The Straits Maritime Journal and General News, 25 May 1895

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1 8 The Straits Maritime Journal and General News
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    24 1 THE Straits Maritime Journal. AND GENERAL NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. ■VO.u. 2. No 38, PENANG, SATURDAY, 25T11 MAY 1895 PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      323 1 ■3O LS W GIN. h H. J- Martyn, S and his Agents. Penang —Gosling &Cc Singapore. biutish india steam b 1 NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. POSADA WI £s* SERVICES FROM PENANG, wiii«t'ip«. Week l y.-To Singapore, 111 S Iv! I ,S. I Rangoon and Calcutta, MoulrsHEßKs. da users'*. mack a vs,
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      11 1 Johannis, THE KING OF Natural table Waters, and DEWAR’S whk-ky. Martyn.
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    513 2 August Meeting. PRO POSED PROO RASI M E. FIRST DAY. Thursday, the Ist August, 1895. Ist Race. Value 8200. For M inims. All IT f-sos that have never won a race on any Cmirse —G. itlin, Jo up ard Roadster Races excepted. Weight per scale. Distance I
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      322 2 Pritchard Co, LADIE/ DEPARTMENT. %r Deceived Per s. s. GLENIAhCr40 in. Fancy Tweeds, Checks, Ac. 44 m. French Serges in latest shades Goblin, Electric, Fawn, Moss, Bronze, Cream, Navy Bine, Bin 42 in. Satin Cloths—Green, labac, &c. 42 ill. Nun’s Cloth llclio, Red, Pink, Sky, Cream, White, Black, Ac. 42
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      40 2 TOWN HALL^PENANG. I FOR A FEW NIGHTS OSLY. The new iVILLA 111). OPERA COMPANY, 37 Artistes. GRAND OPENING NIGHT, Monday, May 27th, IS9S. THE GAIETY GIRL.” Prices: $3. 2 1. Flan at M I r A A It 1> <£• Co.
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      219 2 NOTICE. IWJR, T. N. Symons lias been appointed to nct as Manager of this Estate during- absence, with effect from to-<lay. Kpmfno A. B, BROWN, Mo payer for the rropnetun. Frye Sugar Estate, I*. W., 16th May, 1805. New Advertisement. PENANG SALES ROOM. :°)#*#(o: AUCTION SALE, The undersigned will sell
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    THE GENTLEMAN JOCKEY vs. THE PROFESSIONAL.
    815 3 There has been consi lerable talk in Penang of late as to the desirability or otherwise of allowing professional riders to appear at our race meetings, [n this connection we are somewhat in the position of the man who was locked up in a
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    A HARD CASE.
    309 3 It has often struck us that Captains sailing out of Penang under a German certificate have a particularly risky time of it, but the hardships of the case have never been so pertinently brought home to us as m a recent affair w heieo in, owing to
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    NAUTICAL GOSSIP.
    929 3 On the 13th inst. Messrs. David and William Ilomlorson and Co., launched from their yard at Patrick the Cervantes,” a steel screw steamer which they have built for Messrs. Lamport and Holt, of Liverpool. The dimensions are: —Leiigth, 410 ft.; breadth, 43ft.; depth, 29ft. 2in.; and the gross
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      97 3 OCEAN S TEA MS It IP COM PAN Y’S. Departures from England, 0 Steamer. From. Will sail, g„ez. jlWg I Cyclops Liverpool \pl. ‘2l 12 Mly 31 Miiy Nfsior Ho. 22 8 Telamon do. May 8 'J'eleuiacliua do. 8 j Orestes do. 20 Tacer do. 22 Pyrrlias do. 31 Stentor
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    LONGSHORE CHAT.
    1765 4 Some weeks ago we gave in this column a few of the humours of Parish Council elections in rural England. Scotland has just been celebrating the same glorious event, and trora the 1 eople s Journal ”we extract the following intellectual items A country voter, where there were
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    EXCHANGE.
    63 5 Penang, 25th May, 1895. London, Bank o-d and T. T. 2/1-f bo- 4 months 2/2-g Do. Private bills 3 months 2/2 Calcutta T.T. and o,d ...Its. 193£ Rangoon 193 Bombay 193 j Madras 193 Batavia Bank o,d 130 Houkkong Bank 3/80/oprem. Do. 7 days’ sight Private... 1 °/o dis.
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    48 5 Penang, 25tr May 1895. Tin $35.70 liite Pepper 14 sellers. Black Pepper 8.60 do. Nutmegs 94. do. Mace No. 1 80. buyers. M ace Pickings 74. do. No. 1 6.60 sellers. Sugar No. 2 3.50, do. I Basket 3.10 lapioca Flour 2.15 do. Copra... 5.70. do.
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    CHUTNEY.
    869 5 Manufactured especially tor us by The Chutney Man.” What price Willards to-night, eh boys The young bloods of Penang have been girding up their loins for the fray for weeks past, ever since, in fact, the welcome news arrived that the company was coming here. The bald headed old
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      146 5 TOWN HALL, PENANG. NEW WILLARD OPERA Co., OPENING NIGHT. To-night To-night S J TURDA Y, 25TH MA Y. TN consequence of the early arrival of the P. 0. s. s. Pekin, the New Willard Opera Company, which has been largely strengthened and augmented since its last vb.it here, will open
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      42 5 CONTENTS-of this Week's Issue. Tide Table, and Mails. Exchange etc. LEADING ARTICLES. The Gentleman Jockey vs. the professional. A hard case. Nautical Gossip. Longshore Chat. Chutney. The Royal Navy in the 'Bo’s. Experiences in the life of an eastern showman* Nonsense Parodies.
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  • Page 5 Miscellaneous
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      149 5 PHASES OF THE MOON. May. 2nd First Quarter. 9th Full Moon. 17ih Last Quarter. 24th New Moon. 31st First Quarter. HIGH-WATER AT SINGAPORE. Approximate Time*. Date. Da we°Jk tf e AlM p M Mails May 25 Saturday. 11-10 10 87 26 Sunday 11-50 11-13 27 Monday 11-54 28 Tuesday 1-14
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    THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE ‘80’S.
    817 6 V. —By Spanker Boom, EsQ t Some were done atnmlinaf nfc a wheel .with one foot resting on a tackle, and in front was the motto: “Deeds not words” and in various other ways peculiar to sailors. The following day we were all fallen
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    EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF AN EASTERN SHOWMAN.
    1395 6 V How I got Shipwkeckkd. He was R rattling good fellow was Capfain Forfnne, paif proprietor of tlie well found, new, clipper ship a The Fortune,’' named, I presume, after himself. 1 met him first nt the hull ring in Lima and
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    NONSENSE PARODIES.
    269 6 (Z?// our own Private Lunatic.) V.—THE BFER HUNT Stop thief there he goes! Ire inns liken deer He falls down a coal mine tin- ctowd loudly elveer 3 Tltrie now, he is up again—trends on his ear— Bangs in a public-house—call» f.rr .some lit er. Out in the
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      127 6 List of Unclaimed Letters and Paper» lying at the Penang Post Office. Allen, A. A. Kip, Rev. L. W. Alle C. H. MaeDougull M. C. Reit, F. I). Meady C. Brewster, F. C. Nauta, J. M. Castango, Capfc. Pennefather, Arthur Clieesman, G. W. Peiiley, Mrs. Fawcett, A. Scliweidmann A. F'ddle
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      799 7 KhyeHo Foundry Co, !“tanjong penagri.” GUAT CHENG Bros. 40 WELD QUAY, pEy iy( A 81-WEEKLY PAPER IK MALAY 27 11 EACH STHEEET, ENGINEERS BOILER MAKERS. PUBLISHED hi kill penano, SHIPWRIGHTS, IRON BRASS M ONI) A Y AND Til U USD A Y. Useful alike to Scholars and Commission Agents and
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      371 8 V {l B IxK iXG CORPORATION, HONGKONG AND SJIAyGJI.iI 510,000,000. r 5,000,000. RESERVE FUND bksekvb liability of proprietors ?u CHIEF MANAGERHongkong: THOMAS JACKSON, EsqLONDON BANKERS :-LONDON COUNTY BANK. PENA NG. Interest Allowed On Current Deposit Accounts, at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum on daily balances of $5OO
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      208 8 B. 0. S. WHISKY. I Wiilsi| I Retailed by.—- I Mkssks. DIN LEE A Co. I THE AN CHEE A Co. I SENG CHIN A Co. I GUAT CHENG BROS. A Co. I LEE 1100 A Co. I THE PRYE RIVER DOCK I THE above Dock, situated in Province \Ll*
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