The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 19 February 1890
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section33 1890-02-19 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Price 20 Cents. IhnCE 20 CENTS VOL. 11. PENANG, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1890. ss. r—i r-i-rrimiT=sn?=a-i-. ..ii— r=—wr---m-n-n r mum-L Uo. 96.33 words
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Advertisement933 1890-02-19 1 INSURANCES. NEGJPAfAM S LINE N OF S sfEAMHS MVAART M4ATSCHAPPIJ L fe 1""““ c »»'»w R of°ttie 1 Intemled SaUtno and expected Arrival of Steamers. “„^te ID sics ana issue 1 lcies °n jeha!t ot the* unexampled success which has attended the above Company by any first Class Steamer For.933 words
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Article992 1890-02-19 2 Our local contemporary’s last leader under the above heading has induced us to investigate the subject to which it refers for ourselves, and this enquiry lias forced us to arrive at the same conclusion as the writer in the Pinang Gazette namely that the working of our Municipal992 words
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Article588 1890-02-19 2 The Pinang Gazette goes some- j what out of its way in noticing d paragraph that appeared in our issu of the 12th instant re the 44 alleged disturbance”, as the writer the article puts it, “at Tokopah,” the object being, no doubt, to give?588 words
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Article769 1890-02-19 2 In seconding a vote of thanks to his son, Mr. Herbert Gladstone, M.P., on the occasion of his delivering a lecture on India oil the loth ultimo, Mr. Gladstone remarked I think that your minds are thoroughly well filled by that to which you have been769 words
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Advertisement265 1890-02-19 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT I" pr BUSH mi tVKHV WIDMSIUV ASH p ISVI'i lIHW JIORJiIStiS. KIH p TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION I'AYABLE IX ADVANCE. Per Annum lb. Holt-year 00 5 Quartoi 4 Single copy twenty cents. I IF PAID IN ARREAR < #6 for lllive months, niter which term the paper will265 words
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Article496 1890-02-19 3 Mr. Stanley and his party reached Cairo on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Mr. Stanley drove with the Master of the Ceremonv.es to the Palace, where ho was received by the Khedire with the utmost cordiality. In reply to the Khedive’s inquiries about Emin Pasha, Mr. Stanley referred496 words
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Article613 1890-02-19 3 For some considerable time past strikes and rumours of strikes have held the iiebl. Disputes between employers and employed, though fortunately carried on by more civilised methods than heretofore, still continues, and the interests of capital and labour are as divergent as ever. The following resolution,613 words
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411 1890-02-19 3 To the English reader there is something delightfully refreshing about the American administration of justice. The courts have none of that solemnity and dignity which render legal proceedings in Great Britain so impressive. Thus, for instance, the other day at Wilkesbarre, an important411 words
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Article438 1890-02-19 3 1 ortune-telling is evidently a prosperous profession still in France, seeing ,liat tlio will of Madame Moreau has jeen proved”—to use the Euglish phrase —±1 ..a francs, or twenty-four thousand pounds sterling. This was not assuredly a bad sum to have made simply by telling emp-ty-headed petites dames,438 words
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Article487 1890-02-19 3 The Vienna correspondent of th© Standard gives an interesting account of the Hermit of the Sonnblick, the occu" pant of the highest meteorological station in Europe. His name is Peter Lechner, and the present is the third winter that he has passed in his lonely487 words
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Article326 1890-02-19 3 Autotype machines have just been served out for the first time to some of tfie copying clerks at the Vatican; but (according to the continental correspondent of the Glasgow Herald) they are only to be used for the roughest kind of proof-work which has to be326 words
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Article138 1890-02-19 4 (From the Finang Gazette.) London, 13th February, —The Duke of Orleans has been sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. England lias refused Portugal’s sugestion to bring the matter ill question ,u mediation. London, loth February .—The Sultan of Zanzibar is dead. H. M. Cruiser Conquest has gone ashore at(From the Finang Gazette.) - 138 words
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Article1141 1890-02-19 4 —American paper. The homeward bound P. and 0- mail steamer Peninsula left Singapore yesterday afternoon and may therefore be expected here to-morrow morning. Ad vices from Hongkong give the following details of the half-yearly report of th 6 Hongkongand Shanghai Bank: Dividend for half year £1,105., in’—American paper. - 1,141 words
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Article227 1890-02-19 4 The Editor, Straits Independent. Sir, I have waited patiently for the last two issues of your paper to see if an abler pen than mine would take any notice of the paragraph which appeared in the Pinang Gazette of the 7th instant, in reference to Capt. Treweeke passing us227 words
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299 1890-02-19 4 The following is extracted from a letter which the Fanyoon Gazette received from Maul main Nearly the whole of the crops m this district have more or less been destroyed by the late heavy rains and the sky is still threatening.299 words
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329 1890-02-19 4 The Times of India has the following:— Her Majesty has been pleased to approve the appointment of Panabokke ►Samastawikrama Karuuatilaka Abbayawardhana Bhuwanasekara Jayasundara Mudiyanselage Tikiri Banda Ratemahatmeya to be an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of the Island of Ceylon.”329 words
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Article211 1890-02-19 4 Arrivals. 15th Feb. —Per s. s. Teutonia, from KUug:—Mr. A. Spence Moss, and Mr. Ba.scendale. 15th Feb. —Per s. s. Lady Weld, from Taiping Mr. Kliim Kee. 16tli Feb. —Per s. s. Lady Weld, from Taiping —Mr. John R. Cornish. 17th Feb. —Per s. s. Lady Weld,211 words
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Article371 1890-02-19 4 Regard in or the Perak ro ilw.-iy n correspondent of the Whitehall Reviews says-. Quietly, but effectively, the surveys for the line of railway destined to open up the rich mining districts of the State of Perak, in the Malay Peninsuhi, have been at length completed, and371 words
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Article1746 1890-02-19 5 (Perak Government Gazette Feb. 14 J In this report to Government for the month of January, the Collector and Magistrate for Kuala Kangsa says:— On the Bth a number of Malay Chiefs tnd raiats assembled in the grounds of the Istana for the purpose of erecting a tf(Perak Government Gazette, Feb. 14. J - 1,746 words
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Article181 1890-02-19 5 No doubt the statement regarding the Russian Conference on the subject of the Chinese defences will be officially denied. Such is the usual procedure iu sucli matters, but the facts are too palpable to bo set aside by the old formula of contradiction. There can181 words
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Article267 1890-02-19 5 Indian tea has reached an important juncture in its competition with that of China. Considering the long-establish-ed monopoly which China tea had enjoyed, the wonder is that the Indian product has succeeded in ousting it from its position of favour in so short a time. The deliveries fluctuated267 words
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Article588 1890-02-19 5 Referring to the deceased Empress Augusta, the correspondent of an Indian contemporary writes:— The French haveever reserved a kindly cornerof their heart forthe Empresses Augusta andFredenck. True, Prince Bismarck detested both ladies, and the feeling was returned, as he abhors petticoat influence in politics. With the588 words
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Article1033 1890-02-19 5 The Dog Muzzling Order in Kent.— The dog-muzzling order continues to excite strong opposition and dissatisfaction in Kent. Large numbers of the constituents of Mr. Akers-Douglas have addressed letter of remonstrance to that gentleman, with appeals to induce Mr. Chaplin to withdraw the order. During the last few days1,033 words
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Article125 1890-02-19 6 Penang, 17th February 1890. 7 lutes close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/0f dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/1 Do. 6 Credits 3/21 Do. 6 Documentary 3/3 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Rs. 220 Do. 30 days sight, Private 225| Bombay, Demand, Bank 220 Do. 30 days sight,Private Madras, Demand125 words
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Article, Illustration262 1890-02-19 6 PROGRAMME. SPRING MEETING 1890. FIRST DAY. Saturday, 1st March. I. Maiden Battak Ponies. Prize $100 900 metres. Weight to scale. Gentlemen riders. Entrance $5. II. Roadsters. Prize $150. The course. Weight 75 kilos. Gentlemen riders. Entrance $10. I'll. Griffins. Prize $150. The course. Weight to scale. Entrance262 words
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Advertisement243 1890-02-19 6 Municipal Notice. Notice is hereby given that all persons desiring to register their dogs for 1890, must register them at the Municipal Office, Town Hall, on or before the 28th February. The tax on each dog kept within that portion of the Municipality as far as Pangkor Road, Perak Road243 words
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Advertisement136 1890-02-19 6 Government Notification. With reference to section 3 (cZ) of The Societies Ordinance 1889,” under which the Governor in Council has power to exempt from the operation of the Ordinance any Society or classes of Society, the attention of the Managers or Committees of all Societies formed for purposes of: (u)136 words
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Advertisement187 1890-02-19 6 ROSS AND PRITCHARD, TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS. 1 Beach Street. HAVE JUST RECEIVED AN ASSORTMENT OF FANCY FRENCH CASHMERES in Suit lengths. WHITE CASHMERE for Racing Breeches. FANCY WASHING VESTINGS. in Racing patterns, ROSS Sc PRITCHARD. ROSS AND PRITCHARD, Are now showing a large and varied assortment of YARN DYED WASHING187 words
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Advertisement555 1890-02-19 7 ROBINSON CO. ESPLANADE HOTEL. aye note »itowiiiy (LATE EASTERN HOTEL) mOTZ “““ITf'rn NEW GOODS. THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY REPAIRED. DECORATED AND NEWLY INDIAN, CHINESE, JAPANESE AND BOMBAY SILKs w FURNISHED, IS NOW OPEN. SUNDRIES ««OHS, k, k, Vv lute Dress Sturfs, extra large fronts, centre stud. D r555 words
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Advertisement892 1890-02-19 8 THE POSITIVE I EASTERN AND ORIENTAL HOTEL, GOVEIIXMEXT SECURITY PENANG. Life Assurance Co. “Limited.” TH1 g FIRST CLASS HOTEL, which lias just been entirely renoII BAD OFFICE TX INDIA: vated, is situated on the Sea Beach and lias two entrances from f aiquhai 104, Clite Street, Calcutta Street. It contains892 words
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Advertisement251 1890-02-19 8 INDIAN RUBBER STAMPS j of every description manufactured I on the latest improved principles nml with the most recently invented ina* chiiiery. Charges Exceedingly Moderate. K>H Orders can be executed within 24 hours after receipt. A. XAULFUSS Co. No. 9, Beach Street. 2 M. THOMAS Co. Auctioneers Commission Agent» and251 words
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