Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 11 November 1899

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBMSHE» DAILY, NEW SERIES.] ESTABLISHED 1833. [PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL EVIL SATURDAY, nth NOVEMBER, 1899. No. 259.
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      825 1 Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. trpHE mail steamers may be J- expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. Coromandel Nov. 16 Chusan Nov. 18 Parramatta. 3° Bengal Dec. 2 V<issi7ia Dec. 14 C/ytfc 16 [•«M/ti 28 Coromandel 30 Bengal Jan. 11 Parramatta Jan.
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      1446 1 IVORDDrrTTsJPrri?ft TFGVn BRITISH INDiA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Limited. flotirrs. INUIWDLUIOUIILII LLJID KOMINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. a e HEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. The Nippon Yusen Kaisha. l\ 1 JAPAN MAIL STBAMSHIP Co., Ltd. \i w/ Intended Sai! ing and expected Arrival of Steamers. I .z' For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected on
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      845 1 1 THE PINANG GAZETTE,” ENLARGED DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. rpHE price of the Pinang Gazette delivered I free is as follows To Government Offices and Merchants' Godou’W in Penang.—Per annum... J 24 payable in advance. 4a By Post. Ter amium... £27 do. Single copy 20 cents. Advertisement Rates. Minimum
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      423 1 JI units. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY Established 1821. 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. Menadc Gorontalo, and Rangoon
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAM.
    241 2 Bombay, iith November. 7-45 a.m. Rhodesia. First Sign of Boers. A small convoy under escort has been attacked by Boers near Bulawayo. Six men are missing, and the convoy is lost. Ordered to South Africa A Siege Train. A siege train of 30 howitzers and 1136 men have
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    609 2 The tea industry in Ceylon is reported to be in a sounder and better position financially Ilian ever. Plague has re appeared in lhe Punjab, and plague figures in Bombay city are stationary at present. Tun Countess of Antrim has succeeded the Duchess of Roxburglie as Lady
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    RUSSIA SLOWS DOWN.
    60 2 Russia has slowed down temporarily, and the s heme for bringing her railway to Peking appears to be in abeyance. M. de Giers has, however, been interviewing the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, so that one may rest assured the interests of the pacific Tsar and the
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    LIGHT SENTENCE FOR DESERTION.
    65 2 Private Givens, of the 4th U. S. Infanty, who deserted from the fighting bne at Imussuffering badly from what the Americans call cold feet was arrested on board the tansport Indiana, was taken on to San Francisco, and then sent back to Manila for tiial. He
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    THE STAMPS SALE IN PERAK.
    92 2 Most of the purchasers at the Saturday's sale, says the Perak Pioneer, v. ere Government officials, and, in its greedy attempt to add to its already ove flo«ing coffeis, the Government has lost sight of one point, and that is that it is distinctly leading
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    KIDNAPPING GIRLS AT PULAU KRA.
    90 2 Two Convictions. Pawan was yesterday charged before a crurt of two magistrates, consisting of Messrs O’Sullivan and Woodward, with kid lapping a girl, aged 14 years, fiom the lawful guardianship of her mother at Pillau Kra, and Hussin was also charged with the same offence
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    GRACEFUL ACT OF THE KAISER.
    102 2 'I he N C. Daily News announces a very graceful act that has been done by lhe German b'lnp-ror. His Majesty has conferred on Mr. Joseph Welch, w ho, as Acting Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, received the ///is memori d on the 21st
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    SITUATION AT PEKING.
    100 2 A year has passed since the coup d'etat, but lhe polity < f those in power remains as conservative or rather, as obstructive, as it was then. Diplomats and syndicatemanufacturers are about equally successful in their attempts Io move the immovable. Progressives fail to obtain progress, and
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    ENGLISH v. GERMAN FLANNEL.
    121 2 English flannel, says Ate Japan Tinies, has at last begun to regain the position it formerly occupied in the Japanese market, where it was for some time temporarily overshadowed by the German fabric. The latter was ab e for a while to enjoy an ascendancy over
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    A SANGUINE PROSPECTOR
    124 2 Seven miles long by three broad seems a fairly large tract of country for one man to have sole prospecting rights over, writes a Pahang correspondent to the Malay Mail, but, if anybody is likely to make good me of his rights, Mr. Swan is the man.
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    SHENG AND HIS RAILWAY SCHEMES.
    132 2 According to a private letter receive! at Shanghai from a member of H. E Sheng's staff now at Peking, 11. E. was recently received twice in public audience in the Grand Council Chamber and once in piivate audience in an ordinary thronehall His first public
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    SLICING PROCESS.
    189 2 A barber named Wong Ng was executed by the ling chi or slicing process on the 2nd of October for the murder of three persons some time ago, writes a Canton correspondent to the Hongkong Daily Frees. The murderer was engaged by a person named Cheung Fuk hing
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    French Telegrams.
    83 2 (Havas) BATTLE AT LADYSMITH. The Boers on 31st October arrested a patrol and 15®® mules and raided the abattoirs at Ladysmith where they seized a large herd of cattle. Boers shelled Ladysmith. The English troops tried in vain to take their positions but were com pelled to retreat
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    BRITISH WAR-SHIPS CAPEWARDS.
    70 2 The war vessels which were on the Cape and West African station at the commencement of the war, were: Cruisers Doris, flag. Forte, Magicienne, Barraeouta, I Philomel, Barrosa, Tartar. Cunboats Pat ridge, Tickler, Thrush, j Widgeon. Besidesthese there are the Monarch guardship, and the Penelope, prison-ship, lhe
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    EARLY CHRISTIAN CHURCH.
    47 2 According the Osservatore Romano, Mgr. Ephraim Rahman, the new patriarch of Antioch, has just discovered in the metropolitan's library at Mossoul a manuscript intituled The Testament of Our Lord, with wl ich is connected a tract on the Orders and Commandments of Our Lord.
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    THE CHAMPION STAKES.
    94 2 The Champion Stakes of 50 sovs each, for starters only, with 1000 sovs added, A. F one mile and two fur., was run for at the Newmarket Second October Meeting and resulted in a win for the Duke of Devonshire’s Dieudonne by Amphion Mon Droit, 4 yrs,
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    MUNICIPAL COMMISSION.
    610 2 ORDINARY MEETING. An ordinary meeting of the Municipal Commissioners was held at the Town Hall, yesterday afternoon, when the following gentlemen were present Mr J. W. Hallifax (Deputy President), Dr T. C. Avetoom, Mr. J. F. Wreford, Mr. H \V. Firmslone, and Mr. J. Bromhead Matthews. The minutes
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    SUNDAY SERVICES.
    107 2 34TH Sunday after Trinity. St. George's Church. Matins and Litany, at 7-30 a.m. Holy Communion (choral), ect 8.15 a.m. Sunday School, at 4-45 p.m. Evensong, with Sermon, at 6 p.m. Church of the Assumption. hirst Mass, at 6 a.m. High Mass, at 8 a.m.; and Vespers and Benediction,
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    ON THE FACE OF IT.
    1173 2 The chapter of hidden causes is always interesting, and never likely to be conclui? ed, in this world, nor, it nny be supposed in any other. One hardly, however, looked for verification of the old saw, cherehez l a femme, behind the present South Africa
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      1403 2 Pritfliarfl&fio NAPTHALIN: PIANOS! Balls and Sticks in 1 lb. tins PIANOS!! PENANG HORSE REPOSITORY ner tin 75 cents. JUST ARRIVED per s. s. GOALPARA MUwIuAL Horses, Cobs, Ponies. Serravallo’s INSTRUMENTS HIAUAI < it r' 1* f Calcutta Crushed Food, BluYuLtd. Tonic. Alld Lar g e Supplies ol Bran 4 Oats.
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    DIVORCED PERSONS.
    99 3 Intolerable Intolerance. One of tl"* first official acts of the new top of Madras has been to direct the r’ergy of his diocese to abstain from ..Homing marriage ceremonies of ics '•li" ba ve l’ een 'eßally divorced. bp| f ('>■■!! has refrained from giving the clfi r
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    PLAGUE IN INDIA.
    118 3 Simla, 23rd October. The following is the plague summary for the week ended the 21st of October The mortality fell from 5,806 to 5,156 Bombay city deaths fell from 125 to 101 in Karachi the plague deaths fell from 7 to the total for the rest of
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    EGYPT'S DEPARTING GLORY.
    224 3 Fall of nine Columns in the Temple of Ammon. Nine columns in the great ball cf the famous temple at Karnak, on the site of ancient Thebes, have fallen down. It is impossible to give any idea of the huge grandeur of Karnak. The great temple of
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    TYPHOON' IN JAPAN.
    214 3 A Train Blown Over a Bridge. Tidal Wave. The recent serious railway accident in Japan was caused by a typhoon gust. The train, which left Uy eno, Tokio, at 10 a m on the 7th of October for Fukushima, encountered a heavy gust of wind as it
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    PERAK AND PROVINCE RAILWAY.
    528 3 The following extracts are taken from the last published progress report on railway construction in Perak and the Fro vince: TAIPING TO BUKIT MERAH. Eleven thousand five hundred and thirtyfour cubic yards of earthwork were done 486 cubic yards of sand and 438 cubic yards of
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 3 Penang, iith November, 1899. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank I 'ti, 9 Do. 4 months’ sight Bank Do. 3 Credits 2'- r fl 3 Documentary 2/-J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs. 145} Do 3 days’sight Private 147} Bombay, Demand Bank 145 J Do. 3 days’ sight Private 145)
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    42 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Acting Commandant. Parades For The Week. Nov. 13th 5 p.m. Squad Drill Right Half Coy. I4'h Left Is*h Right I6UI >• Left 7 l l> Casuals. By Order, G. M. Dundas-Mouat, Lt. Adj. Penang Volunteers.
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    116 3 1 he s. s. Lady Weld (Captain Treweeke) left Penang for leluk Anson yesterday, with 317 passengers and general cargo, from this port. Ehe s. s. Cheang Chew (Captain Webb) left Penang for Singapore and China yesterday, with 300 Chinese passengers and general cargo, from this port. The
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    THE MAILS.
    29 3 Mails Close os Monday. For Per sir. 1 ime Klang ...Mary Austin 1 p.m Tuesday, 14TH. Klang Malacca Teutonia 1 p m Deli ...Ho Kuet 1 p.m
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    32 3 From Steamer To Arrive. Rangoon (it mails from Europe) Java to-day. [Singapore Java Singapore Goalpara 1311-99 Singapore Lightning 1311-99 Negapatam Landaura 14-11-99 Olehleh .Maha Vajirunhis 14-11-99 Hamburg Sarnia 10-11-99
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    SHIPPING.
    77 3 Arrii I O-DAY. s. s. Jin Ho from Langkat s. s. Hebe from Singapore ES 1 EK DAY. s. s. 7 haipmg from Port Weld s. s. Chun 7 ai from Kedah s. s Onafa from Kobe Departure» To-day. s. s. A vagyee for Deli s. s. Hebe for
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    311 3 Nov. 11 s. s. Ambria from Hamburg, for Singapore, China and Japan, Behn, Meyer Co. 11 Extra P. &O.s. s. Java from Singapore, for < oloinbo and London, Gilfillan, Wood be Co. 12 s. s. Ho Kuei from Deli for Deli, Huttenbach Liebert Co. 12 s. s Teutonia
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    102 3 Saturday, iith Mail from Europe due to arrive in the afternoon. Cricket, P. C. C. Civil Service at Esplanade. High-water at New Jetty, 6-40 p.m. and 7.05 a.m. Sunday, 12m 24TH Sunday after Trinity High-water at New Jetty, 7-30 p.m. and 7-55 a.in. Monday, 13TH
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    835 3 JANUARY MEETING, 1900. January 16 L h, 18th, and 20th. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 16th January, 1900. i. The Maiden Plate. Value 5250.A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lost.). An allowance of I4lbs to hoisesenter -d for the Intermediate Stakesonly. Entrance $lO. Distance one mile.
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      270 3 FOR SALE rpWO YOUNG OYAL TIGERS, maleand I female, in splendid condition, aged about two months. Nursed during the last month by a *****. Offers to H. LUTGERT, Pangkalan Brandan, E. C. Sumatra. Assessment Notice. VTOTICE is hereby given that on and after 1\ the 10th November, 1899, the books
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    176 4 I'EHANG, lITH NOVEMBER I ?99 Tin *7 s -5° Tsang out ot seasons Black I'eppei I West Coast... no sales. i Acbeeu 611’.. no sales. White Pepper 44-~ Cloves (picked) 37Mace No. i .00.-selkts. Mace Tickings Bo- do. Nutmegs ll 3— O' s i No do. h
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    245 4 (Straits lines, 9TH November, 1899) Raubs (15/10 pd.) £63.—sri/ert. *£l fully paid «64 Jclebus I*s pd.| »14,— sruis. Pahang Corp. (£1 pd.) s'+ srs *Temelongs SlB *Kechau Gold (£lO paid) ni<j .'.ms. -S.RanbLtd.lDioopd ,»225«<»« new issue Ots Redjar.g Lebong (fl. 1001 *2 85.—« uya s. raser Neave,
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