Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 5 December 1900

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    24 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED i 83 3. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. WEDNESDAY, sth DECEMBER, 1900. No. 279
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    694 1 PROPOSED PROORAriNE OF Annual Race Meeting 1901 To be held at Batu Gajah first day. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $25 .—A Race 'or all Maiden Horses that run at any Meeting hel l under th S. R. A Rules W eigh per scale (S. R. A.
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      715 1 ilotircs. peninsular Si Oriental Steam Navigation Company. rpHE mail steamers may be X expected to arrive out- wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards Homewards. i>-;3 J»»- ><> y 24 Chusan 26 PMsV Feb 7 Peninsular Feb. 9 inter mediate service. sttITH excellent accommodation for a liinit\V
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      1440 1 M DPiPk ET I 9 8 HiVH BRITISH IH3IA STEAM NAV.duilOl COMPANY, Limited. iltniffs. INUKUULU j LLUYU. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAAHT MAATSO.WIJ A jk HEGAPJTAM LINE 0? STEAMERS. 1 NippOfl YUSRH Kaisha. I Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. japan mail steamship co., Ltd. 1 r );i Will I-.it. s.ir 1.
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      245 1 Municipal Notice. i VTOTII'L is hereby given that the books contaimne the .ablations <-f, and rates imposed on, buildings and lands situated within the Municipality of George Town, Penang, for the year 1901. are open to the inspection oLrate payers at the Municipal Office,'t own Hall, daily on week d-<ys
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      826 1 Hanks. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. NF. I ili'.RL\Nl>s TiODING SOCIETY. Established 1824. Paid-up Capi al f. 35 783.000 (abt. £3,000,000 Reserve Fund-.L 2,773,000 (aUt. 225,c00 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Batavia. Branches: Singapore, Rangoon, Medan (Deli), Sainarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cherehon.Teeal, Pecaiongan, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Go on a'o, Palrmbang. Correspondents at
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    247 2 Bombay, 51H December. 5 9 a m. The Fight at Erasmus. British Casualties According; to later advices, Maj rGeneral Paget’s losses consisted of the following Killed. Lieutenant-Colonel G. E. Lloyd, d.s.o. (West Riding Regiment), and 13 men. Wounded. Nine officers and 59 men. The New Parliament Choice of
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    THE PACIFIC CABLE.
    513 2 According to Reuter's telegram, received this morning, the British government have accepted a tender for the supply and laying of the proposed Pacific Cable. The cost is estimated at £1,795,000: and the time, in which the work is to be completed, is, we suppose, the years 1901
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    SUGAR BOUNTIES.
    334 2 We need not as yet say whether or not the sugar-cultivation industry in British Malaya is likely to be affected by the abolishment of sugar bounties, but we may record a step, that has certainly been made in the direction of putting a stop to the enjoyment of
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1870 2 Our readers are reminded that the public meetinj’, convened by the Hon the Resident < ouncillor, will he held at 5 o’clo< k, this afternoon, at the town hall, to consider and atrange for next yeat's Agricultural Show. We ark infotmed by Mr A Bowers Smith, the
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    Municipal Election.
    33 2 Mr. Alexander Kay Buttery, merchant, of 33 I erak hoad, was yesterday elected a Municipal Commissioner for the years 1901, 1902, and 1903. He received the substantial support of 109 votes,
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    SPECIAL TELEGRAM.
    26 2 [From our own Correspondent] TBLUK ANSON. Tin Shipments. (4th December) The shipments to-day are To Penang, 714 pikuls of fin Uo 4« of or":
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    Painted Snipe.
    158 2 (To the Kditor of the Pinang Gazette) Sir, I shall thank you very much if y oll w j|| allow me a little space in your paper and insert the following On Sunday last while out snipe slr ot j n in the Central District of Province Wellesley
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    Penang Assizes.
    255 2 zXlleghd Criminal Misappr-priation. Yesterday morning, the first ca e called was that of Fan Kiat Ho, c harged with criminal misapproptiation the defend, ant is a partner 111 the fitm of Sing Eng Thai (139 Beach Street). He went to Sumatra to collect certain m imes due the
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    Singapore Abduction Case.
    824 2 years' rigorous impiisonment Singapore Fret Press, In the Supreme Court this morning, before the Chief Justice, a Ma ay youth, named Baba, and Im, a Malay woman, were charged wiilt kidnapping and concealing a kidnapp-d per-on. It is alleged that rhe two prisoners kidnapped a Eurasian girl
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      1319 2 |Mu AObn-tomnits. fl fl I fIERI rpWO BAR-KEEPERS and 2 MARKERS, Ijflil II" WANTED FOR PAHANG. Malay or Chinese preferred. r\ 4 CLERK for the Kuala Lips Courts. 1 P HOTEL, A Salary 555 a month. Must know Tamil OUIIDAI ami Hindustani in addition to English. Penang. X II nil
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    CHINA ITEMS.
    1756 3 The Northern Railway. It seems now that the railway Ins been handed over by the Russians to FieldMarshal Waldersee, not to the Biitish direct. The Kansu Rebels. The local mandarins report that H.E. Sheng has sent a despatch to the Foreign Consuls at Shanghai denying the report that
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    PENANG PIER.
    1542 3 It would seem that a considerable amount of money is being expended on the iron o i e r which, while in its embryo state in the mind of Penang, many years ago, consisted, it is said, of a small Jetty, standing out in sufficiently deep water to
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    Some First-Recorded Fossils
    99 3 Some two years ago, says th-r Malay Mail, Mr Bellamy presented tlie G-ologn al Department of the Biitish Museum with ronit blocks of a light coloured sandstone, w hid he obtaine I from the Pahang Road. J'hesr blocks of sandstone contained casts anc impressions cf lamellibranch sheds
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    Sunday Music at Singapore.
    117 3 A correspondent writes to the Singapore Eree Press :Colonel Halahan, whose death is reported in the home papers, commanded the Buffs w hen that B illation was in garrison in Singapore. He first introduced Sunday performances of military music in the Gardens but this w s
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    An Effective Insecticide.
    147 3 A Very cheap and effective insect:, ile is found to exist in arsenite of lime. Prof ssor L H. Bailey says that it dees not burn foliage, and the rncimt of atsrnic is under perfect control. It is made by boiling together f r 45 minutes lib
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    Philippine Cable.
    176 3 The Ameti. an government steamer Burnside left Singapore on the 29 h ol November on her way to Manila from New York with 'elegraph cables. She has 550 miles of deep sea cable on board, the first deep sea cable made by an Ameri< i n firm (The
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    EXCHANGE.
    119 3 Penang. 51H December, 1900. Raths close is i-m. Lows London, Demand Bank 2/tJ Do. 4 months’s'ght B ink 2/1A Do. 3 Ore lits 2/IJI Do, 3 Documentary z/rj Calcutta. Demand Bank Rs 157) Do. 3 <l-ys’sight Private 159 Bombay, Demand B ink 157) Do. 3 days’sight Private 139 Madras,
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    99 3 Orders by Captain R. Adams Comm ur.iant. Parades for I'iiis Week Recruiis Dri I on Monday 3rd and I'hiirsd iy the 6 h December at 5 15 p.m. Commanding Offi er’s Parade 011 Friday, rhe 7 lr December, at 515 p m. Uniform. Dri I or lei, putties,
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    79 3 Thh s s. Langkat (Captain Lmgard) brought 47 deck i assengers from Klang, yesterday. The s s. legu (Captain Jeremiah) arrived from Oit-.bleli yeslerday, bringing Mr. Catslon and 22 deck-pisserigers. The s. s. Pouti.inak (Captain (Witt) arrived with 1,000 ca-es and 3,200 tins of petroleum from Brandan this
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    THE MAILS.
    87 3 Maus Close To-Morrow. For Per str I im B .to Bahra and Asahan ...I lying Dr .gon ...11 a.m. L I'ar.gkalan Brandan 1 entianak 1 r.M. De i Ho Ki.ei 1 P.M. Langkat ...yrrerr.» 1 P.M. Ra g 011 and alcott 1 i 1 1 1 p.M. Pangkor
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    MAILS TO ARRIVE.
    26 3 From etenwr lo liiioe. Singapore llongbee 612-00 Neg ipatam ariorta 71Z 00 Siigypore Mohammadi 7-12-00 Singapore C. Jpcur 7-12-00 Colombo tiai'ii I'aleru b-12-OO
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    SHIPPING.
    104 3 Arr/va/s To-day. s. s. Pontianuk from Brandan \1- 11 1 DAY. s. s. /’.\rr from Olehleh s.s. Je. 7from I'eluk Anson s. s. Langkat horn Klang s. s. Stutt-ait from Singapore s. s Flym 1 l ish from Port Weld s. s. C'h in lai ir> m Kedah Itepnriiiri
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    SHIPPING EXXPECTED.
    247 3 Dec. 6s. s. Cathay from Singapore for Marseilles, Havre at.d Copeuhengan Belin, Meyer Co. 7 Extra I’. &O. s. s. Canton from Singapore for Colombo and London, Giltillan Wood Co. 9s. s. Man i Valerie from Colombo, for Singapore, China and Japan, S. Kustcrmann < o. tt 7s.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    102 3 Wednesday, STII Public Meeting at Town Hall, n Agricultural Show, Penarg 190 at 5 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade, at 515 p in. High-water at New Jetty, 10-50 p.m. and 11-15 a m. T hursdav, 6tii Full Moon. High-water at New Jetty, 11-40 p.m and 0
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      96 3 PENANG SALES ROOM. JUST RECEIVED A LARGE CONSIGNMENT OF NEW DESIGNS OF Christmas and New Year Cards Toys, &c. Suitable for Presents, at moderate prices. ALSO HOUSEHOLD FURNII URE, comprising: Hand onie Sideboards, Hat Stands. Wardrobes with Mirror Front, Dressing Tables, Washhandstands, Bedronn Chairs, Drawingroom Suite, Almirahs, Cabinet, Toilet Glasses
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      1137 3 McAlister 4 Co. PIANOS! SAKLOTH PIANOS! ANO GUN AliD PIANOS! MISTRY, AMmuNi I lON BEACH street > PiA S Penang, DEPARTMENT Il \RMONIIJMS PP V p^° W hAt P they U have f and 1 Icj Oj ipened over 100 cases of New Goods to which they invi’e inspection. In
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    191 4 Penang, STH December. 1900. jjn J 68.10, buyers, no sellers. (Trang 29-5° Black Pepper VVeslCoast... no sales. |Acheen6lb.. no sales. White Pepper 39-2° Cloves (picked) 3* 5° sellers Mace No. 1 86. Mace Pickings 88. do. Nutmegs 52- do (No. 1 7-75 do Sugar 1,, a 4
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    286 4 (Shaits Tim s, 3RD December, ijoc R rilhs (17/10 pd I *5025 £i Inllv paid »5° Keel. <u Gold (£lO paid) »21 The N Kechau Mining Co. ?4 80 S. Raubs :oo pd > 1175.—srZ/ors. Do <»5O pd.) »75 do. Sepiau (»>o pd.) »1625 do. Redjang Lebong
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      618 4 NOTICE Views of Penang, Singapore, Perak, Selangor, and Sumatra. Photes enlarged, various sizes up to 3 ft. on bromide paper. W. JONES, King Street. Photographer. CALDBECK, MACGREGOR Co WINE <Sc SPIRIT MERCHANTS. SCOTCH WHISKIES. t doz. bottle The Old Brigade” 8 Very Old Highland Blend 9 Robert Macdonald, Estd. 1840.
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      2242 4 ELLWOOD'S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. EedeiMed HOUSEHOLD WORD IN INDIA J the Officers, The Gold Medal. STRENGTH if W HEALIH I Time Table from 15th September, 1900. The Civil Service and the Cognoscent. I. H. E., London, 1884. T and kriak sections ELLWOOD'S PATENT AIR-CHAMBER HELMETS. Week-Days. Sundays. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
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      297 4 w S 2 Per Me.-th THE Dinanq ENLARGED EDITION. Per Month (For Local Subscribers) $2. THE PINANG GAZETTE,” ENLARGED DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. THE price of the Pinang Gazette delivers! free is as follows To Government Offices and Merchants' Godown in Penang.—Per annum... $24 payable in advance. Zly Post.
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