Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 29 November 1900

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    25 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED i 83 3. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. TH URSDAY, 29th NOVEMBER, 1900. No. 274
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    989 1 Programn? of January Meeting 1931. January 29th .list February 2nd. t FIRST DAY. 1 Tuesday, 29th January, 1901. t. The Maiden Plate. Value S4OO.—A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale I lost.) An allowance I >f 1411.6. to all ex-Griffius. Entrance Sio. Distance, one mile.
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      729 1 Notices. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. HI HE mail steamers may be -L expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. Nov. 20 Coromandel Dec. C'y Jt Dec. 13 Sobn.on „i 5 C/iusn?i Bengal 29 r "XXI Jan. 10 Clyde Jan. 12 Coromanaei
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      781 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. NETHERLVND3 TRADING SOCIETY. Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f. 35.783,000 (abt. £3,000,000 Reserve FuND...f. 2,773,000 (aLt. 225,000) Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Batavia. Branches: Singapore, Rangoon, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cherebozi, Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Go onialo, Palembang. Correspondents at Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry,
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    276 2 Bombay. 29TH November. 8-20 a m. Dartardly Plot Against Lord Roberts Discovery and Arrusis. With reference to the rumour of a plot against his life, Lord Roberts telegraphs th it the Johannesburg police have for some time been aware of the existence of such a plot, and that
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    LORD ROSEBERY AND HIS STUD.
    174 2 It was suddenly announced last month that Lord Rosebeiy had decided upon selling his race-horses. And a sale was duly h-1 but, after all, it turned out to be simply a weeding-out affair, only a transfer of twenty horses, and no sep iration from the
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    ANNEXATION OF THE TRANSVAAL.
    338 2 Among the many days to b; observed as celebrations and anniversaries not the least important should be the 25th of October when the ceremony of pro claiming the annexation of the Transvaal to >k place successfully at Pretoria. According to a report of the proceedings, as
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    AUDITING MUNICIPAL ACCOUNTS.
    411 2 The substitution of Mr. W. A. Bicknell for Mr. A. F. Bowen as one of the two gentlemen appointed by government to audit the accounts of the Penang municipality has reminded the public of these auditors’ existence and of the fact that they are paid extra for
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    798 2 A N ational COM.MI itkr is b ing formed in Euglan I toeiiteiiain the colonial contingents in J muary. Mr. William Yardlhv, the well-known cricketer, playwright, and j >urn,i i.i, dieJ on the 28th of O lob r at Kingston. The Lawyer is lhe tide cf anew
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    Miss Roberts Out of Danger.
    18 2 Miss Roberts was reported on the 17th instant to be on: of danger.
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    Strathcona's Horse.
    29 2 Canada Ins decide.! that Strathcona’s Horse shall be. a pe m inent regiment, as r nucleus of a tn muted infantry corps for service in the north-west.
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    Largest Gold Fund in the World.
    43 2 Tub gold in the Washington Treasury amounts to 451 477 4°4 <,o ,,ars > being the hi >he-t sim e the foundation of the Goveinmeot. Tffis, it is said, is the largest gold fund in 'he wo I
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    Anglo-Siamese Agreement.
    48 2 I he agreement between Great Britain an ISirm is publi-h -d Britain abrogates the schedule of taxes in the fifth section of. tire 1856 agieement, on condition that the taxation on lan I held by British subjects in Siam nowhere exceeds similar taxation in Lower Bit.ma.
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    Student Interpreters in China.
    72 2 The Civil Service Commissioners an non 1 c tint a t open competitive examination wdi be hel 1 io Lon lon in December mxt for at least five student interpreterships i.i Her M jes'y s Con-ular Service in Chin I. Can ii lie, must b between
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    Travelling at Dutch Government Expense
    68 2 Deportation of Chinese from Java to Singapore on government account is common enough, Ihe Java government pay for the passage of the deportees. Many of the latter cu e so little for it, that they go back to J iva, to be deported over and
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    Record Order for Coal.
    136 2 Coal owners in South Wales are at pie ent competing for the laigest order ever placed at one lime in the coal trade. I'en lets h ive been invited by the Ad mira ly for twelve months’ supp'y under or unary con iitions, and likewise for
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    Planting in Deli.
    145 2 Planters in De i, say the local papers, have rot been unmindful of the risk of re ying upon tobacco only as a paying line of cultivation. Some of them have taken toe ff e growing as a stand-by, but lhe depre. irtion of this article is
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    Crimping at Singapore.
    238 2 —Straits Tinies. Ir is reported that crimping has, of late, been catried on to such a great extent, especia ly in the neighbourhood ot the docks and wharves, that coolie labour contractors find it exceptionally diffi lit to retain good men in their service in the face
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    Sims Reeves’s Swan-Song.
    269 2 An Interesting Incident. (To the Editor of ihe Daily Mail") One notable omission occurs in all the biographical sketches of Sims Reeves. Doing his long career, though he received many lucrative offers to sing in the colonies, lie steadfastly refused them (owing, no doubt, to bis great
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    The Church Militant in Shantung
    117 2 It is said that the only foreigners w| remained in the interior of Shantun» j ur ing the worst of the pre ent tror.blts w er three priests, who have been n slid at a little mountain vil age, Wargchu.n,, about 90 miles north ol
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    A Popular "Blend."
    155 2 iNacaseof adu teration recent y heard in Her Britannic Majesty’s con>u ar court at Bangkok, the me real evidence proved the existence of certain drugs, very J e ie. lerious to health, in the native spirit retail, ed at a certain strop. Il> Chin se rhfeud. ant
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    Scarcity of Rice in Ulu Pahang.
    166 2 The scarcity of rice in the U.u Pahang district, noticed the odier day in thee columns, is becoming greater, wri:es a correspondent to tire Straits 1 inns. Kuala Lipis anil the surrounding mukims hive to depend for their supp y of this staple article
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    Sinews of War for Layds.
    201 2 Their clever Batavian schoolmaster, said Mr. Kruger to the Bo- r patres unscripti at one ol the last deba e.-> of the raad before the war, would have lo entertain kings and princes,” and in order to do this at all wel he would reqmiealarge
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    Police Courts.
    658 2 Inspector Campbell prose uied five Chirie-e before Mr. Bei ye-ier lay, for breach-s of the Exp'o-ive Oc iiiiati.eby storing crackers i i th ir respective shops, without licenses. I hree < f the def nai :s were, each, fined $5, with costs, and the other two were, each,
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    Death of the Prince of Cheng.
    133 3 An edict expressing extreme regret upon eipt of news of the death of K‘ai T‘ai, Piince of Cheng (one of the eight iron capped pr ince y houses). “We hereby command that a I‘o Io prayer coverlet (to be used as a shr< u
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    A "Sweat Lavender" Stage Manager.
    307 3 a thing is permitted to happen— Straits Times. “On tub Watch’ Em.” Among the local paragraphs that are published to-day is one announcing that the cause cclebre of the Queen-Empress agains the Assistant Stage Manager of the late Sweet Lavender Company has died prematurely —the
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    Penang Assizes.
    814 3 1 louse BK LAKI NG AND THEFT. The hearing of the case of Mat Ali and Sherif charged with (t) housebreaking by night in order to commit theft, and (2) theft in a dwelling house, conclu led at half past-one o'clock, yesterday. The deposition of Hadji Bee, the
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    Menagerie of Bluejackets
    101 3 Portsmouth Naval Depot is the only place where bluejackets can be sen in cages. Ihe cages are similar 10 tin se use 1 to confine wild beasts in a menagerie, and are u ed to confine sailors guiiiy of offences against discip ine. They are fixed at
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    Royal Visit to Ulu Pahang.
    583 3 —Malay Mail. It is not every day that a prince of the b’ood royal pays a visit to the “golden” Ulu of Pahang, and until last month, it bad been many a long year since the heirapparent had so honoured this part ol his future
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    Football in Penang.
    634 3 Scotland v. England. Last evening the much talked of inter national fixture, Scotland v. England, not Scotland v. T he World, was decided at the Esplanade. A keen spirit of rivalry existed between the teams and, thanks to some large posters displayed in the town, a large
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    MAIL NOTES.
    1296 3 New Master of Betkrhouse. Dr. Adolphus William Waid has been elected master of Peterbouse (Cambiidge) in succession to Dr. Porter. The new master was born in 1837, and is a cousin of the late Matthew Arnold’s. He was educated at Bury Grammar School and in Germany. He graduated
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    EXCHANGE.
    118 3 Penang. ***** November 1900. Rates close as follow < London, Demand Hank 2/i| Do. 4 months’s ght Bank 2/1J Do. 3 Ore fits z/i£ Do. 3 Documentary 2/1} J Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 157 Do. 3 days’sight Private 159 Bombay, Demand Bank 157 Do. 3 days’ sight Private 159
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    94 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Ada ns Comm mdant. Parades for I’his Wiiiik Recruits Drill, on Monday 26 h and Thursday the 29th instant, at 5 15 pin Orderly Sergeant for the week, Seigt J. Blackstock. In accordance with Rule No 2, the following gentlemen were elected at
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    111 3 Tim s. s. Rhipeus (Captain Day) arrived witli a genetat cargo from Liverpoo this moi ning. Thbs.s Safi?(Captain Maxfield) brought 348 tons of pettoleum from Singapoie, yesterday. The s. s. Pn/ar (Captain Wilscn) brought 24 deck passtngeis from Klang, yesterday. Tiik s s. lick Canton (Captain Scott) arrived
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    THE MAILS.
    54 3 Mails Close To-morrow. For Per str. I i,n Klang and Malacca... I’idar 1 p.M. Rangoon ...Chupra 2 p.m. Teluk Anson and Port Dickson ...Lady H’e.’d 4 P.M Saturday, ist. Deli ...Ihbe 1 p.M. Deli ...Ito Kuei 1 P.M. Langkat ...(juorra 1 p.M. Edie, T. Seniawe, Segli and Olehleh
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE
    44 3 From Steamer la Irriee. Singapore Maha Vajiruiihis 30-11-01 Singapore C. Hock Kian 30-1100 Singapore Silesia 30-1 i-oo Singapore Chean.j Chew 3011-00 Cacutta A. Apcar >-12-00 Colombo (mail Jrom Europe) Bengal i-iz-00 Singapoie (mails to Europe) Coromandel 1-12-01 Edie Both 4 12-00
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    SHIPPING.
    89 3 Arrirnle. To-day. s. s. Rhipeus from Liverpool s. s. Lady Weld from Teluk Anson Yes 1 rrday. s. s. Said from Singapore s. s. Hi’k Canton from Acheen s. s. Vidar from K ang s. s. Leong Ho from Padang s. s. 7 haipuiij from Poit Weld s. s.
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    SHIPPING EXPECTED.
    174 3 Nov. 30 s. s. Sucvia from Singapore, for Colombo, Havre, Bremen and Hamburg, Belin, Meyer Co. 30 s. s. Silesia from Singapore. for Calcutta, Colombo, via poits, to Trieste, S. Kustermann Co. Dec. 1 Outward I’. O. Royal Mil Steamer Bengal from Colombo, for Singapore and China, Gilfi
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    139 3 Thursday, 29TH P. C. C., special general meeting, at Turf Club Office, at 5-15 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 5-50 p.m. and 6- a m. Fripav. 30TH Mails to Europe, via Colomb’, by British steamer, expected to leave Singapore, for Penang at 8 a.m. Auction
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      1412 3 a I It is better to keep well than to have FOR SALE. 1 K 0 ie 9 u c k e st possible recovery from illness, r «I l| S w £ls That is why there is such a universal demand rfJHE well-known Horse Cara Mia, quiet j or
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    190 4 Penang, 29TH November. 1900. Tin »69.20 (Trans 29.50 Black Pepper j West Coast... no sales I Acheen 61b... no sales. White Pepper 39 50 Cloves (picked) 32 50 sellers Mace No, 1 86. Mace Pickings 68. do. Nutmegs 52. do. (No. 1 7'75 do. Sugar I a
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    312 4 (Stiaits Titres. 24m November, 1900 •Raubs (17, 10 p 1 J5O. I luilv paid $5O 50 •Kecliau Gold (£lO paid -22. The N. Kechati Milling ('O. ?4 70 S. Rauls (f <»o p l #175. sellers. Do >*so pd.) 175. do Sepiau ($lO pd.) 416 50 •Redjang
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      430 4 $2 I Per Month THE “Pinang Gazette.” ENLARGED EDITION. Per Month (For NOTICE I BEG TO inform my customers and th public in general that on and after th' Ist of December, 1900. Ice will be sold b' retail at all boms of the day and night at 523 Chulia
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