The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 2 November 1889
1889-11-02
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section27 1889-11-02 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Prior 20 Cexts. Price 20 cents- VOL I. PENANG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1889. Mo. 66,27 words
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Advertisement999 1889-11-02 1 INSURANCES. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. The Positive Government SecuThe Marine Insurance Co., NEOERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. rity Life Company limited. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. cwmitea.) THE nndersigned ai*e prepared to accept IH t t‘tt:li’ll Sailing autl expected Arrival of Stt'(t 1)1 CVS. of thoughtful and intelligent Assurants to999 words
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Article906 1889-11-02 2 Mr. Sarre, the proprietor of the Tiffin and Reading Rooms in Beach Street has, as will appear from an announcement we made in our last issue, inaugurated a new' policy in connection with the system of Chits that has so long been in vogue in every establishment906 words
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Article715 1889-11-02 2 We yield to none in the earnestness of our sympathy for the subordinate members of the Police Force, be they European or Native. As often as opportunities were afforded to us, we have brought prominently to public notice every act of gallantry or special service performed by715 words
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1481 1889-11-02 2 The position of Turkey towards the allied Powers formed the chief topic of political discussion just before the departure of the last mail from Europe. Strenuous efforts have been made of late, and are still being made at the moment we write, to win over1,481 words
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Advertisement262 1889-11-02 2 'THE STfIATS INDEPENDENT. FUBLISIKD HVIKV \VE«\ESI*\V ASD SYTUftMI' MNIXCS. K>h TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 15. (X) Half-year 8. <>o Quurtei A 50 Single ropy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR S 6 for three months, after which term the paper will only l>c supplied on payment262 words
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743 1889-11-02 3 An article which has caused great sensation appears in the Contemporary Review signed Ontidauos.” There is little doubt that the writer of it is Mr. Gladstone. The article is of supreme moment just now, for it appears at a time when Europe is the743 words
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745 1889-11-02 3 Powerful evidence from all parts of the East and the Far East, says the London and China Express is fortunately collecting to show the great evils which are resulting from the repeal of the C. D. O. Enforced on the Secretary of745 words
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Article481 1889-11-02 3 Writing with reference to the Antwerp disaster, Archibald Forbes relates one of his experiences as illustrative of the innocuousness in an explosive sense of a bulk of cartridges in a state of ignition. He says :—When the headquarters of General Tchernaieff’s Servian army occupied the entrenched481 words
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Article157 1889-11-02 4 [From the Binang Gazette.) London, 28th October. —The funeral of the late King of Portugal occupied in procession six hours from Belem to Lisbon. The Duke of Sparta was married being favored with brilliant weather, the pageant was imposing. Captain Wissman has received reliable news of Einin Pasha[From the Binang Gazette.) - 157 words
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Article888 1889-11-02 4 The Admiralty have issued orders for the speedy construction at Sheerness of two fast, powerful, heavily-armed gunvessels, whose speed is to ho 21 knots, instead of 18| knots which is the speed of the present fast cruisers. The first keel plate was laid of the Royal Sovereign,888 words
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Article751 1889-11-02 4 The homeward bound P. O. mail steamer Peshawur arrived here on Thursday afternoon, and left again for Europe in the evening. The Government of India hare authorised Indian coolie-emigration to Pahang and the Negri-Sembihm. Summonses to serve as common jurors at the Criminal Assizes which will be751 words
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Article281 1889-11-02 4 To the Editor, Dear Sir, —W ill you kiudly inform me, through the medium of your valuable paper, if Sunday school teachers are allowed to strike the children they have ia their charge during school time Such a case happened here last Sunday, and 1 should like to know281 words
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Article307 1889-11-02 4 Per P. and O. steamer Pekin, from London, Oct. 3; from Naples, Oct. 12. For Singapore.— From London :—Mr. Richards, Mr. J. T. Terry, Mr. F. Brown, Mr. M. 0. Ruddock, Mr. E. W. Cooley, Mr. C. Stephen, Mr. Schultz and Mr. Anderson.. For Penang.— From London307 words
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Article142 1889-11-02 4 Arrivals. 30th Oct.—Per s. s. Lady Weld, from Taiping:—Mr. E. Karl. 31st Oct. —Per s. s. Palitana, from Singapore :—Mr. P. Gleeson, and Mr. Khoo Chin Guan. Per s. s. Gympie, from Taiping Mr0. E. Strode Hall, Mr. A. McDonald; and Mr. A. D. Machado. Ist Nov. —Per142 words
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224 1889-11-02 5 Straits Times. A telegram has been received from Sir Theodore Ford to the effect that he is resigning [or arranging to resign] the office of Chief-Justice. The appointment is in the gift of the Secretary of State, and the following is the field fromStraits Times. - 224 words
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Article450 1889-11-02 5 (Straits Times 23th Oct. —Our advices from Pahang report an uneasy feeling among some of the Europeans and British Asiatics. We do not say that the fears are necessarily justified, but they are there and it is to be hoped that in the circumstances the Government will not(Straits Times ) - 450 words
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Article252 1889-11-02 5 Iho statutory meeting of this company helth at the Cannon-street Hotel on &ept. Mr. J. F. Foster (chairman) stated that the directors had postponed the calling of the meeting in order that they might be in a position to lay before the shareholders the latest particulars regarding252 words
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Article636 1889-11-02 5 Mr. Wilkie Cc >1 iins, who had been confined to tho house for a considerable time by serious illness, died on the 23rd ultimo, at 82, Wimpole-street, in his six-ty-sixth year. The deceased novelist was the eldest son of William Collins, R. A., the distinguished636 words
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Article190 1889-11-02 5 Jews have obtained titles of nobility in these tolerant days, remarks the St. James’s Gazette and Jewesses have manned into some of the noblest families of Europe; but a Jewess on a throne—even though a very small one—is quite a novelty. This, however, is what will occur when190 words
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1375 1889-11-02 5 N. C. Daily News. Mr. A. Melville White, the Ceylon traveller, makes the following remarks on the “chit” system in a letter on Hongkong The custom of giving “chits” for liquors, etc., in hotels exists in Colombo, but here the system has—N. C. Daily News. - 1,375 words
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Article1015 1889-11-02 6 ,—Straits Times. (Second Article.) Native Mining Methods. The gold deposits in the mountains present charactei istics different from t lose found in the valleys. The former d iss may be deemed the original deposits, the latter being of alluvial origin. In the mountain mines, the ore is,—Straits Times. - 1,015 words
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Article1294 1889-11-02 6 At a recent meeting of the History Association of Bombay, as reported in the Times of India, the following very graphic and most amusing account of the red ant, which almost all our readers must know to their sorrow, was given by Mr. E. U. Aitken The1,294 words
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Article126 1889-11-02 6 Penang, 31st October, 1889. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3 1| dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/2 L Do. 6 Credits 33" Do. 6 Documentary 3/31 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 228 Do. 30 days sight. Private 232 Bombay, Demand, Bank 228 Do. 30 days sight, Private,,126 words
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Advertisement150 1889-11-02 6 MINING PROSPECTOR WANTED. The undersigned invite written or personal applications for the post of Mining Prospector in the Mergui district. HUTTENBACH LIEBERT CO. 107 Burmah Government Agents. ROSS AND PRITCHARD TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS. 1, Beach Street. HAVE JUST RECEIVED Per s. s. Coromandel" and Benledi.” WHITE DRESS SKIRTS, WITH AND150 words
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Advertisement715 1889-11-02 7 ROBINSON CO. ESPLANADE HOTEL. I are NOW showing {LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) The undersigned begs to inform the pubNEW GOODS. this hotel, which has been THOROUGHLY 1 Mt»»/ r*r\r\r\ o repaired, decorated and newly be conducted under his management, and IN tW UUUUw. FURNISHED IS NOW OPEN. that lie will do715 words
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Advertisement859 1889-11-02 8 THE POSITIVE I EASTERN AND ORIENTAL HOTEL, I GOVERNMENT SECURITY PENANG. :o: Life Assu ranee Co. Limited THl g FlB gx CLASS HOTEL, which 1 ins just been entirely reno- HEAD OFFICE IN INDIA: vated, is situated on the Sea Beach and lias two entrances*from Kuquhai 104, dice Street Calcutta.859 words
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Advertisement222 1889-11-02 8 INDIA RUBBER STAMPS Of every description manufacture on the latest improved principles a with the most recently invented ehinery. ,lliV Charges Exceedingly Moderate Orders can be executed within hours after receipt. A. KAULFUSS Co. No. 9, Beach Street. M, THOMAS~&~cT' Auctioneers Commission Agents and Appraisers. No. 1 Union Street Opposite222 words
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