The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 4 September 1889

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  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Price 20 Cents. Prior 20 cents YOL I. PENANG, YYEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1889. No. 50.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 912 1 The £=r==!Lc.„ 1 ROBINSON CO. Limited. (limited.) THE undersigned^ prepared to accept NEW GOODS EX. S. S. GlCnfinldS. of thoughtful and iuteUigentAssurants to the r>r- 1 u e A unexampled success which has attended the Class Steamer MESSRS. ROBINSON CO. ARE NOV SHOWING A LARGE ASSORTMENT oi Sailing vessel at
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  • 1417 2 The Municipal Ordinance No. IX of 1887 is divided into 11 parts and 271 sections, many of the latter having several sub-sections attached to them. Of these we find only 56 sections brought under review in the Draft Bill for amending the Ordinance. In the
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  • 1389 2 Some very interesting statements were made by the English Premier on the occasion of the Lord Mayor’s recent entertain d‘ Her Majesty’s Ministers at the Mansion House. In reply to th e toast of the evening, Lord Salisbury paid a tribute to the services
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    • 260 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT NJI!1 IS II fill EVERT IVEIIXBSHAV AND SATHDAV MOUMMiS. K)h TERMS OF PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per l m Half-year Quartet 4 o{) Single copy twenty cent?». IF PAiD IN AHREAR s G for tl.itc months, after which term (ho paper will only be supplied on pa) nient
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  • 689 3 What with Mr. Gladstone’s golden wedding and the ceremony in Buckingham Palace, says the Pall Mall Gazette the air was full of the sound of wedding bells and the fragrance of °>‘auge blossom. Of the couple who Woro wedded on Saturday there is
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  • 220 3 The text of the Royal Grants Bill, which has now been passed and received the sanction of the Queen, provides that it shall be lawful for Her Majesty the Queen, by letters patent under the Great Seal, to grant to the trustees of the Prince of
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  • 188 3 In the House of Commons on the 29th nlto. Mr. U. Heaton asked the Undersecretary of State for the Colonies whether his attention had been directed to a statement made by the AttorneyUeneral of South Australia, to the effect that naturalisation of foreigners in any of the Australian
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  • 338 3 It was very evident on Saturday that Royalty has its nerves just like other mortals, especially actors. If ever I saw a bad case of stage fright it was at the moment when the Archbishop had concluded the wedding service, and
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  • 892 3 The directors have received a most satisfactory report on the Telemong concession from Mr. T. R. Parkyn, who, after some observations as to his journey and arrival at the estate, says that the district is accessible for six mouths in the year, and the concession
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  • 152 4 (From the Pinang Gazette). i/ London, 29th August.-— At a meeting of the Tea Dealers Association it has been resolved that unless the dock directors yield to-day to the demands of the labourers, arrangements will be made with the wharfingers to throw open the wharves and engage labourers
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  • 1826 4 Telegrams by Mail. (From our exchanges.) London, 19 th August. —The Queen has sent a life size portrait of herself to Piiuce Bismarck. It is expected Prince Albert ictor’s tour in the East will be extended to Burma. A chapter of horrors is exciting interest
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  • 1558 4 The next Session of Assizes in Penan* will open on Tuesday, the 17th instant. The M. M. mail steamer Natal, with the London mail of the 10th August, left Colombo at noon on the 29th ultimo, and was expected to arrive in Singapore yes. terday morning. The
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  • 253 5 A sad and shocking accident occurred last Saturday on the Paja Jarnbu Estate. Upper Langkat. The Manager, Mr. Glen, had on that day paid off his Malays on the completion of their contract for building tobacco sheds. The amount paid to the men was sufficient
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  • 149 5 (30th Auqust.) Mr. B. N. Bland, Collector of Land Revenue, Penang, has been granted leave of absence, with half-salary, for nine months, to be taken after vacation leave for two months and twenty-one days, commencing from the sth instant. Mr. A. F. Ay re, Superintendent of Works
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  • 263 5 Tuesday, 2nd September, 1880. (Before Mr. J. W. Norton Kyshe.) Messrs. Boustead and Co.’s Cashier. —Khoo Cheang Chong, Messrs. Boustead and Co.’s late Chinese Cashier, was to-day committed for trial at the next Assizes, on four amended charges which were put in by Mr. Glutton, namely, (1) using
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  • 2703 5 The following additional notes on the spots visited during H. E. the Governor’s recent visit to Pahang, which have been written specially for the Straits Times and are now published cannot fail to interest the great majority of our readers. The localities
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  • 122 6 Penang, 2nd September, 1880. Bates close as foliates London, Demand Bank 3 0;~’ dollar. Do. 4 mouths sight, Bank 3,11 Do. 6 Credits 3/2 Do. G Documentary 3/22 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Be. Do. 30 days sight. Private 230 Bombay, Demand, Bank 223’ Do. 30 days sight, Private,, 230 Madras,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 508 6 R0SSAND PRITCHARD MUNICIPAL NOT10 Ĕ7 TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS. Notice is hereby given that in f utn every Municipal Collector will w 1 Beach Street 11 numbered badge when collecting R^' or luxes and special attention is cal] d i i'» e r\ at i to the fact that no person
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    • 965 7 16,000, Wanted on ESPLANADE HOTEL. PROFKS^HOG^E^’S^TWNG^BAND Bottomry Bond. {LATE EASTERN HOTEL) PERFORMS EVERY NIGHT AT Tenders are requested, and will THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGH! Y THE UNI0N REFRESHMENT ROOMS “blralvs: repaired, decorated an-d newly '**■*»<> *OAD. (lay of September instant, for the FURNISHED, IS NOW OPEN. FROM 8
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    • 622 8 the positive GRAND HOTEL. GOVERNMENT SECURITY Life Assurance Co. “Limited." head office IN INDIA: Logan’s Buildings, Beach Street. 104, Cliie Street, Calcutta. This Hotel, the largest in Penang, is situated in the heart of the busi- f j 130 <J0 ness quarter of the Town and is highly recommended to
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    • 190 8 THEAN CHEE&CO, No. 21 Beach Street HAVE JUST RECEIVED. PER S. S. Altonowev PERFUMERY. STATIONERY. CROCKERYWARE. GLASSWARE. LAMPS. LAWN TENNIS SHOES. VELVET TABLE COVERS. WOOLLEN RUGS. COIR RUGS. SEWING MACHINES. BISCUITS. TOWELS. UNDERSHIRTS. PROVISIONS LIQUEURS. Sec. Ac. Ac. ALL OF TIIE BEST MAms KIIAY BENG CO. Established in 1888. General
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