The Straits Independent and Penang Chronicle, 5 September 1891

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  • 25 1 The Straits Independent AND PENANG CHRONICLE. PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Price 20 Cents. Price 20 Cents. VOL PENANG, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1891. li -226.
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  • Page 1 Advertisements
    • 818 1 TW f r T? S ur r anoe Company. BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY, LIMITED. North China Insurance Co.,Ltd tile KONINKLIJKE PACKETVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ. negapatam line of steamers. MARINE INSURANCE. Capita r»o qoq ito Intended Sailing and expected Arrival of Steamers. Sr Invested, Funds, 838,118. The undersigned having been appoint- lim
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  • 19 2 Birtii.—At Raven dale, Penang, on fclie 2nd instant, the wife of James Young Kennedy, of a Daughter.
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  • 889 2 Among the many social problems which will always remain vexed ones, the right of a man or of a body of men to exclude a perfectly respectable gentleman from his or their society will always find advocates pro and con. The letter from a correspondent, which we published in
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  • 1475 2 (Rome payers up to August 7.) France- —The French Fleet has left Cronstad. Admiral Gervais, with forty officers and sixteen non-commissioned officers, started from St. Petersburg tlie same night for Moscow. A crowd of people witnessed the departure, and cheered the Frenchmen heartily. The words which the
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    • 177 2 THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT PUBLISHED IVURYWEDNESDAY ASH SAT U It lIA V.' K» TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. Per Annum 3 L'hOO Half-year &00 Quarter 4.50 Single copy twenty cents. IF PAID IN ARREAR 8 6 for three months, after which tm-m the paper will only be supplied on payment
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  • 904 3 idle wind which we respect not, —Siam Mercantile, Gazette. y European with but a passing 10 Stance with the society of La Mis and the work they are sIOH ri,-ou*hout the semi-civilized, and «*>< uS states of the Far East, it must isecl a certain
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  • 553 3 The angry feelings excited against Great Britain in France owin<r to the visit ot the German Emperor are gradually disappearing, we are glad to say. In fact, a recent very sensible article in the Journal des Debats pointed out that France has only to make
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  • 2301 3 From our Exchanges Paris, l&th August. The townspeople of Villefranche, where the British Mediterranean Squadron is now on a visit are feting the visitors on a grand scale. The town is gaily decorated in honour of the fleet. Last evening, Admiral Hoskins and the officers of the
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  • 130 4 Penang, 4th September, 1891. Rates rule as follows London, Demand, Bank 3/21 dollar Do. 4 months sight, Bank 3/3f Do. 6 Credits 3/3§ Do. 6 Documentary 3/4 Calcutta, Demand, Bank Its. 225 Do. 30 days sight, Private 228 Bombay, Demand, Bank 225 Do. 30 days sight,Private 228 Madras, Demand
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  • 419 4 (From the Pinang Gazette.) London 28th August. —The Chilian legation reports that the insurgents near Valparaiso, beiug between two tires and unable to re-em-bark, have surrendered to the Republican army. London, 28th August. —Continuous rainstorms are ruining the crops in England aud Ireland. Tlie Canadian Census shows an
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  • 1597 4 Post Office Notices. —In consequence of the entry into the Postal Union of the German Postal Agencies recently established at'Tanga aud Lindi on the East Coast of Africa, correspondence for those destinations will be subject in every respect to the conditions of transmission applicable to correspondence addressed
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  • 760 5 The entertainment —the first of what we expect will he a long series—which Messrs. W. B. Harrnston ami Sou gave last nighton the Esplanade, was one of tlie most interesting we have witnessed for a longtime, and we are glad to record that the public, European as well
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  • 2284 5 At a meeting of the Municipal Commissioners, held in the Town Hall yesterday, there were present The Hon. A. M. Skinner, C.MO., President; Capt. Cameron, R.K.; The Hon. D. Comrie; R. A. P. Hogan, Esq.; aud A. G. Wright, Esq. The minutes of the previous meeting having been
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  • Page 6 Advertisements
    • 95 6 TO LET. At the back of Messrs. Boon Tek Co.’s Stores, Three large and perfectly dry Goods Stores. Terms moderate. Apply to Messrs. BOON TEK Co., 321 Beach Street NOTICE. The different Government Farms in Aeheen Proper will be let by the Governor of Aeheen at Kota Radja,, for the
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    • 1464 6 MUNICIPAL NOTICE. T HARMSTON’S I m The Municipal Commissioners invite Government Notlficati ou tenders for a certain quantity (about THE BUCKING TV 3,868 yards) ot 18in. cast iron pipes and 1, Mv BRONCHO Applications are invited f rorn c special castings. dales desirous o: entering G Full particulars can be
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    • 863 7 McLARTY COMPANY, j e legraphic Address. CONSULTING ENGINEERS, NAVAL ARCHITECTS, B EAD pFF ICE "McLarty, Penang surveyors no. 30, beach street, tH UE's a- CODE 188 l AND PENANG. Edition. CONTRACTORS general Manager: private cooes. BRANCHES AT THAIPING, BATH GAJAH AND SINGAPORE. T M McLAE,TY MIMEWE SUPPLY THE UNDERMENTIONED: i
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    • 531 8 RANEEGUNGE FIRE OLAY ESPLANADE HOTEL. POTTERY WORKS. (LATE EASTERN HOTEL.) Having been appointed Agents for the V Raneegunge Fire Clay ami 1 ottery tnusts forthemiiiermentioned r THIS HOTEL, WHICH HAS BEEN THOROUGHLY SALT GLAZED, STONEWARE PIPES REPAIRED, DECORATED AND NEWLY All sizes from 2” to 24 diam. s“i- FURNISHED, IS
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    • 278 8 Canton Insurance Offi Ce 7 THE undersigned liavin» Wm Agents for this Office, are 0w a PP°bted accept Marine Insurance f Jl U ,are <i to favorable terms, and all e fire) on TOBACCO in and fro* t h aud Fermenting Sheds on Estates RV matra, till airival in Europe.
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  • SUPPLEMENT TO THE STRAITS INDEPENDENT AND PENANG CHRONICLE.
    • 1067 1 lon China Express, 7th August.) Cot:KT. —Tlie Queen is at Osborne, iHE tl, P re is quite a Royal gathering, ,,o ilice and Friiicess of Wales having ,he 1 Her Majesty. Tlie Prince of vis,tt w |o lias been visiting different jjapltj». interest during the week
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    • 439 1 Writing from Amsterdam, August 5, the corresponded of the L. Sp C. E. reports 'The 2nd instant was tlie thirty third anniversary of the birth of the Queen Regent, which was celebrated with tlie customary ceremony. The weather being very unfavourable, many of the festivities could not take place.
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    • 175 1 The French Minister of Marine has recently instigated new measures tor the reorganisation of the naval forces in ludo-China. The naval division in Cochin-China is to be abolished and replaced by a local station, under the command of the Captain of
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    • 2073 1 Sir H. Rum bold forwards to the Marquis of Salisbury a report oil the above subject by Sir George Bonham, who states The conclusion to be drawn from tlie statement is that the prosperity of tlie Dutch East Indian possessions, which w;is formerly so great ;is
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    • 686 2 When I received a “chit” from the Emperor William beseeching mo to meet him at the Naval Exhibition, when he went to do the Show, in case the Show should do him, I was in somewhat of a quandary. Aon see he did
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    • 1132 2 A Zanzibar telegram announces, on the authority ot' Tippoo Tib, that Emin Fas ha, after dismissing all his German soldiers, has gone to Ankori to recover the ivory he left behind when starting for the coast with Mr. 11. M. Stanley. It is stated in Paris, on good authority,
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