The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 29 November 1890
1890-11-29
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The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle
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Title Section26 1890-11-29 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. pRiCE 20 Cents. Price 20 cents. VOL. 11. PENANG, SATURDAY* NOVEMBER 29, 1890. No. 172.26 words
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Advertisement919 1890-11-29 1 INSURANCES. COMPANY, LIMITED. SHIPPING Tb« Martn* In«uw.nce Co., KrnAD*r?S S C m STOOMVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. Indo Limited. NEGAPATAM LINE OF STE&MrRQ Indo-China Steam Navigation lntension tHmc.no» fl Company. THE undersigned are prepared to accept n d Wld expected A.Vrival of Steamers* Risks and issue Policies on behalf of the For *-r919 words
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Article1605 1890-11-29 2 The break-down of the famous Jetty Sheds” case, in which, after the trial had occupied the Court for over four days, the jury had to be discharged because they could not agree upon a verdict, brings us once more face to face with the sad fact that1,605 words
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Article1898 1890-11-29 2 Saint Andrew on the Whoop. Br a Griffin. That the next best tiling 1 to being an Irishman is to be a Scotsman was never made clearer to me than on the occasion of last night’s Ball; indeed at the time whilst the ball was actually a1,898 words
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Advertisement260 1890-11-29 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT ppm I SHE!) EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. 4<>l TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 5? Half-year J 50 Single copy twenty cents. IE PAID IN ARREAR JR 6 for three months, after which term the paper will only be supplied on payment of the u260 words
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Article295 1890-11-29 3 His Grace describes, in a letter to the Spectator a remarkable experiment in hypnotism which he witnessed many years ago at the house of the late Dr. Gregory, Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh University. He says —Some one was asked to think steadily of295 words
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Article508 1890-11-29 3 There is a singular apathy among brain-workers, as they are termed, as to the value of supplying the centre of inintellectual processes with the elements necessary to perfect function. The impression prevail, especially with tb« recent literary graduate, that the treasures stored away in the cerebral cells508 words
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926 1890-11-29 3 Virtue travels on foot: vice runs over the world at telegraphic speed. Tobacco was unknown until America was discovered. A half century later it had been introduced into China, and within a few generations the whole world was using it. You will hardly find a place926 words
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Article126 1890-11-29 4 Penang, 29th November, 1890. Hates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 3/5 V dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/6 4 Do. 6 Credits 3/7| Do. 6 Documentary 3/71 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 223 1 OH Pl'KTflifl 220 Bombay, Demand, Bank 223 Do. 30 days sight,Private 225 Madras, Demand126 words
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Article212 1890-11-29 4 (From the Pinang Garotte.) Lotulon, 24 th November- —The Cz.ua cv* has arrived u 6 Oail’O. The Italian elections have resulted in favor of the Government. Michael Davitt demands the retirement of Mr. Parnell. London, 25th November. —Tho Court of Queen’s Bench has lined Miss Cobdon one hundred(From the Pinang Garotte.) - 212 words
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Article1948 1890-11-29 4 In another column we give an account of St. Andrew’s Ball, which, ns our readers will observe, was one of the most successful entertainments Penang ever beheld. There is only one thing we wish to add to A Griffin’s” most graphic report, and that is that the1,948 words
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Article346 1890-11-29 4 We have great pleasure in inserting the following letter which has just reached us from the Act ing Colonial Chaplain LAY WISDOM. Sir, —I read with no little surprise a letter in the Pinang Gazette styled “Clerical Eccentricities,” in which 1 was said to have introduced little vagaries and346 words
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Advertisement43 1890-11-29 4 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. A Special Meeting of the Municipal Commissioners will be held in the Town Hall, at 2 p.m., On Friday, the sth December. Business To consider and pass the Budget for 1891. (By order) J. W. HALLIFAX, Secretary to the Municipal Commissioners43 words
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Article340 1890-11-29 5 From a small paragraph we publish in another column our readers will see the great danger people who have occasion to travel in the Western States of Siam have to incur from the hordes of pirates that infest the shores of these states. It was but340 words
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Article271 1890-11-29 5 (From a Correspondent) Malacca, 26th November. —The Hon’ble Henry Trotter, Auditor General, Straits Settlements, is here on the usual inspection visit and may likely stay for some days. Mr. Birch, our popular and esteemed Magistrate, is away at Klang and will probably be away for a couple of weeks.271 words
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Article188 1890-11-29 5 Arrivals. 26th November. —Per s. s. Thaipeng, from Port Weld —Mr. Buswell. 27th November. —Pers. a. Camorta from Singapore: —Mr. J. Petersou and child, Mr. Sturzenegger, and Mr. Cornelius and peon. 27tli November. —Per s. s. Pundua from Singapore Mr. Mcllwraith, and Mr. V. J. Tone. 7jr188 words
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Article356 1890-11-29 5 In carrying the gun with your arm at full length, balance it so that, if it should go off accident, the charge will strike the ground at about two or three yards before you. If you carry the gun under your arm, balance it so356 words
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Article212 1890-11-29 5 In connection with the projected expedition to the South Pole, to which we referred in our last issue, the following may prove of interest: That the Antartic continent, if it exists—it may be an archipelago —is covered with a thick ice sheet there can be no doubt;212 words
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Article217 1890-11-29 5 There is a singular story of an unhappy marriage in the Hungarian newspapers. Some years ago a gay young lieutenant of Hussars received a letter beggiug him to pay a deathbed visit to a rich widow of sixty, who, according to the doctors, was at her last217 words
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Article579 1890-11-29 5 A footman at Dijon has been lucky enough to win the gros lot of the Panama Canal Lottery, amounting to £20,000. At the recent drawing of the Exhibition Bonds, the chief prize of £2,000 went to a blacksmith at Rouen. The Odessa correspondent of the Standard states that upwards579 words
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Advertisement551 1890-11-29 5 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. The Municipal Commissioners of Georee Town, Penang, invite separate tendrgs for the following:— 1. A screening well for a reservoir. 2. A certain number of cast iron pipes and fittings. Full particulars can be obtained at the Municipal Engineers Office. Separate tenders, which should be endorsed as above,551 words
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Article, Illustration552 1890-11-29 6 FIRST DAY. Tuesday, 20th January. FIRST RACE. Novice Plate.— Value $150. For all Maiden Horses. Distance 1 mile. Entrance $10. Weight per scale. SECOND RACE. Penang Vast.- —Value $150. For all Maiden Ponies 13.2 and under. Weight per scale and552 words
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Advertisement476 1890-11-29 6 Perak Government Notification. Tenders are invited for the construction and subsequent ™inte™nco for 12 months of aline of Metre Gaugo Ka way from the Port of Telok Anson on the Perak River to Tapah, a distauce of about 221 miles. Plans and specifications may bo seen at the Offices of476 words
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Advertisement353 1890-11-29 6 < NOTICE On Saturday, the 20th December 1890, at 10 o’clock a. m., the Resident of the EastCoast of Sumatra will let, by public auction, at his office in Medan, the right to sell Opium in retail in Pelalawan and in its neighbouring islands in Siak proper and the islands353 words
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Advertisement1044 1890-11-29 7 ■SgT ESPLANADE HOTEL ROBINSON CO. Having boon appointed Agents for the (LATE EASTERN HOTEL) Have just received a large assort Raneegunge Fihb Clay and Pottery Works, ment of we are prepared to enter into contracts for tlie undermentioned; THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY salt GLAZED STONEWARE PIPES REPAIRED, DECORATED1,044 words
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Advertisement927 1890-11-29 8 TSSS™ EASTER» ABO ORIENTAL HOTEL, Life PENANG. HEAD OFFICE IN INDIA: r ;0: 104, Clive Street, Calcutta. THIS FIRST CLASS HOTEL, which has just been entirely r eno Capital and other Funds 415,090 ig situated on the Sea Beach and has two entrances from Farquhar on the 31st December 1887.927 words
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