The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 9 September 1891

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1 8 The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
  • 26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents VOL. HI. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1891. No- 227.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 840 1 Th tUe o li"iSauce Company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. North China Insurance Co.,Ltd KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. r NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- marine insurance. 6,1 SaiUn,J mUI eXPeCted ArHVal f The undersigned having been amtnint. THE undersigned have been appointed ed Agents for tlie above Company are Company s
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  • 1083 2 There can be no doubt, in our mind, that the administration of the law in the Native States, is a matter calling for prompt and early investigation.. Mr. Justice Wood lias remarked to the effect that the judgments given in the
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  • 1565 2 (Home papers up to August II.) Franck. —The French Royalists are in dismay. 'Die defection of the clergy is being rapidly followed by that of nearly all the local centres where the Monarchists kept their electoral influence. The religious orders and their houses of education for both
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    • 275 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PCBLISIIE1) EVK I! V W Ell X li S 0.1 V A Ji H SATU lII' AV. Kx TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 3 RG)O Half-year 8 Quarter »> LoO Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 6 for three months, after which
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  • 396 3 Writing from Amsterdam, August 12, Hie correspondent of the L. G. E. reports:— Hie Court continues at Ilet Loo, and die Grand Duke of Saxe-Weimar and die Prince and Princess of Wied are at iSclieveningeu. The Queen intends to proceed to the Hague about the middle of September, in
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  • 344 3 In tlie suppression of one evil, says the London and China Express in referring to Mr. Powell’s last report, anot her is often created. Thus, though Mr. L owell reports very favourably on the manner in which the Secret Societies have been suppressed in the Straits, he
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  • 269 3 Details of the disastrous gun explosion on board Her Majesty’s ship Cordelia, in the South Seas, by which six men, including two officers, were killed and fourteen wounded, have just been received by the Australian mail. The following is a description of the damage
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  • 2037 3 (From our Exchanges York, 27th August. —A passenger train whilst crossing a bridge in North Carolina fell through into tho river, a depth of eighty feet. Forty persons were killed, and it is feared that many have been seriously injured. It has been ascertained that the rail
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  • 131 4 Penang, Bth September, 1891. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 3/2f dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/3 Do. 6 Credits 3/31 Do. 6 Documentary 3/3f Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 22.> Do. 30 days sight, Private 228 Bom ha v, Demand, Bank 225 Do. 30 days sight,Private 228
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  • 94 4 (From the Vinang Gazette.) London, 4 th September. —The reported shooting of President Balmaceda is unconfirmed. The United States are prepared to recognise the new Government of Chili London, 6th September. —The Chilian warships Gondell and Imperiale have yielded to the insurgents. Balmuceda’s surrender is thus complete. London,
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  • 841 4 (London fy China Express, 14th August.) The Court. —The Queen is at Osborne* Her Majesty paid a visit lo Portsmouth, where she was entertained by the Duke of Connaught. The Prince and Princess of Wales are also at Osborne, where they are staying on board the
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  • 1642 4 ’Firs Mails. —The homeward bound V. and O. mail steamer Mirzapore will leave Singapore in the course of this, Wednesday, afternoon. "Returning Pilgrims. —The O. S. S. Co’s Steamer Telamon, with 400 pilgrims from Jeddah, on board arrived here on Sunday last. About 100 of the passengers
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  • 394 5 We b ave received the following letter trom the Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners 1 To the Editor, Straits Independent. Sir,—There are a few mistakes of some importance in your account of the last Municipal Meeting to which I
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  • 405 5 Correspondents are requested to authenticate their letters and to favour us, confidentially, with their names. TFe do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by our Correspondents. A PLEA FOR THE POLICE. Dear Sir, —Whenever we hear that a burglary, or other crime of a similar nature, has
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  • 781 5 (By our Rovino Editor. I have come to the conclusion that tliero are only two tilings oil earth or sea, in the waters under the sea, or in air above us that have attained the acme of perfection in rolling. The one is a night-mare haunted
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  • 806 5 The following are the Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held oil the 21st August 1891 Present —The Hon’ble A. M. Skinner, c. m. a., President Oapb. Cameron, r. e.; The Hon’ble D. Comrie; aud R. A. P. Hogan, Esq. Absent: —F. M. McLarty, Esq. 1.
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  • 1116 6 When Baron Munchausen loft this vale of tears, it was thought that a worthy successor to such a gifted liar would be difficult to find. The author of the following remarkable yarn, which appears in the last issue of the Police News runs tho
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 95 6 NOTICE. The undersigned beg to give notice that tlmy have established themselves under the stylo or firm of LAURIE AND COMPANY as General and Fancy Drapers, Haberdashers, and Auctioneers at No. SG, Beach Street, and take this opportunity of informing the public of Penang that their premises are now open
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    • 772 6 TO-NIGHT! TO-NIGHT!! Mumci I oisr thrc The Municipal Cominis 1 I ESPLANADE, S ByJZ) It ft I HARMSTON AND SON’S S„ s ca I tlie Municipal Engineer’» o ffie/'"" 1 I A fIR THE BUCKING I®'"' *V" vl o1 "'"'"W be seal.l I J i *ENANa AI I 't'j Pill
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    • 1162 7 McLARTY COMPANY, j elE graph.c /doress. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, P f fice: “McLabty. Penang SURVEYORS No. 30, BEACH STREET, tB UE’S A. I.CODE(|SB].) and PENANG. c -r KdlU CONTRACTORS, cneral Mana s cr: private codes. BRANCHES AT THAIPING, BATU GAJAH ANB SINGAPORE. F M McLAK TY X.I.M.E. WE SUPPLY
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 664 8 RANEEGTJNGE FIRE CLAY ESPLANADE'HOTEL. POTTERY WORKS. —r. (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) Having been appointed Agents for tbe V Raneegunge Fire Clay and Pottery i Works, we are prepared to enter contracts for the undermentioned THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY SALT GLAZED, STONEWARE PIPES REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY All sizes from
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    • 292 8 Canton I THE undersigned havi„„ I Agents for this Office, ar N'poi.y 1 accept Marine Insurance nut 1 I favorable terms, and all I fire) on TOBACCO in I and Fermenting Sheds Oi ,P i e 1 matra, till arrival in Europe 68 in 1 For full particular, ap I
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