Pinang Gazette and Straits Chronicle, 16 January 1901

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  • 24 1 PINANG GAZETTE AND STRAITS CHRONICLE PUBLISHED DAILY. NEW SERIES ESTABLISHED r 83 3. PRICE 20 CENTS. VOL. LIX. WEDNESDAY, 16th JANUARY, 1901. No. 13
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  • 981 1 Program mi of January Meeting 1901. January 29th 31 st February 2nd. FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 29th January, 1901. t. The Maiden Plate. Value #4OO.A Race for Maiden Horses. Weight as per scale (lost.) An allowance of *****. to all ex-Griffins. Entrance »10. Distance, 01 e mile. 2.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 771 1 jTinpptng Motta. Peninsular Oriental Steam Navigation Company. PrpHE mail steamers may -L expected to arrive on JP. wards, and leave Penar homewards, on the foliowin Lx dates: Outwards, Homewards. Parramatta Jan. 24 Chusan Jan 26 Bcnqal Feb. 7 Peninsular Feb. 9 p; ssv 2« Coromandel 23 C/ixsan March 7 Parramatta
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    • 1964 1 NORIYIYF I ITQCUP Dll AVR BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, Limited. NUI-lUULU I CGMLK LLOYD. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ M g Jt negapatam line of steamers. Nippon Yusen Kaisha. gj \lntended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. japan mail steamship co., Ltd. f—c\/IW! S Negapatam, Karrica), Thu 17th Jan? HAMBURG-AMERIKA LIN
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    • 782 1 Wanhs. Nederlandsche Handel Maatschappij. NETHERLANDS TRADING SOCIETY.? Established 1824. Paid-up Capital f. 35 783,000 (abt. £3,000,000) Reserve Fuso.-.f. 2,958,000 (abt. 246,500) Head Office in Amsterdam' Head Agency in Batavia, Branches: Singapore, Rangoon, Medan (Deli), Samarang, Sourabaya, Padang, Cherebon.Tegal, Pecalongan, Pasoeroean, Tjilatjap, Go on alo, Pahmbang. Corresponeents at Bombay, Colombo, Madras,
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  • 104 2 The Strife in South Africa. PURSUIT OF THE BOERS. The invaders have reached Clanwilliam and are being pursued by a strong British column. NO CENTRAL ADVANCE. No further advance has been made by the Boers from-Calvinia. BRUSH AT ZUURFONTEIN. The Boers attacked Zuurfontein on Monday morning and. were
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  • 698 2 Reuter announces, to-day, the death of the Right Rev. Mandell Creighton, Bishop of London, one of those most able, most hardworking, and most popular bishops who have helped, during the latter half of the last century, to stem the tide of adverse opinion in respect to the maintenance
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  • 1127 2 Viscount Duncannon Has been chosen chairman of Bovril, Limited, in place of the late Mr. Lawson Johnston. For being in illegal possession of a bottle of morphia, valued al $lO, a China man was fined $lOO, this morning. Mr. and Mrs Frizell will be leaving Singapoie for
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  • 16 2 Captain Henderson, r. n., has com missioned H.M.S. Blenheim for China.
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  • 18 2 The Canadian Shipowners are floating a rival Lloyds, with a capital of one million sterling.
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  • 57 2 Dividend and Bonus. It is notified that subject to audit, the dividend about to be declared by the Directors of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation will be £i. 10s., with a bonus of 10s. The sum ol $1,000,000 will be added to the reserve
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  • 82 2 Francis Lloyd, cab-driver, having been injuied in a collision with the van of Thomas Flint, a Peckham bottle merchant, sued the latter for compensation. The case was decided at the London Sheriffs’ Court. The cabman said he was not able to resume full work. In May, June,
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  • 108 2 The German outward bound imperial mail steamer Sachsen (Captain Oepelmatin) ai rived here from Colombo at eight o’clock, this morning She carried 109 saloon pas seugets (including 9 < Inldren), and of these the following landed at Penang Mr. H. Dyk, from Antwerp Messrs Charles de la
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  • 99 2 The German homeward-bound imperia mail steamer Priiizess Irene (Captain Wet tin) arrived here from Singapore and the Far Esst at three o’clo k, yesterday afternoon. The voyage from Singapore look only 25 hours. She carried 146 sa'oon pa-sengers (including 16 children), and of these the following were
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  • 266 2 The local police have in custody two men who are alleged to have escaped from the Boer catnp in Ceylon. Both the men had secured their passrges by a Chinese steamer, the Seang Leong, which was proceeding to Penang on Saturday, but on information received
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  • 459 2 A special general meeting of the Turf club was held, yesterday afternoon, at the Secretary’s Office, and the following mem hers were present Messrs. F. J C. Ross [president] in the chair, Wreford, Adam-, Dmler, Peirce, and M< Farlane (committee), E. A. B Brown, A. Wilson, H.
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  • 622 2 SPECIAL MEE TING OF GFVm COMMUTEE ER < Yesterday afternoon, at 5 n 7t the Governor’s Office, a spe ia] the Agricultural Show General C e n?ti was held for the purpose of ad y' llltl i names of certain gentlemen to tiJp '■> Committee, and of
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  • 551 2 ObJI-CIS AND I'EASONS. This bill has been dialled in consequence of the representaiic iis of succes-ive land registtaiiou offi’eis at M < acca as to the need of some definite enactment regn lating the tran-fer of lights f tenantsof Malacca lands under the M lacca
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 1213 2 Pritchard Co. eOLDEN NEWMUS,C AllimAl NEIAf MIIQIP TTTANTED AT ONCE an Architectural |*U||DW IV mW 111 Udi U Draughtsman. Apply stating salary to ls BEACH RIITTFR Leslie Stuart8 LatBBt DU I I till Coon Songs T EZEKIEL AARON MANASSEH,thesoIe PENANG. J- partner of E. A. Manasseh Company s»o.,eugene;sthatton. -£Ld«yfts SJ3&
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  • 11 2 Obituary. A VERY NOTABLE PRELATE. The Bishop of London is dead.
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  • 126 3 COMMITTEE APPOINTED. The Secretary of State for War has appointed as a Committee to consider the present arrangements for The transaction of business within the War Office; The system of contract and audit; The possibilities of further decentralisation of work; With a view to the more expeditious and
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  • 508 3 The Thousandth Number. In many a thoroughfare in London may have been observed two adjacent placards, ore announcing the forthcoming panto mime of Aladdin and his Wonderful Lamp” and the other declaring that the Thousandth Number of Tit Bits is Now Ready." To those conversant
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  • 553 3 Germany’s Naval Loss. Further details are now to hand concerning the los- of the German training ship which was wrecked in the port of M alaga on the i6:h of December. It is still impossible to accurately estimate the number cf lives that have been
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  • 395 3 Prospects for Intending Settlers. Thf. return of Mr. Arnold Forster, m p from the Cape affords hope that the public will shortly learn the result of the sittings of the Land Settlement Commission, which has just visited the Orange River Colony and the I ransvaal. Reliable informal
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  • 338 3 Bequest of Millionaire Recluse. I he provisions of Leeds’s late millionaire recluse, Robert Arihington, are curious. They provide for the spread of the Gospel to the uttermost ends of the world. A tenth of the estate goes to first cousins, etc. The other nine-tenths of the
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  • 96 3 Is the Duke of Devonshire so rich in art treasures that he does not know them when he sees them If the following amusing story is true, he is. He was seen admiring a picture in the British Section at the Paris Exliibition. He could not
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  • 163 3 Dishonest Fare and Honest Puller Mr. W. E. Hooper, of the Singapore H. C. J. Registration Office, writes to the Straits Tinies The paragraph in your issue of Saturday that the puller of rikisha 7,062, had bolted with a box of jewellery, valued at $270, is untrue,
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  • 209 3 Objects and Reasons. This bill has been drafted in cons e quence of instructions received from the secretary of state, and is intended to put an end, if possible, to a real grievance Several cases have occurred m which European adventurers of a low class
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  • 98 3 A Rangoon paper states that whilst the Traffic Manager was lying asleep in one of those comfortable carriages provided by the Burma Railway for the higher grades in the service, near Maymyo, an engine suddenly came out of the running shed with fires alight and under steam.
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  • 118 3 The N. C. Daily News Tientsin correspondent telegraphed on the 27th of Decern ber: Ihe Fourth Biigade is leaving for Yangtsun, the Boxers being repotted to be in strength to the westward of that station. Various reports of bodies of Chinese advancing have been curtent lately
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  • 277 3 Getting Near the Sixty-million Limit. 1 he total exports of coal during 19.0 are expected to amount to forty six and a ha f million tons, which i. an increase of nearly three and a half million tons on the corresponding exports for last year. On
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  • 511 3 Who W rote An Englishwoman's Love Letters"? By last mail, advices arrived of the excitement in connection with the new book An Englishwoman's Lave Letters. Mrs. W. Heton-Maxwell, the journalist, wiites to Penang that the style reminds her of Mallock, and she looks to him, for that
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  • 125 3 e Penang, 16th January, 19' 1. t Rates close as follow i: 1 London, Demand Bank 2/1 s Do. 4 months' s'ght Bank z/if Do. 3 Cre lits 2/of Do. 3 Documentary Calcutta, Demand Bank Rs 15 i Do. 3 days’sight Private 157) Bombay, Demand Bank 155) Do. 3
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  • 74 3 Orders by Captain A. R. Ada ns Comm indant. I’arades for This Week Recruits Drill. On Monday, Wednes day, and Friday, at 5-15 p.m. Detail. Orderly Sergeant for this week Corp] A. E. Coveney. Clothing. Efficient members are entitleJ to annual issue of Clothing and Boots. The addres
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  • 84 3 The s, s. G. G v. Lansberge (Captain Nerts) brought 32 asialics ftom Olehleh, this morning. The s s. Mary Austin (Captain Boyle) arrived with 2 cabin and 39 deck passengers from Klang, yesterday. The s. s. Taw Tong (Captain Viz), which ariived from Teluk Anson yester day,
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  • 81 3 Mails Close To-morrow. For Per str Moulmein ...Ooryia 9 a m. Deli ...Hebe noon. Langkat Quorra 1 p.m. Deli Ho Kwei 1 p.m. Pangkor and Teluk Anson ...Canton 2 p.m. Singapore Hongkong Quarta 3 p.m. Singapore Hongkong Sui .Sang 4 p.m. Madras, Pondicherry, I'uddalore, Karical and Negapatam, taking
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  • 24 3 From Ste uner T<i 11 rive Suez Malacca to d iy. Hamburg Sibiria Olehleh Maha Vajirunhis 17-1-0 Singapore Lightning 19- 1
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  • 457 3 Arrival* To-day. s. s. Sachsen from Hamburg s. s. G.G. v. Lansberge fr< m Olehleh Yesterday. s. s. Prinzess Irene from Singapore s. s. Maetsuijcker from Olehleh s. s. Leong Ho from Asahan s. s. Mary Austin from Klang s s. Sri Bangka from Padaug s. s. law Tong
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  • Page 3 Advertisements
    • 82 3 Consulate for the Netherlands. Notification fIIHL letting of the Farm of the right to irnI port and sell salt, and to collect dirty on trubok fish-roe, dried trubok, and tengiri fish, and blachan, in the district of Bengkalis, for the period from Ist April, 1901, till 31st March, 1902, and
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    • 1287 3 notice Penang Turf Club. wanted QAVI fITU MY WIFE, Tan Poh Neow, having left my OMIVI-Ulll protection on the 10th day of Jannary, V n A GENTLEMAN with several years 1 01, I shall not be resp nsib’e for any d.bt I attending Races on the 19th and experience on
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  • 185 4 Penang, 16th January. 1901. Tin #65-90 (Trang Black Pepper West Coast... no sales. lAcheen 61b.. no sales. White Pepper 40.50 Cloves (picked) 26 00 sellers, i Mace No. 1 86.- do. Mace Pickings 6S.— d Nutmegs 5 2 I No. 1 7-75 do. Sugar I a 4-
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  • 341 4 Stocks. Quotation. Capital. Paid Up. Share». Paid. Div. Bersawah Gold Mine Co. $4.80 buyers $175,000 $87,500 $17,500 $5 Chendariang Hydraulic Tin Mining Co., Ld. $175. buyers. 80,000 80,000 800 100 Fraser and Neave, Ld. 93. sellers 225,000 «25,000 4,5°° 5° Do. 6 Debs. 3 prem.
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  • Page 4 Advertisements
    • 771 4 NERVOUS DISORDERS THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN CUREDby a prescription which is in the possession of the Rev. Joseph Hope, St. Cloud,” Westcourt Road. Worthing and he will be pleased to send full particulars of it to any sufferer who sends him a stamped addressed envelope. It cures NERVOUS DEBILITY, Loss of
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    • 449 4 TWO GREAT NECESSITIES, Viz., 1. FAMILY PROVISION, 2. PROVISION FOR OLD AGE. f Easily and Economically met by a Policy in i PIE BRITISH EMPIRE MUTUAL LIFE OFFICE (ESTABLISHED 1847.) Chairman: The Right Hon’ble Sir JOHN GORST, M P FUNDS-Rs. 420,000,000. CLAIMS PAID—Rs. 450,000,000. Monthly Rates for each Rs 5,000
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    • 1844 4 DR J.COLLIB BROWNE’S /fllk c M Lao Ro dYN e. ftOW ffMjjl COUGHS, TS THE GREAT SPECIFIC FOR WMF rjOLDS taiarrhcea, U A STH MA, 1J TAYSENTERY, A tSrONCHITI:. U /JHOLERA. 15 V manufactured by Jo S E S fl L T d aS ts h l a Uc h
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    • 265 4 32 Per Month THE Pinang (Jazefe" ENLARGED EDITION, Per Month (For LocalSubscriberi) THE PINANG GAZETTE," ENLARGED DAILY EDITION. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION The price of the Pi„ awg Gazette free is as follows: K To Government Offices and Merchants' Goilm, in Penang. Per annum... »24 payable in advance By Post. Per
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