The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 21 September 1889

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1 8 The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
  • 27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 cents VOL I. PENANG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1889. No. 55.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 1007 1 INSURANCES. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGAJJSN COMPANY, LIMITED. Government SeenThe Marine Insurance Co., NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOImVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. nty Company Limited. NEG A PAT AM LINE OF STEAMERS.' (Limited.) f/ i a The Company request the earnest attention THE undersigned are prepared to accept AMCliaea bailing ana expectea Arrival Of Steamers of
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  • 1287 2 Some two months since we drew attention to the fact of a native Police corporal stationed at Jelutong having been in the constant habit of levying black-mail in various ways, and of shooting down pigs wholesale, selling the carcasses tor what he could get for
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  • 1071 2 Tl,e most noteworthy feature i„ pean politics before tlie denm-t mail which arrived here the DiJuVl 1 last was the irritation display* 1 J% French Press at tlie results oft Jy 1 of Germany’s recent journey tn u Although Sir James Fer<m‘, snn cially declared that no^Lf
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    • 259 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. ri'BLISIIEII tVBttV WEDNESDAY AND SAITRDAY HOEMXCS. Kh TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IX ADVANCE. Per Annum J •'■■lf-vcill- 8 00 Quurtei 4 50 Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 6 for "three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment of t
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  • 515 3 Commenting on the recent visit of the Emperor William to Queen Victoria and its probable effect on the relations between Great Britain and Germany, the National Zeitung expressing the wishes rather than the convictions of the German Foreign-office, says: —Although no positive information is given
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  • 557 3 Since the 14th of August, the day on which the state of siege was proclaimed, no incident of special importance has occurred in Crete. Order and security have been re-established in the district around Cauea, and the inhabitants of the neighbouring villages have been enabled to
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  • 352 3 A manifesto signed by General Boulanger, Count Dillon, and M. Rochefort was published on Friday evening, August 10. It states that the judgment of the High Court is tho result of a compact entered into between the Chamber and Senate in consideration of a promise
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  • 472 3 It is now tolerably certain that one good result will follow from the Maybrick case, which has been the sensation of the last few weeks, and that is the establishment of a Court of Criminal Appeal. The subject has already been raised in the
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  • 287 3 In view of the question which has suggested itself on more than one occasion as to how long it would bo before the Old World coal deposits would become enhausted, the Deutsche Handels Museum supplies some interesting figures relating to the world’s coalfields outside
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  • 246 3 ARE DOCTORS A FAILURE Are doctors a failure? The question presents itself with a good deal of force on a review of the evidence in the Maybrick case. It was pre-eminently a case for medical jurisprudence, and medical jurisprudence was pre-eminently at fault. The medical men ou one side were
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  • 154 4 (From the Pinang Gazette). London, 17 th September. —The strike is over and work has been resumed at the docks. The monetary congress in Paris lias closed. The debates show that the advocates of monometallism and bimetallism are pretty equally balanced. Egypt has again appealed to France to
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  • 2030 4 Telegrams by Mail. (B'i •om our exchanges.) St. Petersburg, 2nd September. —A special train conveying the Shah was derailed yesterday at Bar in the Poddalia district; no persons were injured. Subsequently the Shah was conveyed to Elisa bethgrad. Nihilist printing presses were seized yesterday and
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  • 904 4 The homeward bound P. 0. mail steamer Rohilla arrived here on Thursday at 6 p. m., bringing the French mail ex AI. AI. steamer Gras from Singapore The Rohilla left again the same evening O' A mail for Europe via Negapatam will be made up at the
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  • 828 5 It has como to our knowledge that a man was charged recently at the instance of the I’olice with having fired bombs at a Wayang held somewhere at Jelutong, and that he was found guilty and fiued $lO. The facts
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  • 488 5 Says the Straits Times: —"A Kling barber, who was bitten by a dog in the Serangoon district about a month and a half ago, died on the 14th instant from the effects of the bite. Another man who was bitten by the same dog, aud at the same
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  • 111 5 banished to the Seychelles. Straits Times. 1 Sultan Ismail, an ex-Sultan of Perak, died last night, (13th Sept,), at about 10 o’clock, at AyerPutch, u PuloSendan, Johore, and will bobnried this afternoon at Johore Bahru. When Sultan of Perak, Ism til’s claims were successfully
    banished to the Seychelles. Straits Times.  -  111 words
  • 289 5 -The following passages uave been ENGAGED FOR THE STRAITS Per Messageries Maritimes steamer Oxus, from Marseilles, August 25. For Singapore :—Mr. and Mrs. Bossha, Mrs. M. Bossha, and child, Mrs. D. Hillecke, Mr. Gauvernaute (her gouvernante Per P. and O. steamer Kedive, from London, Sept. 5; from
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  • 77 5 Arrivals. Sept. 19th.—Per s. s. G. V. Bylandt, from Singapore Lye Kong Guan. Sept. 20tii. —Per s. s. Konysee, from Ole hie h: Mr. It. Kruger. JSept. 2(Jth.—Per s. s. Lady Weld, from Taiping Mr. Ashton, and Mr. Mackay. Departures. Sept. 18th.—l ’er s. s. Pali tana, for
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  • 520 5 —London and China Express. The appointment of Mr. A. Spence Moss to he in charge of the new railway lines in Perak, in addition to the appointment he now has of a similar nature in Selangore, marks a further short stage in the history
    ,—London and China Express.  -  520 words
  • 901 5 Minutes of a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners held on the 23rd August, 1889. Present The Hon. C.W.S. Kynnersley, President. Captain Cameron, r.e. R. A. P. Hogan, Esq. F. M. McLarty, Esq. D. Comrie, Esq. Absent C. W. Esq. 1. The minutes of the last ordinary meeting and
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  • 128 6 Penang, 19th September, 1889. Pates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/0| dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3 1} Do. 6 Credits 3 2 Do. G Documentary 3/2 J Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 225} Do. 30 days sight, Private 230 Bombay, Demand, Bank 225} Do. 30 days sight,
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 124 6 HOTEL AND BAR. TO BE LET OR SOLD. The establishment in question is situated in one of the most thriving localities on the East coast of Sumatra, and has only very recently been built and comfortably furnished. The furniture comprises two bran new billiard tables and every other requisite to
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    • 230 6 ROBINSON&Ca New Goods ex. S. S. Glenfinlas. MESSRS. ROBINSON CO. ARE NOW SHOWING A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF NEW GOODS IN THEIR LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. Corded ribbons. “Approved” corsets. Check ribbons. Mayfair corsets. Sash ribbons. Portia corsets. Velvet ribbons. Common sense corsets. White lisle socks. Cashmere socks. White lace socks. Travelling caps.
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  • 344 7 Spring Meeting. FIRST DAY, sth OCTOBER. I— 3.20.—§100 Prize for Battak Ponies which have not yet won a race. Weight by scale. Gentlemen riders. (Maiden Battack Ponies). Dicta, uco 1,200 metres. ll 3.40.—§200 Prize.—Selling race for 2nd class horses entered for tho value of §5OO each with
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  • Page 7 Advertisements
    • 638 7 "1EII2? esplanade hotels OUTFITTERS. I (LATE EASTERN HOTEL) jl Beach Street. lllib HOI EL, A\ HIGH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY Have just received per P. O. Mail FURNISHED, IS NOW OPEN, a choice selection from the Home Mar- l&l ketsof the undermentioned g°°is:— Three minutes walk from
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    • 118 7 MEDICAL STORE. No. 18 Beach Street. ESTABLISHED 1873. GOLD MEDAL. Best Brands of CEYLON TEAS. KX GOLD MEDAL. ST. RAPHAEL WINE. ADMITTED TO BE THE BEST TOXIC AND INVIGORATOB IX THE WORLD. For ordinary use, good French-wines, tnix- ed with a due proportion of water, are wisely “chosen; but for
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  • Page 8 Advertisements
    • 653 8 THE POSITIVE GRAND HOTEL. I QOVERNMENT SECURITY Life Assurance Co. “Limited.” HKAD office IN INDIA: Logan’s Buildings, Beach Street. 104, Clive Street, Calcutta. his Hotel, tlie largest in Penang, is situated in the heart of the busiCapital and aker Funds 5.415,090 ness quarter ’of the Town and is highly recommended
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    • 222 8 INDIA RUBBER STAMPS. Of every description manufactured on tlie latest improved principles and with the most recently invented inn. ehinery. 1 Charges Exceedingly Moderate. Orders can be executed within 24 hours after receipt A. KATJLFUSS Co. No. 9, Beach Street. M. THOMAS CoT~~ Auctioneers Commission Agents and Appraisers. No. 1
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