Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 8 November 1899

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    21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES.) ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. EVIL WEDNESDAY. Bth NOVEMBER, No. 257.
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      818 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. tmilE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. Coromandel Nov. 16 Chttsan Nov, 18 Parramatta 3° Bengal Dec. 2 Massilia Dec. C/j'rfz > 16 I’u/sH.i 28 Coromandel 30 lan. II Parramatta lan. 13 Clmsan
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      2156 1 MnRnniMTTNCIII’II If OVD I BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COKMNY, United. Wpphtn H#tta. Perak Government. lyvilDUljUlOUlLLlt LL’JIU KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. I riIHE Government of Perak is prepared to a ft NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Nippon Yu fln Kaiha as Settlement Officers on the Provisional and Temporary Establishment, on a salary
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      782 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1X24. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funcz 2,536,444.13) 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 Pccalougan, Pasoeroean TJilatJap. Menadc Gorontalo, and Rangoon London
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    465 2 Bcmbay, Bth November. 7 am. Latest News from Ladysmith Two Successful Engagements An official announcement has arrived from Ladysmith via Est court, which is dated the 6th of November. According to this, there has been a cessation of hostilities since Friday. Com mandant-General Joubert has refused Str George
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    WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA
    206 2 The new s to hand to-day is certainly most reassuring. The Boers would seem to be unable to secure the capture of Ladysmith, Mafeking, or Kimberly, and have, in fact, got very much the worse of the struggle at each point during the last week. Great
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    84 2 As already announced, an arrangement lias been made with the Ptnang Gazette's staff for the publication of any Reuter's telegrams that may arrive on Sundays during the present war. The same arrangement will hold good for public holidays, and Reuter's telegrams will be published as soon as possible
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    STRANGE PROCEEDINGS IN PERAK.
    627 2 A society exists at home, we believe, that is known as the I'otu Esses -not Asses, g: ntle collector. This association is none other than (he Society for Suppressing Speculative Stamps, anti we would invite the attention of that august body to the recent action of
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    SOUTH AFRICA ITEMS.
    387 2 Dissatisfaction in the Fkee State. The 1 lines's correspondent at De Aar wired outlie 26th of October: Dissatisfy tion in the Eiee Stale is on the increase. The burghers feel they have entered into a hopeless struggle since the reports of Glencoe and Elandslaagte have got abroad,
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    667 2 As to morrow is a public holiday, as well as being the anniversary of the Prince of Wales’s birthday, the staff of this paper will be given a holiday, and there will be no issue of the Pinang Gazette to morrow. The German gunboat Illis arrived at
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    KING-YU-WEI.
    39 2 Refused Permission to Land in Japan. Kang-yu wei arrived at Kobe from Vancouver by the P. R. steamer Em press cf India. The Japanese authorities refused him permission to land. He pro ceeded on bis way to Hongkong.
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    "COLONEL" SCHIEL.
    47 2 A correspondent asks the Natal Meenrv w hether the celebrated Colonel Sclnel is not the same person who was wanted at the lime of the Zulu war for aiding and abetting Cetewayo, and says that the authorities would do well to look up the records.
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    STEAMER BURNT AT SEA.
    54 2 Among the telegrams appearing in the Australian papers icceived in Colombo on the 19th of October is one referring to the burning of a steamer Montoya, off Magda lena, in Columbia, in the extreme north of South America. I Liity passengers per islied, including Alderman Newton,
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    CAPTAIN KLING MUHAMMADAN MOSQUE SQABBLE.
    88 2 Cross Sui ts Dismissed. Mydin, yesterday, sue! Pawan Abdul Cader Metican, one of the trustees of the Captain Kling Muhammadan mosque, for the sum cf $l2, alleged to have been wrongfully received by the defendant on the 20th of last April. There was a cross
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    MUNICIPAL MEETINGS.
    101 2 1 he following are the agenda of the Municipal ordinary and special meeting on Friday: Ordinary Meeting. 1. Minutes of last special meeting to be read and confirmed. 2. Any special business the Deputy President may bring forward. 3. Some bills to be passed. cat ions for post
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    49 2 [From our ow n Corresi-ondi SING (PORE. (Bth Novcmlier) An amendment to the prcm oCf ,i Penang Hills Kailway Ordii‘ n that the railway shall n ot authorized until .850,000 as c > tai be paid up, is still )e f on F Committee of the l.e-i-T,,;. Council.
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    HONGKONG PENSIONERS.
    65 2 Tim oldest pensioner oflfop'-k <• Mr Wihiam Chapman, who ha: yearly allowance of $704 ince 1 1 1 civil list pensions for n mated to amount to $85,0. 0 a, $BO,OOO for the previous year. 1 added $45,000 (or more ihan j,, for equalization of ex hange. L
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    FATAL EXPERIMENTS IN THE ART OF FLYING.
    100 2 Mr. P--r< v S. Fill her died Braye’s residence, Stamfoxl I’..:'- Rugby, from the effects <f 1:. a > which be m:t with wbile < with his flying machine. The v. rot|; .jj” the occasion was gusty, wet, an! f votirablc, but Mr.
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    THE RUSSIAN PRESS.
    153 2 Ri-Fi RKING to the articl in the National Zotnng upon ti e Tr.iL jal lion, the Noioe Vremya says:— l’o give a guaran.e that no great cn. linental pow er w i.l manifest a.l p ,4 to slay the at my of Gr< at Bi i ai>
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    TRANSPORT OF THE ARMY CORPS.
    324 2 Incidzn rit.t.v it m ly bi mi.nimed 1' the emb.itk ui in, transport, and d barkation of no >;>s cons itute essentially j divided duly. With the selecii .n and reparation of the ships as Iransports the r;.r office has 1 o hing whatever to
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    A TRANSVAAL-ORANGE REPUBLIC.
    501 2 President Steyn’s Alleged Ambiti: A press representative bid an it: ir. on Transvaal crisis with M G. Sv in Fort, who was for thr.-e yeirs p::v;.e secretary to Lord Loch w ei high missioner for South Africa, an I a l a magistrate for Rliodest 1 He
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  • Obituary
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    35 2 DliA TH. TisburY.On llie 6th Inst., at Gula Estate, Perak, [ossn: I-'hijh- kic I’i.amv, tbe second beloved son cf u.liam and Penelope Tisbuhy, aged 9 years and 6 months. Rangoon and Mouhnein papeis please copy.
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    GERMAN IMPERIAL MAIL SERVICE.
    1129 3 T lfl Clival of the s. Konig Albert j n th, h -bo'ir yesterday afternoon rei u f ,i < ther decisive forward movefn( <>n the part of Penang towards ij > ition of commercial importance v .lie is destined to fill. As the .ia-poit centre
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    A VICTIM OF RABIES.
    81 3 A telegram has been receive 1 in Coonoor from Paris announcing the death of Miss Kathleen Tidy, who was recently bitten in the face at Coonoor by a big dog supposed to be mad. Colonel Tidy immediately took his daughter to the Pasteur Institute in Paris
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    THE BOCCA TIGRIS FORTS.
    96 3 Kang Yi’s departure for the north from Canton has again been delayed, says the Hupao, a secret edict having been received by him on the sth of October, to inspect carefully the great forts at Humen, at the entrance of the Pearl River (Bocca Tigris forts).
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    NARROW ESCAPE OF A GERMAN GOVERNOR'S HOUSE.
    93 3 At Kiao Chau on the ***** of October, 1 be Governor’s residence narrow ly escaped destruction by fire. A dinner had been given to Admiral Seymour. After the departure of the guests a loud crash was beard, which proved to be the collapse
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    THE LAST VOLUNTEER BATCH
    102 3 I he Nagasaki Press of the 16th of October says:The U.S. transport Indiana ariived here, yesterday morning, from Manila and will probably remain here for five or six days, as she lias gone into dry dock to be cleaned. She has on board some 600 men,
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    PRINCE HENRY.
    130 3 According to the China Gazette, the German Imperial Squadron in those waters, consisting ot the Deutschland and Kaiserin Augusta, at rived at Woosung at noon on the 19th ot October; H R.ll. Prince Henry being on boaid the flagship. The cruiser Illis went out to meet the two
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    FATAL ACCIDENT AT RANGOON.
    140 3 Details of the accident which resulted in the death of Gunner 11. E Cosetis, No. j Company, Eastern Division, Royal Artillery, show, says the Rangoon Gazette, that on W ednesday, shortly alter noon, the dally parade being over, a number of men ot tile Battery were
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    PICKLING A LAD.
    171 3 An event which speaks for itself of the lawless stale ot the country bordeiing on and beyond the New 1 cnitoiy,on the main land, took place quite recently, says the Hongkong Daily Press. A gang ot scoundrels kidnapped a lad ot seven or eight years of age
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    LOSS OF THE "ESMERALDA."
    168 3 The Marine Court of Inquiry has returned the following finding We find that the British ship Esmeralda, official number 95,859, of which Alexander Wiliam Ross Cobban is master, the number of whose certificate is 017,422 issued at Aberdeen, left Hongkong on a voyage to Manila via
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK
    96 3 Wednesday, Bth Royal f'rince of Wales Lodge, regular me ting at 9 p. 111., at Masonic Hall, Northam Road. High-water at New Jetty, 410 p.m. and 4- a m. Thursday, <jth: f’rince of Wales's Birthday. I’ublic and Bank Holiday. Penang Hunt Chib, Gymkhana. High-water at
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 3 Penang, Bth November, 1899. Rates close as follow-s London, Demand Bank I iift Do. 4 months’sight Bank i/nfj Do- 3 Credits i/ii}i Do. 3 Documentary... i.'nj Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 144 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 146 Bombay, Demand Bank 1 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 146 Madras, Demand
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    37 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Acting Commandant. Parades for This Week. Nov. Bth 5 p.m. Squad Drill Right half Coy. Io, b >, Left half By Order, (Sgd.) G. M. Dundas-Mouat, Lt. Adj. Penang Volunteers.
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    329 3 The s. s. Deli arrived herefrom Langkat this morning, wiih Messrs. O. Muir and C Locke, as saloon passengers. The Deli also brought ninety-five deck-pas-sengers and general cargo, for this port. The s. s Mary Austin (Captain Boyle) arrived here from Klarg yesterday, with Mr. Davidson, as saloon
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    THE MAILS.
    88 3 Mails Ci ose To morrow. I'<” Ter str. Time. Deli ...Ho Kwei 1 p.m. Tongkah ...Petrel 1 p.m. Klang and Port Dickson ...Betsy 1 p.m, Moulmein Rajah 1 p.m. Edie. T. Semawc, Segli Olehleh Hot Canton 1 p.m. Tongkah ...Perse 1 p.m. Rangoon ...Fitzpatrick 2 p.m. Pangkor and
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE>
    18 3 MAILS TO ARRIVE> From Steamer Tv Arrive. Singapore Jason to-day. Singapore Graaf v. Bylandt 10-11-99 Singapore Oanfa 10-11-99
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    SHIPPING.
    141 3 A rrh ols. To-day. s. s. Canton from Teluk Anson s- s. Deli from Langkat Yesi euday. s. s. Taw Tong from 1 ehik An-on s. s. R Halewyn from Asahan s. s. Jin Ho from Tongkah s. s Petrel from Tongkah s. s. Mary Austin from Klang s.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    172 3 Nov. 8 s. s. Jason from Singapore, for Singapore, for Singapore, Hongkong and Amoy, W. Mansfield Co. 9s. s. Loodiana froi.i Singapore, for Madras via ports, Huttenbach Liebert Co. 10 s s. Oanfa from Singapore, for Marseilles and London, Behn, Meyer Co. 10 s. s. Graaf van Bylandt
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    164 4 Penang, Bth November 1899 Tin 32 -3 O ITi aiig out seasons West Coast... no sales. Acbeen 61b no sales. White Pepper 43 5° Cloves (picked) 37' Mace No. 1 goZ" o Mace Tickings <lo. Nn ,n TNo..- 4 b (basket 47J Tapioca Flour -9° Copra a
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    242 4 (Straits Tinies, 4TH November, 1899 Raubs (15/10 pd.) 55 o sellers. fully paid »64.50 do. *Jelebus (»5 pd.) 4s °,sXT’ vpahang Corp. (£ipd.) »>4*Temelongs > J 2' -Kechau Gold (£lO paid) »18.— hirers. S.RaubLtd.tiioop-l ,»225ciim new issue hyrs. Red ang Leboug (fl. 100) ?220. buyers. *F,aser& Neave,
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