The Straits Maritime Journal and General News, 19 August 1896

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    24 1 THE Straits Maritime Journal. AND GENERAL NEWS. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY YOU 4- No. 165. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, 19TH AUGUST, 1896 PRICE 20 CENTS
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      918 2 BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMP ANY,-(LTD). KONINKRUKE PAKKTVAART MAATSCHAPPU THY' /M fit NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. id^ Intended Sailing expected Arrival of Steamers r A V a -JS%ode®fl3 ill 1 2p*jW Negapataru, I W -8« Porto Novo, 1 26th A. Secuudra. Singapore 26th A f JT I JT B T
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    SHIPBUILDING IN 1896.
    359 3 The activity in the Shipbuilding Trade in the -p,jtal Kingdom during the second quarter of ti > ],resent year, shows the remarkable increase ever the trade during the corresponding period < dy> year 1895, of 67,000 tons and, as compared with the first quarter of the current
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    LONGSHORE AND NAUTICAL CHAT.
    3399 3 Porfirio Diaz, who lias for the 1 1 riii time just been re-elected President of 1 xieo, is a man with a romantic history, and he--n in the forefront of the political fight j !l hmt unhappy country since the early fifties, z is of Spanish
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    EXCHANGE.
    72 5 Penang, 19th A ugt, 1896. London, Bank o-d and T. T. 2/21 Do. ,> 4 p. Private bills 3 months 2/2 11-16 CalcuttaT.T. and o d Lis. 185^ Rangoon lBsg Jiunibay ii a Jladias 184| b.iiav ia Bank o,d 131 Hongkong, Bank demand or T. T. par Do. 7
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    MARKET QUOTATIONS.
    107 5 Penang, 19th A ugt, IS9G. T n $3l 60 sellers. Trnng out of season Buck Pepper < West- Coast 9 70 selleis Acheeu 61b 11.00 do. IVniie Pepper 13.75 do. 1 > ves (picked) out of season •'ecNo. 1 80.—selleiS. Nutmegs 65. do. I Mo. 1 6.50 do.
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    THE JETTY SHEDS QUESTION.
    214 5 |H following letter lias been received by the :e 'i|)iil Commissioners, stating the views of Members of the Penang Chamber of Coin- re die |)roposed handing over the" profits from the Jetty ISheds to the Government Penang, 14th August 189 G, The President, Municipal Commissioners, c
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    CATTLE QUARANTINE AT DELI.
    145 5 The following letter has been handed to us for publication Bib, —1 have the honour to inform you tln\t I am in receipt of a letter from the Resident of the East Coast of Sumatra to the effect that on the 13th instant foot-and-mouth disease has
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    NEW JOHORE STAMP ISSUE.
    222 5 Mr. J. 0. Gf. Ker, Acting Postmaster-Gene-ral, Johore has cent as soms stamps which are to be issued in Johore in the 17th, Aabiel Awal, corresponding to August 26th, 1896, These stamps bear a full face j lesentmenfc, bust length, of Sultan Ibrahim, in his robes
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    SINGAPORE’S FIRST AUTOCAR.
    495 5 The carriage of the future, the auto-car, has reached Singapore,thatenterprising firm, Messrs. Katz Bios., having imported one of Benz and Cie’s k< Motor-Yelociped.” The vehicle is a neatly built carriage on springs, with bicycle wheels and rubber tyres, and is intended to seat two persons. The motor
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      159 5 New Advertisements. MUNICIPAL NOTICE APPLICATIONS for Die undermentioned appointments will,bo received by tiie undersigned up to 4 p. m. on Thursday the 27th instant. Second Sanitary Inspector at a salary of $5O a month. Third Sanitary Inspector at a salary of $4O a month. Applications should be endorsed “Application for
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  • Obituary
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    34 5 J) OJTES TI C O CCU U liEN CE. Death. Alexander. —On board the Jin IIo, on the 17tli inst., Margaret, wife of 0, W. Alexander, of Hoeioe Taiang, Langkat. Aged 26. Deeply regretted.
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    OFFICIAL MINUTES.
    811 6 Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on the 31st July, 189 G. Tresent —J. Y. Kennedy, Esq., (President). R.A.P. Hogan, Esq., J. Gibson, Esq., and G r F, Adamson, Esq. Absent. —J, 11. Callcott, Esq., and Cheali Chen Eok, Esq. 1. The minutes of the last meeting are
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      119 6 VEGETABLES! VEGETABLES!! Mill |^^m^| B rand, REGISTERED TRADE MARK. Is competing* with every brand in the market in OU A LIT YA NB P\ll IC E. SOLD KK T AIL EVE R Y \V II ER E. To be had from Messrs. Pritchard Go., Assortments —Long Asparagus, Brussel Sprouts Green
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      1183 7 CRITERION TIFFIN PENANG BAND. Khye Ho Foundry Co., billiard rooms, notice i. hr r ro th BEACH STREET No. 7. n date the charges for the services of the SHIPWRIGHTS, IRON brass ,0„ minute fe.n, the Landing 5„.,) Towns. BRIiMB m.LWS, o/ Dances 30 GENERAL CONTRACTORS, Ac. ]3AR* I3ILLIARRD EADING
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      477 8 HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION. PAID-UP CAPITAL 510,000,000. RESERVE FUND 5,700,000. RESERVE LIABILITY OF PROPRIETORS §10,000,000. I CHIEF MANAGER:—Hongkong: THOMAS JACKSON, EsqLONDON BANKERS :—LONDON COUNTY BANK. PENANG. Interest Allowed On Current Deposit Accounts, at the rate of 1 per cent, per annum on daily balances of $5OO up to $200,000.
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