The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 26 June 1889
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1889-06-26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 cents VOL I. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 1889. No. 3027 words
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Article1444 1889-06-26 2 We congratulated ourselves tliat, after all the enquiries and discussions that took place recently regarding the merits and demerits and other “facts and circumstances’ relating to Kongsees or Chinese Secret Societies, we would be relieved from having to revert to the subject, at least for some1,444 words
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Article1261 1889-06-26 2 In reproducing the article which has just appeared under the above I heading in the Straits Tunes, We f would ask our Municipal Commit sioners to “read, mark, and inwardly 1 digest” the many wholesome truths 1 to which our contemporary has I drawn the attention1,261 words
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Advertisement262 1889-06-26 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISH!» EVERY WEDNESDAY AXD SATURDAY HOKMNWS. K>i TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 15. 00 Hoilf-ycar 8. 00 Quarter “I- 50 Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR S 0 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment262 words
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Article1529 1889-06-26 3 —Saturday Review. It may appear extraordinary tliat in those days, when half the sportsmen on the moors and in the coverts avail themselves of the advantages a smokeless powder offers, there should be any difficulty in providing the army with a similar compound. In civil life almost every.—Saturday Review. - 1,529 words
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451 1889-06-26 3 London and China Express. We have already given some information of our latest annexation in the Southern Pacific. It may interest people in the east to know that the bĕchede mer, the sea snail so largely in demand in China, which constitutes one ofLondon and China Express. - 451 words
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455 1889-06-26 3 Intense interest still prevails in New York in regard to the circumstances connected with the death of Mr. Irving Bishop, the thought-reader. A coroner’s inquiry has been opened to ascertain whether Mr. Bishop died in consequence of a cataleptic seizure or under455 words
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Article1444 1889-06-26 4 (From the Pinang Gazette.) London, 20th June, 1889—Sir James Fergusson speaking at Wandsworth, stated that the Government had ground for hoping that the year would continue peaceful. Count Tornielli has been appointed Italian Ambassador in London. The result of the "Ascot Gold Cup 1. Travles. 2. Rada. 3.(From the Pinang Gazette.) - 1,444 words
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Article1651 1889-06-26 4 Friday, the 28th instant, being the Anniversary of the Coronation of Her Majesty the Queen, will be observed as a Public Holiday throughout the Colony. The homeward bound P. O. mail steamer Rohilla which left this on Sunday last, took as passengers Dr. and Mrs. Kerr, Mr.1,651 words
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Article542 1889-06-26 5 Friday, June 21 st 1889. Her Majesty the Queen has been pleased to allow and confirm the following Ordinances, viz.:— No. VI of 1889, entitled An Ordinance to authorize the Trustees of the Presbyterian Church and Mission in Prince oty)\V r ales’ Island to sell certain lands and542 words
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184 1889-06-26 5 A meeting of the Committee of the Chamber of Commerce is to be held in the room of the Chamber of Commerce at 2.30 this afternoon, at which the following resolutions, drafted by Ml*. A. Hiittenbach, the Secretary pro tern., will184 words
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Article693 1889-06-26 5 Monday, 24th June 1889. (Before Mr. R. N. Bland). Servant or slave. —Two Chinese women named Ong Neoh and Kim Tuan were charged at the instance of a Siamese woman named Movi with assaulting her. From the evidence of the prosecution it would appear that the defendants live693 words
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185 1889-06-26 5 —3 a pan Mail. According to the Japan native papers there is a movement on foot among the the leading mercantile men in the capital and Yokohama with the object of issuing letters of invitation to foreign merchants with whom they have business relations in order.—3 a pan Mail. - 185 words
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Article305 1889-06-26 5 (From the Straits Times June, 21st.—Mr F. G. Penney, Acting Assistant Colonial Secretary, leaves tomorrow morning for Ceylon. He returns in three weeks, We regret to hear that Mr. W. F. Garland, Commissioner of Public Works, Joliore, is ill, and that it is considered necessary he should proceed(From the Straits Times ) - 305 words
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Article990 1889-06-26 5 Much indignation has been caused among the relatives of officers of the British Army who fought at Waterloo and in the Peninsula by the fact that the parchment commissions of these gallant officers have recently been offered to their friends and descendants for a few shillings each by persons990 words
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558 1889-06-26 6 I had an interesting chat the other day (writes a correspondent of the Sunday Times) with A r iscount Hinton, who, as is well known, is perambulating the streets of London with a barrel organ, as a means of at once earning a558 words
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989 1889-06-26 6 ‘NO TAKEE NO TAKEE INGLISHEEMAN Among the quaintest experiences during a trip to the United States a few years ago, was a visit to one of the great mining towns in the Far AVest. The life there is rough, but most interesting to see. I had brought introductions of various989 words
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Article127 1889-06-26 6 Penang, 24th June, 1889. Pates close as folloivs London, Demand Bank 3/0} dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/1} Do. 6 Credits 3/1J Do. 6 Documentary 3/2 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Ps. 227 Do. 30 days sight. Private 230} Bombay, Demand, Bank 227 Do. 30 days sight, Private,, 231} Madras.127 words
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Advertisement43 1889-06-26 6 CHARTERED BANK OF INDIA, AUSTRALIA AND CHINA. Under instructions from the Court of Directors a sub-agency of this Bank has been to-day opened at Medan, Deli, under the charge of Mr. Herbert C. Gulland. JOHN C. BTJDD, Manager, Penang. Penang, 17th June 1889.43 words
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Advertisement307 1889-06-26 6 PERAK GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION. Wanted a Clerk and Interpreter Land Office, Batu Kajah, Kinta; salary 1-1 a month, without quarters, no secu required. Qualifications. Applicants must be all to write Chinese and to speak the KM dialect, and to read and write English Applications will he received at the retary to307 words
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