The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 11 June 1890
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section26 1890-06-11 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 cents. VOL. 11. PENANG-, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1890. Uo. 124.26 words
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Advertisement1020 1890-06-11 1 INSURANCES. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. I The Positive Grovernment SecuThe Marine"insurance Co., NEO£RLAMO33H INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. i*ity Life Assurance Company ie Limited. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. (Limited.) THE undersigned are prepared to accept Intended Sailing and, expected Arrival of Steamer of thoughtful and intelligent Assurants to i;he Risks1,020 words
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Article1433 1890-06-11 2 It is but natural that every one should endeavour to improve his position and prospects in life. We hold it is a law of nature that every person, of whatever class or grade, should feel an interest in what concerns him, and avail himself of all the1,433 words
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Article534 1890-06-11 2 Among tlie many efforts 'which have been made to better the condition of the Eurasian community, says the Englishman, one of the most prominent was the attempt of the late Mr. White of Madras to establish agricultural colonies in Mysore. It is therefore disappointing to find534 words
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Article595 1890-06-11 2 Is there any chance of a serious revival of Buddhism in view of its high ideals and of its recent popularity in England Tho writer of an elaborate article in the new number of the Quarterly thinks not. The creed of Gautama is very pliant in595 words
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Advertisement258 1890-06-11 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND ■SATURDAY. 1 Kh TERMS 3 OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 15. 00 Half-year 8. 00 Quarter 4. 50 Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN A BREAK 0 for three months, after which term the paper will only he suppliod on258 words
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507 1890-06-11 3 M. Jules Simon contributes a very interesting article on Internats to his excellent Revue de Famille, in which he warns parents against putting their children —and, above all, their daughters —into boarding-schools. Personally says M. Simon, I have no affection for board-ing-schools for507 words
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Article151 1890-06-11 3 The managers of the leading railways in Holland are now discussing, says Industries, the feasibility of introducing tho “zone system on their lines. They have despatched delegates to study the question in Hungary, where the system was first introduced. It is believed that the Austrian Government will151 words
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435 1890-06-11 3 There will continue to grow, it is to be hoped, much corn in Egypt, and crocodiles, possibly, will never fade out of the sultry land but, according to a recent decision of the Government of the Khedive, there is to be no more435 words
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174 1890-06-11 3 The London correspondent of the Birmingham Post writes —I hear that the services of one of our most distinguished medallists are to be retained for the new design of the Queen’s head which ifc is under the contemplation of the Treasury to place174 words
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Article296 1890-06-11 3 Arabi Pasha has recently been unwell, and he complains that his health suffers from the hot and humid climate of Ceylon, after the dry atmosphere of Egypt. It was just the hot season, and the climate of Ceylon is trying. Ridiculous accounts of visits to296 words
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Article274 1890-06-11 3 The Liability of Banks in the Transfer of Shares. The House of Lords gave judgment on 12th May in appeals by the Colonial Bank and the Chartered Bank of Australia, against a decision of the Court of Appeal in an action by the trustees of a Mr. Williams274 words
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295 1890-06-11 3 I have all my life,” said Patti to a New York World reporter, “regarded my complexion as a thing as delicate as a piece of satin. Instead of experimenting on my face, I have tried the creams and balms recommended to me295 words
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Article91 1890-06-11 3 Bismarck is about to take his place as a German classic side by side with the inevitable Goethe and Schiller. A Berlin publisher announces a people’s edition of Bismarck’s Collected Works in four volumes. The new Classic is to contain all the great statesman’s more important91 words
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Article225 1890-06-11 3 An American contemporary says the stationery ordered for the coming census would fill a room three blocks long, 30 feet high, and 40 feet wide. In addition to the 20,000,000 population schedules now being printed, 10,000,000 more will be ordered in a few days. This will225 words
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Article127 1890-06-11 4 REUTER’ S TELEGRAMS. (From the Pinang Gazette.) London s th June. —The Republican caucus ofthe House of Representatives have adopted a substitute for the caucus bill, mainly similar, except that it provides for the monthly purchase of four and a half million dollars worth of silver, certificates for which are(From the Pinang Gazette.) - 127 words
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Article1626 1890-06-11 4 The outward bound P. and 0. mail steamer Borne having left Colombo yesterday at 3 a. m., may bo expected here ou Saturday evening-. Telegraphic information lias been received that the mail despatched hence via Negapatam on 14th ulto. was deli vuicvl in LouJou on Monday, the1,626 words
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Article406 1890-06-11 4 Last Sunday a party of gentlemen who had gone over to the Province on x the previous day for some pig shooting, r met with an adventure which but for the pluck and courage displayed by one of j them might have ended fatally and406 words
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Article237 1890-06-11 4 Friday, 30 th May. His Excellency the Acting Governor has been pleased to nominate Mr. A Gentle to be a Municipal Commissioner for the Municipality of Singapore Town vice Colonel S. Dunlop, c. M. g., resigned and to appoint him. President of the Municipal Commissioners of Singapore Town,237 words
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Article216 1890-06-11 4 Arrivals. 7th June —Per s. s. Bhundara, from Singapore —Mrs. Teo Chye Kim, Mr, Lim Paik Kein, Mr. Gan Keng Swco. and Mr. and Mrs. P. D. Araujo. 7th June—Pers. s. Gympie, from Port Weld: —Mr. V. K. Chettiar, Mr. J. 11, Patteson, Mr. H. Carr, and216 words
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Article146 1890-06-11 4 ,—Ceylon Independent. End of the Mason-Doenhorst Imbroglio. The collision between the two first class engines at Hultsdorp has, after all, not led to any disastrous results. The Chief Justice and the Attorney-General presumably intervened, for Messrs. Mason and Dornhorst were seen in the Chief Chief,—Ceylon Independent. - 146 words
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Article95 1890-06-11 5 The following account, for April, 1890, lias been forwarded by the Managers of the under-mentioned Banks, duly certified by them, for publication in the Government Gazette. Average Amount of Bank Notes in Circulation. Singapore. Mercantile Bank 755,190 Chartered Bank 1,081,307 li’kong Shanghai Bank 1,490,044 Penang.95 words
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Article199 1890-06-11 5 A Suggestion to use the Negapatam Route. In the House of Commons on the 9th May, Mr. Johnston, (Belfast) asked the Postmaster-General whether, as the mails for the Straits Settlements, now sent fortnightly by French packet, were frequently delayed in their arrival till after the departure of the199 words
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Article265 1890-06-11 5 (From the Mercantile Gazette, May, 31st.) Kim Joo the Chinese bankrupt who decamped about 5 weeks ago has not been caught and his creditors have little chance to see him again, 2| to 3 per cent, are expected to be paid. The total liabilities were above $200,000. Not(From the Mercantile Gazette, May, 31st.) - 265 words
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Article198 1890-06-11 5 (Sarawak Gazette 2nd June.) It is reported on a reliable authority that Mr. Davis, an officer in the service of the British North Borneo Company whilst on leave, obtained from 11. H. the Sultan of Brunei the promise of a concession granting to him, Mr. Abramson, and(Sarawak Gazette, 2nd June.) - 198 words
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Article165 1890-06-11 5 In the House of Commons, on the Bth May, Sir G. Campbell asked the Under Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he had any information that Rajah Brooke, of Sarawak, had, on his own authority, annexed a large new territory whether Her Majesty’s Government165 words
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432 1890-06-11 5 In noticing the retirement of Sir Arthur Gordon from the Governorship of Ceylon, the Ceylon Independent says We should be unjust to ourselves, even more than to Sir Arthur Gordon, if, in bidding him farewell, we were to omit the mention432 words
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Article193 1890-06-11 5 A problem o£ great interest in physics and astronomy, on which Tyndall, Lord Ross, and Professor Langley laboured iu vain, has been solved, and trustworthy evidence at last been obtained as to the thermal value of moonlight.(This has been accomplished by Mr. 0. V.193 words
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Article280 1890-06-11 5 The death is announced, at her residence in Marylebone, of Mrs. Giacornmetti Prodgers, a lady whose name a few years back was well known to the public in connection with her frequent contests with cabmen over their fares. For a long period she carried on280 words
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Article158 1890-06-11 5 Straits Times. Mr. C. G- Logan who, for several months past has been dispensing justice in the Second Magistrates’ Court, Singapore, has left the service, and joined Mr. E. J. Khory. Mr. Logan, who is a barrister of the Middle Temple, London, catne out to the StraitsStraits Times. - 158 words
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Article1479 1890-06-11 5 Twopence of! the tea duty means a total saving- on the tea bill of the English nation of £1,400,000, that is, at tho present rate of consumption. Last year the consumption was 124 million pounds, but it is hoped that this figure will now be raised very considerably. “Cheap1,479 words
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Article125 1890-06-11 6 Penang, 11th June, 1890. Hates rule as follotvs London, Demand Bank 3/5j dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/6 Do. 6 Credits 3/6§ Do. 6 Documentary 3/6f Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 225 Do. 30 days sight, Private 228 Bombay, Demand, Bank Do. 30 days sight,Private 228 Madras, Demand Bank125 words
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Advertisement400 1890-06-11 6 WANTED. For tho end of Juno or beginning of July, a HOUSE to accomodate three. Must bo conveniently situated. Furnished preferred. Address O. H., c/o Straits Independent. IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. settlement of fenang. Suit No. 130") In the matter of The Guee of 1890. j400 words
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Advertisement645 1890-06-11 7 ROBINSON CO. ESPLANADE HOTEL. INDIAN MERCHANTS, are now showing the following JEWELLERS AND DEALERS IN (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) all kinds OF NEW GOODS Indian, Chinese, Japanese and Bombay silk THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY SUNDRIES Single and Double Terai Hats. B n7\ F f ,?d S REPAIRED, DECORATED AND645 words
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