The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 26 March 1890
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section26 1890-03-26 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE Price 20 Cents. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Price 20 cents. VOL. 11. PENANG, SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 1890. No. 104.26 words
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Advertisement1063 1890-03-26 1 INSURANCES. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. j The Positive Government SecuThe Marine Insurance Co., NEDERLANDSCH INDISCHE STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. r ity Life Assurance Company Limited. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STEAMERS. Th THE undersigned are prepared to accept Intended Sailing and expected Arrival Of Steamers. of thoughtful and intelligent Assurants to the1,063 words
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Article1203 1890-03-26 2 Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught have come and gone, and a vivid recollection of their flying visit will remain engraven in the hearts of the inhabitants of Penang, not on account of any pleasure or satisfaction which they derived from the1,203 words
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Article1508 1890-03-26 2 The Treaty of Commerce between France and Turkey expired on March 13, and the Government of the Republic Inis decided that it will not renew it. All the other Commercial Treaties to which France is pledged will have expired in the course of a short time, and1,508 words
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Advertisement257 1890-03-26 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHED EVEBV WEDNESDAY AND SATL'BDAY. *o* TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION {PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. JVr Annum 15. 00 Half-year 00 Quartei 4. uU Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 6 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment of the arrear.”257 words
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643 1890-03-26 3 .—Sheri Pao. At Tientsin is worshipped a deity called Shih Tsu Shin. On the night of sth February his worship is celebrated with ■wild orgies. There was a great crowd of men and women present to see the celebration this year. A huge.—Sheri Pao. - 643 words
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Article1022 1890-03-26 3 The interesting and valuable report on the health of the navy for the year 1888, which was issued on the sth ulto., is, says the Standard, on the whole, a satisfactory document. It discloses a steadily maintained advance in the sanitary condition of the navy, and testifies1,022 words
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Article663 1890-03-26 3 Chemically, the apple is composed of vegetable fibre, albumen, sugar, gum, chlorophyll, malic acid, gallic acid, lime, and much water. Furthermore, the German analysts say that the apple contains a larger percentage of phosphorus than any other fruit or vegetable. This phosphorus is admirably adapted for renewing663 words
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Article543 1890-03-26 4 {From the Pinang Gazette.”) London, 17 th March.— 2so,ooo miners have struck work. The Labour Conference has opened at Berlin. The French Ministry has resigned. M. Freycinet is forming a Cabinet. Lord Salisbury has given notice of a resolution similar to that brought forward in the House of{From the “ Pinang Gazette.”) - 543 words
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Article205 1890-03-26 4 Message from 11. R. 11. the Duke of Connaught. Mr. E. L. Brockman, the honorary secretary to the Committee that was formed to attend to the arrano-e--meuts for the reception of the Duke and Duchess of Connaught on the occasion of their passage through Penang, has for205 words
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151 1890-03-26 4 Mr. A. Kaulfuss,the well known pliotoprapher of Farquhar Street, who had the honor of presenting the Duke of Connaught with a beautiful album containing views of Penang, a gift which the Duke was graciously pleased to accept, has since received the151 words
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Article1212 1890-03-26 4 We regret that, notwithstanding our most strenuous endeavours, we have not been able to publish our paper on Wednesday last. All our efforts to secure the services of a few compositors have met with failure. At first we were inclined to attribute this to an absence of1,212 words
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678 1890-03-26 4 After our leader, and the letter from A Disgusted One, which we publish iu another column, it would be both ill natured and uncharitable on our part to lay too much stress on a description of the visit which the youngest678 words
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Article1138 1890-03-26 5 The Visit of T. R. H. The Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The Editor, Straits Independent. Sir. —For some years onlookingdown the advertisementcolumns of the leading English newspapers ones eyes have been arrested by the query, Who’s Griffiths, and that query having been answered by that astute advertiser himself,1,138 words
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Article404 1890-03-26 5 (From the Mercantile Gazelle.) 15 th March. —The War Department lias been waking up l'or several years past and now they are waking up other people. A troop of Infantry under the command of Capt. Scliau have patroller th© new Road down as far as Bansrrak several times(From the Mercantile Gazelle.) - 404 words
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Article311 1890-03-26 5 Arrivals. 24tb March. Per s. s. Thaiping from Taiping —Mr. Klioo Ghee Loon, and Mr. Low Foo. 25th March. —Per s.s. Lady Weld, from Taiping: —Dr. and Mrs. Wright, Miss Wilson, Mr. F. Friederichs, and Mr. T. lveyt. 26th March. —Per s. s. Camorla, from Singapore —Mrs.311 words
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Article1122 1890-03-26 5 Another interesting letter on Japanese life has been contributed to the Daily Telegraph by Sir Edwin Arnold, who writes from Tokio, Jan. 13: —As the pleasant days pass in our pretty Japanese home on the Hill of Azabu, one is sadly conscious of losing those1,122 words
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Article710 1890-03-26 6 Professor S. P. Langley lias been employing his leisure for the last year or two in endeavouring to find out what amount of solar heat is, on an average, absorbed and retained by the lunar soil. His most recent researches indicate that |,l ie xxiran temperature of fclio moon710 words
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Article125 1890-03-26 6 Penang, 27th March, 1890. Rates close as follows London, Demand Bank 3/0]- dollar. Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/lf Do. 6 Credits 3/2 Do. 6 Documentary 3/2| Calcutta, Demand, Bank Us. 218 Do. 30 days sight, Private 224 Bombay, Demand, Bank 218 Do. 30 days sight,Private 224 Madras, Demand125 words
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Advertisement117 1890-03-26 6 Ferak State Railway. WANTED. A Eurasian, as Foreman of Railway Workshops, with some experience in Locomotive driving. Salary §6O a month, free quarters and usual overtime if driving. Written applications with particulars of previous experienco and copies of Testimonials should bo addressed to Resident Engineer and Traffic Manager, Taiping. 118.117 words
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Advertisement488 1890-03-26 6 Government Notification. With reference to section 3 [d) of The Societies Ordinance 1889,” under wluch 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: (a)488 words
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Advertisement314 1890-03-26 6 ROSS AND PRITCHARD, TAILORS GENTLEMEN’S OUTFITTERS. NO. 1, BEACH STREET NO. 1, UNION STREET ARE now showing a LARGE ASSORTMENT of the latest designs for Spring 1890 in the following goods Fancy Tennis Cashmeres. Fancy Tennis Flannels, White Tennis Flannels, White Twill Flannels, White Saxony Flannels, Fancy Ceylon Flannels, White314 words
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