The Straits Maritime Journal and General News, 26 June 1895

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    30 1 THE Straits Maritime Journal. AND GENERAL NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. frOL- 2. No 47, HEN A rT, 7, WE ON 380 AY, 26TH JTJHE, 1895. PRICE 20 CENTS.
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      493 1 iOLS GIN. A J. Martyn, L,7 f S -=THB POSAD A. British A ST A I NAVIGATION Co., Ltd. WINES FROM THE WOOD, DIRECT IMPORTATION FROM SPAIN AND PORTUGAL. roars. Liourvas SERVICES from PENANG, Vintage 1858, 1871. Imoild Po.l. Twny J? r """T''- r R WT?T?ir T V Tfk Qinn«mAi.A
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      11 1 .lohannis. '1 hi: KINU OFNatural table Waters, and DEWARS VVUifrKY. MaitjnPcncntff,
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    PENANG TURF CLUB.
    494 2 August Meeting. i PROPOSED PROGRAMMEFIRST DAT. Thursday, the Ist August, 1895, Ist Rack. A alue s2oo,—For Maidens. ATI ITorses that have nev,, won a race on any Course-Griffin, Jump and Roadster Races excepted. Weight per scale. Distance I nine. Entrance $lO. 2.tb Race. A Ai.OK $1.»0. For
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      290 2 Pritchard Co. WHISKY, BRAND “J. R. D” BOTTLED BY JOHN ROBERTSON SON. DUX DEE. Certificate of Analysis 11 12, Great Tower Street, London, E.O. \2th January 189 5 I hereby certify that I have submitted to a ▼ery careful and searching chemical analysis a sample of FINE OLD SCOTCH WHISKY,
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      438 2 KERR STUART’S PENANG STEAM TRAMWAYS, Id. CONTRACTORS TO THE GOVERNMENT AND THE MUNICIPALITY. fiRE prepared tesiTpply Rubble Granite, R o ad Metal, decomposed Granite, Red earth and Sand for builders, contractors and others. Estimates furnished for the construction upkeep and repair of private roads. Granite slabs, columns, moulding, anf m
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    THE BRITISH DOLLAR.
    623 3 The new British dollar has, after frequent delays and disappointments, at length come into circulation in the Straits Settlements, a lakh of them reaching the Penang Branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank on Saturday night last, ex s. s, liosetta. The British dollar, of which so
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    LORD ROSEBERRY’S RESIGNATION.
    538 3 The downfall of the Roseberry administration has, for sometime past, been imminent. One by one he has lost seats in the bye elections until, when defeated last Thursday on the Army Estimates, he was left with an impracticable and therefore unworkable majority. Whether Lord Salisbury will consent
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    NAUTICAL GOSSIP.
    1265 3 From January, 1894, to April, 1895, Japan has purchased no less than 44 steamships, the oldest having been built so far back a 1868 and the newest so late as 1892. The master of the steamer Will 0’ the Wisp reports that he saw the steamer Sir Pontianak
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    LONGSHORE CHAT.
    1708 4 Tn reading an old world book the other day, we came across the expression heifer applied to a lady of high degree. Our remarks on this subject some weeks ago, went to show that the expression heifer as applied to a woman was an Americanism having no more
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    EXCHANGE.
    74 5 Penang, 26th June, 189-5. London, Bunk o-<! and T. T. 2/1-1 /4 Do. ,t 4 months 2/1 D.>. Private bills 3 months 2 l 3/1 Calcutta T.T. and o,d r ...Its. 193 Rangoon 192 j Bombay 1 193 Madras 192^ Batavia Bank n,d 127 Hongkong, Bank dem.-u.d or T.
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    TO BATU FERINGHI.
    1442 5 To appreciate anything to the fullest, extent, you must first want it very belly. This reflection occurred to me when imbibing a •whiskyanil soda under Mr. Hamilton's hospitable rn.-f, after having walked from Tanjimg Tnkong. But, it strikes me that I have commenced at the wrong end
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    THE ROYAL NAVY IN THE ‘80’S.
    1131 5 XIX —By Spanker Boom, Esq., In the 80’s as in the 70’s on board sailing ships till hands were required to get a ship under weigh, make sail, trim yards for casting &c. In some ships, steam capstans were used, and only about half
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    EXPERIENCES IN THE LIFE OF AN EASTERN SHOWMAN.
    1334 6 Vl.— The Adventure op a Baboon. I called him Bo sun, because of his fondness for chewing tobacco uud his extreme ugliness. Bosun was a Cape baboon, captured at great personal risk on the steep escarpment of Table Mountain while be was
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    NONSENSE PARODIES.
    278 6 oue own Private Lunatic) X.-THE SEVEN AGES OF DRINK. (A remarkably “free and easy adaptation of a famous speech.) All the world’s a pub, Aiid all the men and women merely tipplers They have their four-penny and their sherry" And some men in their time drain many quarts—
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    46 6 Penang, 26th June, 1895. Tin $33.90 White Pepper 14.25 sellers. Black Pepper 8.60 do. Nutmegs 94. do. Mace No. 1 80. —buyers. Mace Pickings 72. sellers. No. 1 6.60 do. Sugar < No. 2 3.50. do. Basket 3.15 Tapioca Flour 2.25 do. Copra 5.80. do.
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      108 6 List of Unclaimed Letters and Papers It/inf/ at the Penang Post Office. Allen, A. A. Jones, Mrs. Allen C. H. Krever, A. M. Bead on, E. Kip, Rev. Ij. IT. Beit, F. D. Wroque, Augusta Cheesman, G. W. Penley, Mis. Clarke, W. B. Sclividmnn. A. Fawcett, A. Steele F. VV.
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  • Page 6 Miscellaneous
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      926 7 OyeHo Foundry Co. “tanjong penagri." OUAT CHENG Bros. 40 WELD QUAY, 27 BEACH STREEET, PENANG. A 81-WEEKLY PAPER IN MALAY P E N AN(i ENGINEERS boiler makers. published e i eh i Commission Agents and SHIPWRIGHTS, IRON BRASS MONDAY AND THURSDAY. Qfnrp FOUNDERS, BRIDGE BUILDERS, tt <*i i-i o v
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      463 8 lIONGKONG AND SHANGHAI HANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL $5 000 000 RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS 510,000,000. CHIEF MANAGER :-H<mgkoug: THOMAS JACKSON, EsqLONDON BANKERS :-LONSON COUNTY BANK. PUNA X a. Interest Allowed: On Current Deposit, Accounts, at the rate of 2 per cent, per annum on daily balances of $5OO up to
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      217 8 B. 0. S. WHISKY. th s is "bund 1 f-fV? I- ODUCSD *>&* i r HATUkEO .H .TAcLi SHEJJRY CASKS ASIO ‘S WIT 13 GUARANTEE 1 'VjX,.'? s*.'- I Retailed by.— Mi ssus. 11 IN LEE A Co. THE AN CH EE A Co. SENG CHIN A Co. GUAT CHENG
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