Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 March 1900

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    24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILiY. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED i 83 3. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. THURSDAY, 29th MARCH, 1900. Xo. 73
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      859 1 Shipping Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. < riIHK in lit steamers may be 7 expected to arrive outj 'll wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates Outwards- Homewards. roiia Apr* l 5 Parramatta April 7 >9 Massilia 2I t!J rat May 3 Bengal May 5 .j e 7
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      1167 1 NHDnnri i i BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. Limited. inuhddlUTSCHlK LLOYD. koninkujke paketvaart maatschappij. 2 2 negapatam line of steamers. 1 an d Arrival of Steamers. 1 For Will Sail Steamer. From Expected on o L I N.gapatam, Karrioal, Fri. 30th Mar HAMBURG-AMERIKA LINIE I Pondicherry, and Madras. MAIL LINE.
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      1116 1 Gripping Jlotim. Nippon Yusen Kaisha. JAPAN MAIL STEAMSHIP Co., Ltd. IB I I I|L■ -1 p■ > i A regular fortnightly Service is maintained between Japan and Europe by the following NEW TWIN SCREW STEAMERS, Under Mail Contract with the Imperial Japanese Government. Specially designed for the Company’s Euro pean
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      429 1 PENANG BAND. NOTICE is hereby given that from thedati below the charges for the services of the Band will be as follows Dances S3O Dinners and Promenades 20 Garden Parties, At Homes 16 Transport, extra. To subscribers of not less than $l2 pei nnum half the above rates only will
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      411 1 sanks. Nederlandsche Handel NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f. 35.783,000 (abt. £3,000,000. Reserve FuND...f. 2,773,000 (abt. 225,000. Head Office in Amsterdam, Head Agency in Batavia. Branches: Singapore, Rangoon, Medan (Deli). Sarnarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cheribon, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Gorontalo, Palembang. Correspondents at Bombay, Colombo. Madras, Pondicherrv, Calcutta, Bangkok,
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    366 2 Bombay. zSth March. 7-24 p.m. British Casualties During the War Nineteen-'l'iiousand Men. The official estimate of Bri'ish casualties, including the sick and reckoned down to the 24th instant, totalizes them at 19,000 men. Lord Roberts's Visit to Cape Town No Advance at Present. According to the Daily News,
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    THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    65 2 WE'publish to-day the first of a series of interesting letters on the present war from one who commenced military service as one of the Soldiers of the Queen during the Crimean War and is now enjoying the life of a civilian in Cape Colony. The
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    SIR ALEXANDER SWETTENHAM'S DEPARTURE.
    29 2 We are authorized to state that His Honour the Acting Governor intends to leave I’nang for Singapore on Saturday, the 31st instant, at 5 p.m.
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    BRITISH CASUALTIES.
    68 2 'I Hl. official estimate of our casualties in South Africa is far higher than that generally expected, yet, after all, it is nothing to create surprise. With Lords Roberts and Kitchener in the field, one may expect to see fewer cases ot killed and wounded, though, as the
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    THE INDIAN FAMINE RELIEF FUND.
    104 2 The list, which has l>een handed to us for publication by Mr J. Williamson Jones, is verv inii- h longer than what we expected would be the case, and we are compelled to hold it over. The replies to the invitation to subscribe, mad-- by
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    SECURITY OF THE REAR.
    294 2 lx yesterday's telegrim, one of the most significant items was a reference to the slow but sure policy apparently ad- pted by Lord R berts. 'l he news to-day confirms ye-te -I v's n -tifii t on, and we aie told that no advance is to
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    JOUBERT DEAD.
    561 2 The war is telling upon the Boer leader* and death on the field, capture by the British, and demise through disease are sensibly effecting a change in the several commands along their fighting line. The British, it is true, have al 1 -t a general or two, but
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    261 2 Tin is vuorr.D 10-'ay at $BO, the alteration having ai rived too late for insertion on page 4 The Rr Rev. Dk Hose left for Butter worth this ni ruing 10 hold a confirmation (Tamil) at St. Mark's Church. Ims mousing, a Kling carter was fined 40
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    THE PREMIER"S PRIVATE SECRETARY.
    37 2 Mr. Clive Cuti b-r son, f tinerly of the Bengal civil -eivi- e, who retired owing to ill health alter to years' s-rvice, lias been app -inted one ot Lord Salisbury’s private secretaries
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    St George's Church
    70 2 I HE Bi-hop of Singapore ami Sarawak is obliged to leave f>r T ip ng to day, instead of fas at lir-t airange-1- to-moriow. lhe Rev. \V lI.C Du kerley accom pa- ies him to act as his Chaplain at next Sun ay’s Or-'.iualion. The s-r v
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    Penang Hunt Club
    68 2 Paper Chase on Saturday Ir is notified by Mr H. B. Pike honorary se. retary to the Hunt Club, that the lommi :ee have arrange! for a Paper Chase on Saturday next. The meet will be at lhe Golf Club, at 4 45 p m and the
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    PENANG HILL AND THE PUBLIC.
    80 2 The agitation at Penang for Ihe use of the Hi 1 f>r budding ground and for a hea'i li resoit is growing gradually stronger. The un ffi ia! members of the Legislative Council are all in favour of the scheme, but they are outnumliered. The
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    SMOKING IN COURT.
    94 2 Yesterday, a Chinaman was caught sniokn g 11 lhe se on.l magistrate’s court, lie was arrested and, so sai l P. C. 172, on ti e way to tl e -tation offered a dohar t > be let free. The defendant Sai l the p i eman
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    HIGHWAY ROBBERY ON AIER ETAM ROAD.
    80 2 On the 23rd I..slant, a Kling, named Mum, rn-d.ed ut of the j mgle along Aier Earn !<><', a-id miler pressure of argument, enforced v. itb a < ig sti k, took away a d Har in snull siiver and copper from a K
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    Chartered Bank of India, Australia, and China.
    102 2 Dividend to be Recommended. I r has been notified, this morning, by telegram from the Head Office, in London, to Mr J. WidiatnsonJones, the manager of the Branch Office, in Penang, of lhe Char tered Bank of India, Australia, and China, that at
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    PHOTOGRAPHS "IN MEMORIAM."
    140 2 A good many yeare ago, while the old Johnston's Pier stood, while Battery Road was as yet only half rebuilt, when there was neither new Hongkong Bank nor Chartered Bank, «e urged that the then new (now defunci) Amateur Photographic Society should keep a special album of
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    The Ada Delroy Company.
    199 2 The performance, which, owing to advance arrangement-, is positively limited to one night only, will take place at the Town Hall on Monday next, the 2nd of April, when a-i amusing treat of unusual excellence is in store for Penang pay goers. Ihe plan is now
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    SERIOUS SHOOTING AFFRAY.
    43 2 A serious shooting affray is fiom Umballa. Four -o'dier. f'.\ repGr! ri the natives at the village of O Ut ll five miles from cantonment-, a l'n akaing peafowl. Two natives weie h the soldiers have been arre-t-c ai,< i
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    CHIEF GAMBLING SING IN CHINA.
    54 2 There are now fiom ***** k lenes m Canton, genuine ai ot' is reported that as the W.-i-t,., farmers have offered the highthem, it is likely that they w f,| 1 < btaining a monopoly It may e dlO that Canton is the chi f
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    SALT SMUGGLERS IN CHINA.
    49 2 The Ko-latt kui, a salt snnigg. jwhich nunibeis about 2o,oco'ni,. n ?h./ ranges between Ichang an l lieeri very busy in tt-e Ya.'./'i" lately, and the taotai is said to to act against them, though pte-p.j consul to take immediate steps t-> e society down.
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    CHINESE ACCEPTANCE OF FRENCH RULE.
    52 2 L’ Avenir du Tonkin stat that fIO- advices it appears tint rebellion in the distri- t f K.. ng..' a have now been I'lssipaie an; th a Chinese inhabitants a -pt 1 r-t with satisfaction, countii g < u against the numerous p.ta a b.in>,„C
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    GRIMSBY FISHING FLEET.
    65 2 The effi ial returns sliow t at t now the greatest fishing en re i- world, possesses a fi-lm g tl et of vessels, whose crews tola How good a customer Grim-i > 1. way for ice is shown by the fart that* -c year 1.0 less
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    THE GERMAN MAIL.
    60 2 We have repeatedly urged t.. e o! a mail gun on arrival of t at Keppel Haibour, Singapjte, sa v- Singapore Free Press 1 Lis want is eitmore urgent at Penang, as v.: ::e-, to the Pinang Gazette Can you not, Sir, p-r- >;e lhe A---Governor to
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    JAPANESE SALVAGE OPERATIONS.
    76 2 Japanese vernacular p a- some Japanese ate e- gaged in a temp 10 salve ships sunk eff the oist of the Pes'. cadores, raving obtain- t e t es- ry mission of the local g v-uiine t. A- the vesse s are the Ja, a ese M-anw
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    A GHASTLY SIGHT.
    103 2 Five pirates were arre-te I i a lo.v in l ong u-lan while t -y werel.ru.: g revelry there, thiough the n s rti 1e: t a of a detective They wre 1 ought be the magistrate, trie. and < nfessed crime of ste-d ng ti.e r
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    The Surrender of Ladygrey
    106 2 English Impudence. The surrender of La.iygrey «a- c'b ed as followsA baneful cf :.y a hea ing of President Steyn'-fl gin, sent the gaoler to lhe lebrls say;: g 11. at r Hook had ordered them to surrui.er. Believing tl-i- to be Ser: us, hey comp
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    MUNICIPAL MEETING.
    186 2 The fallowing atet e .gendafor Municipal meeting to-m>::j 1 Minutes of last meeting to be read and confirmed. 2 Any special business the Depu'J President may bring forward 3 Questions. 4 borne bills to l>e passe I 5 Piopo-ed sago mill in D.m'op R 6 Paper re fixing
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    PORTUGAL AND THE CASE OF KING-LIEN-SHAN.
    254 2 Hongkong Daily Puss. As the result of an interview with S--hor A. G. Romano, the Portuguese i sul-General, we have now some ad-diteca informal.on as to how mailers -tand King lien-shan at Macao, lhe atwas made, as we stated, on the -4-'-February the charge
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      1670 2 w p Zbe man tbat batb no music in ESVACH I ih'iu A&brrtisrmruts. 1 lluvlldlU. vvi Rot is not movebwitb concorb ot IIfBTTII New Beach Street Auction Room sweet sounds, tR importan r auction sale. ls tit tor treason, stratagems, anb SPOiIS The undersigned is favoured with instructions PHOTOGRAPHIC GOODS.
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    THE WAR IN SOUTH AFRICA.
    1984 3 Correspondence Thereon. Llitbr I. jiewlands, Cape Colony, 31st Jan., 1900. You would like me to give you my j n on the situation here, lean sum t u p in one word, muddle In the first w wete ki< ked into the war against r
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    DUKE OF WESTMINISTER'S WILL.
    366 3 The Estate Entered at Half a Million. The whole of the estate of the late Duke of Westminster has been entere I at The late duke often said the teports wl.i h were current with respect to the amount of his income wete greatly exaggerated. When
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    99 3 Thursday, 29TH High water at New Jetty, 2-10 p.rn. and 3 a.m. FutDAY, -OTH Municipal Commissioners ordinary meeting, at 3’3° P m Mail to Europe, via Negapatam. closes at 4 p.ra. Town B ind, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.rn. High-water at New Jetty, 2-35 p in.
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    EXCHANGE.
    121 3 Penang, 29TH March, 1900. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank i/tir*« Do. 4 months'sight Bank r/trj Do. 3 Credits 2/0 Do. 3 Documentary 2/0J Calcutta. Demand Bank H r-|6J Do. 3 days’ sight Private 1;8 Bombay, Demand Bank rffil Do. 3 days’ sight Private 18 Madras, Demand Bank
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    86 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams, Acting Commandant Parades for This Week. Musketry preliminary drills every evening (except Thursday and Saturday), at 5-15 P-m-Thursday, 29th instant.Officers will attend for sword drill. Detail for ihe eek Orderly Officer, Lieut. F. Coghill Jackson Do Sergt. A.Co., Serg A. Bowers Smith.
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    237 3 The s. s. Pontianak (Captain J. Wit l ariived from Brandau yesterday, with a cargo of kcioseue oil. The s. s. Trcnkat (Captain Davies) arrived fiom Yokohama tins morning, with a general cargo. The s. s. Cornelia (Captain J. Reid) arrived fiom Rangoon yesterday, with 160 deck-passsngeis and
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    THE MAILS.
    95 3 Mails C ose To-mokkow. For I’rr sir. I ime Deli ...Seera n a m Klang and Malacca I idar 1 F-M-Singapore Calypso z f-m-Tongkah, Kopah. Ki uong. M.diwun. Victoria Point, Mergui and T avo,, Cornelia 2 f.m. Teluk Anson and Pint Dickson ...Lady II eld 4 F.M. Madras
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    40 3 S’r.owrr To A rue Hamburg Ramber.j today. Singapore A. Apear 30-3-00 Liverpool linsuey 3‘" 5 00 F :ie (i. G. v. Lansberyc 31-3-00 Rangoon Fitzpatrick 1-400 Singapore Can Outhoorn 2-4 00 Suez Japan 2-4-0 Singapore Melpomene 2-1-00
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    SHIPPING.
    96 3 A rrivals To-day. s. s. Pentakota from Singapore s. s. 1 renkai from Yokohama s. s. Prinz Henrich from Bn men s. s. L°dy Weld from Leluk Anson Yi- ST II” s. s. Pontianak from Brandan s s. V’idar from Malacca s. s. link Canton from Olehleh s. s.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    103 3 Mi r. 29 s. s. Bamberg from Bremen, for Singapore, China and Japan, Behn, Meyer Co. 30 s. s. Calypso from Deli, for Singapore, \V Mansfield Co. 31 s. s. Hebe from Singapore for Deli, W. Mansfield A Co. 31 s s. Pingsuey from Liverpool, for Singapore, and
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    Outward-Bound N.D.L. Passengers.
    246 3 By To Day’s Mail. The following is the li-t of passengers by the outward-bound G rman imperial mail steamer Prinz Heinrich For Penang Messrs. Johan A. Borgstede, (Lieuten ant) Busch, J. J. Gurkens, C. Slotemaker, G- Slotemaker, E. H. Locker de Bruyne and S. L. N Buchner.
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      30 3 jg Lad te s I jr A A Remedy for all IrrcrJutaritle». txr ..I.)-:-, 1 C- old by Singapore Dispensing Co., Ltd., Raffles Place, Singapore. PropifavT MARTIN. Ckramt SOUTHAMPTON, ENQLANU
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      873 3 NOTICE. \/lEWS of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photos enlarged, various sizes up to 3ft. on bromide paper W. JONES, King Street Photographer. notice:. DR. TAN LIANG YEW, whose professional success has been most pronounced, especially in the treatment of hemorrhoids, loth external and internal, has just arrived in
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      1384 3 Mistny, 4 lipton’s HAVE THE BEST SELECTION A 38, BEACH STREET. OF S penang nrnnaur a ARE E best Pk KbllMtS LIPTON’S TEAS are unapproachable for QUALITY Have the pleasure to announce to w lipton’s teas once used always used. their numerous Customers that from LIPTON’S TEAS from the Choicest
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    185 4 Penang, zqth March, igco. Tin »78.(Trang 29. Black Pepper West Coast... no sales. (Acheen6lb.. no sales. White Pepper 425° Cloves (picked) 32 50 Mace No. 1 93 B Cl Mace Pickings 80. do. Nutmegs 6 3 do (No. 1 7-75 d° Sugar < a 4- 8 5
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    278 4 (SD.iifi 7 ime<, 27TH March, 1900,) Raubs (16/10 pd.) #5B- sales. *£t fullv pal l 59Kecbati Gold (£lO paid) SlB. buyers S. Raubs (fioopd > >2OO. Do (»50 pd.) *loo.— sellers. Sepiau (Ito pd.) #12 sales. Redjang Lebong (fl. too) 1252.50 Punjonts (t 1 pd.) ..16 75
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      404 4 THE NEW FRENCH REMEDY THERAPION. Th 1- Ruccefu*rul and highly popular remedy, at* employe 1 n the Continental Hospital* by Bicord, Rostan, Jnliert, Velpeau, and other*, combine* all the desiderata t &gt; be Bought in a medicine of the kind, anti suritasae* everything hitherto employed. THERAPION No. 1, in f
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      1797 4 Mil 1711 ATH I FERAK STATE RAILWAYS. Worn in the Last by all Awarded WBL MA Time Tables from ist Februarv, iqoo, until further notice the Officers, The Geld Medal. AMATM fW H The Civil Service and the Cognoscent. I. H. E., London, 1884. A province weeleseev section ELLWOODS PATENT
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      319 4 $2 Per Month the Pinang ENLARGED EDITION Per Month (For Local Subscribe I THE 1 PINANG GAZETTE” ENLARGED DAILY EDITION TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIOx lIHE price of the l&gt; l Ga:iltc JL free is as follows: To Government Offices and Merchants' C &lt; in Penang. "Wta Per annum... *24 payable i
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