The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 12 October 1889
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1889-10-12 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Price 20 Cents PuiCE 20 CENTS. VOL I. PENANG, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1889. No. 60.27 words
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Advertisement926 1889-10-12 1 INSURANCES. j g™ COMPANY, LIMITED. 5..»The Marine Insurance Co., NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPII rtty Life Assurance Company Limited. j NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. (Limited.) ptffi 7X Intended SaiUna and lVal f Steumers. A^m^Utolhe above Company by any first Class Steamer principles upon which"'tlie tonniabr InnnA^A or Sailing vessel at current926 words
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Article1065 1889-10-12 2 We find that the vexed question, as it is called by a correspondent of the Singapore Free Press, of the relative positions occupied by masters and chinchews on board Chinese-owned vessels, is again under discussion, a correspondent under the notn cle plume of Pulc Pisang having written1,065 words
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Article1044 1889-10-12 2 A Demonstration Wanted. In coiitinuation of the remarks con- tained in our last leader on the Societies j Ordinance which will come into force on the Ist January next, and the suggestion we made that Government should avail itself of the presence of two meu-of-war in Penang1,044 words
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Article635 1889-10-12 2 SIR ANDREW CLARKE’ S “BUST.” The admirers of Sir Andrij" ts G.C.M.G., late Governor of Settlements, cannot liave read t rues of La ltochefoucauld, or t cover not have sent a sum of £20 0 f the expense of a pedestal to a i a i his, which they wish635 words
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Advertisement246 1889-10-12 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. fULISBFJ EVERY WIDHSDAI 1X1) SVtIRUAY IWEMM -+o* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 1-j. OU Half-year 8 00 M Quartet Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AKKEAK S 6 for three months, after which trim the paper will only be supplied on payment of246 words
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Article359 1889-10-12 3 The frequent attacks of illness, to which tlie Pope is now subject, have given rise in Rome to many conjectures as to the future Pontiff. A correspondent of the Rome who signs himself F.G.,” and appears to bo well informed, has written two articles, in which, after359 words
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Article311 1889-10-12 3 Holland’s Future Queen. The principal matter of general interest shortly before the departure of the last mail from Europe, was the celebration of the 9thanniversary of the birth of the Crown Princess Wilhelmina. The future Queen of Holland was born on the 31st August 1880. According to the311 words
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Article116 1889-10-12 3 The Calcutta correspondent of the Daily News telegraphs:—The questions concerning the boundary between Burma and Siam are to be settled by a Commission, which is to meet on the frontier in December. The Siamese Government claims suzerainty in Eastern Karenni and over some small trans-Salween States. There116 words
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586 1889-10-12 3 The members of the Ceylon National Association have addressed a memorial to the Governor on the subject of the more extended employment of the natives of Ceylon in the Civil and Public Services of the island. They begin by quoting from the586 words
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Article338 1889-10-12 3 The Maybrick Committee have met at the offices of Mr. Edmund Pooley, solicitor, when it was unanimously resolved to obtain counsel’s opinion as to the best method, whether by writ of habeas corpus or otherwise, of annulling the decision of the Home Secretary in the case of338 words
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Article256 1889-10-12 3 A Sad Fatality. death of a man named Andrew Vaudort, assistant Wharf Clerk of Messrs. Skrine (Jo. of Colombo, is thus chronicled by tho Ceylon Observer :—The unfortunate man went theotiier day to tho hon«« of n ™;i wav omard.named Wotten his opposite neighbour, foracfiat.256 words
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361 1889-10-12 3 John W. Laurie, who has been for several weeks wanted as the suspected murderer of Mr. Rose, a tourist, of Balham, who was found dead at Goat Fell, Arran, was captured on the 3rd ultimo at Larkball, a small mining village near Hamilton,361 words
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Article133 1889-10-12 4 REUTER’ S TELEGRAMS. (From the Pinang Gazette London, 7th October.— lt is now denied that a credit for bronze guns is to be applied for in the Reichstag, anyhow the amount is greatly overstated. In the French elections the result ol one hundred and fifty-three second ballots is known, viz.,(From the Pinang Gazette) - 133 words
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1512 1889-10-12 4 Telegrams by Mail. (From our exchanges.J Berlin 2 6th September. —The Cologne Gazette states that the Czar, at the instance of his Minister of War, and notwithstanding the opposition of his Minister u£ Finautjo, has ordered double lines to be laid on ull the Russian1,512 words
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Article1711 1889-10-12 4 To-day’s issue of the ft Straits Independent” comprises a supplement of £tur columns in which we give the address delivered by His Excellency the Governor on the opening of the Legislative Council on Wednesday last, and also the particulars of the proceedings on the day in question1,711 words
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Article230 1889-10-12 5 I According to the latest advices which have reached us from Acheen, the sifcuaj t* on there is getting from bad to worse, a general feeling of uncertainty and distrust pervading the entire population. It is felt that the situation prevailing in'that part of Netherlands India230 words
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Article114 1889-10-12 5 A nice state of affairs is reported from Selangor consequent upon the failure of the Rawang Tin Miuing Company, a correspondent of the Straits Times writing as follows under dateofthe lstinst Wc are trying to get up a syndicate locally to buy the Rawang Mines. I hear114 words
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Article258 1889-10-12 5 (Friday 4 th October.) Under a Rule made by His Excellency the Governor in Council under The Bills of Sale Ordinance 1886 no volume of any register book or index kept in the Registry of Bills of Sale under The Bills of Sale Ordinance 1886 or under any258 words
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Article338 1889-10-12 5 The following passages have been ENGAGED FOR THE STRAITS Per P. and O. steamer Shannon from London, Sept. 19; from Naples, Sept. 28—For Singapore. —From London Mr. W. H. McGregor, Mr. W. H. Shelford, Mr. and Mrs. Dexter. Mrs. F. Poole and two children, Mr. McGuffie, aud338 words
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Article156 1889-10-12 5 Arrivals. Oct. 9th.—Per s. s. Mennalchy from Singapore:—Mrs. Swettenham, Mrs. Presgrave, Miss Birch, Mr. C. Denham Parker, and Mr. and Mrs. T. O. WoodJ ford. Per s. s. Kistna, from Singapore Private Fox. Per s. s. Gympie from Taiping: —Mr.. E. H. Toft, and Mrs. Rodyk. Oct. 10th.—Per156 words
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2319 1889-10-12 5 How I Lost £250,000 in two Years.” Benzon’s Life. The confessions of the u Jubilee Plunger” by Mr. Ernest Benzon,” have just been published by Messrs. Trischler and Co., under the title of How I Lost £250,000 in Two Years.” It would seem that2,319 words
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Article125 1889-10-12 6 Penang, 10th October, 1S89. Bates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/l§ dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/2| Do. 6 Credits 3/2 Do. 6 Documentary 3/2*- Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 226 Do. 30 days sight, Private 230 Bombay, Demand, Bank 226 Do. 30 days sight, Private,, 230 Madras,125 words
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Advertisement267 1889-10-12 6 ROBINSON CO. New Goods ex. S. S. Glenfinlas. MESSRS. ROBINSON CO. ARE NOW SHOWING A LAREG ASSORTMENT OF NEW GOODS IN THEIR LADIES’ DEPARTMENT. Corded ribbons. Approved corsets. Check ribbons. Mayfair corsets. Sash ribbons. 1>ortia corsets. Velvet ribbons. Common sense corsets. White lisle socks. Cashmere socks. White lace socks. 1267 words
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Advertisement961 1889-10-12 7 ROSS AN0_PBITCHARD USPLANATn? TTflTpT NOTICE. TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S AiUllAl/U XXV/ 1 Hi jj. The undesigned begs to inform the puboutfitters. {LATE EASTERN HOTEL) 1, Beach street. THIS MOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY tion to the visitors and general customers Have just received per P. O. Mail FTTRWmTFn961 words
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Advertisement651 1889-10-12 8 THE POSITIVE GRAND HOTEL. GOVERNMENT SECURITY Jsife Assurance Co. Limited HE YD OFFICE IN INDIA: JjOff(Ill’S I$llH dtnCJ S 9 BCCICJl StVCCt 104, Luce Street Calcutta. jjotel, the largest in Penang, is situated in the heart of the busiCapital and other Funds £415,090 ness quarter of the Town and is651 words
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Advertisement220 1889-10-12 8 INDIA RUBBER STAMPS? ni Of every description manufactnrhi on tlie latest improved principles and with the most recently invented in chinery. Charges Exceedingly Moderate Orders can be executed within Oj hours after receipt. A. XAULFUSS Co. No. 9, Beach Street. 0 w M. THOMAS Co. Auctioneers Commission Agents and Appraisers.220 words
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SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT AND PENANG CHRONICLE, OCTOBER 12, 1839.
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Article2728 1889-10-12 9 The Legislative Council session opened last Wednesday at half past 2 o clock p m His Excellency the Governor was punctual to the minute, and was received bv several members on entering the Council Chamber, Sir Charles Warren accompanying the Governor to his seat. Ine Chamber, says2,728 words
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