The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 7 September 1889
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1889-09-07 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Price 21 Cents. PlilCE 20 CENT?, VOL I. PENANG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1889. No. 51.27 words
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Advertisement939 1889-09-07 1 INSURANCES. T> n"DY?tXC? Al\ v fL nn The Positive Government SeenXI,I® LiOX (V, till rity Life Assurance Company The Marine Insurance Co., AttVA/Ail \3U \J\J, (limited.) Limited. r W irV St lil/t g The Company request the earnest attention TJIE undersigned are prepared to accept j VA A Utt/yt/ttltO. of939 words
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1671 1889-09-07 2 11. In our last issue, our review of the proposed Bill for amending the Municipal Ordinance was brought up to the 25th section referring to the levying of rates and taxes. We have now to draw the attention of our readers to section 26 which1,671 words
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Article1020 1889-09-07 2 The visit of the German Emperor t 4 England and bis inspection of the Uu* tish fleet at Spithead, together with the grand review of troops h&Jd in \nspnsence at Aldershot formed the one topic of conversation and political literatutwhen the last mail left Europe. The newspapers1,020 words
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Advertisement270 1889-09-07 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT rtILUIEI EVEIf IV tItNKS It A V AND S\TI E»AV MORMMiS. K>* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. For Annum K Half-year 8 00 Quartcl A. eO Single copy twenty cents. IF PAiD IX ARHE AH S 6 for three months, after which term the paper will270 words
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Article642 1889-09-07 3 According to tlie Vienna weekly Ex--Ira Dost, Lord Salisbury lias informed of Vienna, Bei lin, and Rome that the Russo-French assertions to the effect that England favours the separaof Crete from Turkey are without foundation, and calculated to arouse the distrust of the Porte.” It is642 words
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Article1225 1889-09-07 3 Complete Rout of the Dervishes. Terrible Slaughter. The long-expected battle with Wad-el-N’jumi and his Dervishes came off on Saturday. General Grenfell (says the special correspondent of the Daily Chronicle) was deliberate in his preparations, but when the decisive moment came he showed himself as1,225 words
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Article324 1889-09-07 3 The announcement that another lady of title or position has commenced busisiness as a milliner or dressmaker no longer causes any surprise, there are now so many establishments opened by ladies for ladies,” that we cannot wonder at inquiry being made as to what effect all this will324 words
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Article75 1889-09-07 4 (From the Pinang Gazette London, 3rd September. —The shipowners in London have demanded from the Docks’ Committee the right to employ theirown labourers. The tailors have decided upon a general strike. General sympathy is expressed for the dock strikers. London 4 th September. —The Docks’ 'Committee has refused(From the Pinang Gazette). - 75 words
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Article35 1889-09-07 4 MARRIAGE. At St. George’s Church, Penang, on 28th August, by the Rev. L. C. Riggs, m.a., Colonial Chaplain, Frank Paul, of Kedah, to Regina, Pussy,” eldest daughter of the late Captain Nissen, Penang.35 words
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Article1229 1889-09-07 4 The following items of intelligence nppcar in the Home papers for the week ending August 9 The Government are preserving a discreet silence with respect to the Greek circular note on Cretan affairs. Ministers look askance at Greek pretensions, fearing that to countenance them would be the1,229 words
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Article1913 1889-09-07 4 Sir Charles Warren, Mr. Justice Goldney, and the lion’ble Mr. Adamson are expected to arrive here in the early part of next week on the business of the Folice Commission. As already announced in our last issue, the outward bound P. O. Mail steamer Sutlej with the1,913 words
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Article186 1889-09-07 5 —Straits Times. It is rumoured that certain Chinese capitalists are considering the ways and means of acquiring the Rawang mines. If they do so they will probably make money out of them, for undeniably the tin is there in quantity. There is also talk of—Straits Times. - 186 words
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Article389 1889-09-07 5 A Rome correspondent writes :—The Vatican is rather needlessly watched by the political detective service at the disposal of Signor Crispi, who is, of course, not only Premier, but Minister of the Interior. The Pope generally keeps his opinions to himself, but it is quite certain that he389 words
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Article512 1889-09-07 5 An astonishing' tale of longevity comes from Odessa, where it is said there is still a man living who is 140 years old! What a loss such a veteran would have been to an annuity office! Daniel Samoiloff is bis name. He was born at Saratoff in 1740—just four512 words
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Article1551 1889-09-07 5 The closing scenes. Mobbing the Judge. Seldom lias there been a cause celebre in England which has attracted so much attention as the trial of Mrs. Florence E. Maybrick on a charge of having murdered her husband by administering arsenic to him. Mrs. Maybrick is1,551 words
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1068 1889-09-07 6 By the Pall Mall Gazette's Travelling Commissioner. The first sight of Hongkong, tlie farthest outpost of the British Empire and the fourth port in the world is disappointing. As you approach it from the North you enter a narrow and unimposing pass; then you1,068 words
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Article130 1889-09-07 6 Fenang, sth September, 1889. Hates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3 y 'ol dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/1 f Do. 6 Credits 3/Of Do. 6 Documentary 3/11 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. Do. 30 days sight, Private 230 Bombay, Demand, Bank 2251 Do. 30 days sight, Private,,130 words
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Advertisement332 1889-09-07 6 IN THE SUPREME COURT DF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. In tlie matter of The Companies Ordinance 1889, and In the matter of The Rawang Tin Mining Company, Limited. Notice is hereby given that a petition for the winding-up of the above-named Company by the Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements was332 words
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Advertisement167 1889-09-07 6 ROSS AND PRITCHARn TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS. N 1, Beach Street. Have just received per P. Q M a choice selection from the Home M kets of the undermentioned goods Tailoring Department. Black Superfine Cloth. Blue Superfine Cloth. Specialities for Dress Suits in Black Vicunas, Black Elastics Black Cashmeres. 1 Black167 words
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Advertisement895 1889-09-07 7 Wta. S- on ESPLANADE HOTEL. J™ co Bottomry Bond. (LATE EASTERN HOTEL) professor hoder s siring band Tendebs are requested, and will THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY l EI.FOP.MS EVERY MGHT AT Office, before REPAIRED DECORATED AND NEWLY THE UNION REFRESHMENT ROOMS day of September instant, for the FURNISHED,895 words
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Advertisement624 1889-09-07 8 the positive GRAND HOTEL. government security Life Assurance Co. “Limited.” HEAD OFFICE IN INDIA LOfjdll’S BllUrf in (Js 9 IJCdCII &tl CCf* 104, Clive Street, Calcutta. This Hotel, the largest in Penang, is situated in the heart of the busiCapital and ut ker Funds 415,090 ness quarter of the Town624 words
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Advertisement201 1889-09-07 8 THEAN CHEE&CO. No. 21 Beach Street. HAVE JUST RECEIVED. TER S. S. AltoHoiccrS 9 PERFUMER V. STATIONERY. CROCKERY WAR K. GLASSWARE. LAMPS. LAWN TENNIS SHOES. VELVET TABLE COVERS. WOOLLEN RUGS. COIR RUGS. SEWING MACHINES. BISCUITS. TOWELS. UNDERSHIRTS. PROVISIONS LIQUEURS. Ac. Ac. Ac. ALL OF THE BSST MAKERS, KIIAV BENG CO.201 words
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