Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 7 December 1900

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    22 1 Pinang Gazette AND STRAITS CHRONICLE. published daily. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED 1833. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LVIII. FRIDAY, 7th DECEMBER, 1900. No. 281
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    KINTA GYMKHANA CLUB.
    699 1 PROPOSED PROORAIiriE OF Annual Race Meeting 1901 To be held at Batu Gajah FIRST* DAY. 1. The Maiden Plate. Value $25 —A Race 'or all M Horses that hoe run at any Meeting hel l under th S. R. A Rules. Weigh per scale (S. R. A.
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      733 1 snipping- iihrttas. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. PmHE mail steamers may be expected to arrive outJP. wards, and leave Penang homewards, on the following dates: Outwards. Homewards. Chusan Dec. 13 Sobraon Dec. 15 Peninsular 27 Bengal 29 Coromandel Jan. 10 Clyrfe Jan. 12 Bengal 24 Chusan 26 Plassy Feb. 7
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      43 1 TEACHER’S HIGHLAND CREAM WHISKY. The Cream of the Highlands Distilleries. IS THE OLDEST, PUREST AND BEST WHISKY IN THE MARKET. SOLE AGENTS Sandilands, Buttery Co.. SINGAPORE S- PENANG A.4D FOR THE NA T 1 VES'I A TES 6- 5 UM A 7 RA
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      799 1 EmpText Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY. Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f. 35.783,000 (abt. £3,000,000 Reserve Fund...L 2,773,000 (abt. 225,000 Head Office in Amsterdam. Head Agency in Batavia. Branches: Singapore, Rangoon, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cherebon.Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Go on'alo, Palembang. Correspondents at Bombay, Colombo, Madras, Pondicherry, Calcutta,
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    REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.
    116 2 Bombay, ?th December, 5 22 A m. The Captured Garrison of Dewetsdorp I' ate Unknown, Nothing whatever is known of the fate of the 45 > British troops who were taken prisoners by the Boers at Dewetsdorp. Holland and the Boer War. An Official Statement. The Dutch premier
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL
    1121 2 A correspondent writes The big drum was nice. Lord Hopetoun is to blossom into the Duke of Liu.iihgow, next January. The United States have bought the islands ol Cagayan and si.butta *****1 Span l Tim Fri'Nch Chamber of Deputies have censured the government for extraditing Sipido. Alderman
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    Great Indian Peninsula Railway.
    40 2 Lord Monkswell, in a letter to the Times, says the purchase of the Great Indian Peninsula Rai way has greatly depreciated the stock, and if the p eced.nt is fo.lowed absolute< baos will be the result.
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    Voyage of the English Contingent.
    49 2 The contingent of one thousand officers and men from England, wl 0 are to take part in the h aitgura ion of ihe Aus ta ian Commonwealth, may probaby call at Colombo Ihe contingent i- voyaging in the lute Stat Line s s. Britannic.
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    Christmas Football.
    61 2 (To the Editor of the "t’inang Gazette”) Dear Sir, “Observant’s” team in your issue of the 6.h of December i- evi lent ly a sp>a to catch a mackerel,’’ or fishing to get a the 1 robable Xi, hat wil repies-nt Pen ang at th Chtistmas match. Let
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    The New Governor of Madras.
    109 2 At the fareeve 1 banque to Lord Amp hil. given by the Menopo ii.m L beial Unionists Fe ter a ion. his lordship sol he ha yet to prove tha he wis 1101 un voithy ol the high trus' confi I•I in h tn. If
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    Influenza in the Province.
    99 2 A cokri'.sp indent writes from Province Welie-ley:—l -ee no memion mule of the prevalence of “influenza" amongst thponies in the Province My pony has it, but not with so much exhaustion a- the hac s. I know of one c .se, in which a gent eman,
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    A Steamer Destroyed by Fire.
    119 2 An explosion took place on the 23rd of November on board the steamer Telena at the Kidderpur do ks (India), which set fire to the coal jetties. The fire was promptly got under by the assistance of the police fire engines, the floating fire engine,
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    An Armenian Outing.
    114 2 A good number of the Armenian community of Singapore—in all about 50 were entertained yesterday (2nd De. ember) at a picnic given by Mr. T. Paul, Early in the morning coaches and carriages drove all down to Mi. Adis’s bungalow at the 5| milestone, Bukit Tunah Road,
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    Bank Fraud Case.
    140 2 Judgment by the Madras Sessions Court, The two accused in the Chartered Bank fraud case, who were charged with forgery, using as genuine a forced document, theft, cheating, etc,, were unanimously found guilty by thejuryattbe sessions on the 22nd Nov., and were sentence I, K-isave Row Moodelly,
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    Disquieting Symptoms in China.
    77 2 The Chinese servants in the Bengal Lancers and other services at Tienisin have quitted work, alleging that the Boxers aie about to attack the town. The Germans stood to arms all night on the 19th. 1 his, together with the rumours at Shanghai, that the Empre-s
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    British Trade and the Two Wars
    156 2 Lord Hillingdon, president of the Institute of Bankers, delivered the inaugural ad.iressif the ses-ion on the 7th of Nov u ber, remark! g that the war in South Africa, speaking btoa.il.y, ha not apparent ly i jure l the trade of the country. The
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    Amok in the Sandakan Gaol.
    209 2 I— B. N. Borneo Herald. The details of the teport of the recen' im k in th- gaol afford rather gruesome rea ting. The am ker, Sitnpol by name, was a noted bad character and was one of Mat Sa leh’- fol oweis in Tambunan,
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    The Ootacamund Kidnapping Case.
    264 2 Father Deniau has been sentenced to six weeks’ simple imprisonment and rs. 600 fine, or in default six months’ simple mpiisonm-nt, for kidnapping a native girl Ihe judgment is very lengthy. The magistrate held that the theoiy of the defence was of a Aim-y nature, and
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    Manila as a Rival to Hongkong
    246 2 Tit- San Francisco Chronicle in discussing the pros an.t cons arising from the an. exation of the Philippines, refers to c rnpeli ti n that must take pace tn the race fot con.m-rcia; supremacy between Hongkong an I Manila. Ihe pajer says:—Manila mast become
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    War-Correspondents in South Africa.
    338 2 Mr. Ralph’s article in the Century en titled A Yankee Correspondent tn South Africa,” is, like nearly everything lie has written, full of absorbing interest. It is towards the conclusion that he sum up the conduct of certain war-correspond ents in South Africa tn sweeping terms.
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    Rain Fall and Sunspots.
    46 2 At a lecture before the Royal Society Si Norman Lockyer and Mr. W Lockyer 1/ investigation of the Indian Famine records shewed the coiniidence of the rainfall and the sunspots, the study of which would enable a forecast to be made. u
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    Launch of the Largest Battleship.
    230 2 Mikasa Afloat. The largest and most poweiful battleship in the world has b en launched front Messrs. Vnkets, Maxim, and Co.’s wotks at Barrow. This was the Japanese ship Mikasa. The christening and .aim |,mg ceremony was perfoi m d by Bareness Hayashi, wile of
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    The China Association.
    321 2 Speech by Sir 1 Sutherland. The annual dinner of the Chi a A-so iation was he'd at the IL.tel Mĕuopoe >n the 7 h of November, Sir 1 homas Sutherland, presi ent of the as-o iation occupying the chair. The Chairman propo-ei Pio-perity to Ihe China As-ocialion”
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    Punjom Mining Company, Limited.
    296 2 Report by Mr. Kerfoot Hughes. Mr W. Kerf.rot Hughes, the Manager a> the Mines of the Punjom Mi. ing Co, Ltd has submitted a iep rt dated Pang-go-ig, l6th of Octobe on the present condition an.l I rtti- r pr. spe. ts of the Company. Ihe
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    Englishwomen in India.
    432 2 Lady Northcote’s Reply to Mrs. Steel. On the 13th of November Lady Northcote, the wife of the Governor of Bombay, when distributing the medals of St. John of Jerusalem to plague nurses, made a very sprited reply to Mrs Steel In the cour-e of her remat ks
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    Lord George Hamilton Speaks.
    60 3 India and the InD!an Troops in China. lord George Hamilton, speaking a' E "said that Field-Marshal von Wai 7" J had been immensely stnuk with dTuhysique and bearing of the India. e China, and added that hosti in the Far East had proved how ''"ha was
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    The Festetics Divorce Suit.
    215 3 N Y. Ti ibune. Count Festelics De Tolna filed to day O:lobei) his answer to the divorce Jomplaint of Ella Countess Festetics, dauahter o' Lous B Ha Sg ,n of Ne Y OI k lie denies that at any time within ?n years she has been
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    Horse Racing in England.
    434 3 This Year’s Two-Year Olds. The two year olds have this season nerlaps been harder worked than usual. I'ihs has fallen into a series of terribly severe finishes, with Orchid and Star Shoot, likewise, well tested in this direction. Bui if they are closer together than usua
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    Lord Wolseley and the War.
    601 3 Extraordinary Eyesight of the Boeks. Lord Wol-eley presided at St. Jam s’s Hall at Mr. Winston Churchill’s first public lecture in England, entitled Ihe War as I saw It.” At the conclusion of the lecture Lord olseh y said he was quite sure the incidents
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    EXCHANGE.
    110 3 Penang, 7TH December, 1900. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 2/1 Do. 4 months’sight Bank 2/tj Do. 3 Credits 2/1} Do. 3 Documentary’ 2/r}} Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 157) Do. 3 days’sight Private 159 Bombay, Demand Bank 157) Do. 3 days’sight Private 159 Madras, Demand Bank 157) Do.
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    PENANG VOLUNTEERS.
    61 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Adams Commandant. Parades for This Week Commanding Officer’s Parade on Friday, the 71b Dectmbet, at 515 p.m. Uniform. —Drill ouler, putties, caps an 1 one pouch, Io be worn behind. Ofleers. Putties and steel scabbards. Orderly Sergeant for the week, Seigt. C. van
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    STEAMER REPORTS.
    144 3 The s. s. Betsy (Captain Brown) arrived with 28 deck passengers from Klang, yesterday. The s s. Hong Bee (Cap'ain Peters) brought 236 deck passengers from Singa pore yesterday. The s. s. Jin Ho (Captain Nichol) arrived from Langkat this morning. She brought four Chinese cabin passengers. The
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    THE MAILS.
    97 3 Mails Close To-Morrow. For Per str. l imr. Tongkah ...Petrel 1 P.M. Klang ...Betsy 1 p.m. Langkat Jin Ho I p.m. Langkat and Pangkalan Brandan ...Deli I p.m. Edie, T. Semawe, Segli and Olehleh ...Pegu 1 p.m. Deli ...Avagyee 2 p.m. Pangkor and Teluk Ansou ...Taw Tong 2
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    SHIPPING.
    231 3 Arrivals. To-day. s. s. Fuh IVo from Rantan Pandjang s. s Avagyee from I eli s. s.J.n Ho from Lanekat s. s. A rlsadong from Padang Yes .hr day. s. s. Betsy from Klang s. s. Chan Tai f.om Kedah s. s. Flying Scud from Sungei Upey s. s.
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    COMING EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
    165 3 Friday. 7TH Municipal Commissioners ordinary meeting, at 3 p.m. Town Band, Esplanade, at 5-30 p.m. Moonlight Performance, Town Band, at Waterfall Gardens, 9 to n p.rn. Special tram wilt leave Jetty at 8 15 p.m. High-water at New Jetty, 0-30 a.m. and 0-55 P m
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      3701 3 I MOTHER SEIGEL IN INFLUENZA ALLAN IRVING. I Ctlf I TP I Company’s Extract will soon be known as A JPr A llllii I He hated to give up, Mr. Bootes did, but |S| Lemco, the new name placed upon it and JL V XjLXJLO Lwl (x I he had
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    LATEST MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    198 4 Penang, 7 th December, 1900' Tin 6 6 Co (Trang 29.50 Black Pepper j West Coast... no sales. (Acheen6lb. no sales. White Pepper 38 8 a Cloves (picked) 3 2 5° sellers Mace No. 1 86. Mace Pickings 68. do. Nutmegs 5 2_ do. t No. 1
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    SINGAPORE SHARE LIST.
    275 4 (Straits Times, 3RD December, 1900. •Raubs (17/10 pd.) 550.25 •£r hillv paid 950. •Kechau Gold (£lO paid) 821. The N. Kechau Mining Co. ...8480 S. Rauhs (»:oo pd.) 9'75. sellers. Do (850 pd.) 9/5- doSeplau (9io pd.) 916.25 do. •Redjang Lebong (fl. 100) 8275 Punjoms (I 4
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