The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 13 October 1894

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  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING. Pitrnß 20 Cents. Prior 20 Cents. VOL. VI. PENANG, SATURDAY, OCTOBEU 13, 1894. Ho. 504
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 926 1 NOrtl Xusiiianc?cl^an C v Utne BRITI3H INDIA S NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. j The Netherlands Fire XustuanceCompauy. KONINKLIJKE PAKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. I Insurance Company. wZwoZSZ: r 7 NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. j Accumulateu Invested Fund5...£2,838,118. i> >C)M C( (ltl< 1 G.KpGi/t&if sLvi'itfflt Of StCfllHCjrs. The undersigned has been appointed Agent THE undersigned,
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  • 2306 2 11. Magna est vcritas, el prcevalcbit. THOUGH very reluctantly, we resume our comments on this now memorable case, which we will then bring to a close, leaving our readers to form their own opinion as regards the proceedings therewith connected, and the
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  • Page 2 Advertisements
    • 43 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. I'IiKUSIIM EVERY IVi;ii\«Sl!\Y AND SATURDAY KVOIK. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, HAVAIM.K IN ADVANCR: P. A iiimm S 12.00 llnll-yesu- 7.00 QnurlYftr 4.00 copy Twenty cents. Postage, 2 cents extra per copy. All subscriptions are considered to be running until formally cancelled.
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  • 1055 3 (London fy China Express, Sept. 14.) Thic Court.— L’he Queen i* jit Balmoral. The Prince of. Wales returned to town yesterday from Homburg, travelling by way of Calais and Dover. From the English port bis Royal Uiglineas proceeded l)y special train to Char-ing-cross, and thence drove
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  • 1484 3 (From Home papers up to Sept. 14.) FRANCE —ll* lias been decided, as the result of a French Ministerial Council held on 81.11 inst., that M. le Myre de Vilers is to proceed in liie course of a lew days on a special mission to Madagascar. The object
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  • 440 3 The Bangkok correspondent of The Times, writes, July 30:—The French Consulate here has adopted a reprehensible practice which may have serious consequences. For some months past natives have been enrolled as French subjects at the rate of 30 or 40 a day. On the flimsiest pretext all kinds of
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  • 299 4 RISUTKIi’s AGKNCY. [From our Exchanges London, 2nd October. —Yesterday afternoon the liverymen of 70 guilds of the City ol London assembled at the Guildhall for the purpose <>l electing the Lord Mayor lor the ensuing civic yenr. Tl»e proceedings were lively owing lo the opposition shown by
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  • 334 4 Paris, oOth September. Ibis Announced here that IV!. Decrain, the French Ambassador to the Court of S(.. Jaineh’s, will not. return to his post at London. Baron de Courcel will succeed him. L ondon, ]st October. —lt is believed Baron de Courcel will adopt u more conciliatory
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  • 505 4 London, 30 th September. —The Duke of Cambridge was engaged for several hours at the War Office last night. Telegrams were passing in rapid succession from the War Office to the stations in the far Easl. It is believed that the messages which have been exchanged have
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  • 111 4 Pbnang, 13th Oct., 1894. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 2/lf dob Do. 4 months sight, Bank 2/l| Do. 3 Credits 2/2| Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 193 Bombay, Demand, Bank 193 Madras, Demand, Bank 192£ Rangoon, Demand, Bank 193 Moulmein, Demand, Bank 192 Hongkong, do. o/o prem. Do.
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  • 543 4 Ukuteu’s Agency. The China- Japan War. (From the Pinang Gazette London,„ 7th October. Rebellion has broken out in Mongolia and troops have been despatched to quel! it. The Chinese are in lull retreat from Muk den. The reported landing of Japanese at Shantung is not confirmed. The French
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  • 1028 4 His Excellency the Governor, who has just paid a short visit to Selangor to open the Ulu Extension railway and lay the foundation stone of the new Government Offices now being erected at Kwala Lumpur, returned to Singapore last Monday morniug. 'The labours of the Finance Committee,
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  • 197 5 Nothing further Ims yet been settled as t.o t.ho definite design for the reverse of the new British dollar, which will be minted at Bombay, and not in Calcutta, as stated in our last issue. A strong suggestion lias been made that the dollar should be
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  • 147 5 The following 1 lobncco sales took place at Amsterdam, on Friday, Lite slli i ii rL Deli Maalschuppij. bales. els. Deli Mij./D. 541 (T.Ojatti) at 2GB Lnngkat /11. 607 (Boeloe Tjinn) 202 /M. 952 (Mariendal) 118 /P. 792 (Sam pali) „90 /K.B. 550 (IC. Begoemit) 143 /P.B.
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  • 2910 5 The following address of Bis Excellency the Governor was delivered afc the meeting of the Legislative Council, held on Thursday, the 4th Honourable Members oe tite Legislative Council. In compliance with the custom which I find has lor many years prevailed in this Colony, I lay before
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  • 1000 6 Minutes of a meeting of tlie Municipal Commissioners held on (be 28t.h Sept. 1894. Present. Oapt. Andbrson, r. k., Act ing President); the Lion. W. C. Brown, M.D. and J G ÜBSON Esq.; Absent: —J. Y. Kknnkdy, Bsq Pres idetit, on leave) Kotl Skang I at Bsq.; aud
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 266 6 BAN POH CHUAN CO. British and mxm patent medicine VENDORS. <54, Beach Street Messrs. Ban Poh Chuan Co. beg to inform the Public oi Penang that uiey have established themselves as above, and solicit a share of their kind patronage for the Supply of all the best British and Founign
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    • 598 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. NOTICE is hereby given that revised lists of persons entitled to vote at Municipal elections a«ud of persons qualified to be elected as Commissioners have been forwarded for publication in the Government Gazette. These lists are now open to public inspection daily, at the Municipal Office, 'Town Hull,
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  • Article, Illustration
    784 7 TO TAKE PLACE AT BATU GAJAH On Saturday 8f Monday, 26th fy 28th January, 1895 FIRST DAT. L—The Kinta Grand Annual. Vai.dk §2OO. —A hurdle race for all Galloways 14 Imnds and under, pony weight, for scale and penalties. Distance miles over 7 flights of hurdles. Entrance §lO.
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 58 7 PRITCHARD CO. JUST RECEIVED. Per S. S. GLENESK” CALICOES SHEETINGS, —Plain Twill. TABLE DAMASK,— Bleached and Unbleached. TABLE NAPKINS, Assorted Siz’us Qualities. FRONTING LINEN, Pure Irish. WHITE HONEYCOMB QUILTS BLANKETS. MOSQUITO NETS,— Finest Mesh. NAINSOOK MUSLINS. FANCY MUSLINS, BROWN HOLLAND. GALATEAS STRIPED TOWELS 1 TOWELS!! Turkish, Brown and White. BORDERED
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    • 435 7 I DERATED WATERS Messrs. NETHERSOLE fa CO.» the and best known Mineral Water Manufacturers in the Straits, established here for 30 years, beg to inform their Customers in Singapore and Penang that they have secured the services of Mr. MELSOM, late Manager of Melsom fa Sons, Bayswater, London. Besides the
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    • 52 7 EASTERN ORIENTAL HOTEL. Branches tARQUHAR STREET. Branches RAFFLES’ HOTEL, Singapore. RAFFLES’ HOTEL, Singapore. raffles’ tiffin rooms, THE LEADING ESTABLISHMENT IN THE ISLAND. raffles’ tiffin rooms, SAKKIKB’ HOTEL Rangoon, SAURIES’ HOTEL, Rangoon. ORIENTAL TIFFIN ROOMS, URIOR SIREET. Pi;xang, in, January, 1894. A G oi BeSt W S AcCoßl,nodatioll b Establishments. SARKIES
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 800 8 The China Traders’ Insurance I H. J. MARTIN Jr. Amount Paid up 600,000. Reserve Fund 750,000. jkh| Head Office, Hongkong. WL Secretary, W. H. Kay, Esq. /K. The undersigned, Agents for the jH E 3 .uil above Company, nre prepared to accept M Marine Risks at current rates. rV] <V
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    • 384 8 Canton Insurance Office Ltd. Capital Subscribed §2,500,000, Amount Paid-up 500,000. Reserve Fund 730,000. Head Office, Hongkong. General Agents, Messrs. Jaudink, Matbeson Co. THE undersigned having been appointed Agents for the above Company are prepared to accept Murine Risks at current rates. A Bonus is annually paid to all contributors of
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