The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 30 November 1889

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    27 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. Pimcr 21 Gusts. Price 20 gents. VOL I. PENANG, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1889. No. 74.
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      1042 1 INSURANCES. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY. LIMITED. The Positive Government SecuThe Marine"Insurance Co., NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. rlty Limited. I NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS- -a a The Company request the earnest attention THK undersigned are prepared to accept J-HtCMtCll (t)l(l expected A WlVttL of Sted'ifieVS of thoughtful and intelligent Assurants
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    HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT.
    1517 2 The acquittal, by the Jury, of the lad, Lopis, charged with having committed a rash act by administering croton oil to a patient in Butterworth Hospital and thus causing his death, implies that the jury could not believe that he was guilty of the charge. This naturally suggests
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    THE RESIGNATION OF THE ELECTED MEMBERS OF OUR MUNICIPAL BOARD.
    1859 2 Opinion op the Singapore and Malacca Press. After the Straits Times and the &W pore Free Press, the Straits Advoruf, ami the Malacca Weekly Chronicle j/,’ us yiu heartily approving of the steij taken by f our late Municipal ComtZ
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      277 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT. fIIILISHKD EVEEI UK lt.\ KS 111 V A Nil MTU!HAT PRMM -*Ot TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IX ADVANCE. Per Annum 15. 00 Half-year 8. 00 Quarfcei 4. 50 Hinkle copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN AKKRAII 8 for Three months, after which term the paper will only
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    SIAM AS IT IS.
    1365 3 Kedah. (Contributed.) It is not so very long ago that the then Superintendent of Police at Penang, referring to this part of the Kingdom of Siam, went so far as to say that Kedah was the refuge of all the bad and lawless characters driven out
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    A NEW WATERWAY IN YORKSHIRE.
    538 3 city of elevou pearls. —Pall Mall's Tittle Tattle. An undertaking second only in magnitude and importance to the Manchester Ship Canal is on the point of being taken in hand by the merchants and manufacturers oF Sheffield and South Yorkshire, h. is not generally known,
    city of elevou pearls.—Pall Mall's Tittle Tattle.  -  538 words
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    REUTER’S TELEGRAMS.
    201 4 REUTER’ S TELEGRAMS. (From the Pinatig Gazette.) London, Tiyth November. —M. Ttou\iei lias announced to the Chamber that Goverument will retain the match monopoly. The cruiser Blake has been launched at Chatham. She is the largest afloat with a sj»eed of twenty-two knots. A general amnesty has been proclaimed in
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    LOCAL AND GENERAL.
    1494 4 Tlio homeward bound P. O. mail steamer Coromandel arrived from Singapore yesterday morning, and left again for Europe in the afternoon. A homeward mail will be mndeuiprid Negapatam and Bombay in the early part of next week. Parcels for the United Kingdom and Europe cannot at present
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    LAST NIGHT’S BALL.
    155 4 LAST NIGHT’ S BALL. The St. Andrew’s Ball of last night was a grand success as far as the attendance and general management are concerned. But we found fault with ono thing, and that is that the Hall of the Penang Club was too small for the great number of
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    CORRESPONDENCE.
    537 4 The Editor of the Straits Independent. Dear Sir, In yonr issue of the 23rd instant, I see that a certain party informed you that cholera is raging in Langkat, and that as many as 8 and 10 people are dying of it dail^. On Monday last I already sent
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    ARRIVAL OF THE COLONIAL SECRETARY AT SINGAPORE.
    147 4 —Straits Times. The N. D. L. steamer Preumn arrived in Singapore, and took up her berth alongside the Borneo M harf at a quarter to 2 o’clock this (22nd November) afternoon. Sir Frederick Dickson (Colonial Secretary), Mrs* Bonser, Mrs. Spence Moss, Miss Stoecher,
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    GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
    263 4 (Friday 22nd November.) The Hon’ble Sir J. Frederick Dickson, K.0.M.G., Colonial Secretary, Strait» Settlements, reported his return f ro,rt leave of absence, and resumed duty tho 22nd inst. All Cargo, Passenger, and Fisliin? Boats must bo brought into the opposite to the Master Attendant s fice, to be
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    LIST OF PASSENGERS.
    232 5 The following passages have been engaged for the Straits Per P. and O. steamer Bengal, from London, Oct. 31 from Naples, Nov. 9. For Singapore. From London —Rev. J. B. Cook, Mrs. Cook and child, Miss Leckie, Miss H. Leckie, Mr. Wolferstan, Mr. Oddie, and Mr. R.
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    LOCAL PASSENGERS.
    61 5 Arrivals. 28tli Nov. —Per s. s. Putiala, from Singapore: —Mrs. C. Rodyk, Miss Hogan, Mr. W. E. Nash, Mr. Cheah Tok Soon, Mr. Toll Ah Kong, and Mr. Fred. Aeria and Son. Depart ares. 26th Nov. —Per s. s. Gympie, for Tapping:—Mr. Khy Boon. 28th Nov. —Per s.
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    SINGAPORE NEWS.
    595 5 (Straits Times November, 21 st. —Mr. Fraser, of the Pahang Corporation, returns to England by the first homeward mail. The Singapore Tramways, as a going concern, with all properties, rights, and privileges appertaining thereto, will be sold by auction, by order of the mortgagees, on the sth December.
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    SIAM NEWS.
    338 5 (Siam Mercantile Gazette.) Mr. Henry Norman, the special correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, arrived here from Singapore on the 9th instant, by the s.s. Hydra. Mr. Norman changed his intention of crossing the Peninsula from Kedah to Singora, owing to the heavy rains and the consequent bad
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    THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
    1640 5 (From the Straits Times.) Thursday, 21st November, 1889. Ai the meeting of the Legislative Council held this day in the Council Chamber, the foliowing members were present: His Excellency the Governor (Sir Cecil C. Smith, k.c.m.g.) The Hon’bles the Attorney-General (J. W. Bonser) the Acting Colonial Treasurer
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    EXCHANGES.
    132 6 Penang, 28th November, 1889. Hates close os ('niton's London, Demand Hank 32| dollar. J)o. 4 months sight, Rank 3 3.1 Do. (> Credits 3 4 Do. 6 Documentary 3/4 J Calcutta, Demand, Hank Its. 229£ J )o. 30 days sight, Private 232 Hombay, Demand, Hank 229 Do. 30 days
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    PROGRAMME OF THE PENANG RACES, 1890.
    656 6 FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 28th January. FIRST RACE. The Maiden Plate. —Value $l50 —Fo all Horses that have never won a race on any course (Jump Knees and Roadsters excepted). Entrance 810. Distance 1 mile. Weight per scale. SECOND RACE. The Penang Vase. —Value $lOO.
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      217 6 H. J. MARTYN HAS JUST RECEIVED CHRISTMAS CARDS and other NOVELTIES for the Season. P. SUBRAHMANYA CHETTI CO. l'rmliirf, Skin A (irnernl ImtIimIs A Aunts. oo Armenian Street MADRAS. Orders for all kinds of Indian produce and other goods executed at specially advantageous rates. HIDES SKINS suited to the Straits
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      631 6 Government Notification, Tenders will be received up to noon on Saturday, the 30th November. 1889, at the Resident Councillor’s Office. Penang, from pei'sons desirous of contracting for supplies for the Government at Penang, for one, two or three years, for the contracts marked. and for a period of one year
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      122 6 ROSS AND PRITCHARD TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS. 1 Beach Street. HAVE JUST RECEIVED Per s. s. Coromandel" and Benledi." WHITE DRESS SHIRTS, WITH AND WITHOUT COLLARS. WHITE SHIRTS FOR OFFICE USE, WITH AND WITHOUT COHANS. FOUR-FOULD LINEN COLLARS The Polo,” “St. James,” “Oxonian”, aud Promenade.” SEAMLESS SHOOTING HOSE IN BLUE AND
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      772 7 ROBINSON CO.| ESPLANADE HOTEL. Limited. JUST RECEIVED (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) j nuaf Ordinary (ioncral Meetinj; of the Shareholders' of fhi-s Company, will he hold at Ihe THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY, IUE LATEST DESIGNS IN REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY (By order of the Board of Directors CHRISTMAS AND NEW
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      777 8 the positive I EASTERN and oriental hotel, GoV ER XMEXT SEC URIT V PENANG. Life Assurance ('<>. "Limited. THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL, which has just'been entirely renoHEAI) OFFICE ix INDIA: vated, is situated on the Sea Beach and lias two entiances tioiu l^ciiquhai 104, Clice Street, Calcutta. Street. It contains
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      254 8 INDIAN RUBBER STAMPS? Of every description niannfiw». o>i the latest Improved principle with the most recently invented' chinery. Illa Charges Exceedingly Modebate Orders can be executed witt lllL 9* hours after receipt. A. XAULFUSS h Co No. 9, Beach Street. k> M. THOMAS Co. Auctioneers Commission A<renh„ i o aji/
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