The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 20 July 1892
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1892-07-20 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENINGS. Pjice 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents. YOh. IY. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, JULY, 20, 1892. No- 314.27 words
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Advertisement763 1892-07-20 1 T^rtli-Britiah and Mercan- I THE straits insurance Tbe t le insurance Company. I BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. COMPANY, limited. Knlttblished 1809. I KQNINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. I Head Office.—Singapore. Capital £2,000,000. .p .«pi..... Subscribed capital $3,000,000 NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Paidup eoo.ooo F e ap n tI,U m St763 words
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Article2006 1892-07-20 2 If any evidence were wanted of the declining prosperity of Malacca, the Administration Report for the year 1891, furnishes it very conclusively, and the question—what to do with that unfortunate colony—becomes every day more pressing. As an appanage of the British Crown, it may, perhaps, having regard to2,006 words
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Advertisement265 1892-07-20 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. nuLisiKD urn umm an» BATUEIIAY EYKSIS6S. Kh TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE: Per Annum 12.C0 Half-year 7.00 Quarter 4.50 Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 5 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment of Lhe arrear.” Postage,265 words
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Article441 1892-07-20 3 I 0 f the volcanic outburst I pirll wiveu in the Surabaya CourI »t^‘ r [hat the havoc wrought has I The volcano bewail I t*« 0 Wi o bar<t out ou the 7th June I jaJde^?;; warQ ing sign whatever. At I wither r,,441 words
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Article598 1892-07-20 3 Thrai ah an Example or Chinese Enterprise. Mr. T. W. EL Llcghes, Superintendent, Geological Survey of India, lias anved in Culcutta from Tetiasserim, aud fcliortly proceeds to Simla. The previous indications of carboniferous coal on the 1 iw? m river rH P orted on so long ago598 words
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Article525 1892-07-20 3 —Sarawak Gazette. From tlie last report to liaml, we find tiiat the trade of Sarawak in 1891 was greater in value tlian that of 1890 by $435,498, the total trad* being valued at $5,000,690 as against $4,564,192. Imports, us usual, are considerably less in,—Sarawak Gazette. - 525 words
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599 1892-07-20 3 Italy u Going to thb Dogs.” Most people have a vague idea that Italy's bankrupt condition is iu the main the cause of the frequent crises iu that couutry. It is not generally known, however, how poor the country really is, and bo what599 words
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Article252 1892-07-20 3 (From our Exchanges.) London, 1 0th July. —L ttest advices state that cholera is spreading iu Russia and has uow appeared at K iZm. News lias been received to day of a shocking accident on Lake Geueva. The boiler of a steamer with a large number of252 words
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Article465 1892-07-20 3 The Afghan Disturbances. Simla, Bth July —There have been many rumours ot lute iu the papers tiiat the .Russians are making suspicious movements, and there seems some foundation of truth for these rumours. The latest reports state that they are about to encroach oil Afghan territory oo the Murghab465 words
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285 1892-07-20 4 Bombay, SBh Jilly Fhe hearing of tlio -charge of forgery and cheating preferred by the Chartered Mercantile Bank against Harry Stafford Beyts, Manager <)f the Bombay Branch ol Beyts, Oisiig and Company, was again proceeded with before Mr. Cooper at the Esplanade Police285 words
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Article163 1892-07-20 4 (From the Vinang Gazette.) London, ]-ith July. The Conservatives elected number 228 the Unionists 40 the Liberals 215; Parnellites 7 and Anti-ParueUites 42. The Conservative gains are 15; the Unionist 7; and the Liberal 65. Mr. Gladstone lias been reelected for Midlothian by 7 a majority of 700(From the Vinang Gazette.) - 163 words
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Article132 1892-07-20 4 Penang, 20t!« July, 1892. Bales rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2 9| dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 2/10,* Do. 3 Credits 2/1 Do. 3 Documentary 2 10^ Cai.cliia, Demand, Bank Us. 225 Do. 30 days sight, Private 226| Bom day, Demand, Bank 225 Do. 3o days sight,Private132 words
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Article42 1892-07-20 4 BIRTH. —Lawrence.— On the 19th inst,., at Burn bank, Nortliain Hoad, tlie wife of Alexander Lawrence, of a Daughter. MARRIAGE.—On Saturday, tlie lofcli inst., at St. Andrew’s Cathedral, Singapore, David Ross Smith, to Emma Susan Necbronner. Penang friends please note.42 words
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Article1857 1892-07-20 4 Mail Notices. The M. M. steamer, Hurra, lelt Colombo at 9 a.in on the 15th inst. Her mails should, therefore, have arrived at Singapore by this time. The mail despatched from Penang to London, via Brindisi, on the 17th ult., was delivered there on the 13th inst.1,857 words
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Advertisement36 1892-07-20 4 The Eastern Extension Australasia China Telegraph Company, Ltd. NO 1 ICR is hereby given that direct tetegi apliio communication is now open between I‘enaug and Oiehleh, Acheeu. Ckougk E. COLE, Acting Superintendent. I‘fiNANG, 19th July, 47Q36 words
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Advertisement39 1892-07-20 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The next ordinary meeting of the ManicipH Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2.30, r. m., On Friday, 22nd July. (By Order,) J. W. IIALLIFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners. Municipal Office, Town Hall.39 words
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Article208 1892-07-20 5 (l \foiiday evening last, these were 0 (>.l matches played off. In the Class 8., 11. J Mnnra and A. I„ t a to the discomfiture of the %U’|,o 2 W. W. Wells fou«l,t ,uuhhornly contested game against y_ Meikle, heating him 2 6,208 words
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1483 1892-07-20 5 NTccow Escape op this Captain and Eng ink eu. A boUGU ExPKKIKNCK. Ctpinm Hiesehe and Chief Engineer w Alien, and 61 passengers and crew, tm;laltm* all (Jninese or natives, of tlie s. s. Milton, wlncli foundered between this and huigkat, and Who Were1,483 words
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375 1892-07-20 5 Translated from the Dutch by Geo. G. Batten* Our readers will remember that dry uncalled for remarks were made, and adverse criticism indulged in, when a paper entitled Glare Bits concerning the Battaks,” contributed by Mr. Geo. G. Batten, was recently read at the Penang375 words
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Article1676 1892-07-20 5 Their Fecdliarities, Manners and Customs. 1. There are two powerful trihesof the Battacks on tiie East Coast of Sumatra, *l. am indebted far the Igreater part ol these extracts to the Indieche (J ids of 1890 &> 1891, Leyden, E. T. brill; London, Triibner Co. —G. G. IS.1,676 words
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Article588 1892-07-20 6 Cooking by electricity is becoming quite popular. At the diuoer of the electrical section of the Whitehall Club at the Crystal Palace the other day, a .considerable portion of the feast was so prepared. Experiments have been made on some islaiids iu East River, New York, to test a588 words
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Advertisement887 1892-07-20 6 AUCTION SALE. TT TT On Thursday, 21st July, if fj At 11 a. M., Puuctually. FOUNDRY CMipanv A BPLBNDID ASSORTMENT OF iUf Y Champagnes, Ports, Sherrie* Weld Ou„ 3nr gem dies, Clarets, Hocks, Brandies, Moselles, Whiskies, liqueurs, Ac., ENGINEERS Without Limit or Reserve. Being the remaining Stock-in Trade of BOILER-MAKERS,887 words
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Advertisement979 1892-07-20 7 IMcLARTY COMPANY, Jei^ pHIC A DDRE J s: CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, HEA “McLarty, Penang” surveyors no. 30, beach street, 1 CODE (1 8 8 1.) PENANG. THU& SA I AND g C-”' 4th Edltlon x general Manager A *> D KCODKS CONTRACTORS, P. M. McLARTY, M.1J1.8. j WE SUPPLY979 words
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Advertisement710 1892-07-20 8 RANEEGUNGE FIRE CLAY. NOW OPEN AND POTTERY WORKS. UNDER EXPERIENCED EUROPEAN MANAGEMENT. VTfITITRTA ITOTTiIT, Works, we are prepared to eufcer eon* W JL w JL «LJ Ajft tracts for the undermentioned SALT GLAZED STONEWARE PIPES 71 T4 T\T P/14 7) r T4 iT > T\r 1 All sizes from 2710 words
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Advertisement250 1892-07-20 8 THE undersigned r Agents for this Office W accept Mar ine rl? favorable teims, disks,' Por partiem^ Result of the work; c for the year 1890 0t tlie The balance a t amounts to 8338 196 1k S? 1 to divide as follows 8 Wbicl da A Dividend of H250 words
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