Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 4 January 1900

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  • 21 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. HEN SERIES. ESTABLISHED 1833. 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. THURSDAY, 4th JANUARY,. 1900. X°. 3.
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  • 722 1 PROGRAMME OF ANNUAL RACE MEETING, 1900. Tobe held at Batu Gajah on Thursday the Ist, and Sa'itrdav, the 3rd, of February. FIRST 3>AY. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value 8250. A Race for all Maiden Horses that have run at arty Meeting held under the 5 R. A.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 761 1 Shipping jrXotires. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Campana. IIIIIE mail steamers may l>e expected to arrive ontj wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following x/ dates: Outwards. Homewards. gal Jan. ii Parramatta Jan. 13 L.-i 25 'fdssi/in 27 pm indcl Feb. 8 Ualetla Feb. 10 22 Bengal 24 i March
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    • 1959 1 MnDnni'niumii’D 1 rnvn BRITISH IHOiA STEAM NiViGATt'M COMPANY, Limited. Shipping .llotirrs. NORDDhbIfeUILII LLOID kohihkujie paxetvaatt maatsshappij. NEGA?ATAM LINE 0? STEAMERS. The Wi PP on Yasen Ka,Bha JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. Intended Sailing aid expected Arrival of Steamers. g I For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected on I 11 I
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    • 275 1 BROWN, GATHIRAVALO Go., 56' Beach Street, Penang MERCHANTS, COMMISSION AGENTS CONTRACTORS. IV IT H a view to meet the largely in1V creased requirements of the planting, contracting, and other communities of the Native States ar.d to facilitate the purchase and transport of all kinds of goods, from Penang thereto, the
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    • 842 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIET'. Established 1824. Paid-up Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Func: j 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, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang Cheribon, Tegal Pecalongan, Pasoeroean Tjilatjap, Menadc Gorontalo, and Rangoon
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  • 182 2 HoMHAY, :»Hl> .laNIARY. 7-31 P M. The Fight at Colesberg Nothing Official. No official statement has as yet been made concerning the fight at Colesberg, in which the British were successful. Militia Employed Abroad Only Twelve Battalions at Present. It has been decided by the authorities to employ,
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  • 61 2 From ovr own correspondents] SIAOAPOItf?. (Uh January) Yesterday s Council At the meeting of the Legislative Council yesterday afternoon, the Jinrikisha Bill was read a third time, and the Town Hall B II passed its s- cond reading. IHU. K 4.VSOV. Tin Shipments ftk January) I he shipments
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  • 516 2 CERTAIN men and women are so constituted mentally as to love power, for its own sake, and to think the K>«swi<M> of >t nunti any sacrifice and any risk. To some of these, nvmev is only valuible as conferring power upon the possessor to others, knowledge is appreciated
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  • 375 2 The embodiment of the militia of the United Kingdom for permanent duty commenced on the sth of December and should be completed to-day, when forty-six battalions of auxiliaries, numberi: g altogether some 40.000 officers and men, will have been added to the Biitish forces
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  • 1533 2 The Muhammadan fasting month (bulan puasa) commenced yesterday. Smallpox in epidemic fotm is ravaging the towns in lire north of Negros. The fishing season on ll.e coast of Pahang is said to have been a b.id one this year. Fighting is still going on in Cebu. A
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  • 42 2 The Transvaal Mint at Pretoria is, it is stated, coining gold to the value of /”100, 000 monthly. The commandeered crushings of the Bonanza, Robinson, and Fereira Deep mines, on the Rand, are being uti lized for this purpose.
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  • 40 2 Mr, Wilhehnus Jacobus Pietorius, a member of the Natal legislative assembly, lias been arrested on a charge of treason It is alleged against Mr. Pretorius that General Joubert, the Boer CommandantGeneral, spent two lights in Lis house.
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  • 49 2 The reconstruction of the Modder River bridge, which was destroyed by the Boers, is proving to be a bigger undertaking than was at first anticipated The work is, it is stated, bound to involve considerable delay and the expenditure of an enormous amount of labour.
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  • 62 2 Ir has been ascertained that as early as last spring, General Joubert, the Com-man.lant-Genei al of the Transvaal, had, in anticipation of war, secret agents at woik surveying the northern division of Natal from the frontier southwards to Pietermaritzburg. The knowledge thus gained of the country is
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  • 63 2 The following are the agenda for the Municipal meeting to morrow 1. Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2 Any special business the Deputy President may bring forward. 3. Questions. 4 Applications for post of Sanitary Inspectors. J 5. Applications for post of Assistant Fitter.
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  • 32 2 Owners are reminded that entries fl the Sultan’s Cup, Kinta Gymkhana I races, close to the Honorary Seireian J Batu Gajah at 8 p m on the 10th instj-1
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  • 52 2 REPORT OF THE PLAGUE COMMIS IO The delay in issuing lie report of PlagueC<">mmission (India) aiisesfrom f tion between two of ihe sections, the m cal and administtative, of its coniposit Each claims that its own profession s| ir have ll.e paramount control. In Co quence no report has been
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  • 56 2 It has been reported in mandarin drat Shanghai, says the N. C Daily that the Biitish and foreign MinisterPeking have signified to H. E Sltheir willingness to grant Tat iff R- Vh provided a Financial Board, with j foreign and Chinese representation, is >. blished to
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  • 71 2 The following is the plague sunrr;| for the week ended the 23rd of Decetnl-I The death- in all India fell from i,6s-.I 1,384; in Bombay pus dem y the repor j deaths fell from 1,008 to 808; p's, incirased slis-htly in Madras an 1 dinished in Caliutta;
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  • 93 2 The Chinese Mail received a long tt gram from the north on the 21-t u't. suthat an edict had been issued by the ptror (poor mm!) on the 19th instantcdemniug Kang-yuwei and Leung kai c for spreading lalse po itical report-, thus ducing men to woik
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  • 113 2 It is notified that Miss Waldorf Singapore on Wednes lay, and she 1 bcufore arrive here to-morrow morn-1 This talented actress, who has been dr-1 it g good houses at Singapore during I last month, remained there civer Satur to take patt in a cotwert that was giver.
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  • 234 2 THE S. V.A. REFUSED. Straits Times. Too Valuable to be Spared. It may be remembered that we Ir I already explainel that the Acting Gove-1 or wired to the Secretaiy cf State that large number of the men of the Singap-’l Volunteer Artillery offered their servicS for the South Af
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  • 154 2 The follow ing is a list of contractors. Penang, whose tenders for supplies.: the year 1900, have been accepted the government 1 House and cart numbers, Mahont; Shei iff 2 Lime, «o a', brick- and tiles, M: i'akir 3 Paraffin oil Langkat, Tank, a: Devos’s) 1
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  • 271 2 Mr. Kent, the third officer of t-f 'j Y. K. steamer Tamba Marti, has b-i sentenced at Yokohama to six mont j tigorous imprisonment for quat let master. Mr. Kent has appe3l- an article on the case the K M Ci:- I says:The sentence
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1884 2 PritphAi’d.vCfl NAPTfiAUN: 1 VVI qt b 4 LADIES’ GENEVA PNEUMATIC Tl Balls ana STICKS in A ID. tins fY BICYCLE, almost new In splendid «.(XwTVwwl» condition. Absolutely faultless Price #Bo. per tin.7s cents. Apply to-W. H.” c/o inang Gazette. 28 Beach Street, XMAS NUMBERS NEW PmattJME» I [mm naui m
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  • 714 3 22nd-27th December. !>i pxkture of Prince Francis. IMiur Francis of Teck, D. S. 0., has sai’d o Afri<a with his regiment. Lord Roberts at Windsor. Die inhabitants of Windsor gave Lord Robeits an enthusiastic reception and sen I off. The German Press. Noiable articles have appeared in
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  • 68 3 A further great rise has taken place in the number under famine relief. The total for all India has now gone up to two and a half million souls, over a million being in the Central Provinces alone, lhe latest information shows that the failure last
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  • 274 3 The following passengers are on board the N. D. L. imperial mail steamer Sachsen: Trent Bremen, 29th November.io Yokohama Mr. G. Werckmeister. T rom Antuerp. To Penang Mr. T. van Gilse van der Pals, Miss Clarita Lind, and Mr.Francken. Front SouthamptonTo Yokohama Miss Louise
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  • 1351 3 Lord Roberts’s Adjutant-General. General Sir W. Nicholson, adjutantgeneral, proceeds to lhe Cape at once as adjutant general under Lord Roberts. Colonel Neville Chamberlain accompanies General Nicholson, who goes in a special British India steamer. Zoutpan’s Drift. Zoutpan s Drift, where a successful skirmish has been fought with
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  • 146 3 Entries FIRST DAY. 1. The Maiden Plate. The Cornelian Gipsy Queen Augustina Larrikin Flashlight Veritas Norah Crenie Raub Father 0' Flynn 3. The Roadsters' Race. Wapiti 1 Jack Elizabeth Die Sheik 6. The Hill Cup. The Cornelian $3OO Bridesmaid S3OO Rufus 300 Marchioness 300 Brut Royal 300 Rienzi
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  • 135 3 Penang, 4TH January, 1900. Rates close as follows ondon. Demand B vi'< 1 1 r’« Do. 4 months’ sight B 1 ik I l H Do. 3 Credits t/ttli Do. 3 Documentary 20 Calcutta, Demand Bank R 4 Do 3 days’sight P. iv.ite 146 Bombay, Demand Bank '44 Do.
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  • 112 3 Orders by Captain A. R. A lam;. .V li I 'ommami.int Parades for This Week Thursday, 630 am. 2 A& B Coy 50 p.m./'5 A Friday, 630a.u1 A& B 5o p in. B Otfi ers and Noil-Commissioned Ojffi.ers. Officers an I Non Co 11 nissioned Offi ers must
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  • 190 3 The s. s. Westphalia (Captain Strum k> arrived this morning lion Hamburg unr Canal ports, with a gen -r.il cargo. The s. s. Chan lai ariive.l here yester day from KeJah, bringing 45 deck passengers and a general cmgo, for this port The s. s. Su'.'e Leok, which
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  • 73 3 Mau s Close To m jr-'OW. For Per str. I uh Singapore, Ch na and Japan ...Westphalia ...11 a.m. Klang i Malacca 1 r.M. Asahan and Batu Bahra ...R. Halet.yn 1 r.M. Tvluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady Il'r/J 4 r.M. Madras via Negap«tain, taking Mails for Europe,
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  • 28 3 From S'e.onrr A' riv Suez I'anton 4-1-00 Colombo Sachsen 4-1-00 Singapore Rosa 5-1-00 Rangoon Kangra S* 1 00 Rangoon TaLt.int lm tils from Europe) 6-1-00
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  • 102 3 I s. s. Wcs'ph ili t f.o 11 H t ub r g s. s. G. G. r. Lan sb. rye from Olehleh ES 1 EK 1*,.. s. s Langkat from Malacca s. s. '1 hnpmg from Port We d s. s. Suer Leak f.om Kedah s. s. I
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  • 152 3 Jan. 4 Outward Nordd Lloy I Mail Steamer Sachsen from Breinen, for Singapore, Chin i and J -pan. Belin Meyer Co. 4 Extra P. &O. s. s. Canton from London, for Singapore, China and Japan. G Ifi'l.in Wocxl Co. 6s. s Hebe from Singiporc, for Deli. W. Mansfield
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  • 97 3 Thursday, 4tii N. D. L. s s. S ihs.n expected to arrive here at 7 p in. High-water at .sew Jetty 2-30 a 111. and 2-55 P-tn-Friday. 5m Mail to Europe wi 1 close at 4 p.m. Municipal Coitinii;sioners' ordiuuy meeting. at 3 p.m. High-water
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 456 3 HAIR PRESERVED BEAUTIFIED The only reliable preserver and restorer of the hair is Rowland's Macassar Oil. which closely resembles the oily matter nature provides for nourishing and stimulating its growth without which the hair Irecomes dry, thin and brittle It prevents baldness and scurf, strengthens the 1 and for children
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    • 1511 3 Co Saklotlj Mistry, fi, IZOLPHE, 6RAHAM <& Co., Ltd., 19 JUST RECEIVED 1» Kea-h Street. 38 BEACH STREET. HAVE THE BEST SELECTION per s. s. Valetta SHIPCHANDLERY. A Large Assortment of 01 OP KV,i!tV OPENED TO-DAY FANCY LACES PFWUMFS Manila Coir, and I■’ nope Rote. < tZAIURTr-lc. xrre t a
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  • 182 4 Penang, 4TH Jamuary, 1900. Ti'i ®68.60 (Trang out oi seasons 1:’.,,.1. Pepper West Coast... no sales (Aclieen 611' no sal**s. W ule Pepper 4°Coves (picket!) 37Mace No. 1 Mac" Pickings Nutmegs 6a do. I No. t 7-75 >oSugar 1 2 I- S 5 (basket 4-70 do. Tapioca
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  • 232 4 (Sb,lilt limit. 30TH Decembij ,1' Raubs(1s'lo pd.) £'-2 *£l billy pul l $62.50 'I debus iss pd.) $1025 bi i’a hai C< Ip. < 1 I I -r. .7 S Temelongs 16 75 << chan Gold (Co paidt S.Kanlil Idjtu < pa Rciijae.g L-l-oi-g (fl. in- 1
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 75 4 McAlister Co. E. THORN'S ORIGINAL STAR BRAND Roof-Refrige rating Composition is Snow-White, is easily applied, very durable. and, possessed of remarkable hygienic and preservative qualities, can be used on z/?o*v. SLATE. TILES, GLASS, or BRICKS. Reduces inside Temperature from 20 to 30 degrees IN 4 GALLON TINS which is sufficient
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    • 2381 4 Tivni 8 RFFR ELLWOOD’S PATENT Aia-CHfiMBER HELMETS. f 1 A HOUSEHOLD WOR» IN INDIA LIEBIfI sa I IN WHITE CLASS BOTTLE. COMPANY’S EXTRACT The Civil Service and the Cognoscant. I. H. E., London, 1384. ELLWGOO'3 PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. gf through lIInM. by it. timely aid. Mad. from ttM flnast the
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    • 636 4 PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDio. A KAULFUSS, 27 Farquhar Street. By special appointment to H. H. i;, E Sultan of Kcdah. PHOTOS of any kind and style, and aftet 1,-,, latest inventions. Artistic work only. FOR SALE. VIEWS of Penang, Native States, Atj’ch Snmatra. r<c Penang Ice and Industrial Company, Limited Dep«ts Beach
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