The Straits Maritime Journal and General News, 15 May 1895

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1 8 The Straits Maritime Journal and General News
  • 25 1 THE Straits Maritime Journal. AND GENERAL NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. 61, 2. No 35, j JANG, WEDNESDAY, 15TH MAY, 1895 PRICE 20 CENTS»
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 334 1 ILS GIN. J. Martyn, l his Agents. Dnnanrv find*n rr i? 7 Hn SlirKrnrwYPP BRITISH INDIA STEAM renang—oosirng 0, o U Singapore. navigation c O lm. (o: J POSADA WI NE S- services from penang. H W e e K l Y. —To Singapore, H WHISKIES: Rangoon and Calcutta, Moul-
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    • 12 1 Joharmis, THE KING OF Natural table Waters, and DEWAR’S WDIbKY. Martyn- Hriif/yff.
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  • 872 2 The case of Dunn vs. the Marine Club, recently before Mr. Chief Justice Cox in Singapore, is a rather important one, so far as our brother Mariners of the Southern Settlement are concerned, especially if they happen to lielong to that particular branch of the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 487 2 Pritchard Co. Kc Advertisements. TOWN HALL. LADIE j DEPARTMENT. w Received rev ZTgLENFAUG. TIIURSDA Y, MA Y 16th. 40 in. Fancy Tweeds, Checks, &o. Under the patronage of 44 in. French Serges in latest shades— THE HON ’BLE H. TROTTER, Goblin, Electric, hawn, Resident Councillor of Penang. Aloss, Bronze, Cream,
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    • 101 2 OCEAN STEAMSHIP COMPAXy s Departures from England, Loft Steamer. From. Will sail g uez p^ ile Juson Liverpool A pi. 7 Apl. 25 15 v Pulinnrus do. 10 n 28 Ig Cy.-'ops do. 21 d ire Nestor do. 22 8 May Tel union do. Muy 8 Teletmtelius do. Orestes do.
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  • 376 3 have been times of recent date when fhe Straits Government have achieved economy, Now comes an opportunity when it is thrust upon them. By the fortunate appointment of Mr, Noel Trotter to the Postmaster Generalship, this opportunity came without committing an act of injustice to anybody,
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  • 254 3 The presentation to Messrs. Sellars. Shearer, Xaismyth and Payne of cheques to the aggregate value of $5OO by seven Insurance Companies interested in the fate of the Nani Yang, abandoned by her crew in August last, after she had run aground in the Straits of Kariinata, but was
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  • 1062 3 The Cnnaril Company is endeavouring to reduce the time-distance between Liverpool and New York. A re-arrangement of the trains carrying the mails to Queenstown, saves the long wait the steamers have hitherto had at the latter port, and some eight or ten hours are expected to be gained.
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  • 941 4 Mr. Nunn’s entertainment on Saturday last, was fairly well attended and thoroughly satisfied those who were present, “A Morning Call,” which opened the performance, did ~not go with that fervid enthusiasm for which Penan® ns not remarkable, indeed, if anything, it was decidedly flat. This, however, was not
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  • 1102 4 Early on Monday morning, the l oo k. 0 man at Mukka Head sighted a vessel on fi' She was hearing S. W. f W. about 25 mif 6 off Pulo Remo and appeared to he abandon? The Italian steamer Bormida, which came I yesterday
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  • 46 5 Pexang, 15th May 1805. Tin $36.10 While Pepper 13.25 sellers. Pluck Pepper 8.60 do. Nutmegs 94. do. M;iee No. 1 ~t 80.—buyers. Muce Pickings 74. do. No. 1 6.60 sellers. Sugar No. 2 3.50. do. Basket 3.10 Tapioca Flour 2.20 do. Copra 5.50. do.
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  • 64 5 Penang, 15th May, 1895. London, Bank o-d and T. T. 2/1 3 4 Do. 4 months 2,2 1/8 D >. Private bills 3 months 2/2 3/8 Calcutta T.T. and o,d f Rs. 1931 Rangoon 193 Bombay 193^ Madras 193 Batavia Bank o,d 130 Hongkong Bank 3/80/oprem. Do. 7 days’
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  • 559 5 Being a Native States Idyll In the State of Kachang Uorung, not a hundred miles from here, Dwelt the Sultan Abdul Moodier Alley bin About a Beer, He had three scot* and seventeen wives, and concubines a tew, Whose monthly bill at Pritchard’s turned the worthy Sultan
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  • 1011 5 ll.—By Spanker Boom, Esq, In the spring and summer, when the sea around the Old Head of Kinsale was studded with fishing vessels, like great flocks of birds, which came from. lands beyond the sea (the Isle of Man, Scotland, England and France) and
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  • Page 5 Advertisements
    • 47 5 Straits Maritime Journal.” CONTENTS—of this Week's Issue. Tide Table, and Mails. Exchange etc. LEADING ARTICLES. Ths Rights of Clu'j Member*. An Opportunity fcr Retrenchment. On Rewards. Nautical Gossip. Longshore ChatMr. waiter Besant on Cricket. The Royal Navy in the’80’s. The Sultan’s mistake. A Derelict vesel on fire.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
    • 173 5 PHASES OF THE MOOX. May. 2nd First Quarter. 9th Full Moon. 17th Last Quarter. 24th New Moon. 31st First Quarter. HIGH-WATER AT SINGAPORE. Approximate Times. p- Date, j Da 7 of the A.M. P. M. Mails, week. May 15 Wednesday 1-33 j 3-2 16 Thursday 2-21 j 3-54 17 Friday
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  • 565 6 Mr. Walter Hesmt, writing in tits Q leen;” says: The Spectator is m< < 11 nln I over the expenditure recently incurred by tlie Lon lon evening papers in reporting the ciickot match between Australia and England. “There is no object ion,” says this papei—
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  • 256 6 (lit/ our own I’ricate Lnnntir IV.—DII) SHE HEAVE HER HOME, OR WAS SHE RUN OVER? Not long ago, though some ago, their liv.d a maiden fair Who lived in Egypt, miles away, in London town so 111 ew 1 1 ei e AKii f, too. m ilm wide
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  • 573 6 or The Struggle for the Enchanted Keeper. (Eiiter the Villain.) ViLLAIX. —So at last, after an absence of ninety years Iv’e returned to my native village! There stands the old baked potato ian where I left it so many years ago s-Metliinks, by this time, those potatoa
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 139 6 List of Unclaimed Letters a ml Papers li/in f at the Penan;/ Pas* 0;)i eAUmi, A. a. r KivTH-v. Ij W. Alcn. C. H. Mho Doui<hII M. O. Beil, F. D. Mead> 0 Brewster, F. C. NmiiIh. J. M. Cstmufo, C»pt. Pennefatlier, Arthur Clieesinmi, <i. W. I’enley. Mrs. i| P
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 820 7 KhyeHo Foundry Co, "tanjong penagri» GUAT CHENG Bros 40 WELD QUAY, -UIUO# PENANG. A 81-WEEKLY PAPER IN MALAY 27 IiEACII STREEET, ENGINEERS BOILER MAKERS. PUBLISHED EVERY SHIPWRIGHTS, IRON BRASS MONDAY AND THURSDAY PENANG, FOUNDERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS, I general contractors, &c. Useful alike to Scholars aiul Commission Agents and Advertisers AGENTS
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 401 8 HONOKONO AXDmAXGM, rank,no CORPORATION. :o)**#( 0: $10,000,000. PAID-UP CAPITAL 5>0 00.000. RESERVE FUND AA Ann RESERVE liability of proprietors CHIEF MANAGER:— Hongkong: THOMAS JACKSON, EsqLONDON BANKERS :-LONDON COUNTY BANK. P ENA X O Interest Allowed On C.front Deposit Accounts, at the rate ot 2 per cent, per annum on daily
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    • 253 8 b. o, s. WHISKY. I riv"" I f f I I PE32S.§MfofisT “T 1 I WHISKY BLENDERS fft, I -.:.:Veoold I THIS IS A BLEND OF* FINEoi WHISKIES PRODUCED K IN SCOTLAND. MATURED in SHEPRY CASKS AND ITS I- ••'3L Retailed by.— Messrs. HIN LEE Co. THEAN CIIEE Co. SENG
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