The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 6 July 1892

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    26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. PpjcE 20 Ckn-ts. PiticK 20 Cents. VOL PENANG, WEDNESDAY, JULY, 6, 1892. No- 310.
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      858 1 —^lrUi-BritisUand Mercan- THE STRAITS INSURANCE insurance Company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. COMPANY, LIMITED. 1 KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Head Office.—Singapore. Capital £2,(XiO,(tu(t. j Subscribed capital $3,000,000 Tll g .«dowis»®'. bcins? the appointed NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- I Paid up 600,000 c/minruiv are authori/-ed to insme 1 rm p m
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    THE SUNDAY LABOUR ORDINANCE AT WORK.
    1521 2 GraXDMOTHEULY legislat ion, o!' which tue Sunday Labour Ordinance isa ni 1 -l>U#w n specimen, never did, and never will, find favour in the eyes oi lie* vast majority o! Englishmen. They allow Exeter ilall to have its own way sometimes, because Exeter Hall
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    THE DREADFUL DHOBIE.
    874 2 W E who live iu the Far East know, to our sorrow, vvliat an u„ mitigated nuisance the dreadhfl dhobie is, and what a standing lne nace he is to the general health and Well-being of every community j n which he exercises his alMmtde>potiosway. There is
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      276 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. PIDLISHEiI EfEM WEMKSDAT A\D SATCIii.W EYINIMS. Kh TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: Per Annum 12.**0 Half-year 7.00 M Quarter 4.50 Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARKEAR 5 5 for three months, after which t«*rm t? e paper will only be supplied on payment of
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    LAND AND AGRICULTURE IN PERAK.
    2029 3 pending a general review of Mr. \V. H. ireacher’s Admiuistration Report of for 1891, which appeared in the Urak Government Gazette of the 24th "Ito., we have great pleasure in repro dueing some of that energetic officers lemiukson “Land and Agriculture,” the evelopment of which
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    PEARS SOAP.
    349 3 Nearly £lOO,OOO a Year Spent in Advertising. A. &F. Pears, Limited, has been formed lor tlie purpose of acquiring the business of Messrs. A. and F. Pears (PeaiV Soap). Tlie Prospectus states that the business has been solely conducted for the past twenty six years by the present
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    EXCHANGES.
    134 4 Penang, sth July, 1892. Bates rule as follows London, Den land, Bank 2 10.1 dollar. T)o. 4 months sight, Bank 211 g Do. 3 Credits 2 11| Do. 3 Documentary *2 Hj Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. ‘2i±\ Do. 30 days sight. Private 226 Bombay, Demand, Bank 224] Do. 3o
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    LATEST TELEGRAMS.
    1030 4 (From the Vinang Gazette.) London 29 ih Jane. —Mr. Gladstone lms recovered troin tlie injury totlie eye inflicted by the stone thrown at the ■Chester meeting. Parliament Ims been dissolved. 'Hie new Parliament will nieel on the 4th A iigust. London \st July. Mr. Gladstone, speaking at. Edinburgh,
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    THE PAHANG RISING.
    188 4 (From our own Correspondent) Tapah, 4t.h July, 1892. Six of Klana’s scouts returned here from Raub, on the 2nd inst. It is strange h<»w reports differ. Now the story told by tbe returned scouts concerning the Budu affair, is totally different from anytnmg that has appeared in
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1974 4 .—Siam Free L'reas. Mail Noticks. The M. M. Mail steamer Salazie left Colombo for Singapore at 2 a.m, oil the Ist inst. It is probable I hat. I he French Mail will thus reach here early to morrow morning. The out ward bound I*. 0. Steamer Surat,
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      39 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The next ordinary meeting of the Mnnicipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30, p. m., On Friday. Bth July. (By Order,) J. W- HALLIFAX, Secretary t<> the Municipal Commissioners. Municipal Office, Town Hall.
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    THE PROSECUTION OF MESSRS. L. C. AND J. A. BROWN.
    68 5 I lie preliminary hearing of I lie charge against Messrs L C. and J. A. liiown 'va«btill proceeding when we went to |"ess. l’ite principal evidence t endured by hiepioseeiifcion, so far, consists of ext racts hoiu ttie private Idler
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    THE P. C. C. LAWN TENNIS TOURNAMENT.
    149 5 h ‘>’ n Reming Cricket Club -iiwii t *Miiiis I ouniHiiient, commenced on 1 bqilanade yesterday afternoon, when ['j lollowing ties were decided ouhle Handicap, F. Stewart and J- *V. Hartley heat 11. C. Metcalfe ami (j. E. Cole and J. A. wn
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    THE NEW ORIENTAL BANK CORPORATION.
    657 5 On,. M ,l, ;r Cr «ditors of the. New Dunk Corporation, Limited, was bold at the office of the Bank, Raffles Square, to-day (June 29), in the forenoon. Ibe Manager of the Hank stated that he iiad just received a telegram from London to the
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    A VISIT TO ACHEEN.
    3102 5 Want of space has hitherto prevented us from reproducing the following very interesting account of “A IsiT TO AchkkN,” wl»«ch appeared in the Free l’resv of the 20th nlto Quite recently I had an opportunity of visiting the portion of tins interesting country occupied by the
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      890 6 iNfell keys ho Government Notification. FOUNDRY COMPLY Weld n Tenders called for the General Farm, \£H fi Upper Perak. TENDERS will be received up to 'RTtfftTXni'P'Do noon of the 1511 1 August, 1892, for ren- XiJhito, ting the Upper Perak General Farm for a period of one year, commencing from
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      1193 7 I McLARTY COMPANY, I Tel .omph.= A— s CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS Head Office I O,] CU RIY. PENAN3 SURVEYOES No. 30, BEACH STREET, H 1 CODEfISSI.) PENANG. T qu£S A AND I 1 g c-”* 4 th Edition. Qcneral CManaccr I A iV d b codes. contractors, F. M.
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      704 8 RANEEGUNGE EIRE CLAY. NOW OPEN AND POTTERY WORKS. UNDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. Having been appointed Agents for tli© TTT/’ifTlT /I TT iITTIT Raneegunoe Fire Clay and Pottery If 11. I II |< I LI III Hj I j Wokks, we are prepared to enter con- W JL\J IL tracts for
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      260 8 THE undersigned L* Agents for this Office a° g fcR fe& Forfn! '^c„, ars Bo^teao^B Result of tlie wnrU: I for tlie year 1890 l" 1 The balance at credir n t I amounts to §:j:j> i !4fi x ot B to divide as follows 11(11 ir A Dividend of
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