neatness and accuracy. Terms moderate. Apply to TYPEWRITER.’ c/o Pinang G“ zette.
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      95 3 NOTICE. PE&AK STATE RAILWAYS. Province Wellesley Section. THE undermentioned will only be accepted for conveyance by train or steamer by special arrangement. Particulars can be obtained from the District Traffic Inspector, I’rai Station Horses, I’onies, Mules, Donkeys, Cattle, Carriages or Carts on wheels, bulky articles, Machinery, Explosives, or goods in
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    EXCHANGE.
    122 4 Penang, 5m September, 1899. Raies close as follows: Loudon, Demand Bank i/iiii Do. 4 months’ sight Bank t Hi Do. 3 Credits 2 o Do. 3 ■> Documentary 2.0,*, Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 147 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 148. J Bombay, Demand Bank 147 Do. 3 days’sight Private
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS
    175 4 Penang, STH September, 1899. Tin B 3 75 (Trang 2650 Black Pepper < ’.Vest Coast... no sales Aclieen GH* no sales. White Pepper 4‘ 5° Cloves (picked) 37Mace No. > Mace Pickings 80 do. Nutmegs fi s-~ do. (No. 1 7-75 do. Sugar 2 < b s
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST
    156 4 (Straits I imes, 2ND September, 1899 Ranbs (15/10 pd.) *6l. buyers. £1 fully pai l *62.50 Pimjoms (11 pd.) *12.50 sales. Jelebus I*s pd.) *13.50 infers Pahang Corp. 1 pd.) *>4 75 do. S. Ltd.(»ioopd.)*4oO.—ch ;i new issues.?/» Redjang Lebong *2 .o.—sales. Pataliug Coffee Co. (3100 pd
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