Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 March 1900

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILiY. U SERIES ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL LVfll. MONDAY, SUI MARCH, 1900. No. 52
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      802 1 Shipping Jhrtirts. Peninsular A Oriental Steam Navigation Company. trpHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outwards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards, Massilia March 8 C/uwan March to D t M 22 Coromandel 2 4 Chusan April 5 I Parramatta April 7 t',romandcl «9 Baliaarnt
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      2180 1 ADnnr 1 i-re^urn 11 nvn BRITISH I*ol* STEM HWI6ITION COMPANY, Limited. Shipping £trtitts. Jnsnraiuc flotirrs. IMORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. kominklijke hiewurt mutschipru. Mannheim Insurance Co. NE6IPATM LIRE OF STEMERS. Nippon YUSOO Kaisha. marinlTSSUrance fl. nvn r. r.J rpHE undersigned have been appointed Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP
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      785 1 Banks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatsehappij. (NETHERLAND TRADING SOCIETY.) Established 1X24. Paid-uf Capital /35,783,000.00 Reserve Funds ...J 2,772.890.06 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Netherlands India The Factorij of the Nederlandsche Handel Maatsehappij, Batavia Agencies and Branches.Singapore, Ran goon. Medan, Palcmbang. Samarang. Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan. Pasoeroeac, Tjilatjap and Gorontalo.
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    400 2 1’ombxy. Jun Mauch. 9-4 p M. The Campaign in the South RhCONNaissanck by uin British. Major-General Gatacre, yesterday, made a reconnaissance in force in the direction of Stormbeig and shelled the Boers’ laagers, i'he enemy replied. Boers Gone From Colesbkrg. All the Boers, with the twoguns which were
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    GERMANY AND THE INDIAN VOLUNTEERS.
    324 2 As pointed out last week, the great powers of Euiope, with the exception of Tin key, are ranged against Great Britain, .sentimentally,if not actively, in respect to the present war, while all the smaLer states are in favour of the empire’s attitude towaids the aggressive
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    THE NAVAL ESTIMATES.
    143 2 There would seem to be a growing fear at home that the present war, being a land affair, will distract attention from the necessities of the British navy, and that the small increase to the naval estimates of only £'1,000,000 foreshadows a disregard on the part of
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    HOSTILITY OF CHINESE TO BRITISH EXPLORATION.
    175 2 Further details are to hand in re ference io the inexcusable attitude <>f some Yiiiin.in Chinese towards the British exploration paity in the northeast of Burma. It would now appear that some Chinese, numbering at lea-t 500 well armed braves, having invadi d British
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    THE FAMINE IN INDIA.
    336 2 Nearly a month ago, we drew the attention of our readers to the fact that this year’s famine 111 India had been reported as being even worse than the scourge, in respect to which subscriptions were made in 1897, and we stated that it had been
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    645 2 '1 he Resident General lias returned to Kuala Lumpur. The Cape Argus deelaies that Presi lent K uger has sent ninety additional guns 10 the Iront. It is understood that the Famine Relief Fund wul be tun upon mucli the -anie lines as those followed in 189“.
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    "GAZETTE" NOTIFICATIONS.
    47 2 Mr. G H. Slot has been recognize provisionally as Acting Consular Agent for Fram eat Penang, during the absence of M 1 G. Gottlieb. Applications for the post of Engineer for 1 tie new steam diedger on a salaiy of $2.400 per annum are invited.
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    GANG-ROBBERY IN THE PROVINCE.
    53 2 A gang robbery is reporiel horn Ma- < hong Buboli, in Province Wellesley, as having been perpeiraie-l on Sunday morn ing. lie occupier of ihe hou'-e was a-talked nd, it is sai.l, sig Inly wound, d Fouiteen Chinese weie concerned in tie affair. Full particulars aie
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    FAMINE IN INDIA.
    50 2 The Lord Mayor’s Indian Famine Fund amounts to over £"100,000, and his lordship has already rermtted 9 lakhs of rupees to the central executive com mittee at Calcutta. A special fund has been opened in Lancashire, and rs. 50,000 have been already received fiom that com mittee.
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    THE FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    73 2 The Famine Relief Fund was opened on the i6tli ofFebiuary by the Viceroy. 1 here was an immense gathering, and six lakhs of rupees were collected at the meeting. I he Maharaja Durbhunga has contributed one and a had lakh of rupees the Maharani Haiwa one
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    A SUSPECTED CASE.
    113 2 Exhumation of a Corpse. On the ***** ultimo, a Chinaman was injured by a collision between two hackney c.uriages He was removed to hospital, where he was under treatment till the 261 h ultimo His filends then look him out, and he died on the following day.
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    MAN OVERBOARD IN THE HARBOUR.
    160 2 About one o’clock on Sunday morning, one of the E iropean ctew of the s.s. Eton, now lying in Penang Ilathour, missed his fooling in the ilaik and fell oveilxraid. On heaii g cries fiotn ihe waler, the Cap lain at on. e oideieii a
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    CRICKET AT BUTTERWORTH.
    163 2 B R C. 2nd XI V. Penang Muhammadan C. C. This mat- h was played at Butterworth on Satuiday lasi, and lesu'ted in an easy win for the home learn by 5 wickets and 48 inns Buttcrwoith batted first, and put together 90 runs for the loss
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    THE ASSIZES.
    158 2 1 he following is the calendar of persons to be tried al the assizes which will coni mence in Penang to-moriow 1. \un A Piaw (P. W.), mischief by fire. 2. Taha bin Mat Saman (P. \V.), 1, housebreaking by night after having made preparation for causing hurt.
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAMS.
    44 2 TELUK ANSON. {3rd March) Tin Shipments. The shipments to-day ai e To Penang, 517 pikul Sof tin Do. 79 -r- c <>f <> lf To Singapore, 3,992 f Do 3-6 Wl (3 th March) The shipments to-day are—To Penang, 483 pikuls of tin.
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    MR. W. BIBBY.
    144 2 Mr. W. Bibby, the well-known M an oo of Rauh, returned fiom a trip to \n t e er by the mail. Mr. Bibby is looking the bettur for his tup, says the x; Free Press but he had a very narrow oflo-mg his eyesight T lo
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    THE RELIEF OF KIMBERLEY.
    149 2 Rfce.pt < f the News in Cai.clmta A special abiegranitoth. Az»s, ootammg the news of ti e ,e.„f Kimberley, reache I Calcutta at 9 0c o k night and was ai on-e bespat. hr<| lo chief rendezvous, the stat- uinn ra G e.nment H. nsr. and
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    CREDULOUS PEASANTRY.
    151 2 The peasantry in Galicia have lately given ciedit to a curious legend which has.ome to light concerning a pomait of the late Empress of Austria This portrait is in the poss. scion of a smad farmer of that cwn.try, who declares Hat on the day of her assassination
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    THE WIRTHS GRAND CIRCUS.
    211 2 1 he Circus was very well patronized on Saturday, at liotli the afternoon and the night perf .rmance: the gatheiingat the 'atter was es|>ecially en< ouraging to the Company, every available box seat and chair being occupied. 1 lie programme was a long one, tbiee additional
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    PRESBYIERIAN CHURCH.
    366 2 The annual meeting of the members of the Presbyterian Church in Singapore was held on W e.lnesday evening. Ibe report for 1899 contained the following details:— 1 he Session of the Presbyterian Clturib, Singapore, in presenting their annual report to the cong.egation, gladly embtace the opportunity thus offeted
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    83 2 Monday, sth Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 P lll Wirths’ Grand Circus, at 9 p.m High-water at New Jetty, 3-20 p m- a 3-45 a.m. luesday,6th Town Band. Golf Club, at 5-30 p.m Wirths’ Grand Circus, at 9 p.m- High-water at New Jetty, 41» P
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      1791 2 e fu Übere is a cbarm, a power, that the value of Pritchard Co. chlorobrom still; in sea-sickness, sleeeplessness, and hys- ZANE MAIL PH.ETON for pair or single, Inspires Witb raae, or all our teria has been asserted in many cases. L/ ver y an< n condition. Price cares Dissolves;
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    THE CRISIS IN THE NORTH.
    550 3 The correspondence, recently printed by < lV s the N. C. Herald, fiom those living U? i i the disturbances, which have made al tracts of the provinces of Chihli and dangerous for native Christians b a "v description, and wholly unsafe for t iJners
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    SUGAR CULTIVATION IN IHE EAST.
    804 3 Mk. J Turner, whose success as man ai;er of Caledonia and other sugar growing estates in Malaya has rendered his name well known among all interested in that inousiry, throughout the world, has paid Ceylon a visit on bis way back to Penang horn Europe
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    A CAPRICIOUS RIVER.
    76 3 1 he vagaries of the Indus are notorious. It not long since threatened to cut through the embankment near Madeji, where it had eaten to within 500 feet of the railway, but has now apparently returned to its old bed, S Nearßell Bund (near h af departure
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    THE EARTHQUAKE IN SOUTHERN INDIA.
    128 3 K y, H E W,LD N «X*«-S in the jungles near Kallikavu and Karuvarakundu (Malabar) were much excited by the earthquake and commenced roaring on all sides, causing considerable alarm among the peasants living on the fnnge of tbe forest. A strange phenomenon has succeeded
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    SELANGOR PLANTERS’ ASSOCIATION.
    1006 3 Annual Report for 1899. This following extracts from the annual report of the Selangor Planters’ Associa tion are published as likely to prove inter esting to the geneial public Sixty-five members are now on the roll <>f the Association, being only two less 'han last year, although
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    EXCHANGE.
    125 3 Penang, sth March, 1900. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank '/itA Do. 4 months'sight Bank 1/11J Do. 3 Credits 2/0 D°- 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank R- 145} Do 3 days’ sight Private 1171 Bombay, Demand Bank 14SJ Do. 3 days’sight Private 1 47J Madras, Demand B ink
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    96 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Acting Commandant. The following is published for information 1. Company drill each evening 515 p.m. 2. I here will be practice at the Range on Friday morning, the 9th inst. at 5-30, and <>n Saturday, the loth lust., at 3 p.m., 11m
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    506 3 The s. s. Pentakota (Captain E. B. Wood) arrived here yesteiday from Rangoon, with a general cargo. The s s. Pyrrhus (Captain 11. E. Ball) arrived here yesterday from Singapore, with a general cargo and 366 pilgiims foi Jeddah. The s. s. Charterhouse (Captain W. Dawson) arrived here
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    THE MAILS.
    67 3 Mails Ci osf. To-mokrovv. For Per str. 1 line. Edie. T. Seniawe, Segli and Olehleh ...G.G.v. Lansberge ...ha.m. Langkat ...Jin Ho noon. Deli Ho Kicci 1 p.m. Klang Malacca Teutonia 1 p.m Singapore Pentakota 1 p.m. Pangkalan Brandan Leong Ho 1 p.m. Tebik Anson and Port Dickson Lady
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    48 3 r< Steamer Io Airiv Liverpool T itan to-day. Negapatain Landaura 6-3-00 Rangoon Java 6-3-00 Singapore Clive 6-3-00 Singapore Putiala 7.3-00 Rangoon S r i Pcqatan 7-3 °o Colombo Maria a lerie Ti-oo Singapore Annam 7-3-°° Singapore Bellerophon 7-3- 00 Colombo (mails from Europe Massilia 9-3-00
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    SHIPPING.
    161 3 Arrinh To-day s. s Van Outhoorn from Singapore s. s Benledi f om London s. s. Chan Tai from Kedah s. s. Deli from Kedah s s. IFiiAasn Maru from Singapore Vest <«••» s. s. Charterhouse from Singapore s- s. I entakot i from Rangoon s. s. C. Hock
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    170 3 Mar. 3 s. s. Serbia from Hamburg for Singapore. China and Japan, Behn. Meyer Co. ss. s. Titan from Liverpool, for singapo e and Java. W. Mansfield Co. ss. s. lUakasa Maru fro n Singapore, for Marseilles. Loudon and Antwerp, Boustead fle Co. 7s s. Annam from Singapore,
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      96 3 LFEI AND VIGOUR FOR THE HAIR. The only article which really possesses nutritious virtues for stimulating and restoring the hair is Rowland’s Macassar Oil It removes scurf, harshness, dryness, prevents the hair being injured by illness, and shoul 1 always be use for children’s hair; no other article imparts such
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      288 3 Bukit Mas Mining Co. NOTICE is hereby given that all persons having any ciaims against the above Company are required to send particulars thereof to the undersigned Liquidator on or before the 15th of March, alte which dale tue said Liquidator will not be liable for any claims ot wmeh
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      1165 3 McAlister Co Migtry, ALLAN nd 5' 19 Beach Street I Dili MA HAVE THE BEST SELECTION 3B, BEACH STREET. HiVIHUb NOTICE. O1 Owing to advance in Prices ANG Engineers, PERFUMES in Europeof all Hardware and Have the ple sure t 0 t() BridTeßu'lders, Metal Goods, we are obliged their numerous
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    180 4 Penang, STH March, rgco Tin (Trang 28.50 Black Pepper West Coast... no sales (Acheen Alb no sales. White Pepper 4« 75 Cloves (picked) 3 2 5° Mace No. r 94.— aelleia. Mace Pickings 80. do Nutmegs 6 3- (No. 1 7-75 Sugar I 2 4-85 d° (Basket
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    250 4 (Strait, /<>»<<. 3RD March, 1900 Kaubs (15/10 l»ld 160.25 I lllllv |"«l > 161. Kechan Gold l£io paid) 520 50 S. Ranks (»ioo pd »175.— huyrrs Do (850 pd.) 870. Sepiau ($lO pd.) 813 buyers. Redjan" Leboug (fl. 100) 8260.do. Punjoins (t| pd.) *6.75 Pahang Kabang (li
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      224 4 BUYING 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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      2009 4 W/fvV TTW# Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy MH B B B W Is the best medicine in the coughs, colds, Ift MTfr B BB B croup and whooping cough. When troubled with a CB liVlllßv RRAND cough or cold give this remedy a trial, you will be more I Natural Toilet Preparations.
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      558 4 SJ Per Month THE Pinans ENLARGED edition Per Month (For Local Subscribe VDZ, Band will be as follows ces Dances Dinners and Promenades 3 Garden Parties, At Homes 20 1 ransport, extra. To subscribers of not less than &lt; c=i h lbo This privilege, however, onlv Plt &gt; wiio have
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