Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 26 September 1899

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  • 22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.) ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVII. TUESDAY. 26th SEPTEMBER; 1899. No. 220.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 822 1 Shipping jlataa. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. trpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outward*. Homewards. Chusan Oct 5 Valetta J Oct 7 Bengal >9 Coromandel 21 C/yrf* Nov. 2 Parramatta Nov, 4 Coromandel 16 Chusan 18 Parramatta 3° Bengal
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    • 2419 1 NTfWniWITTQPI II? P T nWh BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. jSoticfS. photog JNOIWDEL loLllEll LLUIIJ KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. a. kaulfuss, t o o, NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. 27 Farquhar Street. s .Ziv ffIVN. 7 -.re- 3KTP/M MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. By special appointment to H.
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    • 728 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Fune: .../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, Meda (Deli), Samarang. Sourabaya, Padang Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menado Gorontalo, and Rangoon London
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  • 62 2 London, 25TH September. Nows from South Africa. Business Collapse in the Rand. Business in the Rand is almost at a standstill, and it is expected that the mines will be closed at the end of the month. Charlestown Threatened. The Times's correspondent at Cape Town telegraphs that the
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  • 802 2 Fcr cruelty to animals, Ramasami was yesterday fined 85. We hear that rinderpest has again broken out in Province Wellesley. Inspector Simpson, of Magazine Station, has, we hear, been transferred to Nsbong Tebal. Friday’s Government Gatclle and Satur day’s Singapore papers did not reach us till this
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  • 72 2 The Russian consul at Shanghai has received a telegram from the Governor of Port Arthur stating that a doctor, sent by the Port Arthur authorities to investigate the plague at Newchang, reports, that be visited four depots and discovered two thousand new coffins, al) containing plague
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  • 151 2 Not a Common Gaming House. Three Chinese babas, named Chia Han, Lee Ah Sam, and Chong Swee Hong, and six Chinese nonias, named Chia K-m, Toh Yew Gek, Oh Guat Loo, Chew Gek Seong, Khoo Neang, and Lim Guat, were yesterday charged with playing in a common
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  • 118 2 Mr. J. A. Harwood, Solicitor General, Penang, is appointed to act temporarily as a puisne judge of the supreme court, Penang Captain J. H. Davidson-Houston is appointed an assistant-superintendent of police. Mr. C. F. Greene is appointed a magis trate for Penang Mr. A. K Buttery is appointed
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  • 170 2 Special Meeting. A special meeting of the municipal commissioners was held yesterday afternoon at the town hall, when the following gentlemen were present :—Mr. J. \V. Hallifax {Deputy President), Dr. 1 C. Avetoo.n, Mr. D. Gilchrist, Mr. J. F. Wreford, Mr. H. \V. Firmstone, and Mr. J Brom-head-Mattliews.
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  • 266 2 z\ correspondent writes to the effect that at the present moment a gamblinghouse is being run in Chulia Street, where the tenant is a well-known keeper of a house of ill-fame, and the chief sharper is a man who has long been wanted by the police. Two
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  • 286 2 Correspondence. Messrs. B. Meyer Co. to Postmaster-General. Singapore, 19th September, tBgg. Sir—ln reply to your letter of the 14th instant, we have the honour to give you the following information. It is the intention of the Norddeutscher Lloyd and the
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  • 63 2 LONDON. (25th September) Boy-Messenger Race. Postponement. The boy-messenger race (between representatives of the London Evening News and the New York Evening World) has been postponed. TELUK ANSON. (25th September) Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day are To Penang, 561 pikuls of tin. Do. 44 of ore. (26th September) The
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  • 28 2 A high official, who has arrived at Shanghai from Peking, reports that the statements anent a crisis in the native parties in Peking are fabrications.
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  • 37 2 The death is announced from Hofei, in lhe Province of Anhui, of Li Han-chang, the brother of the mote famous Li Hung cbang, and Tan’s predecessor in the viceroyship of the Kwang Provinces.
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  • 54 2 Information has been received in Hongkong that the Aberdeen White Star liner Thermepyla, running bet ween London and Australian ports via the Cape, has been lost, lhe vessel was lost on the homeward voyage. The steamer was built by Hall, Russell and Co., and was
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  • 71 2 The crown agents for the colonies invite tenders, on behalf of the government of Ceylon, for the construction of ai important addition to the railway system of Ceylon. The present northern line from Colombo terminates at Kurunegala, and it is intended to carry it on to
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  • 77 2 Conviction and Appeal. Pettathambay Iyer, storekeeper to the Perak State Railway at Nibong Tebal, was on last Friday prosecuted before Mr. Farrer, for stealing some sleepers, the property of the Perak Government. The case came on for hearing on Friday, but was not concluded until Saturday,
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  • 87 2 Steady Advance in Selangor. The Methodist Episcopal Mission at Kuala Lumpur is building a new church there. The corner stone was laid on Friday last. The mission began its work at Kuala Lumpur in March, 1897, when Dr. W. T. Kensett proceeded thither from Penang
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  • 140 2 On the night of the 6th of September a Pariah youth living in Popham’s Broadway, Madras, ran amok, stabbing fourteen people, two of whom have since died Some two months ago he had a fight with some Muhammadans, in which he was wounded. Since then he entertained
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  • 158 2 The following extract from Collingwood’s Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll may be of interest: Mr. Dodgson invented a new problem to puzzle his mathematical friends with, which was called The Monkey and Weight Problem.” A rope is supposed to be hung over a wheel fixed to
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  • 289 2 The American transport Morgan City, carrying eight officersand 672 enlisted men, left San Francisco for the Philippines on the morning of the 10th of August. The vessel reached Honolulu on the 18th of August, and after stopping there the better part of three days, the voyage
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  • 1359 2 Coup D’Etat Imminent The Universal Gazette confirms pt- i telegrams as to the crisis iu the canii-,1 I it also states that word has been re r I .to the effect that a coup d’etat is expected I occur some time during the present I
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    • 1973 2 WtSdlCO. THE WRECK v BBWBABBVV ABV ¥3 fl ri'HE Municipal Commissioners of George wRAI HQPIIuNES. s s STELLA. I for the supply of the' following for one year n The Cheapest and Most Powerful rr HE well-known English Barrister, Mr. Firetood!* LlmC Importers General Dealers. Tnc) rnmpnl v Introduced. Edward
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  • 100 3 r— New York Sun. Robert G. Ingersoll, the illustrious agnostic, is dead he passed away peacefuUy, without an instant’s warning, sitting j n a chair in his summer home. A great jurist, an eloquent orator, an honest man, a bitter enemy of hypocrisy, a friend of trl
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  • 479 3 The show-rooms of the Burma and Straits Musical Agency at No. 28 Beach Street, Penang, are well worth the payment of a visit and they who have not taken advantage of the kind invitation of the genial manager, Mr. A. B. Cunningham, to inspect the rooms
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  • 487 3 Major Marchand’s journey across Africa has cost France/*120,000. ill M. Hanotaux still pretend that the Major was at the head of a scientific expedition asks a Palis correspondent. This figure of /120,000 was given by Major Marchand himself in an interview at Lyons with a local paper.
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  • 72 3 Tuesday, 26th Moon, Last Quarter. High-water at New Jetty, 4-40 a.m. and 5-°5 P-m-WEDNESDAY, 27TH Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.rn. High-water at New Jetty, 5-30 a.m. and 5-55 P-m-1 hvrsdav, 28th:— Mail to Europe closes at 4 p.m. Friday, 29TH: St. Michael. Municipal Commissioners’
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  • 120 3 Penang, 26th September, 1899. Rates close as follows: London, Demand Bank i/uj Do. 4 months’sight Bank z/tijg Do. 3 Credits i/nIJ Do. 3 Documentary 2,0 Calcutta, Demand Bank Rt. 145 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 147 Bombay, Demand Bank *-45 Do. 3 days’sight Private 147 Madras, Demand Bank 144
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  • 238 3 The s. s. Jiu Ho went into Dock on Saturday last, for her usual six-monthly repairs, and will probably stay there for about ten days more. The s. s. Heidelberg (Gaptain R. Schilder) arrived here from Hamburg and canal port this morning, with Mr. Burkins, as passenger, and
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  • 64 3 Mails Close To-morrow. For Ter str. Time. Klang ...Mary Austin 1 p.m. Edie, T Semawe, Segli and Olehleh ...Pegu 2 p.m. Pangkor and Teluk Anson aw Tong 2 p.m. Thursday, 28th. Klang and Port Dickson ...Betsy t p.m. Deli ...Ho Kwei 1 p.m. Deli ...Calypso 3 p.m. Madras
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  • 29 3 From Steamer To Arrive. Liverpool Polyphemus to-day. Olehleh R. K. Aijeh 27-9-99 Singapore Lightning 27'9‘99 Rangoon Camorta 27-9-99 Suez Shanghai 27-9-99 Singapore C. Hock Kian 27-9-99
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  • 136 3 Arrivals. To-day. s s. Heidelberg from Hamburg s. s. Hong Leong from Singapore s. s. Ho Kwei from Deli Yesterday. s. s. R. Halewyn from B.du Bahra s. s. Taipin r from Port Weld s. s. Chan Tai from Kedah s. s. Pegu from Acheen s. s.’/t rlsadong from
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  • 282 3 Sept. 275. s. Caniorta from Rangoon, for Singapore and Manila, Huttcnbach Liebert, Co. 26 s. s. Polyphemus from Liverpool, for Singapore and Java, W. Mansfield Co. 27 Extra P. O. s. s. Shanghai from Suez, for Singapore, China and Japan, Gilfillan Wood Co. 28 s. s Calypso from
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  • 524 3 Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on the 15TH September, 1899. Present.— J. W. Hallifax, Esq., (Deputy President), H. W. Firmstone, Esq., Dr. T. C. Avetoom, and D. Gilchrist, Esq. Absent— J. F. Wreford, Esq. 1. The minutes of the last Special Meeting and of the Ordinary Meeting
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  • 759 3 PROPOSED PROGRAMME OF ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1900. To be held at Batu Gajah on and February FIRST DAY. 1. The Maiden Plate. A Race for all Horses that were originally imported into the Straits Settlements or Native States as Griffins, Roadsters, or Maidens that have rim but
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    • 27 3 WILLIAM J. KEYMER Co.. East India Colonial Merchants. Plantation Agents <S Produce Importers. Passenger, Shipping Insurance Agents. India, China Colonial Newspaper Representatives. 88. FENCHURCH STREET, LONDON, E.O.
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    • 483 3 In the Kitchen—ln the preparation of gravies soups sauces, meat pies, and all savoury dishes. Liebig Company’s Extract imparts the essential features of good cookery—appetising favour, nourishment and digestibility. 2 The Penang Khean Guan Insurance Co., Ltd. VTOTICE is hereby given that the fourteenth Annual Ordinary General Meeting of the
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    • 297 3 Meister Co. 19 Beach. Street. SHIPCHANDLERY 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, Changkols,
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    • 313 3 BUYINC AGENTS IN LONDON. WILLIAM J. KEYMER Co. Offer their services to Firms Abroad. Having for many years bought for the EASTERN MARKETS, they have a thorough knowledge of the Goods suitable for same. On hearing what Goods you trade in, Catalogues or Samples will be mailed Free of Charge.
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    • 806 3 HUTTENBACH Bros. Go. GB AM Co, LIMITED. SPECIALITIES ALWAYS ON HIND. HUMBER CYCLES Wholesale Chemists. Gentlemen’s, Ladles’, Bays’ and Girls Cycles. Highest Grade Machine in the World. AR£ NQTED FQR THEIR American Carriages of various grades in Stock. MACHINERY. Steam Engines Boilersof various Horse vlieilllCtuSj power, Petroleum Gasoline Engines stationery
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    • 136 3 Jas. L. Woodford, Penang. JUST RECEIVED PITMAN’S Shorthand Instructor A complete exposition of SIR ISAAC PITMAN’S System of Phonography or PHONETIC SHORTHAND Designed for Class or Selfinstruction. Price $2.75. KEY TO PITMAN’S Shorthand Instructor Price $l. THE Phonographic Reader A course of Reading in PHONETIC SHORTHAND in the Corresponding Style.
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    • 2626 4 latest market quotations.” XATvr! vl Chamoeriain’s l 3 ain Balm penang, 26th September, 1899. jg M JoK y I JU K AAAOJTKJw J Is famous for its cures of rheumatism; one application A ULJIUIC Tin ("nauß J out 4 ot season. I relieves the pain and its continued use for
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    • 651 4 REDUCED PRICEsTopfI crushed food New Stock. S| Try it and You Will be Sat, W T R. BELILIOS begs to info, m 0“’ JL. that since inferior CrnshJ h c pubi ß offered for sale in the Penane Marl T OO 1 prices, he desires to draw itt,.,,,- et a
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